What do YOU do for a living...

Logan

Logan

North Texas Marauder Member
It's been a while since one of these threads has shown up around here and they're always an interesting read (at least to me, anyway)...

I think it adds perspective to the many unseen faces and the daily lives behind those faces.

With that, me first!

I work at Dell, as a Technology Strategist, with a speciality in Data Management. Cool company to work for, great benefits and a moderate amount of travel involved to some cool locations like Malaysia, Ireland, China, Japan, France, and alot of domestic travel... I spend alot of time in Silicon Valley...

..best of all, it funds my Horsepower Habit and let's us live in Austin, TX!!
 
Interesting Logan,


I didn't know that about you.....

as for me, I'm just a plain ole aircraft mechanic. I turn wrenches to build-up the transmission gearbox housings as well as various other drivetrain parts on the Blackhawk helicopters. Been doing that for 26 years now. It's a decent living, and it has funded my S/Ced daily driven Marauder, and is now funding my high HP 70 Chevelle restoration too.
 
Worked for Vons grocery co. for 32yrs. Semi retired. Own and operate my
own window cleaning and pressure washing business. Love being able to set
my own hours.
 
Sell insurance to the Marine and Oil business.

Several of my clients have been and are pioneers in the business. I have designed parts of the insurance program for several fortune 500 companies, including being thanked personally by the Chariman of one of the largest oil companies in the world.

One of my clients is a "Coon Ass" tug boat owner who is also an amateur astronomer, he is sending pictures
(at their request) of the sun to the National Observatory.

Started my own firm with a partner in February. Hope to have our first checks come in in August.:D
 
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Inbound dockworker w/ CDL for UPS Freight (formerly Overnite Transportation Co.). Been there 5 1/2 years & work 3:30AM to noon Monday thru Friday.
 
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After working at dealerships for 15 years, I quit, and took a year off.

I now own an insurance agency in Venice. A decent living, and I'm my own boss.
 
Billy...After our visit with the B-26 Marauder rebuild in Canton OH, there's noting plain or old about building and repairing aircraft.

Me...Plain and old cop, Sergeant in case you didn't figure that out. Presently, I'm the C/O of the Field Services Section, a LEO version of a Help Desk for front line enforcement and detective units. Once a field officer dumps a warm body in a lock-up or hospital anywhere in the city, his butt belongs to us for processing and transportation to a scheduled probable cause hearing. After that, the county jail. We also process lost/missing persons.

We handle everything from identification by fingerprints, collecting outstanding warrants, stops, update of criminal history and photos, as well as a communications center between all CPD divisions, and contacts with other LEO agencies throughout the world on secure networks. Six languages on tap 24/7 too. We also process seized/recovered property such as stolen gun and automobiles, Latent (crime scene) prints and video, and regulate private tow/repossession activity inside the city limits. In essence, there's not one person in CPD custody anywhere, that doesn't come across one of my desks.

I'm also a sidedrummer in the Department's bagpipe band, but presently on LOA from those duties.
 
I'm one of those 'overpaid' UAW workers that builds Expeditions and Navigators at Ford's Michigan Truck Plant. Been there 9.5 yrs and it has been a good living, different than my last job(Optician and lab tech at LensCrafters and Pearle Vision).
 
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Billy...After our visit with the B-26 Marauder rebuild in Canton OH, there's noting plain or old about building and repairing aircraft.
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I hear ya Mac. Sounds like you had a good time seeing that flying Marauder. I guess I said it that way, because I meet so many people now who when asked what they do for a living, they mention one of those fancy job titles that I haven't any idea as to what they're talking about. Two of my nephews, and my niece are like that. If you asked me what they do, I couldn't even tell you. Fortunately, there are still guys like you and me around who have job titles that can be understood. :D
 
I am an engineering manager for St. Jude Medical. As part of the R&D group we design, devolp and build new catheter platforms/technologies for the Electrophysiologist to treat various cardiac arrythmias.

