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= 1974 - 2023 =
= 1974 - 2023 =
A less than propitious start in life compared to some, e.g. those with parents who are engineers or scientists, led to my first working life being less than it might have been. However I consider it a  success in delivering me more or less whole, as a life long learner with a [[Mensa|<span style="color: cyan;">high IQ</span>]], and considerable depth of experience as an IT worker, to this point where I can work for myself, society at large, and direct production. Although I knew early on that wage earners never escape commodity labor earning levels, only the unfolding of time landed me at a place where I could fully act on that knowledge. I might in the current stage of work life take on wage work but only on a part time or project basis. This is my permanent day job here.  
A less than propitious start in life compared to some, e.g. those with parents who are engineers or scientists, led to my first working life being less than it might have been. However I consider it a  success in delivering me more or less whole, as a life long learner with a [[Mensa|<span style="color: cyan;">high IQ</span>]], and considerable depth of experience as an IT worker, to this point where I can work for myself, society at large, and direct production. Although I knew early on that wage earners never escape commodity labor earning levels, only the unfolding of time landed me at a place where I could fully act on that knowledge. I might in the current stage of work life take on wage work but only on a part time or project basis. This is my permanent day job here.  


1974 is the actual start because that's when I took training at the schools Control Data was running and actually did first programming, but I went back for a 4 year degree majoring in Math and CS and only had Operator jobs before 1980. I did have a DP course at a community college before CDC in '73 which pushes it back to my teens. The Control Data Institute I went to btw, was in the building shown on the Bob Newhart Show at that time on Michigan Avenue as being where he had his office.
1974 is the actual start because that's when I took training at the schools Control Data was running and actually did first programming, but I went back for a 4 year degree majoring in Math and CS and only had Operator jobs before 1980. I did have a DP course at a community college before CDC in '73 which pushes it back to my teens. The Control Data Institute I went to btw, was in the building shown on the Bob Newhart Show at that time on Michigan Avenue as being where he had his office.
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From the late nineties I mostly worked remote, but did work on-site in Buffalo in '14/15, and from the late 80s most jobs were on a contractor basis, Givaudan being the longest employee role, from the turn of the century largely independent of 3rd parties. I would say the GMRV job conclusively ended this stage of work life. The last paid gig was Sep '23 and while it wasn actually a PWYWG, I'm designating as the first such as it was charged at a few days of my thrift rate. It had a mutually happy outcome, the kind I've generally been able to limit myself to for some time. Pauca sed bona. I am an Ayn Rand communist which you can find out more about from the &#x5DE5; &#x738B; link.
From the late nineties I mostly worked remote, but did work on-site in Buffalo in '14/15, and from the late 80s most jobs were on a contractor basis, Givaudan being the longest employee role, from the turn of the century largely independent of 3rd parties. I would say the GMRV job conclusively ended this stage of work life. The last paid gig was Sep '23 and while it wasn actually a PWYWG, I'm designating as the first such as it was charged at a few days of my thrift rate. It had a mutually happy outcome, the kind I've generally been able to limit myself to for some time. Pauca sed bona. I am an Ayn Rand communist which you can find out more about from the &#x5DE5; &#x738B; link.


Before freedom, there were few work experiences that could be considered AI. First some systems of the Airforce Satellite Control System network such as dynamic programming used for attitude manoeuver, stationkeeping and other ops planning would arguably be considered such. The "metadatabase" or the EER job where I was introduced to Smalltalk had ambitions in that area. The entral hourly labor scheduling algorithm of CSIs EMPS product which I improved qualifies. Finally and the most consequential, the Givaudan client server engine, probably the most consequential work in the non-free work life, by virtue of its handling of SQL which btw is on my github now could, in a stretch and like of yore compilers ware considered AI could be mentioned. That would open up a recount of all compiler related things but not doin that.
Before freedom, there were few work experiences that could be considered [[AI]]. First some systems of the Air Force Satellite Control System network such as dynamic programming and other techniques used for attitude manoeuver, stationkeeping and other ops planning would arguably be considered such, although I had no hands on, I did have source access. The "metadatabase" of the EER job where I was introduced to Smalltalk had ambitions in that area. The central hourly labor scheduling algorithm of CSIs EMPS product which I improved qualifies. Finally and the most consequential, the Givaudan client server engine, probably the most consequential work in my non-free work life, by virtue of its handling of SQL which btw is on my github now, could, in a stretch, like much of the current hype cycle, and of yore of compilers, be considered AI. That would open up a recount of all compiler related things but not doin that, because pretty much none of this fits my current notion of fulfillment here.
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