Mensan seeks work

[Matt Alexander]

Nah, I think Mr. High IQ has it right.  He needs experience so he's
willing to bite the bullet and take a "low" paying job to get the
experience that will earn him more money later.  What's the alternative?
Sit around at home tinkering with your 3-node Linux/Win98 network until
someone magically shows up on your doorstep with a big fat check?  Not
likely to happen.  Actually, another alternative is to lie about your
experience if you really know your stuff, but that usually comes around to
bite you in the ass.
~M


On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Digital Wokan wrote:

> Mensan = Top 2% of the population IQ-wise.  Don't ask for only $20K.
> You trying to bring it down for the rest of the top 2%ers?  A high IQ
> usually indicates an ability to comprehend new things faster and better
> (offset by any laziness in the possessor).  If you can't find something
> paying well in AZ, I'd suggest you try to find some good friends or
> family in a state that isn't so bent over it's kissing it's a** and ask
> them if you can crash until you have a job.  (That's my plan if my
> current job goes away.  I'm fed up with what I've seen in this state.
> Even VA, with its overload of ex-Navy people job hunting was better than
> this.)
>
> Trent Shipley wrote:
> >
> > Former National Merit scholar and new member of Mensa seeks work.
> > Currently working in sales support for commission only.
> >
> > -- Will work for bus fare, lunch, and experience in Maricopa county.
> >
> > -- Will work for $20,000 per year in Arizona.
> >
> > -- Will relocate anywhere (and I mean *anywhere*, Greenland, Saudi Arabia,
> > you pick) for $30,000 per year.
> >
> > Trent Shipley
> > mail:tcshipley@earthlink.net
> > http://www.u.arizona.edu/~tshipley/Resume
> >
> > ===
> > CV follows
> > ===
> >
> > Curriculum Vitae
> >
> > 5 February 2001
> >
> > Trent Shipley
> >
> > 4750 W. Acoma Drive,
> > Glendale, AZ 85306-4403
> > (602) 375-8683
> > tcshipley@earthlink.net
> > http://www.u.arizona.edu/~tshipley/index.html
> >
> > Work Experience:
> >
> > Dec 1999- : Software and Database Technician.
> > Programmed in Visual Basic, PERL, Oracle SQL*PLUS and PL/SQL. Wrote
> > SQL*Loader scripts. Designed queries and reports. Analyzed and tuned OLTP
> > database. Analyzed telephone-call data records and application trace files
> > to identify and diagnose application errors. Used Windows 2000 and NT-4.
> > Contributed to documentation of applications and databases.
> >      Also sat reception desk, answered phones, screened calls, and prepared
> > correspondence with customers.  Worked with Quick Books. Provided level-one
> > technical support for Symbio-Tech proprietary applications.
> > Provided level-two support for the Symbio-Tech database schema
> > implemented on Oracle 8.0 and Oracle 8.1. Symbio-Tech, Phoenix, Arizona.
> >
> > Nov. 1998-Nov. 1999: Tutored mathematics and English. Worked as computer lab
> > assistant.  Helped students learn DOS, Macintosh, OS/400, Windows, UNIX and
> > VMS operating systems. Helped students learn Access, Excel, Lotus 1-2-3
> > PowerPoint, Word, and WordPerfect.  Helped students with graphic design
> > programs, HTML coding, and JavaScript.  Helped students learn to program in
> > C, C++, COBOL, Java, SQL, and Visual Basic. Glendale Community College,
> > Glendale, Arizona.
> >
> > Feb. 1998-Sept 1998: Interviewer.
> > Collected market research surveys for Behavior Research Center,
> > Phoenix, Arizona.
> >
> > May-Aug. 1996: Interviewer
> > Collected market research surveys for Opinion Research Corporation 's Tucson,
> > Arizona facility: (520) 733-2600.
> >
> > Sept. 1994-May 1995: Teaching Assistant
> > Assisted Dr. R. Henderson in Anth 411: Anthropology of Religion and to Dr.
> > M.K. Gilliland in Anth 310: Culture and the Individual.  Assistance included
> > screening students seeking access to professors, helping and tutoring
> > students, preparing tests, and grading tests and papers. University of
> > Arizona, Department of Anthropology, Tucson.
> >
> > May-Aug. 1994: Interviewer
> > Collected market research for F.M.R. Associates Inc., 6045 E. Grant Rd.,
> > Tucson, AZ, 85712; 520-886-5548, FAX 520-886-9307.
> >
> > Jan. 1992-April 1993: ESL Teacher
> > Mennonite Central Committee volunteer teaching English as a foreign language
> > at the Bishopric of Public Ecumenical and Social Services of the Coptic
> > Orthodox Church. St. Mark's Cathedral, Abbassaya, Cairo, Egypt.
> >
> > Sept. 1991-Dec. 1991: Teaching Assistant
> > Assisted Dr. R. Netting in Anth 307: Ecological Anthropology.
> > University of Arizona, Department of Anthropology, Tucson.
> >
> > Jan. 1990-June 1991: Warehouse assistant.
> > University of Arizona, Purchasing and Stores, Tucson.  Used automated
> > inventory
> > system.  Helped with inventory.  Waited on customers.
> >
> > Sept. 1988-May 1989: Bethel College Senior History Fellow.
> > Collected and indexed oral history interviews. Bethel College, North Newton,
> > Kansas.
> >
> > June-Aug. 1988: Archival Intern.
> > Arizona Historical Foundation . Arizona Historical Foundation, Main Library,
