Howard Pace:  

Northbrook as a test engineer after college for a couple of years. • Switched jobs for more $ to Automatic Electric in Northlake as a component reliability engineer. Stayed there for about 8 years. • Made the move to electronic component sales for Sprague Electric out of Park Ridge. Sprague closed the Chicago Office and moved me to Columbus, Ohio in 1986. Kept that office open for a couple of years and then switch to manufacturers reps across the board. Lots job switching after that. Worked for a manufacturer's rep, Topfilight, Kemet Electroics, Hughes Peters. RoboTech Inc.. Then in 1997, I decided, enough with the back stabbing sales at any cost crap and when to work for a small graphic design house to sell, duh, graphic design. As it turned out, I started doing little bits and pieces of design for them when they got very busy to the point where I'm doing graphic design for them full time now. I taught myself how to use all the professional software and am producing newspapers, magazines, posters, business directories, junk mail (sorry-someone's gotta do it), logos websites etc. What's best about it all is that it has allowed me to work from home. As a widower, it's been a God send. Business owners have been very accommodating when I need time for kids school conferences, doctor's appointments, kid's sick days, etc. The job doesn't pay much but there are more important things in life that material things (like happiness, no job stress, being there when the kids need me etc). That's it in a nutshell. Military Snuck by without having to go. School and working for Underwriter's Labs got me the necessary deferments.