David Koehler:  

Right after graduation, it was off to odd jobs and the hippie/drug culture for a couple years. I continued my electrical curriculum training at RETs before I dropped out and hired on with the then Michigan Bell Telephone (MBT) as switching equipment technician (SET), a top craft position that had me responsible for keeping the telepone network working. I wasn't there very long before I got drafted into the Army by June, 1969, winding up of all places in the bloody infantry. I did a tour in Viet Nam, and was fortunate to return back to civilian life relatively unscathed by spring 1971 ( unfortunately some of my current health issues such as diabetes and prostate cancer have been attributed to my hiking thru the numerous Agent Orange areas). MBT called me back to my SET job and eventually elevated me thru a series of high end training programs and positions, mostly in the area of advanced technology, communications, and computer repair and programming. This lasted for nearly 31 years till I retired from MBT in 2000 to take my advanced skills, mostly corporate SQL data...Expand for more