Category Archives: Professional

Stories related to my careers

Careering With Job Lurches

Posted on January 1, 2009 by Ed Medley

An integration of jobs constitutes a career. In my case, the jobs I have had constitute an erratic trajectory; a random walk of lurches. I started working when I was 12 or so (1960). Since then I have worked at … Continue reading →

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Converting Cubic Centimeters as Life Lurch

Posted on October 26, 2008 by Ed Medley

One of the largest of my life challenges was converting cubic meters to cubic centimeters. In 1973 I was prospecting in the Stikine Range of northern British Columbia as a blaster and geological assistant. My colleagues were college graduates in … Continue reading →

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On Becoming a Failure

Posted on October 26, 2008 by Ed Medley

During my life I have been told: you cannot do this, you cannot do that. Such and such will not work. Nobody does that. Why can’t you do this the way everybody else does it? You will not succeed. I … Continue reading →

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Curses Into Pearls

Posted on October 26, 2008 by Ed Medley

WARNING – this post has rough language. If you are offended by coarse curse words, you will be offended here. Better leave now. You can always read one of my poems – there are smoother, genteel phrases amongst them. I … Continue reading →

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What THEY Didn’t Teach Me in Engineering School

Posted on October 25, 2008 by Ed Medley

I left the University of British Columbia in 1978, so long enough ago that I have only a hazy recollection of the courses, exams, assignments and other hurdles I had to leap over to earn a degree in Geological Engineering. … Continue reading →

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E. Medley, Al., Pha., Bet., So., Up.

Posted on October 19, 2008 by Ed Medley

I have a lot of initials. If I was a better Brit than I am, I would string the alphabet soup behind me name like this: Edmund Medley, BASc (Brit Columbia) , MS (Berkeley), PhD (Berkeley), PE (CA), PE(HI), PG … Continue reading →

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Drs: Suck Your Lollipops

Posted on August 20, 2008 by Ed Medley

Last Sunday Pablo S. called me to tell me that he is now Dr. Pablo. And he thanked me for steering him firmly to his PhD in Civil Engineering at Stanford University. It was sweet of him to thank me … Continue reading →

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