About Me — Pathairush Seeda. Explore something new is the best thing…
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About Me — Pathairush Seeda

Explore something new is the best thing you can give to yourself.

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Bio 🔖

Hi everybody who is on the screen right now.

If you click on this story, I would like to thank you for reaching this page.

My name is Pathairush Seeda, or you can call me PAT. I was born in Thailand, and now I’m 28 years old. I’m a little brother from a Thai family.

Long story short 📝

I’m now working as a data scientist/engineer in Thailand's top 50 listed companies.

Also, I have been writing a Medium since October 2020. I would say that I reach the point in my life that I have to find something besides a full-time job to fulfill my interest.

Writing is not my strong skill, but it gives me a chance to meet you all here.

Starting point 👱

The most enjoyable moment of my life

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I have been living in Thailand since I was born. My family raised me in the traditional Thai way. I still think that I have a (little) Chinese blood flow inside my body according to my stereotype.

I grew up with a strict boundary in my life as an Asia family has. But when I’m older, the less strict rule applies to me.

I am very stubborn when I was young. I always choose what I want to do without thinking about the consequence of it. I am reckless, impulsive, and never-thought-about the future.

This is what I was until 18.

After that, I had grown up and realized about my life when I’m in college. Luckily, I made to that far.

That was the first time I think to improve myself and give something helpful to my life, like learning the language properly and studying for the final examination.

There is no turning point for me to start thinking about life. It just happened.

Working life 🔨

Falling to the real world

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I graduated with a bachelor's in Mechanical engineering. Pretty cool is what I thought when I finished it after college.

But real life is not the same as what I expect.

The reason I chose to take this degree was ridiculous. I chose it because the name is sound, so ENGINEER compared to other fields like a computer, chemical or industrial.

What I thought at that time is all about working in the field with a complex machine.

That’s all wrong by the way.

I was working as a Mechanical engineer in the Petrochemical factory. Instead of working in the field, I’m a PowerPoint engineer. I spent most of the time summarizing the result of machine failure and recommend the executive—80% of my time-wasting to make an aesthetic slide.

Beyond that, I have to live in Rayong province, Thailand (3–4 hours from the capital city). That’s when I learned to live alone, far from home. I spent time there for around three years.

Rayong is the largest petrochemical hub in Thailand. The only career path for me is to permanently stay in Rayong province for the rest of my life.

Then I decided that this is not the life I want in a long run.

I have friends and family in Bangkok (the capital city). My life is pinned in the capital city. I love to spend time with my parent rather than working from 7 AM to 10 PM in the far-away factory.

So, I started to look for a job for relocation. Unfortunately, an excellent mechanical engineer job usually places in a far-away province due to this job's nature.

Turning point ⤵️

We always have a right to choose the life we want

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I left all the engineering skills behind, and I switched from being an engineer to the data field.

Q uite contrast, right ? Here is how (if you are interested)

I began by learning the online courses and doing the side-projects after working time. Luckily, I am familiar with the technology, so the coding and transition phase is not as difficult as I imagined.

I also searched for a chance to internal rotation in the new field to relocate to Bangkok.

Besides, I took a master’s degree in Applied statistics. I hope that it would help the transition to a new field smoothly. I have recently graduated in August 2020.

With those trials and many job interviews, I made it .

I changed to a data field after a year of decision. I was excited by a lot of new things to learn. Data science had just begun its popularity in Thailand at that time. I fortunate enough to pass the interview as a data scientist with the LARGEST bank in Thailand. 🏦

Now I have been working as a data scientist for 3 years.

I love the day-to-day life and the chance to live with my parent and meet with my friend in Bangkok from time to time.

Interest ❤️

I love to explore new things; feel free to share your interest with me.

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It’s all about the data. I think it’s a trend that will sustainably grow in our world. The more you use the data, the better you perform in every discipline.

Also, I’m very into freelancing and making alternative earning. Writing Medium is one of my favorite.

I am a shy person that usually doesn’t like to take a selfie or photograph of myself and expose to society.

Writing is one of the best way I can convey my inner message to the audiences.

And I don’t feel unconformable doing it.

Besides, I write about the personal development article as well. I think I gather something important during my working life and would like to share it with everyone.

Because I used to feel struggle in the past on how to move from one point to another step of my life.

It would be best if there had resources that I can look for to make things happen or re-organize my mindset to the right path.

Other than this ✈️

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I love to explore the world. I don’t have a chance much when I’m younger to go abroad. I have never stay outside of Thailand for a long time. The 1-week trip is the longest period of my life.

I usually travel around once a year. I used to go to Japan 🏯, England ⚽️, Hongkong 🎲, Cambodia 🌳, and My latest destination is Egypt 🐪.

I highly recommended Egypt if you have never been there before. Covid-19 also break my plan to go abroad. I hope everything will be normal when 2021 comes.

Recognition 🙏

pray has the same movement as a greeting gesture in Thailand

If you made this far, thank you for spending your time to know me well.

I hope you will enjoy my other articles, and feel free to give me any feedback. It could be about my Medium writing, or life thought.

It would be my pleasure to receive it. Also, please feel free to reach out if you need my help or any collaboration. 🙂

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Update 2 Dec 2020

Pathairush Seeda

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