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… 4. I created a random side project connecting docs with phage labs with her (now six years ago). We started connecting docs and labs, and have since taken on 40+ cases, and successfully treated two. Last year we moved to Sydney to essentially run a translational microbiology lab / phage therapy clinical trial — she's the microbiologist and I'm the research software engineer. We're just treating our 4th patient now. I'm building data collection tools for our bioinformaticians, doctors/nurses and microbiology lab, and trying to scale this project up using automation tools and robots. We're creating reports for the TGA to make sure our preps are safe. There's lots of work in areas I've never deal with (data science, stats, building full stack web apps, dealing with OpenTrons, REDCap, and a billion other tools). It doesn't pay nearly as much as tech, but it's the most absurd thing I could ever do as a "UX designer"

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Life is pretty absurd and wonder more and more why we put so much stake into a job when the employer effectively doesn't care about you. Anyone taking some time to do cool stuff?

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What a coincidence! I've been thinking about taking a sabbatical and walking the the Camino de Santiago. During that time I will likely study for some IT certs to demonstrate new skills in cloud servers & security. How did you feel about balancing studying skills with socializing & enjoying the journey of the Camino?

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Why do you feel most people do the Camino if not for spiritual reasons? I've heard about constantly in the past couple months of my life and maybe it's just frequency bias but it's odd that I went from never knowing it existed to having met several people who did it and see it mentioned online frequently.

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