Lawrence Friday:  

Spent 6-1/2 years in the Air Force beginning Sept 1966. Was in Veterinary, which not only dealt with the Sentry - and later Scout - dogs, but military pets and food facility sanitation and quality inspections just like the USDA. The last 6 months of active duty, I trained in computer programming while in Miami. These were the days when there was no college-level degree programs. After graduating in Mar 1973 and until Mar 1986 I worked at 2 companies in Miami and 2 more in the Rochester area. In 1984 - at the 2nd Rochester company - I had a client needing help with a purchasing application. That client was the NY Power Authority's James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant in Oswego. A couple years later, I was offered a contract position in the fledgling FitzPatrick Computer Services department. So I started in 1986 and finally became a full-time NY employee in 1995. Late 2000 a company named Entergy purchased the plant and I transitioned into their corporate setup. While I started as a site-based IT employee, by 2008 I was on a team of 8 people supporting 9 sites (11 reactors) in work management, records management, engineering and other disciplines. And there I stayed ... in Oswego (with trips to other loc...Expand for more