WORK
work (wûrk), n., adj., v., worked or (Archaic except in some senses, esp. 35,37,40) wrought; working.  n.  1. exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.  2. something on which exertion or labor is expended; a task or undertaking.  3. productive or operative activity, esp. employment to earn one's living: to look for work

So all this spouting off about unpopular ideals and ways of thinking surely must be the sign of a someone who has little better to do with his time than play, you say. Heh. Indeed. God has been extremely good to me in life. Just two years ago, I was plugging away slowly through school, working 70+ hours per week in a field that I got no enjoyment from, and had no future for me. But now....

I currently am employed by the Rite Aid Corporation as a Systems Engineer. And I have never been happier in my life. You'll find that my resume is a bit out-dated. In fact, it is very out-dated. In the last year, I have gained so much experience that it would necessitate a complete overhaul of my resume, if I were to actually think of looking elsewhere for employment. As a UNIX geek (and rather proud of it, thank you very much), I have had quite a bit of experience in networking in general, as well as shell scripting, C programming, and Systems Administration. But since I've been fortunate enough to be working for Rite Aid, I've more than doubled my skill-set. For my most commonly used languages, I can tout C, COBOL, UNIX shell, CICS, Visual Basic, and a bit of C++. Daily I'm working with JCL, SCL, and DB2 on IBM's OS/390's, as well as connecting NT thin clients to SCO V servers running Oracle 7.3. Lately, I've also had the pleasure of working with drugstore.com in integrating mainframe CICS legacy code with some seriously cool DEC Alphas, along with Visual Basic/Oracle 8.0.5, etc. Fun stuff. Seriously. I have never been happier in my life as far as work goes.