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[JustAnotherGen]

271. Jumped to Finance April 2011

After 16 years of progressive advancement in Marketing, Product Launch, Go To Market, Marketing Processes in the Telecom Industry. I had a good ride - can tell you about Private Lines and CoLos prior to the bubble bursting, ATM meaning something other than a machine that spits out money , the move from copper to fiber, fiber to wireless, data to wireless and who knows where else. Launched 57 phones in 23 months when I first came to my current employer back in 2006.

Now I work in the finance side of the house doing Import/Export, Security, Homeland Security, Fraud Business Controls, etc. etc. My last position - same company - in Marketing I was part of the "Outside the US" relaunch managing customer experience. I'm very well traveled, spent my formative years abroad in West Germany, etc. etc. and I just 'get' this stuff. Oh - and turns out I'm the only non-attorney at our HQ that has a degree in Political Science along with my Mass Comm (focused on Advertising and PR) degree.

My two degrees in the art of utter Bull Shit really come in handy when someone steals our phones by stealing a fed gov account (that brings that agency), ships them across state lines (FBI), then tries to ship them to Russia/Nigeria/Belize, Mexico, etc. etc. (brings in Customs, Homeland Security, in some cases CIA). It's a hoot I tell ya! A hoot! But I can lay on the b.s. like nobody's business!

If you had told me five years ago today that I would LOVE working for 'the man' in a capacity that I truly believe I can come in every single day and protect our REAL customers in this way? I would have told you that you are full of bologna.

And yes - it's very hard sometimes working for the 'Evil Empire' in an industry that DU just seems to hate to it's core - but I'm one tough chick. I can take it. Because it's how I make my money. That money I donate generously to liberal candidates around the country and liberal causes. So take the 'bitter' with the sweet folks.


P.S. I really really love my job!