Posted on Jan 11, 2016
When you were discharged or left the service, did you go into the workforce or did you go to school first?
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School built a buffer for me to get a lot of other things handled. A degree may not always be necessary but it does help, especially since I have to use my GI Bill within 10 years.
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CW3 Jim Norris
Already had my BS and some certs in IT to help out. Worked for my 60 day terminal leave period. Later finished up a MS in IT Management......
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IT Certs definitely help. Thanks. You just reminded me of all the Linux + training I haven't been doing.
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I retired on a Thursday ,got a phone call on Friday. Started my new job on Monday. I would of liked to taken a month off but this was too good of a job offer to turn down. I held it for 5 yrs and made enough money to buy a Snapon tool franchise. I spent 20 years as a Snapon tool dealer and retired last year. It was all good.
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Bethany Duffy
great story, sometimes things happen for a reason and you have to recognize those moments, good thing you took that job offer, paid off in the long run. Congrats on your retirement.
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When I got out, I had the equivalent of an Associate's in Electrical Engineering. I was hired by Kodak to do Field Engineering. I started taking courses at night, it took me almost 7 years, but I got my Bachelor's in Computer Science.
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Bethany Duffy - Thanks, it got me in the door with Nortel Networks and I've been here for 18 years now!
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