Upon high school graduation in 1977, this author is voted most likely to
become a “ski-bum” by class mates This questionably prestigious
ascription is met for a time as American culture changes and flourishes. It
defies these friends during the early 1980s by entered the exploding technical
world of electronics and computers. Next it documents life as the entire world
experiences unprecedented change from the ensuing onslaught of technology.
During almost continuous academic training, we pick up additional skills in
both art and writing. Ironically, the book is drawn back into the world of
“professional skiing”, and “by the authors own write”
becomes a self proclaimed contributor to the arts, the sciences, and literature.
It is all accounted for in this interesting autobiography.
Qumazon Trail 2009
The setting begins with the authors birth on Christmas day in 1958 during
the height of the cold war in a remote small town of New Mexico. Born the
eldest of an adventurer this autobiographies author takes us on several journeys.
It documents an early career with the main stream electronics industries of
military defense contracting, and alternative energy in the 1980s. It then
moves on to the computer science world of information technology, and security
industries during the booming 1990s. It all takes place in the New Mexico
and Colorado Rockies as it manages to include their beautiful high country
mountains and charming ski resort towns. As if that’s not enough, it
explains arrivals at “contributions” to the arts, the sciences,
and literature as well. The human component develops as the book progresses,
and it becomes dramatically portrayed by the end.
I stood at the edge of a field where the annual school track meet was held, and the aroma of the place was barely describable for its beauty, it was filled with wild Argentinean anise.
I was to be a dishwasher with room and board and it included an opportunity to ski a little everyday.
I remember my first day in school for electronics. Could I understand this thing? In high school, I had taken physics for kicks, as I knew I was missing the algebra for it.
it was all a technicians dream. Working for 250 engineers and with 250 other techs in the engineering labs.
The scientist who had started the company sold out to a foreign company and they seemed proud that I moved on with them.
We bought me a “Eurail Pass” railroad pass, .......
"Does Microsoft have valid excuses for computers operating system to lock up and fail." Why?
"Will the history books will not recognize Microsoft as the inventor of the operating system!?. How and why?
I was to be what is called an Associate Parametric Database Engineer with the
analog group.
We peer reviewed for quality of the prior days work, and we ended up in bitter personality battles.
My circuit boards were not described to me. One by one they gave me the schematics. I would read them and try it.
Remember, our generation, we lived only once, and we were there for this high tech development stuff.............people are going to wonder................this might help..............
So I began to do art.