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In the military, I worked as a radio repairman, in intelligence, as a computer analyst, a wireman, an instructor, an NBC expert and probably a few more things if I thought about it.

I studied computer engineering in college while I worked as a bartender and waiter.

I owned my own business three times, including now. Once building computers with one other guy. Once when I was the only employee. And now when I have 16 employees.

I've worked as project manager for scientific research. I've worked as a programmer. I've worked in quality assurance. Tech support.

I written classes at an online university in law, medicine and real estate (yes, I know the combination is weird.)

I've worked as an editor, which is why I should be ashamed of most of my posts these days.

I've been a consultant at pharmaceutical companies, medical supplies, hospitals, grammar schools, universities, energy companies, manufacturing plants, various government sites.

I've lived in most of the states of the US and worked in all but two.

The common thread is that I'm a jack of all trades and master of none, but it's got to get confusing that I can call up coworkers and span the country both in terms of professions and geography.




Who be this?

I know this...

Koko the gorilla. *nod*

Who else but Chuck Norris?

Or maybe a mutant fusion of Chuck Norris, Bear Grylls, and Mel Gibson. The ulti-man.

Tired Chuck Norris jokes are getting tired.

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Tired Chuck Norris jokes are getting tired.

*snort* It sounded like you just said that Chuck Norris could tire.


As for the topic, though, could we maybe get a timeframe? I'm assuming it's around Cold War-Modern times?

I would've assumed that the editor part woulda given a clue or two...

>.>

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That was my first thought though I can think of another that might fit, I also think we could do this for a few posters who seem to have done and been everything there is to offer on any given subject.

In the military, I worked as a radio repairman, in intelligence, as a computer analyst, a wireman, an instructor, an NBC expert and probably a few more things if I thought about it.

I studied computer engineering in college while I worked as a bartender and waiter.

I owned my own business three times, including now. Once building computers with one other guy. Once when I was the only employee. And now when I have 16 employees.

I've worked as project manager for scientific research. I've worked as a programmer. I've worked in quality assurance. Tech support.

I written classes at an online university in law, medicine and real estate (yes, I know the combination is weird.)

I've worked as an editor, which is why I should be ashamed of most of my posts these days.

I've been a consultant at pharmaceutical companies, medical supplies, hospitals, grammar schools, universities, energy companies, manufacturing plants, various government sites.

I've lived in most of the states of the US and worked in all but two.

The common thread is that I'm a jack of all trades and master of none, but it's got to get confusing that I can call up coworkers and span the country both in terms of professions and geography.


Who be this?
Bulitt point?

I would've assumed that the editor part woulda given a clue or two...

>.>

Could have been an editor of the bible.

Bulitt point?

Obviously I wouldn't be so conceited...

>.>
<.<

Koko the gorilla. *nod*

Ooohgaoohga... No.

Could have been an editor of the bible.

Noes...

I know this...

I think not.

>.>
<.<

*Knows*
*Wonders who Bullitt Point is*

Spartacus

*Knows*
*Wonders who Bullitt Point is*

Okay, Jello B gets to guess who I am.

:P

Spartacus

I never knew Sparticus was a programmer.

Jocabia?

Eutrusca?

In the military, I worked as a radio repairman, in intelligence, as a computer analyst, a wireman, an instructor, an NBC expert and probably a few more things if I thought about it.

I studied computer engineering in college while I worked as a bartender and waiter.

I owned my own business three times, including now. Once building computers with one other guy. Once when I was the only employee. And now when I have 16 employees.

I've worked as project manager for scientific research. I've worked as a programmer. I've worked in quality assurance. Tech support.

I written classes at an online university in law, medicine and real estate (yes, I know the combination is weird.)

I've worked as an editor, which is why I should be ashamed of most of my posts these days.

I've been a consultant at pharmaceutical companies, medical supplies, hospitals, grammar schools, universities, energy companies, manufacturing plants, various government sites.

I've lived in most of the states of the US and worked in all but two.

The common thread is that I'm a jack of all trades and master of none, but it's got to get confusing that I can call up coworkers and span the country both in terms of professions and geography.




Who be this?

Grandad!:salute:

Ratko Mladic with a beard?

In the military, I worked as a radio repairman, in intelligence, as a computer analyst, a wireman, an instructor, an NBC expert and probably a few more things if I thought about it.

I studied computer engineering in college while I worked as a bartender and waiter.

I owned my own business three times, including now. Once building computers with one other guy. Once when I was the only employee. And now when I have 16 employees.

I've worked as project manager for scientific research. I've worked as a programmer. I've worked in quality assurance. Tech support.

I written classes at an online university in law, medicine and real estate (yes, I know the combination is weird.)

I've worked as an editor, which is why I should be ashamed of most of my posts these days.

