4.10.2004

Friday Five - one day late

1. What do you do for a living?

Systems Engineer for Continental Resources, Inc.. What's a Systems Engineer? For me, its typically e-mail systems and server infrastructure (DNS, directory services (AD/LDAP), IIS, File, Print, Applications).

2. What do you like most about your job?

Constant change - I get to do lots of different things for a wide range of clients in the region (well, North East US).

3. What do you like least about your job?

Constant change - I'm getting weary of the pace of change in the compter field. The half life of knowledge workers in IT is measured in months. I spend 500+ hours a year keeping my skills current.

4. When you have a bad day at work it's usually because _____...

Someone did something stupid and I have to clean it up.

5. What other career(s) are you interested in?

Teaching Science/Math/Physics at the high school (AP) or college level.