What kind of job do you have?

[signguy2108]

I have wondered about this for a while. I see a lot of extremely talented and knowledgable people on this forum and just wondering if that's being put to use in the real world ( and I assume for some, this might be the real world). I've been disabled for about 10 yrs now, but still do a little body and paint work, and a small amount of sign work from time to time, other than that pretty much just sit around and watch the buzzards hover over me!  I know a few who probably can't go into detail, but i'm just wondering... and their seems to be a few with fulltime jobs, but seem to be here 24/7.    And Harry, this may be in the wrong place, if so will you move it..

[High octane]

What kind of job do I have? Let's see as I do some house cleaning, some laundry, some cooking, take out the garbage & recyclables, trim bushes & trees, mow the lawn, shovel and plow the snow, put up and take down the deck furniture, take my better half shopping sometimes, go to the post office, pay the bills, hire outside help at times, water the lawn, work at a local food pantry, and I'm sure I can come up with 6 - 12 more items as well as I also wash windows too. Thank God I'm retired so I have time to do all this stuff.

[signguy2108]

Nick, I was kidding about the buzzards. I stay so busy with things around the house, I wonder how I managed to have a have a paying job. And the wife-shopping thing, I got fired from that job a long time ago!

[StevenGuthmiller]

I was a drywall sub-contractor for 25 years.

Now I drive a delivery van full time for a Midwest grocery store chain.

Believe it or not, it's a lot of work!

But the perk is, I get some tips which I can spend on model stuff!

 

Steve

[JTalmage]

I work in I.T.  Mostly project coordination and phone support. I hate it but it pays the bills better than when I worked at auto parts stores making minimum wage.. Although I really enjoyed being a delivery driver for auto parts. 

I am self taught in welding/fab, mechanics, and bodywork/paint though. I don't claim to be a pro, but I consider myself good at it. Plus I have an eye for detail. 

[Lizard Racing]

I just retired from a 30-year career as an Aerospace engineer.  Now I clean up after the wife and work 2 days a week as a church missionary.  I seem to be busier now than when I was working!

[Daddyfink]

So, why do we have three threads asking for job info? 

[pharoah]

What kind of job do I have? Let's see as I do some house cleaning, some laundry, some cooking, take out the garbage & recyclables, trim bushes & trees, mow the lawn, shovel and plow the snow, put up and take down the deck furniture, take my better half shopping sometimes, go to the post office, pay the bills, hire outside help at times, water the lawn, work at a local food pantry, and I'm sure I can come up with 6 - 12 more items as well as I also wash windows too. Thank God I'm retired so I have time to do all this stuff.

The same here Nick,except for the part about the better half.

[gtx6970]

Auto tech (in my garage.) i also Restore classic  cars. 

 

Summer months i work at the local airport in the grounds dept 

[signguy2108]

So, why do we have three threads asking for job info?

It's what happens when u hit the submit button 3 times, Harry took care of it!! sorry

[Luc Janssens]

Been in the automotive mfr biz for about 20 years, the better part in pilot (building prototype and pilot vehicles at R&D and then translating the whole shebang into a line jobs at the production plant.

the later years I was in quality assurance, guarding quality and policing QC.

Now I'm a heating technician, which was a serious career change, but what else can one do, when the big automotive manufacturers pull out of Belgium....

[Jantrix]

Aerospace computer technician. Although that may be changing soon.

[cowboy rich]

I'm probably one of the ones that appears to be on here 24/7. I do supermarket refrigeration and between the new stores, remodeling existing, and service calls I'm all over the map and clock.

[crazyjim]

Used to be an acquisition engineer (buyer/purchasing agent) until I retired in 2001.

[cobraman]

Retired and I'm good at it ! ; )

[StevenGuthmiller]

Retired and I'm good at it ! ; )

I'm still waiting for an opening.

I have my application in!

I think I'll excel in that role as well. 

 

Steve

[GT4494]

Aerospace (Defense). If I tell you more I'd have to shoot you.

Edited August 24, 2016 by GT4494

[Petetrucker07]

Truck Driver. Here Iam delivering a load to a community park in South San Francisco. Special kind of baseball field mix material is what I brought up from near San Diego. It baffles me at times how far people are willing to transport "special" dirt.

Edited August 24, 2016 by Petetrucker07

[mikemodeler]

I work in the automotive aftermarket parts business, and have for over 30 years. Make sales calls on repair facilities and have fun doing it! Finally have a job where I am home every night and now that my kids are off to college, I am looking forward to getting to the bench for some much needed building time!

[Joe Handley]

I was in retail for just shy of 24 years until my last job came to an end, ended up getting hired at TruGreen as an Outdoor Sales Rep for the last month and now am in  the process of switching over to a customer service rep, pay isn't quite as good as the sale rep, but it's less physical work, and still better paying than any of the retail jobs I've had.

[russosborne]

currently unemployed (not by choice). Over 20 years as an electronic technician, mainly working on RF stuff.

Have a pending job offer to become an entry level jet engine assembler. Assuming all the background stuff is good, which it is unless someone mistakes me for someone else with the same name.

Russ

[Ace-Garageguy]

I've spent most of my professional 40+ years designing, building, restoring, modifying, and race-prepping cars. I've owned my own shops, resto-body and mechanical, including one that did fleet maintenance on one side and high-end sports and exotic cars on the other. I've also worked in aviation as an airframe-and-powerplant mechanic, and as an engineering consultant, primarily on aircraft composite-material structural repair systems and fixtures, as well as in product development and design. I still do the occasional technical-writing freelance job too (including patents).

For the past several years, I contracted to an internationally-known high-end hot rod shop (that's had multiple magazine cover-cars) as a fabricator, mechanical designer, and electrical system designer and builder. While there, I built most of an all-steel '33 Plymouth with a FAST-injected 354 Hemi, and an LS-powered '47 Cadillac convertible.

Recently, I've been contracting to two local companies, one that builds high-end street rods (currently doing all the guts on a ground-up Jenkins 572-powered '67 Chevelle with EFI and loads of other onboard electronics) and another one specializing in repairs, mods and resto work on high-end collector, muscle and exotic cars. Shortly, I'll be setting up my machine shop once again, this time as an in-house adjunct to one of the companies I'm currently working with. I'll probably be working until I fall down dead while doing it, but in the meantime, I can make damm near anything.

Now, If I can just do something about my back. I'm sure I can make parts that work better than the worn-out OEMs, but installing them might get a little tricky. 

Edited August 24, 2016 by Ace-Garageguy

[Ridge Rider]

I have been framing homes and businesses for the last 27 yrs.  I enjoy it but it is getting tougher as the body wears out.

[Dave Ambrose]

Perhaps unsurprisingly, I'm a software engineer. I do a lot of stuff, but I mostly design systems that scrape information off paper and get it into somebody's computer.

[bismarck]

Work in a machine shop as a shipper/receiver, and full time painter/ parts room order puller.  Oh, and sometimes target for middle management hostility...