I'm an operations technician II (referred to as a "B" operator in some plants) working for an independent power producer at a 425MW cogeneration power plant in southeast Texas. Born and raised in Long Beach, California, I moved from that area at age 36 and spent the next 17 years near Sacramento, California. In 2006, I transferred and moved to Texas. My adult working career began with seven years in retail banking starting as bookkeeping clerk and working through the various positions to operations officer. Following that I worked three years in truck leasing starting as rental agent and movin...