The Formidable Mid-Career Crisis

Abstract

My high school grades were top except for one subject: composition. Free text was (and still is) my absolute nightmare. After high school I only had to do technical writing, which is much easier: it boils down to math. Fact, supporting evidence, implication, which leads to another fact, repeat. So, when Tamer asked me to write a piece about mid-career challenges, I was excited at first, and then I was terrified. I wrote five outlines and veto'ed them all. "I am not good at this," I wanted to say, "ask somebody else!" But, then I remembered - this happens every time I get into unknown territory.