Employee: Barry Barksdale

Position: RCC-South Support Manager

My first job was:  Carpenter/farmer/egg gatherer(or whatever else my dad would pay me for)

Finish this bumper sticker: I’d rather be— Sitting in my swing on my back deck watching the trees sway

Looking back on myself as a child, I know I was destined for this career because:  I was over-analytical to the point of being annoying at times.

The thing about my job that challenges me is: Keeping up with new technology and getting everything done within the time allotted(only 24 hours in each day)

When I’m zoned out in front of my computer and should be thinking about work, what I’m really thinking is: What are my 18 and 21 year old daughters doing? Actually they are really good kids but I worry anyway.

My career defining moment: Deciding in 1977 that there just might be a future working with those things called "computers".

My most unusual job was: Helping to gather 8,000 eggs a day by hand

The only time I deserved to be fired was:  Playing a practical joke on a past boss. We were attending a users meeting in Orlando and we(his entire staff) convinced him I had been arrested the night before for disorderly conduct.

The most recent book, CD or movie I’ve purchased is:  DVD: I am legend CD: Mothership(Led Zeppelin)

My favorite quote or saying:  Such a muddy line between the things you want and the things you have to do. Leaving Las Vegas by Sheryl Crow

How would you describe your job to a four year old? What I overheard one of my daughters tell her friend a very long time ago: Dad works with computers.