hey guys, what do you all do for a living?

-what education did you go through?
- do you enjoy your job?


help me find a good career by giving me info about yours

Education:
2 years at a private college studying computer sceince.
1 year at a local community college.
1 year at a local state college studying math.

Job:
European Auto Restorer

Happiness:
Yes, things will be better in a year as word of mouth and reputation spread.

do you paint?

10 yrs or so as a landscape contractor
many years at LBCC, CSULB and CPU Pomona and a Masters from the school of hard knocks.

Now I'm the Construction Administrator for a Landscape Architecture firm, hope to be licensed in a few years.

Best job I've had yet. Very satisfying.

Stevo

LOL aaron, Im a Professional Engineer. my job has its good moments then suffers through periods of tedium, just like any profession I suppose.

Specifically I work on suspension bridges. In construction management.

I dont believe engineers are compensated nearly enough, given the education we have to have, and the responsibilities we have.

Honestly Im thinking about a career change,but I dont have a clue what else I can do though

stevo- tell me about landscape architecture

I’m webmaster for a network of agricultural radio stations, and I do a lot of in-house Java programming. I’ve worked there since I was a sophomore in high school, so when I graduated I became full-time and took my old boss’s job

The work is awesome… I’m a one—man development team, so I get to learn and experiment a lot. The only problem is that there’s no money out in the middle of nowhere Nebraska, and there’s no place for me to advance from where I am now.

Anyway… I’m going to college at Phoenix Online right now. I tried a local university, but I hate the “college lifestyle” crap. Who wants to be a poor, drunk, indoctrinated college kid?

i'm a computer nerd since '78 ...
i like it, although i'm getting tired of it every once in a while.

maybe i should become a porn-star!
Andy

Video Game Tester.

there are worse jobs.


AA in Anthropology from De Anza Community College.



Sang

Long Beach City and State!! Wow, I went to both of them as well. Small world.

I am a porn star. My stage name? Shorty.

Seriously though, I'm in medical sales and love it. I recommend a sales career to all who are outgoing, can take the pressure of weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual quotas. The financial rewards are only limited by your desire and imagination.

BS in Information Systems from the Univ of San Francisco.

BA in telecommunications & film. San Diego State University.
20 years as cameraman for CBS Network

Now freelance...currently shooting sitcoms...Less Than Perfect and Complete Savages..

Im a chief....

a chief? of what tribe?


oh you mean chef

Currently a Loan Officer for a mortgage co. Kind of a Sales/Finance Job.

previous to that 14 years as a commercial fisherman in Alaska, awesome job for the 18-30yr crowd, loved almost every minute of it. Wasn't a good fit when I sarted a family.

BA in Business Admin/Finance Western Washington Univ.
How are you supposed to know what career you want when you are 18?

Future - Working on opening a Fresh Seafood Market.

i pump gas....get paid to look at cars and do my homework

going to NJIT for Mechanical engineering, and hopefully will be working as an automobile engineer

I'm Chief of Operations for MidAmerica Millwork. A commercial millwork contractor that specializes in high end medical/dental facilities, oil company offices, and law offices. I've been in the building industry since 1975. Went to OU as a music major. My chosen career is a very rewarding one (when I get paid on time.LOL).

Oh yeah, I keep several of the local 914's running in my spare time.

I've been employed full time for 40 years.....cept for a couple years with Uncle Sam.

The only thing that kept me out of college was high school.

I'm a QC inspector.....not that it matters, I'm burnt out.

this is a bbs aaron... spelling means nothing...

c wat aye meen?

Have a side business as a salvage auto rebulider Thus tha name Spare Time Toys.

I spent 12 Years as a Electro Mechanical Design Engineer in the Defense/Aerospace industry. Last 15 Years I've been in the Real estate Industry, I did New Home Sales for 8 of those years and now a Mortgage Loan Consultant for the last 7 years. Carpentry for the last 30 years as a side job and a hobby. Changes are good for people, I believe it's important to have the ability to adapt to changes in the workplace.

BA in anthropology from the University of Central Florida.

I'm a commercial pilot in a Lear 35 flying for a wealthy family out of Santa Fe, NM.

It's good work, but it took a long time to get here.

I've been considering leaving flying to open a Porsche shop. We'll see...

So Lou do you like the selling mortgages better than selling houses?

As I said in my earlier post I am a Mortgage Loan person as well but also in the process of getting my real estate license just because the growth in this area is crazy.

Small business is still my passion.