It is a really cool job/position; I get to travel domestically and internationally, work with Drs on new technologies and build stuff in the lab.

Currently I have a project to use MR scanners for interventional procedures. Basically we are trying to use the MR instead of X-ray. It involves doing lots of material research and working with some high powered brainiacs. The "best" part is that it is truly leading edge; we are breaking new ground every month. I am part of a team that is writing scientific papers and thinking up cool stuff that might become part of patent applications.

jeremy
 
Retired LEO, 31 years, 23 years in Indy, the rest for the State of Florida, now working as a Marina manager in Southwest florida, and enjoying every minute of it. Except for the hurricanes !!!
 
I am in the financial business. I check my bank statements each and every month in an exhausting effort to make sure that my Social Security, pension and annuity checks are direct deposited and review my investment portfolio without fail every 6 months for 5 whole minutes. I am burned out from this so the rest of the time I play golf and play Marauder, all the while making sure that the fair Penelope is busting her azz in the kitchen. I used to check that the pay checks got deposited every week but I have been promoted, so; please keep the economy growing. thanks Dennis:beer:
 
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I work for the CIA. I have this aluminum foil helmet so the Queen of England can't put thoughts in my head. I can't tell you where i am because the black helicopters are looking for me.

I have direct contact with Charlie Sheen who knows the US government commited the 9/11 acts. And lastly I think I know who the grassy knoll gunmen is. my plate is full

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hey anyone seen my medicine?
 
I am a fulltime Firefighter/EMT in the hometown of the Mayo Clinic.Prior to that I was a parts mgr. at a LM/Chrysler,Plymouth,Dodge dealership.
 
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I'm retired from the Military, (Army), and I'm a Gulf War Veteran.
I served 20-1/2 yrs. in the Army.

I now work for WaltRich Plastic Corporation here in Georgia as an Extruder Operator.

We manufacture monofilament yarns made from various resins, Polypropylene, Polyethylene, we can process several different resins in almost any color and various sizes.

We weave our monofilament yarns into narrow fabrics such as lawn chair webbing, binding tape, barricade tapes, and other specialty products.

We have customers internationally, as well as domestically.

That's all Folks.:bandit:
 
I'm an Engineer, work on Cyclotrons. They are particle accelerators used to produce radioisotopes which are processed into radiopharmaceuticals used in nuclear medicine procedures, specifically PET (Positron Emission Tomography) scans. These procedures are primarily used for diagnosing and planning the treatment for cancer patients but can also be used for numerous other diseases.

These days I do less hands-on work with the machines, instead I'm working with organizing and planning expansion facilities and business/service arangemnts.
 
Self employed consultant in the food industry. Downside of having an office at home is that I don't have a daily commute in my DTR.
 
i work in the shipping dept for a u s based subsidiary of a japanese company called "Toray" . we make bi-axially oriented polypropelene film aka base film for chip bags and cookie wrappers and the like. very interesting process from resin pellet to 3500lb roll of finished product.... not a bad gig. decent pay,
great benefits, very little boss hassle. as with a lot of other companies, we have a full time skeleton crew, so the sky is the limit as far as what you want to work for hours as there is always something that needs done!!!
 
I'm a big bossman...

I inspect Railroad freight cars and repair them. Hired in 1977, I'm called a journeyman Carman. We are considered to be mechanics in the Mechanical department.

We (as a trade) weld and/or bolt/rivet steel, jackup 100 Ton (or more) loaded cars, and work 24/7, 365 days a year.

In a way, I like to think of myself as an agent of the US Government. We are the frontline workers for spotting defects in cars that can cause a derailment. We "bad order" defective cars that violate Federal Railroad Administration rules for the safe transportation of freight.

The railroads are considered vital to national security and can be nationalized in time of war. Like the air traffic controllers, if we strike and refuse to go back to work, we can be fired by the President of the USA.
 
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