I've been a consultant at pharmaceutical companies, medical supplies, hospitals, grammar schools, universities, energy companies, manufacturing plants, various government sites.

I've lived in most of the states of the US and worked in all but two.

The common thread is that I'm a jack of all trades and master of none, but it's got to get confusing that I can call up coworkers and span the country both in terms of professions and geography.




Who be this?

Sounds like someone rather unstable...

soggy despair wrapped in a blanket of silk apathy heightened with the taint of blueberry joy?

Sounds like someone rather unstable...

Job history like that would really put off potential employers. To say nothing of all the moving around. I'd say they're unemployed.

Does your person have brown hair?

It's David!!!

('90s "Guess Who" reference)

Is that you Jesus - what took you so long?

Job history like that would really put off potential employers. To say nothing of all the moving around. I'd say they're unemployed.

I owned my own business three times, including now.

Kinda hard to put off your employer with that background when one's self employeed.

Also of note is the use of the term "radioman". Uncle Sam's Misguided children use that term, not soldiers. IIRC, WL/SHPBT/DK/EO/RO/HW was a soldier, so that counts him out. Don't quite recall if Euty was USMC or army, but he would have mentioned his life coach thingy.

Jocabia and Laerod are the two other posters who've regularly mentioned military backgrounds. Jocabia was USMC, and has owned his own businesses. , hence my guess.

Job history like that would really put off potential employers. To say nothing of all the moving around. I'd say they're unemployed.

Yep. No experience working abroad, either, as I notice... not a good CV, overall.

Jocabia and Laerod are the two other posters who've regularly mentioned military backgrounds. Jocabia was USMC, and has owned his own businesses. , hence my guess.

Laerod?
I can't imagine...

*Knows*
*Wonders who Bullitt Point is*
^ that.

Jocabia and Laerod are the two other posters who've regularly mentioned military backgrounds.

you mean I don't count!? : <

Yep. No experience working abroad, either, as I notice... not a good CV, overall.

: O I need experience working abroad?

Laerod?
I can't imagine...

Hence my not guessing him. http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forums/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif

: O I need experience working abroad?

Well, duh... I thought that was pretty standard for most positions these days?
I know I was asked every time I went for an interview in Germany (not so much in Ireland any more, what with having grown up and worked in Germany, it's pretty obvious now).

I know I was asked every time I went for an interview in Germany

I've oddly never been asked but I guess thats the curse of being a youth

Well, duh... I thought that was pretty standard for most positions these days?

Why would that be? It's just another quality which may look good, but is not required.

Why would that be? It's just another quality which may look good, but is not required.

*shrugs*
I'm guessing it shows flexibility, language skills and experience with different work environments...

I've never been in HR, so I don't know why they're all so keen on it. I just know that they are. I think the only interview I didn't get that question was when I applied as a cleaning woman at the local hospital (holiday job while I was at university).

Job history like that would really put off potential employers. To say nothing of all the moving around. I'd say they're unemployed.

Hmm, mine is similar.

Graduated with a degree in English Literature and Psychology.
Worked as a writer of military manuals (Tactical Defense of the Pershing II Missile Position was my favorite), then became a programmer (Fortran, C, and PL/1 at the time).

Got tired of it, enlisted in the Army (infantry). Was a scout/sniper with a unit in the 101st Airborne (Air Assault). Later went on duty with a Pershing II missile unit as they are allotted some infantry to defend the missile positions (talk about irony). Went to the First Gulf War with the 101st.

Got out of the Army, became a programmer again, this time in C++, Smalltalk, Java, and Ruby. Did a stint in OIF, came back to being a programmer again.

Worked as a programming consultant all over the world, from Singapore to Shanghai to most European countries.

Currently specialize in agile development techniques and work for a large government contractor rescuing failed software projects within the company.

And no, I'm not a lawyer.

And I'm Sierra BTHP, Deep Kimchi, etc.

None of this has ever hurt my employment chances - if anything, it's helped.

The ad banner suggested "Obama or McCain?"
Somehow I suspect neither of those answers is right. Jimmy Carter would be a little closer, actually.

you mean I don't count!? : <

Euty, Jocabia, Laerod, Lunatic Goofballs, and WL/SBTHP/DK/EO/RO/HW come to mind. Sorry, but you don't.

And I'm Sierra BTHP, Deep Kimchi, etc.

Bugger. I knew I screwed that one up.

None of this has ever hurt my employment chances - if anything, it's helped.

All depends on the field, the job, and how one sells it, neh?

All depends on the field, the job, and how one sells it, neh?

Exactly. Much to the chagrin of people who think that staying at one's desk is the way to get promoted.

Eutrusca?

I'm thinking this. We'll just have to wait to see if the troutslap returns

you mean I don't count!? : <
Only to ten, Mudhead!

