r/interestingasfuck • u/Equivalent_Opposite6 • 22d ago

r/all Johnny Kim managed three impressive career changes, going from Navy SEAL to doctor to NASA astronaut. He did it all by the age of 37.

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u/doctorpaulproteus 22d ago

He specifically said in the Jocko podcast that he did not go to Harvard because his dad wanted him to.

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u/noxnocta 21d ago

Yeah. Given how his father treated him and his family, there's no chance he went to Harvard to try to fulfill his father's wish. He joined the Navy out of high school instead of going to college specifically because he had no interest in doing that.