What do you do for a living??
Melting Slicks
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Re: What do you do for a living?? (Casper)
I'm a paperboy. No, I work for the state as a mailroom and supply manager. I also work parttime for an ambulance co as a driver. Also am a vol firefighter :cry
Burning Brakes
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Re: What do you do for a living?? (76 Red)
Service tech for Hewlett-Packard and Oce large format plotters. Kinda like the Maytag guy as they rarely break down which leaves me plenty of time to see what you boys on the forum are up to.
:cheers:
:cheers:
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Re: What do you do for a living?? (Silvr77)
76Red sounds like we have a lot in common ( headaches ) I work in the Engineering Dept. at our company and we design digital switches for cell sites.
I am also the company acronym decoder, WTF ?
Likie it says on my monitor " I know all the answers, it's the questions I don't understand " :D
[Modified by MotorHead, 3:14 PM 12/18/2001]
I am also the company acronym decoder, WTF ?
Likie it says on my monitor " I know all the answers, it's the questions I don't understand " :D
[Modified by MotorHead, 3:14 PM 12/18/2001]
Drifting
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Re: What do you do for a living?? (jeff69)
"System Analyst" kind of fancy words for working on computer systems. :)
Before I went back to college I had a couple of interesting ones; professional wrestler for 2 1/2 years till I injured my back, hamburger cook, security guard, UCLPO "under cover loss prevention officer" not the kind at Target, but for a large company that had problems with drugs and theft. You know just the normal jobs you have till you figure out what you want to do for living. :yesnod: :D
Before I went back to college I had a couple of interesting ones; professional wrestler for 2 1/2 years till I injured my back, hamburger cook, security guard, UCLPO "under cover loss prevention officer" not the kind at Target, but for a large company that had problems with drugs and theft. You know just the normal jobs you have till you figure out what you want to do for living. :yesnod: :D
Melting Slicks
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Re: What do you do for a living?? (76 Red)
Business Development Manager (Retired)- Unisys Corp. (Computers)
I now have my own company, Chappell Consulting. (Computers)
I now have my own company, Chappell Consulting. (Computers)
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Melting Slicks
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Re: What do you do for a living?? (e3pres)
Well that explains why you were having so much trouble with the intricate chambered exhaust system and sway bar bolts. There's no rational thought amoung C-3 owners! :lol:
Pedro,
I may start pestering you pretty soon. I'm about to take differential equations... again. I think if I go to class this time I might pass it though. Laplace transforms rule!... my God, I'm a nerd... :nonod:
:D
I may start pestering you pretty soon. I'm about to take differential equations... again. I think if I go to class this time I might pass it though. Laplace transforms rule!... my God, I'm a nerd... :nonod:
:D
Some day we nerds will rule the world! :crazy:
-Pedro
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Re: What do you do for a living?? (Pedro'74)
For that one guy, Architect is very different from Engineer, they always think they can do our work. Engineering is a loosely used term because it is such a broad field nowadays....saying you're an engineer means nothing. The PE's are the REAL engineers (in the consulting field, at least). Not as important to have in the industrial setting, because you only have a boss to keep happy!
Burning Brakes
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Re: What do you do for a living?? (Pedro'74)
Owner of Spiral Turbo Specialties. We manufacture high performance and racing baffles for Automotive, Marine, Street-Rods, Semi-Trucks. This job is FUN !!! JCL :yesnod: :yesnod:
Drifting
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Re: What do you do for a living?? (Vader953)
an architect trying to do work of an engineer? no way! :jester
On the architects defence: their paid to make it look good, its the egineers job to make it work. :lol:
On a similar note. I see the term architect thrown on things that need the word "organizer" or something like that. WTF is a "Production Architect" at the local department store?... :blueangel:
I see weird names for jobs and it makes me think odd things. :conehead
Daniel
On the architects defence: their paid to make it look good, its the egineers job to make it work. :lol:
On a similar note. I see the term architect thrown on things that need the word "organizer" or something like that. WTF is a "Production Architect" at the local department store?... :blueangel:
I see weird names for jobs and it makes me think odd things. :conehead
Daniel
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Re: What do you do for a living?? (Pedro'74)
Pedro,
I may start pestering you pretty soon. I'm about to take differential equations... again. I think if I go to class this time I might pass it though. Laplace transforms rule!... my God, I'm a nerd... :nonod:
:D
No problemo, e3pres! Just bring on the ODEs and PDEs....:D BTW, if I remember correctly, Juliet is the forum resident expert on the subject!
Some day we nerds will rule the world! :crazy:
-Pedro
that they are your friend, not your enemy. :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
OK, we're nerds but we nerd engineers have Corvettes and the Moon landings to our credit. (I hesitate to
mention the Pacer. :D ) And we already do rule the world - we just don't tell anyone so we're left alone. :lol:
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Re: What do you do for a living?? (76 Red)
Okay, I'll bite... I am currently a very pi$$ed off employee of a major chemical company. I support, maintain, install and convert process monitoring and control computer systems. Currently I have 12 different systems that I am responsible for, they range from 20 year old PDP-11 based systems thru semi ancient Vax based systems to the latest and greatest Intel based systems.
I hate computers!
:mad
I hate computers!
