No one yet has proposed to pay me to be clever, play with Sports Cars, drink beer, or watch TV with my daughter, so I work for a living.
In the main, I make my living writing things of one sort or another. Depending on the time, the place, and circumstances, I'm a Newspaper Reporter/Columnist, magazine editor, Technical Writer, Technical Trainer, Marketing Person, Manager, or Auto Mechanic.
I'm a contractor - my wife Jill and I do business as Falstaff Publications.
My work history is pretty stragihtforward. I graduated from the University of California at Santa Cruz with a BA in American Studies (emphasis on U.S. History to 1865) in 1985 and went to work for The Santa Cruz Operation as a Technical Writer.
I left SCO in 1990 and went to Silicon Graphics, Inc. where I stayed until 2001, as a Technical Writer and trainer. When I left SGI, I became a contractor.
As a freelance writer, I've also worked with:
Portland Tribune Newspaper, Clackamas Community College,
Global Area Network, Ltd.
Benchmade Knives,
Etec Systems, Inc.,
Interactive Northwest, Inc.
Caldera
Serveron Corporation
Kentrox
Veris
Industries
and a few other short-term or part-time gigs.