{"id":567,"date":"2019-12-20T15:34:01","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T23:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nathanbak.com\/?p=567"},"modified":"2026-01-02T20:05:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T04:05:20","slug":"when-i-grow-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/?p=567","title":{"rendered":"When I Grow Up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hagred - &quot;You&#039;re a wizard Harry.&quot;\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YFNsRogBqb0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t know what I want to be when I grow up.  In fifth and sixth grade I planned to be a microbiologist, but that phased out as I transitioned into middle school.  In college I studied various things including Manufacturing , Music, and Math,  Linguistics, Languages, and Literature.  I spent some time planning to be a college professor in Comparative Literature, but somehow that turned into my working in the software industry.  But still, I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve got everything figured out.  So I guess I&#8217;m a little jealous of the Potter boy who had Hagrid show up and say, &#8220;You&#8217;re a wizard, Harry.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"604\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nathanbak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2019-12-08-08.41.34-scaled-e1576875840774-1024x604.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2019-12-08-08.41.34-scaled-e1576875840774-1024x604.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2019-12-08-08.41.34-scaled-e1576875840774-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2019-12-08-08.41.34-scaled-e1576875840774-768x453.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2019-12-08-08.41.34-scaled-e1576875840774-1536x905.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2019-12-08-08.41.34-scaled-e1576875840774-2048x1207.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The story of Harry Potter is basically the story of King Arthur.  A nondescript, British orphan is informed of what he is to be.  A aged, semi-mysterious wizard oversees the education of the boy into his teen years when he comes of age and eventually is able to claim a role in public service.  Along the way is various trial, adventure, and snogging where some details vary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apparently I am neither a wizard nor the Once and Future King.  No messenger has arrived to reveal what I am to be, so instead I am forced to muddle about on my own.  What an adventure that has been so far.  I still don&#8217;t know what I&#8217;m going to be when I grow up, but I&#8217;m not dissatisfied with where I am now, and curious to see what the future holds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t know what I want to be when I grow up. In fifth and sixth grade I planned to be a microbiologist, but that phased out as I transitioned into middle school. In college I studied various things including Manufacturing , Music, and Math, Linguistics, Languages, and Literature. I spent some time planning to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/?p=567\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;When I Grow Up&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=567"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":572,"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567\/revisions\/572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}