:mad
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Re: What do you do for a living?? (rollavette71)
....I'm a doctor, I'm a lawyer, I'm a movie star, I'm an astronaut, and I own this bar.....And I'm married to.......Morgan Fairchild.....yeah, that's the ticket...
When I'm not glued to this forum, I manage continuous improvement initiatives for the maintenance operations at a major airline. And I'm sorry about your luggage and the time you were stranded in %#$&* Egypt.
When I'm not glued to this forum, I manage continuous improvement initiatives for the maintenance operations at a major airline. And I'm sorry about your luggage and the time you were stranded in %#$&* Egypt.
Racer
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Re: What do you do for a living?? (Kip Henry)
Air traffic Controller in Atlanta.
The Vette is used to restore my sanity on the ride home. :crazy: :smash:
The Vette is used to restore my sanity on the ride home. :crazy: :smash:
I hope do you stay sane on the job, I pass through there all the time, keep us safe dude!
jeff69 :yesnod:
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Re: What do you do for a living?? (76 Red)
I am a licenced electrician who specializes in LAN installations and computer rooms. I work heavily with fiber optics (instal,terminate,test) and I am currently working towards getting my RCDD.
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Re: What do you do for a living?? (7t2vette)
I go to community college...Mooch of Mommy and Daddy.... Work at best buy now.... Im a pool boy in the summer ( the worlds greatest job) im not a life guard, just a pool boy, I make sure all the ladies behave themselve. :D
Melting Slicks
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Re: What do you do for a living?? (76 Red)
This is a really interesting thread. It's neat to learn more about the people we interact with on the forum.
I am a Radiation Protection Technician or sometimes called Health Physics Technician at the Comanche Peak nuclear power plant located near Glen Rose Texas. It's a really good job overall but I felt like it was time for a change so I began taking night classes at a local Jr. college. I just completed my third Microsoft Windows 2000 class. I had intended on obtaining the MCSE but that job market has gone SOOO flat that I am going to put the whole IT thing on a back burner. It looked like a HOT ticket for a while but. . .
Pedro'74, I wish that I knew half as much about math as you have forgotten! I've never been very strong in that subject so I really admire people like you who are. :cool:
Eddie 96, our job titles work side by side. I bet we could start a whole discussion thread on "Dumb things people say about nuclear power"… :lol:
n8370c, it sounds like you have a REALLY interesting job.
My curiosity is peaked. Please tell me about the evils of "Pan & Scan movies on dvd".
Thanks,
Mike
I am a Radiation Protection Technician or sometimes called Health Physics Technician at the Comanche Peak nuclear power plant located near Glen Rose Texas. It's a really good job overall but I felt like it was time for a change so I began taking night classes at a local Jr. college. I just completed my third Microsoft Windows 2000 class. I had intended on obtaining the MCSE but that job market has gone SOOO flat that I am going to put the whole IT thing on a back burner. It looked like a HOT ticket for a while but. . .
Pedro'74
Wow, what a variety we have here!
I'm a mathematician, and (Lord help me!) must be receiving my Ph.D. degree in May. What exactly I do? I teach and do research--the main result of my doctoral work being the proof of rationality and explicit calculation of the Hilbert-Kunz functions of a wide variety of polynomials, through the introduction of new concepts such as p-Fractals and triple resultants. ARGH!
-Pedro
Wow, what a variety we have here!
I'm a mathematician, and (Lord help me!) must be receiving my Ph.D. degree in May. What exactly I do? I teach and do research--the main result of my doctoral work being the proof of rationality and explicit calculation of the Hilbert-Kunz functions of a wide variety of polynomials, through the introduction of new concepts such as p-Fractals and triple resultants. ARGH!
-Pedro
Eddie 96
I work in electrical maintenance at a nuclear power plant. Someone has to keep the power on so we can surf the net and take a hot shower.
Your welcome.
I work in electrical maintenance at a nuclear power plant. Someone has to keep the power on so we can surf the net and take a hot shower.
Your welcome.
n8370c
I'm a studio technician for the Baltimore CBS affiliate. Depending on the crew for the day I could be: Techcnical director-pushes the buttons that changes the pictures on your tv during live broadcasts, Audio technician- controls the microphones and tape audio, Stage manager- controls all aspect of a show from the studio floor, Prompter operator- rolls the script that the news anchors read, Robo camera operator- uses a single controler with two joysticks to move 6 different cameras during live and taped shows.
I'm also the president of the technicians, IATSE local 833 so I negotiate the contract and make sure it doesn't get violated
In my spare time I try to enlighten people on the evils of Pan & Scan movies on dvd and install theater systems.
I'm a studio technician for the Baltimore CBS affiliate. Depending on the crew for the day I could be: Techcnical director-pushes the buttons that changes the pictures on your tv during live broadcasts, Audio technician- controls the microphones and tape audio, Stage manager- controls all aspect of a show from the studio floor, Prompter operator- rolls the script that the news anchors read, Robo camera operator- uses a single controler with two joysticks to move 6 different cameras during live and taped shows.
I'm also the president of the technicians, IATSE local 833 so I negotiate the contract and make sure it doesn't get violated
In my spare time I try to enlighten people on the evils of Pan & Scan movies on dvd and install theater systems.
My curiosity is peaked. Please tell me about the evils of "Pan & Scan movies on dvd".
Thanks,
Mike