Henry Alvarado:  

school. Unfortunately it was 1993 and if anyone remembers Bush was prez and the economy sucked like it does now with BUSH II... One thing I can say is that I was sure as heck GLAD when I was done... Gtech was murder with respect to academics! I sometimes wonder how I survived. Workplace After I graduated from Gtech in Dec 1993, I had to return to Miami since the economy was awful and I couldn't get a job in Atlanta. It took me about 1.5 months to get my job with Hypercom Latino America here in Miami, FL. I worked here for 2 years - mostly as a computer programmer. I was transferred to our corporate headquarters in Phoenix,AZ (1996) and lived there for nearly 5 years. I was transfered again to a new startup of Hypercom called EpicNetz in July 2000. Unfortunately things did not go well for .coms and after some massive layoffs I was "rescued" and allowed to either return to Phoenix (too hot) or go back to Miami. I chose Miami and moved during the week of Sept 11th, 2001! Obviously my flight was canceled so I had to drive instead. I have been here in the Miami office ever since. Currently waiting for my new home to build... [Update] The new house was finished after 1 year, 3 months (heathens!) and now living in it, happy as a clam. Unfortunately our Miami office is shutting down. I haven't lost my job, but will continue working from home for now. We'll see what happens.