I'm thinking this. We'll just have to wait to see if the troutslap returns

That's what I'm thinking as well.

Exactly. Much to the chagrin of people who think that staying at one's desk is the way to get promoted.

Indeed. A variety of experiences adds to ones knowledge base.

I'm thinking this. We'll just have to wait to see if the troutslap returns

Wow. I would be very pleased to have guessed correctly.

Indeed. A variety of experiences adds to ones knowledge base.

That is true. However, the manner in which the experience is gained or represented can have a negative effect. It can look like you can't hold a position for very long, for example.

Wow. I would be very pleased to have guessed correctly.

Seeing as the circmstances Euty left under (old age + cancer) I'd be happy o se him reposting

That is true. However, the manner in which the experience is gained or represented can have a negative effect. It can look like you can't hold a position for very long, for example.

Again, it depends on the job. For the consulting type work described, yes.

Was a scout/sniper with a unit in the 101st Airborne (Air Assault). Later went on duty with a Pershing II missile unit as they are allotted some infantry to defend the missile positions (talk about irony). Went to the First Gulf War with the 101st.

Rakkasan, by chance ?

Seeing as the circmstances Euty left under (old age + cancer) I'd be happy o se him reposting

As would I. He may have been irascible, but he never acted like an asshole.

Katganistan?

Wow. I would be very pleased to have guessed correctly.

That's what I'm thinking as well.

I'm hoping it isn't just wishful thinking.

Seeing as the circmstances Euty left under (old age + cancer)That sucks. He was a funny cantankerous conspiracy-riddled perv.

Katganistan?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/Katganistan/yourang.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/Katganistan/yourang.jpg

It's John Kerry! :D

G o d ?

G o d ?

yeah, you know me.

I'm hoping it isn't just wishful thinking.

No, more like a good guess.

In the military, I worked as a radio repairman, in intelligence, as a computer analyst, a wireman, an instructor, an NBC expert and probably a few more things if I thought about it.

I studied computer engineering in college while I worked as a bartender and waiter.

I owned my own business three times, including now. Once building computers with one other guy. Once when I was the only employee. And now when I have 16 employees.

I've worked as project manager for scientific research. I've worked as a programmer. I've worked in quality assurance. Tech support.

I written classes at an online university in law, medicine and real estate (yes, I know the combination is weird.)

I've worked as an editor, which is why I should be ashamed of most of my posts these days.

I've been a consultant at pharmaceutical companies, medical supplies, hospitals, grammar schools, universities, energy companies, manufacturing plants, various government sites.

I've lived in most of the states of the US and worked in all but two.

The common thread is that I'm a jack of all trades and master of none, but it's got to get confusing that I can call up coworkers and span the country both in terms of professions and geography.

Who be this?

So to end the game, 'tis me, 'tis me.

As for the work history bit, I can only laugh.

The bolded bit was for the same owners but different companies. (I do still use many of those skills or fill those roles as a consultant.)

And as a consultant, the fact that my history is so diverse increases my demand.

I have worked overseas (in the military), though I've never been asked to have that experience.

Diversity is a plus in business consulting. It actually makes tailoring my resume very difficult. Admittedly, though, when all written together it is a little crazy to look at.

Incidentally, when I wrote that I was pointing out that just because DK is an admitted liar, doesn't mean that people who have done a lot in their careers are liars. It's not particularly unusual to see resum)es like mine among consultants.

Now who is Bullitt Point?

Now who is Bullitt Point?

Keyser Söze ?

Jesussaves?

Your worst nightmare?

No, wait... No.

I know what you guys don't! And I'm not tellin'!

Because Point man here would kill me.

I know what you guys don't! And I'm not tellin'!

Because Point man here would kill me.

It's not like they'd know who he is even if we told them his original nation.

Now who is Bullitt Point?

Spartacus.

Drunk Commies?! *holds hands out and bows head in prayer*

Gordon Freeman?

Is it... Dick Cheney?

Koko the gorilla. *nod*
Old nod is old

So to end the game, 'tis me, 'tis me.

As for the work history bit, I can only laugh.

The bolded bit was for the same owners but different companies. (I do still use many of those skills or fill those roles as a consultant.)

And as a consultant, the fact that my history is so diverse increases my demand.

I have worked overseas (in the military), though I've never been asked to have that experience.

Diversity is a plus in business consulting. It actually makes tailoring my resume very difficult. Admittedly, though, when all written together it is a little crazy to look at.

Incidentally, when I wrote that I was pointing out that just because DK is an admitted liar, doesn't mean that people who have done a lot in their careers are liars. It's not particularly unusual to see resum)es like mine among consultants.

The only thing I've lied about career-wise is being a lawyer.

