Sorry for the delay.  I took a little break and went on a trip with my family.  We had a wonderful time away but ... As usually happens I caught a cold on my last day and haven't quite recovered.  I will be continuing to update things starting tomorrow.

At the moment that first call came in all of the training ... all the prep ... all gone in a flash.  "Hello?"  I croaked... After a few calls I settled down but it took about a week to get comfortable.  I would spend the next two years answering in bound calls from American Thinkpad … Continue reading It’s My First Day →

I was hired to take inbound support calls for IBM’s Thinkpad Notebooks.  I would be given 6 weeks of training and then if I passed I would work a 2 year contract.  It wasn’t what I had hoped but it was work and it was IBM.  I couldn’t wait I am by nature an introvert.  … Continue reading Thank you for calling … →

Wait a minute ... was a really pulling up to an IBM office?  Hold on!  I'm just a redneck kid from a small town, with no work experience and I'm interviewing at IBM? I wandered inside not knowing what to expect.  I'm sure if I wandered into the building today I'd probably see just an … Continue reading Take the Blue Pill →

In the Spring of 1998 I packed up my possessions and moved to Toronto to look for work.  I was a full time job hunter until early 1999.  I had decided that I wanted to work in the IT space.  Jobs were hot in this space.  The dot com bubble was huge and every company … Continue reading The Clampett’s go to Toronto →

By this time it was 1994.  I applied for the Computer Programmer Analyst program and was accepted.  I had some fun here and there.  At this time they were teaching students to be ready for the Y2K problem.  For those of year born in the mid '90s and beyond you may want to Google it.  … Continue reading Poor Educational Choices Part 2 →

I attended a community college from 1992 to 1997.  That was a long time to stay in college, I am aware. I struggled in college.  Not work the workload, just trying to figure out what I wanted to do with my life.  I originally had my heart set on being a computer programmer.  That was … Continue reading Poor Educational Choices … →

My first paid tech job was selling IBM PC clones at a small "Mom n' Pop" computer shop part time.  I'm thinking it had to have been in summer of '91.  I was young and cocky.  I was entirely self taught and proud of it.  I was also the consummate "Lone Wolf" tech guy.  No … Continue reading My First Job in Tech →