Subj : Re: 3.5 weeks to being la
To   : Spectre
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Sat Jul 16 2022 09:31:00

-=> Spectre wrote to Gamgee <=-

 Ga> I must say that my experiences have been different than the above.  Have
 Ga> I just been lucky, or was it something else?  I'm nearing retirement,
 Ga> and have only had two jobs my entire life (not counting

 Sp> I think you just got lucky.. while not being in the same ballpark as
 Sp> Poindexter I couldn't count the number of jobs I've held down

I don't think it's me you're thinking of. I've had 11 jobs in 31 years, mind 
boggling as I type that that I've been working that long - that doesn't 
count 2 years in college working almost full-time in a career-path job.

I am lucky, I studied Computer Science in college, and while halfway through 
got that aforementioned job in the bookstore on campus. They were in the 
middle of converting a paper-based system to a computerized system running 
on a Pick midrange computer. I got to write batch files, apps in their 
version of BASIC, and database queries using a language very similar to SQL.

I was inspired by introducing systems and processes that changed the way 
whole departments and companies do business, and it's something I do to this 
day. I was a bit of a "behind the scenes" guy, and running computer systems 
fit that to a T.

At my next job, I learned how to manage Nortel PBXes, and that job skill 
kept me going for the next 15 years. it seemed like everyone had a phone 
system and no one to manage it - and were usually paying exorbitantly to 
have an outside company manage it.

At my current job, I'm managing a handful of Asterisk PBXes in remote 
branches. Once you're in telecom, you never get out...




.... First
 Sp> one was a dead ender but I was young straight out of school.. then
 Sp> started an apprenticeship.. that lasted 3 of the 4 years and we had the
 Sp> banana republic here some 15% interest rates and the whole building
 Sp> industry disappeared pretty much... for the next 4 or so it was
 Sp> scrabble for anything you could get unemployment was over 20%

 Sp> Spec


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