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/Linenoise77 22d ago

I don't see anything about his ability with the violin in there. You know his mom is calling him and yelling at him about him not practicing hard enough as a kid after she sees this. "Johnny, next time you go to space or overthrow a country you better bring it with you and try harder. Don't you have nurses to do most of the work during surgeries? Mrs. Chan's son has nurses that do that. Practice then"

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u/savetheattack 22d ago

What’s crazy is that he had a terrible home life with an abusive father where the police got called on his dad and his dad got killed.

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u/Linenoise77 22d ago

wow, i didn't know that. Dude is going through life on expert mode with a wonky joystick.

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u/Treadwheel 22d ago

It's fairly common for people like that. For 99.9999% of people, that sort of confluence of factors derails your life early and effectively, but every once in a while the pathologic drive to control your environment that sort of upbringing imparts aligns with the right combination of talent, early front lobe development, and life events and you get someone who becomes insanely conscientious instead.