<p>shaw - that sounds exhausting although I’m kindof surprised that you didn’t go on the kayak trip.
rochmom - how exciting for your S and DIL!
dte - good luck in the project - I can’t believe the topic.
kmc - that is awesome - such talented people on this thread. I( love #tm’s book of poetry!)
MP - piercings and tatoos in the fashion industry… she’ll fit right in! (PS (It’s Fashion Week in NY this week.)</p>
<p>I have very little ‘live’ teaching experience - certainly no adult teaching and although I make presentations frequently to staff, etc., teaching for 1h+ at a time is a bit daunting. Interesting to think that most college instructors/profs are not required to take any education courses. I may be an expert in my field - it doesn’t necessarily make me a good classroom instructor. On the other hand, I love, love, LOVE teaching in the on-line platform. And, at least according to my course evals, my students think I do a great job.
The course is one of same I’ve been teaching for years and it is in my professional concentration. They just want to try a hybrid of classroom and online presentations. We’ll see… </p>
<p>True Shaw. I’ve been mostly embedded systems through my career (think of the computer in your car for example or the computers that run the subways and yes I have worked on subway controller SW) . Mostly what I’ve done is low level math type things – how to scan a sample tube and know if the sample is okay to use based on the spectrum that is read back from the scanner for example (worked on blood analyzers for a time). Haven’t even written code now for WAY too long since I’ve been managing for 10+ years. </p>
<p>It’s a ladies kayak group. I’ve kayaked with them before, but they all go each year to someplace (Long Island?) for a special ladies kayak weekend. I’ll happily pass.</p>
<p>We have SUCH a depth of talent and interests on this board! I bet no matter what business we thought up, we could staff and grow it from the '09 group (except of course, for the entry level work, which could be handled by our kids.)</p>
<p>Yup, so many interesting occupations and avocations, and so few of them closely related to whatever it was we majored in at college!</p>
<p>Sending the med school interview-request mojo. I’d probably get a voodoo doll and stick pins in it for the college’s delay in sending the committee letter. Or worse. Grrr…</p>
<p>S called this evening to tell us that he has a job! It pays $42,000 with benefits. He is thrilled and we are amazed. I think I mentioned that this is the kid who lands on his feet over and over. D works so hard for what she gets and he is so oblivious that he just sails through life. We are happy for him and glad he wanted to let us know.</p>
<p>I remember the day when he was in HS and in the summer getting up at 4 in the afternoon and I demanded that he either get a job or do 20 hours of volunteer work. He landed a job the next day.</p>
<p>He is 24 with a wife and 2.5 year old. He has picked a hard road yet he keeps going forward. Of course, I will take credit for pushing this particular boulder uphill over the years. Oh, it took him about 3 weeks to land this position.</p>
<p>Congratulations, Oregon! You must be so excited for him! Woohoo! I know I am excited for him. </p>
<p>RM…lots of embedded systems engineering still going on in Michigan it seems…when I had a job feed set up for mcson last year it seemed half the jobs that showed up in the feed were of that nature (but of course he wasn’t looking for or qualified per se for engineering…but he does do some mobile app development… so places like Harmon would show up in the feed as phrases like music technology and audio engineering would be picked up in the description copy).</p>
<p>So maybe we should send you the bus and move y’all up here </p>
<p>I also like Shaw’s suggestion that transferring some of those project management skills to areas aligned with your artsy orientation might give you a new satisfying direction. For example, you don’t necessarily have to be fluent in Objective C to PM a bunch of app developers if you inherently understand the basis of C++ and Java. Likewise, your experience in embedded systems would be invaluable for interface desing/development, I suspect.</p>
<p>(Programmers may disagree with me, but I am not a programmer per se and I can generally pm and troubleshoot their programming in my own realm, as much as they may hate to admit it. Sometimes it takes the 30,000 foot view to solve a problem. I just did exactly that yesterday and improved performance speed on something by 300% ;)</p>
<p>Missy, I know that fiction writing is like a busman’s holiday for most lawyers (and journalists ;)) but I also know several who nonetheless enjoy it as a hobby. One lawyer pal just finished what I think is a fab crime novel. Another retired lawyer in my group is quite a prolific literary fiction writer who in hindsight regrets not having pursued fiction writing in his youth after having had a story published in an anthology with the likes of early Raymond Carver. </p>
<p>In your line of lawyering, I bet you come across some “Glengary Glenross” types…and they’re great fodder for character studies! So never say never ;)</p>
