Its funny sometimes to think back how some of the seemingly trivial decisions make a big difference in the path your life takes.
Like, one that stands out, for example, senior year of college, when I was at the spring career fair applying for summer jobs, and I have two versions of my resume, one tailored for defense contractors and one generic resume for other industries. There was that moment when I reached into my folder of resumes and decided to hand the recruiter my defense resume… That particular company actually had two divisions, one doing defense contracts and the other in the transportation industry. In fact, I was slightly intrigued by their transportation group from my prior experience doing an internship for another company in the transportation industry. But I was running low on generic resumes, and had a good number of booths left to visit. So I pulled out a copy of the defense resume. Spur of the moment decision. That innocuous choice ended up shaping the first four years of my career after I got the interview for that company’s defense division, and henceforth accepted the position I interviewed for. In the end, I was happy with where I’d ended up, but it’s funny to think how such a small decision could have caused me to end up somewhere completely different.