I was a raging alcoholic/junkie who couldn't hold a job. Period. Played in a number of rock and punk rock bands and LOVED music. Some buddies suggested I go work for a company that did a lot of MDU infrastructure builds, contract work, basic cabling, etc. who never fired people. The boss was also a coke head. Yikes. After about three months of fixing stuff that these guys were supposed to know better than me, I went to work for a competitor. Cleaned up at about the same time. Planes crashed into a number of buildings here in the states (you may have heard about it) and the shop closed unexpectedly due to the resulting market turn down. So, I went out on my own. Ran my own gig doing primarily AV until about three/four years ago when I started doing whole home automation. Now, after six and half years of my own gig, I'm burnt on the business, cynical, mean and crabby but, I still love the "toys" and have taken a job with another company. Monday, I put on a new hat and we'll see where it goes...