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Talk about perks, my career had one of the best I can think of! I traveled in the course of business, delivering classes for my employer. I was a Senior Training Specialist for Motorola Solutions, and taught classes on a wide variety of subjects centered around 2-way radio communications. I knew that when the time arrived that I would retire, and I have. I've always said that if you can't stand the heat in the kitchen, get out! I can't handle the heat anymore. I was qualified to deliver approximately 32 different classes, but about half of those were 'Legacy' classes, and were not in demand anymore. My students were technicians, those who maintained, programmed, calibrated, and repaired large 2-way radio systems. Some of these systems are statewide, and use TCP-IP networking to allow sites to communicate with others. Some are small, traditional type radio sites. The size doesn't matter, in each case the systems must be kept operational at all times, since many of them are Public Safety Systems. So I traveled, sometimes frequently, 3-4 weeks in a row.... where have I been? Some of the places I've been (I can't list them all here, the list would be toio long) are pretty interesting. 1. Hawaii - Four times, Oahu, Maui (twice), and the Big Island 2. BangkokThailand, twice 3. Frankfurt Germany, twice 4. Algiers, Algeria 5. Melbourne Australia 6. Bismarck North Dakota, Summer & Winter 7. Los Angeles, Too many times to count 8. Washington DC, Too many times to count 9. Seattle three or four times 10. Texas, all over the state 11. Florida, all over the state 12. New Mexico, HOME! Several times  Best Cultural And Regional Honorable Mention |
| Locale: Dover, Delaware Week of: 2/13/23} This past week I was in Dover, Delaware delivering one of our Networking classes.. I was in Dover 13 years ago, but remember very little about being there, so going again was nice. This class has changed quite a bit in the last two months, but the hands-on activities are the only thing changed. So far. Overall the class went well, but there was one sticking point in configuring the new Juniper router. New to us, not new to the industry. In one of the hands-on activities, a file is copied to a USB drive, then copied to the router. This is not something they will need to do most likely. Whty would they not do this activity? Because they will use Secure File Transfer (SSH), and a software program called WinSCP.. The same file can be transferred this way, but it's done via drag-n -drop. I explained that to them, but since we were unable to accomplish the USB file transfer, a couple of them gave me less than favorable grades in their critiques. That's fine, I feel I should be able to do all the hands-on activities almost blindfolded, so I deserve those marks. The only problem is, I need time to work on the hands-on activities for this class, but will not be able to do that until mid-April! In case any of you are interested, here is my updated schedule through April. I am currently in St. Augustine Florida on that much needed 2 weeks of vacation. I have delivered classes for 6 weeks straight, and worked with another instructor the week of 1/2, so I've not had a break since New Years. I could use one, but if push came to shove, I could deliver a class this week. But... I did schedule this vacation.  Week of 2/20 - VACATION Week of 2/27 - VACATION Week of 3/6 - Los Angeles Week of 3/13 - Savannah, Georgia Week of 3/20 - Schaumburg, Illinois Week of 3/27 - Kentucky Week of 4/3 - Schaumburg, Illinois Week of 4/10 - Work from home Week of 4/17 - Kentucky Week of 4/24 - Kentucky In Closing My next trip will be back to Los Angeles in two weeks. Until my next entry stay safe, be good, be healthy, and take care of those you love! Jim Dorrell |
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