<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"> </div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">I started as a Chem major because I was interested in the chemistry of life. I barely made it out of freshman year -- it seems colleges try to bore you to death in the first year. So I flunked out in the first semester of sophomore year. Hated college - hated it - long story.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Joined the Army and (long story) managed to get sent to Germany instead of Vietnam. (Had a wonderful time a as an HQ clerk in Germany -- my brother got the privilege of defending our freedoms as a postal clerk on the DMZ.) Got a job on the Overseas Weekly in Oakland-- which introduced me to journalism</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Many stories in there. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">"Not sorry!"</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">mac</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 3:54 PM Christopher Dawson via Ipg-smz <<a href="mailto:ipg-smz@netpress.org">ipg-smz@netpress.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I was pre-med (biophysics) till I discovered that blood made me faint and I hated organic chemistry :) Then I transferred to public health. Finally landed in IT while working in public health, so my degree is in Information Systems but my career initially (and for nearly 10 years) was built around healthcare and related computing.<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_-375888169038567282gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><b style="font-size:12.8px"><br></b><b style="font-size:small">Christopher Dawson</b><div style="font-size:small"><i>Writer | Educator | Speaker | Consultant | Entrepreneur | Farmer</i></div><div><div><font size="2">Threat Research and Response, Proofpoint</font></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Member, </span><a href="http://www.netpress.org/" style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Internet Press Guild</a><br></div><div style="font-size:small"><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/mrdatahs" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Connect with me on LinkedIn</a></div></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div><br></div><div><a value="+19787091749">978.709.1749</a> (Google Voice)</div></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Skype: mrdatahs</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/mrdatahs" target="_blank">@mrdatahs</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 3:46 PM Phil Shapiro via Ipg-smz <<a href="mailto:ipg-smz@netpress.org" target="_blank">ipg-smz@netpress.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div><br></div><div> When I was in college, I transferred out of geology class after one week. After I heard the professor lecture about rocks for an hour,</div><div>I knew the class was not for me.</div><div><br></div><div> Then, as a mechanical engineering student, I learned that all third year engineering students were required to take accounting.</div><div>The very thought of accounting class makes my brain hurt. So, I transferred out of engineering and got a degree in liberal arts (majored</div><div>in philosophy.) If I need an accountant, I'll hire one, thank you. </div><div><br></div><div> Just curious, what class or major did you transfer out of?</div><div><br></div><div> phil</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-- <br></div><div>--<br>Phil Shapiro, <a href="mailto:pshapiro@his.com" target="_blank">pshapiro@his.com</a><br><a href="http://www.his.com/pshapiro/briefbio.html" target="_blank">http://www.his.com/pshapiro/briefbio.html</a><br><a href="http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro" target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro</a><br><a href="http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html" target="_blank">http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html</a><br><br>"Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates<br>"Learning happens thru gentleness."<br><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">"We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from real options." 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