My career path is ADHD on a pedestal. It is varied, chaotic, and fraught with burning bridges.
Company: Maier Marketing SynergyLocation: Minneapolis, MNIndustry: MarketingDuties: ASP.Net, Visual Basic Script, JavaScript SQL Oh, the beautiful, sexy, beginning of the dot-com era. God, I miss those days, those companies, the deadlines, that feeling of imminent doom. I don’t know if it was the era or my age, but I loved the businesses I worked for back […]
Company: Allstate Workplace DivisionLocation: Jacksonville, FLIndustry: Life InsuranceDuties: VB.Net, Visual Basic, and C# Developer, Database Developer. When I started here, it was called American Heritage Life Insurance. I guess Allstate bought them, but that transition is a blur. The programming department at this division was huge. There had to be almost twenty of us, and that was
Company: BellSouth CorporationLocation: Orange Park, FLIndustry: TelecommunicationsDuties: VB.Net. Database Developer. Database Administrator. Web Server Administrator. My stint at BellSouth didn’t last long, only two years. Looking back, it should have been obvious they were winding down their business. It was my first consulting job after moving to Florida, and I thought I hit the big time. For
SuperStock, Inc. Company: SuperStock, Inc.Location: Jacksonville, FLIndustry: Online Stock PhotographyDuties: VB.Net and C# developer. Database Developer. Database Administrator. SuperStock was a fun company to work for, until the Venture Capitalists took over. I have to be careful here because the VC in charge literally threatened to sue me for $600,000 when I (allegedly) hurt his (alleged) feelings.
Company: Leonard’s Photographic, Inc.Location: Saint Augustine, FLIndustry: Media and MarketingDuties: C# developer. Database Developer. Database Administrator. I worked at Leonard’s Photography, a family owned business, for about seven years. That was easily the longest job stint of my life. The company’s main focus is school and military photography… think Year Books. They create merchandise as
