What Do You Do For a Living?

[Patrick_Green]

NSDA stuff... it's not nearly the same as hearing politics or religion. You have to be prepared to argue both sides... which you probably know.

Oh I sure do. It was never political when I did LD competitively. But these are the topics I find most interesting in a public forum.

 

[foggymountain]

I have had many strange jobs and 3 businesses. The most fun and the wettest was ice carver for hotels and caterers. Now thankfully retired.

 

[Spa32]

Assembly Technician. I assemble chairs for schools and offices.

 

[smokiespipesmoker123]

Telecom and IT Technical Project Manager

 

[timelord]

Now retired but for last 12 years headed up the fraud (er fraud prevention) team at at financial software specialist. Essentially my team developed the systems that monitor credit card and other networks for fraudulent transactions. Doesn’t sound that interesting but it involved a lot of sophisticated mathematical real-time monitoring. Yes, I’m a geek (and former physicist/mathematician)

 

[Ctbill]

Logistics...very railroad-centric.
Guys like didimauw keep us in business!
(thank you! - tough job...)

 

[coyja]

Producing Director for a small professional theater company

 

[Spinkle]

I am counsel representing taxpayers in their disputes with the Minister of National Revenue/Her Majesty the Queen.

 

[dare66]

Field engineer for a telecommunication company.

 

[Michibacy]

Parts manager at a family owned farm equipment company

 

[OneWayTicket]

I translate texts from one language to another

 

[sablebrush52]

I work with animals, various dogs and cats, a wabbit, a scheming duck, a Tasmanian Devil, a Tweety Bird, various mice, that sort of thing. I just finished a gig working with a murderous psychopath who used to be the Joker's girlfriend, am temporarily working at Camelot. I've been to the Moon and stayed at the Hilton Hotel on Mars, visited Remulak, the Electronic World, and spent time in many whens.

 

[hobie1dog]

Yes, there have been occupation threads in the past on here. I started out working for Owens Corning Fiberglas at their R&D Center doing Refrigeration and HVAC, for 10 years. Then went to McDonnell Douglas Aircraft doing multi-craft maintenance work , everything from overhead cranes, backhoes, golf carts,chillers, etc. Then the Cold War ended and they shut it down after 5 years. Did regular Commercial HVAC work for 5 years, then hit my midlife crisis. I had always played Baroque trumpet and organ music and one day played in a Cathedral . I mentioned to the organist that there was a crap load of sound coming from the chamber, so he said to open the door and go stand in the middle of all the pipes. It changed my life. I then found an organ builder to work for about 7 years, unfortunately he was extremely bipolar and started running his fist through doors, throwing boards across the rooms, etc.
I then wasted another 7 years of my life sitting at a desk as an hvac estimator, working for a guy who had his dad give the business and he didn’t care wether or not the Sun came up.
My last year of work was assembling the 100lb, 12,15, and 18" subwoofers for my sons business "Stereo Integrity " www.stereointegrity.com

Then I got bit by fire ants causing my immune system to attack and Destroy 95 % of my nerves in my arms and legs so the nerves tells the muscles what to do so I lost about 70 % of the muscles in my arms and legs. I went from being a 58 year-old to a 95 year old physically. Had to quit working and died a quick financial death as I went 5 months with zero income. Within 4-5 months I couldn't open a bottle top, pick up a screw off of a table, unlock my car door. I had fall #32 last week, in the last 5 years.

As Forrest says, " It happens"