What do you guys do for a living?

[greco827]

...Or did you do, if you happen to be retired.

There are some amazing collections put together by the members out there and it made me wonder .... what do these guys do for a living??? I'm in IT. Boring. Kind of hard to describe what I do, but I basically make the enigmatic "cloud", happen. "Nobody understand the cloud! It's a mystery!"

[KMayUSA6060]

Head Hunter/Client Developer in the hospitality industry.

[Frank A]

Was a commercial construction carpenter for 43 years. Now retired and loving it!!

[2dueces]

Technical Engineer in the Welding Industry.

[autograf]

Long-range transportation planner for a large brown transportation company............

[Jacklitsch]

Retired (going on five years) lawyer.

[Mdmtx]

Slowing down a little. Spent many years as ops manager in heavy construction. Got tired of all the travel and moved into cost estimating/project management. Now I miss the travel/time out of the office.

Hey, do you guys see that green grass on the other side of the fence?

Mark

[darwinbulldog]

I'm an evolutionary psychologist and a university department chair. Still decades away from retirement.

[sycks22]

PE / DAPE (Adapted Phys Ed) teacher at a K-6 school. I play games all day, it's great

[vintagerookies51]

College student

[packs]

During the week I work at a paint store. It's alright. The manager, Dan Fusco, he's a good guy. Gave me a 4 dollar raise the other day. But at night, especially on Saturdays, I go into the city and I dance.

[ibuysportsephemera]

During the week I work at a paint store. It's alright. The manager, Dan Fusco, he's a good guy. Gave me a 4 dollar raise the other day. But at night, especially on Saturdays, I go into the city and I dance.

I didn't know that Tony Manero collected baseball cards and was a member here...cool.

Jeff

[Leon]

me below...managing the board...

Before this, Worked in IT for over 20 yrs in straight commission sales. Until I got fired for being in the hobby too much, 5 1/2 yrs ago. Now I do this, which as some would say, anyone can do. :rolleyes:

[invest]

I am a former business owner for a cyber security company that protected Community Banks and Credit Unions across the USA. Now I am retired

Troy

[LuckyLarry]

FAA Air Traffic Controller. Retired six years ago.
Larry

[Ronnie73]

I own an auto repair shop that does basic general repair all the way to frame off restorations, powder coating and high temp ceramics. Just relocated to a better spot in town on a main road and still working on getting the sand blasting and coatings up and running again. In between jobs I'm usually checking Net54 and Ebay.

[Buythatcard]

Full time Senior Software Developer during the day. eBay seller during the evening. Two years and 20 days away from retirement and I am counting every minute.

[mark evans]

Retired in 2005 after 30 years as a lawyer with the federal government. Worked in several offices; most interesting was probably FISA Court wiretaps.

[Golfcollector]

I am an underwriter for a large insurance company…Been doing this in a variety of roles for 24 years (Homeowners, commercial lines, Farm & Ranch, etc)

[pbspelly]

long thread on this topic
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=174978&highlight=consumer+protection

[Cooptown]

I am a doctor at a local hospital. Actually, I should probably elaborate. I have a doctorate and I run a fundraising division at our local medical center.

[buymycards]

I am a Postmaster. Retiring in November. :)

[kvnkvnkvn]

I've been known to film little kids with my camera...Some adults too...

I started Erie Highlight Reel in 2007, EHR is a sports media company...Filming sporting events, providing college recruiting tapes and probably no surprise to you guys, causing major shenanigans on all of my EHR social media channels, most notably BackBook. Believe it or not, that off color NFL joke was mild from what I am willing to post.

Notable EHR Chest Puffing Feats...

- 4,000+ videos, 2.7+ Million views on YouTube, most in my city, Erie PA. (Although, I haven't checked this in a bit, plus the news outlets don't go as hard on YT, so that helps. hahah)

- Pitt Athletics confiscated our tapes and credentials the first game we ever filmed down there. (I love Pitt, all good now, great story to have been a part of.)
https://TheyConfiscatedMyTape.com (Not responsible for where that made up link takes you. haha)

- Erie Otters Chair Throw Throw viral video made it on HeShePN Not Top 10...
https://youtu.be/wLnbpVLZLFU

- Softball Punch video made it on MTV Ridiculousness...
https://youtu.be/E6sZR5AKYzE

