RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] [MLUG-Discussion] Jobs for me?

[Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Put in the extra mile and often you run out of road. Or maybe I'm the only
one that tends to have that problem. :)

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Michael McGlothlin <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
http://www.kavlon.com

On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Rick Buford wrote:

> I'd have to expand on what Brent's saying by adding "Keep an open mind". I
> put in my geek-without-geek-pay time in at the hospital in Medical Records.
> It just so happened that my boss, who had long since been considered the
> "techie", had way too much stuff to do to take care of the 90 or so systems
> in MR while my database maintenence job was slow and boring and allowed me
> all sorts of extra time. Between my boss, his boss, and getting to know the
> ITS (hospital version of IATS) folks, eventually ITS just didn't have to
> come to MR anymore. The helpdesk usually called me to take care of MR
> machines. I built a good reputation and eventually went to ITS for the
> geek-level pay. Now I actually have a System Administrator title, the boss
> is paying for GIAC and my resume looks better all the time. Makes me wonder
> where I would be now if I had skipped on the "Chief Clerk" position 3 years
> ago.....
> 
> Moral: Whatever you do, excel at it...go the extra mile to prove you're
> capable of more. Won't work all the time, but when it pays off, its worth
> it.

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