OT : What do you do for a living?

Marine Corps avionics tech then jet engine mechanic (F-4s) after high school. Then 30 years (and counting) as an automotive tech specializing in electrical/electronic systems. Owned my own marine canvas business for a few years in between (loved my boats but cars won't sink!). Got my AA in computer science seven years ago but never continued since the IT jobs in my area don't pay for crap.
Traded my 06 Mustang GT for my Zed and haven't looked back! :thumbsup:
 
Technical Director at a major UK software company, we build VR visualisation software used to design cities and in particular road networks and transport infrastructure - kind of like sim city but for real.

Still wish i joined the RAF when i was at school though :(
 
By trade and day im a Design Engineer designing film lenses for the movie industry (Small M1.4 screws).

I have worked in the Petrol Chemical industry Designing Control systems for oil rigs Big M50 Bolts!)

AKA Cad Jockey

By Night me and my wife own a Fitness centre! Been open 9 years now and is like a small child.... demanding lol

between the hours of 12am and 6.30am I sleep! :cry:

Cheers

PaulN
 
I earned a Master's degree in Middle East Archaeology and was working on a PhD when I scored a part time job working with computers - in the late 70's.

I got roped into working as a systems admin type soon after that with one of the campus mainframe sites (DECsystem-20/60) for a group that had ARPAnet connectivity and have been doing Sys Admin/Net Admin work ever since.

I am currently Principal Network Administrator for Clark County in Vancouver, WA. We run all of the networks for the County, the City of Vancouver, the local 911 center and several other smaller municipalities in the County. Mostly all Cisco gear with just under 500 network devices and about 5600 end devices including VoIP phones. I handle most of the design and config work for network routers, switches, wifi and network management software/hardware.
 
After doing my apprentiship in Joinery, I spent fifteen years as a session Guitar player, now own a Joinery manufacturing Company and seem to spend all my days shifting paper from one side of my desk to the other :cry:
 
I worked for Siemens in communications. I am sure every body over the pond knows Siemens. I retired in April 2001. I haven't missed a day of work since I retired. We do alot of spur of the moment things and jump in the Z and go. :driving:
 
I'm a senior traffic control engineer for a large london based trasportation organisation (hopefully soon to become a principal).

I get to set how the traffic lights and crossings operate and undertake reviews, build trasport models and computer simulations (and audit those of consultants) :evil: It's quite varied and I get to work on lots of interesting projects and schemes - some of which are high profile 8) Its mostly mathematical and problem solving but has a fair share of computer programming and working with bespoke systems to keep that part of my interest.
 
:oops: Just some boring job nothing great. Thats why the Z4. Now I dont mind going to work somthing like the Z4 takes your mind of everything. Then theres the weekend well nothing more to say :D
 
Retired from USMC. 22 years. Aviation Ordnance A-6, F-4, and AV8-B. Weapon systems Instructor. Semper-Fi. :thumbsup:
 
Adam D said:
I'm a senior traffic control engineer for a large london based trasportation organisation (hopefully soon to become a principal).

I get to set how the traffic lights and crossings operate and undertake reviews, build trasport models and computer simulations (and audit those of consultants) :evil: It's quite varied and I get to work on lots of interesting projects and schemes - some of which are high profile 8) Its mostly mathematical and problem solving but has a fair share of computer programming and working with bespoke systems to keep that part of my interest.
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If I pay you, would you come to Vegas and set the lights so that they turn green whenever I pull up?
 
Engineering - have been managing projects that include new equipment purchases/installations, plant expansions, troubleshooting existing equipment, etc. for a Fortune 500 manufacturing company.
 
I rebuild restore and maintain old racing cars for the year dot to about 1970, basically anything with out a computer. :oldman: (but i am 24)

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And the job in hand at the moment (sorry about the mess in the background the car was in my home garage here :oops: )
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To this, still a lot of work to do but its coming along :D
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