Worked for Gandalf data ltd from 1983 to 1997. Then joined Nortel as a senior engineer until the tech crash in 2001. Decided to take a year off improving my house but then returned to find engineering had left Canada and there were few jobs and too many people looking. Couldn’t find work for 6 years except hauling lumber and some carpentry work part time. Hated the trades. Then got a help desk job for Dell. Hated that as well. Spent another year unemployed. An engineering degree is worse than a criminal record because no one will hire you thinking you’ll leave for your big engineering job.Been inventing for 3 years and have been in the Dragons’ Den 3 times (a Canadian TV show). So far, can’t make it past R5 in Edison Nation.