William Townsend:  

Men are essentially what we do, not what we think, so here is what I have done. If you want to know about thoughts, you will need to ask. After a couple of years at Fullerton College I worked for the City of Los Angeles and studied computer programming. Next stop the University of Iowa for a B.A. and M.A. while working as a programmer (no social life). All this education got me a job with the Dade County, Florida Sheriff as a programmer (experience trumps education). After a year I began working at the Miami Herald and meeting people. With the end of the billing system rewrite, I moved on to managing and analyzing in house consumer surveys for the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel and elected President of the Volunteer Docents at Flamingo Gardens (Botanical Garden). I bought a house and planted every exotic plant I could make space for. When the next economic downturn eliminated my job (and the 32 people reporting to me) I was recruited by Scarborough Research in New York to solve a problem designing and processing their surveys (syndicated consumer research--I became the in-house social scientist and statistician again). Good bye tropical plants, and hello museums, concerts and theater. I made new friends. I solved their problem and I was recruited...Expand for more