I was offered a job at Agriculture Canada as a CS-02 (Computer Programmer/Analyst). I didn’t like it so much since there was no creativity for me. Just writing code and operating programs for the Dairy Cow Indexing system which ranks dairy cows for milk volume, protein content, fat content, calving ease. There were 6 million lactation records in the database and we had a supercomputer. In those days this was heavy stuff.

I left that to move onto consulting which was more varied and financially interesting.

I had all my stuff transferred from my parents to my little apartment at 47 Cameron Avenue in Ottawa. Of course this included all my model airplane stuff.

I joined Stetson Flyers and also visited ORCC. I flew a bit but had equipment problems. I realized that my stuff was getting old. NiCd batteries past shelf life, motor bearings blowing and other problems.

I eventually sold and gave away all my stuff deciding that model planes were fun but I didn’t have that much time.

Early 20’s is a busy time for people. School, jobs, chasing girls, other hobbies, silly sports cars and other stuff like that.