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Re: what does everybody do for a living (AtWork)
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2003 7:37 am
by MrDoopey
Quote, originally posted by AtWork »(rasermon) A trip to the US is not complete until a visit to the grocery store is made (and of course the liquor store) So true! They got double the selection of Hamburger Helper there (the best food on earth!), and they have deep dish H.Helper too! Even Chef-boy-ar-dee has a few deep-dish casserole dishes. I thought that stuff would only be in heaven!By the way, I am a CAD technician (draftsperson) who designs layouts for the temporary support structure used to hold up huge concrete slabs on high rises, while the concrete dries.
Re: what does everybody do for a living (MrDoopey)
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2003 7:53 am
by YoYo
I am a programmer for Atari, I work on XBox and PS/2 games.
Re: what does everybody do for a living (YoYo)
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2003 8:08 am
by champcaracing
been working on toyotas' now for 9 years, in service (started as a porter), also worked on gm, ford, dodge/chrsler ride and drives as a tech.
Re: what does everybody do for a living (champcaracing)
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2003 1:34 pm
by threekrows
I have many titles too,I get a lot of them from people on here,but the only one I can repeat on here is technician.I work on mostly electrical stuff,but end up with a wide variety of jobs.Almost ALL warranty(which GM pays me half of what it should)Anything but major engine or transmission work.ALL the vibes.Not only do I have to know about the vibe,but I have to know all the other pontiacs,buicks,chevy cars and trucks,cadillacs,oldsmobiles and gem golf carts.10+years in the biz.degree in mechanics(big whoop)
Re: what does everybody do for a living (threekrows)
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2003 9:15 pm
by Reynoma
There are some pretty interesting jobs out there. After scrolling through this thread, I guess I'm the only boring accountant. I've been thinking of making a move (I really want a crack at selling autos, but I'm too chicken to make the jump while the kids are still in daycare).
Re: what does everybody do for a living
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2003 9:52 pm
by millster
Guess I could post an update from my earlier post now that I'm actually employed. I'm a Systems Administrator for a community services organization here in Montana. The best part of it is that we have offices all over the state and since there are computers in all of them, I get to do a lot of travelling. Can't complain about a company funded drive through Glacier National Park for certain.
Re: what does everybody do for a living (millster)
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2003 10:17 pm
by Kangaroooski
I'm a Clinical Laboratory Scientist for St. Joesph Mercy Healthcare System. BS in Medical Technology with all sorts of initials after my name. I do body fluid analysis.
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2003 11:29 pm
by pmh013
I design farm equipment. I'm the head of engineering at a farm equipment manufacturer; and probably the only woman in the world in this type of position.Whatever the boys can do, girls can do too, but you can read it when we're done!
Re: (pmh013)
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2003 11:46 pm
by lawton23
Since I started the thread a few months ago I am now unemployed, the business folded and I am goin crazy at the house, it doesn't feel to good around Christmas time...
Re: (lawton23)
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2003 11:56 pm
by pwarren4
I work as a Planner / Scheduler / Toolmaker / Machinist at a large Tool & Die shop in Nashville, TN.The work is as fun as work can be I guess, since it stimulates creative thought - stress level gets to be extreme to much of the time though.The work load flip-flops between working towards impossible schedules or standing around with nothing to do worrying about losing your job.Does this scenario sound familiar to any of you?
Re: (lawton23)
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 12:15 am
by millster
Quote, originally posted by lawton23 »Since I started the thread a few months ago I am now unemployed, the business folded and I am goin crazy at the house, it doesn't feel to good around Christmas time...I'm sorry to hear that. I know what you mean about going crazy at home though. I recently spent 11 months unemployed (not by choice). I wish you a speedy return to the workforce, and all the best in these times. I hope everything works out for the best for you.
Re: (millster)
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 12:17 am
by drunkenmaxx
>oooh, child, things are gonna get easier,oooh, child, things'ill get brighter....
Re: (pwarren4)
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 12:36 am
by Kari
My dad's a machinist too and his schedule is the same way...either they want you to do everything in half the time or they want to lay you off.
