I just saw the abstract of my son's talk at a scientific conference, his first such experience.

[NNadir]

It seems like twenty minutes ago we were anticipating him saying his first words, and now, just 23 years later, he'll be traveling to a conference as a speaker.

I'm bursting with pride.

[Duncanpup]

1. Awesome

[SheilaAnn]

2. Just gave me chills, congratulations to you all. n/t

[Irish_Dem]

4. Take some credit too Nadir.

He didn't get this far without some help.

But yes a proud day.

When I first saw my daughter's name listed as an author of a published scientific article,
I felt the same way. How did my baby get this far?

[AmBlue]

5. it is an awesome feeling

Congratulations!! Almost nothing better than seeing your children succeed and thrive.

We are right behind you I think. Our sons are both pursuing computer science degrees. One of them just finished an internship with NASA where he was writing machine learning programs to teach space drones and other equipment in space how to search for and recognize anomalies. It just blows me away when he tells us about his areas of study and what he has learned.

[NNadir]

8. That's great! Those kinds of internships are great.

My son had four of them when he was an undergraduate, the most interesting at Oak Ridge National Laboratory where, basically, they gave him a lot of latitude to do independent research. The highlight was when he failed to make the material they asked him to make but instead made a material they'd been trying to make for over a decade instead.

That experience took him a long way and got him great recs for graduate school.

[AmBlue]

22. ORNL was one of his top choices

But when NASA called, that was it. He actually had two calls, one from Goddard and one from Marshall.

Your son's work at ORNL sounds amazing! That's so impressive!!

[Duppers]

17. Excellent!

Which NASA field?

Hubby was at Langley & we still know lots of people there.

[AmBlue]

21. He was at Goddard in Maryland

He really loved the work there, but Greenbelt was pretty congested traffic-wise. As a relatively new driver that was tough for him.

He's all good now on the driving front... and I believe he has applied for a Pathways position at Langley!!

[onecaliberal]

6. Outstanding. You should absolutely be so proud.

[CousinIT]

7. Justified pride!

[MLAA]

9. With good reason! What an accomplishment for such a young man!

[Chicagogrl1]

10. Congrats!!🙌🏻🙌🏻

[Karadeniz]

11. Bravo !!!! Proud of you all !!!

[calimary]

12. YAY! I'm grateful to know that feeling, myself.

First time my son and his band played the Whisky a Go Go! Dayum what a great night!!!

[Duppers]

15. Hope you recorded that!!

[highplainsdem]

13. Congratulations to both of you! Sounds like he'll go far in his career, but he

wouldn't be where he is now without your help!

[Duppers]

14. Congrats to you both!

Know how you feel....my kiddo graduated with a PhD in physics & has given several conference talks. But the "firsts" are always the highs.

I bet you'll continue busting with pride during his career!
Take a bow, sir; you've earned it!!

[AmBlue]

23. Wow... That is just so great

Congrats to you both!

[Duppers]

24. Thank you!

[iluvtennis]

16. Cool 😎. They grew up so qucikly. n/t

[yonder]

18. What a great feeling: "That's my boy"! Congratulations!

[Katcat]

19. Wow congratulations!

Proud to say that last month my son was promoted to a VP position at his job with a multinational corporation.

[Duppers]

25. Bet he'll be traveling the world too!

If so, share his pics with us!

[usonian]

20. Awesome!!!

So where's the link to the paper?
And what conference? I read these things, you know.

[cab67]

26. He'll remember it forever.

I still remember my first talk.

[malthaussen]

27. Watch out for those conference groupies, Mom.

Nothing they'd like better than cozying up to a rising superstar!

-- Mal

[Hope22]

28. My best to him on his presentation!

I’m so happy for all of you! Embrace the moments.

[republianmushroom]

29. You, your wife have the right to be bursting with pride. Congratulations to your son.

[jfz9580m]

30. Good for him

I am at the opposite end of the spectrum. Wearily plodding my way back to science in my forties (and the old-school way - plugging away alone at my textbooks and papers), after a break of some 12 years.

Thanks to a self-devised health regimen somewhat accidentally stumbled upon this July, I am finally feeling really hopeful of meeting at least my own goals for the first time in over a decade.