- Filmed two seasons worth of Connor McDavid footage. (Should have had 3, but for some reason teams and people don't like when you talk smack about them on the interweb. haha)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1sokjRRbqWWmNA72hB_7IBI1wOV920AB

- The most racist comment section for a video on YouTube. (Good God, read through that if you want to see the dregs of society.)
https://youtu.be/E6sZR5AKYzE

Greatest Play I filmed: (Maybe not, but this is ultra rare. Watch it in slo-mo, dude gets stung. hahaah)
https://youtu.be/noYOWqKrIFw

Craziest Drunkard I filmed at a Game:
https://youtu.be/rkI-e8gJfys

Playlist of all possible EHR viral videos:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1sokjRRbqWXQHZYjKnBgIjZVM8csh0Bk

I try not to actually do this anymore, if I can avoid it. haha Some games/events are great to do, but come on man, I can only film so many 5th & 6th grade girls basketball games...SideNote: Girls basketball is nothing more than flops, drops, and dives. I have video proof. No, I really do. I present you...The Epitome of Girl's Basketball. hahah
https://youtu.be/cubBpaXvSGI

I won't ramble on anymore, although I could...I have so many great stories of shenanigans I caused on social media, it is ridiculous...If you ask me, this is what made EHR great, the uncensored sports talk on the company pages, and the fact that I filmed the shit out of local sports...

http://www.ErieHighlightReel.com
http://www.YouTube.com/ErieHighlightReel

After proofreading this, I hate that I put up mostly dummy stuff I captured of the sports world, not enough to change it though. haha

In reality, I met a lot of great people and even a couple coaches that, forget the touchdowns, could change the world...I also witnessed great communities of people coming together and wonderful displays of good sportsmanship...And for all the haters EHR has, pretty sure there are far more supporters...

[Jobu]

Got a Ph.D. studying monkeys in the Amazon - hammock, machete, the whole 9 yards. Now I work in bird conservation and research.

[Jayworld]

Creative Director/Graphic Designer

also, Bible Teacher

[39special]

Auto body technician for the last 32 years.

[nolemmings]

Retired (going on five years) lawyer.

My hero! I too am a lawyer, but my investment prowess has made certain that I will never be able to retire. I will be working on the day I die, and am researching whether I am expected to work thereafter.

[Bpm0014]

Nursing degree but I'm now in banking. Also high limit poker player and part time (full time haha) sports bettor specializing in college football.

[polakoff]

I write and edit math textbooks.

[fduran27]

I'm an evolutionary psychologist and a university department chair. Still decades away from retirement.

what school - grew up in south florida

[BruceinGa]

December 31, 2011 I retired from Avaya Communications as a Senior Technician. I had essentially the same job throughout my career of 43 years with Southern Bell, American Bell, AT&T, Lucent Technologies and then Avaya.
I was in AT&T's computer group in the 80's and the job evolved in to installing, maintaining and upgrading servers.

[trdcrdkid]

I make my living as a mutual fund analyst, and I also do Shakespeare/theater history scholarship and research in my spare time. I have a Ph.D in linguistics, but haven't used it directly in many years.

[ALR-bishop]

My hero! I too am a lawyer, but my investment prowess has made certain that I will never be able to retire. I will be working on the day I die, and am researching whether I am expected to work thereafter.

Todd---is this like being a lawyer in perpetuity ?

[Bestdj777]

I was an attorney for a couple of large law firms but am now working for the government. I miss my prior card budget but little else about the job.

[nolemmings]

Todd---is this like being a lawyer in perpetuity ?

I don't believe so Al, but my research is ongoing. As you know, there's a rule against perpetuities--just don't ask me to explain it :) My hope was that it could save me, but it appears there may be exceptions to the rule, and with my luck, one such exception has my name on it.

[T205 GB]

I am a buyer for a steel fabrication company now.

[nolemmings]

I was an attorney for a couple of large law firms but am now working for the government. I miss my prior card budget but little else about the job.

Congrats, Chris. I assume you are no longer asked to explain how the number of billable hours in a day can exceed 24. :)

[Rich Klein]

Catalog Maintenance Expert at COMC and yes the position is as cool as it sounds.

Rich

[greco827]

I'm an evolutionary psychologist and a university department chair. Still decades away from retirement.

Wow! We have people from all different career paths, but evolutionary psychologist takes the taco up to this point!!!. The Amazon/Machete guy is a close second :D.

I love that such a diverse group of people have such a large common interest. If only the world worked this well!!

