Larry Brown:  

ence, then getting a real job. I later went back and finished a BS in Information Technology. Workplace I've worked several jobs since high school - McDonald's in college, 8 years as a musician in the Navy, then a few years as an Electronics Technician while going back to college. In the computer field, I then worked as a Mainframe Systems Programmer and an Applications Programmer, a PC Applications Programmer, a Corporate Computer Instructor, Teacher, Network Administrator, Helpdesk Administrator. I am currently the entire IT department at a small non-profit company in Cincinnati that works with physically and mentally challenged folks. Military I originally went into the Navy to avoid the draft (I had gotten a "greetings" letter in the mail and it was NOT friendly!) and was supposed to be trained as an aircraft mechanic. Then I found out they had bands, so I auditioned, was accepted and spent 8 years playing my horns as a means of national defense. I think the sound of it scared the enemy away!! After boot camp in Great Lakes and 5 months (of a 6-12 month school) of music school in Virginia, spent 3.5 years in San Diego and 4 years back at Great Lakes. For a while, I had orders temporarily transferring me to a softball field, so I guess you could say I defended my country with a baseball bat! It was mostly 7 years or so of one-nighters, living out of vans and buses playing concerts for recruiting purposes, both with big bands and top-40 bands. Enough was enough, some of the idiots in charge drove me so crazy I HAD to get out and get a real job to save my sanity. I often wish I could have stuck it out to get the retirement, but it just got too political and I hate working for people with IQ's that are 1/2 of mine!!