Software consultant
for the land line phone industry, as of late. Working on billing and plant (cabling schema) applications on an IBM iSeries hardware platform. Been working in the phone industry since about 1992. Before that, warehousing/distribution/inventory applications for major retailers. Been contracting since 1990, have worked in the industry since 1981. Came up through data entry and then computer operations, taught myself to program on DEC VAX's using FORTRAN in the early 80's.
JimD, I feel your pain. What LEC do you work for? My current client is Consolidated Communications, based out of Conroe TX and Mattoon, IL (not far from you). We also have properties in PA. I specialize in data conversion, when we acquire a new company, my job is to get their data on our platform.
Pete