Ask HN: Who were you before you were a silicon "valley-type techie"?

Re:Ask HN: Who were you before you were a silicon "valley-ty... by aorshan on Friday December 28, 2012 @12:25AM (#4976558)

I was dead set on becoming a neuroseurgeon. Spent all of high school taking science classes. Majored in Neuroscience for my first year and a half of college, decided I hated everything about it, and decided to change my major. Attended a hackathon or two (including one sponsored by Twilio) and haven't looked back. I'm still in school, but I work for Freshplum as well. Hopefully I'll be spending this summer out in the valley.

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Re:Ask HN: Who were you before you were a silicon "valley-ty... by dylanz on Friday December 28, 2012 @12:45AM (#4976619)

May I ask what you hated about Neuroscience?

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Re:Ask HN: Who were you before you were a silicon "valley-ty... by aorshan on Friday December 28, 2012 @11:59AM (#4978364)

For my entire life, I've always loved science. It was never a doubt for me that I wanted to study science in school. But when I got to school, I was accepted into an accelerated honors program for science students. So I was taking a lot of hard science really quickly. At first it was great, but soon I started to get really burnt out. I realized that I wasn't enjoying my classes anymore and that I was starting to loathe the concept of studying the material. I refused to allow school to ruin my love for science, so I changed my major.

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