my name is chris blaser. it feels good to be here home at goodwill.ne month before i was supposed to graduate from high school i was arrested and i had squandered my opportunity to get my diploma, which set a negative trend that my life would follow for the next few years. all the way up until i was about 23, i was in and out of jail. at the time, my oldest daughter was three years old and i didn't have a legitimate means of supporting her. a friend suggested i go for the goodwill to look for a job and goodwill hired me and gave me my first real introduction into the workforce. soon after i was hired, as will stated, they saw i had the aptitude for technology so they moved me into a paid intership with their i.t. department. they recognize something in me that i hadn't even recognized in myself at that point, quite honestly. they put me in a position to have a career, but they did tell me i had to go from hobbyist to professional, which meant i had to go out and get my certifications, which i am now a plus security+ and network plus certified. [cheers