What is your job?

[just strum]

I've been in manufacturing and marketing in the aerospace industry for small period of time and the rest has been in aerospace procurement. A total of 28 years in the aerospace industry and by far where I work now is the best place.

By night I am a crime fighter.

[Childbride]

when my paternal gpa got back from his service in wwii, he and gram started a lumberyard/hardware store... he also contracted to build, as well.

so from the time i was old enough to slap price tags on paint cans, i would help... when i was old enough to legally work there, i did...

and i remained in some position in that general industry through undergrad.

have been an attorney since 96.

[ted s]

Almost 20 yrs. of building controls/fire alarm service/install related through 4 different employers, end-user or mother-ship. Currently and happily working for a mother-ship as a project manager for fire alarm installations.

[sunvalleylaw]

I am a lawyer, sole practitioner, with similar practice areas to Shiner, though I add in a few things. I also do wills, bankruptcy, some small biz/real estate, and guardianship/conservatorship, which really falls into my family law category.

My other job is as a fully certified ski coach/instructor, and I run a kids ski program on weekends in the winter time. I love that job as well, and it provides a good balance to the human tragedy I often deal with in my lawyering. It also buys the family ski and recreation privileges and some good company benefits I do not have access to as a self employed lawyer.

Needless to say, I am also a full time Dad, musician, etc., but none of those are jobs.

Here is a flyer describing the ski program, which was my brain child and a labor of love:

[piebaldpython***]

US Fed Gov't since 01/03/77......have been a claims authorizer for the past 25 years......I basically make sure that the RIGHT people get their Social Security checks and that they follow the rules and that they submit the proper proofs so that we can pay them.

[Kazz]

Process Coordinator for deregulated Natural Gas Supplier who happens to supply gas in Strum's neck of the woods :-) as well as Voods too I believe...depending on if Vood is a National Fuel or National Grid customer and not Con Ed.

We sell gas in most of Ohio, 2 large areas in New York and Mid to Northern Indiana. We just recently exited the market in Georgia as the risk outweighed the reward.

Basically I examine other departments processes and streamline them. I am also gifted that I can speak technical and layman so I am often called on to translate between all our other departments and our IT department.

On the side I do computer repair and custom builds, networking and repair/modding of ipods and tivos.

[oldguy]

My job is much like Street Music's. I use GPS to stake grades for a construction company.

[duhvoodooman***]

By night I am a crime fighter.

What a coincidence! By night, I'm a criminal! At least, my wife says that what I do to a song on my guitar is a crime....

[Lev]

I am a Unix systems engineer.

Me too!!

[Ro3b]

I'm a Program Assistant at a large nonprofit science advisory institution you've probably heard of, my little branch of which focuses on atmospheric sciences and climate change. I handle meeting and travel logistics, maintain websites, put out newsletters, edit reports, and suchlike. About a third of my income comes from gigging and teaching, though.

[Suhnton]

English teacher in Japan. Mostly to kids (from 2 years old to Junior High).
Which means I get to sing a ton of kids' songs and do weird dance actions and stuff. High tolerance to self-embarrassment required, but it's kind of fun.

[Brian Krashpad]

I'm an attorney.

My firm only does legal research and writing for other attorneys. So that includes opinion letters, trial-level pleadings, contracts and agreements, appellate briefs, and even the occasional ghost-written bar journal article.

But no layperson clients and no court. That stuff would drive me batsh*t fast.

Plus I wouldn't be able to wear t-shirts, shorts, and Converse to work.

[ibanezjunkie]

1. lifting stuff for money

2. voluntary musical entertainer (hope to be paid for this one day!)

[just strum]

1. lifting stuff for money

I'm not sure how you are using that, but in the States that is meant as stealing for a living - literally.

[aeolian]

I am a hardware and software design engineer.

In the mid 1970s I started working for a well-known semiconductor company designing integrated circuits. Part of my design was used in the first IBM personal computer.

After about 8 years I quit and ended up being a founding member of an electronics design automation company. We produced a software product that helps circuit board designer simulate their design before they spend money building their board. After 10 years the company was bought and I left shortly afterward.

Although we were pretty successful with this startup we decided that we gave away too much of the company, so a few of us started another company with our own money. Unfortunately lightning did not strike twice, and after 7 years we called it quits.

I then ended up at another electronics design automation company working on a tool to help chip designer debug their design on a chip. I've been here now for over 8 years and thoroughly enjoy what I'm doing. We used a lot of new ideas and so far 2 have been granted patent rights with a couple more in the pipeline.

[ibanezjunkie]

what i mean was

like, freight lifting, moving stuff around, unloaded lorries. etc.

i might have some immoral views on certain things, and ive done my fair share of dirty deeds, but im no criminal.

[just strum]

and ive done my fair share of dirty deeds, ...

Done dirt cheap.

(couldn't resist)

[sunvalleylaw]

I'm an attorney.

My firm only does legal research and writing for other attorneys. So that includes opinion letters, trial-level pleadings, contracts and agreements, appellate briefs, and even the occasional ghost-written bar journal article.

But no layperson clients and no court. That stuff would drive me batsh*t fast.

Plus I wouldn't be able to wear t-shirts, shorts, and Converse to work.

Sometimes I think I would like to re-invent my practice that way. I like helping people, but the business aspects of a small general practice make it challenging at times. Plus, as a former appellate clerk and law review geek (ok, I tried to be the guy on law review that was not a geek), I love research and writing. In small town general practice, one does not often get a chance to do much of it at the level I prefer.

[Gil Janus]

• 62-66 USAF Weapons Control System Tech - worked on F-101B/Fs
• 66-72 Computer Systems Tech for Control Data Corporation
  Worked on many different systems, specialized in exotic gear
  such as high-speed drums, and computer communication equipment
• 72-00 Computer Software Engineer for New York University
  Worked on many different types of computer communication equipment
  and systems, including custom hardware interfaces
  Worked on very early time-sharing systems
  Worked on ARPAnet and the follow on IP/TCP projects (which became the Internet)
  Worked on Internet-2, a really high-speed version of the internet
• Retired, then helped to start a new Computer/Network Management Company
• 00-06 Network and Software Engineer for IP-Soft
  Retired for good

Now I'm just a retired, lazy hippie bum who's re-learning the guitar!

I used to tell folks that I was a specialist in getting folks to communicate using computers - networks weren't known about by the general public : People would say - who would want to do that

Gil