Daniel Shapley:
CLASS OF 1990
Johnston High SchoolClass of 1990
Johnston, IA
West High SchoolClass of 1990
Waterloo, IA
J. B. Young Intermediate SchoolClass of 1987
Davenport, IA
Sudlow Intermediate SchoolClass of 1987
Davenport, IA
Saint Paul the Apostle SchoolClass of 1986
Davenport, IA
Daniel's Story
Life
Well, it's been a winding road, but I settled down and got married in 2002. My beautiful wife had three kids from a previous marriage, all now in their early 20s. (I swear after about 3 months of raising teenagers, I called my parents & apologized for everything!)
As of today, 08/22/10 in addition to the 3 step children, April & I have 3 kids of our own. Katelyn Rae & Cierra Rose were born 03/28/05 (which is also my birthday) fraternal twins now 5 1/2 years old. James Landon was born 11/05/07...The Shapley legacy continues!
I am also a (step) grandfather! April's oldest daughter, Amber, has a 4yr old boy and a 2yr old girl. Kyna has a daughter that just turned 1 last month. Yeah, that doesn't make me feel old...
Workplace
Well, believe it or not, I actually did get my head out of my ass & finished up my degree... (way back in '98) then I became what I always wanted to be; a graphic designer. I did a lot of freelance work before I landed a job as Art Director for the United West ad group at Unified Western Grocers. (Basically, this is a chain of grocery stores on the west coast that I did weekly ads, coupon books & store signage for. -Yeah, pretty creative stuff eh?)
Well, the job title sounded nice, but it was not very creative ...p...Expand for more
retty boring work actually. Oh, and the pay sucked.
I ended up transferring within the company to the computer support department (Totally by luck, I happened to know the guy who ran the dept. and he offered me 5K more to do it.) I knew next to nothing about computers. I have no idea how I made it through the interview...or through the first month for that matter. It was quite an experience.
Well, here I am 10 years later and I'm running the department, doing much better than (financially) than I was in my "chosen field" of graphic design. Imagine that!
We are a technical support desk within a grocery wholesale company that provides services for over 3000 stores along the West coast and moving steadily eastward. We've got stores in Mexico, Hawaii & even Guam. Basically, if you're at a store & you see something that plugs in or runs on batteries, we support it. We solved 22,000 calls last year, and my crew consists of only 12 people. (yeah, I can tell you're impressed...*yawn*)
Anyway, here I am doing something I never even considered while in school. The pay is good, benefits are great. I have my own office & get to yell at people, just like a good corporate citizen that I've become.
I like my work, but damn...I wish I had more time to draw.
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