What do you do for a living?

J.Scott · 11-24-2007, 04:42 AM

Although I never finished high school I managed to graduate (barely) from College with a diploma in Forestry. After 5 years of part-time and term jobs in the business I decided I needed a 'real' job to raise a family.

I stumbled into a job with Bell Canada and have been here for just over 28 years. Now I am classified as a 'Cable Repair Technician'. I have the task of repairing all types of copper telephone cables. Whether contractors or home owners rip them up or squirrels and woodpeckers chew and hammer on them - we repair them. Water entering the cable is our biggest enemy! It can be, at times, a dirty and frustrating job but usually I get some degree of satisfaction when everything works as good as new in the end.

Photography is the fun part of my life! I am not very good at it but I love to learn and get immense satisfaction from producing a fine picture.

PeterAM · 11-24-2007, 11:46 AM

Retired in 2004 after forty years in publishing (management);first twenty years working with consumer and trade periodicals, next twenty in book publishing. Lots of time spent with overseas operations;too much travel. Next two years working as a consultant. Now fully retired.

Have been in and out of photography since my early teens. Scrapped my darkroom (hadn't had the time or inclination to use it for years) a couple of years ago and went digital. Took quite a while to get to where I am generally pleased with my pp and printing skills, but still have a lot to learn. Finally have the time to go at it;hope the body holds out.

kurt · 11-24-2007, 12:30 PM

To get the bread and butter to me and my family, I spend some and sometimes a bit more of my time in crime laboratory.

TKH · 11-24-2007, 02:53 PM

Traveling as a sales manager for ID-Card printers in the south of Germany. Silly is that we sale this printers not to airports or so, we sell them to baking companys. In Germany we have a tradition of companys who make hand-made bread. There are a few thousands of them. The most have from 5 to 20 shops. And for these shops they need our printers to create theire price signs. Means for me that I travel around 80.000 km a year. Its nice for my hobby because that allows me to do a lot of photographie during the time from one bussiness date to annother.

On the other hand I wait for the day in 25 years when I can retire. Than the whole day is pic day!

Best,
Rainer

Cloudy Wizzard · 11-25-2007, 03:46 AM

I'm a "Mechanic" for a local envelope company.
It's my job to start the machine in the morning and keep it running (filling the glue and ink adding pallets of paper, ...) also changing the machines settins to make diffrent types/sizes of envelopes.

Most (if not all) Machines we have are German made.

roscot · 11-25-2007, 06:45 AM

Originally posted by Eaglerapids

I hate these kind of threads!:-)
Everybody is a IT whatever or a project something or another......
My Dad was an engineer and pushed me hard to that calling, I was a great disappointment when I flunked out of college:-(.
So now I'm a custom cabinetmaker who makes some very cool stuff for successful people who can afford it:-).

Hey man, don't be down on your self. I wish I had the skills to do what you do. My carpentry skills are,..... well lets just say very amateurish at best.

roscot · 11-25-2007, 06:47 AM

We seem to have a very diverse group here. I am a software administrator and part time MS Access application developer.

raider · 11-25-2007, 07:04 AM

I am an electrical consulting engineer in the building services industry. I am responsible for the design of electrical system for all type of buildings ranging from houses to high rise buildings.

**newmikey** · 11-25-2007, 01:38 PM

I'm a specialist in European customs regulations and I manage both legal compliance and day to day customs operations (import and export) throughout the 27 EU member states, Turkey and Russia for a US multinational.

Igilligan · 11-25-2007, 02:05 PM

But for a living I am a Event Manager / Technical director for Parties. From large 10,000 people corporate parties, to High School Proms. A great job that allows me to play Mr Mom to my daughters during the day working on the computer planning the shows. Then working a few late nights a week actually managing them.

But what I truly love to do is sing in a band. It has been a couple of years since our last run but we have some shows in January and I cant wait...

My list of long gone
jobs....

Record store
Tireman/Mechanic
USAF Nav tech
Microwave communication engineering tech ( X and KU band )
Bartender
Wanna be Rock Star
Big Fish/Little Pond rock star
Sound Tech

Life is good!
-gus-

weatherwise2 · 11-25-2007, 02:52 PM

I'm basically a clinical scientist and set up clinical studies for a small specialty pharmaceutical company.

