What do you do for a living?

[Jaybird]

I know someone in Schaumburg who is growing weed at his house? Could you possibly arrest him!?

Thats COLD brother
JJ

 

[Cheesefood]

I know someone in Schaumburg who is growing weed at his house? Could you possibly arrest him!?

Ha ha ha.

Funny.

Tried growing once. Ended up being male. Never tried again.

 

[Fingers]

Tried growing once. Ended up being male. Never tried again.

Don't worry Cheese, grow as much as you'd like and you'll still be male. Well, sort of. You'd be PHYSICALLY male. Until either you or Orpheus chooses otherwise. So eat, drink and be..... uh.... merry.

 

[AlmostSiR]

sounds fun I get to do alot of PLC programing mainly Allen Bradley now but I useto do alot of GE Fanuc stuff Lots of AC and DC drives as well... its really cool stuff. Do ya still like it? How long you been programing.

JJ

I do. I get to travel a lot, and work in the most insane homes you've ever imagined. I did a 3 day job in a penthouse in Chicago, and afterward, the owner let me borrow his Bentley to go get dinner. I must've pulled 3-4 miles of wire in this guy's house. Everything was controlled by his PocketPC through wi-fi. He was some oil magnate from the mid-east.

 

[Jaybird]

I do. I get to travel a lot, and work in the most insane homes you've ever imagined. I did a 3 day job in a penthouse in Chicago, and afterward, the owner let me borrow his Bentley to go get dinner. I must've pulled 3-4 miles of wire in this guy's house. Everything was controlled by his PocketPC through wi-fi. He was some oil magnate from the mid-east.

sounds like fun... hay whats wi-fi?
JJ

 

[sudsmonkey]

I work for a company who integrate RFID into industrial, retail, academic applications. I manage logistics amongst other things.

Don't let him BS you. He's really an agent for MI6 sent here to infiltrate the brewing world.

I take care of a very large, very rural cable system for one of the biggest cable providers in the US. I'm thinking about offering tours of my system to historical groups. I've got the cable system that time forgot. No digital, no broadband, no phone. We've got 62 channels and WE LIKE IT! Damn, I'm outta date!

 

[Bernie Brewer]

I take care of a very large, very rural cable system for one of the biggest cable providers in the US. I'm thinking about offering tours of my system to historical groups. I've got the cable system that time forgot. No digital, no broadband, no phone. We've got 62 channels and WE LIKE IT! Damn, I'm outta date!

???



YOU'RE outta date?????? I live on one of the few places left on the planet that doesn't even GET cable. Or DSL. Thank God for Dish Network, and if it weren't for EVDO, I'd still be stuck in dial-up purgatory!

 

[Beerrific]

YOU'RE outta date?????? I live on one of the few places left on the planet that doesn't even GET cable. Or DSL. Thank God for Dish Network, and if it weren't for EVDO, I'd still be stuck in dial-up purgatory!

Wow. As of a few months ago the last person I knew that could not get cable, got cable. I even know people in East Futt Buck Maine that have cable (TV and internet).

 

[Jim Karr]

When school is on, in the mornings, I teach my kids at home. In the afternoon, I work for a family-owned hardware/lawn and garden store in Bangor, Michigan.

The Landers family has been in business since 1950, and my boss is the third generation to run the store. We do about a million and a half at retail.

I manage the lawn and garden department (featuring Husqvarna chainsaws and tractors), which means I get to spend Mr. Landers' money when I order stuff, and I don't have to worry about the checkbook balance. I also submit warranty repair claims to the manufacturers, order all the repair parts for the shop and for customers, and keep track of the inventory financing.

I'm also on the Bangor Township board, and an elder at the Bangor Church of Christ.

My favorite gig is teaching my kids.

 

[Jaybird]

My favorite gig is teaching my kids.

spoken like a true DAD... Well said
JJ

 

[smoke76]

I'm a Building Inspector in the town of Elkton. I was in construction for 17 years but had to jump ship and trade my hammer for a pencil!!

 

[SixFoFalcon]

Another federal government employee here. I work QA and tech (among other things) for the Department of Defense. Needless to say, my job is frustrating and humbling at times.

 

[uniconfis]

PC Tech support. Mostly I support the local PC's, printers/scanners and maintain a few servers. Of coarse this job leads to me wear many different hats.

 

[TRNDRVR]

My sig says it all.

Choo chooo!

 

[frothdaddy]

Commercial litigation attorney. I'm the guy that sues you when your business doesn't pay its bills.

 

[Mutilated1]

My job title is "Systems Engineer IV". Basically what I do is coordinate with different business units to gather their requirements for different projects, then I coordinate with different business units to document how a new system must integrate with the other existing systems. Then I architect a system and make a plan for how long it will take, how many resources we need to get it finished, etc... Then I supervise some contractors and offshore programmers to make sure everything keeps moving along and make sure that what we end up with is going to be acceptable to everyone when its all finished. Then I coordinate with another team to test all the features, and install it. I also have to manage the day to day operations of the systems when they're finished.

Basically I am a technology manager. I've always been a programmer in the past, but I rarely get to program anything anymore.

I do a bit of programming every once in a while as "mentor" type role to junior programmers and to keep the contractors progressing, maybe to find a bug that nobody else can fix, but its rare that I get to program at all these days other than some freelance stuff I do from time to time.

Most of my time is spent on the "bigger picture", keeping the different groups and workers involved moving along on the plan.

 

[CodeRage]

I am a Systems Integration/Process Engineer. Do process controls and automation for plant work. Mostly Waste Water and Fresh Water Plants and all the infrastructure that goes between the two. Started out as a PLC programmer and still do quite a bit of the more involved stuff but day to day task have become more administrative.

 

[Hell Brew]

Work In a laboratory at a hospital but thinking about going into nursing, most likely ICU or Cath Lab. Lifeflight would be awesome though.

 

[dantodd]

stay at home dad.

 

[zoebisch01]

stay at home dad.

You sir, are my hero! :cheers:

That would be my choice if I could do so now.

 

[dantodd]

You sir, are my hero! :cheers:

That would be my choice if I could do so now.

today is my wife's first day back at work after maternity leave from our second who was born on Jun 4th. It's a nervous day for all of us. I'm about to wake up the little guy to take his big brother to school.

The fridge is full of milk and he slept through the night for the first time last night.

so far so good. I hope there's beer still in the keg by the time my wife gets home from work! (Just kidding for anyone reading this from CPS)

 

[dantodd]

Survived the first day. Now it's time to go pull a nice pint of stout (no stout faucet) and celebrate with my wife!

 

[Doog_Si_Reeb]

I'm a test equipment engineer. Although I may soon be a "displaced" engineer in search of a new engineering title in a new work environment.....

 

[Dinbin]

I manage a local Pest Control company and remove/exterminate Africanized honeybees. Makes for some buzzy days.

 

[dantodd]

do you get to keep the honey? Africanized Mead anyone?

 

[peterfuse]

web designer in a design firm. going well so far since im a recent graduate

 

[Dinbin]

do you get to keep the honey? Africanized Mead anyone?

By the time I get to it, you won't want it. Pesticide Punch anyone? :fro:

 

[dantodd]

By the time I get to it, you won't want it. Pesticide Punch anyone? :fro:

You can always export it to China, they could use some payback for all the poison toys of late.

 

[skou]

There's a local guy who does just that. Doesn't use pesticide to kill the bees (at least, not 'til he's gotten the honey) and sell the honey to the local stores. Our store has gotten some, and it makes GREAT Mead! Desert wildflower (urban.)

steve

 

[Whale4]

Journeyman Refrigeration and HVAC Tech