Throwing in the Badge ... I am officially retired

End sequence of Dirty Harry

• I started working (in a job that would have paid into Social Security) in 1967 (farm labor at $ 1. per hour in a greenhouse in Delhi OH. 

• I graduated from college in 1971. While in college:
  • I worked for Baker's Shoes (selling shoes)
  • Worked at a greenhouse 
  • Worked 2 years for American Airlines as a Campus Sales Representative
  • Worked 4 summers at Monsanto at a large chemical plant on the Ohio River
  • Worked for the Cincinnati Enquirer some weekends loading newspaper bundles onto delivery trucks
  • Did some light warehouse work
  • Sold my blood for book-money
• I worked 1 year for Campus Crusade for Christ
• 3 years for IBM. What I sold: System 3; System 7; System 32
• 2 ½ years for Digital Equipment Corporation: What I sold: PDP-10 and System 20
• 2 years of not working while I was in seminary
• 17 years as a vocational pastor (there was overlap with the following two jobs)
• ½ years for International Multifoods Corporation
• 21 ½ years for Wells Fargo (and predecessor Norwest)
• July 17th will be my last paycheck
• My pension starts in August
• Social Security starts in September

Comment: Dirty Harry was released in December 1971. I am officially unemployed

About my time at Norwest / Wells Fargo:

• I had what I would regard as a good career with them. I think Wells Fargo is a great company from my vantage point of a customer and an investor. 
• I was fairly paid ... and well paid! I thank the Lord for this
• I had some really good managers: Jeff W, Steve K, Denise R; and some so so managers; and one very bad manager (fortunately for less than 6 months)
• I learned a lot:
• Technical:
• JCL
• MVS systems programming
• PL/1
• COBOL
• HTML
• CSS
• Cold Fusion 
• Non-technical: Mostly in the realm of project management
• I made many many friends and one or two enemies (that's not too bad!)
• Am I going to miss it? Time will tell. As of today I am glad I am retired.