wobrien
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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.
Oh, and I am also the CFO of a privately owned manufacturing business that has been around since the 1960s.
I help to keep criminals on the streets where they belong (defense attorney).
I am in the upper echelon of IT. I watch others work much less than I do, get paid more than I do, and ***** 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.
I recently worked on a few high profile projects, including the Wrigley Field bleacher replacement.
Were you in Monterey? I spent a lot of time there, Russian Linguist.
BOOOO!!
They wrecked that place. It was perfect...and they wrecked it...
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
(Made up title that means i tell people to restart their computers several times a day)
I have somehow become the go-to tech guy at my office, which is scary. Last month I put out a standing order - anyone who comes to me with an IT problem, before they have rebooted their PC, is fired.
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.
I have somehow become the go-to tech guy at my office, which is scary. Last month I put out a standing order - anyone who comes to me with an IT problem, before they have rebooted their PC, is fired.
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.
My partner of many years did only conveyancing, licensing, and sales contracts (gave up courtroom work decades ago) but he just retired. The firm (well, just me now) will be strictly litigation going forward. I BRIEFLY considered picking up his workload but I'm more of a barrister than a solicitor at heart.
Projects like that don't come along often in one's career.
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
Data scientist at a national lab. Get every other friday off, 3 weeks of vacation, an extra week off at christmas, and no one cares if sometimes I get too caught up in research to notice that I've been there for 3 days straight and haven't slept.
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.
"Sparky" "The Plastic Jet" "The DreamLiner" Officially called the Boeing 787
Sounds kind of similar to what I do. I'm a Technical Director for a "major cable news" channel. It's basically a glorified button pusher but there are lots of buttons and if I hit the wrong one people around the world see it. Essentially all of the cameras, remote events, reporters, live "beauty" shots, graphics machines, video playback servers, pretty much any video source comes through my video switcher. I then "switch" the live broadcast as it's happening. I'm lucky in that it still allows me to travel on occasion to do live events but doesn't keep me on the road for weeks on end away from my family (and my fermenter! );.
My office:
as a result I was the first person on the planet to see the beginning of the Universe.
Btbnl, any chance we could see that picture? Or at least a link to direct us to the picture.
Boy I hope that inspired a beer.
I'm a computational cosmologist at a national lab.
I use the largest (unclassified) supercomputers on the planet to turn raw data from crazy-sensitive microwave detectors into pictures of the Big Bang, and as a result I was the first person ever to see the beginning of the Universe.
I'm assuming that what you mean is that you've seen the data that, when extrapolated, point to an expanding universe and an initial time/point of origin (?). Ed Hubble might have beat you by a bit.
Nope - I mean we detected photons created in the Big Bang and built up an image of it from them.
Presently, I'm designing a new sensor for automatic faucets and flush valves, like in airport restrooms, that actually works.
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