From Refineries to OMSCS: One Yellow Jacket’s Path From a Texas Oil Town to Educational Technology
From a job working with 'black gold' to a career with the 'white and gold,' Alex Duncan's path was shaped by curiosity, adaptability, and a love for problem-solving.
Duncan is senior director of Georgia Tech’s Online Master of Science in Computer Science (OMSCS) program. His career path started in Sweeney, Texas where he worked as a reliability engineer at an oil refinery. “One of my projects was to ensure that by simply glancing at the meter, someone could immediately know whether the measurement was in range or out of range,” he said.
That experience sparked an interest and motivated Duncan to return to school to study user experience (UX). Read more about his unexpected journey from the oil fields to online education in this story from Georgia Tech's Research Communications team.
