To all -
When I started my synth project in September of 2001, I was an
electronics geek going to school fulltime at night for my BASEET and
working fulltime at Eaton in the Product Integrity Center. I knew
that my work would pay off and Paul S. was always offering
encouragement. And when it did pay off, I'd have a cool modular to
play with. Little did I know that after graduation, things would only
become more difficult.
My wife's position at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee was not
going well and tenure was doubtful. After all the lies and crap they
did to her, I don't think she would have accepted anyway. Being
brilliant, however, she got an excellent post-doctoral fellowship at
the University of Pennsylvania! Unfortunately. this meant she would
live in Philadelphia for three years while I raised our grandson.
When the end of the post-doc neared, I asked the MOTM community for
help in choosing a new city to live in. Many universities were giving
Bonnie great offers, and we could choose to live in the environment
we wanted. As Paul told me over and over, I could work where I
wanted. Many of you offered useful information about your locals and
invited my family to visit.
Finally, Bonnie chose her alma mater,(the last one anyway)University
of Southern California. We'd lived in the area while she worked on
her PhD and we missed it. Besides, what better place for an
electronics geek to find work?
Indeed. On March 5th, I begin my career at the California Institute
of Technology (yes, that Cal Tech!) as Senior Electronics Technician
for the Laser Interferometer Gravity-Wave Observatory or LIGO. My job
will be to upgrade the mostly audio frequency electronics used to
collect signals from the observatory equipment. There are no words to
describe how excited I am, but for a better understanding of LIGO, go
to
http://www.ligo.caltech.edu and check it out. I guarantee that
your vocabulary of superlatives will be enhanced in short order!
Thank you everyone for your kind words, support, teaching, putting up
with my bad jokes and just being there. And if you have any doubts,
your modular experience belongs on your resume.
Onward!
Chub