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I wish I was like...
Minimally competent at my job?

Fact of the matter is, I can tell computers to do things, but I don't have enough background outside of that to tell them how to do USEFUL things (like most math) and I can't organise/structure projects for shit.

Having spent most of my time maintaining grad student code written in C, that runs as command line tools and services has left me with:
- basically no ability outside my niche field
- don't know how to organise a large project sensibly
- woefully lacking in other languages

Kinda sucks b/c it basically means I'm trapped where I am right now. For all my complaining, it isn't the WORST job, and I have benefits and stuff. I just wish I wasn't the only person holding this together.

But if I ever try to leave... what do I have that anyone would want?

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