<p>Shaw, I would love to lock myself in for a long weekend, but will have to sette for stolen moments right now if I’m to make the “birthday deadline.” Today I’d agreed to go to a pow wow with my lodge pals. Work sked is loaded and the week after I’m off to meet my gf in SF for a week of shenanigans. I’m hopeful I can steal some time there, as work gets bottle necked before and after I take a rare vacation ;)</p>
<p>Thanks for the good wishes everyone. He is a technical services project manager. I seriously know very little as to what that means. He has worked in a very similiar positon when still living here. They gave him an extra $2,000 for having experience. I am happy about that as it is nice that they honored that work and he will start with good feelings. He is happy that he only dresses up when there are visitors and meetings. So maybe those nice dress shoes we just bought him will not go to waste.</p>
<p>kmc–you are speaking about such an interesting topic, but out of my field of expertise. Now what would you like to know about mental health? :> </p>
<p>Following up on kmc’s point, once you have written code, it is not so hard to transfer to another language. Even if your role is project manager, it isn’t too hard to pick up other languages. I’m sure there are nuances that take longer to figure out that are language-specific, but I taught myself a whole bunch of languages after I learned the first one.</p>
<p>Totally agree Shaw. I know C, C++ as the most recent ones that I’ve worked with. Very little Java although it can’t be that difficult. However it seems at least in Rochester when you are looking they want someone who knows EXACTLY the language that they are working in. Oh well… I am rather enjoying just leaving when my time is up. :). H is against me making another change this close to retirement. Basically under 5 years we hope.</p>
<p>Congrats to Oregon’s S. </p>
<p>D is settled in her house now. Dog is a bit spooked and won’t let them out of his site. I think he believes that they are going to leave him there with out them. This will pass in the next week or so I’m sure. Now need to get S and DIL settled into a house. They think they will look in the new year just a bit after the baby is born. Spent sometime yesterday knitting. Was very nice to have the hours to just sit and knit.</p>
<p>Bad allergy day today. And yesterday. And Saturday. And Friday.</p>
<p>Son was home from after work (around 2:15) to 9 pm. He says he studies better hear (plus I fed him…twice). It’s nice to see him but I guess if we make lunch plans or won’t be home, we’ll just tell him.</p>
<p>I used to be able to write well too, but nursing messed that up. I write in chopped sentences, just the facts. etc… I love to put colors together and decorate. Everyone needs a creative outlet. Shaw time for some well deserved rest. I cant believe the energy you have.
RN looks like the kids are doing well.
Oregon congrats to your son, My kids are like that too. one lands on her feet, the other has to make it happen
Moda any news?
Hahaha I just learned to do a Google document, and I asked my daughter"what does it mean to open a new browser? new language!!!
D1 came home wanted to see her grandmother as she is dying. D2 was here too. they are close and get along well. They make me laugh and really such great kids. I am a bit prejudiced but amazed.</p>
<p>Bad allergies for me too. I felt feverish the entire month of August.
Work is so stressful not the work itself but the politics. And just not nice people. I used to wonder what it would be like in corporate now I know. I am so bad a kissing A, and will not be a hypocrite. so you can guess where this gets me. I feel like I am in high school. rant over</p>
<p>dt–we all know how amazing you are and too bad for them if they don’t get you. Give them what they deserve not what they want. </p>
<p>When I worked for a large HMO I figured out that most of what they told me to do would be changed within 6 weeks or so. So I just did not do the new decree and figured if I got noticed I would get a slap on the hand and I would act OH SO INNOCENT. Never happened as they were so busy changing the rules that they did not have time to track anyone. </p>
<p>My favorite was when they declared that every single family member needed their own chart notes. So if I saw 4 families with 4 people each I was suppose to chart 16 times v.s. 4. And not given a single extra minute to do this. Did not comply and it went a way 2 months later. I was working 18.75 hours a week and booking 18 hours of multiple people and had 45 minutes to chart. I really liked my clients but the system became a deal breaker.</p>
<p>I think I must be more passive agressive as I just quietly go about things my own way without a word.</p>
. Mostly what I’ve done is low level math type things – how to scan a sample tube and know if the sample is okay to use based on the spectrum that is read back from the scanner for example (worked on blood analyzers for a time). Haven’t even written code now for WAY too long since I’ve been managing for 10+ years. </p>
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without a word.</p>