Hi all,
Some of you may remember me from many years ago when I ran a very small board ca
lled Southeast Texas Chat. I disappeared, not for the first time, as life got ve
ry busy and I didn't have much time or energy to even keep up with and participa
te in messages.
Just to give a quick overview of what I've been up to, since I last put any real
time and effort into this hobby, this is what has changed in the last 5+ years:
1. I went to college for an associate's degree in computer information systems
(specifically web design & development)
2. After graduation, the instructors were impressed enough with me that I was
invited to teach as an adjunct
3. After several instructors retired, I was made full time and program directo
r for the CIS classes
4. I decided I absolutely hate academic bureacracy, mentioned my intention to
leave to a buddy I'd brough in as adjunct, and he very quickly poached me to be
a support engineer for his company Sycurio Ltd.
5. I spent the first year at the company learning the ins and outs of our appl
ication, resolving a few long outstanding problems and assuming responsibility f
or improving the monitoring system among other things
6. I quickly got a promotion to senior support engineer, and would probably be
made team lead, except I absolutely do not want to be responsible for others an
d would rather focus on what I love to do -- develop solutions to problems and f
ix things.
My current profession is not exactly what I set out to be. I used to swear I wou
ld rather keep cooking in restaurants rather than be in technical support, but i
t runs out working in B2B middleware isn't so bad. I would also like to try my h
and in development rather than support, but I'm planning to stick with this for
so long as I'm happy and learning new things.
Life has changed quite a bit, and I've been playing catchup the entire time. But
now that the ground has settled beneath me, I've been missing and thinking abou
t this hobby quite a bit. I credit early BBSing (and hacking around the internet
in the 90's) with teaching me most of my fundamentals, and Synchronet with keep
ing me interested and learning more throughout the years. I used to demonstrate
it as a learning tool when teaching, and continue to bring it up when I get the
opportunity -- even it's less often now that I'm not teaching.
And for Digital Man: I love the new setup flow. I was up and running on Linux in
minutes with all the basics done. I didn't think there could be many new featur
es, as complete as the board was a few years ago... but I've been proven wrong.
:) Thanks for continuing to support and improve the software, and I hope that I
can find the time in the future to add something of my own back.
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