redstone, I'm glad you asked... It all started with a finance-related internship; soon, I was into consulting. Too broad I thought then started concentrating in IT sector since my emphasis was in info sys (with a BS in business). Quite fascinated by clients buying software that is half-baked I realized there is more to be done. Soon, I was taking vector calculus, linear algebra, differential equations, thermal dynamics and most importantly discrete maths, predicate calculus, etc. in order see if I still got the guts to be an engineer (2/3 of the subjects didn't have anything to do with CS albeit I had taken some intro CS courses as an undergrad- overly motivated is the phrase). I did well in them to my surprise and then started out teaching myself advanced CS- thinking it ain't enough I enrolled for a MS Soft Engr degree and graduated a couple of yrs ago (paid half by employer and worked part time during the degree). Now into anything J2EE which I mostly develop and consult on... If you must know it's a private soft dev company specializing in 'Web Services' located somewhere in the southern hemisphere (sorry can't tell you the name) ...I did however intern for that consulting company Enron used to schmooze so well with (they changed the name a couple of yrs ago)- their consultants aren't the brightest! What's ur story ? :)