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P3.instances[0].transcript.parse_transcript_data({"transcript":"<p><span m='926'>Hi,</span> <span m='1389'>my name is</span> <span m='1852'>Dan,</span> <span m='2315'>and I</span> <span m='2778'>am a</span> <span m='3241'>physical</span> <span m='3704'>chemist</span> <span m='4167'>at a</span> <span m='4630'>university</span> <span m='5040'>in</span> <span m='5450'>the</span> <span m='5770'>San</span> <span m='5990'>Francisco</span> <span m='6380'>Bay</span> <span m='6610'>Area.</span> <span m='7335'>And</span> <span m='7760'>I</span> <span m='7940'>went</span> <span m='8230'>through</span> <span m='8990'>college</span> <span m='9510'>to</span> <span m='9620'>get</span> <span m='9890'>a</span> <span m='9940'>degree</span> <span m='10260'>in</span> <span m='10400'>chemistry,</span> <span m='11150'>and then</span> <span m='11640'>I</span> <span m='11770'>went</span> <span m='12110'>into</span> <span m='12350'>graduate</span> <span m='12770'>work</span> <span m='13630'>at</span> <span m='13720'>another</span> <span m='13980'>California</span> <span m='14450'>university.</span> <span m='15490'>And</span> <span m='15630'>finally,</span> <span m='16030'>I'm</span> <span m='16210'>now</span> <span m='16379'>doing</span> <span m='16670'>post</span> <span m='17010'>doctoral</span> <span m='17390'>research,</span> <span m='17880'>or</span> <span m='17990'>research</span> <span m='18480'>for a</span> <span m='18600'>living,</span> <span m='19410'>at</span> <span m='19460'>one of</span> <span m='19590'>the</span> <span m='19630'>local</span> <span m='19880'>universities.</span> <span m='20275'>And</span> <span m='20670'>so</span> <span m='20830'>my</span> <span m='20980'>typical</span> <span m='21400'>week</span> <span m='21670'>is</span> <span m='22170'>basically</span> <span m='23020'>trying</span> <span m='23330'>to</span> <span m='23380'>solve</span> <span m='23700'>a</span> <span m='23840'>problem with</span> <span m='24240'>science</span> <span m='25000'>that</span> <span m='25380'>concerns</span> <span m='26060'>energy</span> <span m='26610'>for</span> <span m='26690'>the</span> <span m='26760'>rest</span> <span m='26990'>of the</span> <span m='27120'>world.</span> <span m='27870'>And</span> <span m='28140'>that's</span> <span m='28360'>what</span> <span m='28480'>I</span> <span m='28550'>do</span> <span m='29020'>five,</span> <span m='29360'>six</span> <span m='29755'>days</span> <span m='30150'>a week.</span> </p><p><span m='31330'>My</span> <span m='31450'>career</span> <span m='31840'>path</span> <span m='32140'>to</span> <span m='32220'>get</span> <span m='32430'>there,</span> <span m='32590'>as</span> <span m='32740'>I</span> <span m='32780'>said,</span> <span m='33130'>is</span> <span m='33260'>basically</span> <span m='33940'>in</span> <span m='33980'>high</span> <span m='34170'>school</span> <span m='34540'>working</span> <span m='34890'>on</span> <span m='35240'>math</span> <span m='35545'>and</span> <span m='35850'>science.</span> <span m='36960'>And</span> <span m='37120'>of</span> <span m='37200'>course,</span> <span m='37460'>other</span> <span m='37640'>things</span> <span m='37860'>you</span> <span m='37940'>may not</span> <span m='38160'>think</span> <span m='38680'>are</span> <span m='38800'>important to</span> <span m='39220'>science,</span> <span m='39650'>but</span> <span m='40096'>reading,</span> <span m='40542'>writing,</span> <span m='40988'>and</span> <span m='41434'>communicating,</span> <span m='42330'>and</span> <span m='42480'>basically</span> <span m='42930'>getting</span> <span m='43600'>a</span> <span m='43690'>bunch</span> <span m='44030'>of</span> <span m='44100'>skills</span> <span m='44700'>that</span> <span m='44830'>allow</span> <span m='45110'>you</span> <span m='45360'>to do</span> <span m='45590'>your</span> <span m='45740'>work</span> <span m='46160'>and</span> <span m='46420'>then</span> <span m='46680'>convey</span> <span m='47170'>your</span> <span m='47290'>work</span> <span m='47710'>to</span> <span m='47810'>people</span> <span m='48200'>who</span> <span m='48390'>aren't</span> <span m='48920'>working</span> <span m='49180'>in your</span> <span m='49440'>area.