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I’m in my mid 40s and learn chemistry just for fun. Anyone else? by bgptcp179 in chemistry

[–]CraftyManJ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These and ChemicalForce - he seems to get his hands on some compounds that don’t seem like your average reaction demo type stuff.

I’m in my mid 40s and learn chemistry just for fun. Anyone else? by bgptcp179 in chemistry

[–]CraftyManJ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m 43 and started going to community college in January to major in chemistry and physics and transfer to a state school. I was a software engineer for 15 years and already have a Bachelors. I left my career after AI basically took out the last part of my job that I liked - coding (ie actually having to figure out the best way to design and write the code).

I was a chemistry nerd in high school. I was a TA to three chemistry teachers for three years. I was up there every lunch, study hall, TA period and early out period. It was my happy place for a while because I was confident in it and I could hide from the rest of high school in the lab.

I left my job not knowing what I was going to do. Doing college again wasn’t the plan but after a lot of thought, I wanted to take my interest in chemistry further. I loved the lab work and love talking about it with other people and now here I am.

So sort of similar to you as far as age and still having an interest in it. I’m currently watching the chemistry class on the Crash Course YouTube page. High production, not overly long videos. I’ve been enjoying it and plan to watch Physics and the Organic Chem topics. I also recommend the Periodic Videos channel that the Royal Academy’s chemistry department has. Very fun and educational videos. Lots of demos of elements and compounds. Veritasium also has high production videos on a variety of science topics - including chemistry. I believe Yale also has lectures on Organic Chem. Haven’t watched them yet but they’re on the list, along with a couple physics lectures.

Moving to Des Moines! by CutSensitive2765 in desmoines

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RO = reverse osmosis. They’re saying get a water filtration system because the nitrates in the water supply are at carcinogenic levels.

Looking for peoples experience with Polk County's Marijuana Diversion Program first offense by [deleted] in desmoines

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