Commercial Photographer, I shoot mostly food. Great job, good pay, lots to eat. Since I own the studio, if I don't have something scheduled, I am at home working on my cars.
Couldn't be happier!

education:
BA in music education
1 hour from my master's dergree in applied music (trumpet performance)

currently a high school band director. actually i teach em from 6th grade on up.

i like it most days. The high school drama queens are beginning to wear me out. Every thing to them is a big ordeal. Plus, dealing with stupid parents and administration is another downside. Vacation time is awesome.
one week for thanksgiving
two weeks for christmas
week at spring break
a few other days scattered here and there
10 weeks off for summer

SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL MUSIC PROGRAMS!!! nothing against sports, but i don't see any 40-80 year old people still playing football competitevely. (cheap plug)

charles mclendon

bs biology

software sales to hospitals..

happy yes, income good, pressure yes

Education:
AA, Cameron University, Oklahoma
Many scattered night classes, including two I'm taking right now.
After these two, I will be within 8 classes of finishing my BA (history), with a concentration of Middle East studies. (yeah, no shit)

Job: I'm a soldier... four years from retirement (I'll be less than 40 y/o). At some point, I'm going to have to get a real job, so I'll bookmark this thread.

-Rusty

Maintenance... gotta keep the water flowing both directions keep the buildings standing, operating & looking good for the people that work for us and for the ones that donate to our cause. Guide Dogs For The Blind, Inc.

Side buisness of Photography (my preferance)

.....b

Veterinarian/Entomologist....I've work on TomCats, Harriers, Eagles, and SuperHornets (the "Entomologist" part) . Started out as an ejection seat, LOX (liquid oxygen), missile cooling and environmental control systems (HVAC) mechanic on F-14 TomCats at NAS Miramar, CA. Moved back to CO and worked for an HVAC company for 3 years. Moved to St. Louis to start my HVAC company ECS, and got hire at McDonnell Douglas (needed the health insurance for the family). Worked both jobs for 12 years until '96, when health problems (heart attack) required me to give up the HVAC biz (still do some on the side for family/friends). Got my AAS from ITT Tech in CAD March 2004. Worked on (assembly) AV8B Harriers (composites), F/A-18E/F SuperHornets (composites/sheetmetal), and presently build/inspect the Korean F-15K StrikeEagle. Pretty much frame all of the lower structure of the fuselage between the wings (from the shiny part forward to the intakes), 95% titanium (wish my car was made of the stuff!)........anyone want to take a WAG at how long it takes to build one F-15 from start to fly-off?

Bruce,
Nice to see another photographer with 914 interests. I just checked out your website. Nice, I wish we had scenery worthy of photos around here! I spend most of my time in studio with the exception of a little architectural work. Sorry this has strayed from the original post, just wanted to say "nice job".

BS in Mathematics from Notre Dame

I'm currently a Chief Technology Officer for an appliance manufacturer (glorified computer geek!). Nice thing about this job is you look out to the future, set direction, pick technologies...then tell someone else to implement it all! Get's tiring though at times, too much politics in the workplace..hours are way tooooo long.

Hi ,I am a custom car painter and I have my own shop. I do mostly show cars, however I am now getting show and street bikes. Its a good job that lets me express my creativity on other peoples rides. There is always pressure to make deadlines and turn out show winning paint.

My great grandfather founded a telephone company 50 or so years ago, so I am the first of the 4th generation family to work with the company. We now offer landline phones, digital cable, internet (T1, dsl, isdn, cable modems, etc...), our own wireless service, business key systems, networking, our own long distance, smart homes and security, VOIP, and pretty much everything else you can think of. We serve the areas around and including Hilton Head Island.

But anyway, I am the lead broadband technician in my areas ( 4 towns across 4 counties in two states). I perform maintenence on the cable plant and respond to most large outages. Occasionally, I do repair calls at the customer's home. Very rarely do I install services in homes. I am the guy that gets the service to the neighborhood and
makes sure the phones stay clear, tv pictures stay nice, and internet stays fast.

Most of you guys would just call me the telephone man or the cable guy.
Yes, I love it. I have guys 30 years older than me call me all day everyday to ask me questions. I know it bugs the shit out of them.

I like mortgages better, with New home Sales the money was great, the customers came to you, etc. but it required you working every Saturday and Sunday and most holidays, thats when most people come out to look, and with a family, it's difficult to miss the weekend sports and family get togethers and holidays. With Mortgages, most prequals, etc. can be done by phone, so it gives me much more flexibilities with my schedule. BTW, I use to do Mortgages in Roseburg Oregon. Wished I still lived there. Thats a great area to live, California sucks, and it's getting worse.

I'm the Technology Director at a private K-8th grade school. It's a fancy title for systems administrator. I majored in French at UC Berkeley after not knowing what to major in. It got me a year of living in France which was one of the best experiences ever.

My first 8 years in the work world I pushed paper. I hated it. Computers were always a hobby and about 9 years ago I went back to school to learn some programming and then fell into the Microsoft Certified System Engineer program. I basically turned a hobby into a career. I'm platform agnostic but if hard pressed I'd say I have a preference for the Mac. Unix, OSX, Windows - I can make it all work.

Welcome, Deano......how exciting to see another Des Moines Iowa member on the forum.

So as to not hijack the thread.....

No college....well...none that counts - I was a freshman three times until Dad got tired of paying.......but have worked my way up at Principal Financial Group to a Senior Corporate Negotiator in the IT procurement field. Lots of contract review involved in the job and some knowledge of technology is the norm - although most companies have teams that work either technology contracts or non technology contracts. Its a very fun and demanding job and one that has seen quite a bit of growth in the last few years.

