SHOW us what you do for a living (or retiring)

[Medic1210]

This is a self portrait I took a couple years to be featured in our company's community health magazine. I also dabble in photography.

 

[ssblood]

Everyone has such exciting jobs...

The normal day job. I absolutely hate it and regret ever getting into it but I am good at it. If I have a kid and they ever tell me they want to be a diesel mechanic I will strangle them.

The side work when it is available. Pumping and repairing septic tanks.

To think, all I wanted to be is an Electrician.

 

[knarfeng]

wrong thread

 

[BA_Colt]

I paint things.

MDF covered with joint compound and paint

Do vector designs too.

 

[ssblood]

That is some NICE work BA. Takes a true artist to do that with joint compound.

 

[Nixelplix]

I've done all sorts of things, but now I'm an archaeology technician!

Lately we've been surveying sections of the desert in southeast California where they're going to build some big solar projects:

We find prehistoric artifacts

And historic artifacts (desert training center during WWII)

And lots of friends spend time with us on the job!

Here we're excavating some turn of the century ships that were found buried near Candlestick Park in South San Francisco

Dirty work!

 

[Loosearrow]

Neonatal respiratory therapist

 

[absolut247]

I'm at work right now, so I don't have access to my pics, but I'm a Border Patrol Agent out here in Arizona for the last 8 years. Great job. Fun, exciting, and something new everyday. There are ups and downs to it, but I guess everyjob has that.

 

[KaosX]

Not my pic but I basically sit at a linux shell all day:

The problem solving is the fun part of it.

 

[Dragan]

Retired last year after 36 years as the airport general manager of a large international airport.
New gig as of a month ago; Surveillance monitor in a Casino. I'm one of they guys ( and gals) who sit BEHIND all those cameras in the ceiling
and watch what's going on at the tables and slots. Can't post photos....not allowed to bring a camera into the surveillance room, not even a cellphone

 

[cj65]

There are some pretty cool jobs here. I promise not to crack up this thread Alan! Thanks again for all you do!

 

[Thingus995]

I pour wine on the weekends, and I do this during the week...


http://youtu.be/4IrpELPXZP0

 

[Myker]

OK ill play,

First, this is a Target Chamber, for AWE of the UK. Its to simulate nuclear explosions or something like that. Someone a lot smarter then me thinks of this stuff. I just make it. Easy money.
Im roughing out the port holes in this shot. Ya, its a big piece of special grade aluminum.

This is the last Forward Boom for an F-22 to machined in California, and i got the honors. Titanium.

The ALVIN is almost 40 years in service. This is the ALVIN 2, not sure if that is the actual name. Four inch thick Titanium, port hole inserts are almost 18 inches deep, the pressure will keep the "glass" in place. Its going to go twice as deep as the first. Very cool project to work on.

I work on a lot of wild stuff. Seeing some of those massive engines, I also machine the Rear Fan Case for the Airbus A380 Rolls Royce engine. It looks like the big "silver" part in the front of the engine. Sorry no pics of that.

 

[Myker]

Bummer, don't know why all the pictures didn't post?

 

[Nixelplix]

That is so awesome!!!!!!! Just think of the knives you could make with that stuff!!!!!!!

 

[pinetreebbs]

For the last few years I have been a cat herder, first a Data Administrator then a System Administrator on an engineering application. The video below about says it all.

[video=youtube;m_MaJDK3VNE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_MaJDK3VNE[/video]

 

[java]

OK ill play,

The ALVIN is almost 40 years in service. This is the ALVIN 2, not sure if that is the actual name. Four inch thick Titanium, port hole inserts are almost 18 inches deep, the pressure will keep the "glass" in place. Its going to go twice as deep as the first. Very cool project to work on.

Are we chasin' the Trieste?????? Was that for Woods Hole as well?

Most awesome! :thumbup:



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[datsgor]

Man, some you all have some really neat careers. I drove a gasoline tanker for 17 years. Then I moved up to Mechanic for the same company. There were three of us for all of Northern California---30 trucks. The company got rid of the entire fleet last year and all the mechanics nationwide. Going on 1 year unemployed. I am living off of my severence pay right now, but the day will come when I have to crawl back into a truck.......yay.

 

[Robert.B]

I'm a tradesman machinist, started my apprenticeship in 2002 I think it was and I was mostly into manual machining (rollers above were done on manual lathe) but lately been working with CNC but only do tool setting and operating.

 

[Wombatattack]

being only 17 its kind of hard but i run a wood flooring business for my dad who retired last year and i have 2 other part time jobs i work at a car restoration shop and im an RN at the local hospital and its all boring