DAP · 11-25-2007, 05:27 PM

Large animal veterinarian

Tyler · 11-25-2007, 06:22 PM

I go to school.

I'm still only 15!

mtnbearhug · 11-25-2007, 08:50 PM

I am a elementary teacher. Right now I teach special education but hopefully will be moving to the classroom next fall...

Originally posted by JamesD

IMy wife is an office manager and since we both have weekends free, that is when we go on our photography outings. Photography is a means to be creative and be with my wife. Things couldn't be better.

That is very cool that you and your wife share the same passion for something and it is even better than you make time to do it together!!!

Originally posted by ve2vfd

I'm a firefighter for the city of Montreal. Pat

My BF works the summer fires here in idaho... and is also captain of his volunteer unit. It is a great service that you give!! Thank you..

Originally posted by SouthShoreRob

Elementary school teacher by day. 12 years down, approximately 18-20 more to go until I can be a full time photographer.

Amen for kids and photography!!! LOL

Originally posted by Eaglerapids

So now I'm a custom cabinetmaker who makes some very cool stuff for successful people who can afford it:-).

I would love to see some of your work... surely you have some pictures of it ???? To be a cabinetmaker you have to be part engineer to put them together, make them look good, and make the fit where the buyer wants them to go... Dont sell yourself short.. Im sure you do wonderful work!!!

jmdeegan · 11-25-2007, 08:54 PM

Based on what my degree is in, I was supposed to be an elementary school teacher. As luck would have it, I've gone from an entry level IT jack of all trades (telecom, data, cabling, servers, helpdesk etc), to a Senior Consultant at a consulting firm. Current specialty is Call Center design and implementation, along with VoIP implementation.

Wishing I had caught this bug a year ago-would have had a nicer camera on my trips-thus far, been to Germany, Poland and a few US cities on the client dime, and some of the sites I saw, I could not capture...

11-25-2007, 02:05 PM	#40
Igilligan Guest	I live to sing... 8^0 But for a living I am a Event Manager / Technical director for Parties. From large 10,000 people corporate parties, to High School Proms. A great job that allows me to play Mr Mom to my daughters during the day working on the computer planning the shows. Then working a few late nights a week actually managing them. But what I truly love to do is sing in a band. It has been a couple of years since our last run but we have some shows in January and I cant wait... My list of long gone jobs.... Record store Tireman/Mechanic USAF Nav tech Microwave communication engineering tech ( X and KU band ) Bartender Wanna be Rock Star Big Fish/Little Pond rock star Sound Tech Life is good! -gus-

11-25-2007, 08:50 PM	#44
mtnbearhug Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Emmett, Idaho Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,351	Pretty Cool backgrounds we have.... I am a elementary teacher. Right now I teach special education but hopefully will be moving to the classroom next fall... Originally posted by JamesD IMy wife is an office manager and since we both have weekends free, that is when we go on our photography outings. Photography is a means to be creative and be with my wife. Things couldn't be better. That is very cool that you and your wife share the same passion for something and it is even better than you make time to do it together!!! Originally posted by ve2vfd I'm a firefighter for the city of Montreal. Pat My BF works the summer fires here in idaho... and is also captain of his volunteer unit. It is a great service that you give!! Thank you.. Originally posted by SouthShoreRob Elementary school teacher by day. 12 years down, approximately 18-20 more to go until I can be a full time photographer. Amen for kids and photography!!! LOL Originally posted by Eaglerapids So now I'm a custom cabinetmaker who makes some very cool stuff for successful people who can afford it:-). I would love to see some of your work... surely you have some pictures of it ???? To be a cabinetmaker you have to be part engineer to put them together, make them look good, and make the fit where the buyer wants them to go... Dont sell yourself short.. Im sure you do wonderful work!!!

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11-24-2007, 04:42 AM	#31
J.Scott Inactive Account Join Date: Mar 2007 Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,675	Although I never finished high school I managed to graduate (barely) from College with a diploma in Forestry. After 5 years of part-time and term jobs in the business I decided I needed a 'real' job to raise a family. I stumbled into a job with Bell Canada and have been here for just over 28 years. Now I am classified as a 'Cable Repair Technician'. I have the task of repairing all types of copper telephone cables. Whether contractors or home owners rip them up or squirrels and woodpeckers chew and hammer on them - we repair them. Water entering the cable is our biggest enemy! It can be, at times, a dirty and frustrating job but usually I get some degree of satisfaction when everything works as good as new in the end. Photography is the fun part of my life! I am not very good at it but I love to learn and get immense satisfaction from producing a fine picture.

