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Blaming Sandy and NotTheMama for not being engineers or scientists for a less than propitious start in life, plus a generous helping of mea culpas, my first working life was less than it might have been. I did persist in it far longer than most resulting in an unusual depth and breadth of experience and landing as a [[Mensa|<span style="color: cyan;">life long learner</span>]] at post wage labor work life. Things were learned. The transition from selling wage labor to making and marketing product lines is not easy but I have time and the ability to get the job done. The first work I remember was at age 8 when NotTheMama told me to go the local supermarket and offer to help ladies carry their groceries, the ancestor of the PWYWG, which I did do and being a cute kid, successfully.  
Blaming Sandy and NotTheMama for not being engineers or scientists for a less than propitious start in life, plus a generous helping of mea culpas, my first working life was less than it might have been. I did persist in it far longer than most resulting in an unusual depth and breadth of experience and landing as a [[Mensa|<span style="color: cyan;">life long learner</span>]] at post wage labor work life. Things were learned. The transition from selling wage labor to making and marketing product lines is not easy but I have time and the ability to get the job done. The first work I remember was at age 8 when NotTheMama told me to go the local supermarket and offer to help ladies carry their groceries, the ancestor of the PWYWG, which I did do and being a cute kid, successfully.  


There were a few work experiences that could, in a stretch, like much of the current hype cycle, and of yore of compilers, 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, the Givaudan client server engine, now on my github, probably the most consequential work in my non-free work life, by virtue of its adaptive handling of SQL. Could also start recounting compiler related things but not doin that, because pretty much none of this fits either past notion of this [[AI|<span style="color:lime;">term of art</span>]] or my <html><a href=https://devops1.sameboat.network/About%20DCP><span style="color"lime;">current fulfillment</span></a></html> of it.
There were a few work experiences that could, in a stretch, like much of the current hype cycle, and of yore of compilers, 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, the Givaudan client server engine, now on my github, probably the most consequential work in my non-free work life, by virtue of its adaptive handling of SQL. Could also start recounting compiler related things but not doin that, because pretty much none of this fits either my past notion of this [[AI|<span style="color:lime;">term of art</span>]] or <html><a href=https://devops1.sameboat.network/About%20DCP><span style="color"lime;">current fulfillment</span></a></html> on it.


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 as of this writing was Sep '23 and I'm calling it the 1<sup>st</sup> PWYWG as it was 3 days at 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 as of this writing was Sep '23 and I'm calling it the 1<sup>st</sup> PWYWG as it was 3 days at 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.

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