Tommy Mills:  

ics for 12 years doing Software Engineering. Then worked at Motorola on the Iridium Satellite Phone system (I don't see anyone using sat phones these days - so you know how that turned out). Then 8 years ago I moved to Raleigh, NC and work at Tekelec Inc as a Software Development Manager. I have a staff of 17 people and am slowly losing my mind and my software development skills!! :) I do like working with people and they all seem to think I am a good boss. Anyone need a job? ha ha. I wish I was retired doing what I want to do like.....travel, travel, and more travel. I have traveled for a month at a time to Thailand and Turkey. Basically just went with a backpack, and a travel guide, and didn't have much of an agenda. I had sights I wanted to see but didn't plan where I was going to stay or how long in each place. I didn't want to lock into a schedule and worry about getting to the next place. If I liked a place I wanted the optoin to just hang out. Those trips were wonderful. I really like studying cultures and languages, so traveling like this was great. Got to really experience the culture by learning the language and customs, as well as talking to locals. The Thais were some of the most friendly people you will ever meet. I want to go back someday! Had similar experiences in Turkey. Just awesome.