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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: koan who wrote (1511173)	1/6/2025 4:18:49 PM
From: maceng2	1 Recommendation Recommended By longz Respond to of 1575449

I didn't get through my college degree at the first attempt, had to go find a job during a recession... and there were no jobs. Got a job as a Chalk Boy for these guys. No computers or calculators in those days. Betting on Sports, Casino, and Bingo Games \| Coral So I did OK chalking up the odds, and then they trained me up, first as a cashier, then as a Settler. I could settle a six horse all bets (except singles) accumulator in under a minute. The guys who were using the new calculators were slower, and regarded as wussies. Most of the time was just crossing off losers of course. Later I went back to college and finished my degree in Physics and Chemistry. The job situation had improved, and there was a desperate shortage of qualified semiconductor engineers. I had a job working in a semiconductor biz as a tech and given all the tea boy type jobs. Little did they know I was holding a degree card, until I decided to show it at a job application. It was easy peazy after that.