Re: (Kari)
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 2:54 am
by Psychobroker
Professional Liability Insurance Broker (commercial/wholesale). No auto insurance or other personal lines here!Quote »Civil Engineer in California (not licensed yet)Let me know if you need insurance
Re: (Psychobroker)
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 7:04 am
by mwebb
I currently am a Full time Student at EMU (Eastern Michigan University) But I also have two jobs:I am a busser and a bar tender at Peasanos a restraunt in Ann ArborAnd I am also a part time project coordinator durring school and full time in the summer for a construction managment companyI am basically the buisest 20 year old i know
Re: what does everybody do for a living (lawton23)
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 10:43 am
by Merzbow
I work at a Golf Course Free Golf.
Re: (lawton23)
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 10:47 am
by Merzbow
Viel Gluck on finding a new job I hope it works out for the best.
Re: (pmh013)
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 2:23 pm
by fire_502
Quote, originally posted by pmh013 »I design farm equipment. I'm the head of engineering at a farm equipment manufacturer; and probably the only woman in the world in this type of position.Whatever the boys can do, girls can do too, but you can read it when we're done!Sweet. I just realized that I'm the only female curtain engineer in my building. We have two other girls in our group, but they are both working side airbag projects (seat mounted bags)..making me the only girl working on side curtains. I know I'm not the only one in the world though, but it's still pretty cool.
Re: (fire_502)
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 2:59 pm
by dsegundo
Damn...I'm a masters student and I need a full-time job...anybody know of anybody hiring? I got my undergrad in Marketing.
Re: (dsegundo)
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 11:45 pm
by redlava
Product placement engineer, for an educational materials publisher.Otherwise known as a shipping clerk
Re: (redlava)
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2003 11:47 pm
by Viben' round
well let's see i I have my BA in TV/Video Producton, I work for
http://www.gasmoneyfilms.com we just finished filming our first feature. Yeah that rocks! And for my paying job I am a full time Greenhouse Manager up here in Warwick, as well as trying to get my furniture thing off the ground.
Re: what does everybody do for a living (lawton23)
Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2003 5:39 am
by wicked1981
Work for company that makes most DVD's
http://www.Technicolor.com I work for the Paramount team and we make orders for DVD's and send them to Michigan, Tennessee, Canada, Walmart, to get distributed to Walmart, Target, Best Buy and other places for all of you to buy.
Re: (pwarren4)
Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2003 10:52 am
by YoYo
Quote, originally posted by pwarren4 »I work as a Planner / Scheduler / Toolmaker / Machinist at a large Tool & Die shop in Nashville, TN.....The work load flip-flops between working towards impossible schedules or standing around with nothing to do worrying about losing your job.Does this scenario sound familiar to any of you?Sounds just like the games industry.
Re: (YoYo)
Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2003 12:31 pm
by red
16 years as an employment specialist III at a big non-profit...i operate a food prep enclave that employs 5 individuals with varying mental and/or physical disabilities. I also handle fleet purchases and maintenance for the vocational division of said company.....and I teach safety driving classes to new and not so new employees...and I am now certified to repair/adjust various wheelchair lifts from Braun and Ricon...and I am overworked and underpaid ! LOL !
Re: (red)
Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2003 12:39 pm
by millster
Sounds like the company you work for is very similar to the one I work for.
Re: (fire_502)
Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 10:22 pm
by pmh013
Quote, originally posted by fire_502 »Sweet. I just realized that I'm the only female curtain engineer in my building. We have two other girls in our group, but they are both working side airbag projects (seat mounted bags)..making me the only girl working on side curtains. I know I'm not the only one in the world though, but it's still pretty cool. There's getting to be more & more women in engineering, but the numbers are climbing very slowly. I would assume that the automotive industry would be a leader in recruiting women, considering the number of advancements that come from that industry, you need all the brain power you can find.The ag industry is not the case (for hiring women, especially in engineering). I walk around trade shows that showcase farm equipment, and the only women I see are farmer's wives and women in front-line sales (not technical sales or engineering or such).And the fact that I was promoted to the head of the department at such a young age just makes it that much cooler. While there are benefits for working for a large company, the rise to the top of a small one is much quicker, as the "ladder" is pretty much a step stool.
