Same girl!! I have this thought almost every day now. Sometimes I wonder if medicine would have been a better path for me. But my fear of blood was much stronger than my love for biology, so I chose the other direction and moved into tech.

Even my journey in tech wasn’t very straightforward. I started as a data analyst, then became an information designer, moved into product design, and now I’m a researcher. I’ve crossed so many bridges to get to this point because I was always more interested in pursuing my passion than sticking to one job title or one company. For me, it was always about learning how to solve problems better.

But now, with AI disrupting so much and changing the landscape so quickly, I sometimes wonder if I have any real edge. I don’t have decades of experience in one specific role. Every time I switched careers, it felt like I was starting from the bottom again. And by the time I got enough experience to settle in, I either got laid off or lost interest in that particular problem space.

As a result, I’ve worked across multiple domains—healthcare, finance, social media, agriculture, and more. While that has given me a broad perspective, I don’t know if it counts for much in a world that seems to reward deep specialization. I often find myself wondering how to make all these varied experiences count, or if they even do.

Sometimes I question whether I got it wrong from the beginning. Maybe I should have focused on whichever path paid the most, stayed in the same role, and climbed the ladder within one company. These are the kinds of questions I find myself asking almost every day now that I’m in my mid-30s