vcoppola

Yes, absolutely! I greatly value having come from a nontraditional background and recognize the diversity of thought and well roundedness that it's afforded me.

I agree with you that it’s a great job for anyone who can stomach it—especially early in their career.

Kind of like how people say everyone should work in the service industry at least once. I think caring for and serving others is messy work that forges a beautiful soul.

I kind of did this in reverse lol. I was an EMT on private ambulance for 5 years, went to paramedic school, then dropped out and became a software engineer. Coming from the other side, I can definitely relate to the experience of delaying something you want to do for reasons that, in hindsight, were mostly irrational.

I had a similar experience. Pretty ironic that we can't reach a human given that "Anthropic" literally means "involving or concerning the existence of human life".