People often ask me what I do for a living, and then give me this glazed over expression when I tell them I am a financial analyst for a local health system, writing in SQL language to pull data for executive administration and other very important people. Sitting in front of a computer toiling away for 8 hours (or more...) a day compiling reports using a somewhat finicky form of programming may not sound like a blast to anyone else, but I love it!
I graduated college in 2008, and my degree is in applied technology, which basically allowed me the flexibility to choose which technology-related classes I wanted to focus on, with some management and accounting courses mixed in, to complete my degree. Instead of taking those dreadful classes on network administration and computer architecture, I consumed as many classes as I could on programming in Java and database administration, as well as throwing some Photoshop and computer forensics into the mix. I have been with the health system since I was 20 years old, and have worked in various areas, learning as much as I can about the healthcare industry. I have been in my current position for about a year now, and I feel so blessed to come to a job that I love every single day. :)
5 comments:
Good for you! Life is to short to do something you don't enjoy! By the way I am so impressed that you know all that you know!
Impressive! I tried my hand at programming and did well, but I don't have the passion for it that you do.
Great job! My husband is a computer guy -and talks about Linux and other geeky things all the time -He's more into hardware though -he said he couldn't handle sitting there coding all day -like my dad -he used to be a computer programmer -but, he's old school -been retired for awhile :)
My husband is a network guy too, and makes fun of me all the time for not knowing more about networks and hardware. I just tell him that is what he's for. ;)
And I am very happy to be an end-user. We all have our roles, don't we? I'm glad there are programmers and network guys, but I have no desire to be either.
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