The Pathless Path

Book review for The Pathless Path by Paul Millerd. I rated it 4 stars The Pathless Path introduces the concept of the “default path” or life script that most people tend to follow, or aspire to follow. Get a university degree, a 9 - 5 job, marriage and kids. After a period of illness, the author Paul Millerd discovered that this path was not for him, and instead embarked on what he’s dubbed the Pathless Path. As someone that got laid off from their tech job earlier this year, some of what he wrote really resonated with me. Generally humans see their job as a “worker” as a core part of their identity (heck, I still identify and call myself a “software engineer” since that was my job for so long). When you are making smalltalk with strangers “what do you do?” is a common topic that gets brought up almost immediately. Having gone to a couple of tech meetups after being laid off, it’s a pretty awkward feeling to say you are unemployed, or that you aren’t jumping straight back into the job…