What do you do???

[MultimediaMan]

Little Addendums to my Website:

Current Occupation: Network/IT Support for the "World's Most Admired Company"*

Graduated 1987 from H.S.: We got our diplomas in the mail after commencement because they canned the old principal mid-year, and the law stated that the current principal had to be written onto the Diploma. (Male) Vice Principal ran off with the (Considerably Older, Female) Assistant Principal, but that's a whole other story...

Worked in the Firearms Industry for five years professionally: from before I graduated High School until I left Kalifornistan. Also Moonlighted at a hobbyshop. De-facto Computer support for the Hobby Shop's Atari XT systems running proprietary software from the franchiser (Who was, in hindsight, actually a very sharp programmer).

Relocated to Arkansas in 1991: Promptly went to School in Arizona for two years and graduated. Worked PT in the Aerospace Industry making engine parts through school.

1993-1994 Went back to Arkansas, worked in a motorcycle shop until I got tired of scraping $#!t off of 4-wheelers just to get to the damn valve covers. Began Moonlighting at a hobby shop for seven years.

1994 Went back into the Shooting Sports industry at Daisy Manufacturing: QA Specialist. Found out computers were suddenly cool again. Found and married a local girl: We Both Got Laid Off from Daisy in early 1998 when they outsourced everything.

1998 Work From Home Father, working Mother; Daughter Born in Late Winter: Computer Service people were in short supply, made decent money assembling/repairing systems from my Garage until mid-2000, then things got rough with the Tech implosion and recession stopping everybody from spending money. Businesses in this area are still feeling some aftershocks here and there. But the situation is far better than in 2000-2001.

2001-present. A son is added to the tribe: same day Got Hired by the "World's Most Admired Company"*
Shock Introduction to Unix/Informix/CICS systems. Several quick promotions and quite a few raises later, I'm preparing to move from support/administration team to an administration/development team. Sounds like a small move, but it isn't. Not when you're working on systems this big. This Ride is starting to get interesting...


* According to Fortune Magazine.

[Byock]

Well, Let's see....

Dan Burget
Age 31 (getting old, stopped crossing the road a few years ago)
Divorced. Was married almost 12 years. 3 kids.
Currently IS Manager for software company doing clustering, and trying to keep all the machines running.

Have been in the PC industry for about 12 years. Love computers and tweaking.

Been on murc since 1998? When the G200 First came out. Account got deleted in 1999 like everyone elses. Never posted much so didn't reregister until 2000. Since about 2 years ago, been alot more active posting.

Lived all my life in SLC. (no one come here on purpose, they seem to end up here.)

Cheers to Murc!

[DukeP]

Peter Eduard

Aged well.
..
(Ok, 33).

Got thrown out by my x (after 10 years) in 2001, loosing house, car, cat and 25 kilograms.

Got a better girlfriend 1/1 2002 (http://forums.murc.ws/showthread.php?s=&postid=396918).

Am finishing my master degree in marine Biology. Eventually. Soon™


Dives a lot. Prefers to dive in cold water. Shoots fish with speargun.

Prefers Cod.


~~DukeP~~

[Liquid Snake]

Hmm...

- Born in NYC in 1986 (HAHA I'm older than Chrono by a month and four days!). Still live here.
- Uhh...elementary school was boring I think.
- Middle school was fun, had a lot of friends.
- High school was/is weird. I had some crappy semesters but I think this year has been the best. Besides English, American History and Calculus, I'm taking Electronics, Digital Systems and Cisco CCNA.
- Girls...haven't really pursued any except one, and she just ended up bringing about a lot of trouble and sadness for me.
- First computer in the house was an old 286 in ~1990 though I never used it since I was too young to know how to (Hey, I was only four at the time).
- My sister had a 386 in 1992 that I fooled around with sometimes. Half the time I broke something on it in one way or another.
- My dad bought me a PC of my own (a P75) in 1995 to play with.
- Started using the net in 1996 with AOL (Hey didn't almost everyone start here? ).
- Built my own PC in 1999. I was so proud of that lol.
- Found MURC when I got my G400 in August 1999, right before MURC changed servers; except for a lapse in late 1999 - 2000, I've been posting here regularly ever since.

Right now I'm still in high school (senior year). Unless something drastic happens I should be in college next year.

[Bull]

It looks like your guys/gals have your own Unided Nations here.

As you know I am new here but have been around the net along time on other forums. There is not much to tell about myself.

Retired accountant. Go into computers in 1995. No formal training in computer. I learned mostly by trial and error. Been building my own since 1996 mostly AMD processots. My last Intel was the 300A.

Wife , married kids and grandkids. They call me John

[Helevitia]

Originally posted by Bull
It looks like your guys/gals have your own Unided Nations here.

As you know I am new here but have been around the net along time on other forums. There is not much to tell about myself.

Retired accountant. Go into computers in 1995. No formal training in computer. I learned mostly by trial and error. Been building my own since 1996 mostly AMD processots. My last Intel was the 300A.

Wife , married kids and grandkids. They call me John

Welcome to MURC John

[Paddy]

Born in 1979 in Sheffield, UK.
Moved all over the place although mainly in the UK.

Went to Primary School in Leeds.
Middle School (as it was then) in Northampton.
Secondary School in Liverpool.
Univerisity in Leicester.

Now currently working and living in Coventry.

Two parents, Two brothers, Two sisters, One wife and a shed load of tropical and marine fish.

My first computer was a Commadore 16, then an Amstrad CPC-6128. My first PC of ay sorts was a Compaq SX-25Mhz laptop - monochrome screen and upgraded to a whole 512KB of RAM.

