Are you where you are meant to be right now? How can you tell if you are not?

07/09/21 • 11 min

Are you where you are meant to be right now? How can you tell if you are not? If you ever wonder about that, you are in good company. Fatima is asking these questions, and I had made major academic and career changes in university as a result of these questions. Listen in as we discuss, and inadvertently reveal an intimate personal story I had buried for over 15 years.

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Diverse Software Engineers Podcast - Are you where you are meant to be right now? How can you tell if you are not?

Transcript

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Are you where you're meant to be right now? How can you tell if you're not? If you ever wonder about that? You are in good company. Fatima is asking these questions. And I have made major academic and career changes in university as result of these questions. isten in as we discuss, and nadvertently reveal an intimate tory I had buried for over 15 ears.

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