</span> <span m='49725'>That's</span> <span m='50010'>very</span> <span m='50410'>important.</span> <span m='51300'>So</span> <span m='52370'>again,</span> <span m='52680'>build</span> <span m='52930'>up</span> <span m='53040'>a</span> <span m='53120'>skill</span> <span m='53450'>set</span> <span m='53840'>that is</span> <span m='54280'>very</span> <span m='54510'>diverse</span> <span m='55210'>in</span> <span m='55860'>not</span> <span m='56260'>just</span> <span m='56580'>being</span> <span m='56845'>able to</span> <span m='57110'>do</span> <span m='57250'>what</span> <span m='57400'>you</span> <span m='57530'>do,</span> <span m='58180'>but</span> <span m='58330'>also</span> <span m='58830'>talk</span> <span m='59080'>to people</span> <span m='59482'>about it.</span> <span m='59884'>And</span> <span m='60286'>that's</span> <span m='60688'>very important,</span> <span m='61090'>and not a</span> <span m='61250'>lot</span> <span m='61420'>of</span> <span m='61480'>people</span> <span m='61930'>tell you</span> <span m='62380'>to do.</span> </p><p><span m='63730'>My</span> <span m='63840'>motivation</span> <span m='64480'>was,</span> <span m='65010'>I</span> <span m='65110'>guess</span> <span m='65400'>I</span> <span m='65459'>really</span> <span m='65759'>liked</span> <span m='66060'>science</span> <span m='66450'>class.</span> <span m='66980'>It was</span> <span m='67310'>neat,</span> <span m='67770'>you had</span> <span m='67970'>different</span> <span m='68730'>problems</span> <span m='69330'>and</span> <span m='69440'>challenges,</span> <span m='70140'>and</span> <span m='70220'>if one</span> <span m='70540'>challenge</span> <span m='70940'>didn't</span> <span m='71650'>specifically</span> <span m='72500'>interest</span> <span m='72910'>you,</span> <span m='73380'>there</span> <span m='73480'>was</span> <span m='73590'>another</span> <span m='73870'>one</span> <span m='74030'>a</span> <span m='74080'>week</span> <span m='74280'>later.</span> <span m='74680'>And</span> <span m='74880'>so</span> <span m='75160'>it's</span> <span m='75400'>nice</span> <span m='75680'>to</span> <span m='75760'>be</span> <span m='75880'>able</span> <span m='76000'>to</span> <span m='76050'>help</span> <span m='76330'>people</span> <span m='76970'>with</span> <span m='77530'>the</span> <span m='77760'>challenges</span> <span m='78180'>that</span> <span m='78380'>science</span> <span m='78715'>brings.</span> </p><p><span m='79790'>And</span> <span m='79960'>then</span> <span m='80140'>finally,</span> <span m='80480'>what</span> <span m='80720'>I kind</span> <span m='80920'>of</span> <span m='80950'>wish</span> <span m='81250'>I</span> <span m='81340'>would</span> <span m='81710'>have</span> <span m='81890'>known</span> <span m='83300'>was</span> <span m='83480'>that</span> <span m='84060'>just</span> <span m='84390'>because</span> <span m='84680'>you</span> <span m='84830'>want</span> <span m='85030'>to</span> <span m='85410'>do</span> <span m='85580'>something</span> <span m='86010'>in</span> <span m='86110'>science</span> <span m='86550'>doesn't</span> <span m='86860'>mean you</span> <span m='87170'>just</span> <span m='87490'>work</span> <span m='87840'>on</span> <span m='88040'>that</span> <span m='88270'>area</span> <span m='88470'>of the</span> <span m='88740'>science.</span> <span m='88995'>It's</span> <span m='89250'>actually</span> <span m='89570'>very</span> <span m='89910'>important</span> <span m='90175'>to</span> <span m='90440'>be</span> <span m='90690'>very broadly</span> <span m='91440'>skilled</span> <span m='92480'>and</span> <span m='92520'>get</span> <span m='92750'>a</span> <span m='92810'>diverse</span> <span m='93310'>set</span> <span m='93600'>of talents.