ADDENDUM (added in April 2023): I just stole this from myself and reposted a slightly updated version on Medium.com
I have had a weird career path.
As a child, I wanted to be a scientist.
As a young teen, I wanted to be a science fiction writer.
As an older teen, I wanted to be a photographer and videographer.
In my early twenties I became a professional photographer and videographer, and hated it so much I sold my cameras and darkroom equipment.
In my mid twenties I bought my first computer specifically to use it as a word processor. The computer was such a piece of junk I learned the basics of computer tech just to keep it working.
In my late twenties I sold my first science fiction story, but I was making my living driving a vacuum truck.
I left the vacuum truck job and became a computer technician. I was a computer technician for nearly 20 years, while I continued to sell short stories and finally a novel.
Then, as a hobby, I began to play around with building these newfangled things called "websites."
Website building became a full time job, and I was then deemed, "Webmaster."
The publishing industry imploded and I started publishing my own books, instead of begging at the door of the publishing gatekeepers. I've been far more successful with the self-published books than the one that the big New York publisher published.
Being a webmaster led me to becoming a digital marketing manager.
Digital marketing has made me go back into photography and videography. That is now what I primarily do, I make videos for websites.
It's weird, I've come full circle. Everything I was interested in, except for driving a vacuum truck, has built a solid foundation for the career I'm in now.
Next, I suppose, I'll become a scientist.
YOUR TURN. What has been your strange and convoluted path through life?
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