The ROI of Irrationality: What Grad School Actually Taught Me

I went to graduate school to specialize in computer graphics. I came out of it to find a job market that had practically vanished. If I had listened to the conventional wisdom of the time, I would have pivoted. I would have cut my losses, updated my resume to reflect a safer trajectory, and moved on. For a time I did do just that and pivoted to computer security. But I realized it would be better…