2016 LiFT Scholarship Winner Lorien Smyer: Bookkeeper Turned Technologist
I was a bookkeeper for many years. Long ago, I had to hand-enter all data to a paper spreadsheet with a pencil.
When my clients started getting computers, I was fascinated by everything about these amazing tools: the hardware, the software, how customizable it all was. In my spare time, I started taking occasional computer-related classes at my local community college, and doing many IT-related tasks for my clients, in addition to the bookkeeping I was already doing for them.
In 1995, I met the man who became my husband. He got a personal computer that same year, and happily allowed me to become our home IT expert.
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