Technical DNA, daughters and sons, a short memo.
My youngest daughter, Patricia, is a very bright and engaging woman. Married to an IT professional they live in Phoenix, AZ. Patti attended the University of Minnesota and graduated in 2007 with a major in Global Studies, Italian. This major she decided on while attending a summer internship in Florence during her sophomore year. Some background is needed: while in high school she took all the advanced science subjects, including calculus, physics, biology, chemistry and received A’s and B’s. Picture taking became a hobby that she relished. Her senior year of high school she petitioned to attend Perpich High School for the Arts in Minneapolis for photography. She was scholarship accepted and graduated high school with high honors. The photography passion leads her to Florence in the summer of 2005. Young people should chase the dream I believe, but this economic maelstrom has pulled many new non technical grads into an employment abyss. Since graduation she was unable to secure a full-time position in areas of her global interests. Once an employer offered her full time employment as an interpreter and document manager only to have the offer withdrawn in October 2008 as the financial crisis made her employer wary. Part time positions became her only revenue. In the spring of 2010 she called me up to announce: “Dad, I getting married to Dave, we are moving to Phoenix and I am going to back to school in nursing!” This information overload for a Dad made me laugh as very typical of Patti. I asked her why? “I am tired of being broke and Daves’ new position at Grand Canyon University will let me attend school again at a significant discount”. Last week she sent me a postcard. “Dad ,”she writes, “only 19 more months and I am a nurse!” By the way-straight A’s so far.
Moral of the blog: If you have a technical DNA child encourage them to go into engineering or the bio-sciences. Leave the CLA to others without the tech DNA. Like her Dad.
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Technical DNA, daughters and sons, a short memo
Posted: October 27, 2011 by Skip Black CPC in Current Employment Commentary, Double Eagle NewsTags: employment news
Technical DNA, daughters and sons, a short memo.
My youngest daughter, Patricia, is a very bright and engaging woman. Married to an IT professional they live in Phoenix, AZ. Patti attended the University of Minnesota and graduated in 2007 with a major in Global Studies, Italian. This major she decided on while attending a summer internship in Florence during her sophomore year. Some background is needed: while in high school she took all the advanced science subjects, including calculus, physics, biology, chemistry and received A’s and B’s. Picture taking became a hobby that she relished. Her senior year of high school she petitioned to attend Perpich High School for the Arts in Minneapolis for photography. She was scholarship accepted and graduated high school with high honors. The photography passion leads her to Florence in the summer of 2005. Young people should chase the dream I believe, but this economic maelstrom has pulled many new non technical grads into an employment abyss. Since graduation she was unable to secure a full-time position in areas of her global interests. Once an employer offered her full time employment as an interpreter and document manager only to have the offer withdrawn in October 2008 as the financial crisis made her employer wary. Part time positions became her only revenue. In the spring of 2010 she called me up to announce: “Dad, I getting married to Dave, we are moving to Phoenix and I am going to back to school in nursing!” This information overload for a Dad made me laugh as very typical of Patti. I asked her why? “I am tired of being broke and Daves’ new position at Grand Canyon University will let me attend school again at a significant discount”. Last week she sent me a postcard. “Dad ,”she writes, “only 19 more months and I am a nurse!” By the way-straight A’s so far.
Moral of the blog: If you have a technical DNA child encourage them to go into engineering or the bio-sciences. Leave the CLA to others without the tech DNA. Like her Dad.
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