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Journey of Returning to Work

This is a tough one. Along the way, it’s filled with self doubt and rejections. I am still on the journey, but I feel I should write something down. It might help other stay at home moms some day. Here is the background. I have a bachelor degree in computer engineering, a master degree in engineering. I stopped working when I had my first child, which was 12 years ago. Now that the children are more independent, I want to see if I can be back at work. Lead by examples, right? I want to give my daughter a real life example of the complexity of being a woman today, balancing between family and career. So far, she has been witnessing the stay at home mom part, which I do believe it’s a good option for some. I started by searching on the Internet, searching for companies and programs that help women/men to return work after a long break. After some failures on job applications, I realized I should update myself with the current technology and environment first! Well, the easies...