Christin Chapman
Position:
Senior Engineer
Employer:
Hewlett Packard
Job description:
Test, diagnose and provide technical support to customers with
problems installing and using X and Graphics related products on
the HP-UX environment. Provided support in areas ranging from initial
network and system configuration issues to complex software configurations,
while working closely with Partner Technical Support Centers to
solve cross-platform and cross-application issues.
Salary:
45,000-65,000
Job satisfaction:
I have the opportunity to work with people from all over the world
and my job is challenging and quite fulfilling. Unfortunately, language
barriers and experience levels can present some complications in this
job.
Employment history:
The Mathworks, Inc.; Natick, MA 4/1997 - 5/1998
Technical Support Engineer
Mathematical Specialist 7/97 - 5/98
Application Program Interface (API) Specialist 1/98 - 5/98
Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems (LMAS); Marietta, GA 5/1998
- 8/1999
Avionics Engineer
IT Secondary Specialist 2/99 - 8/99
Hewlett- Packard; Atlanta, GA 8/99 - present
Response Center Engineer
ITRC Project 2/01 - present
Suggestions for students:
Ask a lot of questions about the future job and be honest to yourself
and your future employer about your abilities. After all, you don't
want to be set-up for failure the minute you start work.
Date of last update: March 30, 2004
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