{"id":1211,"date":"2023-04-03T10:06:49","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T17:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/travel\/?p=1211"},"modified":"2023-04-03T10:06:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T17:06:52","slug":"study-work-living-or-being-born-abroad-teaches-how-to-think-globally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/travel\/2023\/04\/03\/study-work-living-or-being-born-abroad-teaches-how-to-think-globally\/","title":{"rendered":"Study, work, living or being born abroad teaches how to think globally."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My background is software and computer system development, with an undergrad degree in computer science. When I completed an MBA degree at age 41, one of the most important things I learned was how to stop thinking like a computer scientist! (At age 54 I earned an MS in software engineering.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When we are immersed in a field, we learn a way of thinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A nurse&#8217;s education and training teaches how to think like a nurse.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A lawyer learns how to think like a lawyer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A doctor learns how to think like a doctor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A veterinarian learns how to think like a veterinarian<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A creative writer learns how to think like a creative writer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An engineer learns how to think like an engineer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In my world view, nearly every problem was seen as a problem needing software as a solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earning an MBA taught me to view problems in a broader context, literally to see opportunities &#8211; rather than problems &#8211; and opportunities that could have many solutions (not just software!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Study abroad, work abroad, living abroad or being born abroad, living abroad teaches one how to think globally.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Think. About. That.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Study abroad, work abroad, living abroad or being born abroad, living abroad teaches one how to think globally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-globally-experienced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1211\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}