What do you do?? (1 Viewer)

[shawn15p]

Registered Respiratory Therapist is my license, but my current job title is Lung Transplant Coordinator........It is a exhausting but fulfilling career.

 

[iballman]

Product/Project Management

 

[Forest@Farmington]

IT Project Manager at a global company. There are days it is great and days I wish I did something else.

 

[David O]

If you really enjoy your job then you never work a day in your life!

 

[krafticus]

If you really enjoy your job then you never work a day in your life!

I that case, I've been working since I've been 16, and have no end in sight
:-(

 

[abby99]

As of this month (January 2017), nothing.

That is, nothing that I get paid for.

 

[pltrgyst]

As of this month (January 2017), nothing.

Congrats, Marsha! My wife finally cut the cord after we returned from France in November. It's liberating!
:

 

[Kain8]

Cashier for a year.

Call centre rep for 2 years.

Legal Assistant for 6 months.

Casino dealer / supervisor for 3 and a half years.

Now I'm an insurance broker for the last 7 years, selling mainly house, car, and condo building policies. It's not glamourous but it pays the bills!

 

[abby99]

Congrats, Marsha! My wife finally cut the cord after we returned from France in November. It's liberating!
:

Thanks, Larry. I recall reading that she was reluctant. As for me, I'll be spending the next couple of months house hunting, packing, moving, and getting myself established in Iowa. After that, I'll be free as a bird. Very much looking forward to life as a retiree.

 

[Puggy]

Sales Manager for 21 years. At some point I was Sales Director and Director, but I downshifted back. Greatest decision ever.

 

[OklahomaBill]

Photocopier repair man. 30 years now.

 

[Mesnik44]

Well as of Dec12th, I'm back in the game. I'm an IT Consultant for a global company. Right now I specialize in supporting Wireless Networking at RV parks in the US. I also support 4 companies without IT staff onsite.

So happy to be back making a living, and enjoying what I do.

 

[BukNaked36]

Mechanical Engineer for 25 years primarily working in product development. A couple of samples below of my work - my daughter is in the swing

 

[RowdyRawhide]

10-16 worked in family farm
16-18 hired hand at another farm (better pay plus dad and grandpa had my 3 younger brothers)
College years:
clothing store employee at a couple different places
sorority dishwasher
Parking monitor at University of Kansas
Custom wheat harvesting crew
assembly line welder for Ag implement company (I love to weld but not the same little shit every day, kudos to those that do)
used furniture sales (don't ask)
Constructon crew
Chiropractic college: worked at a library to help inner city kids with homework after school in KC metro area
Chiropractor/Cabelas employee for 5 years (sales in marine accessories and hunting gear, also worked as installer in the boat shop for electronics)
Mister Mom/Trophy Husband for 8 yrs
finally getting back into Chiropractic

@BukNaked36 when I worked at Cabelas I sold, installed, and did warranty work on Minn Kota trolling motors

 

[dennis63]

Lots of jobs in high school and college -- janitor, busboy, dishwasher, college stadium hot dog vendor, construction.
Writer for a mid-sized city's daily newspaper (1980s)
Police officer and detective (25 years through retirement in 2015)

Now working part time as a test proctor at a university (20 hours / week) consulting for government and law enforcement (logistical support for grants, studies, case prep), and running an online casino chip and supply business every day.

But my wife thinks I'm retired and up to no good. She's half right.

 

[Chicken Rob]

Psychometrician.

 

[Blaster]

Psychometrician.

 

[Chicken Rob]

That was pretty awesome.

My band was invited to play at NCME in Denver in 2010. We were asked to do some parody material. We covered that song as Psychometrics. I think our version was better, but I'll admit it had a more limited audience.

 

[pltrgyst]

.... I recall reading that she was reluctant....

Wouldn't you know, as soon as I typed that, she spent two hours this morning on the phone with her *second* successor, helping her out. The first one was canned after a month...

I limited my post-retirement contact with my former co-workers to occasional lunches and poker games -- no work discussion at all, except to laugh at their tales. It worked out well.

At least I didn't have to run away to Iowa to get away from it all! I mean, I like corn as much as the next guy, but still...

 

[pltrgyst]

sorority dishwasher....

Is that a euphemism? Please elaborate!

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.... work on Minn Kota trolling motors

Great resume material for a job in Facebook support.

 

[RowdyRawhide]

Is that a euphemism? Please elaborate!

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Great resume material for a job in Facebook support.

When I was a freshman and sophomore in college, I washed dishes after in house meals at a sorority, a gig that had ulterior motives, that for the most part did not pan out. It was not quite as glamorous as being a waiter, those boys got more face time with the ladies while working.....

 

[Gunnar]

lets bump this thread

17, computer store fixing computer
18, started my own import company on the side selling pokerstuff
20, System Administrator for Vodafone Iceland
22, System Administrator for rent for companies
22, made my company bigger by also starting a online toy store
22 - present. Work for Securitas, fixing and setting up Security systems, I have worked in prison systems and other high end stuff

 

[v1pe]

Fun thread to read through.

High School and College:
- Car detailing
- Combine driver/farmhand
- Pizza shop
- Barista

Graduated:
- Project Manager
- Manufacturing Engineer (Aerospace)

 

[ejot]

I spent eight years doing mechanical design, product development, and field service for a very small manufacturer of semiconductor equipment.

The last two years I've been a project manager and programmer for a manufacturer of industrial robots with applications in a wide array of industries - everything from fuel cell / aerospace / microelectronics / biomedical ... to ... sliced deli meats and medical cannabis.

 

[mashoo]

I work for a Canadian airline. Been with them for 5.5 years now. Has its perks and I have been on approximately 150(?) or so flights. I have traveled all across Canada, the U.S., Mexico, Dominican republic, Jamaica, Turks and Caicos, Aruba, south Korea, Iceland and Australia.

Going to be flying to Tahiti and New Zealand for my honeymoon next year.

 

[colter ripton]

I'm a marine engineer.

I have worked all over the world on different types of ships.

Currently sailing on the great lakes on an ore carrier.

I like the work and the time off. (I usually ship about 6 months a year)

The time away always suck though. I hope to be done sailing in 5 or so years and open my own business.

 

[legend672]

I'm a marine engineer.

I have worked all over the world on different types of ships.

Currently sailing on the great lakes on an ore carrier.

I like the work and the time off. (I usually ship about 6 months a year)

The time away always suck though. I hope to be done sailing in 5 or so years and open my own business.

Do you guys carry a load of iron ore weighing 26 tons?

 

[colter ripton]

Do you guys carry a load of iron ore weighing 26 tons?

We carry about 60,000 tons.

And yes, I get that you are quoting the song. Lol and its 26,000 tons not 26.

 

[Slick51o]

1. Cost plus sales associate
2. Safeway couresty clerk
3. House painter
4. Mechanic assistant - servicing fleet vehicle for a construction company
5. Candy bin stocker/order for some grocery stores
6. Paralegal for awhile and finally went to law school a night
7. Attorney

Now I have been an attorney for the last 4 years and practice personal injury and workers comp

 

[GIANTDustySquid]

Prison guard :