On 5 Jan., 03:57, Boot Zero  wrote:
>
> I bet many of us have landed in interesting positions in technology.

Many, but not all...

In fact I never was really interested to pursue a programming or
hardware-oriented career - even though I'm interested in computers
for nearly 30 years now (I'm 40)! There were several reasons for
that but they are completely unimportant now - let's just say I didn't
want to lose my most favourite past time activity by doing "the same"
thing on the job.

The only thing before re-discovering the 8-bit machines was some
application programming for my job with the object-oriented
programming language that Borland Paradox for Windows uses -
and which put it for a time way above Microsoft Access.
Most people today don't even know Paradox, though ;-)

About four years ago, when I was unemployed, I discovered that
a "retro scene" exists - and not only games consoles but also for
old computers and my love for those wacky 8-bit machines with
a personality - well, at least some had one - revitalised and this
is why I'm here.

> Eight bit computing is a nice escape from modern computing.  So I ask
> readers of c.s.apple2 -- what do you do in the real life?  What do you
> do for a living?

After two sales positions selling stuff to the industry (filtration
and bank
equipment) my next job was to control the production of paper sheets
and sell it to nation-wide distributors (small company, though).
Now I'm in the administration (various activities) of a local branch
of
a medium sized European energy supplier. This company maintains
a subterranean gas storage facility and produces crude oil.

Before that job - which is completely different to everything I've
done
before - I was unemployed for more than a year. So I can very well
feel what some people go through - especially honest, diligent people.
I can only say the following to them: Be patient, don't give up hope!

bye
Marcus
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