What do you do for a living? or a Klondike bar

[Dacabeti]

I know there is an introduction thread, which helps the older people get to know the newer people, but I don't want to rad through a few years of back post. SO I thought I'd ask here. I hope I'm not breaking the rules.


After I got out of the Army I went to school to be an Electronic Engineer. For years I worked for the largest Biomedical device Company in the World. I worked mainly with DNA sequencing and Genomics. I have helped some of the foremost authorities get published. I did design work for about 4 months before I realized I hated it. I soon went out to the field. I worked my way up the ladder to being the Region Field Service Manager before leaving for a Japanese Company in MN. I am currently the Director of International Field Service for Central, South, and North America. I work for a subsidiary of Fujitsu that specializes in Electronic Kiosk. 1 of every 3 kiosk in the world is a PFU kiosk. We are currently working on a small start-up called Digiboo.

[Johnny Yuma]

A Klondike bar ??? Hell no !!!

I'm a Schwans food salesman !!!  Got my own ice cream !   
http://www.schwans.com/

Grew up on a dairy farm and milked cows until 2004
drove truck OTR for a year
Went to work for Schwans Food in 06 , and been there ever since , other than a short stint as a Ford/Lincoln car sales ..
Ran my own gun shop , specializing in "Assault Weapons"  , until the first AWB ...

[Freeper]

I work for Vandaly Industries as an Importer and Exporter and I have a part time gig as a back up Chippendale's dancer. Haven't got any calls for that gig yet though. 

Sadly my real job is much less interesting, I am a Groundskeeper/ Maintenance tech/ anything under the sun that needs done guy at an apartment complex.

 

[Jasonw560]

I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate,
A poet, a pawn and a king. 

I am a rhythm analysis technician at a local hospital. I sit in a room for 12 hours and watch heart rhyhms, and make sure no one dies. I'll have been here 5 years next month.

Before that, I was a paramedic for about 8 years.

Before that, did a myriad of jobs.

[Airwolf]

Not working right now but looking. I have worked retail for a few years after I got out of the Army between 1989 and 1999. Then worked at a local recreation center that was co located with my National Guard unit for two years 1999 to 2001. Then I worked for the guard for a time off and on till I got hired to work as a security guard in 2003 for a condo filled with rich people in Omaha and then I got fired along with all the others that had worked there for years because the new building manager was an idiot and didn't want any of us around and replaced all of us with friends of his.

Then I went to work for a security company for over seven years 2004 to 2012 I left them to find a new job and worked in training for a day for ESPN customer service got sick while training and they fired me. Them I went to work selling insurance and started out ok but the sales were not enough so after 5 weeks I got fired from that job. I didn't mind because It' wasn't a career I cared for and it wasn't easy to do. So now I'm out looking for a new job.

[chitownchica]

I'm a demo dolly at a software company. My title is pre-sales systems engineer. I'm in no way an engineer.  My job is to handle the technical part of a sale (demos, RFPs, technical questions, proof of concepts, etc).

[Celtic Rose]

I was a paralegal at a corporate immigration law firm for about 5 years.  Last May I quit that job to go back to school, and I recently graduated with a Bachelor of Science in nursing and I will be starting work as an ICU nurse as soon as my Washington State license comes through 

[Chris_]

IT pincushion/punching bag and handholder of people who are better off with rocks and sticks than a computer.  I support our national distribution network in addition to two offices and a service garage in my immediate area.  I'm a busy guy.

[Dacabeti]

A Klondike bar ??? Hell no !!!

I'm a Schwans food salesman !!!  Got my own ice cream !   
http://www.schwans.com/

Grew up on a dairy farm and milked cows until 2004
drove truck OTR for a year
Went to work for Schwans Food in 06 , and been there ever since , other than a short stint as a Ford/Lincoln car sales ..
Ran my own gun shop , specializing in "Assault Weapons"  , until the first AWB ...

I have not ever purchased from Shwans, but I could see a truck arose nd here every now and then. Maybe I should.

[thundley4]

I rewind electric motors, big and small, single phase, three phase and DC.

[Dacabeti]

I work for Vandaly Industries as an Importer and Exporter and I have a part time gig as a back up Chippendale's dancer. Haven't got any calls for that gig yet though. 

Sadly my real job is much less interesting, I am a Groundskeeper/ Maintenance tech/ anything under the sun that needs done guy at an apartment complex.

 

George?

Before I joined the army I worked as a groundskeepers at UC Davis.

[Johnny Yuma]

I have not ever purchased from Shwans, but I could see a truck arose nd here every now and then. Maybe I should.

Our home base is up there in Marshall , MN ... I know we blanket that state   

[Dacabeti]

I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate,
A poet, a pawn and a king. 

I am a rhythm analysis technician at a local hospital. I sit in a room for 12 hours and watch heart rhyhms, and make sure no one dies. I'll have been here 5 years next month.

Before that, I was a paramedic for about 8 years.

Before that, did a myriad of jobs.

What monitors do you work with? I designed a board for the Philips MP50.

[DefiantSix]

I started my career, lo these many years ago, as an apprentice draftsman. 25 years, one degree and 4 states later, I'm a mechanical and piping systems designer for an industrial engineering firm that supports the region's mines and oil & gas production fields.  In between I have worked as a (civilian) shipwright for the US Navy, done 5 years as a Manufacturing/Engineering Liaison for Boeing, and owned and operated my own freelance engineering support business.

It's been a helluva ride. 

