Additional information
Besides all emphasized in my synthesized résumé, I would like to add some more enjoyed stuff from my past.
In my childhood I used to play some very pleasant outdoor team sports, that unfortunately have been lost in time, for unknown reasons, nowadays kids being interested mostly in computer stuff (bad if exceeded). I could get them back to live again if interested.
From the 5th to 8th grade of my elementary school, I was elected and activated successfully as president of students’ unity of my school.
I graduated high school (end of 12th grade) with honors and special mention for mathematics (four year general average mark 9.75 of max. 10) and average mark 10 at mathematics high school baccalaureate exams (written & oral).
I was admitted in 2 Universities in 2 Faculties, Mathematics and Polytechnics, graduating from the last with the mark 9 (of max. 10).
Admissions in any University in my time there were based only on very exigent exams on 3÷5 different courses/topics, both written and oral (so 6÷10 very difficult exams) competing against hundreds of candidates, unlike here in North America where it is much easier, without exams and deciding just the credits over the high school time (4 years), enough to correct errors and much higher credits number to adjust a better final total average.
Also as mentioned in my résumé, in my last 5 work years before immigrating to Canada, I was in charge of two departments, very close to be promoted as Chief Engineer of the company (old CE at less than 1 year to retire), obviously missing it because of my immigration.
In my youth’s very tight spare time, from age 16 to 24, I used to play professional football (soccer), mostly for 3 teams weekly, for the High School then Polytechnic University team - on Wednesdays, for a football school of Dinamo Bucharest - on Fridays, and for my local living town team (close to Bucharest) - on Sundays, so 3 games/week. I was also the captain of all teams I played for, 7 in 20 years (after age 24 playing for only 1 team/week, in the second national league, B). I’ve never stopped playing soccer (in my spare time), recently in a friendly recreational but pretty tough and soliciting league for fun and pleasure.
I have some videos from inside and outside games, unfortunately not from my best 20 years of football.
I am also a good partner in chess, table tennis or field tennis, fishing, swimming, dance, ...
In chess I have reached a level close to Master, 2100 Elo/FIDE rankings.
To add some more, to the also mentioned in my résumé, that I like working hard, dedicated and even extended hours if needed (to 60 hr/wk), I am a problem solver having a talent for invention, being experienced at building working complete equipment lines, machines, components, devices, models, or any mechanical equipment, and have moved more than couple of dozens of products (that both, work great, and look amazing, elegant, tough, fun, ...) from conception, design to production and final stage working at customer. I sent to fabrication designs/products without errors. I am an engineer (very experienced in development, prototyping, and moving a product into manufacturing) and (can say) an artist (with sensitivity to the practicalities of making a product that people love to use), understanding the physics of the problems I am solving. I have a lot of patience, and can handle starting over several times (usually don't need too many) to develop a design that’s a little better than the third iteration.
Just some briefly about me:
- living in reality;
- with my feet on the earth;
- in dreams with my head in clouds, eyes towards sun and body in wind;
- admirer of beauty & purity;
- adept of reciprocity;
- related to relativity;
- rival of hypocrisy;
- lover and promoter of art and science, new and good constructive ideas, creativity, imagination, fantasy and ingenuity;
- I like playing and watching sports (soccer, table tennis, field tennis, etc.), chess, outdoors, fishing, swimming, walking, cycling, skiing, skating, dance, music, tv, internet, socializing, ...;
- I like driving cars, so far having ~1 million km in Europe and North America;
- ...
(Maybe too dreamy...!!!???...)
Yours truly,
Vasile Nae