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Started working in the family business of Tool & Die since I was about 9 till I was about 28, left and got into selling the equipment. Been a salesman in the industry for the past 16 years now, love the technology and amazing things people can make.
 
Started at age 10 working on farms making hay. After school I worked full time on a dairy farm until I got a job in a factory.
Found out real quick I didn't like that. Went to work as an auto body tech at several dealerships and auto body repairs shops, while doing custom paint work out of my own garage.
From there I went into construction until my back started going. Was going to a a fork lift driving job, by my employer felt I would be off staying with them in the office doing drawings and submittals, including negotiating material prices and orders and deliveries. Until I was laid off when the bottom fell out of the construction industry in 2008.
I was selling my wood working until I blew through my retirement fund in 3 years that took 30 years to save, and lost the house.
Now I just try and keep food on the table and roof over the head.
 
Wow, real life "Office Space"!

I do not envy you...

Is this what you really do all day?

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Hey, TPS reports are better than, well, this...

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New again to rocketry, did some back in 7th-9th grade, then found other activities to occupy my time. Have now found myself with more time on my hands and decided to try rockets again. Work is parts mgr for a Ford dealer, been doing this for 25 years or so.
 
I work for a textile company doing many things, but mainly customer support and logistics for our furniture fabric division.

I play music professionally on the side, primarily saxophone and some guitar work.

Good to see we have some real rocketmen here! Furthest I've gone in that profession is playing the song:p

"Cushy office job"

I work in a "Cube-Farm" in a high-rise office building.

I'm in the financial industry, answering questions and fixing issues with entries in our corporate database. Had this same job for the past 10 years.

WOW, no offense but that has to be the coldest most impersonal looking work place I have ever seen.
My sympathies.


Jazzviper, are you so sure about that?

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Haha, it's actually not that bad, only 15 or so people in the whole place, a warehouse I can go play in and the schedule is M-F, 9-5 with an hour lunch. Can't complain!
 
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Pharmacist for the last 19 years...still not sure what I want to do when I grow up.
 
I dispense Band-Aids out of the back of a truck.


Later!

--Coop
 
IT storage admin for a Fortune 50 global pharma company. I move petabytes worth of DNA sequencing, drug and chemistry data around the world on a daily basis.
 
I was a mechanical designer for just over a decade. Was a police officer for just over a decade. Part time stuff for a bit. Currently a Voice/Data/Video Installer. Taking 3 weeks off to harvest cranberries in northern Wisconsin. Still trying to decide what I'm going to do when I grow up.
 
I have 29 years in as an Air Traffic Controller for a major US Government. Sidenote: Hence my screen name. ZAU is where I work, Skycop is what I do..sorta.
 
I am currently a Research, Design, and Development Engineer (EE) for an oilfield services company. This is at least my 4th career. In a previous life, I was a missile tech in the Air Force working on SRAM & ALCM.
 
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I have been in I.T. since 1977. For the last 26 years, I've been with TransUnion (one of the 3 major consumer credit reporting agencies). I am an Enterprise Information Architect, responsible for database design, as well as master data and metadata management.

I used to work in one of those real-life cubicle farms as discussed above. But in 2011, I became one of the first employees in my company to telecommute full-time. My commute is a flight of stairs, and I spend my days in pajama pants and t-shirts.

Another benefit of working from a home office is the easy access to the adjacent workshop.:cool2:
 
Police Officer and also a teacher in the Criminal Justice program at a 2 year technical college.

Preston
 
I'm a "Research Leader, Discovery Chemistry" for a small pharma company. That means I manage the medicinal chemistry end of a preclinical research program, while also doing some drug metabolism and large scale production impurity identification and reference standard synthesis. I spend about 50% of my time doing reactions, and the other 50% wishing I was doing reactions.

Microbiologist ---> Application Specialist for a company ---> Project Manager ---> PM Team Leader ---> Marketing

Once you start down the dark path, forever will it determine your destiny.

PhD in Molecular Biology running a marketing team in Medicinal Chemistry/Chemical biology for a major life science company.


Glad to see some bio-nerds here, figured it'd be chock-full of engineers! I'm the head of the Global Support team focused on the assays used by pathologists to diagnose cancer for a leader in the industry. Cytotechnologist/Histologist by training.
 
Started providing to the Social Security fund as a McDonald's Crew Member in High School, in New Haven, IN.
After graduation I left for the USAF. I was a B-52H Crew Chief, then a B-2A Phase Maintenance Inspector, then a 1 year stint as a UH-1N/MH-60G Helicopter Flight Engineer-in-training, then back to the B-2A as a Flight Line Crew Chief - airsickness sucks!:puke:

After almost 9 years in the USAF, I was medically discharged (but not for airsickness). I didn't want to turn wrenches anymore, but I couldn't get away from aviation, so I went to work for an FBO in Moss Point, MS. I was with them for almost 8 years when Hurricane Katrina hit. Then I went to work as the Fuels Manager for an FBO in Groton, CT. I was only there for about 8 months and found myself homesick for the Gulf Coast - I'd never been homesick in my life - so I moved back to MS and my previous employer, who promptly made me Division Manager :wink:. After a year, the previous manager bought the division from the owner and I was demoted :facepalm:.

I decided to move on yet again. This time I went to work for one of the "Big 3" offshore helicopter companies doing Customer Service work. High stress, crappy pay, great schedule! Seven days on, seven days off! We have several bases from Mobile, AL, to Galveston, TX. I did a year in Port Fourchon, LA, four months in Lake Charles, LA, about 8 months in Venice, LA, and the last 7+ years in Houma, LA. But the best part is that a little over a year ago, we expanded our Houma Base and I got a new position as a Ground Control Specialist working in a corner office on the second floor all by myself - save the gentleman that works opposite of my schedule! My job is somewhat similar to Ground Traffic Control at larger airports, except that I only coordinate the movement of our aircraft while they're in the non-movement area of our base on the Houma-Terribonne Airport. It's not an FAA licensed position, so I have no certification - just years of experience from my military and civilian FBO days.

Life ain't too bad now. It could be worse, and it has been at times. I really feel for the people who've watched their life savings go down the drain or have been laid off and then struggle to find meaningful employment. Sometimes I think I really screwed up by not finishing a college degree, and then other times I feel like it might have been a hindrance to have one. Either way, I feel fortunate now to at least have work that I enjoy with a little play money left over every month.
 
I’m an estimator/salesperson at a commercial HVAC company.

I occasionally have to remind coworkers that I’m an estimator, not an exactimator. TRF is the only place I get to be an exactimator, and even then it’s in name only.
 
Service Manager for a heating and air conditioning company. Worked as an HVAC service technician for 20 years before that.
 
Service Manager for a heating and air conditioning company. Worked as an HVAC service technician for 20 years before that.

So you're the guy to see when we decide to drop the third shipping container on top of the existing two for an air-conditioned clubhouse!
 
So you're the guy to see when we decide to drop the third shipping container on top of the existing two for an air-conditioned clubhouse!

As long as I can secure a cot if ever my Wildman Hotel has a "no vacancy" sign hanging in the window
 
High school Language Arts teacher.
Currently teaching all seniors: AP literature, English 12, and Capstone (like senior project). I've taught every grade 6-12, from remedial reading to philosophy. Speech, debate, writing, etc. Anything language arts. Been coaching chess every year as well. ACT prep tutor as well.
To pay the bills, I've worked second jobs from pizza chef to video store clerk. Finally finished my masters a few years back so now second jobs are optional.
Maybe someday I'll get my dream job and write speeches for a politician I believe in......
 
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