Looking for a new job

[vdriscoll]

I'm not returning to my school next year.

I'm not sure I'm returning to teaching either.

I was intending to be a programmer when I went to college, but decided not to do it.  I did Minor in Comp. Sci., but I haven't written code in probably 5 years.

I'm hoping for a job opportunity closer to my hubbie's job.  Maybe up in Stierbach (F'burg area)

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hi again

[dameroksanne]

Good to hear from you.

Have you sent resumes to any railroad or shipping companies?

I would if I were you.

Anyway, good to hear from you.

Re: hi again

[vdriscoll]

HI!!!! *waves wildly* Happy Belated Birthday! I was going to send you a present, but don't know what your current address is.

I'm going to Tir-y-don B'day and Sapphire Joust.
Do you have the Harry Potter Knitting Book yet?
http://www.amazon.com/Charmed-Knits-Projects-Harry-Potter/dp/0470067314/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1209425773&sr=8-1

I was thinking you might like it for a b'day gift, but if you've something else in mind, let me know.... I saw a couple other books, but wasn't sure if they were your style, or whether you'd like them just for the amusement value. (there were a couple of 'punk/anarchist fashion' knit books and one called 'naughty knits' which I thought was hilarious).

Ignorant question: what would railroad and shipping companies be interested in me for? IE: what jobs?

[jtdiii]

SQA - If you know how to program and can work on your scripting you can be the one trying to break code. Note in major metro areas a skilled tester will make in to the high 50s and low 60s.

Accountant/bookkeeper - Not all the work is done by CPAs often the day to day entries for small businesses are done by someone with a math background.

Computer technician - Yes you too could be a geek squad member... or the equivalent.

CNC programming - requires lots of math and can pay very well. I turned down a job doing this in Florida where they were willing to pay up to 90k for an experienced one. It is essentially simple 3D robot programming.

[jtdiii]

High end tech support - not answering base calls but the next tier where you have fewer rules and more power to fix things

[stanci]

My dad did CNC programming for a very long time, all without an official degree (but tons of experience and starting in the late 70s, I think). All I know about that is that during that portion of his career, he was able to quickly find a job whenever the aerospace company he was working for either had to layoff or folded (hey, it was the 80's) and I had some idea of what he was actually doing for a job. And we got a straight edge for the garage out of his mistake at work :)

If Geoffrey Gamble or Grace Gamble or Eleanor Abbott are still around, they may have contacts to exploit at Dahlgren. Otherwise, I'd check at www.usajobs.gov, and narrow the search down to . I think Gianetta has a job involving statistics - she might be someone else to talk to.

Hopefully this link from usajobs will still work. It's very rough, because I didn't narrow the search down by anything except the term "math", and the fact that you wanted a job that would fall in the GS-07 to GS-12 category. Actually, we have one guy at work that started as a GS-04

[ludwigvbs]

http://www.nswc.navy.mil/RECRUIT/whowant.html

Dahlgren is a good place with good people. I got a lot of contact with them on a more or less daily basis.

Consider too- supervision in a math related field...