Career day
Career day was a very fun day mostly due to Joe Manson (the biochemical engineer I shadowed) being awesome. On may 18th I went to UCSD to have the honor to shadow a biochemical engineer. I was already excited to spend a day with a fellow Joe but once I realized how similar we were, I knew we were going to have a blast. He started off the day by giving me a tour of all the experiments he has been working on. The first lab i visited, the whole place was covered in wires. He explained to me that this is the average workplace of his job.
He explained to me his journey towards his job. He had no plans to be apart of this job, he kind of tumbled his way upon it. He started off joining the navy at 19, working in a power plant. He worked on nuclear materials and maintaining them. One thing he told me was, he gets bored of things easily. This was his first job and he felt burnt out about 5 months into it. So he moved onto grad school (UCSD) and decided he wanted to study biology to become a doctor. But, once again, he got bored of it and decided he wanted to study biochemistry. Joey really enjoyed this, he actually enjoyed learning. He would always attend office hours and that caught the attention of the professor. They began to converse and he was asking Joey how he was so good with electronics. Joe explained to him his background and his professor told him that he'd be perfect for the UCSD department. He was hired and has been there for 5 years. He said that this is by far his favorite job that he could never get bored of, and that really stuck with me. He explained to me how patience is required for this job. In this job there is going to be failure but failure only gets you closer to the solution. He told me that everyday is different. He never follows one schedule. The only trait the remains the same is his check in - out time.
He explained to me his journey towards his job. He had no plans to be apart of this job, he kind of tumbled his way upon it. He started off joining the navy at 19, working in a power plant. He worked on nuclear materials and maintaining them. One thing he told me was, he gets bored of things easily. This was his first job and he felt burnt out about 5 months into it. So he moved onto grad school (UCSD) and decided he wanted to study biology to become a doctor. But, once again, he got bored of it and decided he wanted to study biochemistry. Joey really enjoyed this, he actually enjoyed learning. He would always attend office hours and that caught the attention of the professor. They began to converse and he was asking Joey how he was so good with electronics. Joe explained to him his background and his professor told him that he'd be perfect for the UCSD department. He was hired and has been there for 5 years. He said that this is by far his favorite job that he could never get bored of, and that really stuck with me. He explained to me how patience is required for this job. In this job there is going to be failure but failure only gets you closer to the solution. He told me that everyday is different. He never follows one schedule. The only trait the remains the same is his check in - out time.