This is my "Day Job". What do YOU do?

[Sisusari]

I loved the work and the travel.
The money, not so much. I lived in my car sometimes when we weren't in the field. Friends' yards, shared apartments, etc. I did score a two-year stint as a caretaker on a farm in exchange for rent.
Pay was $6.50/hr when I started. After ten years it was more like $10 or $12, sometimes higher on specific projects. And work wasn't regular either, so I often worked odd/temp jobs between arch projects - farming and ranching, construction, factories...

Was laid off after one project, which was totally normal and expected, and found a temp job as a geologist's helper on a drill rig. The money was so incredible, especially after getting my own rig assignment, I never went back to archaeology.

Ah man, the money is really the pinch. If it gets much more tight, I may try to find government work in GIS or similar.

 

[T.K.C.]

IT Generalist



Can you elaborate a little as to what your typical day is? I've worked in a hospital before (IT), and it spanned all departments, but I am curious to hear from your perspective.

What I do is this: I am the one who sets up the sterile field, and I pass the instruments to the surgeon(this is the shortest version). It is MY job to anticipate the surgeon's needs. I have the instrument in my hand, before he/she needs it. I works 12 hour shifts. I stand for a living. I LOVE what I do. I see people when they are feeling their worst, they don't remember me, as they have already been drugged, and I give everyone the very best of care. I treat every patient as if they were MY family.

 

[Rupestris]

I am a product specialist and trainer in the automotive paint business. My job is to make sure your car comes out of a body shop looking like it did before the accident and not like this:

 

[davidswdan]

Director of Sales for http://davidsw.com I also do the photography and manage the website.

 

[UffDa]

What do I do? Not a damn thing worthwhile. I am retired.

I worked for Xerox for about 10 years. They employed me for 28. Hey! 10 out of 28 ain't bad. Then I worked for a shop that built tactical shotguns for 18 years.

 

[LaneMeyer]

I'm getting my masters degree in mental health counseling. I'll most likely continue on towards a doctorate. Probably end up as a counselor of sorts. But what I really want to do is travel the world.

 

[Mobster1983]

This is a few years old but...

*disclaimer - if you figure out what that knife is, be gentle. I was young and dumb. That said, it was actually very effective in actual use and ... intimidation.

 

[AntDog]

Computer To Plate (CTP) supervisor. I basically handle pre-press functions and make printing plates all day. I keep the rest of my "platemonkeys" in line, troubleshoot and fix machines, keep production smooth. This is my world at work:



"Guts" of a CTP unit:



What my platemonkeys do for fun... Change this:



Into this:



Fun bunch of dudes! Been doing this 15 years.

 

[lilBIGfoot]

Ditch digger

 

[darsk20]

Process and Packaging Manager for an OTC pharmaceutical manufacturer.

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[GermanyChris]

This is a few years old but...

*disclaimer - if you figure out what that knife is, be gentle. I was young and dumb. That said, it was actually very effective in actual use and ... intimidation.

What unit were you in when you were stationed in the frozen tundra?

 

[scoutchris]

Project Manager for a medical device company.

 

[Mobster1983]

What unit were you in when you were stationed in the frozen tundra?

I was swimming with snakes in the bayou instead of freezing my nuts off.

 

[RevDevil]

I am a product specialist and trainer in the automotive paint business. My job is to make sure your car comes out of a body shop looking like it did before the accident and not like this:

I was going to say, you paint fish eye and orange peel onto otherwise nice cars? LOL!

What I do is this: I am the one who sets up the sterile field, and I pass the instruments to the surgeon(this is the shortest version). It is MY job to anticipate the surgeon's needs. I have the instrument in my hand, before he/she needs it. I works 12 hour shifts. I stand for a living. I LOVE what I do. I see people when they are feeling their worst, they don't remember me, as they have already been drugged, and I give everyone the very best of care. I treat every patient as if they were MY family.

Sounds interesting. Thanks for sharing. :thumbup:

 

[jlauffer]

Electrical engineer, currently working in the data center industry

 

[FA Tre]

Attorney

 

[BP_]

warehouse manager at a car dealership. judging by some, well most, of these responses, I need to broaden my horizons! lol

 

[Rollis]

My mother thinks I am a piano player at a whore house in New Orleans.

I have been watching your videos on Full 30 for a couple of weeks, and have been enjoying them so far. Keep up the good work.

 

[T.K.C.]

RevDevil: It is VERY interesting. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE what I do, and I have been doing it for 20 years. I have been a Traveling Surgical Technologist; and have had the pleasure of working all over the US, and have met some truly amazing nurses and doctors. I got to go to Alaska, which has been a dream of mine, since I was 4 years old, with my job.

 

[2TONYB]

Supervisor in a drug manufacturing operation. Specifically, purification of the first bio-engineered medicine available to consumers.


back in the early 90's i dealt with fisheyes and orange peel.....