What do you do for a living.

[4815162342]

I'm the Director of Information Technology for a legal organization. I'm also the Associate Pastor of a Baptist church.

[steve B]

Currently sort of in transition.

I've been a bicycle mechanic since 2001, Hydraulics before that.
Stay at home dad since 2010 and doing the bike stuff part time.

Started looking for something better paying when daughter #2 arrived, went looking for a job and found client number 1 - So I'm statrting some independent mechanical/product design.

Not quite sure how it will work out yet, but so far so good.

Steve B

[drmondobueno]

Re-retired.

30 years in the education finance business, moved to the Eastern Sierras, got bored, worked 4 months for the USPS, that was enough of that. Grow vegetables, build the occasional bamboo fly rod, chase a few fish.

Keith

[t206blogcom]

Online marketer and food blogger.

[Wymers Auction]

I am a tig welder(peasant). I want to be an baseball card auctioneer full time someday.

[z28jd]

Baseball writer covering the Pirates entire organization from the lowest level of the minors on up. Proof of how low in the system I go is this three part series I just posted http://www.piratesprospects.com/2013...-to-watch.html Fun articles to write, especially talking to people who watched/scouted them all year

[CharleyBrown]

High School Spanish Teacher. I also do freelance copy writing for major corporations and small to mid sized businesses in the U.S., Australia, and South America.

[slidekellyslide]

I own an antiques and collectibles shop for the past year...before that I owned a video store for 27 years. Netflix, Redbox and the internet finally did me in, but I am proud to say that I outlasted every mom and pop, Hollywood, and almost all of the Blockbuster stores in my town.

[gnaz01]

Regional Manager of 125 stores for the #1 Fortune 500 company (didn't want to write the name, I can't)

[Steve D]

I retired from the US Air Force five years ago today, and now have a civilian job back with the Air Force.

Steve

[caramelcard]

Originally Posted by drmondobueno

Re-retired.

30 years in the education finance business, moved to the Eastern Sierras, got bored, worked 4 months for the USPS, that was enough of that. Grow vegetables, build the occasional bamboo fly rod, chase a few fish.

Keith

Sounds like a nice life!!

[stewbacca]

High school math teacher. I also coach both boys and girls soccer teams at the school.

[Brian Van Horn]

As of Friday, unemployed.

[grainsley]

Retired once in 2003, did a life sentence with the Vancouver Police Dept. Took six months off and then went back to work as an Investigator for a computer software company for eight years. Retired again about a year ago, and trying hard to keep it that way. Smart enough to keep my wife working, but not smart enough to come up with a Rose RC at an affordable price yet.

[baseballfan]

Lawyer

Unfortunely I wanted to go to law school but then figured out I didn't want to be an attorney. Loved law school, the practice of law is trying at times.

Should have been a teacher/professor.

[jbsports33]

Environmental Engineer/GIS Specialist (Cartographer)

and a part-time job/addiction to buying and selling cards!

[quinnsryche]

Sign shop manager for 25 years. Now work part time food service at my daughter's elementary school. Get to see her every day for lunch (2nd grade).
Wouldn't trade one day of the last year for ANY of the previous 25 yrs., even at 1/3 the pay!

[crshamo]

Retail Store Manager for large General Merchandise Retailer.

[brewing]

Originally Posted by crshamo

Retail Store Manager for large General Merchandise Retailer.

Also a part time lurker at net54baseball.com

[whiteymet]

I had the TOUGHEST job of anyone on here.

I at one time owned 5 WOMAN'S Shoe stores.

Sold the last store and retired at 55 eight years ago. Couldn't take it any longer!! In truth I burned out years before, just took me a while to get out.

Anyone want to argue they have a tougher job?? :>)

No Al Bundy jokes please, I have heard them all, and beside he just worked at a store. I OWNED them!

Fred

[Cardboard Junkie]

I worked doing hot tar roofing one summer after college in 1971. That was kind of bad. Dave.

[steve B]

When I was doing industrial hydraulics we fixed stuff in a few really "nice" places.

Two sewage treatment plants.
One mixed the semi treated water with wood chips to make fertilizer.
The other had filter presses to press the water out of the treated solids.

Not all that bad, the smell went away within a few blocks.

And a place that processed fish remnants into mink food. So take all the bits of old fish from wherever, plus the bits nobody wanted from places doing the filleting. Grind, mix with water, press out some water, freeze into blocks.

The entire place was cold, wet, and smelled of bad fish. The worst part was that you always got a little bit of something on your clothes somewhere. So the smell stayed with you for a few days. Not consistent, but maybe a couple times a day for the rest of the week you's smell fish. if there was a yuck face icon I'd use a couple of them.
I did get to see a rare sight - A seagull not being able to keep some bit of fish down.

