Michael McNeely:
CLASS OF 1979
Shelbyville High SchoolClass of 1979
Shelbyville, IN
Edinburgh Community High SchoolClass of 1979
Edinburgh, IN
Michael's Story
Currently I'm self-employed as a computer consultant, making good money and still straightening out financial problems from years of underemployment.
I'm renting to buy a house in an inner city neighborhood in Columbus, OH that is becoming a renovation district.
I never got married more or less by choice. And, yes, I am straight, but only recently met the right woman.
As many people may remember, I dealt with serious mental illness in grade school, and was institutionalized during what would have been sixth grade.
Though I overcame the mental illness by about age twelve, a lot of people didn't know that, and I had to deal with a lot of garbage.
Still, in spite of it all, I had a few good friends, and w...Expand for more
hat doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.
I began playing guitar at about 16 and joined my first band after we moved to Edinburgh. I played in punk bands in Bloomington, IN and more recently, in sort of an avant-garde jazz band here in Columbus, OH.
I Never finished a bachelor's degree but did get an associate degree from Ivy Tech in computer programming. I did COBOl and RPG programming for about five years.
Other jobs I've had:
Sales agent for an ISP
Electrician apprentice
College radio DJ
Hotline Counselor
Political canvasser/trainer/field manager/canvass director
Free-lance writer
Cab driver/dispatcher/night manager
Data entry operator
Adult life has been a bit of a long strange trip, too.
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