I spent about 27 years in IT. I got into
programming in 1961 at North American Aviation, in El Segundo. I tried
several other businesses, including commercial diving for sea urchins off
the channel Islands. In 1990, My wife and I move to Washington State, and
I went into the shellfish business, growing manila clams and pacific
oysters. That business failed in 2004, as did the myriad of other
businesses that I tried. I'm a was much better programmer than a business
person. Don't get me wrong, I've enjoyed every minute of it, money was
never very important to me.
The computer technology has pretty much
passed me by and it's impossible to find a company that wants a trainee
that's over 65. In fact it's pretty hard to find any company that wants an
employee that is over 65. For the last year I've been doing temporary
work, mostly warehouse jobs. But I recently got lucky. I am starting a new
career with the IRS in their Seattle call center on October first. I'm
jazzed!
Jim Stewart,
September 14, 2007
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