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Carl Zha: Xinjiang, Ukraine, and U.S.-China relations — #10

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Engineering - Is That Your Career?

i'm curious, because you were very conscious of wanting to climb out of deprivationys and make it into the middle class. Were you strategic about choosing, for example, going to a engineering focus school and pursuing engineeing as a career? Maybe not because you liked this subject so much, but just because you knew it was economically advantageous. That's definitely a reason. Also, because my dad was a engineer, right at the time, my choice was either going to engineering or medicine. My dat finally lande private sector job in 19 95 after the economy got better. But still, like, i didn't want to burden them with having to support me through eight years of medico

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