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I just read a post over on Eric Stoller’s blog about the many jobs that he has had.  I thought what a great idea and a wonderful way for readers to know a little bit more about this guy who claims to be a .eduGuru!  So Eric here’s responding to your question and to any readers, I think I might have a few of you out there, here is a little information about me.

Hats that I’ve worn

• Grocery store Bagger, Janitor, Stocker
• Dish washer
• Salkehatchie - From a camper all the way up through site director.  Salkehatchie is like Habitat for Humanity except associated with the United Methodist Church.  When you go for a week a year for ten years you work your way up from a lowly camper to a site director.
• Construction worker – That’s right I’ve operated a bulldozer, track hoe, back hoe, skid steer, packer, pan, and dump truck.  In fact I learned how to drive a stick on a one ton truck.
• PC Bench Technician
• Cutco Knives Salesman
• Camp Counselor – running through the woods with kids from age 6-14 for a summer is much more than a job. 
• IT Help Desk Technician
• IT Support Specialist
• Database Reporting  and Web Programmer
• Dixie Youth Head Baseball Coach
• College Webmaster
• USSSA baseball Assistant Coach

This was a good refresher for myself, and it is about time I update my resume anyway.  Looking back I’ve done a little bit of lots of things, but I definitely do not feel like a master of anything.  Isn’t that a little ironic as my current job is “Webmaster”? 

Just yesterday I helped a buddy of mine build a deck.  It was definitely a lot of fun to get together and build something that I’m sure he will spend many afternoons enjoying.  Unfortunately, I don’t feel like a professional carpenter.  Fortunately, we built a solid deck that should be able to survive decades.  So maybe there is value to having a construction hat ready whenever that skill is needed, just like some of the other hats that I keep. 

In conclusion, maybe .eduGuru isn’t the most appropriate name for this blog?

So the challenge, should you choose to accept, is what various and different hats have you worn?

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Kyle James - who has written 219 posts on .eduGuru

Kyle is currently the Manager of Consulting Services at HubSpot, a Co-Founder at nuCloud and  formerly the webmaster at Wofford College. Kyle is an active contributor in the social media spectrum. Although his background is technical, he claims to know a thing or two about marketing, but mostly that revolves around SEO, analytics, blogging, and social media. He has spoken at multiple national conferences and done countless webinars on topics ranging from e-mail marketing to social media and Web analytics. He's definitely a fairly nice guy.

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