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Blaming Sandy and NotTheMama for not being engineers or scientists for a less than propitious start, plus a generous helping of mea culpas, my work life in this Gregorian epoch was less than it might have been. Persisting far longer than most landed  me however with an unusual depth and breadth of experience as a [[Mensa|<span style="color: cyan;">life long learner</span>]] to the new epoch. Things were learned. So while I don't have the CV of a [[:en:Doug Lenat|<span style="color: cyan;">Doug Lenat</span>]] or [[:en:Jaime Carbonell|<span style="color: cyan;">Jaime Carbonell</span>]], I'm still here, enjoying florit, and looking forward to a lot more of it. Going cold turkey on wage labor is harder than it looks. 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,  which I did do and being a cute kid, successfully, the ancestor of the PWYWG, which is a fix for that jones.  
Blaming Sandy and NotTheMama for not being engineers or scientists for a less than propitious start, plus a generous helping of mea culpas, my work life in this Gregorian epoch was less than it might have been. Persisting far longer than most landed  me however with an unusual depth and breadth of experience as a [[Mensa|<span style="color: cyan;">life long learner</span>]] to the new epoch. Things were learned. So while I don't have the CV of a [[:en:Doug Lenat|<span style="color: cyan;">Doug Lenat</span>]] or [[:en:Jaime Carbonell|<span style="color: cyan;">Jaime Carbonell</span>]], I'm still here, enjoying florit, and looking forward to a lot more of it. Going cold turkey on wage labor is harder than it looks. 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,  which I did do and being a cute kid, successfully, the ancestor of the PWYWG, which is a fix for that jones.  


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.
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 and the subsequent change from Givaudan being a unit of Roche in a duopoly with International Flavors and Fragrances to a standalone corp with market dominance. 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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