</span> <span m='94690'>Mainly,</span> <span m='95070'>like</span> <span m='95290'>I</span> <span m='95320'>said,</span> <span m='95730'>reading</span> <span m='96040'>and</span> <span m='96150'>writing.</span> <span m='96430'>I</span> <span m='96560'>hated</span> <span m='96900'>reading</span> <span m='97340'>and writing</span> <span m='97760'>when I was little.</span> <span m='97910'>I</span> <span m='98230'>wish</span> <span m='98600'>I</span> <span m='98800'>had done</span> <span m='99240'>a lot more</span> <span m='99680'>reading and writing.</span> </p><p><span m='100560'>Other</span> <span m='100820'>things</span> <span m='101140'>that are</span> <span m='101210'>kind</span> <span m='101680'>of</span> <span m='101800'>specific</span> <span m='102180'>to science,</span> <span m='102390'>I wish</span> <span m='102660'>I'd done</span> <span m='103075'>a little more</span> <span m='103490'>electrochemistry</span> <span m='104160'>or</span> <span m='104230'>some</span> <span m='104440'>of</span> <span m='104560'>this,</span> <span m='105350'>and</span> <span m='105470'>I</span> <span m='105530'>didn't</span> <span m='105770'>see</span> <span m='106000'>that</span> <span m='106290'>in the beginning.</span> <span m='106650'>And</span> <span m='107010'>so</span> <span m='107520'>the main</span> <span m='107750'>point</span> <span m='108060'>is,</span> <span m='108600'>always</span> <span m='109040'>talk</span> <span m='109540'>to</span> <span m='109800'>older</span> <span m='109920'>people</span> <span m='110450'>who are</span> <span m='110700'>kind</span> <span m='111010'>of</span> <span m='111070'>doing</span> <span m='111350'>what you</span> <span m='111630'>do</span> <span m='112070'>and</span> <span m='112420'>ask</span> <span m='112750'>them</span> <span m='112890'>that</span> <span m='113110'>question,</span> <span m='113505'>what do they</span> <span m='113900'>wish they would have</span> <span m='114295'>done?</span> <span m='114690'>And I</span> <span m='114850'>wish</span> <span m='115130'>I would</span> <span m='115210'>have</span> <span m='115550'>gotten</span> <span m='115890'>advice from them.</span> </p><p><span m='116230'>So</span> <span m='116920'>my</span> <span m='117000'>advice</span> <span m='117380'>is,</span> <span m='117590'>if</span> <span m='117700'>you</span> <span m='117880'>like</span> <span m='118120'>things</span> <span m='118420'>in</span> <span m='118520'>high</span> <span m='118680'>school</span> <span m='119030'>or</span> <span m='119180'>college,</span> <span m='120160'>talk</span> <span m='120410'>to</span> <span m='120490'>people who</span> <span m='120850'>do</span> <span m='120960'>those.</span> <span m='121500'>See</span> <span m='121900'>what</span> <span m='122240'>they</span> <span m='122570'>say</span> <span m='122810'>is</span> <span m='123080'>their</span> <span m='123170'>biggest</span> <span m='123670'>talent,</span> <span m='124030'>what's</span> <span m='124485'>their</span> <span m='125070'>main</span> <span m='125310'>point</span> <span m='125560'>that helps</span> <span m='125890'>them</span> <span m='126470'>work</span> <span m='126680'>during</span> <span m='126890'>the</span> <span m='126970'>day,</span> <span m='127400'>and then</span> <span m='127820'>try</span> <span m='128180'>and</span> <span m='128280'>do</span> <span m='128400'>that,</span> <span m='128729'>and</span> <span m='128949'>then</span> <span m='129030'>most</span> <span m='129350'>of all</span> <span m='129615'>just</span> <span m='129880'>listen.</span> <span m='130620'>And</span> <span m='131110'>you'll</span> <span m='131280'>get</span> <span m='131450'>through</span> <span m='131750'>and be a</span> <span m='133050'>very</span> <span m='133220'>successful</span> <span m='133680'>person</span> <span m='133980'>in life.</span> </p>","file":{"id":167947,"video_id":"2700505149001","name":"121589357","duration":134652,"thumbnail_url":null}});