I incurred 2,000 dollars worth of college level work when I went back to work in arizona majoring in business administration with the idea of pursuing a mba from capella university. I had a really great job out there, but I reverse engineered a software package that the existing people said would take 5 years to learn in 90 days and so I had to give up on it for awhile.
To make a long story short, had a great job with a great bunch of people working for assurant in scottsdale and I liked it, but it didn’t pay much. I even had to make the decision to bring in an offshore company to take over the day to day maintenance of the existing package. Just put that in so ya'll wouldn’t think I'm totally against offshore because I'm not. Anyway, a firm in austin tx called me up and offered more money and I would be home instead of living out of motels and so I took it. Turned out to be a sweatshop and I could have lived with that, but in 30 years of doing this stuff, you learn what works and what doesn’t and you learn to build safety and security and maintainability into software packages and we butted heads like two bulls in a china closet, so it wasn’t a good fit. I've been trying to get back into assurant, but I havent been able to do so. Virgil Bierschwale http://www.virgilslist.com http://www.tccutlery.com http://www.bierschwale.com http://www.bierschwalesolutions.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kristyne McDaniel Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 3:00 PM To: 'ProFox Email List' Subject: RE: [OT] RE: Keeping American Programmers at Work Virgil, > Again, I hope that I'm wrong, but this is what the last 4 years > experience has taught me and that's why I now believe that my lack of > a degree has come back to haunt me. Not having a degree is definitely a problem when it comes to management jobs unless people know your work. There are so many folks with MBA's now that it is tougher for a guy that didn't spend the time and money to get at least the 4 year degree. I know it has been easier for me because I have a degree. Of course that's why I got one in the first place, though. Have you thought about going back to school? Maybe this is the right time to do that. Kristyne McDaniel www.mcstyles.com www.shamrocktrails.com [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
