I just realised today...
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Phil Harding26th March 2007 marked my 11th year as a self employed propellor head[^],
Congrats. I've been self-employed for, let's see... about 9 years, though I certainly don't have it down to the day! Quite the rollercoaster ride, financially, location-wise, and work-wise! Marc
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Were you too busy to realise any sooner? It's been 5.5 years for me... and 15 in IT. Congrats - that's a huge effort.
------------------------------------------- Damian - Insert snappy one-liner here.
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Congrats! :beer: Back in February I celebrated 22 years at my current employer. The first 1/3 in mechanical engineering, the next 1/3 in IT and the latest 1/3 in software engineering.
Mike Mullikin wrote:
The first 1/3 in mechanical engineering, the next 1/3 in IT and the latest 1/3 in software engineering
Wow, you've covered the gamut haven't you? Did you enjoy the differences between the 3 (and what in your opinion were the major diffences between being in IT and software engineering). [ EDIT ] Other than the obvious differences between mechanical and software engineering, Im referring to more along the lines of stress, hours, enjoyment, "geekiness" and such :) [ /EDIT ] On a side note, I graduated from UGA in 1989 so that gives me 18 years in the IT world
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"Well yes, it is an Integer, but it's a metrosexual Integer. For all we know, under all that hair gel it could be a Boolean." Tom Welch
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Congrats, me close to 2 years yet... looooong way to go still!!! (But I already celebrate occasionally)
Wout
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Congratulations... Btw, 26th March is my birthday :). I am glad you realized that on 26th March :).
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Congratulations Phil Harding.:rose:
Regards, Satips.:rose: Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow; Don't walk behind me, I may not lead; Walk beside me, and just be my friend. - Albert Camus
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Mike Mullikin wrote:
The first 1/3 in mechanical engineering, the next 1/3 in IT and the latest 1/3 in software engineering
Wow, you've covered the gamut haven't you? Did you enjoy the differences between the 3 (and what in your opinion were the major diffences between being in IT and software engineering). [ EDIT ] Other than the obvious differences between mechanical and software engineering, Im referring to more along the lines of stress, hours, enjoyment, "geekiness" and such :) [ /EDIT ] On a side note, I graduated from UGA in 1989 so that gives me 18 years in the IT world
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"Well yes, it is an Integer, but it's a metrosexual Integer. For all we know, under all that hair gel it could be a Boolean." Tom Welch
Psycho-*Coder*-Extreme wrote:
Did you enjoy the differences between the 3
Yeah, but at each transition I was definitely ready for a change. I started with mechanical and had a blast watching design ideas go from sketches to detailed drawings (initially on drafting boards then we moved to CAD systems) to prototypes and ultimately functioning machines. I work in the industrial machine tool world with individual machines selling for $200k to $800k. Complete systems go into the millions of dollars. Being "the CAD guy" and creating the first company network within the engineering department developed my IT roots. As the network expanded into all company departments so did I and a real life IT department was born. My IT life was a bit traumatic. No formal training other than a conference here and there. A pitifully small budget. I learned to rob Peter to save Paul and was forced to stick with older technologies well past their prime. During this time is when I learned some programming. Mostly database stuff, some scripting and a little C & C++. After several years of being the only IT guy (working 60+ hours a week) I talked my way into an assistant. Right about the time she was trained and actually productive management asked me to leave IT and return to the engineering department to put some of my new found programming knowledge into machine controls. (Since then the IT department has gone through quite a few people with the latest group being excellent - of course their budget is ENORMOUS compared to what I had :doh: ). My software engineering stuff has changed quite a bit over the last 8 years. I started off with pure C++ creating machine logic, interface, graphics, etc. Sadly that proved to be too labor / time intensive and we've switched to canned solutions from Siemens. I now write machine logic in the IEC61131 languages (statement list, ladder, sequential function charts, etc), the interface and graphics are canned or written in VB (by someone else). I maintain the old C++ apps but they're pretty solid by now. I get to travel now and then: Canada, Mexico & Western Europe so far, but we have extensive customers in South America, the Middle East and Asia and are starting to move into Eastern Europe as well.
Psycho-*Coder*-Extreme wrote:
what in your opinion were the major diffences between being in IT and software engineering
Not a lot. In both cases you're creating and maintaining sy
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You mere infant. I've been working as a programmer since March of 1980, when we programmed using punched cards made of stone, and we had to make the holes with our bare hands.
Software Zen:
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You mere infant. I've been working as a programmer since March of 1980, when we programmed using punched cards made of stone, and we had to make the holes with our bare hands.
Software Zen:
delete this;