Q: Your profile mentions a lot of stuff you’ve done. Are you actually qualified for all that?

Nope. Most of that was from before you needed qualifications to do everything.

I have a Bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering (which shows up as BASc.) and I have what Americans would call Associate degrees in Environmental Science, Architecture, Computer Science, Process Engineering, and History. And I think I’ve got an MBA somewhere, because those things sometimes get handed out like prizes in Crackerjack boxes.

I also apprenticed as an Electrician, and started down the path of a Teaching Assistant before those things required the level of certification they do now. I also have a bunch of technical certifications from a variety of places. Most of which are woefully out of date now.

It’s all fooferall, anyway. All they prove is that I’m adequate at sitting exams and taking up space in class. I never excelled at any of it, to be honest. I was always near the bottom of the class when graduating. Though, I always graduated, which is a bit of an accomplishment. My ChemEng class started with over 200 people, and only 50 or so graduated.