David Rosenmarkle:  

Hi All, Like a few of you I have heard from recently, I am still trying to decide what I want to be when I grow up.... Since my days at ALCO, I was an Air Controller in the Navy, went to Frostburg State, worked for the "Infernal" Revenue Service for 10 years, taught on the evenig faculty at American University, was a Vice President for a software company, have spent the last 21 years in real estate (have my own firm in Arlington, VA) and just started a Senior HRD position at the Department of Energy. You gotta wonder, what were they thinking to offer this job to someone who hasn't been in Federal Service since 1980. Anyway, I only need 8 years of service to qualify for a federal retirement and thought it might be fun to go back into a training environment. Postscript: Boy have things changed; not all for the better. Among other things, I am managing their Senior Executive Development Program. I guess I liked it in the past when people showed up dressed professionally and ready for work. Now, it's more often "business casual" and, some...Expand for more