Re: Decided to hang it up

[Mike Wills <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Congrats and have fun in your retirement.

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Mike Wills
http://mikewills.me

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On Apr 11, 2011, at 6:19 AM, "Midrange Information" <ldwopt@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> I started in the IT field in March 1963 using a 402 accounting machine and
> an IBM 1620 computer.
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> I have gone thru the 1400 series, 360, 370, Honeywells, and finally settled
> on an IBM System/38 model 5 in the fall of 1981 and have been on that
> platform every since.
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> As of March 25, 2011, I am no longer working full time. My company has hired
> a person to replace me and I will have the privilege of getting him
> acquainted with my customer. In the mean time I will be working on an as
> needed basis.
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> As soon as everyone is comfortable, I am putting a stop box in the flowchart
> of my career. I am happy that I will be retiring but yet have a tinge of
> jealousy of all the younger people. I have seen great changes come and go in
> my career. I believe the greatest changes are yet to come. All I have to do
> is compare the 360 hardware/software upgrades versus the changes we are now
> seeing in Power platform.
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> Thanks to all of you, especially to my friend Al Barsa for all the help that
> I have received from this group. It has been priceless.
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> Take care and may God bless.
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> Dave Willenborg
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> The real old guy
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> Elkhorn NE
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