Robert Mikulyak:  

Hobbies since HS included electronics and cycling. Since I never figured out how to become a professional cyclist I went the simple route and went to Cittone Institute to become an Electronic Technician. I first worked at Radio Shack in sales and Sear & Roebuck in the electronic repair department. A year later switched jobs to BOC in Murray Hill where I stayed for 7 years before leaving for a programmers position in a small start-up company in PA. They went bust 2 years later so I was unemployed for about 4 years. During that time, I worked for a landscaper building my muscles, Sprint installing DSL and myself doing home computer and electronic repair and training. Then I met my wife through a mutual friend and found a job working on computers for a parochial school on Summit, NJ, only to start working on September 10th, 2001. The next day forced me to make a hard decision. To try to get my old job back at BOC after leaving 6 years earlier due to . . . let's just say employee friction. The position I had and was seeking to get back was a government contract and more stable position than most I had for the past 6 years. This move led me down to Tennessee to Teledyne Brown Engineering where I still am a Sr. Engineeringm Assistant and have finally completed an AS degree in Electrical Engineering. Since 5th grade I w...Expand for more