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 12:57 am
by ou.grizzly
Currently out of commission due to chronic health issues and considering a change in careers which means going back to University. May pursue an Environmental Science Degree with an emphasis in Chemical Engineering. Much different field than my current degree in medicine.
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 1:36 am
by 09vGT
Full time student!! I hope I won't do this for a living.. it sure feels like it sometimes..
Re: (09vGT)
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 2:14 am
by VforVIBE
I'm a full time student as well as a cake decorator.
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 7:05 am
by futureviber
Way to bring this thread back from the dead!I'm an administrative assistant/office administrator at a mid size tax company.Most of the time I like it and it's the first job I've had that everyone likes each other and we all get along really great. February 1 - April 15 I can get all the overtime I want so that is awesome! Our office does over 1200 tax returns in the year and most of those (about 1000-1100) are during those two and a half months... I have to process every single one and do my regular work which keeps me busy by itself during off season. So I'm really really busy during tax season.This year we switched computer programs and our office was the pilot office - so the end of April I may be travelling to Illinois, Kentucky and California to train the other office administrators!!
Re: what does everybody do for a living (AKLGT)
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 9:51 am
by AKLGT
Quote, originally posted by AKLGT »Sales and Marketing exec for a medium sized company in AK. I set merchants up with credit card processing, electronic check conversion systems, accounts receivable collections, and check recovery. LOLZ...Let's see: now I pretend to work aka own my own business and pray one day soon I will make enough to get a real pay check. Until then, I work for free and play on the interwebs most hours of the long work days.
Re: what does everybody do for a living (lawton23)
Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 3:01 am
by ParknVibe
aArRcChHiItTeEcCtT
Re: what does everybody do for a living (AKLGT)
Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 3:22 am
by ponta2147
Quote, originally posted by AKLGT »LOLZ...Let's see: now I pretend to work aka own my own business and pray one day soon I will make enough to get a real pay check. Until then, I work for free and play on the interwebs most hours of the long work days.Me too, slightly different:I pretend to work aka own my own business and pray one day soon my clients will actually pay me for the months they owe me money. Until then, I work for free and play on the interwebs most hours of the long work days.
Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 9:09 am
by scherry2
nothing
Re: what does everybody do for a living (AKLGT)
Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 11:36 am
by star_deceiver
Planermill Maintenance Technitian #1 (Planerman)No... not this...About 8 tonnes more...
Re: what does everybody do for a living (cibomatto)
Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 1:26 pm
by Tubaryan12
Quote, originally posted by cibomatto »I hold a BM in Music Education/Euphonium Performance and I am currently employed by Uncle Sam working in the US Army as a musician.
Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 1:30 pm
by Tubaryan12
Sr. lab technician for Akzo Nobel packaging coatings R&D. We make the coating that's inside you food and beverage cans.
Re: (Tubaryan12)
Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 1:54 am
by areles
As little as possible, I'm retired!
Re: (areles)
Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 3:29 am
by imagigalow
Wow, holy old thread!! I'm in the Air Force as an EOD technician (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) which is basically bomb squad. We're the people that take care of the roadside bombs and IEDs (same thing). Robots, bomb suits and lots of blowing stuff up. It's pretty cool and I've got to go all over the world, unfortunately to Iraq/Afghanistan a few times. I actually had a story done on me while I was in Marjeh, Afghanistan
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35...asia/ I'm the one with the metal detector.
Re: (imagigalow)
Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 7:08 am
by Caretaker
All I can say is that I want Sheldon's job.In reality, as Caretaker, I watch over people like imagigalow to ensure they come home safe.
Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 11:27 am
by futureviber
Those of you in the Army, Navy, Marines, Airforce, National Guard & Coast Guard, Thank you for what you do!
Re: (futureviber)
Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2010 2:40 am
by BurnOnyx08
Quote, originally posted by futureviber »Those of you in the Army, Navy, Marines, Airforce, National Guard & Coast Guard, Thank you for what you do!Hey! Don't forget us boys-in-blue! Police Officer in the Nation's Capital, best job in the world!
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