What's Everyone Profession,etc..job,

[69*Goat]

Uh...well....er..uh.

I work for a company that lines landfills,oil pits, retention ponds, deer pens, golf course ponds, green barriers for golf courses, pipe wrap, piling wrap............

Been doing this since 1991

Edited October 2, 2009 by 69*Goat

[FujimiLover]

Well, I had a dream job of designing concept cars. I've earned two associate degrees that didn't go anywhere. I was working on my third degree of CAD designing in hopes to achieve my dream but my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer and she was rapidly going downhill. After I graduated with Associates Degree of Graphic Design, she was getting worse. I started my CAD programs and couldn't finish it. I was too depressed by mom's health and I never finished it. She passed away two-three years ago and I haven't been working officially since.

I'm currently assisting my Dad with his stuff and scanning a boat-load of family-history photo's onto an external hard-drive to preserve the history.

So for me, I really don't have a profession, or a job. And with today's economy, job searching really sucks when you lack skills and have no job experience.

[CAL]

A well paid Professional screw off.

[Nick Winter]

I'm a High School Student, That's my Career, Oh and I do Property maitnace on the side.

[Nick Winter]

head instigator of an infamous group of model car Outlaws who regularly terrorize the various message boards and forums on this great expanse of internet.

otherwise i'm retired and when i'm bored of internet antics i like to go out and shoot stuff just to keep my skills on point, just in case i ever need them.

Dave

So I take it you were in Law inforcement Dave.

[Harry P.]

I'm a retired grandfather.

Hmmmm... I didn't know you could retire from that job!

[Custom Hearse]

I'm a security enforcement officer/supervisor. I wanted to be a police officer, but since I have 3 pins in my right hip (accident at the age of 9), I was not able to join the police force, nor was I allowed to enter any armed services.

I'm also a part time storm spotter/chaser for NOAA/Skywarn.

Edited October 2, 2009 by Custom Hearse

[1955chevy]

Hi I am Vaughn Munroe

My job history - I worked 24+ years as a draugtsman/CAD Operator for a large power utility. Then I got a brown envelop, your services are no longer required.

I attened Information Technology Institute ITI worked with computers and had my own company. Then I bought a meat/deli business and now I am a meat cutter

for a large grocery chain.

[kingiguana]

Well, I've been in the automotive after market for almost 20 Years now. I worked at a shop for over 16 of those years installing, stereos, alarms, remote starters, power windows, power locks, and most anything electronic in cars, and trucks. Well, that shop let me go when things got slow 3 years or so back, I found a job, doing pretty much the same thing, ....and more ! Now I can add after market leather interiors, truck caps., and bed covers, running boards, lift kits, diesel performance, vinyl graphics, clearance lights, fog lights, bull bars, bedliners, oh,..... GPS systems, ladder racks, tool boxes, strobe lites, sirens, wheelchair lifts, and the list goes on and on. Most anything except we dont do stuff like plows, or tow bodies and such. Its enjoyable, but can also leave my wanting to pull my hair out. Feburary 12th 2010 will be 20 years total ! Before all this I ran errands and washed cars at a dealership. And way to many other misc jobs, like dishwashing, pizza delivery, aluminum plant.

[Fuel Coupe]

head instigator of an infamous group of model car Outlaws who regularly terrorize the various message boards and forums on this great expanse of internet.

Dave

Heh heh...

[Scott Colmer]

I started with my current company 18 years ago working the night shift as a stripper. (It's true.)

Then I went into customer service and eventually became a Customer Service Manger. I have been working a VERY large account for 10 years. If you still read the Sunday Comics, there is a good chance we printed them. Just this week I was given the opportunity to manage the bindery department in our local division. If you haven't figured it out by now, Stripper is an old printing vocation, long since absorbed by the Mac.

Scott

[Modelmartin]

Machinist for last 13 years, but have been a bus driver, model maker, and resin caster which I still do and hope to build that business up to be full-time again.

[Dragline]

I worked in a garage for 18 years. The last 4 rebuilding warrantee motors and some high perf work.

The last 3 years were working at a tool warehouse selling to jobbers [snap-On trucks, Adv Auto, AutoZone et all...,.] but I've been laid off and enjoying some down time. Getting itchy to start working again. Soon.....

Perhaps I might end up breaking out my 2 fully stocked roll-aways and get some grease under my nails again....

I heard Cruz Pedregon needs a supercharger guy... hmmmm...

Bob F

[E St. Kruiser50]

Well let's see.

In college I double-majored in design/mechanical engineering, and architectural engineering.

I was going to design skycsrapers.

I still love architecture.

Trouble was, I was a also car guy and an artist.

When I found out about LANCER CO., and I went to see an old friend - the owner, John Brunson - all my plans were over and I was hooked . Became a pattern maker there, from my old model building days.

