I am a C5/6 quad, and I really need some job ideas, I work pretty well with the computer, I love helping people and being needed and wanted! I'm very caring polite and social a loyal hard worker, just needing some ideas for what I can do for work?? Anyone out there have anything?

Hey Toolman,

Not knowing your background pre sci it's hard to judge. I was a brick mason and general construction young buck when I broke my neck back in 1978; and was going to night school for my degree in Architecture. Back then a c5/6 quad had no chance in hell of having a drawing career; the personal computers back then weren't powerful enough for complicated drawings.

So I returned to school and took programming classes. I found the design aspects of programming to be much like those for building a house, very detailed, actually fun and very rewarding when a final product was completed; I've been a software designer/developer, etc. for near 30 yrs now. Nowadays the computer isn't an issue, its what job you can do with one, and there are tons of jobs that require computer skills.

Your mind is your tool now. Most things in life require thinking, analyzing, planning, managing, etc.

The adaptive equipment out there is amazing and will let you do most non-physically demanding jobs. The economy sucks now, so if your pre sci skills aren't set, back to school or training you should go. Off the top of my graying head...here are a few possibilities...btw, most businesses require data entry of some kind.

Software - Desktop and Web; some require extensive math skills
- design, programming, testing, deployment
- technical writhing, project management, management
- database systems administration, design, development, programming, testing
- security, cryptography, code cracking, hacking...be careful of this one

General Business - most industries...
- accounting, finance, project management, secretarial
- help desk, technical writing, administration, human resources, etc
- architecture, interior design, graphic design
- engineering...of all kinds, from toasters. pipelines, circuit boards, solar to rockets...even the next best adaptive device
- teaching...the field is wide open and in heavy demand

Here's a link to a long list of computer related jobs.
http://www.khake.com/page17.html

Regards,

Jerry

PS. I told you, hacking...be very careful of this one

Eddie Izzard's Encore on Computers

don't really want to hijack thread but anyone know where I can do a basic graphic design course over net in AI/Corel etc ??? Any tutorials out there ?
I know what i need things to look like, just need the tools ya know ?

Mr Bump, try searching via google, use

free online graphic design tutorials

it came up with 9 million hits, best regards, Jerry

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz...mp;oq=&aqi=

That's so funny! 1st gig I went to after my accident was Eddie Izzard. Face hurt sooooooo much by the end, with laughing!

I'd agree with Jerry that technology is a great idea. You can always go freelance if need be, and picking up a book if you're short on money (or, for me, ability to get out of the house for awhile), or you're waiting for the next college semester to start.

Another idea is data modeling - you can do this with all sorts of things. I worked for a big bank in London as a data modeler, and used some of the dullest data imaginable. But also think of market research analytics, or maybe meterology analytics. Look into products like SPSS and SAS.

For graphic design or interactive design, it's always great to start with some programming. Maybe something easy, like Ruby on Rails? It lays a good foundation to what you're going to end up doing. There's some awesome Ruby resources online! Also, depending on the program, there are some great tutorials online. If you do it the legal way, sometimes the software gets pricey - but if you're enrolled somewhere (or what I did, is used my cousin's student ID at the U of MN to get cheaper software, heh), the cost for software is decreased for a student version. There are books that will include CD-ROMs or DVD-ROMs that have practice studies that you can follow - the tutorial software is very similar to the actual software.

Good luck! I love software development, and I love my job (QA).