GCP: How I Learned to Stop Compiling and Learned to Become a Business Major

I used to think that Bruce Lee and old Kung Fu movies were cheesy. In a way I used to resent them for the stereotypes they created for Asian-Americans in general. In the last year or so I've watched a few documentaries on Bruce Lee and his teachings of Jeet Kune Do. Most people know Bruce Lee for Enter the Dragon or Game of Death or for creating Jeet Kune Do, his fighting “style.” Fewer people know that he attended the University of Washington and that he studied Philosophy while he majored in Drama (this is according to the records of the university, even though Lee said several times that he majored in Philosophy). He's famous for the following quote:

Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water. Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless — like water. Now you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup; You put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle; You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.

Lee is talking about the styles of martial arts and the flaws of them. You must be prepared for wherever the fight goes, whether that means it turns into 20 minutes of grappling or 5 minutes of boxing. It means much more than that.
In a way, this sums up my trip to Greece. This trip gives students the opportunity to work on a consulting project to give them real world experience. This program is normally only for business majors with a few exceptions and I am one of them. I have tried to come on this trip with an open mind. I have tried to be like water. This program demands that I be a business major, so as best as I could, I have been a business major for the last two weeks.
Sticking with just Computer Science would be foolish. It's not always about what your degree is in but also what skills you have to offer. Computer Science and technology is always evolving. I don't think I can stick with it forever. There will always be kids coming out of college that can code better and faster than I can. As I get older and I get more experience companies will be willing to hire these new college graduates because they can pay them less.
Many people have asked me why I'm here and until now I didn't have an answer. I'm here to gain another skill to add to my toolbox. Dana White, the president of UFC, considers Bruce Lee the father of Mixed Martial Arts because of his philosophy of fighting. Bruce Lee was all about experimenting, taking what works for you, and using it. This trip has been one very expensive experiment and I guess you could use that idea to explain my entire career. I've taken a lot of classes in a lot of different fields. I've found a lot of things that I liked as well as plenty of things that I don't like. Who knows what I will take away from this trip? I don't know yet. Nobody does. I never thought in a million years that I would ever consider a MBA or that I'd be in Greece but I'm here in Greece and maybe a MBA wouldn't be the worst thing in the world.