Spent 13 years there making slot bodies there first and then branched off into doing plaster-casting molds, candy molds, resin casting molds, and candle making molds, as well as molds for body organs for LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY JUST NEXT DOOR. That was pretty interesting, as the molds had to be life size.

Used them in their classes as a teaching aide.

Then came to Oregon, and stayed in vacuum forming plastics, as I really enjoyed it. Went back to college and took several semesters in machining technology.

Needed a lot better skills and technical learning for my new job.

After that I started designing and buiding high-speed in-line tooling, for clear packaging blisters mostly.

Eventually got to design and help build production and assembly lines for different processes like heat sealing and product display assemblies.

I invented the " FOLDING CLEAR CLAMSHELL PACKAGE" while I was taking those machining college coarses. It was designed for a local company here in Portland. It even had the "SNAPS" that you still see being used today.

I did it as a project in class - Got an "A" .

I taught my self how to build steel rule dies too. That was part of our process for the second stage of the forming process on our slow single stage machines, where the die-cutting was a second operation at another machine, to remove the parts from the plastic "Web".

Eventually though we learned to incorporate the steel-rule in our high speed tooling, as a form and die-cut in place stage, and made production so much faster.

Ended up being the chief designer and tooling manager for several years, but my heart and hands were really created to DESIGN AND BUILD.

I left that job, and went to work for the largest vacuum former on the WestCoast.

What a great choice that was.

As good as the last job was, this was so much better. I LOVE TO BE CHALLANGED AND LEARN, and I had the opportunity and blessing to work with some of the best in the industry.

Each person there was a total master and craftsman at their trade.

It was like getting paid to work in your favorite candy store. These guys were professional pattern makers, and tool makers of the highes caliber.

Some had been trained by German craftman well known here in the U.S. at the time.

The bottom line is, I GOT PAID TO PLAY FOR 40 YEARS - AND I LOVED EVERY MOMENT, AND HAVE THE BEST MEMORIES I COULD EVER IMAGINE.

RETIRED NOW FOR NEARLY SEVEN YEARS, BUT STILL USING MUCH OF THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND EQUIPMENT I ACQUIRED OVER ALL THOSE WONDERFUL YEARS.

[kitbash1]

I'm a production Manager for a Printing Ink Manufactuer here in Canada. Before that I was 1st pressman on a lage format Sheetfeed press which printed folding cartons for the food industry. Our largest customer was Christie Brown followed by Kraft Foods. We printed everything from cracker boxes to cereal boxes.

[Foxer]

I'm really glad this thread popped up again as I thought I had posted in it before. Even better, it gave be another complete read through checking if I did or not. I can see where much of the talent visible in the builds here comes from .. what a diverse group.

I was pretty fortunate to find my "dream job" straight out of college as a Structural Engineer in a small consulting firm in the Berkshire Mountains of Western Massachusetts. I grew up around Hartford, CT and promised myself I would NEVER drive to work in that traffic mess ever again! Kind of an odd prime requirement for a job, but I succeeded! I don't actually know how I ended up as a Structural Engineer, but just followed what I liked thru school and ended up there. The company I joined, Hill Engineers, did work mostly in the Paper Mills of which there were literally hundreds of small mills all over New England. We had electrical, mechanical, paper-process and, of course, structural engineers to pretty much do what ever a paper mill might need. It was a total blast working on these old factories and discovering the ways they were originally constructed to aid in repairing them. The first building I ever designed was a new building for the Crane Paper Company to house a new paper machine to make... U.S. Government Currency Paper! Yes, they make 100% of our paper money paper there and was right in the town out company was located. And, yes, the building and machine is still running after all these 30+ years.. better that a lot of the kits I've built! That was always a pleasant building to visit over the tears with th e"green glow" it seemed to emit. And, don't ask .. I have no "free samples"!

I enjoyed every day of my 35 years at this job and never even thought of going anywhere else. I was in a great place to live, eventually was an owner of the company, had a 10 minute drive through NO traffic, had great and trustworthy partners and it seemed every new job was something new to challenge me.

The company was run like a family .. no one got rich, but everyone got along and we were so diverse in nature and experience that there was always someone fit for the job at hand. Sounds kind of like THIS place, eh?

[Olskoolrodder]

High school till '90,then pulled my time in This Man's Army during the Desert Storm era,I drove long haul trucks from '95 till '07,then local trucks till 12-08,and after having broken my neck (C's 2&4) when a co-driver fell asleep behind the wheel in 2001,the Doc finally put me outta work then (12-08). So Currently in the dregs between being unable to work and approved "disabled" by the Man....so I'm a Mr. Mom

Edited October 3, 2009 by Olskoolrodder

[93Z34]

Lesseeee...did my stints at the various auto dealerships as an auto tech when I was fresh out of high school. Spent 12 years in the USAF and got out with the drawdowns after Desert Storm. Spent over half my career in various countries as an aircraft mechanic and DCC of various airframes.