There were a few others that were hot or otherwise unpleasant, but nothing close to that.

Steve B

[Sean1125]

I buy and sell baseball cards

[ZachS]

Administrator at a family owned railcar repair facility. We clean, repair, and qualify tank cars.

Since it's a small family owned company, I wear many hats: inspector, IT guy, complaint dept, and mostly I deal with our customers to make sure we're giving them what they want (which is usually where complaint dept comes into play).

[cliftons8]

Small Animal Veterinarian for past 21 years. Thinking of getting into a different part of the veterinary field. Any animal health pharmaceutical guys out there looking for a rep in the Louisville, Ky area??

[Runscott]

Nothing. I am slowly headed toward becoming a couch-surfer and getting my meals from the free samples at Costco.

[rainier2004]

All these cool jobs, not many medical people here?

I am a Registered Nurse on an Orthopedic unit...I'm the guy shooting you up with anti-puke medicine after you just got your knee or hip replaced. I was bumped off the Cardiac unit in a recent facility job relocation program that affected 200 of us...Id rather build and test missiles. I leave either tonight or tomorrow for 3+ weeks on my first vacation in over a year, living out of tent like dirtbags!

[abothebear]

I am the Assistant Pastor for a PCA church. I tend to the 12 - 40 crowd - youth, college, young people, young families...

I also teach Speech and Writing one day a week at a high school homeschool co-op. It is a fun side job. I assign them a week's worth of work and, for the most part, they come back the next week having finished it all. Then we talk about it. This is my second year but I am still surprised each week when they show up having done all the work. I never did any work when I was in high school.

[btkpath]

Originally Posted by rainier2004

All these cool jobs, not many medical people here?

Well, in this day and age, Medical people can't afford luxury items, like little pieces of cardboard!!

Well, add me to the list of Medical Professionals.....I am an Anatomic and Clinical Pathologist in a large single specialty group in the Pacific Northwest. I spend most of my day looking through a microscope at little parts of patients that get removed during surgery or another type of procedure, and issuing an evaluation (.....too graphic?????......).

Definitely a lot of cool careers that others have on the board.

[71buc]

Originally Posted by rainier2004

All these cool jobs, not many medical people here?

I am a Registered Nurse on an Orthopedic unit...I'm the guy shooting you up with anti-puke medicine after you just got your knee or hip replaced. I was bumped off the Cardiac unit in a recent facility job relocation program that affected 200 of us...Id rather build and test missiles. I leave either tonight or tomorrow for 3+ weeks on my first vacation in over a year, living out of tent like dirtbags!

I'm sitting here in Seattle in my daughters hospital room. She is 20 and two days ago underwent a total knee replacement. I am amazed at the compassion and care she has received from the nurses. My mother was an RN in a psychiatric hospital. My hats off to you and all of your peers you do amazing work. Enjoy your vacation you certainly deserve it.

By the way I supervise social workers for the state of Washington.

[ScottFandango]

Private Investigator for large (divorce) law firm....

[AMBST95]

I am a pharmacist, working for a large insurance company, doing telephonic medication reviews with high risk patients.

[tonyo]

Structural Engineer working for a construction company specializing in low rise cold storage distribution centers for the food service industry.

edited to add for sbfinley: Tennessee Tech class of '88

[campyfan39]

I am the Pastor of a great church. Been in ministry for 21 years.

[markf31]

GIS Analyst and Developer for an engineering firm. Most of my work involves the Marcellus Shale boom in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio.

[gnaz01]

Originally Posted by AMBST95

I am a pharmacist, working for a large insurance company, doing telephonic medication reviews with high risk patients.

Adam, I'm an RPh too, but haven't filled a script in over 20 years

[Cooptown]

I work raising funds for a cancer center in new york state. Other than being a doctor who could possibly cure cancer, i doubt i could be in a more rewarding profession. Also a part time doctoral student who is hoping to be done May 2016.

[almostdone]

Originally Posted by Sean1125

I buy and sell baseball cards

Lucky

[jerrys]

Design Engineer at IBM Poughkeepsie, NY
Engineering Teacher at High School on Long Island, NY
Retired

[rhettyeakley]

I seek out and destroy outbreaks of Streptococcus mutans within the general population.

[CaramelMan]

Originally Posted by jerrys

Design Engineer at IBM Poughkeepsie, NY
Engineering Teacher at High School on Long Island, NY
Retired

they teach engineering in high school?

weird...I had all AP classes my senior year but never was offered engineering...