What do you do for a living?

[on_the_edge]

Retired (old) fart in the wind.

 

[Jo the Machinist]

So no happy ending?



(mea culpa, mea maxima culpa)

Be careful. There are only really two veins in a rat that are good for getting blood. You really don't want to hear about one of them. And you guys thought me wielding a chopper was scary.

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

^ Jo has the heart of an angel. In a jar. On her desk.

#joisterrifying

 

[frc505]

Before covid hit I was a supervisor for a armed security company !... now I'm a day
Labor and work the occasional paid security job when I need the extra cash !....
Edit: As of 12/15/21 I officially retired without having to worry about money !

Frank Cervantes aka FRC505

 

[000Robert]

Former LEO, after PTSD i went into Nursing. Now work as a RN in Nuclear Medicine.

Did you get PTSD from being shot at? I've been shot at so many times that my heartrate doesn't even rise anymore.

 

[000Robert]

^ Jo has the heart of an angel. In a jar. On her desk.

#joisterrifying

I think that she has the heart of an angel!

 

[Cutshaw]

Manage the engineering department for some tv stations. Side gig as an NFL official. Feel like a janitor most days, cleaning up other folks misdeeds and foibles.

 

[91bravo]

Safety director for multiple heavy industrial manufacturing locations and certified trainer for CPR/AED,

 

[Airbornetx]

Urologic surgeon. Among other things, I fix broken Generals (when the Privates won’t stand at attention).
I use knives and lasers regularly.

No pictures (sorry/not sorry)

 

[Lorien]

I may also consider a career in mushroom harvesting, turns out I'm pretty good at it.

 

[tinfoil hat timmy]

Manage the engineering department for some tv stations. Side gig as an NFL official. Feel like a janitor most days, cleaning up other folks misdeeds and foibles.

is it rigged? you can be honest. seriously.

 

[EngrSorenson]

cool thread- honestly a fun read.

I'm a system-level performance engineer for a company that makes jet engines.

 

[rhino]

My BS and MS are in mechanical engineering, but I'm not an engineer.

I'm 1) a technical writer in the mortgage servicing industry, 2) a part time community college physics & math instructor, and 3) an ongoing failure at purchasing lottery tickets with the correct numbers.

 

[Burton Knut]

Salesman in industrial supply, but it’s only to pay the bills. I don’t really like most salespeople and only took the job because of a move. They like my product knowledge and I like driving Appalachian backroads in their truck.

 

[Bloodloss]

Metrologist for a large forge shop.

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

DRAMA!

DRAMA GOAT!!!!!!


There was a little tiny bit of nonsense, but I've removed it and excised some healthy tissue from around the tumor too. Let's remember that this is a low drama zone and get back to our regularly scheduled gibber jabber

Thanks
-the management

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

Well, I was crafting this in the occupation thread before it got closed - who would have thunk that such a mundane yet interesting topic would devolve... If Nathan opens it back up, he can move this there, I guess.

I've done a number of things in my relatively short lifespan but I am currently a software engineer that also shoulders a number of marketing responsibilities for some of our clients. I prefer the former but I am developing a knack for the latter - if that makes any sense.

I've held more glamorous duties in the past (on paper, anyway) but none of them paid as well.

 

[fatfrog]

I may also consider a career in mushroom harvesting, turns out I'm pretty good at it.

Woo I've done a bunch of foraging myself! I even tried growing some Oysters and Turkey Tail before COVID (which cut off my supply of sanitizing/disinfecting solutions so I had to pause all that).

 

[Lorien]

I'm super fortunate in that it's become part of my every day routine. And also because I know a guy who's extremely well versed on the topic who I can send pictures to in order to confirm my finds. And also because my kid likes to join me and who has a great eye for it

 

[91bravo]

I wish we had mushrooms like that to hunt here in my area. I LOVE mushrooms!