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Getting Paid to Learn...The Ultimate Job Perk!

July 05, 2026 / 00:55

This episode discusses the value of self-directed learning, the experiences of homeschooling, and how these factors influence career paths. Guests share personal insights on their educational backgrounds and how they apply those lessons in their professional lives.

One guest reflects on the feeling of being paid to learn, expressing a sense of irony and excitement about the opportunity to engage in work that feels intrinsically rewarding. They mention editing content as part of their job, highlighting the blend of personal interest and professional responsibility.

Another guest discusses their experience with homeschooling and how it fostered independence and self-motivation in their scientific career. They note the lack of a structured learning environment during childhood and how it prepared them for the challenges of self-directed research.

TLDR

Guests discuss self-directed learning and its impact on their careers.

Episode

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Sometimes I feel like I'm just robbing people because I'm like, you're you're literally paying me to learn something

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that I would just do in my own free time. >> Yeah. >> Um and granted, you know, I'm actually

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editing their stuff, but it's it's funny. It's it it's so refreshing, I think, when you can kind of find

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something that you're like, whoa, like someone will pay me to do this thing. That's like the craziest, I think,

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feeling. >> I agree. I agree. Yeah. Yeah. And I will say like for for my current career like

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I do think homeschooling in in the way that my mom did, it actually maybe did help because um you know as a scientist

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my job is to kind of learn on my own, right? There's no there's no guide, right? I have to figure things out and

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and try things by myself. So I think that that experience as a kid of like not having a super directed

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like learning environment actually did kind of help in for my current career. Okay.

Episode Highlights

The Joy of Learning
Finding joy in being paid to learn something you love is a unique feeling.
“That's like the craziest, I think, feeling.”
@ 00m 20s
July 05, 2026
Homeschooling's Impact
Reflecting on how homeschooling shaped a career in science and self-directed learning.
“I think that experience as a kid... actually did kind of help.”
@ 00m 29s
July 05, 2026

Episode Quotes

Whoa, like someone will pay me to do this thing.
Getting Paid to Learn...The Ultimate Job Perk!
It's so refreshing when you find something you love.
Getting Paid to Learn...The Ultimate Job Perk!

Key Moments

Paid to Learn00:17
Homeschooling Benefits00:29