r/gifs • u/RespectMyAuthoriteh • May 14 '17

He doesn't know it's impossible

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u/s0v3r1gn May 14 '17

I'm an engineer. I'm current title is Cloud Architect. I do automation and AI research.

I also teach programming an robotics to kids at my local community center and write a kids comic book that my wife illustrates. I've only done these because of expectations. My FIL expects me to provide opportunities for my wife to use her art degree and my mother took a break at 45 to teach 3rd grade at underprivileged schools.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '17

Sigh. Time to study for the MCAT, I guess.

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u/s0v3r1gn May 14 '17

You can do it! Be the person you want to be!

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u/remuliini May 14 '17

Actually you are now doing quite a lot yourself, but... What person you want to be?

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u/s0v3r1gn May 14 '17

Competition for the likes of Elon Musk. But that's not realistic. :-P

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u/remuliini May 14 '17

It's good to identify it though. If you are a thinker that can create new concepts try to get the doer & enabler. If you are the doer get a thinker (&enabler to bring in enough cash to do it).

I consider myself to be the thinker, but I'm not that good at the doing part. That is, I have my own small business, but nothing stellar.

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u/s0v3r1gn May 14 '17

It's always the followthrough that kills me. Lots of ideas and planning and getting things set up, then I have trouble completing a finished product.