What do you do at your job?

[iijakii]

I sell industrial pumps and diesel packages and what not. Have any questions about moving large volumes of poop, fish guts, potatoes? It's not too exciting.

 

[Psylocide]

I buy things.

Also, I read HBT a lot and post here once in a while.

 

[bliss46]

I run marketing for an advertising technology company... what we sell to big brands and advertising agencies is software and services to manage online advertising (search ads, those creepy ads that follow you around after you visit a site, email, facebook ads) - most of it comes down to tracking customers and their behaviors to make sure they get the right ad at the right time at the right cost to the advertiser.

Me? I don't do any of that - I run the marketing of that software - and specifically to companies outside the US. I am based in NYC, but my team is spread over the world, which makes for some fun travelling (my person in Brussels has standing orders to do brewery runs for me before my next trip to that office).

It's not a bad job, but I've gotten to the point where I don't do much of anything anymore except have meetings and tell other people to do things. Which is much more unsettling than it sounds.

If you ask my wife she'll tell you that I write emails and make powerpoint decks for a living.

 

[Rivenin]

I do IT support for a medical manufacturing company.

what I do,

People press wrong buttons on PCs, i go back in time and have them click the correct ones

It's a fairly small company though, so i spend a bit of the day reading and researching beer.

 

[sasky7777]

nuclear reactor technician at a university research reactor. Sounds cool. Isn't. I supervise routine maintenance. I train 18 year olds how to operate it. Most of my time is spent filling a chair and waiting for my idiot boss to invent some bs problem. I do a lot of audits and paperwork and make sure my bosses ducks are in a row. I drink a lot of coffee and design a lot of beer recipes at work haha.

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[sasky7777]

I manage a retail that sells crop inputs. I have a background in agriculture and farming. My job involves a lot of selling and some education on new technologies and products.

 

[Rhumbline]

I sell industrial pumps and diesel packages and what not. Have any questions about moving large volumes of poop, fish guts, potatoes? It's not too exciting.

It is when they get moved to the wrong place!

 

[mattv21]

I work as a 3D Piping Designer for a Drafting/Design company. I design the piping in many different types of facilities pertaining to the oil/natural gas and sulfur processing fields. Currently we are wrapping up design on a large gas processing facility that is already well underway being built in Texas. Most of my day is spent in AutoCAD, manipulating and routing 3D objects to connect point “A” to point “B”. I like to explain it to people who have no idea what I’m talking about as being similar to piecing a bunch of Lego’s together, but on a computer.

 

[iijakii]

It is when they get moved to the wrong place!

Hah. Or when someone doesn't refill the diesel on a sewer bypass pump and floods a few homes with poop. Think there's still legal battles going on with that one...

 

[bbohanon]

I am in the upper echelon of IT. I watch others work much less than I do, get paid more than I do, and bitch far more about how bad things are than I do but never have the stones to find somewhere else to be.

All in all, typical IT.

 

[Mexibilly]

I coordinate and manage all Environmental regulatory compliance necessities and associated internal activities, track and compile all necessary data, schedule required testing and file all reports with state and federal regulatory entities for a facility that is owned by the largest foundry organization in the world.

 

[MonkeyBot]

Were you in Monterey? I spent a lot of time there, Russian Linguist.

My sister and her husband were both Russian linguists. They were in Monterrey around the 92-93 time period if I remember right. Brother went there too but never finished. Apparently assigning someone with minor dyslexia (dysgraphia specificall) Hebrew isn't conducive to success. He was there 96-97 I think.

 

[gl_az]

Software Engineer, I work on one of if not the most widely used Open Source database servers in the world. Chances are that every one of you has executed my code in some fashion, particularly if you shop online or use any social media.

 

[jrcrilly]

I help to keep criminals on the streets where they belong (defense attorney).

 

[hezagenius]

I used to be a civil engineer (still am I guess) designing water resources structures and making sure places don't flood when it rains. Probably the coolest thing I did as a civil engineer was to check the paint thickness on the inside of a water tower to make sure it was thick enough to prevent rusting.

Got bored of that and went into quantitative finance. I used to build asset pricing models for fixed income securities, derivatives and options. I currently build credit pricing models for mortgage-related products. I work for a bank considered too big to fail.

 

[Ridire]

I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed. You know, as a career, I don't want to do that.

 

[Ridire]

I help to keep criminals on the streets where they belong (defense attorney).

In reality, I am also an attorney. But a very different kind of attorney. I am a dual licensed attorney and CPA. I spend most of my time helping people buy or sell businesses.

