I spent a few summers in the late 80s and early 90s as a Cub Scout Day Camp counselor. I did a couple of years as an unpaid "counselor in training" because I was too young, and was paid for the last summer. I think it was a whopping $75 a week.

Summer of '94 I got drafted into being 'summer help' with the county's highway department, and didn't care for it all that much. Last time I had a decent tan though.

In 1995 I started working for a shoe store chain, and worked in stores in 2 different towns. After a while, I bailed that company for an electronics retailer. I did that for a few months, supposedly on the management track, but I'd been trying to do classes at a jr. college too, and the classes won out.

Fall of 1996, even though I was a student, I got one of my first tech jobs, working on a university departmental network and helping out with their website. Yeah it was only Windows 3.1 and Novell 3.x, but it was cool.

In 1997 I had a brief stint doing web design for a non-profit professional organization.

In early 1998 I made the mistake of taking a job with a 2 hour commute around Chicago's suburbs. I only lasted 2 weeks.

Later in 1998 I took a 90 day temp job with a big telco company out here, doing some work in their HR department.

Fall of 1999 I did an internship in an IT department, helping with more network stuff, but the woman "supervising" the interns and I clashed a couple of times, and I left.

Early 2000 I started doing IT support for local school systems. Started in one middle school, went to a brand new one in the same district when it opened, but there was another clash over stated responsibilities vs. perceived responsibilities, and I left.

Then I did another 2 years doing SOLO IT support for 6 schools....

I do like technology, but some things do get old fast. Like schools that spend all this money on systems but never take the time to train anyone to properly use them, so they're always calling for help on piddly things.

Right now I don't know if I want to stay with it. My heart is leaning against it, but in my mind I know that that's what I know best right now - that's what I've had classes AND personal experience in.

I still have a Bachelor's I never finished, I haven't been overseas in 10 years, and I'd like to do both....