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I don't work
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I'm a firmware engineer at AMD. I figured my work would help me with homebrew Dreamcast development :grin:
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I finished my computer science degree and instead of getting a job in the field, I got deathly ill, nearly died and now I'm on permanent disability
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Well; let's do a recap.

Graduated college in 2008 with a double major in Broadcast Journalism & Advertising. Lived in Milwaukee, WI; and since it was a bad time for the job market all I could find was retail work at Whole Foods. Worked there for a couple years doing various things, then eventually decided I wanted to leave the Midwest and move out to the west coast.

Moved to Los Angeles at the end of 2010 with the idea of having a WFM transfer set; well, it fell through so I picked up a job at my former (retail) employer, Apple.

I eventually moved over to the inventory side and got pretty familiar with SAP-- since our store was a flagship it had a lot of corporate attention, and I was doing some neat reporting with SAP and theft/loss/top sellers, all that sort of stuff.

After five years there, I saw a former Apple coworker post for an entry-level IT job at a company in Venice (CA). Took the interview and got the job. The company was more or less a startup; and the show Silicon Valley hit a little bit too close to home.

In any case, there was a LOT of opportunity there for someone that wanted to get their feet wet and learn. I ended up pushing out fairly large projects that changed the landscape of the tech-side of the company, and quickly moved up the ranks in IT. At the end of 2016 the manager of the department left, and I was put into the role based off C-level's feedback.

Ended up being an incredibly rewarding job-- we performed a campus move over to Marina del Rey, and I got a hand in designing the entire tech infrastructure of the buildings; dealing with contracts, and all that stuff. The move ended up being successful, and I had a fantastic team that I had cultivated. At a certain point, I felt the hybrid environment was as far as I could push it and began looking for other paths forwards. Oh; also it somehow ended up where the CEO was my boss. A lot to unpack there but I'll save it and just say that I was one of the only people that 'challenged' him on things-- but he liked that. Won a lot of good favor with him and other higher-ups over those few years.

Fortunately because the company was still fairly small (300 people); and I had great relationships with people there I was able to jump over to the SRE Team within Engineering. I've been involved with that since; and although it was definitely a big jump initially (and very difficult to follow), I've landed on my feet. Since moving over we've done a complete rearchitecture of the cloud accounts; split off a subsidiary and are now moving into global stuff.

Funny that I tried to leave the technology field in college for so long, when the writing was on the wall and this is what I'm good at. Should have taken note from my DCE days :)

On the personal side, I've been with my partner for ~8 years now! She's an art director over at Nickelodeon and we're living that DINK lifestyle for now. Not sure what the long term looks like with house prices in Los Angeles being what they are; but slowly starting to think about the future and what it looks like.
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Roofus wrote: Fri Dec 04, 2020 12:42 pm I finished my computer science degree and instead of getting a job in the field, I got deathly ill, nearly died and now I'm on permanent disability
Whoa. What happened? You can spare as many details or not reply at all; just hope that you're doing okay.
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Got a degree in networking, so I decided to drive a tow truck. Been doing it for 5 years after 15 years of dispatching them.
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Last year when COVID lockdowns were still red light/green light/on-again/off-again and computer parts were really overpriced, I bought a lot of precision tools and soldering equipment and started fixing lots of broken electronics: consoles, optical drives/mechanical assemblies, drop-damage laptops, PCBs, etc. I live within walking distance of a post office and a store that sells basic shipping supplies, so I started selling some of the things that were fixed or restored online to buy more broken stuff to fix. I did small-scale consumer IT in my local area on the side and started gaining regular customers from referrals. This mix of things turned into a small business with a lot of work, very demanding hours, and tight margins. Last year, I got really close to signing a minimum 3-year lease and taking over a shop space, but some others had eyes on it, started outbidding each other, and went way over what I could risk. Earlier this year I lucked into an enterprise IT job with a fintech company. It pays a lot more and the workload is a lot less intense, so I'm happy.
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USPS since Oct 2021, soon working for a trucking company delivering freight in the East, Mid-West, and South
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I have a stalker that won't leave me alone, so I don't post details about myself. But just IT forever. :|

Suffice to say, things were going ok, but now they are awful.
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MulletMan13 wrote: Thu Sep 09, 2021 3:28 pm Well; let's do a recap.

Graduated college in 2008 with a double major in Broadcast Journalism & Advertising. Lived in Milwaukee, WI; and since it was a bad time for the job market all I could find was retail work at Whole Foods. Worked there for a couple years doing various things, then eventually decided I wanted to leave the Midwest and move out to the west coast.

Moved to Los Angeles at the end of 2010 with the idea of having a WFM transfer set; well, it fell through so I picked up a job at my former (retail) employer, Apple.

I eventually moved over to the inventory side and got pretty familiar with SAP-- since our store was a flagship it had a lot of corporate attention, and I was doing some neat reporting with SAP and theft/loss/top sellers, all that sort of stuff.

After five years there, I saw a former Apple coworker post for an entry-level IT job at a company in Venice (CA). Took the interview and got the job. The company was more or less a startup; and the show Silicon Valley hit a little bit too close to home.

