Eric Balch:  

So one sits and wonders to one's self "How detailed should I be?" To answer myself: Hopefully not too detailed - if you want the dirt in detail then message me! Anyway, First off I should say I've never moved away from San Diego -- why would I? After graduation I was a wastrel for a year or so. Basically worked a few BS jobs alternating with unemployment. I ran into a couple of you out there. Mostly during the short period I worked at the Thrifty Gas turned Arco on Grand in PB. I hope you enjoyed your free snacks. You know who you are. Once I got my umm... stuff together I decided to go back to school and pursue my geekish passion of software development. Went to MIT (Mesa Institute of Technology) aka UNLV (University of Northern Linda Vista) aka Mesa Community College for a few semesters. I also did software development project for the library and worked in the Academic Computing Center on campus for a while before landing a software programming gig with a local financing company in 1990. The money was good and I was young and stupid so I dropped out of school so I had time to play outside of work. In 1992 I moved to a company that owned and operated a national chain of medical imaging centers as an IT slave. In 1994 I went to work as a Programmer/Analyst for...Expand for more