My first job was as a part time operator of the 7080 and 7094 at Boeing's Wichita Division in 1983. I guess that I impressed the boss because after 4 months he told me that they were switching me to full time and my first assignment was to attend a 3 week programming class where the 7080 Principles of Operation and 7080 Autocoder (equivalent to today's Assembly Language) were taught. Thus began my programming career, never having touched any of the card equipment, never having wired a plug board. That was the job that was interrupted in 1966 because Uncle Sam really needed me. :-) I was the first married man in the city of Wichita to be drafted during the Viet Nam days. I was 25.5 years old. They had to get me before my 26th birthday or they couldn't touch me. Boeing had requested an occupational deferment, but were refused because, "The Army needs people with his skills, too." That is another story.
Regards, Richard Schuh > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fran Hensler > Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 11:26 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: My 45th Anniversary at SRU > > Thank you Richard. > > My first job was running a check sorter at a small bank in > 1962. The bank was absorbed by a larger bank and I lost my > job. I was devistated. So I have an idea of what you went through. > > But in my case it lead to a better career. > > /Fran Hensler at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania USA > for 45 years > [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1.724.738.2153 > "Yes, Virginia, there is a Slippery Rock" > > On Tue, 6 May 2008 10:11:23 -0700 Schuh, Richard said: > >Fran, > > > >Congratulations on an almost unheard of accomplishment in > this day and > >age. My own career dates back that far, however, there have been > >several changes of jobs, some voluntary, others not (I have been > >drafted, laid off, and outsourced), during that period. The > longest I > >have managed to stay with one employer has been 14.5 years. > That tenure > >was ended by being outsourced. You have been able to achieve > something > >that most of us have not even been able to imagine. > > > >Regards, > >Richard Schuh > > > > > > >
