# where do you work?
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-do-you-work/70062
**Category:** Unrelated Discussion
**Created:** [October 11, 2014, 8:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-do-you-work/70062 "2014-10-11T20:09:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Elessar\_Sly](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Elessar_Sly)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2014, 10:30am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-do-you-work/70062/41 "2014-10-18T10:30:40Z")
I currently work for libraries in several boroughs, this also includes some work with local government. I’m business side, not front line/ on desk staff.
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### Author:  [@hobbyman101](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hobbyman101)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-do-you-work/70062/42 "2014-10-18T16:18:08Z")
> [@SloppyBinds](#):
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> Awesome! I was -4 in 73. 😃
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> How old were your kid(s) when you were home with him/her/them?
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> I’m definitely loving the time with them. I do however miss my morning ride to work on the motorcycle, and bonuses. :wink:
My daughter was about 3 months old when my music contract ran out. With no job my wife went back to teaching and I stayed home with the baby.
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### Author:  [@jasonwongzero](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jasonwongzero)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-do-you-work/70062/43 "2014-10-18T16:47:31Z")
I’m Vice President for Cloud Services at Tivo. Been here for over fifteen years, back when we shipped the first DVR. Now my job is to figure out what our next products will be… Recommendations, integration with social, network DVR, streaming, etc.
I was recently promoted for this new role. Before, I was in charge of all Tivo deployments outside off the US (UK, Spain, Sweden.)
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### Author:  [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2014, 2:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-do-you-work/70062/44 "2014-10-20T02:52:57Z")
[quote=“SloppyBinds,post:40,topic:70062”]
It’s a long story. Every time I try to make it brief, I fail. It really is just a long story of chance and seizing opportunities. The shortest possible version: I always kept acquiring new skills with each job I worked, and in the subsequent job, I built on the previously “weaker” skills. What was once a fairly weak skill in web development became a cornerstone of my skill set and the company I work for recognized it and offered me the dev role. 🙂
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> I was an imposter as well! Had to learn how to code and math on the job. Failed pre-algebra in 9th grade and decided I’d never do anything in life that involved more math than what was required to count the beats in a measure, in a song. My teenage wisdom at its peak. I got my first programming job by offering to prove myself for free. No college? No experience? Sure! Come tinker with our business critical processes! Its fun! Somebody actually didn’t take it as a joke, and gave me a chance. The crazy was strong on that day.
You and I have a lot in common I think! Well done capitalizing on the crazy.
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### Author:  [@Grinch](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Grinch)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2014, 3:50am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-do-you-work/70062/45 "2014-10-20T03:50:18Z")
> [@hobbyman101](#):
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> I have played Classical and Pop Orchestral, big band, rock band, jazz combo, and all around combo (this is where I worked full time). I am a drummer/concert percussionist. Thanks for asking.
that sounds pretty fun man. i used to drum here and there but it was my friends drum set and when he moved it all came to a hault, and jazz music is something im always gonna love,enjoy swing/bigband music as well, its always a bit americana spirited which makes it alil nostalgic even if you werent born in the 40’s and 50’s.
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### Author:  [@Grinch](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Grinch)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2014, 3:54am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-do-you-work/70062/46 "2014-10-20T03:54:35Z")
> [@jasonwongzero](#):
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> I’m Vice President for Cloud Services at Tivo. Been here for over fifteen years, back when we shipped the first DVR. Now my job is to figure out what our next products will be… Recommendations, integration with social, network DVR, streaming, etc.
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> I was recently promoted for this new role. Before, I was in charge of all Tivo deployments outside off the US (UK, Spain, Sweden.)
whoa, you seem to be a pretty iportant person in that company XD. crazy that you have the time to chat on here with us, thats pretty darn cool man. i bet you pull in some moohlah with that type of work. i dont think ive ever met anybody that was a vice president of anything. Ive never even had tivo nor a DVR n my life.
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### Author:  [@Mikers](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mikers)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2014, 6:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-do-you-work/70062/47 "2014-10-20T06:13:20Z")
Honestly, I had no idea TiVo still existed. I figured the generic cable company DVRs had taken over that market.
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### Author:  [@jasonwongzero](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jasonwongzero)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2014, 8:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-do-you-work/70062/48 "2014-10-20T08:44:05Z")
> [@Mikers](#):
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> Honestly, I had no idea TiVo still existed. I figured the generic cable company DVRs had taken over that market.
Actually TiVo has been doing really well internationally. We’re the major DVR solution in the UK, Sweden and Spain.
In the US, we’re mostly in second tier cable markets. TimeWarner, Comcast and DIRECTV tend to build their own generic solutions, but if you’re served by RCN, Suddenlink, Grande, Cable One, etc… then you probably have a TiVo.
Jason
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### Author:  [@hobbyman101](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hobbyman101)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2014, 1:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-do-you-work/70062/49 "2014-10-20T13:35:20Z")
> [@jasonwongzero](#):
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> I’m Vice President for Cloud Services at Tivo. Been here for over fifteen years, back when we shipped the first DVR. Now my job is to figure out what our next products will be… Recommendations, integration with social, network DVR, streaming, etc.
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> I was recently promoted for this new role. Before, I was in charge of all Tivo deployments outside off the US (UK, Spain, Sweden.)
Have we finally found some one who understands the cloud?
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### Author:  [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2014, 1:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-do-you-work/70062/50 "2014-10-20T13:50:28Z")
Oh, the cloud is easy now. Nobody delivered on the original promise of the cloud, so we still have the same old datacenters with hosted solutions and virtual machines. Turns out nothing changed except the name and the ability to buy storage and CPU that doesn’t map 1:1 with a real “machine” out there.