11-24-2007, 11:46 AM	#32
PeterAM Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Litchfield, CT Posts: 539	Retired in 2004 after forty years in publishing (management);first twenty years working with consumer and trade periodicals, next twenty in book publishing. Lots of time spent with overseas operations;too much travel. Next two years working as a consultant. Now fully retired. Have been in and out of photography since my early teens. Scrapped my darkroom (hadn't had the time or inclination to use it for years) a couple of years ago and went digital. Took quite a while to get to where I am generally pleased with my pp and printing skills, but still have a lot to learn. Finally have the time to go at it;hope the body holds out.

11-24-2007, 12:30 PM	#33
kurt Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Hyvinkää, Suomi (Finland) Photos: Gallery Posts: 669	To get the bread and butter to me and my family, I spend some and sometimes a bit more of my time in crime laboratory.

11-24-2007, 02:53 PM	#34
TKH Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 371	Traveling as a sales manager for ID-Card printers in the south of Germany. Silly is that we sale this printers not to airports or so, we sell them to baking companys. In Germany we have a tradition of companys who make hand-made bread. There are a few thousands of them. The most have from 5 to 20 shops. And for these shops they need our printers to create theire price signs. Means for me that I travel around 80.000 km a year. Its nice for my hobby because that allows me to do a lot of photographie during the time from one bussiness date to annother. On the other hand I wait for the day in 25 years when I can retire. Than the whole day is pic day! Best, Rainer

11-25-2007, 03:46 AM	#35
Cloudy Wizzard Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Lommel, Belgium Posts: 285	I'm a "Mechanic" for a local envelope company. It's my job to start the machine in the morning and keep it running (filling the glue and ink adding pallets of paper, ...) also changing the machines settins to make diffrent types/sizes of envelopes. Most (if not all) Machines we have are German made.

11-25-2007, 06:45 AM	#36
roscot Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Virginia Beach VA USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,363	Originally posted by Eaglerapids I hate these kind of threads!:-) Everybody is a IT whatever or a project something or another...... My Dad was an engineer and pushed me hard to that calling, I was a great disappointment when I flunked out of college:-(. So now I'm a custom cabinetmaker who makes some very cool stuff for successful people who can afford it:-). Hey man, don't be down on your self. I wish I had the skills to do what you do. My carpentry skills are,..... well lets just say very amateurish at best.

11-25-2007, 06:47 AM	#37
roscot Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Virginia Beach VA USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,363	We seem to have a very diverse group here. I am a software administrator and part time MS Access application developer.

11-25-2007, 07:04 AM	#38
raider Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Perth, Australia Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,989	I am an electrical consulting engineer in the building services industry. I am responsible for the design of electrical system for all type of buildings ranging from houses to high rise buildings.

11-25-2007, 01:38 PM	#39
newmikey Site Supporter Join Date: May 2007 Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,289	I'm a specialist in European customs regulations and I manage both legal compliance and day to day customs operations (import and export) throughout the 27 EU member states, Turkey and Russia for a US multinational.

11-25-2007, 02:52 PM	#41
weatherwise2 Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Warwick, RI Photos: Gallery Posts: 740	I'm basically a clinical scientist and set up clinical studies for a small specialty pharmaceutical company.

11-25-2007, 05:27 PM	#42
DAP Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 151	Large animal veterinarian

11-25-2007, 06:22 PM	#43
Tyler Inactive Account Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: 3rd rock from the sun Photos: Gallery Posts: 478	I go to school. I'm still only 15!

11-25-2007, 08:54 PM	#45
jmdeegan Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: nyc Photos: Gallery Posts: 564	Based on what my degree is in, I was supposed to be an elementary school teacher. As luck would have it, I've gone from an entry level IT jack of all trades (telecom, data, cabling, servers, helpdesk etc), to a Senior Consultant at a consulting firm. Current specialty is Call Center design and implementation, along with VoIP implementation. Wishing I had caught this bug a year ago-would have had a nicer camera on my trips-thus far, been to Germany, Poland and a few US cities on the client dime, and some of the sites I saw, I could not capture...