Although born and educated in the United States, my professional career has been spent in Canada and the Netherlands. In Canada I worked as an electronics technician, electronics engineer and system engineer for nearly 20 years, and after moving to the Netherlands I embarked on a new career as a freelance translator, initially specialising in technical translation in my former areas of activity and gradually expanding into other fields.
The updates to the menu were made to make the site easy and more intuitive for visitors. Obviously, like any change, this may take a few days to get used to.
The dropdown menus have been divided into two-dimensional panels with similar items grouped together under headings. This eliminates scrolling for those with smaller screens, and also improves readability.
Mouseover your name at the top of the screen. Here you will find information about your account, your email settings, and more. The "My ProZ.com" menu was moved up here to simplify the main navigation, and to keep all of this type of information together.