> > Arizona State University, Tempe.
> >
> > July 1986-August 1986: Volunteer for Richard Kimball for U.S. Senate.
> > Phoenix, Arizona.
> >
> > Academic Work:
> >
> > Jan. 1997 - :
> > Student for A.A. in CIS in the Maricopa Community Colleges.  GPA: approx 3.5.
> >
> > Feb. 1997-Dec. 1997:
> > Ph.D. Fieldwork in Amman, Jordan on how young people talk about their
> > problems.
> >
> > Sept. 1993- :
> > Student for Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology. G.P.A. 3.7.
> > Advisor: Dr. Thomas Park. University of Arizona , Tucson.
> >
> > Sept. 1989-Dec. 1992:
> > Student for Master of Arts in Cultural Anthropology. G.P.A.: 3.69.
> > Advisor: Dr. Thomas Park. Graduated Dec. 1992. University of Arizona, Tucson.
> >
> > Sept. 1985-May 1989:
> > Student for Bachelor of Arts in History and in Mathematics.
> > G.P.A: approx. 3.5. Advisor: Dr. Keith Sprunger. Graduated May 1989.
> > Bethel College , North Newton, Kansas.
> >
> > Memberships, Awards, and Honors:
> >
> > 2002- :
> > Member of Mensa.
> >
> > 1995 and 1997:
> > Summer Foreign Language and Area Studies Scholarships from the
> > Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the University of Arizona, Tucson.
> >
> > February 1997 to April 1997:
> > United States Information Agency Near and Middle East Research and Training
> > Program fellowship awarded through the American Center for Oriental
> > Research in Amman, Jordan.
> >
> > 1995-1996 and 1996-1997:
> > Academic Year Foreign Language and Area Studies Scholarships from the
> > Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the University of Arizona, Tucson.
> >
> > 1995-1996:
> > Member, University of Arizona Center for Middle Eastern Studies Advisory
> > Board.
> >
> > 1989-1990:
> > Arizona Fee Waiver for the academic year from the Dept. of Anthropology, the
> > University of Arizona, Tucson.
> >
> > 1985-1989:
> > National Merit Scholar.
> >
> > 1987-1989:
> > Member, Bethel College Student Policies Committee.
> >
> > 1988-1989:
> > Bethel College Senior History Fellow.
> >
> > 1986-1987:
> > Member, Bethel College Educational Policies Committee.
> >
> > Writings:
> >
> > In progress:
> > Youth and Authority in Cairo and Amman at the end of the Twentieth Century
> > Ph.D. Dissertation.
> >
> > 1992
> >  The American Cowboy as a Heroic Type Representing Mythic Individualism as
> > Revealed Through Popular Literature. Unpublished Master's Paper in
> > possession of the author.
> >
> > Professional Interests:
> >
> > Information Systems:
> > Databases, Data mapping, Markup, Markup transformation,
> > Use of structured markup as database.
> >
> > Applied Industrial Anthropology:
> > Requirement assessment, Usability analysis, Contextual design
> >
> > Anthropology:
> > Anthropology of the Middle East, Anthropology of the Mediterranean, Gender,
> > Popular culture, Industrial applications for anthropology,
> > Anthropological method, Cultural history
> >
> > Skills:
> >
> > * Ability to program in Pascal, C++, COBOL, PL/SQL, SQL and Visual Basic. Some
> > knowledge of Java, PERL, Scheme and shell scripting for Bourne and
> > DOS/Windows.
> >
> > * Familiar with HTML and CSS-I.  Knowledge of SGML, XML, DSSSL, and XSLT.
> >
> > * Basic theory of database design, including normalization forms one to five,
> > online transaction processing and decision support system design,
> > and conversion of OLTP data to DSS data.
> >
> > * Experienced with Oracle.  Familiar Microsoft Access.  Exposure to basic
> > IBM database tools on the AS/400.  Exposure to SAS.
> >
> > * Use of Visual Basic to program Access and Excel, familiarity with VB
> > to work with Oracle. SQL in Oracle and Access.  Oracle SQL*Plus and
> > SQL*Loader.
> >
> > * Data definition and basic reporting on the AS/400.
> >
> > * Familiarity with Windows 95/98, NT4 and Windows 2000, training in OS/400
> > and Unix, Linux hobbyist, exposure to VMS.
> >
> > * BA in Mathematics including course work in theory of probability
> > and statistics and application of time series analysis. Graduate course work
> > in basic applied statistics for sociology using SAS on an IBM mainframe.
> >
> > * Strong, professional background in theory of social and behavioral science
> > promotes incisive analysis and reporting in most industrial contexts.
> >
> > * Experience in data and systems analysis backed by strong academic emphasis
> > on whole systems analysis and contextual understanding of users
> > and technology use.
> >
> > * Years of experience writing for school, as a hobbyist, and writing memos,
> > reports and technical documentation for work with thousands of pages produced.
> > As a result the applicant is adept at analysis and clear presentation of data.
> >
> > * Familiarity with reporting tools including Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel,
> > Access, Word and Visio.  Familiarity with Quick Books.  Exposure to Peach
> > Tree.  Use of Front Page and Dreamweaver to increase productivity in web
> > design.  Experience includes Visual Basic programming for Access and Excel
> > and connecting Excel to Oracle database using ODBC.
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