In any case, there was a LOT of opportunity there for someone that wanted to get their feet wet and learn. I ended up pushing out fairly large projects that changed the landscape of the tech-side of the company, and quickly moved up the ranks in IT. At the end of 2016 the manager of the department left, and I was put into the role based off C-level's feedback.

Ended up being an incredibly rewarding job-- we performed a campus move over to Marina del Rey, and I got a hand in designing the entire tech infrastructure of the buildings; dealing with contracts, and all that stuff. The move ended up being successful, and I had a fantastic team that I had cultivated. At a certain point, I felt the hybrid environment was as far as I could push it and began looking for other paths forwards. Oh; also it somehow ended up where the CEO was my boss. A lot to unpack there but I'll save it and just say that I was one of the only people that 'challenged' him on things-- but he liked that. Won a lot of good favor with him and other higher-ups over those few years.

Fortunately because the company was still fairly small (300 people); and I had great relationships with people there I was able to jump over to the SRE Team within Engineering. I've been involved with that since; and although it was definitely a big jump initially (and very difficult to follow), I've landed on my feet. Since moving over we've done a complete rearchitecture of the cloud accounts; split off a subsidiary and are now moving into global stuff.

Funny that I tried to leave the technology field in college for so long, when the writing was on the wall and this is what I'm good at. Should have taken note from my DCE days :)

On the personal side, I've been with my partner for ~8 years now! She's an art director over at Nickelodeon and we're living that DINK lifestyle for now. Not sure what the long term looks like with house prices in Los Angeles being what they are; but slowly starting to think about the future and what it looks like.
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MulletMan13 wrote: Sun Nov 20, 2022 1:39 am
Roofus wrote: Fri Dec 04, 2020 12:42 pm I finished my computer science degree and instead of getting a job in the field, I got deathly ill, nearly died and now I'm on permanent disability
Whoa. What happened? You can spare as many details or not reply at all; just hope that you're doing okay.
A year later is better than nothing. :lol: Yeah. It was partly just a progression of a chronic condition. I don't have good lymph nodes. My legs were always kind of puffy, with the left one being worse but it wasn't bad, I could do stuff. Then my dad got sick and eventually died and the stress of that aggravated it and I got worse. Finally, by a stroke of luck the month after I finally graduated, had my degree and a job lined up I got a bad infection in the left leg. I went septic, nearly died and it destroyed what little lymph nodes I had left. My left leg swelled up huge. Stage 4 lymphedema (there are only 4 stages.) Walking is hard, driving is out. I can't sit or stand for too long, or do much more any more but go to doctor's appointments.
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Roofus wrote: Sun Oct 08, 2023 10:52 pmI finally graduated, had my degree and a job lined up I got a bad infection in the left leg. I went septic, nearly died and it destroyed what little lymph nodes I had left. My left leg swelled up huge. Stage 4 lymphedema (there are only 4 stages.) Walking is hard, driving is out. I can't sit or stand for too long, or do much more any more but go to doctor's appointments.
Holy... please try a whole foods plant based diet. It's probably the only thing that might help, so it's worth a shot:

https://fightlymphedema.com/plant-based ... ymphedema/

https://www.lwocommunity.co.uk/plant-based-diet'
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Christuserloeser wrote: Sun Dec 24, 2023 10:33 pmHoly... please try a whole foods plant based diet. It's probably the only thing that might help, so it's worth a shot:

https://fightlymphedema.com/plant-based ... ymphedema/

https://www.lwocommunity.co.uk/plant-based-diet'

The only thing that might help???

Don't do this -- An entirely plant based diet is not healthy in the long term, even if it improves short term health as a result of transitioning from a SAD (standard American diet).
It's thinking...
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|darc| wrote: Mon Dec 25, 2023 10:56 pm
Christuserloeser wrote: Sun Dec 24, 2023 10:33 pmHoly... please try a whole foods plant based diet. It's probably the only thing that might help, so it's worth a shot:

https://fightlymphedema.com/plant-based ... ymphedema/

https://www.lwocommunity.co.uk/plant-based-diet'

The only thing that might help???

Don't do this -- An entirely plant based diet is not healthy in the long term, even if it improves short term health as a result of transitioning from a SAD (standard American diet).
Thanks. I'm used to it. I've heard it all. Plant-based, gluten free, CBD, etc. Everyone's got advice and everyone assumes I haven't tried it. Oh well. :lol:
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Roofus wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2024 12:44 pm
|darc| wrote: Mon Dec 25, 2023 10:56 pm
Christuserloeser wrote: Sun Dec 24, 2023 10:33 pmHoly... please try a whole foods plant based diet. It's probably the only thing that might help, so it's worth a shot:

https://fightlymphedema.com/plant-based ... ymphedema/

https://www.lwocommunity.co.uk/plant-based-diet'

The only thing that might help???

Don't do this -- An entirely plant based diet is not healthy in the long term, even if it improves short term health as a result of transitioning from a SAD (standard American diet).
Thanks. I'm used to it. I've heard it all. Plant-based, gluten free, CBD, etc. Everyone's got advice and everyone assumes I haven't tried it. Oh well. :lol:
So what's the prognosis?
Hope things are incrementally better.
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