What do you do for a living?

[spacy9]

Very cool! Definitely good to meet another geek! Gotta love being a geek as it lets me afford my toys

I've been doing networking for about 10 years now. Started getting heavily into Cisco in about 2001 (right when the bubble burst). I actually ended up teaching CCIE Bootcamps and writing training material for a couple of years so I've had a pretty varied networking history

I've got a few certs:

CCIE #8642 R/SCCNPCCNACCVPCCSPCCDPMCSE - Microsoft CertRCSP - Riverbed Cert

Some other miscellaneous 4 letter ones for wireless, Avaya, and Juniper...

How about you, how long have you been in networking?

[audtatious]

Riverbed is one of the products in our lineup

[spacy9]

Riverbed is one of the products in our lineup

Nice, I really like the Riverbed products. I honestly think that in this product segment they are even better than Cisco

Hearing that also makes me want to get into a discussion about what the backend does consist of: routers, switches, firewalls, IPS, load balancers, disaster recovery, etc... but I'll spare all the non geeks

[Magnet 2112]

Radiologist

[2 Coupes]

"Operations Supervisor" for Exel Inc. a Third Party Logistics Company. I am part of the management team who completely runs ToysRUs.com in a 1,000,000 sq/ft warehouse.

[rpm240sx]

I'm an Assistant Store Manager of a Clothing store. Lol.

Man I feel like an odd ball here. Lol. I'm Probably the only person here with a GED.

Guess I'm somewhat of an odd ball too since I'm oil field trash I'm a supervisor for a well testing company. As for all you college buffs I do have a business administration degree from Texas State and a Realtor's license to boot This post would be a lot more funny if we were all vette drivers haha

[Tampa G35 Sedan 6MT]

But don't you feel better you spent all that time and money on school

[joe603]

Very cool! Definitely good to meet another geek! Gotta love being a geek as it lets me afford my toys

I've been doing networking for about 10 years now. Started getting heavily into Cisco in about 2001 (right when the bubble burst). I actually ended up teaching CCIE Bootcamps and writing training material for a couple of years so I've had a pretty varied networking history

I've got a few certs:

CCIE #8642 R/SCCNPCCNACCVPCCSPCCDPMCSE - Microsoft CertRCSP - Riverbed Cert

Some other miscellaneous 4 letter ones for wireless, Avaya, and Juniper...

How about you, how long have you been in networking?

CCIE =

That's my next cert!!...I had to put it on hold until I finished my BAS. Currently I only have the CCNP, CCNA, and the CCNA-S. My primary system that I monitor/maintain is a large Promina .NET network. I've been doing this for about 4 years outside of my Air Force training in Comm. (I was a tech controller for 3 years).

[kmckis1029]

A GED is nothing to be ashamed of... you dont have to go to college to get a good job or have your own business... i feel bad for all the people graduating from college in 2008 and 2009... man they are going to have a hard time finding jobs with this economy...

i see there are other people who work on airplanes in this forum... my primary function is software maintience on airplanes...

[joe603]

Are you military or a contractor...I assume you work on the Air Force base...I was in the 5th mob for 3 years.

[jbillion]

Im an executive recuiter for an MRI franchise in Chicago. I plan on firing my boss this year and opening my own firm as well. How's business for you? What area's does your firm recruit?

[spacy9]

CCIE =

That's my next cert!!...I had to put it on hold until I finished my BAS. Currently I only have the CCNP, CCNA, and the CCNA-S. My primary system that I monitor/maintain is a large Promina .NET network. I've been doing this for about 4 years outside of my Air Force training in Comm. (I was a tech controller for 3 years).

LOL!

Let me know when you start studying for the CCIE again. I have some material that might help you out some - it's probably a little outdated since I wrote it but could still help.

[farhanashraf]

just landed the sweetest job as a test engineer for a defense contractor..

[370Z/28]

Kind of a gopher, do it all for a United Van Lines agency. Love the job and the people I work with. June through August I work full time, September through May I only work Monday through Thursday. Love having my Fridays off.

[biggie]

I guess since this got bumped:

I'm a data and report analyst for School of Medicine/Hospital (WFU).

[SVTCOBRA]

I guess since this got bumped:

I'm a data and report analyst for School of Medicine/Hospital (WFU).

sql server/oracle/db2/other???sas/eztrieve/msrs/crystal/PeopleSoft/applications/other???