After getting out I got my CDL and did alot of OTR driving for Swift and then transferred to their maintenance division. I eventually went to work as a heavy duty tow truck operator and operated a beautiful Pete 379 tri axle Rotator wrecker. I had a driveshaft explode on a new Peterbilt and endured 3 years of extensive rehab and surgeries for a shattered right hand and missing 4" chunk of skull over my left eye. The injuries succeeded in getting my DOT Physical revoked and I am now in the medical field.

I am currently a tech in an Emergency Care Center and also a Paramedic. I also used to be a volunteer firefighter but left the fire service after spending over a month at Ground Zero on 9-11. I kept my Paramedic certification but walked away from the fire service after losing many friends from FDNY.

I guess I'm not doing too bad for only having one fully functional hand. I could have taken permanant disability but I'm too young for that and even after suffering a heart attack back in March of this year, I'm still working and enjoying life. It don't get no better than that.

Been modeling since I was 10 or 11 and just never really got sick of the hobby. Looking bcak, it's amazing how much has changed in the hobby over the years. For the most part the changes have been positive. It amazes me sometimes to see where i'm at today vs. where I thought I'd be 20 years ago. Just goes to show, you never know...

[MikeMc]

Now and Then......

Today I am Employed as a state certified africanized bee killer....yep Really!!!

I was retired from a 25 year career as a photo equipment repairman..I owned and operated a well known service shop up north in Cheeseland...and catered to any one with a camera or lense that was broken or??????

[charlie8575]

I wish I knew right now...

I spent most of the last eight years teaching, and the vast bulk of that substituting. There's very little call for business teachers in this day and age of over-standardized, dumbed down (dis)education. I'd still like to teach. Once I finish my grad. work (hopefully another year or so,) I'd like to see about teaching college.

Last fall, simply to become employed full-time again, I took a job at a small finance company..with the specialization of loans on antique cars. That only lasted a couple of months until the banking meltdown killed most of our business, and I was let go after two months.

Right now...trying to learn QuickBooks and perhaps starting to do a little writing. There's also a small chance I might be able to get some training for H&R Block for income tax prep, which might make a nice extra sideline. It could even become a regular job. Time will tell.

If anyone needs any technical writing done for them, or some other service that might be able to be provided electronically, please let me know via e-Mail.

Charlie Larkin

[moparmagiclives]

That actually looks quite artistic! I was a Certified "Master Tech" (Chrysler), Service Manager/Director (for a Chrysler and then an Oldsmobile/Cadillac dealership), then a Technical Service Training Instructor for Chrysler Corp. (Centerline, Michigan). Sadly, my career was cut short in 2003 when I became perm. disabled. At this point I stopped dealing with the 1.1 automotive world as a career and hobby (still have a few 1.1 show "toys")...and went back to the plastic model car world that I had left in 1974. This hobby has improved in many different ways since then. Plus, it's a lot more affordable. The 1.1 car hobby has become a (unfortunately) "rich man's" guilty pleasure. Fury3

I myself am also a certified Chrysler tech, whos gone on to being the service and parts director (baby sitter) of a 4 chain dealer ( that is untill chevrolet pulls our contract next year). Then its just Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep. I graduated from UTI in 99 and have also wanted to move on to being an Instructor for Chrysler, but due to the fact that they have cut my district down from 4 to 1.5 ( dont ask ) instructors, I'm thinking of trying to get on at the community collage auto depo sometime down the road.

[TomA]

Let's see....left school at 15 1/2 years old and joined the Royal Australian Navy. Spent 20 years serving my country in the navy as a communications technician. Left the navy and didn't stray far, as I have been employed as a Training Specialist and designer since then at the dockyard in Melbourne, Australia. We design courses for RAN personnel for the ships we build here. The latest project is the LHD that we are building in partnership with Navantia in Spain.

[Oldboychas]

When I got out of the Navy I was lucky enough to get a job as a machinest with U.S.Steel......That shop closed in 81. I did whatever for a couple of years then got a job as an operator/mechanic in a power plant. I'm still doing it (leave in45 mins for a 4 to 12 shift ! )

Sure is something to see people from so many intrests and talents on this site,I realy enjoy it.

Have a great day and don't glue your fingers together (Oops, I broke that rule thismorning.....)

oldboychas (Charlie Bower )

[70elcamino]

Been in retail since 83, now I am a Store Manager for PetSmart. I really like the pets, they never complain.

Russell

[fatkidd]

I own/run my airbrush business. Business is pretty slow right now, but it comes and goes. I will paint/airbrush pretty much anything that can sit still long enough to be painted. At least when it is slow, like it is at the moment, i can work on my models.

here's a few examples of some work...

microphone done in true fire for the lead singer of a local metal band

blue fire on a golf club

eddie van halen "frankenstrat" done in black, white and blue for a local client (before clear)

turtle design on a computer mouse

Triumph Daytona Val Moto replica (all logos are paint...there's no stickers on the bike)