Jerry Steele:  

Life Really abbreviated history: 1) Meadowdale High, 1965 2) US Navy, 7 years, Aug 65 through Aug 72, honorable discharge, Machinists Mate First Class, Submarines 3) Edmonds Community College, Sept 73 through Jun 75 (AA, 4.0) 4) UW School of Business, Sept 75 through Jun 77 (BA, 3.8) 5) UW MBA program, Sept 77 through Dec 78 (MBA, 3.8) 6) Arthur Anderson Consulting Division, Jan 78 through Jul 80 (Fired) 7) Lockheed ship building, Jul 80 through Jun 82 (Systems Analyst, laid off) 8) Safeco Insurance, Jul 82 through Jun 84 (Systems Analyst, quit) 9) Softa/Fourgen/Endura/HK Systems/Irista, Jul 84 through Jan 02 (Senior Engineer, company went TU) 10) Gillani Consulting, Mar 02 through Mar 04 (Senior Engineer, quit) 11) Epok Inc, Jul 04 through Nov 16 (Software Engineer) 12) Retired, Jun 07 till I run out of money. 13) Started working for Brightlight Consulting for projects that require certain specialized skills. Call it semi-retired. Other items of consequence: 1) Met Marilyn Thomson in June 1974. We became "life partners" and we're both still alive. 2) Marilyn is a widow. Her son, Lyle, had just turned six when we met. I went to a lot of tee-ball, b-ball, boy scout camp, and PTA. He introduced me as "Dad". I cry too easy. 3) I was Lyle's Best Man. And now we have a nine-year-old dynamo for a granddaughter. So ... soccer, tee-ball, tai kwan do, .... She introduces me as "Papa". Makes me feel privileged. 4) New job with a startup company. Man is this fun! They let me use Linux, so I don't have to learn Windows. Linux is a bit of a culture shock for an old Unix man...Expand for more