“After high school graduation, I was looking for a job. I went to an employment agency in downtown Houston. They looked at my academic record and saw that I was good in math and science. They said, ‘Oh, we’ve got a nice laboratory assistant position … Continue readingIn retirement, he’s having fun as ‘worker bee’
“I grew up in the oilfield and was pretty successful, made a lot of money, so I was able to get out when I was 60. Now I’m a day trader. I trade futures. “I needed something to occupy my time, and it’s been a … Continue readingDay trading has become ‘kind of an obsession’
“I’ve been working in the oilfields since ’85, but I just recently got laid off. I was a QA/QC manager for drill pipe, and I was very good at it. “There are thousands of people in the Houston area, throughout Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and New … Continue readingOilfield ups and downs stressing him out