it's also funny coz somewhere in the middle people are wondering how i achieved any of my 'amazing' tech achievements with 'just' a political science degree

i would say it's because of it that i did any of those things

i was just talking about exactly this to my friend who is visiting:

sometimes when i talk about work, people in singapore have this overwhelming sense of 'i didn't do all the right things... how and why did i deserve any of the things that i got?

(to be clear, i did get an 'elite' and 'prestigious' education there but i didn't choose the 'right' things)

no one ever says it to my face but i know it comes down to:

- i didn't go to an ivy league or oxbridge school
- i didn't have a technical degree
- why did i always have access to work opportunities nobody else seems to have at a faster pace than my peers

i have lots of thoughts on this, but sometimes it gets to me, that i feel like i didn't 'deserve' any of these things because i'm not 'conventionally successful' by singapore standards