Michael Kinsley:
CLASS OF 1991
City Honors School 195Class of 1991
Buffalo, NY
St. Joseph's Collegiate InstituteClass of 1991
Buffalo, NY
St. Agnes SchoolClass of 1987
Buffalo, NY
Michael's Story
Well... I'm finally getting around to trying to get my profile in order here, and there's quite a bit to say. So much has changed since high-school, and sometimes it's amazing to think about who I used to be.
So, let's see. After City Honors, I think that I surprised a lot of people by staying out of jail... and yet, didn't surprise many people by also staying out of college. ;) I mean, I gave ECC a shot, but I had no clue what I wanted to do with my life, so I dropped out, and started working a seemingly endless line of meaningless jobs. I worked as everything from a car rental agent, to an optical lab technician, to a magician, until the day I stumbled into computers.
After unsuccessfully trying to build a career on experience, I went back to ECC. In 2004, I finally got an Associate De...Expand for more
gree in Computer Info Systems, and then went directly to UB, where (two years later), I got my BA in Geography.
In the meantime, I converted to Buddhism, was engaged twice (but dodged both bullets), and got my life in order. A week out of UB, I took a job offer as a Software Engineer down in Arlington, VA. I loved that job, and excelled at it for a year and a half.
Two weeks before Thanksgiving of '07, I was informed that my office would be closing, and that we were all getting laid off, as of Jan 2, 08. Within a week of getting my resume together, I had several job offers, and am now a senior software engineer and lead programmer for a government contractor down here in Arlington. It's been a long, crazy trip from the angry, headbanging slacker that some of you may remember from CHS. :-D
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