What's Your Job?

[paynea]

I'm a chief architect for a series of internal research and development projects at a communication networks company. I'm no rocket scientist (that's different division) but have a few published papers and a couple patents (some awarded, some pending) to my name. It's interesting work, but nothing nearly as rewarding as my new dad role when I get home each evening, though.

[Tom Slick]

I'm the Facility Manager at an electric guitar manufacturer. I'm in charge of anything that needs to be fixed/maintained. I also spent 10 years in the USAF/ANG as a jet engine and turboprop mechanic. I worked on engines built by the company that advertises "Imagination at Work".

[meika123]

Rental property management, ie: a Landlord. Also known by many other names, hummmm.

Dave in NC

[dlerwick]

Apparentely I am a very small minority here. I am a rancher/farmer.

[dlminehart]

I'm a publishing systems specialist/manager/technician . . . meaning I select, install, configure, administer, and support the desktop and server, local and remote, hardware and software used in publishing magazines, newspapers, and, to an increasing extent, web sites. Previously worked as an economist, journalist, photographer, graphic arts cameraman, and typographer. With an MS in Energy & Resources from UC Berkeley, I'm looking into yet another career change, perhaps into management of energy efficiency program implementions.

[Tom Miller]

Well, I'm a research scientist (optoelectronic crystal growth) with a rocketry hobby. Is that close? No?

I'm currently helping each kid make their own rocket from scratch (Estes motor). My 8 year old daughter plans to have butterfly-shaped fins (think "Barbies in Space"). I bet there's not many rocketeers who resaw their own balsa for fins, and turn their own nose cones! Kind of a nice confluence of hobbies.

Any brain surgeons out there?

Regards,
Tom

[Doug Jones]

Currently on medical leave from an advertising firm for one of the big three auto makers, where I worked as an "Information Systems Analyst"

Steve

Let's see,, Toyota, Honda, or,,,,,

[scorrpio]

Software developer.

[atgcpaul]

I was a gene jockey in a molecular biology/bioinformatics lab at the
Salk Institute (polio vaccine guy) working with a model plant organism,
Arabidopsis. Stressful at times but I knew my stuff.

Now I'm at the NIH doing more engineering/programming things and the
core of the project is completely different from what I had been doing.
Only been here a few weeks but definitely feel like a fish out of water right
now. It's weird being the new guy. Also weird not being one of the guy's
in charge anymore. Didn't think I would miss that.

Paul

Cabinetman, good thread.

[KenBurris]

IBM mainframe operator/analyst - monitor jobs running at night for ones that don't work, fix some, call India if I can't fix 'em - that is, until my stroke- now on short term disability, and waiting to get denied for SS disability for the first time

[btompkins]

Certificate holding professional project manager. AKA, (PMP or Pimp as my friends call me)
Work for a large IT equipment mfg that focuses on data storage....disk drives.
Over 25 years in IT (Data Communications, Networking, System Programmer)

[charliex]

• After 4 years in the Navy and doing as little as possable, I took a 1 year 3 month vacation.
• Small engine repair. 3 months
• Auto parts,Auto Glass cutting, Installer. 2Y 7M
• Radio TV repair 3 Y
• Tractor cab glass installer, assembly, painter, metal fabrication, finishing, weldor. 5Y 3M
• Extruder operator (plastic) 1Y 1M.
• Injection machine operator (zinc), tool maker for Jostens Inc. 8Y
• Radio station engineer, office machine maintance, 9Y
• Web press operator, bindery scheduler, QA inspector 18Y
• Back to doing as little or as much as I want. Till death do me part. Unless there is something that LOML wants then that gets priority. Don't add the numbers because some of these jobs were part time till I knew I wanted to do it. The longest was the radio station engineer / office machine job. It was 6 years part time while I was at Jostens then it went down the tube in 4 years.
  
• Besides I have been a home owner for 40 years. So Plumbing, electial, construction, brick layer, siding & window installer, roofing, and fixing everything that breakes down... etc. Add nausum. I'm sure many of you are in the same place. Less of course you are only 25 then you'll catch up

[Stytooner]

Spent a little time in college. Long enough to know I didn't want a desk or office job of any kind. Did some managing though. Far too many titles to list, but most were or had maintenance in the title of either vehicles, machinery or facilities. Most memorable was first, the Army, then Shrimping in the Gulf-o-Mex for a while.
I am the proverbial Jack of all Trades and Master of none.

[tung tied]

Molecular virologist

Extremely small rockets?

[AAJIII]

First career: Auto mech, service manager, service station owner

Second: Insurance adjuster

Third and I hope final: Professional woodworker/custom furniture designer and builder

And the great part I am the boss.

Al