I work for a Credit Union in Virginia. The group I belong to pointed me to Seti. Since then i've been off and on helping in the search.
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
Yes i think ET's exist, and honestly i wouldn't be surprised if we've already discovered them. If we haven't yet i'm hoping that we discover them in my lifetime. I think we should transmit something in hopes of finding other life in the galaxy. I run Seti because i've always been interested in if there's other life besides us. The group The Safehouse got me started using the project.
SETI@home and Astropulse are funded by grants from the National Science Foundation, NASA, and donations from SETI@home volunteers. AstroPulse is funded in part by the NSF through grant AST-0307956.