| Red Cross |
My first real job was teaching Red Cross swimming lessons in Brewster
MA, first as a volunteer, then as a paid instructor. Probably the source
of a lot of my interest in teaching and kids. |
| Swarthmore College |
As an undergrad at Swarthmore, I worked part-time for what was then
called the Computing Center. It's changed a lot since then -- we were
all-Mac at that point, for example. The source of my interest in a career
in computing, and where I honed a lot of my troubleshooting skills. |
| Harvey Mudd College |
My first full-time job was as the User Support Coordinator at Mudd,
which ended up being about deploying their new Unix infrastructure and
managing their student labs and consultants. I learned about Unix system
administration here, and about formally managing groups. |
| NetMarket |
The startup job that lured me out of academia. For a while, it was
like working for a small company with the resources of a corporate giant.
Then things changed. I learned how to be a good Unix sysadmin, and
many other valuable lessons. |
| Caltech |
My current job, where I've been since April of 1999. I've learned
more about being a manager here, enough to know that I like it but don't
love it; but I may grow to love it in time. It's great to be back in
academia in any event |