Or are you on the functional side?

just curious

[Joey666Crack]

Unemployed Pre-med Freshman

[RichiePoor]

I am a High School Algebra teacher. I hate that some of you had a bad time in high school. I love my job and feel like being a teacher is the best job in the world.

[SVTCOBRA]

I am a High School Algebra teacher. I hate that some of you had a bad time in high school. I love my job and feel like being a teacher is the best job in the world.

Very cool!!!! I have a BS in math w/ computer science.Of all of the math I use, I use Algebra the most!!!! In financial application suppot.

[smockers83]

Currently I coordinate accident scenes and chemical spills all across North America, however I'm gearing up to pour over 8 years of monitored driving data to determine which safety technologies need to be implemented and their economic viability for my company.

[infinitgkid]

I am a High School Algebra teacher. I hate that some of you had a bad time in high school. I love my job and feel like being a teacher is the best job in the world.

Where were you 3 years ago when I was in HS?

You could have done... I mean... helped me with my homework!

Us NICO members gotta look out for each other... right?

[RichiePoor]

Yes, the NICO brotherhood is strong. I got your mathematics back Infinitigkid HAHA!I teach at a school that has over 2200 students and we work our behinds off to be productive educators. I know that some schools do not care about their students, but mine does.

[RichiePoor]

SVTCOBRA I tell my students all the time that they may not believe me, but they may just need some math skills later on in life. I have a degree in business, teacher certification(2 years of education classes), and a masters in curriculum and instruction.

[SVTCOBRA]

SVTCOBRA I tell my students all the time that they may not believe me, but they may just need some math skills later on in life. I have a degree in business, teacher certification(2 years of education classes), and a masters in curriculum and instruction.

I got a minor in business which included 1.5 years of accounting classes. Having a good understanding of Algebra makes accounting SO much easier!!! Got A's in all of my accounting classes.

[RichiePoor]

I loved my higher level accounting classes, but the first ones were SO boring. (Debit, credit, blah, blah, blah) My wife almost got here degree in accounting, but she went into the medical field instead.

[SVTCOBRA]

I loved my higher level accounting classes, but the first ones were SO boring. (Debit, credit, blah, blah, blah) My wife almost got here degree in accounting, but she went into the medical field instead.

True, but I did enjoy seeing how math was actually being used in real world situations - depreciation/loans/costs of manufacturing/profit. Cost Accounting to me was my favorite accounting class. What I enjoy about my work is helping out my accounting co-workers (internal customers) find solutions to their daily problems/challenges/manager's requests. I've mainly supported/developed financial applications involving asset management, cash management, general ledger, shareholder management, corporate budgeting. All of which involve detail accounting - and of course math.

[biggie]

sql server/oracle/db2/other???sas/eztrieve/msrs/crystal/PeopleSoft/applications/other???

Or are you on the functional side?

just curious

I got out of most of the programming stuff. My last job was sql and cobol database programming. This job is mostly creating reports through Cognos tools and access, as well as running reports through a database type system, but I don't maintain that system just fetch data through it. So basically functional side with a little 'other' mixed in.

All clinics and doctors have to go through me to retrieve reports. As well as I maintain sets of daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports that are sent out. Then I also train some others who we give access to some of the cognos tools.

To add to the math convo, I started as an Accounting major, but switched to Information Systems my last semester. Believe I lack 3-4 classes from the Accounting degree, but probably won't get it. Apparently there are a lot of numbers people in here.

[WAldenIV]

I have a degree in chemical engineering. I currently work in process development for a pharmaceutical company.

[infinitgkid]

I got a minor in business which included 1.5 years of accounting classes.

I loved my higher level accounting classes, but the first ones were SO boring. (Debit, credit, blah, blah, blah) My wife almost got here degree in accounting, but she went into the medical field instead.

I'm taking accounting now for some summer classes... actually, I'm finishing up an accounting project right now...

I'm not sure I can really explain how accounting makes me feel, but if I were to try my best I would say it like this: Accounting makes me want to go skydiving without a parachute...

I'm a Corporate Law major (Business Management major/Pre-Law Minor) and I hate this accounting crap...

[SVTCOBRA]

I'm a Corporate Law major (Business Management major/Pre-Law Minor) and I hate this accounting crap...

Took 1 year of business law as part of my bus minor and loved the class. Mainly, the cases that the lawyer teaching the class told us about.