Quick question; what do you do (or did you do) for a career?

I guess that explains your answer to the other thread about what other forums people follow....need to keep your techniques fresh uh? HAH!

I didn't need to know THAT part
Nightmares for sure tonight!

Designer
General machinist.
Welder
Millwright
Artist-blacksmith
Iron worker
Fabricator
Marine engineer
200 ton mate
firewood collector

I do cloud service operations. I look at the internet from the underside, so to speak. I work from home in rural northern central Ohio for a global technology company based in silicon valley.

I've also spent quite a bit of time doing IT work for small businesses. I was the general manager for a neighborhood hardware store for about 4 years.

For a couple of years when money was tight, my wife and I picked up some extra work painting rental units and cleaning section 8 housing on turnovers. It was gross, but, sometimes you do what you have to do!

Lately, I'm thinking about trying to pick up some consulting work. I miss helping small businesses use technology to their advantage.

-SF

Commercial real estate lawyer and part-time community theater actor. I try to do one show a year. My daughter (age 16) also has the "theater bug" and I've been lucky to be able to do several shows with her in the last few years.

Born and raised in the Wholesale Bait & Tackle business. I guess that makes me a Master Baiter!

Gary

Fire Chief and inspector for the city, Started my career as a teacher, owned a construction and electrical business.

Started out working for my dad at his tool & die shop, then went to a small die shop, then into a couple machine tool companies, building specialized automation. Then to Chrysler Corp, got my Journeyman's card as a Tool & Diemaker, then Chrysler took a dive in the late 70's, I took a job at Cadillac Motor Car Company, GM. Got into tool & die inspection, visited a lot of supplier plants, became a engineer, specializing in gages. Tried being a foreman for a couple years, gave up on that, went back to hourly, became the plant programmer on CMM's and other gages. Got my 30 years in 2008, took a buyout and retirement. Along the way, I went to school for accounting, tried hobby farming, play with a old Farmall H I restored, now I have a Kubota L3400 HST to play with also. I now work part time for my wife, ( don't we all? ) and am planning on starting a hearth build in the next week or so. I plan on getting a NC30 to heat with. When I started at GM, they had 500,000+ workers. The total now is under 50,000. I'd say that automation took as many jobs as outsourcing, if not more.

I really wish I'd gone into the male escort thing or pornstar......

Nice! My dad is a Volvo guy. I used to love them but their quality/$ has changed dramatically over the years. He had an XC70 and replaced every single wheel bearing, a SPRING for his front suspension, etc. And he drives to/from work. Yet the old S70 and 740 we had were tanks. I am a Subaru man myself.

GOod grief! That's a pile of responsability! Don't feel like a slacker, you did something most people couldn't do: take care of a loved one! That is priceless in my books.

Andrew

I think there's a saying on this forum along the lines of "Pictures; or it didn't happen"

lol

NO NO NO NO NO I DON'T WANT TO CUT MY EYES OUT NONONO !!

Oilfeild hand (roughneck and swamped for rig moving), machinist apprentice in a railcar shop - led into refurbishing classic coaches once the boss found lout about carpentry and finish hobby, teacher/coach, now a school principal. Lots os hobbies some call work...

Ahhh..I know a few roughnecks out in Western Canada. It's no piece of cake up here: -50 putting a rig together must be a big different than +30 in the south?

Brother Bart, back in the day?

All you're missing is He-Man! Nice knowledge!

Nice!! Glad to see there are a few nerds on this forum

Yeah, I forgot that one.

I'm on the welfare.

Will be a disabled vet in a couple months after 11.5 years in the USAF. Fell from a roof about a year ago and broke my back. 3 blown discs, 2 crushed vertebrae. Uncle Sam said I was of no use to anyone, so out the door.

Dunno what I'll be doing next. Most of the things I enjoy I can't do for a living because of my back.

There are so many talented folks here, I'm taking notes in case I need you guys in the future