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RD Evans
post Apr 17 2004, 05:58 PM
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Senior Consultant with Accounting/Retail Mangement software firm that serves the Petroleum Distribution industry. First 914 at 15, second at 40 (gift from wife). Currently, awaiting new paint/interior retoration.
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Jake Raby
post Apr 17 2004, 05:59 PM
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post Apr 17 2004, 06:54 PM
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Hey all,

HS education + many years in community college. (note constant spelling/grammer errors)

15 years in the Medical-Device startup industry (Hey Patrick). Currently developing a transoral device for obesity. Worked at Intuitive Surgical for 5 years helping develope the first FDA approved surgical robot- da Vinci.

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post Apr 17 2004, 08:42 PM
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Satellite Engineer - Fancy name for someone who drives a big TV truck to football games, murders, and hurricanes and fixes everything that breaks just long enough to get through the day.

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post Apr 17 2004, 09:52 PM
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Rider914, welcome to the club! You'll find that 800x600 pics fit nicely. Post some pics of your 914 in the Members 914 pictures thread. This is a link to that thread.

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?act=ST&f=2&t=8
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post Apr 17 2004, 09:57 PM
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Stealing a hint from Gint's post. I'm a reluctant WinNT/Win2k Level II Server Support Engineer for the Managed Hosting division of Cincinnati Bell (yes in Cincinnati). Looking to get out of the 24x7x365xMultipleClients support thing and work for 1 client full time. (PM me if you're hiring techs in my area, I'm looking).

I started out in 1989 doing component level repair on old Western Electric equipment that was produced in the 60's and 70's. Then got into desktop support and have now been doing server support and occasional application integration for 10 years now for various employers.

Recently started messing with Linux and I like it a lot. http://aircooled.dyndns.org is a 486 120mhz w/16mb running OpenBSD in my kitchen when the IP is updated properly. Yea, a 486. Did I mention that I kinda like this Linux thing. I'm looking to do more with Linux (RedHat, Fedora, Suse and OpenBSD).

Other endeavors include: Licensed Real Estate Agent in KY. I'm a partner in a vinyl sign business that is growing beyond my ability to keep up. 914 junkie. ....and last but not least daddy of 3 and husband of 1. :-)

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post Apr 17 2004, 10:02 PM
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Sammy, congrats on the new gig. I know you were working some hellacious hours at the old job...hope the new one leaves more time for family & hobbies (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Apr 18 2004, 08:27 AM
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hay Chris.
LOL I don't know what I got myself into.

The shop does sooo much work the last two superintendants left the position due to burn-out. $500,000 a month is a lot of pump repairs.

maybe I'm dreamin but my plans are to develop systems and procedures so the shop runs itself. I've done it before but on a smaller scale. It's waaay too hands on now. I hate micro-managers.
For the first six months I'll be buried, after that the investments should start paying off. Then it'll be time to start thinking about another crazy porsche project. Any suggestions?

The new job is only 15 miles from home, I love not having to sit on the freeway for 75 minutes to get home in the eventing.

I took four weeks off between jobs and spent time getting to know the kids again, best thing I've ever done. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)
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post Apr 18 2004, 05:39 PM
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Just got a job: Video Game Tester




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post Apr 18 2004, 06:39 PM
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Licensed real estate agent in MO & KS, Residental land development and I'm on the verge of opening my own real estate Brokerage in Kansas City. The Midwest still has the cheapest land in the country,life is good (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mueba.gif)
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post Apr 19 2004, 05:13 PM
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B.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering with an emphasis in Industrial Engineering. Currently working as a tech support and supervisor (or is that stupervisor) for the Visteon Glass Plant in Nashville, TN in the Pressform windsheild department.
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post Apr 19 2004, 09:05 PM
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29 years in the telecommunications field. CICS,DB2,IMS,TCP/IP,MVS System support. I am working for IBM now doing CICS Sytems Support. Have some Unix and NT training. I am sending my son off to College this summer with a daughter 2 years behind so retirement is out of the question as is my 3.6 conversion. I love that this forum has such a diverse group of people.

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post Apr 19 2004, 09:09 PM
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I'm a metric cog in an imperial machine.
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Carl
post Apr 19 2004, 09:26 PM
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I'm a metric cog in an imperial machine.

That explains the missing teeth. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/w00t.gif)
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post Apr 19 2004, 09:46 PM
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Good one Carl!
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post Apr 19 2004, 10:09 PM
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What the hell do you do Jon?

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post Apr 19 2004, 10:13 PM
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Hey Sang, that sounds like a "fun" job but is it -really- ???

I work and live, respectively, right around the corner from Activision and THQ. I know that it is damn hard to get jobs there due to the perceived fun-factor and have also heard that the pay is not fantastic for same reason.

Any insight would be appreciated as those two companies are resume targets if my current gig goes in the tank!
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post Apr 20 2004, 12:36 AM
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Oh Geoff, why did you have to go and open Pandora's Rant?

Similar to what Chris just said, I have one of those jobs that sounds cool but isn't all that. What it comes down to is I'm a software engineer. In my experience it doesn't matter what the end product is (Mars rover, game console, coffee maker), programming is a lot of boredom and frustration with brief spurts of gratification maybe 2 or 3 times a year. The only thing worse than having to use crappy software is having to write it so it fits into someone's abortion of an architecture. Compound this with the Dilbert management style of my present company and it really starts to wear on you after a while. Corporate culture doesn't fit with me too well anyway. I have issues with authority figures (IMG:style_emoticons/default/Yack.gif)

Yeah I know, if it were supposed to be fun they wouldn't call it 'work'. My problem is I'm stupid enough to want to be happy. It will actually be good if I can squeak out a new career in the next 2-3 years since all the software jobs are going overseas anyway. Believe it. It may not go smoothly at first but management is getting qualified engineers for 1/10th your pay ($8k - $15k a year in India and China). They will keep at it until they make it work.

Ok, enough of whiny crybaby. I'm going to watch Letterman.
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post Apr 20 2004, 06:07 AM
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Dude, you're funny. You're also correct. What do you want to be when you grow up? I still haven't decided.
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post Apr 20 2004, 07:41 AM
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Oh, ok...one of those jobs. I have a 914 friend who did what you do, made a ton of money and is now a part time actor, movie editor, volleyball player. You just need to get lucky and find the "right job at the right time". He is one happy dude now days, even has a girlfriend.

Geoff (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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