When most companies say “the cloud”, they mean a proprietary system of computing power, whether it’s the one owned by Microsoft (Azure) or the one(s) owned by Amazon or the iCloud (aka, “remote storage that capitalizes on the word ‘cloud’”).
In the original vision of “the cloud”, it was all be very nebulous and non-proprietary. But it was doomed from the start… what company would contribute their hardware to an effort without clear monetary return? Not going to happen.
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### Author:  [@jasonwongzero](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jasonwongzero)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2014, 7:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-do-you-work/70062/51 "2014-10-20T19:35:29Z")
> [@GregP](#):
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> Oh, the cloud is easy now. Nobody delivered on the original promise of the cloud, so we still have the same old datacenters with hosted solutions and virtual machines. Turns out nothing changed except the name and the ability to buy storage and CPU that doesn’t map 1:1 with a real “machine” out there.
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> When most companies say “the cloud”, they mean a proprietary system of computing power, whether it’s the one owned by Microsoft (Azure) or the one(s) owned by Amazon or the iCloud (aka, “remote storage that capitalizes on the word ‘cloud’”).
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> In the original vision of “the cloud”, it was all be very nebulous and non-proprietary. But it was doomed from the start… what company would contribute their hardware to an effort without clear monetary return? Not going to happen.
Well said Greg.
I actually don’t usually use the term “Cloud Service”, but if I say “TiVo Service” then it doesn’t really make sense to people not in the video industry. Most people think of TiVo as just a DVR (physical box), but we’ve shifted our focus to all of the things that are provided by the backoffice service infrastructure: Recommendations, Search, metadata ingestion, Predictions, Network DVR, etc.
Jason
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### Author:  [@That-one-kid](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/That-one-kid)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-do-you-work/70062/52 "2014-10-20T20:28:21Z")
> [@jasonwongzero](#):
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> Well said Greg.
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> I actually don’t usually use the term “Cloud Service”, but if I say “TiVo Service” then it doesn’t really make sense to people not in the video industry. Most people think of TiVo as just a DVR (physical box), but we’ve shifted our focus to all of the things that are provided by the backoffice service infrastructure: Recommendations, Search, metadata ingestion, Predictions, Network DVR, etc.
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> Jason
I love TiVo, but ours is so old the fast forward is jumpy, sometimes the audio cuts out, but other than that TiVo rocks.
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### Author:  [@SloppyBinds](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SloppyBinds)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2014, 10:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-do-you-work/70062/53 "2014-10-20T22:15:00Z")
> [@hobbyman101](#):
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> My daughter was about 3 months old when my music contract ran out. With no job my wife went back to teaching and I stayed home with the baby.
Sounds like you got your fair share of diaper doodie duty! While I did enjoy my children’s infancy, it was exhausting! The conversations make a little more sense now as well.
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### Author:  [@SloppyBinds](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SloppyBinds)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2014, 11:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-do-you-work/70062/54 "2014-10-20T23:53:00Z")
> [@abby1371](#):
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> My dad works at a sewage treatment plant as an electrical engineer.
Has your dad taught you any programming yet?
My stepdad was an EE and he helped me code my first program when I was 7 on a tiny screen that had 2 colors (black and green). He knew he had to satisfy my curiosity otherwise I would end up taking another expensive piece of equipment apart. The whoopings weren’t enough of a deterrent. ;D
Oh, I still ended up taking his stuff apart anyway. :wink:
EDIT: The program was a simple hello world so nothing to get excited about
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### Author:  [@hobbyman101](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hobbyman101)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2014, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-do-you-work/70062/55 "2014-10-21T12:41:24Z")
> [@SloppyBinds](#):
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> Sounds like you got your fair share of diaper doodie duty! While I did enjoy my children’s infancy, it was exhausting! The conversations make a little more sense now as well.
I sure did have diaper duty, but as I said earlier, it was one of the best duties of my life.
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### Author:  [@Nikolai](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nikolai)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2014, 3:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-do-you-work/70062/56 "2014-10-21T15:27:39Z")
I’m an apprentice electrician
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### Author:  [@jrodriguez](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jrodriguez)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2014, 6:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-do-you-work/70062/57 "2014-10-21T18:51:59Z")
I work part time for a … well, let’s just call him a freelance buccaneer … named Roberts. Dread P. Roberts.
I’m also under contract as a model for a publication called GQ.
When I’m not busy with those pursuits, I’m a professor at a liberal arts college.
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### Author:  [@PlasticWhip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PlasticWhip)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2014, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-do-you-work/70062/58 "2014-10-21T19:14:54Z")
> [@jrodriguez](#):
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> I work part time for a … well, let’s just call him a freelance buccaneer … named Roberts. Dread P. Roberts.
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> I’m also under contract as a model for a publication called GQ.
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> When I’m not busy with those pursuits, I’m a professor at a liberal arts college.
You mean to tell me that Dread P. Roberts is still alive? Inconceivable.
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### Author:  [@hobbyman101](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hobbyman101)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-do-you-work/70062/59 "2014-10-21T19:56:27Z")
> [@jrodriguez](#):
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> I work part time for a … well, let’s just call him a freelance buccaneer … named Roberts. Dread P. Roberts.
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> I’m also under contract as a model for a publication called GQ.
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> When I’m not busy with those pursuits, I’m a professor at a liberal arts college.
Sounds like a great life.
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### Author:  [@YoYoExpertGarrett](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoYoExpertGarrett)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2014, 2:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-do-you-work/70062/60 "2014-10-22T14:25:09Z")
> [@WildCat23](#):
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> You mean to tell me that Dread P. Roberts is still alive? Inconceivable.
I heard the real Dread P. Roberts has been retired 15 years and living like a king in Patagonia.
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