Who knew?
Well I'm nearing the end of my Master's degree and I've come to the realization that despite all my bitching, I've really hit a high point in my professional life. Right now I writing this while sitting in a switch room at a campus department. I'm monitoring all the outgoing internet traffic for one of my last classes. For some reason I find this very exhilirating. A mix of Cyber-voyeurism and Cyber-sleuthing. [Did I mention that I'm a huge nerd?] From this vantage point I can pretty much tell what kind of crap is really going on at work. I see it when people go to check out movie trailers or read the Washington Post. Its a god-like view for sure. This morning somebody was blowing the network out, so I found out the MAC address and sent it on to the network manager for identification. I don't think anything criminal was happening, but its still cool to blow the whistle.

Yesterday my boss was at some leadership workshop so our company website was unceremonously dumped in my lap. I had to publish a story on the front page, and add some news links on several pages by the end of the day. I managed to get it all done and I think it turned out pretty well. I was proud of my effort and it was a hell of a rush. For the first time ever I was responsible for an organization's online content. I didn't orginate the story or the pictures, but I created the presentation of them. Cool.

So all in all, although I've doubted my decision to get my Master's in Information Science I seem to have come a long way in accomplishing my goal of becoming tech-employable.

Now I just need to hit the Lotto..

El Jefe