Joshua Walker

Prof. Jensen

IST 1100

7 February 2015

I did an interview with my dad who actually does work on computers and networking as his job. He was in the Air Force but retired 7 years ago and he is a civilian but works with the Air Force and does computers and network. Whenever I have an issue with my laptop or something as far as the internet I always go to my dad to help and he always knows what to do so it is really great that he does things with those things.

First question I asked my dad how did he get into the computing and networking. He got into networking and computing from his days when he was a first sergeant when we were stationed in Germany before he eventually retired and we moved to Las Vegas.

Next I asked what are the kinds of people that you work with. He works with many Americans but also works with the British Air Force. There are a lot of britians actually more so than Americans but he very much enjoys working with them as he learns a lot from them and they are very entertaining to him.  

Next I asked how long did he know that this was what he wanted to do. He wanted to do this from the very beginning, from the first time he entered the Air Force. There are some things about his job that he can’t disclose to me or other people but for the most part he tells me all the things he does and enjoys about his job. The pay, actually doing something he enjoys doing.

Next I asked what exactly does he do at his job. Like stated before there are some things he cant tell me about what actually goes on during a typical day of work. He has told us some stories of how he and his fellow co-workers have watched videos of soldiers taking out evil men in Iraq or Afghanistan. He also fixes any internet computer issues that may come up around the workplace or anywhere that he can help.