Talk about a trend. 'Monitoring' seems to be what every tech company talks about these days. But, as usual, it comes at an expense and one which escalates with the…
So, now I found myself being hired as a 'Technical Support Engineer'. The only problem is the same problem as most everywhere else; solving 'cases' does not translate to fixing…
Here I was jobless, in a new city, without a relation, and not knowing a single soul. My outlook on life was to always look for a silver lining. I…
Nothing is more frustrating than being forced out of a job for bad reasons. Up until this job in life, I left on my own volition. Even with this particular…
Ahhh. I finally stumble into a company growing by leaps and bounds. Problem with that is no one really knows the best way to grow. Consequently, I was hired without…
Continuing my networking saga, I was able to accomplish in 3 months what it took 3 1/2 years to lobby for in the government sector. That said accolades have to…
As I stated in my previous post, my program was too successful. The program was designed to 'compromise' a perfect match if it couldn't find enough criteria. Combined with the…
Ok, now I guess I've gotta reveal who my employer was. At that time they were the largest 'Singles' Magazine in the world. Oh don't worry: definitely 'table top' content…
My second task with my first company was to automate the 'paste up' of our classified ads in the magazine. So, the task at hand was to take XyWrite word…
My first formal job out of college presented some REALLY unique challenges. I graduated in 1984 with a Computer Science degree and an Architecture degree. I was hired by a…