 

[wallybangbang]

I'm a career Paramedic and have worked in healthcare for the past 25 years and currently a night shift operations supervisor for a small crew of 18 medics and EMT's. My main focus is ambulance and 911 dispatch operations for a county of just under 90k during the night shift hours. Secondary duties are endless, but I handle all PR and large scale event and MCI planning that goes on in our county.

I'm fortunate to have a good shift of employees who gets along well with each other. EMS can be a very demanding job where you often question your sanity for choosing it as a career. My payday is not the money, the benefits, or the uniform, but rather the handshake and the occasional sincere thank-you we get from our patients or their family. There is very little reward in this type of work, so we all strive to make a positive difference to those who call us for help.

KT

Good to see some other EMS folks on here. I have been a Paramedic since 03 and am currently the QA manager for an 911 ambulance company in the SF bay area that runs about 40K calls a year . I was a field supervisor for a number of years before I got promoted. EMS is a crazy job, you get to see the worst society has to offer along with LE and the Fire Departments. A very hard but also very rewarding at times. I feel your pain on secondary duties being endless, i get bombarded all the time with the operational overflow stuff that operations is too busy for.

 

[wobrien]

In high school and college I worked for my family's jewelry shop. I repaired Jewelry and even made custom stuff for my then girlfriend (now wife). I loved that job.

 

[Ridire]

In reality, I am also an attorney. But a very different kind of attorney. I am a dual licensed attorney and CPA. I spend most of my time helping people buy or sell businesses.

Oh, and I am also the CFO of a privately owned manufacturing business that has been around since the 1960s.

 

[wobrien]

Oh, and I am also the CFO of a privately owned manufacturing business that has been around since the 1960s.

I'm the owner of a small scale, non-profit production company that puts out mediocre beverages.

 

[brew703]

I help to keep criminals on the streets where they belong (defense attorney).

You should come down to New Orleans. You could make a fortune.

 

[Laser83Eric]

I'm an Assistant Service Manager at a Nissan dealership. So basically I sell service to customers, and I'm the main point of contact for the angry. Some people tell me I am a good listener...

 

[brew703]

Man, I have a boring job compared to some.

I am an acct rep for a large transportation company. We move freight all across the USA.
The plusses are I get 5 weeks vacation per year and free healthcare. I can take off when I want without any hassle which allows me to fish and hunt basically whenever I want.
The negatives are it's an inside job.

 

[Donal]

I am in the upper echelon of IT. I watch others work much less than I do, get paid more than I do, and bitch far more about how bad things are than I do but never have the stones to find somewhere else to be.

All in all, typical IT.

huh, apparently we work together

 

[marvinsjunk]

Structural engineer. I mostly design building structures, no bridges. I do a lot of work with steel fabricators designing the various elements (bolts, welds, plates, etc.) that connect steel components for forces they are expected to withstand during occupancy, earthquakes, wind storms, etc. I recently worked on a few high profile projects, including the Wrigley Field bleacher replacement.

One of my favorite quotes regarding my profession:
"Structural engineering is the art of molding materials we don’t wholly understand, into shapes we cannot fully analyze, so as to withstand forces we cannot really assess, in such a way that the community at large has no reason to suspect the extent of our ignorance."
-Original author unknown (but likely Dr. E. H. Brown)

 

[Ridire]

I recently worked on a few high profile projects, including the Wrigley Field bleacher replacement.

BOOOO!!

They wrecked that place. It was perfect...and they wrecked it...

 

[grevengrevs]

Were you in Monterey? I spent a lot of time there, Russian Linguist.

I was at DLI from 2000-2001 as an intermediate student and then as an MLI from 2001-2006. Retired out of Goodfellow.

 

[marvinsjunk]

BOOOO!!

They wrecked that place. It was perfect...and they wrecked it...

Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

I actually hear that a lot, but I also hear how cool it is. The enginerd in me really liked working on that project. Projects like that don't come along often in one's career.

 

[CaptainDucman]

What an awesome thread. Its crazy the spectrum of backgrounds all congregated because of HomeBrew

Commuting to hubs my whole career I have had the opportunity to sit next to many interesting people. I love hearing about what people do. Recently I sat next to a lady who sells your browsing history... yes, ALL of it . LAX to TPA became a short flight listening to how much data the web gathers behind the scenes from our clicking.

The jobs you talk about don't have to be current, if you think it might interest us, add it. I and I'm sure others are more than happy to read about it.

Billy-Klubb, could you tell us about that military ammunition you worked on?

CaptainDucman, what do you fly? I'm a pilot, too (up to light twins.)



-Brian

"Sparky" "The Plastic Jet" "The DreamLiner" Officially called the Boeing 787