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teenagewangst  ·  4358 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What do you do for a living? What would you like to do?

I've seen it before, and just watched it again. It's unfortunate that transportation is politically a terrible issue, and also one that gets swept under the rug. By that I mean that most of the solutions wanted by the transportation minds are politically infeasible (gas tax, restrictions on parking), yet it remains a pressing issue that never gets talked about by anybody, except a few high speed rail proposals every now and then (that I'm not an expert on).

I actually spoke to a guy from Ford working on some future mobility stuff at a transportation career fair, but already had something worked out for the next year or so. We'll see what happens - a lot of the cooler research based stuff probably requires a PhD and more passion to accomplish, and I'm definitely not prepared for that. It's a weird transition from not having a clue what I wanted to do (back in undergrad) to the slow realization that I have access to more than I thought previously (now in grad school), to transportation or math-based careers. It's a great problem to have, but making important life decisions stresses me out. Maybe they aren't as important as I think - I'm in my early 20's, so there's plenty of time to figure things out.