what do you guys do

Field biologist, used to work with larger predators:D

Unfortunately I don't get to spend as much time as I want outside at the moment:grumpy: Used to live outdoors about half of the year:)

Sverre
 
sasha said:
thats what i call a very diverse group of people. For right now i been offered one job to manage a large auto shop. But im not so crazy about it as its back to what i used to do. The lady that sold our place said she would be more then happy bring me into the real estate. But its not the time for it now.. Its getting slow with the way things are. Next week should clear my head i hope.. Im not afraid of work and people that know me including customers said they would call me as soon as they hear of anything. Im lucky by having good reputation with people i dealt with. I do like that idea of checking cars at the end of the lease..

Sasha
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Sounds like you are looking for a change and have a lot of options. That's an enviable position to be in, especially in todays job market. Maybe you would prefer a job that has fairly regular work hours so that you can plan your vacation and time off activities with less chance of job interference. But, based on my own experience, the most important factor may be proximity to National Parks and wilderness areas. The less time you have to spend on the road the more time you have available for enjoying the outdoors.

My job had nothing to do with the outdoors except that I worked in an area that was surrounded by National Parks, mountains, lakes, rivers, etc. For a long time my office was in an isolated transportable that was right on the edge of a large canyon. I shared the space with my graduate research assistant who also loved hiking. We were on our own out there and could drop down into the canyon for a long hike whenever we felt the urge (as long as we met all project deadlines). I had my own contracts, so it was very similar to being self employed except that I did not have the usual risks.

My technical background is in Aerospace Engineering. I got a PhD at the Univ. of Texas in 1972 and, initially, did a lot of work in the defense industry. Later I made a point of seeking a job at Los Alamos because they had the best passive solar energy research program in the nation. That program lasted about 8 years, and then I started my own series of projects that involved identifying weapons program technologies that had biomedical applications. Once I identified an appropriate technology I would seek funding from both the military and corporate sectors. I can't discuss the weapons applications, but the associated medical projects I worked on involved developing computer simulations of keratorefractive surgery procedures (radial keratotomy, photorefractive keratotomy and LASIK) for Chiron Vision, development of detailed biomechanical models of the human body, and computer simulations of vehicular collisions using realistic human occupant models for General Motors.

I also worked on detailed simulation models of blade shaving for Gillette. Razor blades, incidently, are convex ground. How appropriate. :p

I've been retired now for 3 years and am enjoying spending as much time as I want in the great outdoors. I love retirement. :thumbup:
 
Another Steel Worker here. Ship Fitter/Stoopid Welder.
My old boss used to say. "you may be the best TIG welder there is but when it comes down to it your still just a stupid F-ing welder" He was a real Jack@ss
 
I work as a nursing assistant in a Psych ward, and part time as an EMT. If all goes well I will be graduating from nursing school next month and taking my state RN boards in June:thumbup:
 
I'm a CNC operator, welder, fabricator, forklift operator, shipping/receiving, and maintainence grunt. Outside work, I'm working on a degree in Anthropology, one class per semester at a time. I get to watch eighteen year olds become twentysomethings and graduate. I'll get there at fortysomething.
 
I have an Associate's Degree in wildlife management.
I never quite finished my undergrad studies in "Recreation Programming with a Wilderness Skills emphasis."


I'm an assembly-line worker in an auto plant. :D
 
I am a Project Coordinator / Steel Detailor. I am at work right now. I have been doing this for the last 20 years. I have also been a Framer / Finish Carpenter. Also a Photo Editor for the newspaper. A Stripper in the printing business. I hate thinking about all the jobs I have had. My favorite was when I was in high school working as a lineman at the local airport and flying planes. I wish I had continued in an aviation career. You see an old dog can learn new tricks.
 
Right now I work for the country's largest auto remanufacturing company rebuilding transmissions. grew up on an 800+ acre family farm, ranch, logging operation. did about everything, then down sized, Ma and Pa traded to a 120 acre farm ranch. I have done lots of construction/remodel with my dad, he was a general contractor for 25 years around Chicago before we moved to Missouri. But I got married, we had some kids and right now working for someone elsefor the insurance bennefits and a steady check seems less stressful then working for myself. Pat
 
I worked as a chainsaw operator for the last 8-9 years. I just (stupidly) gave it up to move to Taiwan for training and to work as a teacher. Iv been here for 18 months now. Il be going back to the forestry though, thats for sure.

Taiwan has some amazing spots to get lost in and an abundance of Aboriginal history i knew nothing of but have really enjoyed learning about so its pretty sweet out here, but boy do i miss the woods back home :(
 
Blimp ground crewman. Low pay, never home, travel constantly. One of the working homeless, A Hobos' life for me!
 
HighDesertWalker said:
Sounds like you are looking for a change and have a lot of options. That's an enviable position to be in, especially in todays job market. Maybe you would prefer a job that has fairly regular work hours so that you can plan your vacation and time off activities with less chance of job interference. But, based on my own experience, the most important factor may be proximity to National Parks and wilderness areas. The less time you have to spend on the road the more time you have available for enjoying the outdoors.

