I'm a Superhero. Yup. That pretty much sums it up. Every day I fight off alien invasions or save damsels in distress... that sort of thing.
To keep my real identity a secret I have a cover job. I pretend to be a computer guy working for Imation Corp. in Oakdale, Minnesota. In my cover job I maintain UNIX systems. I specialize in HP midrange systems and HP-UX. (That's an operating system) I also do a little Linux and I work on EMC disk arrays and SAN switches. I pretend to know about TCP/IP and DNS and web servers and stuff like that. I don't do Windows. Even a pretend job has its limits.
I have had other cover identities in the past. Long ago, when I first became a Superhero, I made it look like I worked construction, putting up structural steel for new factories in the mining industry in Wyoming. Then, for about 10 or 15 years, off and on, I pretended to be a geological technician in the oil fields of Wyoming and the Rocky Mountains. That was during the oil boom of the late 70's and early 80s. I analyzed wellbore cuttings for hydrocarbons. Did I see that somebody in this thread makes gas chromatographs? I used 'em back then. When the oil business went in the tank in the 80's, I changed my identity once again and worked in a chemistry lab for three years, mostly doing environmental sampling. I sampled all the nasty places where the oil companies had done their business and then pulled out. That was when I bought my first PC-XT and eventually went to work for a computer seller. I've been posing as a computer guy ever since.
Oh, BTW, Superheros don't really wear the cape and tights anymore. Those things pretty much went out of style with disco.
Very sincerely, Cody
I was born a long ways from where I was supposed to be. - Bob Dylan
