IAmA
r/IAmA
Hi Reddit! We've dedicated our careers to working in climate – we specifically focus on helping more folks start working in climate.
We're here to answer your questions about finding a career in climate, what it’s like to work in climate, what challenges and successes we’ve seen in the solutions we’re working on, or anything else you want to ask!
A quick intro:
Janet Matta - Hi all! I’m the head of careers at Terra.do (u/terra-do). I focus on helping people land work that matters is my passion, and I have more than 12 years of experience jumpstarting new careers and supporting professionals in making career transitions.
Rick Kempinski – I'm the Fellowship Operations Director for Activate (u/ActivateFellows). I work with Activate Communities to ensure that the fellowship experience is consistent. I've worked on science, technology, and engineering fellowship programs for many organizations, like the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
We’ll be live on the thread from 9-6 pm Pacific time!
Thanks for joining our AMA!
Here's our proof!
I have travelled to over 30 countries and 5 continents, including Antarctica, while having my dream job: singing and performing! I am a part of the production cast (of 12) , as well as the vocal captain for the other 5 singers. I do other small duties on the ship for the entertainment department but overall I work on average less than 3 hours a day, and get paid way more than I would on land to sing. It’s a unique lifestyle that combines traveling, performing, customer service, getting along with 50+ other nationalities on board and more. Ask me anything!
Proof: https://ibb.co/LPNQNjr
IMPORTANT: If you're going to remember one thing from this AMA, I hope it's this:
"... the last thing anyone needs is to have uninformed people lecturing them about the need to let go of their trauma, when in fact what they're experiencing is because of a physical scar." https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/14k34en/comment/jpsz3pa/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
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I have prosopagnosia, or "face blindness". My only proof is my Twitter account, in that I've discussed it there, for years. https://twitter.com/Millinillion3K3/status/1673545499826061312?s=20
The condition was made famous by Oliver Sacks' book, "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat." More recently, Brad Pitt identified as prosopagnostic in 2022.
Background info here: https://www.businessinsider.com/some-people-cant-recognize-their-own-face-2013-1
Downside: We're much worse than most, at finding faces familiar. "That's Sam!"
Upside: We're much better than most, at comparing two faces. "Those noses are the same!"
To me, it's like magic, how people recognize each other, despite changing hairstyles, clothes, etc. And I imagine it's like magic, to some, how prosos pick out details. (That doesn't make up for the embarrassing recognition errors. One got me fired! Nonetheless, it's sometimes handy.)
Ask me anything.
Proof: https://imgur.com/a/fO1laMn
I am ATM the sole developer of Sass VS Fash at JMAA GAMES, which can be found at nazipunksgtfo.com - it is a retro FPS following up to the style of Wolfenstein and ROTT where you basically kill some eldritch nazis, as a transfemme protagonist with a serious pair of balls (no pun intended). Feel free to ask me about even future plans for the game, since I got even some cool plans going on for it.
BTW I go by she/her pronouns.
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