What do you do for a living?

[KevinB]

I install:
Home theaters, whole house/business audio, plasmas, security systems, cctv, central vacs, intercom, entry systems, data/communication wiring and a few other things.

I have been doing this stuff for about 10 years.

 

[523rider]

Career firefighter. I couldn't ask for a better job.

 

[johnplogii]

I'm in the auto glass business. American auto glass out of omaha, ne.

 

[TURBO 6]

Oil refinery operator. I work for the largest refiner in North America.

 

[PaCemkr86]

Ford Diesel tech

 

[TurboEd]

union carpenter local 1889
34 years

retirement 7/1/07

 

[onebadsix]

Power line Tree Trimmer , retired , 27 yrs , IBEW 77.

 

[SloGN]

Mailman and volunteer firefighter for me :biggrin:

i have been a volunteer firefighter since nov of 98

nc state level 1-2 FF cert haz-mat nc state cert medical responder

nc resque tech.


and now having to take those darn NIMS classes


do you trade fire patches?

 

[TurboToy]

service tech for GM worked for chevrolet/olds/cadallic for 10 years now it is buick/pontiac/GMC 6 months ASE/GM certified

 

[at7we2]

this is a pretty interesting thread. a lot of you guys have some pretty awsome sounding jobs - and there's a couple that sound like they could appear on the TV show "Dirty Jobs"

As for me, I'm a Mechanical Engineer. Specifically, commercial building HVAC systems and a little plumbing.

When I was growing up, I wanted to be a fighter pilot, a fireman or a race car driver. Where did I go wrong?

 

[Instro84]

Retired from USAF, now an Instrumentation Design and Avionics Integration Engineer at Northrop Grumman.

 

[jpwalt1987]

ready for a good laugh?

I probably have one of the strangest job titles on this board!! My title is a Butt Prep/Vibrator Operator........I work for ALCOA in the primary metals division. We make and bake carbon anodes that are used in the smelting of aluminum. We also calcine petroleum coke. Some days i drive a caterpillar 980f payloader, unload railcars of coal tar pitch and other days i run the anode former(vibrator). Its steelworkers union. Its also very dirty(carbon) but a lot better than turning wrenches for a living. Before this job i was a line tech at a firestone service center. Worked my butt off for peanuts there. Airborne infantry before that.(4 years, 82nd)

jeremy walters

here is a picture of the plant after hurricane rita
http://ngs.woc.noaa.gov/storms/rita/27914611.jpg

 

[Big Mike]

Electronic Tech/

Work for a hospital for a couple months(after college) in the Biomedical dept, got bored in the basement and went into repairing health and fitness equipment (electronics, printed boards etc)Designed around 60 different gyms , run 20 gyms now and travel from club to club.Been doing this since 1989.

 

[chopped39]

Work for a used car super store in the burbs of chicago. worked for chevy for while . ase and gm certified. I LOVE MY JOB . ITS THE WORK I HATE.:biggrin:

 

[waddell87]

I'm a Driller for the largest drilling contrator in Canada, I'v been in the oil patch for 20 Years. Love the outdoors,being away from the mayham of a city, Been in every climate and weather you can imagine fr/ 58 C below to 38 C above. I preferr the Cold. Hate my job but pays well and gives me a challange. Deepest I've drilled is 5800 meters w/ 8 3/4 inch bit. I'v had An 84 GN 86 T-Type and My present 87 Beauty. If I only new back then What I know now!!. You guys are all great. The Love and Admiration of these cars will always be. I don't know what I would do without mine. Pic of my rig for the last 10 yrs/ Med. Cantalever Triple.

 

[GOT JCE]

Job

I manage a Welding supply shop in CT.Been in the business for 14 years.It's a good job with a good company.The only problem is you never see any good looking woman coming thru the doors.I miss the days of selling motorcycles with all the hotties in bikinis coming in with their boyfriends to look at the bikes.

 

[1FASTV6]

I drill holes in macaroni in the morning and bend bananas in the afternoon!

I bet you do more than that with the bananas!

 

[garyk1970]

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[garyk1970]

i dropped out of high school when i was 17 (1987)and started working at a local car stereo shop.four years later i decided to open my own store and ive been in the mobile electronics industry ever since (except for two years ago when my wife and I decided to move closer to her family and i sold the store in our old city and took a job at a caddy dealership as a electronics tech ) then i regained my sense and opened this store last december......i love working on cars (no imports please )i also do alot of electrical work for many bussiness around (gm dealers,trans shops,starter and alt shops)when they need help finding/repairing elect probs.

as a side note,in 2001 i had the third loudest car stereo system in the WoRLD in my class ( iasca idbl advanced 1441+) world finals.

 

[TurboDave]

Retired US Navy (E-8). (Electronic Warfare Tech). Then went to work in the cell phone industry as a Master Training Specialist (Qualcomm). Now working as a cell phone tech (Verizon).