@zkamvar back to computers  

I did four years of linguistics college while funding myself as a sysadmin for a dayjob, then two years more with a Master's in Japanology, then I got hired as a PhD in Germany to do fieldwork in Japan. I loved everything about it. but after 4 years my work contract was over and jobs in the humanities are scarce and temporary, and I have kids and I needed a stable job. bounced back to IT, have been stuck with it since.