Whats everyone do for a living?!?

[cat fever]

I started out working life as a Master Plumber for 10 years. Then started working at an oil refinery. Been at the refinery for 22+ years now and have worked my way up to running about a quarter of the plant from the control room. Yes, it can be very stressful at times. I hope 3-5 more years and then its tractor time all day.

 

[troutsqueezer]

In my early days I would tutor Einstein on physics. Later, I taught Henry Ford about mass production. After that, it was teaching Oppenheimer a thing or two about splitting atoms. As I grew older, my interests turned to music and gave some voice lessons to Elvis Presley. I was a photographer for awhile and discovered Marilyn Monroe. I mentioned to Steven Hawking about the possibility of black holes but then he stole my idea. A few years ago I came up with a social networking plan and I called it Face Pamphlet but it never took off. Now I'm retired and working on something called SkyNet.

 

[Buppies]

In my early days I would tutor Einstein on physics. Later, I taught Henry Ford about mass production. After that, it was teaching Oppenheimer a thing or two about splitting atoms. As I grew older, my interests turned to music and gave some voice lessons to Elvis Presley. I was a photographer for awhile and discovered Marilyn Monroe. I mentioned to Steven Hawking about the possibility of black holes but then he stole my idea. A few years ago I came up with a social networking plan and I called it Face Pamphlet but it never took off. Now I'm retired and working on something called SkyNet.

You must have worked with Flash a truck driver that worked with us for a while. He worked on inventing every thing we use in daily life the CIA and even acted amazing his resume was

 

[Redneck in training]

I left home at 15 for a boarding school run by a telecom company in Czechoslovakia. Graduated as telephone technician and was working as a technician at telephone switch for about 9 years. Loved that job. Worked 12 hours shift so I had lot of days off. Then on a whim I quit and joined Instrumentation and Process Control company. My starting job was painting cable trays but about two years later I progressed to be a service technician. Worked there also about 9 years. Left the country in 1986 and immigrated to the USA. Went back to school and graduated from Computer Technology program. Combination of the past experience with new degree landed me a great job as Field Engineer commissioning control and protection system for large compressors and steam turbines. Retired from the job at the end of December 2014 to our 80 acres in Iowa after 24 years working all over the world. We bought the land in 2004 and build new house there 2005. Then we added a shop building three years ago that I will equip with few CNC machines and enjoy "making stuff" and possibly make few extra bucks to support my expensive hobby.

 

[Rare Breed]

I am a sea captain, and for the last 10 years have been the master on mega yachts. I travel up and down East Coast, Florida and the Caribbean. It's a great life but, I enjoy my time off, on my tractor at my farm

 

[DFB]

You must have worked with Flash a truck driver that worked with us for a while. He worked on inventing every thing we use in daily life the CIA and even acted amazing his resume was

Haha being a supervisor in a union shop I heard more stories than you can believe. I had guy working for me always talked about gold mining in Alaska type of fellow that had a date with a barstool every payday. One time he doesn't show up for work for 3 days straight I says "Where you been?" He say's "Alaska" I said "Your telling me you drove from Ma. to Alaska AND back in 3 days" Well I know a shortcut he says. :laughing:

 

[dave1949]

Lot's of interesting lives and jobs posted here. The people we meet at work are often more memorable than the job.

Lawn mowing, seven years in a grocery store high school through college, tractor jockey, pumping gas back when windshields got cleaned and oil checked, automotive glass factory cutting line, Peace Corps Volunteer '72-'74 Iran, high school teacher four years, field service on mini and mainframe systems 16 years--nine of them in a NATO bunker in Germany, Oracle database and Unix systems admin and programming.

Worst job I ever had was about six weeks working second shift in a place that made beds for military trucks, crawling around cleaning up welds and splatter with an air-powered 4" grinder.

 

[Capricious]

Three weeks out of high school I went to work as a deckhand on a towboat running out of Plaquemine, LA, running up the Mississippi to Clinton, IA, up the Illinois to Lemont, up the Arkansas to Pine Bluff, and west on the intracoastal to Freeport, TX.

Went on the become a licensed tankerman (loading & unloading petroleum barges) and eventually became a towboat pilot.

In my spare time I gotts me an English degree (pretty useless, but lots of girls). Didn't do anything with it, but (possibly related) I did write a technical book
which is for sale on Amazon, Wal-mart.com, etc., and even on the shelves of a very few book stores.

Went into accounting and have done that for almost 25 years. Hope to call if quits in 5 to 8 years.

Also tried the landlord thing, as many others here have. Not my cup of tea.

 

[Underdog57]

Paper Route, 2 yrs
Auto Detailer, 2 yrs
Dishwasher, 2 yrs
Drywall Delivery, 6 yrs
Long Haul Truck Driver, 3 yrs
Regional Owner-Operator Truck Driver, 15 yrs
Redi-Mix Concrete Truck Driver, 12 yrs
Redi-Mix Concrete Batchman/Dispatcher, 5 yrs & counting (practicing for retirement, working 9 months, laid- off 3 months a year)

 

[Parkanzky]

I am a sea captain, and for the last 10 years have been the master on mega yachts. I travel up and down East Coast, Florida and the Caribbean. It's a great life but, I enjoy my time off, on my tractor at my farm

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Last year, my wife and I had a late dinner in a bar on the harbor in Monaco and happened to sit at a table next to a group of guys that crewed on the mega yachts. They spent the night talking shop and trading stories. It was fascinating to overhear. It didn't sound like a great life for the folks lower on the totem-pole, but they were also spending their down-time in paradise, so it's probably all relative.