What's your last important decision?

I decided to become an EMT. It's kind of worrying to see how little a trained professional can really do in the field, and how much of a difference that little bit can really make. I can honestly say that I have saved lives, but it is incredibly underwhelming yet humbling.

Do I email this person or no.

Still haven't yet but I will. Potential future job.

preid1220 wrote:I decided to become an EMT. It's kind of worrying to see how little a trained professional can really do in the field, and how much of a difference that little bit can really make. I can honestly say that I have saved lives, but it is incredibly underwhelming yet humbling.

What's an EMT?

Hotshot wrote:

preid1220 wrote:I decided to become an EMT. It's kind of worrying to see how little a trained professional can really do in the field, and how much of a difference that little bit can really make. I can honestly say that I have saved lives, but it is incredibly underwhelming yet humbling.

What's an EMT?

Emergency Medical Technician, AKA the doctors in the ambulance.

Probably college and major selection. There was a time in high school where I had no clue what my future could be, until I remembered that I always wanted to be a video game designer as a kid. So I thought learning how to code would be the best place to start.

jj16802 wrote:Probably college and major selection. There was a time in high school where I had no clue what my future could be, until I remembered that I always wanted to be a video game designer as a kid. So I thought learning how to code would be the best place to start.

That's definitely a good start.

Wow Preid, Im guessing you go on adventures on that ambulance.

jj16802 wrote:Probably college and major selection. There was a time in high school where I had no clue what my future could be, until I remembered that I always wanted to be a video game designer as a kid. So I thought learning how to code would be the best place to start.

I have a really good friend who's also planning on doing that. Major in computer science and minor in computer engineering for best results.

But you know what's needed most in the entire world?

It's something that only a computer scientist could do, contrary to most great inventions, which required the pairing up of multiple kinds of engineers.

I had to write a report on this, and I'm trying to talk a computer scientist into working on creating proprietary source code with security build into it instead of being added on as an afterthought like all other security. Read the article here: http://www.engineeringchallenges.org/cms/8996/9042.aspx

It would be hard work, and it wouldn't be fun, but the fame and wealth that would come from it should you succeed would be unimaginable... not to mention it would secure basic privacy rights consistently ignored by NSA freaks.

Hotshot wrote:

jj16802 wrote:Probably college and major selection. There was a time in high school where I had no clue what my future could be, until I remembered that I always wanted to be a video game designer as a kid. So I thought learning how to code would be the best place to start.

That's definitely a good start.

Wow Preid, Im guessing you go on adventures on that ambulance.

For the most part it's ether really stable old people with CHF or COPD who need to go to the hospital again, bullshit traumas or as we like to call it Allstateitus "Yeah, I'm totally fine. Let me just get your insurance informa.... Is that an ambulance? MY BACK IS KILLING ME". Occasionally we will get a cardiac arrest, but I've never gotten anyone to stay back... All in all it's a very gritty and unappreciated job, but we will still willingly get up at 3 AM to help those in a crises, whoever they are.

preid1220 wrote:

Hotshot wrote:

jj16802 wrote:Probably college and major selection. There was a time in high school where I had no clue what my future could be, until I remembered that I always wanted to be a video game designer as a kid. So I thought learning how to code would be the best place to start.

That's definitely a good start.

Wow Preid, Im guessing you go on adventures on that ambulance.

For the most part it's ether really stable old people with CHF or COPD who need to go to the hospital again, bullshit traumas or as we like to call it Allstateitus "Yeah, I'm totally fine. Let me just get your insurance informa.... Is that an ambulance? MY BACK IS KILLING ME". Occasionally we will get a cardiac arrest, but I've never gotten anyone to stay back... All in all it's a very gritty and unappreciated job, but we will still willingly get up at 3 AM to help those in a crises, whoever they are.

Sounds cool. Which reminds me...they started the Ambulatory Pharmacy in December of 2012.