Hey Deano.. didn't we meet on the side of the road on I-235?

-Rusty

4 years University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music - Music Education finished with a Masters in 4 years - My grades did better with a heavy load! Took 26 hours or more a quarter including summers. Ran out of classes to take so I started taking Master Degree stuff and just finished it off, before I could graduated with my BS, so I got both. I had to take a specific number of ensembles to graduate with a BS that worked out to 4 years. Oh I am a Tuba player - professionally - I got burnt out quickly - I love Music can't take the egos!

So I got drafted by a computer company -I am now a systems admin for an school district that is the size of Rhoad Island - I have my CCNA, MCSE, CNE, and a bunch more not sure if any of them matter or not. So in my case I make a living off of Microsoft, but I only use Apple hardware - it works for me. Keeps my sanity - because I don't have to support two Microsoft Newtorks - it sucked going home and having to do the same crap I did all day at work.

Yeah I like the job, pays well, but times you have to deal with crap - like any job. And sometimes you have to put in a few extra hours to get something working. Friday I worked from 4:30 am - 3:30 am into Saturday. But if you pull it off and get things working again, your a hero! If you don't well everyting slides down hill.

The future I will probally keep doing this - peole want me to start fixing their cars for a living - I have a back log right now I could do it full time! But it is what I do for a break, if it becones my job - who knows what I would do then.

Their is a fine line between genius and insanity not sure which I side I am walking on currently

Oh would I recommend it as a profession? Only if you are a masacist!

I probably have the best car guy job. I am an automotive designer or sometimes its called product stylist. At DaimlerChrysler, the place with the best styled cars around. I get to draw cars and work on models of cars all day long, its great. I help to decide what the future of automobiles could be.

I have a BFA in sculpture from Michigan State University and
a BFA in Industrial/Transportation Design from the College for Creative Studies

Before all that I owned my own restaurant and was a Executive Chef and a General Manager at other restaurants.
Thats it
Mark
72 914 5.0L
http://community.webshots.com/user/marksurel

Lawrence
Yep that was me. Thanks again for stopping. I think since you moved I've seen maybe two 914s in Des Moines.

Pam
I hadn't noticed that you are in DSM. Let me know if anything is ever happening around our area. What part of town are you in? I'm in Clive.

Thanks Deano. I've wanted to get into studio stuff. Learn more about lighting too. Wished we were closer I'd come & bug ya.

Your name sounds familiar. Were you ever featured in "Studio Photography & Design"? Like a couple months ago???

Welcome to the club

....b

I'm a bartender.


I spent 7 years and as much of my fathers money as I could and eventually graduated from Kansas State University with a BFA degree. I started bartending 16 years ago as a temporary NARJ. (not a real job)


90% of the time I like my job.
10% of the time I hate people.
50% of the time I hate my boss.


Be a fireman, be a race car driver, be what every your heart desires.
Don't sell out, don't grow up and don't give in.

Good Point!!

Hey Andy, maybe I could put you to work!

I run a couple of porn sites and I am always lookin for new studs!

Geoff

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39 years in the post office , got out in may , i do want
i want now. i get money for doing nothing now.

perfect! email me off-list ...

Andy

No, that would be cool, I love that magazine. Any time you're in Des Moines you are welcome to come by my studio.

Aaron, I can sum this up for you. Go to college, get at least a degree in something. It helps in everything you will do. If you end up in business for yourself, you will have been lucky to have studied accounting, business law, marketing, etc. and blah, blah, blah.

Now, to the work, If you work for yourself, you have total freedom to screw up or make it. You may work 100 hours a week or at least feel like you do. You may get it wired, as I have got it for now, anyway, and work about 30 hours a week.

If you go to work for someone else, might as well make it a big company with potential for advancement and some decent salary. Advantages are many: Health ins, steady money, perhaps retirement. Drawbacks are many: As many assholes as you may encounter in the hallway, which will be just about everyone there. And rules, always rules.

Bottom line is as simple as the old story about the tortoise and the hare. The tortoise worked for a big company or the gov't and ended up with the most money.

The hare lived on the edge, was broke half the time and ended up with the most memories.

You pick. I did when I met the first asshole in the hallway. I knocked his dick in the dirt and never went back.

Small Businessman (insurance broker). Did it for 22 years, sold out for a bundle, retired for 7, blew most of it, and started up again 9 years ago. Great business; makes $$, 95% of your customers stay with you, and I'll be able to retire again (but not sell) next year.

Best thing: The people you meet.
Worst thing: The same.

But you didn't say what you are trying to accomplish. Do great deeds to benefit mankind? Make lots of money? Just be happy and have time to play with your car(s)?

Your answer should determine your career path.

heheh. there is no doubt in my mind about going to college. but its what i DO in college. i wanna work on cars all day LOL. someone wanna pay me 100k to do that? doubtful. so im undegoing engineer indoctrination....

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