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First real job is because I've been hiding in an academic circle for the last 8 years, with occasional part-time jobs (that bored me to death). I left my home country when I was about 15, and from then got various scholarships to do my Bachelor and Master degrees. I was raised a nerd (no surprise ...

Care to summarize 'Zen and The Art of of Motorcycle Maintenance'? I read it when I was maybe 18, but it didn't really resonate with me so well. Now that I'm a little bit older and a burned out IT pro, it might, though I just don't have the time to read it between grad school, rental business and ...

Bet I'm the first one here, from such an exotic land :lol: . If not, shout out. I need to know there are some/any kindred spirit around.

I was born in Vietnam but left for the UK when I was in my early teen. Somewhere along the way my culture lost hold of me and I became somewhat of a hippie ...