What Do You Do?

   / What Do You Do? #91  
After I graduated high school, I went to trade school to become an electrician. Did that for 30 years. I've been on my current job as an Electrical Transmission System Operator for the past 12 years. I plan on fully retiring this August.
 
   / What Do You Do? #92  
Graduate high school in 98, then went and got my Industtial Technology degree from 98-02. Then work 1 year for GE aircraft engine, then 2 years as a Class A millwright in a tissue paper mill. But I hated the city and something was calling me back home. But there was / still is no work around here. So despite the seniority, the pension plan, the strong union and the wealthy pay from the paper mill, in december 04 I quit for what was suppose to be a 2 year contract as a Mechanical / Pipe fitting quality control on a 500 MW hydo **** construction job site in James bay , way up norhen quebec, that was on a man camp. His brought my adresses back to the gaspe peninsula. I did loved that job, but after 6 month, I got a call from an old college teacher. A hugrs energy company was starting a wind mill field division in Canada. Couldn't help it and took the job. Been working for hem since may 05 as a construction field manager. Been all over Canada & Us. Started single and now married and 2 kids plus 1 on the way, carrying them in a hughe fifty-wheel. But we too have a new house in our home town, so as time goes familly will stay more home than travellin with dad. My oldest just turn 3. So I still hav2-3 year before she start full time school. Will see then. I do really love my job, but 3000 hour per year and 4 days off every 6 week ain't a winner for family life....... So will see, will have to male decision soon or later for a new career. Norther. quebec is trating to boom like crazy. Lot of my friends are getting jobs in mines way up north on '' fly in - fly out'' man camp. Most of them are 14 days on site @ 12 hours per day / 14 days off, they fly you home. And making in the 6 digits. I am looking but not ready to trade the south for the North yet. After all, I am only 30.
 
   / What Do You Do? #93  
Great posts
Started my own business while in college, sold it to a client when I graduated.
Drove a uniform truck for a while
Worked 5 years in the postal service went back to college, left the po as a supervisor after getting my accounting degree and worked for IBM, then went to kpmg for five years left as a manager with my cpa and now director of audit and information security officer at a public company working with a bunch of super smart people and learning something new just about every day.

On the side I pick up unwanted lawn and garden equipment, repair and then sell (keep a bunch also)

Entrepreneur at heart And always working on the next idea.

Would love to be a heavy equipment operator or a welder.

Best job ever is being my daughter's daddy!!

Joel
 
   / What Do You Do? #94  
Started in private EMS in 1975 while in high school, in 1980 started a 22 year career in the suburbs of Fort Worth as a firefighter/paramedic/arson investigator, retired in 2002 when my wife took a job in Missouri. Worked computer hardware/software maintenance for GED programs in Missouri and taught instructors how to use the programs for a while, came back to Texas and went back into EMS field work and instructing. Been a paramedic/EMS instructor now for 32 years. In 2008 graduated nursing school as an RN and have been working full time in the ED. Still teach EMS and do field work occasionally, mostly large motorsport events like NHRA, IHRA and AMA.
 
   / What Do You Do? #95  
Cool!!! Everyone of you...really cool!

Jim
 
   / What Do You Do? #96  
Neglecting education altogether, here is what I did to make a buck in chronological order starting at age 6:

Egg gatherer of a couple of chicken houses.

Primed tobacco.

Picked up hay

Feeder pig and beef cattle work. Castrations, de-horning, all that stuff.

Veterinary Assistant as a big clinic...lots of surgery.

Milked lots of cows. Maybe all of them.

Chicken feed maker, a million pounds a night.

Dairy research farm hand, executing research experiments mostly in reproduction and nutrition.

Dairy Herdsman with some research, but also (therapy/rehab.) of first mental patients, later prison inmates.

Machine Shop Flunky

Substation Transformer Designer

Plant Engineer

Automation Specialist
 
   / What Do You Do? #97  
Neglecting education altogether
Eg

Me too , age of 15 i had enough of that nonsense and bought a tractor and went pulling silage trailers for a custom crew :)
 
   / What Do You Do? #98  
I've been operating printing presses for the past 30 years. Totally burntout and seeking change at 50 years old.:confused2:
 
   / What Do You Do? #99  
Me too , age of 15 i had enough of that nonsense and bought a tractor and went pulling silage trailers for a custom crew :)

I'm sorry for the confusion...but I meant neglecting mention of education in the writeup. I did get a BS in Animal Science and a BS in Electrical Engineering during those years. Apparently I should have taken more classes in composition.:eek:

A thoughtful, hardworking man with a good mind can educate himself. It used to be the norm in this country many years ago. I have met folks with the intelligence, work ethic, and dedication to educate themselves. I wish I were that good, but I have to admit...I cannot walk THAT tall. I salute people like that.:thumbsup:
 
   / What Do You Do? #100  
since graduating school--
heavy truck/quarry equipment mechanic
lowboy truck driver/occasional road service tech for heavy equipment
i currently "dabble" on the side with my own service truck, take the occasional trip in a semi (mostly milk), and work on small engine stuff in my home shop.

i'm now a equipment mechanic for a large municipality and hate every minute of it. the whole "state worker" mentality is not for me.

i'm trying to decide wether or not i could make oa go of it on my own with my own semi truck dump trailer
 

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