My job had nothing to do with the outdoors except that I worked in an area that was surrounded by National Parks, mountains, lakes, rivers, etc. For a long time my office was in an isolated transportable that was right on the edge of a large canyon. I shared the space with my graduate research assistant who also loved hiking. We were on our own out there and could drop down into the canyon for a long hike whenever we felt the urge (as long as we met all project deadlines). I had my own contracts, so it was very similar to being self employed except that I did not have the usual risks.

My technical background is in Aerospace Engineering. I got a PhD at the Univ. of Texas in 1972 and, initially, did a lot of work in the defense industry. Later I made a point of seeking a job at Los Alamos because they had the best passive solar energy research program in the nation. That program lasted about 8 years, and then I started my own series of projects that involved identifying weapons program technologies that had biomedical applications. Once I identified an appropriate technology I would seek funding from both the military and corporate sectors. I can't discuss the weapons applications, but the associated medical projects I worked on involved developing computer simulations of keratorefractive surgery procedures (radial keratotomy, photorefractive keratotomy and LASIK) for Chiron Vision, development of detailed biomechanical models of the human body, and computer simulations of vehicular collisions using realistic human occupant models for General Motors.

I also worked on detailed simulation models of blade shaving for Gillette. Razor blades, incidently, are convex ground. How appropriate. :p

I've been retired now for 3 years and am enjoying spending as much time as I want in the great outdoors. I love retirement. :thumbup:
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Sounds like you had a very rewarding career highdesertwalker. Fortunately, one of the perks of having an intellectual jobs like yours is the recognition that idea's don't necessarily run with a time clock. Often the requirements are more deliverable and timeline oriented rather than time spent. Of course, there are many times when we are on the losing end of that system and you end up putting hefty overtime hours without compensation.

Personally, I often get so caught up in a given project that when I do work a 70 h work week, I usually don't really notice it. Right now I'm writing a scientific paper that involves linking a fish bioenergetics model and pollutant model to interpret a long term experiment of pollutant elimination by transplanted fish. The bioenergetic model is solving for daily feeding rates, gill ventilation and body composition changes in 4 age classes and feeding this into another submodel describing pollutant toxicokinetics for 71 chemicals. I should have set it up as a visual basic program like I sometimes do, but because I was more interested in the results than the interface, I ended up building it as a spreadsheet model that is now over 90 Mb.

Anyway this is one of those things that I'm caught up into at the moment. I'm already adapting the model so that it can make some testable predictions that can be applied to fish from Lake Erie - justifying why I need to go out and do some field collections there this summer! This is one of my pet projects, the kind of think I slip in between my administrative tasks and something that is apart from the projects being managed by my graduate students (my lab now supports 8 graduate students and 2 post-docs). I shoot for trying to to write least one scientific paper a year where I am first author and complete most of the intellectual work and have my grad. students write the other (often more interesting) ones.
 
I'll be in the same position in a few years once I hang my ACU's up. Been at it for just over 20 years and will go another 4 depending on this upcoming promotion and assignment. I love the Army, but current optempo is insane and sucks more time away then ever! My last tour was a VERY LONG 15 months...it's tougher than you realize to balance a job you really do enjoy with your family; however, it does really makes you appreciate the opportunities to spend with them (and for us that's camping and hiking). My undergrad is in Biochem and my grad degree is in Telecomm management. I'm looking into a post-Army job of teaching. My wife graduated from Augusta State, GA, as a middle-school teacher, so we'd like to get back to some more "green" areas around there and if we both have the same work schedules it will really open up some opportunities for planning some outdoor trips.

ROCK6
 
EMS for the last 12 years. Been ruff the last year or two. My body is starting to feel it so I'm looking into other things.
 
Lord I have a hard job! I play with guns and knives all day. Actually I photograph them for a living. As a bit of a side line, I write for Tactical Knives. That gives me the chance to play with toys I put in front of the camera.
 
I have been an auto mechanic, graphic designer/photographer, crabber, cabinet/furniture maker. I am currently the carpenter for our school district, but I am getting my shop setup to start some small scale woodworking on the side, and looking to get my Teaching Certificate.
 
I am a hot end operator at a glass plant. I work 12 hour rotating swing shifts 14 times a month. This schedule gives me more free time than a 9 to 5 straight 40 job. I spend at least a little time outdoors everyday that I am off. That's what keeps me as close to sane as I get. That and my daughter.
Jim
 
I own a small Taxi company(3 cars) in central NJ.I drive 5-6 days a week in 12-14 hr shifts.The money's pretty good & you get to meet a lot of interesting people:) I have family members driving the other two cars.Lately business has been slower than usual.Hope it picks up soon.:(
 
I am currently a student studying engineering and economics/business. I graduate in a year and hopefully will be able to find a job, but I don't know if what field.
 
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