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So I majored in computer stuff as a premed.
Was rejected from med schools so applied for tech jobs. Now I have several job offers. One is from a certain Madison-based EHR company with a monopoly on patient data. The other is a cybersecurity job at the Department of Defense (fight club rules prevent further discussion beyond basic info). The cybersecurity one is super cool, but it feels like I am leaving medicine completely if I’m not in something even remotely adjacent to healthcare. And idk how relevant a cybersecurity job would be on my AMCAS application should I choose to reapply. But more importantly, I’m just really confused on what to do.
On top of that, my school has a 5th year masters program in CS where current undergrads can apply internally for the Masters in CS program. And this program only takes a year. So I applied for that and decisions should be coming out soon.
In addition, I’ve also applied to several generic FAANG/tech jobs and am in the final interview rounds. I’ve passed the technical interviews and am onto the behavioral interview. I would make a really good salary (~200k including stocks straight out of undergrad) and would get to stay on the West Coast, where I want to ideally stay. Technically my parents are in the Midwest but want to move back to India when they retire in a few years. So I have no ties except to the West Coast where I went to college.
On top of that I am really passionate about urban design and sustainable planning and land use. I want to design landscapes that are eco friendly and good for human health, i.e. more pedestrian and bicyclist friendly. I remember that for my Harvard undergrad interview, I went on a 5 minute rant about environmental planning and effects on human health when the interviewer simply asked why I was premed. And I was waitlisted at MIT for undergrad to study environmental/civil engineering and still have a passion. So I interviewed for a data analyst job at a planning company and they really liked my tech background.
On top of all this, I loved the BioE classes I took at my undergrad and did 3 years of research at UCSF and Stanford in medical imaging and econometrics. I love the idea of working on designing ML and low cost medical imaging for developing nations. Which is why some of my applications for med schools were actually MD/PhD programs last cycle.
I just don’t know how decide. I’ve got options, and I’m talented in all these these fields. I did well on the MCAT and have done well in tech. I can’t eliminate anything based off skill. If I take the cybersecurity job, then it just feels like I’m moving away slowly from med. Same with tech industry. I just don’t know what I’m doing and am really confused.
I literally just studied CS/engineering to have a good backup plan. But now, I genuinely like it as a career.
There are a thousand different things I want to accomplish in this life to make the world a better place. I can’t decide on one.
TL;DR: Too many career paths, i.e. the Paris Geller dilemma. Hate the feeling of uncertainty without a direction. Always had a goal, a path in life. But now? Idk.
Was rejected from med schools so applied for tech jobs. Now I have several job offers. One is from a certain Madison-based EHR company with a monopoly on patient data. The other is a cybersecurity job at the Department of Defense (fight club rules prevent further discussion beyond basic info). The cybersecurity one is super cool, but it feels like I am leaving medicine completely if I’m not in something even remotely adjacent to healthcare. And idk how relevant a cybersecurity job would be on my AMCAS application should I choose to reapply. But more importantly, I’m just really confused on what to do.
On top of that, my school has a 5th year masters program in CS where current undergrads can apply internally for the Masters in CS program. And this program only takes a year. So I applied for that and decisions should be coming out soon.
In addition, I’ve also applied to several generic FAANG/tech jobs and am in the final interview rounds. I’ve passed the technical interviews and am onto the behavioral interview. I would make a really good salary (~200k including stocks straight out of undergrad) and would get to stay on the West Coast, where I want to ideally stay. Technically my parents are in the Midwest but want to move back to India when they retire in a few years. So I have no ties except to the West Coast where I went to college.
On top of that I am really passionate about urban design and sustainable planning and land use. I want to design landscapes that are eco friendly and good for human health, i.e. more pedestrian and bicyclist friendly. I remember that for my Harvard undergrad interview, I went on a 5 minute rant about environmental planning and effects on human health when the interviewer simply asked why I was premed. And I was waitlisted at MIT for undergrad to study environmental/civil engineering and still have a passion. So I interviewed for a data analyst job at a planning company and they really liked my tech background.
On top of all this, I loved the BioE classes I took at my undergrad and did 3 years of research at UCSF and Stanford in medical imaging and econometrics. I love the idea of working on designing ML and low cost medical imaging for developing nations. Which is why some of my applications for med schools were actually MD/PhD programs last cycle.
I just don’t know how decide. I’ve got options, and I’m talented in all these these fields. I did well on the MCAT and have done well in tech. I can’t eliminate anything based off skill. If I take the cybersecurity job, then it just feels like I’m moving away slowly from med. Same with tech industry. I just don’t know what I’m doing and am really confused.
I literally just studied CS/engineering to have a good backup plan. But now, I genuinely like it as a career.
There are a thousand different things I want to accomplish in this life to make the world a better place. I can’t decide on one.
TL;DR: Too many career paths, i.e. the Paris Geller dilemma. Hate the feeling of uncertainty without a direction. Always had a goal, a path in life. But now? Idk.
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