Retired U.S. Navy: 8 years as a Hospital Corpsman (Fleet Marine Force 4 years). 2-1/2 years as a Naval Reservist while in school fulltime. 12 years as a Deep Sea Diver/Engineers Aid with the Underwater Construction Team.
Last 13 years as a middle school Industrial Technology teacher.
I still don’t know what I want to do when I grow up!
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Finally_Mine_86_GT Member
Posts: 4809 From: Hyde Park, New York Registered: Sep 2006
Wait... we have to grow up? But, but but... i'm not ready!
If i were to type everything i do at my job i think most would faint. So i'll simplify it: Production support, engineering support, maintenance support, IT support, R&D support, Camera systems manager, Custom cabling, Process engineer (Laser microscopy), custom tool builder. This list is just to simplify it, it's actually a very long list. Basically I'm the guy that gets called whenever something needs to get done and on a time limit. Some call me a miracle worker. (i don't think so) Although i've never missed a deadline. think i would be personally devastated if i did. Job title: Miscellaneous but paid as a Production grunt. But my job is very lenient with me if i'm ever late (never) or take too long on lunch (common). they don't ride me at all. very relaxed (usually) Where?: some here know but i prefer not to blast it. Lets just say OLED's.
Past work, school, and hobby history: Built residential elevators, A.S.E. certified service tech (lapsed), associates degree in psychology but studied independently to a masters level, custom automotive, some C++ and visual basic, repair computers on the side, Restoring thinkpads, custom R/C (airbag systems, propane w/nitro implementation), woman's self defense teacher, Dad to two little boys (hardest job yet).
I've had a good run and love learning new things. Can't stop myself. Eventually i want to go back to automotive customizing and restoration just not in my cards i guess. it's the least stressful of the bunch. If i ever hit the lotto, you'll find me rebuilding cars every day till i die. That IS my idea of a vacation. Less brain work more physical. IMO
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timgray Because that is all a corvette is good for, parts for the fiero..
Materials engineer at an OEM supplier of suspension parts. Basically I run a lab and get paid for breaking stuff . Test data and reports are kind of a side effect; mainly I just like breaking stuff
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CoolBlue87GT Member
Posts: 8519 From: Punta Gorda, Florida, USA Registered: Apr 2001
I am a field foreman for a 5 million gallon per day wastewater plant(I do the same as everyone else but I get yelled at more than they do). The money is not bad and I get a lot of time off to play with my toys.
I am a field foreman for a 5 million gallon per day wastewater plant(I do the same as everyone else but I get yelled at more than they do). The money is not bad and I get a lot of time off to play with my toys.
Cool when I was in TN I built a set of skimmers I think they were called like 60' long for a sewage treatment plant, that and a whole bunch of huge water towers. interesting fact about those who see them on the sides of roads. We built them in a huge building with overhead rolling cranes and when it came time to ship them out we had to cut them up into peace’s small enough to ship on trucks. Then we went out and welded them back together at the sight. Fun, fun, fun.
I miss those days, hanging from the side of things high up in the air welding away.
Radiological Technologist with the Veterans Administration Hospital. Now that it's has politically correct to invest in the V.A healthcare system, over the past 10 years or so, I can show you body parts you didn't even know you had. Imaging technology these days is remarkable and I'm fortunate enough to use it to benefit fellow veterans.
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Posts: 11599 From: ~ Kansas City, USA Registered: Apr 2002
I've owned my own businesses since 1972, most of the time working as a systems designer, developer, and contractor/consultant on technical, scientific, and/or special-purpose computer systems. I've only worked as an employee for 15 months out of the last 40 years, and that was required as part of the sale of a business. It's been an interesting and varied career, and viewed in retrospect my client list looks pretty impressive. My "trick," if there was one, was to be able to apply my broad scientific and engineering background to understand and help solve my clients' problems. I don't yet consider myself retired, but most of my old clients seem to think I am. Then again, I have always aspired to help my clients become more self-sufficient, less dependent on my skills after I left than before I arrived.
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fierowitch Member
Posts: 716 From: 84fiero123's Caretaker Registered: Oct 2010
All of you smart guys are making me feel wholly inadequate.
it depends on your point of view, lol. i thought my profession wasnt "good enough" but everybody has thier own thing they do. and personally I love being a marine mechanic in florida.
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Toddster Member
Posts: 20871 From: Roswell, Georgia Registered: May 2001
Worked with the Navy right out of college, could give details but would have to kill you all afterwards. Started building homes and selling them after that. My clients and I do flippers, spec homes, and multi-residential property. I am a General Contractor, Electrician, Plumber, and Real Estate agent in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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bristowb Member
Posts: 745 From: douglasville,georgia,usa Registered: Oct 2009
Actually, I repair food equipment for entertainment concessions and sometimes manage departments and train newbies. Pocpcorn, Slush, Cotton Candy, Candy Apple, Fryers, Sno Kone...Mostly Elmeco, Bunn, Gold Medal or Cretors machines, but I'll dig into just about anything provided I have a parts supplier I can access.
and I dont know where you guys find the "nice" customers. Most of mine deserve a good sheetkicking just on prinicipal alone.....like the theater who called me New Years Day and said if he didnt get service within 2 hours he would find another source for service and product--oh, and he was only paying the normal rate and not a holidy or call-out premium. I really dont care if he had any luck find a new source, but 2 hours later I was still on my couch, sipping my 3rd beer. Azzhole.
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But my job is very lenient with me if i'm ever late (never) or take too long on lunch (common). they don't ride me at all. very relaxed (usually) 
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