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Initial post on what I'm doing here.
27. What is your proudest accomplishment in life?
When I first moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, I realized that I had found a place that felt much more like home to me than my birthplace. This did not stop my parents from "suggesting" that I pursue my career closer to them. They noted that the area where they lived had tech jobs -- which was true, but nothing like the opportunities and challenges here. The advantages of pursuing my career in Silicon Valley did not align well with their measures of career success; they still were evaluating my career by their standards, and wondering whether I might consider relocating.
What finally ended the urging to return was when, about ten years in, I was able to show them that I was well established in a successful career by their standards, and that being so was a direct outcome of my having had the opportunities and experiences I could only have had where I was. They finally understood that I was in the place I was supposed to be, doing what I was supposed to be doing, and that returning to their part of the country to live and work was not in my future. And gaining that understanding is what I choose to count as the accomplishment I have the most pride in.
27. What is your proudest accomplishment in life?
When I first moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, I realized that I had found a place that felt much more like home to me than my birthplace. This did not stop my parents from "suggesting" that I pursue my career closer to them. They noted that the area where they lived had tech jobs -- which was true, but nothing like the opportunities and challenges here. The advantages of pursuing my career in Silicon Valley did not align well with their measures of career success; they still were evaluating my career by their standards, and wondering whether I might consider relocating.
What finally ended the urging to return was when, about ten years in, I was able to show them that I was well established in a successful career by their standards, and that being so was a direct outcome of my having had the opportunities and experiences I could only have had where I was. They finally understood that I was in the place I was supposed to be, doing what I was supposed to be doing, and that returning to their part of the country to live and work was not in my future. And gaining that understanding is what I choose to count as the accomplishment I have the most pride in.
