oGiven choice
one night of moving to Baton Rouge, Saudia Arabia, or get laid off.Went to BR.Almost died. Twice.
• My first assignments were to build a project tracking and
estimation system and a program to predict the physical properties of polymer
blends.
• I always kept to deadlines in school.I didn’t think I should stop at work.I learned that on-time, high quality work
doesn’t always put you at the head of the class.
• One of the best pieces of advice that I received from a
boss was to not get trapped into a company’s proprietary technology.Learning different systems might come in
handy and make a better consultant.
• Central engineering billed me to other parts of the
organization at $70/hour.I was paid
about $15.00/hour.I began to wonder
where the other $55/hour went.
• I tried to get a job in computing but companies said I
didn’t have enough experience and no degree in computing.I started to plan my masters.