[seahorse513]

For the past 9 years, I have worked at Walmart. . This is my fourth store and I have done 2 remodels . Before that, i did data entry for 3 3rd party insurance companies, and worked 13 years in the banking industry.

[J P Sousa]

I went to school to be an electronic engineer but hated math and chemistry, so I thought I would see how many jobs I could do in a lifetime.    

I had jobs fixing everything from TV's to computers and computer games (one place distributed casino type games for bars...I was told they were not for gambling  ), money sorting machines, etc,.

Got involved in politics, had political jobs in various county departments, ran for township and county office's, I found out politicians don't take kindly to people with their own mind.  

Then I decided, as I was aging, to get a job with lots of exercise so I became a mailman.

My wife in the mean time ran afoul of office politics in her career so was booted by some male chauvinists and started her own business which we currently operate (20 years now) to the dismay of DUmmies.  

BTW: I'm semi-retired.
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[Chris_]

My wife in the mean time ran afoul of office politics in her career so was booted by some male chauvinists and started her own business which we currently operate (20 years now) to the dismay of DUmmies. 
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She does drug testing?

[Undies]

I am retired for health reasons.  I'm not carbon-datable yet, but getting there.

My background is in accounting.  I stayed with it about twenty years too long.

In my other life, way long time ago, I was in the music field.  I was too grounded in reality for showbiz, tho.

Thanks for asking.  It helps keep my memory on its toes.

[NHSparky]

12 years in the Navy (nuclear power, submarines, electronics tech), then got out and worked as a Test Technician/Technical Specialist for Southern California Edison for 7 years.  After that, got sick of CA and came to NH where I work as a Senior Relay Technician at a nuclear power plant.  Been doing that for 6 1/2 years now.

If people ask me what I do, it's one of those jobs nobody notices until I don't do it, or do it wrong.

[Big Dog]

I work for the Dept of the Army, managing disability evaluation cases and counseling Soldiers going through the process. Before I went to work for DA (in reverse order, with some overlap), I caught dirty doctors for Medicare, was an investigator for a law firm, a paramedic, a lawman (spent some of that time working drug enforcement), and a Soldier. I was a flight medic and medical NCO in a Cavalry squadron.

[DumbAss Tanker]

I'm retired.  Over the space of the past forty years or so, I was variously an engineering student, a criminology student, an M60-series tank Soldier and NCO, an infantry drill sergeant, a law student (JD cum laude) with a couple of other graduate degrees, an Army officer (Colonel at retirement), an attorney (Latterly working in military administrative law, federal employment law, and environmental law), gun nut, homesteader, and artist working in graphics and metal.  I speak passable German, can read your basic "Poster" Russian but can't process it fast enough to have a conversation in Russian anymore due to a long lack of practice, and have a tiny smattering of Spanish and Arabic.

Oh yeah...and I'm one of those rural, ignorant, uncultured gun-toting hicks the DUmmies look so far down on from their lofty perches.

[IassaFTots]

Ah....well, I am a Benefits Specialist for a security company.  I am that wicked little harridan that forces everyone to enroll in benefits they don't want, and can't afford, simply to turn around and tell you I can't help you with any of your benefit issues, thanks to HIPAA, of course.  I spend all my days learning about laws that never go into effect, and answering questions you shouldn't even have to ask.  At times, I may be called in to help you with a life insurance claim, or a 401K rollover, but mostly I am strangled by the paperwork that consumes my field. 

Fell into it over 20 years ago, and I am good at it, so I stay. 

[longview]

I'm an occupational therapist and run a rehab department.  I also run a few cows in my home area.  In the summers I moonlight as a polo groom/exercise rider, and in the winter I do light repairs on rentals for friends and day work on local ranches in my spare time. 

[debk]

I too, am in the 40+ yr work time...  

Currently I'm a Realtor and have been for the last 16 yrs. 5.5 spent in new construction( which involved floor plan and interior design, and working with finishings for specific buyers), 5.5 selling foreclosures (and doing the entire process from the day after the bank gets it back on the courthouse steps) for the last 2 yrs, I evaluate property for major lenders (BofA, Chase, Citi, Wells, Fannie& Freddie among others) for preforeclosure, short sale, foreclosure, removal of PMI or loan modification and some on insurance paid damage repairs. I do drive bys - exteriors - and interiors, both of which if there are damages, I have to determine how much it will cost to bring the house/site to average and market price over a 6month period. I also have worked with investors for the last 10 yrs, for both flipping and rental properties. And close to 300 hours of continuing ed in real estate.  

I am also a Customer Care Agent for Jewelry Television. Which is a glorified title for selling jewelry over the phone.

I do the billing for the other half's company, and I'm trying to figure out a way to turn my love for dessert making into a consistent way of making money.

Spent 15 yrs as a very active community volunteer. On the Board of Directors of several organizations: City Ballet, Junior League, Art Gallery, AGAPE(halfway house program for women with alcohol/drug addictions), Florence Crittendon (home for unwed mothers), my kids' elementary school PTA Board, Church womens' group. Also was an active participant in the Symphony League, Knox Medical Association Wives, ran the elementary school clinic for 3-4 years, home room mom for both kids and a soccer/dance school mom.

Have one of those totally useless degrees that y'all make fun of.    BA in sociology with a concentration in criminal justice, minors in Psych and Anthropology, 1 class short of minors in English and History. Not worth the paper it's printed on, but I'm great at Trivia games.  

[Splashdown]

High school English teacher

I teach 10th and 11th grade

English II, 20th Century Literature, and British Literature.

On weekends, I'm an adjunct professor at a community college.

I also do SAT tutoring for the verbal sections.