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What was the embarassing moment of your life that turned out positive? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It's friday, so lets try to end the week in a positive note with a laugh.

My own: got the first compliment of my life after a locker room raid.

I was told I was pretty easy on the eye with no top on, with a smile and a wink to boot, after a few minutes of playing the toss the bundle around game.

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I was laid off from my welding job. My boss liked me, so he helped me get a job at another shop. But I was in a really bad head-space in that time of my life in general, so that combined with a few other things, and I quit that new job within about 2 days after starting.

I was totally unable to find a welding job after that. There was a reason the first so laid me off after all - oil markets had crashed, and I lived in a very oil-dependant city. So I ended up working temp jobs to get by, but for a solid 2 years I did nothing but kick myself for being so stupid. To this day, I think quitting that job was one of the stupidest things I've ever done.

Anyway, after 2 years of that, I finally decided to change gears entirely. I went to school, got a CS degree, and now I have a cushy, well paying programming job.

I still think it was stupid to quit that job back then, but if I hadn't, I wouldn't be where I am now. I often think about how I can apply that way of thinking to other areas of my life.

[–] grabyourmotherskeys 6 points 11 months ago

I find devs that have a blue collar (or whatever) background are the best. You know what actual work is separate from the programming aspect.

I got into dev later in life and the real world experience contributed to my ability to focus, complete work, get along with others, and appreciate the value of a well paying job where I wasn't physically at risk.