I was born in 1975. I grew up in Milwaukee, WI. I attended an enormously intensive science college. I received a degree in chemistry. I worked in analytical chemistry for one year and in pharmaceutical research and design for three years. I now work for a small contract chemical services laboratory.
I liked my job in the pharmaceutical industry better but couldn't buy the PhD necessary to ascend from wage-slave status. I made significant intelletual contributions when I started the job and earned a full-time offer, a promotion from my position as a contract employee, in less than three months. I lost my shirt putting all my efforts into the group, watching the managers take the rewards, and being burned painfully for even the slightest of imperfection. I drew a line and refused to push myself any more until I was shown a return on my current work. This created a hostile environment as management switched to "underperforming, ungrateful, undeserving employee" mode. They resorted to disciplinary action in an effort to squeeze the last drop of blood from a turnip. The pharmaceutical industry is tied to structure and social status more than to science. This premise seems to be dominant in a majority of the functions of the world.
I eke out existence without a car and travel mostly by public bus now.
Life is grand. I stay warm and keep breathing.
I spend my free time learning C programming. I was fluent in 6502 asm and Pascal at one time. C is necessary. My goal is to write a C installer for automated Linuxfromscratch. Microsoft displeases me. I switched to Linux in 2000.