I have subsequently bought a DX2-66, P-75, P125, P300, K62 500, K7 1GHZ and now dual MP 1800s.

I first came to MURC in 1998 when I was considering upgrading my G100.

In my spare time I enjoy doing anything that is not medicine related.

[cjolley]

I came to MURC in the days of the Mystique 170

Born Fort Worth Texas in 1952.

My father was a Nuclear war plans programmer for SAC in Omaha starting in the late 50's.
Then at the Pentagon
Then for USAF Europe.
Then for NATO.

So I've been around computers my entire life.
In fact I wrote my first program (in FORTRAN) for a HS class in 1969.

I graduated from HS in 1970 in Wiesbaden Germany.
1981- BS in Science Ed
Teach HS Science
Opperate Concrete Pumps (much better pay)
1995 - BS CompSci
1998 - present: Oracle database designer and programmer for Oklahoma County Government.

Hobbies: Guitar, Gardening, Car Maint, Computers (obviously)

1986- Married to Becky
No kids, but as opposed to having a bun in the oven we are thinking about ordering take out.

chuck

[GNEP]

I'm George Pitt.

Born 1977 in the Midlands (UK). Moved up to Yorkshire when I was 10 and subsequently my father bought a farm and started farming full time. So I worked there when not at school. Went to school in Leicester, York and Winchester, and to university in Oxford.

Degree - M.Eng in Engineering, Economics and Management
Subsequently became a Chartered Management Accountant via lots more exams and the appropriate experience. But with no intention of ever being a "proper" accountant.

Jobs: variously in the business world (small to v. large companies) including project management, engineering, but mainly in finance - allways with the obligatory "more IT knowledge than my colleagues" Even took part in the dot com boom but managed to get out about a month before it all crashed and burned.

Have been working for one of the multinational oil companies in London for just over 3 years; at first in the front office of the global treasury centre, and since then running the numbers for strategic planning and analysis for the downstream business globally.

Single for the last six months or so - having been engaged previously

Generally interests include socialising, sport (rowing, rugby, swimming), computers, reading etc etc etc.

[Tjalfe]

Name is Kasper

Born in Copenhagen, Denmark back in 1974.. yes the big 3 0 is comming this june.
Went through primary school there, untill in 1990 I became an exchange student in Charlotte NC for a year.. that was pretty fun. My parents heard about the first gulf war on the way back from the airport from dropping me off to go to the states
Did the International Baccalaureate program in Copenhagen untill May 1994 where I failed high school, just before my family moved to Canada.
August 11, 1994, arrived in Toronto.
went to Seneca college for Electronics Engineering Technology( they did not care that I did not pass high school... or more like it, they could not understand my transcript )
in 1999 I went to Thunder Bay for 2 years of University, where I got a degree in Electrical Engineering.
I have been working full time since then in the Security industry doing VHDL programming, some C some VB etc...

While in College I was working part time at a local computer store, in the beginning as sales, but quickly moved on to be the technician there.. this is where I learned just how much customers suck.

I used Matrox products since my first Millennium 1, then had the Mystique, the G200, then the G400MAX.. I was close to getting a P, then I read the reviews.

Hobbies include playing with the computers, woodworking, watching movies.. work as a bouncer ( I concider this a hobby too )

Have a girlfriend now since some time in october ( I guess I better find out the exact date so I don't get nailed for a missing anneversery )

I think that just about covers me.

[GT98]

My Name is Scott D

I'm 29 yrs old...born Dec 1974

I went to school and Graduated in 1993. I went into the Army after the summer I got out of HS. I spent 4 years Fixing MLRS and Bradley Fighting Vehicles. Quickly found out thats what I didn't want to do for the rest of my life. I got deployed to Operation Joint Endevour in 1996 as part of Peace enforcement in Bosina for 10 months.

I got out in Sept 1997....I went into Tech school for a year for Computer repair/networking. I was also in the New Jersey National Guard for 4 years and got out 23 September 2001...just in time so I didn't have to deal with the current madness going on now with deployments.

Got my first PC tech job in November 1998. Learned alot at the job
but the pay was crappy and no benifits. I left that job in January 2000 and prompty went though a spate of 5 Jobs in 2 years till I started my current job. I work as a civilian contractor supporting PC equipment for the Army...its for training officers. I also work PT for Target a couple nights a week.

Only messed up health thing I have is that I was exposed to TB somewhere and my body was a "carrier" since my Immune system
"walled it off". I took antibotics for 9 months and I don't have to worry about it anymore.

[Chrono_Wanderer]

Hey Kasper, what GTA area do you live in?

[DukeP]

This is quite funny.

If we made a combined CV for the MURC, it would have enough qualifications to start our own nation.

(Well, a small one. Like Island or so.)

~~DukeP~~

[omegaRED]

K...

Name: Jane Bardziev
BD: 3 June 1978
Living in Skopje, Macedonia
No brothers/sisters
Single, yet VERY happy in my relationship (4 months)

8 years Elementary school
4 years of High School (Electronics/Computer science)
Spent 8 years learning French (4 elementary/4 High School)
5 years German Language and Literature College

Been working as a graphic designer for lots of different things, mostly magazines, but also web, general print design etc., act as general "know-it-all" and "fixer" of PCs in our company.

Currently lead Creative/Graphic Designer of Auto Bild Macedonia (preparing or 6th issue in the moment, should enter press tomorrow).

[Tjalfe]

Originally posted by Chrono_Wanderer
Hey Kasper, what GTA area do you live in?

I live in Woodbridge, Weston and Rutherford, 2 minute drive from wonderland.
I work in Schomberg, Highway 27 and highway 9 area.

I used to work for Compucentre in Upper Canada Mall