Paul Willis:  

Life I had my first job as a busboy at the Maple House Restaurant in the Northland Mall in '76. I was earning an unbelievable $2.20/hour ( I thought that was a lot of money ) which was minimum wage at the time. I can remember the pie fights we instigated after our manager had left for the nite. I quit that job in '77 to work at Kinney Shoes in the same mall working for Tom Parks. He offered me $3.50/hour. I attended Henry Ford HS from '75 to '78. I remember occasionally skipping class with a few of my friends to hang out at McDonald's on 8 Mile Rd near Lahser. I graduated from Henry Ford in '78 and attended Wayne State University in Fall of '78 on a full scholarship. In fall of '81, I worked at IBM in Poughkeepsie, NY in the Co-op program. I returned to NY again in the summer of '82. At that time, IBM offered me a job. I graduated in '83 with a B.S degree in computer science. On June 2, 1983, I moved to Poughke...Expand for more