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Re: Engineers, Nurses and Bears! OH MY!

Author: Oboe Craig
Date: 2011-04-15 19:55

Robin,

interesting questions, and it'll be nice to get to know our friends out here as they respond.

My resume makes me look like a software engineer/data warehousing tech/business intelligence geek. At least for the last 20 years.

Near the bottom is my Army Band, and conservatory teaching stuff.

A couple music degrees into it, I decided to become a computer programmer for financial reasons, but went for a certification program Vs. another degree. Idea was to get entry level skills, COBOL and such and get a day job. It worked pretty well, and I found the work challenging and a good use of brains. It was even exciting for a while doing gov't contract support for a international drug interdiction program. By then, I'd evolved from computer programmer to Dir of the IT stuff, and split that role as contract administrator doing lots of defensive memo things to fend off spurious audit findings (long story). Anyway, some flying around S. America with the DEA boys and girls and our folks added some danger and definitely some excitement.

I mention all this because once when under threat of attack, all I could think was, "I am an oboe player, what the hell am I doing this for?"

Aviation systems experience via that job eventually led me to Lockheed Martin as a Sr. Software Engineer supporting rocket configuration data. But I left that for IT work in the Yellow Pages chasing $ and then got into data warehousing the past 10 years.

All along I kept oboe going, played with community orchestras, church gigs, and the occasional Oxymora reunion effort.

Never tired of oboe, and now am happy as a clam I can do as much of it as I want, ...well, juggling Oxymora's needs for flute and jazz piano as well.

Life is good.

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