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What Do you do? A Poll
Ok, I'm curious. What does everyone in here do for tuna money? I know
we have some, ok a lot, of computer geeks, educators (or what passes for one) and so forth. You don't have to be any more specific than you want, but I confess to being extremely curious. If you're currently out of work, you don't have to say so, just list your career field. I am a Substitute Teacher for Cumberland Co. North Carolina, married to a Blackhawk mechanic/inspector who is medically retired from the US army. Pam S. |
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I work for a small independant telecommunications company by day and teach 2
sessions of art online for Saint Leo's Uni the rest of the time. Once a month I troubleshoot internet problems for another small company. (I don't know why, but they don't want me to completely quit. ) There you go. Keeps 'em in kitty beds. "Tanada" wrote in message ink.net... Ok, I'm curious. What does everyone in here do for tuna money? I know we have some, ok a lot, of computer geeks, educators (or what passes for one) and so forth. You don't have to be any more specific than you want, but I confess to being extremely curious. If you're currently out of work, you don't have to say so, just list your career field. I am a Substitute Teacher for Cumberland Co. North Carolina, married to a Blackhawk mechanic/inspector who is medically retired from the US army. Pam S. |
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On 2005-01-14, Tanada penned:
Ok, I'm curious. What does everyone in here do for tuna money? I know we have some, ok a lot, of computer geeks, educators (or what passes for one) and so forth. You don't have to be any more specific than you want, but I confess to being extremely curious. If you're currently out of work, you don't have to say so, just list your career field. I am a Substitute Teacher for Cumberland Co. North Carolina, married to a Blackhawk mechanic/inspector who is medically retired from the US army. I'm a computer geek married to a computer geek! I'm a s/w engineer, currently in the aerospace field, and my husband Eric is a firmware engineer at a hard drive company. -- monique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* |
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I'm a networking and medical geek, I suppose. On the network side, I've
both been a researcher and developer, mostly on high-end routing for core Internet providers and for life-critical networks. While it's hard to sell advanced books in this economy, I've published four textbooks. I like to consider myself an engineer who teaches rather than a "trainer", but my major contracts at the moment are for developing advanced Internet engineering courses. Originally, I was a chemistry major, and while I dropped out into computer science, I try to get to a fair bit of medical continuing education, especially with so much on-line. I do work on and off with a firm that does clinical automation, and I combine the odd roles (as Chief Technology Officer) of both creating and enforcing software engineering, but also being the point of contact to physicians, demonstrating that we understand what they are trying to do. One of my favorite areas is expert systems for prescribing. Some of this comes together in planning disaster response facilities. I was the network consultant, for example, for the US government Y2K center. |
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"Tanada" wrote in message ink.net... Ok, I'm curious. What does everyone in here do for tuna money? I know we have some, ok a lot, of computer geeks, educators (or what passes for one) and so forth. You don't have to be any more specific than you want, but I confess to being extremely curious. If you're currently out of work, you don't have to say so, just list your career field. I am a Substitute Teacher for Cumberland Co. North Carolina, married to a Blackhawk mechanic/inspector who is medically retired from the US army. Pam S. B.A. Journalism Worked as tech editor/tech writer; traffic person for radio and tv stations. Mom since 15 years+ Currently working part-time as a book merchandiser for various retail stores. Christine |
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On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 21:15:32 GMT, Tanada
wrote: Ok, I'm curious. What does everyone in here do for tuna money? I know we have some, ok a lot, of computer geeks, educators (or what passes for one) and so forth. You don't have to be any more specific than you want, but I confess to being extremely curious. If you're currently out of work, you don't have to say so, just list your career field. I am a Substitute Teacher for Cumberland Co. North Carolina, married to a Blackhawk mechanic/inspector who is medically retired from the US army. Pam S. Retired bookkeeper on Social Security, a small IRA, and a VERY small retirement check (which just about covers my medical insurance and medications). Nan |
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Ok, I'm curious. What does everyone in here do for tuna money? I know
we have some, ok a lot, of computer geeks, educators (or what passes for one) and so forth. Before desktop publishing was ever heard of, I was a "typesetter." There's a word you don't hear anymore. More recently I managed the art department at a metro newspaper and did ad design / layout, page layout, etc. Then my health just didn't allow me to work anymore. Now I think I'm what you call a recluse. Sherry |
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Sherry wrote:
Before desktop publishing was ever heard of, I was a "typesetter." There's a word you don't hear anymore. snip My mom was a typesetter when she was young too, building up the text from the individual characters made out of metal. Then she went on to doing it on computer-like machines, not so computer-like in the beginning tho, they were loud machines as they operated on pressurized air, punching holes into a ribbon of paper - that was the text. In her later years and up until she retired, she worked in sales - selling printed products such as business cards, forms, letterhead papers, whatever anyone would want to have printed. You two might have a thing or two to talk about if you ever met... -- Christine in Vantaa, Finland christal63 (at) yahoo (dot) com photos: http://photos.yahoo.com/christal63 |
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My mom was a typesetter when she was young too, building up the text
from the individual characters made out of metal. Then she went on to doing it on computer-like machines, not so computer-like in the beginning tho, they were loud machines as they operated on pressurized air, punching holes into a ribbon of paper - that was the text. YES. Your mom either worked with Compugraphic or Verityper. Back then, setting up print jobs was a real craft, and took a lot of skill. You couldn't "see" what you were creating until it was finished, ran the punched tape through the machine and you developed the film. If you were typing a long legal notice, and lost your place, it was a nightmare to figure out from the punched tape where you left off. Imagine doing desktop publishing without a monitor. That's what it was like. Still I loved it though. I remember when Compugraphic came out with the Unisetter, and you could see your text one line at a time. I though, wow, that's for wimps. Your mom & I *would* have a lot to talk about! Sherry In her later years and up until she retired, she worked in sales - selling printed products such as business cards, forms, letterhead papers, whatever anyone would want to have printed. You two might have a thing or two to talk about if you ever met... -- Christine in Vantaa, Finland christal63 (at) yahoo (dot) com photos: http://photos.yahoo.com/christal63 |
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"Sherry " wrote in message ... My mom was a typesetter when she was young too, building up the text from the individual characters made out of metal. Then she went on to doing it on computer-like machines, not so computer-like in the beginning tho, they were loud machines as they operated on pressurized air, punching holes into a ribbon of paper - that was the text. YES. Your mom either worked with Compugraphic or Verityper. Back then, setting up print jobs was a real craft, and took a lot of skill. You couldn't "see" what you were creating until it was finished, ran the punched tape through the machine and you developed the film. If you were typing a long legal notice, and lost your place, it was a nightmare to figure out from the punched tape where you left off. Imagine doing desktop publishing without a monitor. That's what it was like. Still I loved it though. I remember when Compugraphic came out with the Unisetter, and you could see your text one line at a time. I though, wow, that's for wimps. Your mom & I *would* have a lot to talk about! And I remember when Compugraphic first developed "computerized phototypesetting". I worked for a magazine in Boston that used this behemoth machine. Errors could be corrected and files could be saved. It had special command keys. They refined the machine over the years and made it smaller and smaller, and more efficient. But when I worked on it you needed several strong men to move it away from the wall enough to do any repairs in the back. |
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