JD:  “And four years of pre-med, four years of med school, and tons of unpaid loans have
made me realize one thing… I don’t know jack.”
-Scrubs

That line above pretty much perfectly sums up how I felt on my first day of actual work. Years of education had taught me how to be a good writer, thinker, programmer. But my first day, I felt that four years taking swimming pool management classes would have helped just as much. I knew nothing about the specialty I would be working on full time. My co-workers at the time said there were no books that would help me. They said I would “just pick it up.” I thought they must have been pumping some kind of drug through the office ventilation system.

The other week was my one-year anniversary at my job. Coincidentally, we brought a new hire onto our project, who, like me one year ago, knew absolutely nothing. He started asking the same questions I did, and I realized that I was answering all of them. Within a year, I’d been able to absorb everything up to the point that I was able to flawlessly teach other people. Amazing.