The only thing I've lied about career-wise is being a lawyer.
that was SOOO obvious.

but i have a lawyer friend who assures me that there are lawyers just as stupid as you seemed to be so i let it go.

The only thing I've lied about career-wise is being a lawyer.

Yay! A confession!

Let it all come out! Let it set you freeeeeeeee!

I don't get it. Marathon's back?

Yay! A confession!

Let it all come out! Let it set you freeeeeeeee!

What else?

I'm a software developer who specializes in turning around failed software projects - I've been all over the world doing that. I show up, I fire people, I retrain, reorg, and restart projects, and stay to get them to their first production deliverable, which is about 4 to 6 weeks.

Now I do it for the Federal Government, as a consultant to one of the larger consulting firms in the DC area. I specialize here in vaporizing .NET projects and their employees.

I was born of a Korean father and a white mother (from North Carolina) in 1961. I was born on the campus of the University of North Carolina, and after that, we moved almost every year as my father pursued his career, which eventually ended up being owning a toxic tort litigation company (software, expert testimony, and legal strategy and analysis, meant for defendants only - never for plaintiffs).

For five years, in the middle of my career, I enlisted as an infantryman in the US Army, and served with the 2/502nd Infantry in the First Gulf War. Then I came back and resumed being a software developer.

Originally, I specialized in insurance, banking, and litigation support software.

I also have most of my father's knowledge of litigation strategies in toxic tort litigation. While neither of us are lawyers, there are many major companies who now will not go to trial without him - he has never, ever lost, and his strategy (conceived of in the early 1990s) never requires him to testify as an expert (which is what he was originally doing).

I do most of his leg work on the cases, read all of the materials (it can be tens of thousands of pages), and write his summaries these days - he's in his seventies, and is getting too tired to do much other than fly to his friends and visit them (they're all senior defense lawyers).

I hate lawyers in general, so it's weird telling them what to do. I've found that having a law degree from the finest school doesn't have anything to do with reality in a case - 95% of the case strategy is NOT in court, and if you do end up going to court as a defendant in a civil case, your lawyer has shit for brains. All of your fancy "it's precedent" and "here are the facts" will go out the window if you have a plaintiff in a wheelchair and a sympathetic jury - you have to win before the actual trial takes place.

We prepare carefully during a 2 to 3 year discovery period, and then file for a motion to dismiss right before the trial date. It is always approved.

This usually fucks the plaintiffs' attorney, who has been taking out loans to cover his costs ("don't pay me until you win the suit").

I DO like Federal prosecutors. Imagine that.

I DO play as a swinger (my wife and I play). I AM bisexual, but not in the "I'm proud and I'm gay" sense. I am someone who will, if it is within the boundaries of the law, do ANYTHING that strikes my fancy. I do NOT deny myself any urge that I feel, as long as it is legal.

I DO carry a gun (and have a permit). I DO shelter abused women and their children in my home (mostly because I've seen that the court system and government are doing FUCKING NOTHING to help or protect these women (but that could be a whole thread of how laws are passed, courts set up, and then the truly guilty walk the streets laughing).

I DO have a LOT of children (only two of which are biologically mine, but who cares?).

My sister-in-law is a recovering meth addict (yes, I'm housing her, too, since the rest of her family cast her out).

I make a fair amount of money for this area, and live in a 6500 square foot house in a nice neighborhood. But it's not like that space is going to waste, or we're living with a lot of room. Right now it's me, three women (one of which is my wife), and seven children. All of the adults are working full time (the woman we're sheltering is working close to 80 hours a week, saving money to get on her feet - I do not charge rent).

Yes, I'm a Republican, but along the philosophy of the Republicans of the early 1990s (small Federal government, balanced Federal budget, and otherwise, the government should be reduced in size within practical limits, and be forced to be more effective). The government is NOT small, balanced, reduced, or effective, and neither party at this point is going to take it there. So I'm doing what I can as an individual - cleaning up wasteful software projects, helping women that the government has utterly failed, and raising as many children as possible with the idea that you help yourself and others because the government will probably not help you - they know now to fear the words, "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help you."

Some of them already knew it first hand, from the empty promise of a restraining order.

Picture of me in the Army in Germany, late 1980s
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/jtkwon/john.jpg

Picture of me now:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/jtkwon/HannahsBirthday006.jpg

So you're working that hard on discovery for cases AND working that hard on software projects? Because what you described are both full-time jobs that don't keep regular hours and you said both are your current job.

So you're working that hard on discovery for cases AND working that hard on software projects? Because what you described are both full-time jobs that don't keep regular hours and you said both are your current job.

Yes, but I don't have to do discovery work ALONE or ALL THE TIME.

There is a staff of nurses to go through the medical records for me, and I read the depositions (I read around 5000 wpm).

The software work is 40 hours a week, and also doesn't tax me.