Greetings

Greetings to all. This is the first attempt at the third attempt of blogging. That probably doesn't make much sense unless you're one who procrastinates and typically finishes projects to 95%.

My life as an IT professional started quite by accident. I actually have a masters degree in exercise science/physiology with an emphasis in cardiac rehabilitation. I spent 17 years in health care as the exercise physiologist at a fairly large physical therapy practice. I have always been interested in gadgets, especially those of the of the electronic type. My kids always ask me what kind of computer I had as a kid. I try to explain that computers weren't as readily available then as they are now (my first was a Timex Sinclair 1000 - essentially you hooked it up to a TV and typed BASIC code. I didn't do much).

Back to the physical therapy job; when I was first hired the office only had one or two IBM PCs, the rest were dumb terminals. It didn't take long before I was the go-to office geek. After about 10 years there I was about equally split between patient care and PC and network management. By that time the office staff, patient load and the need for more technology had grown significantly. Now we were into several servers with AIX and Windows server operating systems.

After 14 years, my cynical nature and the frequent lack of motivation by patients to re-enter the workforce after sustaining a work-related injury drove me to make a career changing decision. I approached my bosses, ( one of whom was a self-described gadget-nerd like myself) and let them know I far as I was concerned I had to manage just the non-biological assets of the practice or I was out the door. They agreed, and the rest is history. I stayed on there another 3 years. I learned quite a bit and also learned that I had a lot to learn.

My current job is the IT manager of an accounting firm. I manage two offices with approximately 15o network assets and the associated biological units that interact with them. As you read this, I may seem like a very non-people person. That's really not true, ask the people who can't stand me. Just joking. I also have several clients outside the firm that I support. these include law firms, medical practices (which while I'm there, I'm reminded constantly why I got out of health care).