Paul Babcock:  

alified with a BA in Math. I took a machinist job for two years, before opening my own electronics business. I sold my company two years later, (we were in a nice recession and I couldn't make a profit and compete with third world labor rates). I then worked as an electronic tech in San Diego for 10 years. I tried to go back to school twice during this time, but the bills just kept coming and with two children we needed my paycheck. I was laid off in 1990 and didn't have a good job until 1992, when I was hired by the Immigration Service as a federal officer. I spent the next 9 years in that job, but there was too much politics and a lot of bad management. Now, I'm in a business where we sell, install, and repair digital measuring systems for heavy machinery, (lathes, mills, CNC's, etc.). I like it, no politics. My current hobbies are gold and meteorite prospecting, jewelry making, and reading for pleasure. I got to do a little traveling with the Government and my wife and I have a timeshare on a point system so we can use it all over the world. So far, we've only stayed at places on the west coast and Hawaii.