I went to college and accomplished a BA in English and an MFA in Creative Writing. Graduate school was funded by an internship at my aunt's place of employment: a software company. That internship turned into a full time technical writing gig writing end user manuals and training materials, which has turned into 12 years experience so far in the computer software industry. I'm now product manager in a medium sized software company that creates software for low income housing agencies funded by HUD. We are a growing company, which means I wear many hats (jack of all trades, master of none as they say), and it can be very stressful. I also work at home and have two small children and I've become filled with wanderlust and am anxious to get out of my insular little world and explore and have adventures and give my kids experiences I never had as a kid. I can't wait to get out there!
My husband is a college English professor and has such a wonderful flexible work schedule and truly enjoys his job. I'm also going to try teaching a course next semester to see if I like it and if I do, I may make a career change... we shall see.