Everyone needs some means of support, and I am no different. Gotta pay the bills some way. ^_^;

But, seriously, I've been through quite a few jobs in the last 14 or so years, starting out from fast food in the beginning (and staying in it way too long, but that's another story.) with the hopes of achieving my “dream job” related in some way with computers... I'm getting there bit by bit.

Currently, I work for GC Services, at their center in Riverbank, CA, contracting for MCI WorldCom, operating the California Relay Service. (Telecommunications Relay for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Speech-disabled communities in California.)

Specifically, I am a Relay Operator/Communications Agent, conducting the relay process between TTY/PC users and conventional telephone users. I'm one of about 500 or so voices that can be heard up and down two states, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

A lot of stuff about my job is based around proprietary and confidential information, so I'm going to opt out of going into detail about what I do, other than a few basic truths I've picked up on since I started back in 1997:

• It's like no other job I've done before (or any I'll have afterwards.)
• It's become busier than it was when I started out. (Guess it's a good thing...)
• It does have its good moments - quite a few, in fact...

If you want to find out more information, allow me to direct you to the following off-site resources:

Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program
(California is a dual-vendor state - Relay is handled jointly by MCI Worldcom (Who I work for! Yay!) and Sprint.)

MCI Worldcom Global Relay
MCI Worldcom's official site about their telecommunications product, which I am a part of.

Links are valid as of December 22, 2001. - Broken link? New links? (I could really, really use some!) Please let me know so I can update this section, ok? Thk u, (smile) ga to sk