Thanks for all the responses, keep 'em coming!

[kvnkvnkvn]

but evolutionary psychologist takes the taco up to this point!!!.



Yeah, he almost got a list of questions today, but I didn't want steal your post away. hahahaha

...Where is this dudes Podcast at?

[pclpads]

I run amuck for a mucking company. :D

[7nohitter]

Middle School English Teacher.

[scooter729]

I run the finances and manage the budget for a college. It's fun battling about money with faculty all day!

[z28jd]

I cover the Pittsburgh Pirates and their farm system. Already talked to three players today, waiting on another to respond. There is no off-season.

[Big Six]

I sell new account screening solutions to banks and credit unions...


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[stlcardsfan]

I'm a Regional President for a community bank.

Matt, your products save us a lot of money that might be lost on bad actors!

[Mark]

I run the finances and manage the budget for a college. It's fun battling about money with faculty all day!

I spend many days wishing that the university administration would pay me more!

[DaveW]

I designed computer chips for 36 years and retired 2 years ago. I find I'm really good at doing nothing all day.

[cliftons8]

Small Animal Veterinarian

[NewEnglandBaseBallist]

I own a nationwide chain of motels. 2200 units. I used to be in the CIA, but that was a long time ago, and I don't like to talk about it.

[mattsey9]

Project management consultant in the utilities industry.

[rdwyer]

Authorized Apple Repair Tech.

[chuckw]

professional environmental engineer in the engineering/consulting industry

[Kenny Cole]

My hero! I too am a lawyer, but my investment prowess has made certain that I will never be able to retire. I will be working on the day I die, and am researching whether I am expected to work thereafter.

This. Me too.

[kmac32]

Veterinarian

[AddieJoss]

Financial Advisor specializing in retirement planning and estate planning.

[the 'stache]

When my back gets back to the point where I can get off pain medications, I'll return to my job as a stockbroker, though I'll have to take all my darned FINRA exams all over again.

[deeg23]

Graduated almost two years ago now (man, time flies) and I am currently a derivatives analyst at a financial institution!

[Jersey City Giants]

Wall Street Equity Analyst - 19 years in and they are still paying me! :)

[iowadoc77]

Dentist for 15 years. Love my patients and my staff. Wouldn’t want to do anything else. Really enjoy getting to know and share life with those I am blessed to work with and treat.

[2dueces]

I designed computer chips for 36 years and retired 2 years ago. I find I'm really good at doing nothing all day.

I do that at work and get paid for it. Nice gig if you can find one. :)

[topcat61]

I'm an Advertising Illustrator.

[kailes2872]

I am a sales director for a big CPG company and run the eastern half of the country. I spend most days chasing down trucks and getting yelled at for late deliveries and trying to negotiate with ever increasing in power retailers.

But we are an official sponsor of MLB and I got to go to opening day, the all-star game, the ALCS, and if the Yankees would have won, the World Series. I play a lot of golf in the summer time and travel about 45 weeks out of the year so it could be worse.

[Rhotchkiss]

I own a company that owns and operates manufactured housing communities (mobile home parks); I am a "recovering attorney" -- have my JD and LLM in tax law and practiced for 7 years but gave that racket up a long time ago!

[Bestdj777]

Congrats, Chris. I assume you are no longer asked to explain how the number of billable hours in a day can exceed 24. :)

Thanks Todd :). No more explanations, although I'm not sure I ever billed more than 20 hours in a day :)

[pawpawdiv9]

Damn- nobody here that's a A/C technician. I need help!
I can build or do just about anything with my hands, but its the legs that get me there, and sometimes they don't want to move.

[Prince Hal]

I'm the CEO of a statewide trade association and lobbyist

[tedzan]

http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan77/images/large/tedz57tbirdmmbattennis.jpg


U.S. Air Force Radar Specialist (4 years). Then Electronics Research Engineer for A T & T Bell Laboratories (27 years).

I have been retired for some years playing a lot of Tennis and occasionally Softball and cruising in my classic T-Birds.

And, especially enjoying my family (wife, daughter, grandchildren).


TED Z

T206 Reference (http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=237816)
.

[vintagewhitesox]

I'm a criminal defense attorney. No billable hours. Flat fees. I hate keeping track of time.

"reasonable doubt for a reasonable fee."

