I am an IT guy for a Fortune 500 company.
My degree is in accounting, so not exactly what was planned. I followed the money.
I absolutely enjoy what I am doing, though.
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@pipeguy wrote:I work on Capitol Hill for a member of Congress. Prior to this (last 6 years) I owned and ran my own tradeshow and online business for 18 years. Prior to that, I was VP and GM for a small chain of retail stores (6) for 17 years. My next job starting January 3, 2020, will be to travel, drink more good wine, walk on the beach and work on my hobby of making handmade solid wood furniture.
Interesting thread ... as to your occupation, your handle "pipeguy" has caught my eye. Never figured you for work in the political arena with that handle. Your after work January 3, 2020 sounds interesting too
Heh, the handle was given to me years ago as someone that could source "things" be it information or hardware from point A to point B aka concept to implementation, I'll leave it at that 
@pipeguy wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
@pipeguy wrote:I work on Capitol Hill for a member of Congress. Prior to this (last 6 years) I owned and ran my own tradeshow and online business for 18 years. Prior to that, I was VP and GM for a small chain of retail stores (6) for 17 years. My next job starting January 3, 2020, will be to travel, drink more good wine, walk on the beach and work on my hobby of making handmade solid wood furniture.
Interesting thread ... as to your occupation, your handle "pipeguy" has caught my eye. Never figured you for work in the political arena with that handle. Your after work January 3, 2020 sounds interesting too
Heh, the handle was given to me years ago as someone that could source "things" be it information or hardware from point A to point B aka concept to implementation, I'll leave it at that
I was having visions of Captain Black vapors circling about you. Boy, was I off.
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Interesting topic...I’ve often wondered that myself, but also wondered if it would alter or taint the advice from members if I knew more/too much about them. However, curiosity wins out.
Please pardon the lengthy answer, as I’m not sure my current occupation accurately describes who I am.
While I’m high school I decided to join the US Navy, and did so in 1986. I spent from 1986-1992 as an Electronic Warfare Technician on 4 ships and completed 3 deployments, to include Desert Storm.
In 1992 I left active duty for college and joined the USNR. I switched to the US Army Reserve in 1995 as a Civil Affairs Sergeant and did that from 1995-1999. I graduated college with a BA in Political Science in 1996 and spent the next 10 months in Bosnia deployed with the USAR. When I returned to the US in 1997 I began law school and received my JD in 1999. I had a break in military service from 1999-2003.
In 1999 I began working as an Assistant District Attorney in Texas. After the events of 9/11 I applied for a commission into the US Army Reserve JAG Corps and was commissioned in 2003. In 2008 I was called to active duty with the Army and spent from 2008-2014 at Ft Stewart, GA and Ft Bragg, NC (Special Operations Command) as a Judge Advocate in various capacities with a trip to Iraq mixed in durin my time at Ft Stewart.
In 2014 I left active duty and moved to Arizona (I’m licensed in Texas and Arizona) and took a job as a Deputy County Attorney (AZ equivalent of TX ADA). And remained in the Army Reserve.
In 2017 I moved back to Texas to work as a prosecutor for the Office of the Attorney General, where I am today, and also still in the Army Reserve.
I never would’ve thought about becoming an attorney. I began college in an Electrical Engineering & Computer Science duel degree track before changing majors based on my desire to attend law school.
If I had it to do over again, I would’ve joined the FBI or CIA after college, as I prefer that type of proactive work than reactive prosecution. If I were able to get into the US Attorney’s Office that would be much more to my liking, as they do much more in the way of proactive investigation and prosecution.
I’ve enjoyed reading about the others here and look forward to reading more!
You are certainly a jack of all trades.
I am a senior academic advisor at a CUNY community college in NYC. I've been in higher education for 13 years, as an academic advisor, academic analyst, academic integrity evaluator, and auditor, and I am sick of higher ed. That's the primary reason why I decided to earn my MA in Data Analytics and Applied Social Research at another CUNY school; I am concentrating specifically in Media and Marketing. And the best part - my tuition is free! Not a bad perk, eh? 
I have 21 of 35 credits completed with a 3.867 GPA (*woo hoo*) and I am enrolled in two courses (6 credits) for this semester, which will bring my total completed to 27 in total by December. I hope to be done with my thesis (which counts as 3 credits) and my remaining coursework by the end of next summer, God willing. Once I am done with school, I will be moving back to my hometown (Chicago, IL) to start my next chapter with my love (provided he doesn't screw up ) and a new career.
Edited to add: My undergraduate degree is in psychology. I graduated from DePaul University, hence my username (bludmn = Blue Demon, DePaul's athletic team; 79 = the year I was born). 
I worked in Software development since 2000 and recently switched careers to a Sales Engineer. Loving it so far! I actually wanted to be a school teacher. Original course of study was Sociology.