[ALR-bishop]

Josh-- "Reasonable doubt for a reasonable fee" is almost as good as "Just because you did it does not mean you are guilty " :)

[angolajones]

I have been in education since 1996. Taught middle schoolers p.e. and science. I moved to a different school district 3 years ago to be an assistant principal at a middle school.

[Marchillo]

Finance Director at a University!

[rsn1661]

I am a professional S.H.I.T. That is a Subterranean Human Internment Technician. In other words I go all over northwest Ohio and bury people.

[wilsonjc08]

Pharmacist at one of the national chains for 9 years now. Time flies.

[pow323]

I retired in 1999 from GTE/Verizon after 30 years. Now I have my own Telephone Service. General Telephone Service. I do Business Telephone Systems, Computer Networking, CATV, PBX. Etc. Been in Communications for 48 years!

[Keith H. Thompson]

Retired mathematical statistician (as opposed to pie graphs) from a National Laboratory. An example of a relation to baseball was a letter to the editor of Sports Collectors Digest from a reader who had noted (somewhat surprisingly) that in the set of over 800 Topps and over 800 Donruss for a year (I believe in the eighties) there were exactly two matches. One was Tom Tresh and I forget the other. That is, Tom Tresh had the same number in both sets. He expressed his surprise and astonishment and wrote that this must be a very unusual event. It is actually not unusual but an example of a famous 18th century French gambling game where the house lays out a deck of 52 cards, and the player lays out his randomly shuffled deck of 52 cards and wins if he scores at least one match. The readers observation is complicated because the Topps and Donruss sets are of different sizes, but there is a large overlap of players and managers. I solved the problem for the unequal sizes and for three sets of cards. It is not obvious, but the exact solution is the sum of an alternating finite series depending upon the number of cards. It is surprisingly interesting (at least to me) that this sum converges rapidly so that after eight terms the answer doesn't change to the fifth decimal place whether you have a deck of eight cards or eight million cards.

[akleinb611]

I'm an attorney but I haven't practiced in a few years. I work in house for a large insurance company doing high-end claims analysis. Pays less but I'll live longer.

And in a previous life, I was an editor at a literary agency for about 10 years.

[Writehooks]

Author (six books, seventh on the way) and sportswriter at China Daily in Beijing.

[frankbmd]

Retired provider of custom body work humanely separating clients from their cancers, gall stones and a wide variety of other maladies, extending their life spans and improving their joie de vivre.

[enuffsenuff]

I work for DFDS the largest Roll On / Roll Off ferry company in Europe. We operate 58 large ferries and ship from UK to Europe and Scandinavia. We also cover the Baltic Sea routes. I am in the UK and responsible for warehouses,transport etc Have been in the industry for 44 years and retirement is just around the corner ⏰ upon which I will try to sort out the huge accumilation of cards I have assembled over the past 35 years and still buying.

[iwantitiwinit]

Recently retired, formerly an Equity Derivatives Trader for a few different investment banks.

[Nunzio11]

I work on the Capital Markets/Syndicate desk for a mid cap investment bank. Been there 12 years now.

[ChiefBeef]

Sr. Construction Project Manager. 4 months shy of 40 yrs. Lots of ups and downs. Blessed. Collecting since 65.

[ajjohnsonsoxfan]

Owner of LiquorStore-Online.com (http://www.liquorstore-online.com) and NationwideLiquor.com (coming soon)

[Jason Carota]

I'm and Arborist dealing primarily with disease, insect, and nutrient management.

[kkkkandp]

To answer the question I direct you to my current Linkedin profile...

[familytoad]

I work in TV / Internet engineering for a big company. I travel a lot since I somehow got promoted a few times over the years.

But, I want to be hired full-time by a company as interesting as the one Kevin shows above. I do some of those activities on Saturday or Sunday , but how cool would it be to do it Monday through Friday!

[Roulette44]

Actuary, and SVP at a Fortune 100 company.

[Leon]

Actuary, and SVP at a Fortune 100 company.

My daughter is applying this January for an internship at a local actuarial company (or a company who employs them). We are hopeful she likes it and think she will. She likes to be secluded and she likes working on numbers :).

[kkkkandp]

But, I want to be hired full-time by a company as interesting as the one Kevin shows above. I do some of those activities on Saturday or Sunday , but how cool would it be to do it Monday through Friday!

My ex-employer actually got me my current position. :mad:

It's a tough, seven-day-per-week job, but my new boss doesn't mind all that much when I tell her I need time off to play golf!

[Roulette44]

My daughter is applying this January for an internship at a local actuarial company (or a company who employs them). We are hopeful she likes it and think she will. She likes to be secluded and she likes working on numbers :).

Typically Actuaries work at Insurance companies, or consulting firms that specialize in Actuarial work (pension, healthcare, property/casualty).

I'd encourage her to work on the interpersonal, group work, and social skill sets. She may not need the "practice" and just prefers to work solo......however, the computational element of what actuaries do is less and less material to the role. Machines compute the answer (used to need actuaries for that), so the differentiator is, for example, articulating a complex calculation simply to a layperson.

Just my $0.02 - no change required!

[chlankf]

Bankruptcy manager for large US bank my team protects the interests of the bank in Ch11, 12, 13 cases. Board or directors - treasurer for National Derby Rallies, Soap Box Derby. Volunteer position but do it for the kids across the country. I am also a musician and record and play shows in the mid west.

[bswhiten]

I’m an architect.
Worked on a couple of minor league baseball stadium renovations in the past. The one i worked on in Savannah once saw Ruth, Gehrig, and Mantle on the field :)

[jiw98]

I'm a Union electrician,(IBEW Local 275) working for a large contractor in Michigan where I have worked jobs from the Atlantic to the Pacific and a lot in between.

[danski496]

Pretty cool seeing the different paths each of us are on. I currently work for a large fleet management company. Locate, negotiate and ensure service providers meet legal requirements nationally, and internationally, that can primarily perform onsite preventive maintenance and emergency repairs for diesel/gas vehicles, forklifts, cranes, trailers and associated. Locate in shop providers as well. Been in the sourcing field since I left the Navy in '95.

[BruceinGa]

I believe the thing that we all have in common is that we were all kids once. We loved baseball and we loved collecting baseball cards.
Even though I don't watch baseball now I still love baseball cards.

[Mutton Chop Yaz]

I'm a corporate bankruptcy/restructuring attorney (chlankf, if you ever need new counsel, or counsel in NY/NJ, shoot me a message!). I'm not surprised to see several other attorneys among the board's members, but the range of careers and backgrounds represented here is really amazing.

I found this board after many years away from the hobby as I was hatching a plan to put together a set of playing career-era cards of each of the first five HOFers, something I could only have dreamed of doing as a kid. I don't know how often I'll post, but I love reading the discussions here and learning about the old sets and everyone else's collections.

[cubman1941]

Retired Fed

[ronniehatesjazz]

Bankruptcy manager for large US bank my team protects the interests of the bank in Ch11, 12, 13 cases. Board or directors - treasurer for National Derby Rallies, Soap Box Derby. Volunteer position but do it for the kids across the country. I am also a musician and record and play shows in the mid west.

Man that's an interesting job... I dabble in distressed investing and spend a lot of time researching bank debt, even though someone like me could never get my hands on it lol. Fascinating stuff though.

[ronniehatesjazz]

I'm a corporate bankruptcy/restructuring attorney (chlankf, if you ever need new counsel, or counsel in NY/NJ, shoot me a message!). I'm not surprised to see several other attorneys among the board's members, but the range of careers and backgrounds represented here is really amazing.

I found this board after many years away from the hobby as I was hatching a plan to put together a set of playing career-era cards of each of the first five HOFers, something I could only have dreamed of doing as a kid. I don't know how often I'll post, but I love reading the discussions here and learning about the old sets and everyone else's collections.

Another awesome job. Thought about going for the CTP designation but don't know if I'd ever be in a position to use it and questioned if it even really matters. You definitely wound up in an interesting law career though!

[CurtisFlood]

Was a teacher/coach for a while. Spent 20 years as a high school principal. Served 24 years in the Navy and Naval Reserve.

Now fully retired and pick and choose which card shows to set up at. I try to limit myself to 200 miles other than the Fanatics shows and the National.

[KMayUSA6060]

Was a teacher/coach for a while. Spent 20 years as a high school principal. Served 24 years in the Navy and Naval Reserve.

Now fully retired and pick and choose which card shows to set up at. I try to limit myself to 200 miles other than the Fanatics shows and the National.

Thank you for your service!

[CurtisFlood]

Thank you for your service!

Thank you Kyle, it was a pleasure most of the time! :)

[VintageBen]

Management at USA's largest traditional supermarket chain--Kroger

[Ribbens]

Middle and High School Athletic Director at University of Chicago Lab Schools