Thread: What is your profession or real job?

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I've been doing custom body work and painting part time since '71, and full time since '86, but before '86 I:

...worked 3-4 years running industrial printers,

...4-5 years as a journeyman machinist,

...10 years as a heavy equipment operator/railroad brakeman/locomotive operator, for a copper mine.

I make less painting, but I'm much happier.

Chief Engineer on a towboat, been on the river since 79, month out/month in.

Come on Dave, what was the REAL job

First real job - $2.00/hr - loading 90 lb bags of sand in a blasting hopper.
Then about 5 years commercial painter.
Then another 5 years fitting/welding offshore oil field platforms.

The oil field went bust in the early 1980s and I found myself repairing coal barges on the Mississippi River.

Completed a BS in Computer Science in 1990 and currently do database programming.

After 17 years, I still haven't figured out corporate politics or the spin game.
Shooting straight from the hip is not part of the culture.
Don't you dare call a spade a spade - its more like a black upside down heart with a stemmy thing protruding from the bottom.

Now I'm trying to figure out auto mechanics with the help of this forum.

I am a hot rod ,classic,exotic car builder who owns my own facility. I work 100 hrs a week turning nasty rusted metal into things of beauty and love every second of it.

i drive a cement truck for my dads business trying to make some money before i head off to school to become a diesel mechanic. i also run a vw repair shop out of my garage for extra money. all is going pretty well. im 19, so it will be quite a while before i retire.

Originally Posted by ratty41

i drive a cement truck for my dads business trying to make some money before i head off to school to become a diesel mechanic. i also run a vw repair shop out of my garage for extra money. all is going pretty well. im 19, so it will be quite a while before i retire.

Never know, you could manage things right and have a very busy garage and retire and let others work for you.

Originally Posted by youther

Never know, you could manage things right and have a very busy garage and retire and let others work for you.

this is what my grandfather tells me. he has done really well in the stock market and worked really hard. he is now retired living in idaho. he just built a big house and an even bigger shop. hes doing pretty well, but doesnt seem to like retirement. he never says it but he always finds some work to do. building patios, building motors, etc. i guess after working for 50+ years you get accustomed to always working, and when you retire, it's like, "now what?".

id rather not own my own shop, it is too much hassle even with my small vw shop. id rather work for somebody like CAT and run my dads trucking business when he retires. personally, i like work. im bored out of my skull when there isnt any. i dont like it when people lump my generation all together. not all of us are lazyass freeloaders thinking life is like that on mtv. sorry, dont know how i went off on that tangent.

A guy asked Woody Allen what he did for work.

He said that he helped the strippers put their costumes
on at the Bijou Theatre

The guy asked how much money the job brought in.

Woody said $150 a week.

The guy said "that's not much!"

Woody said "that's all I can afford to give them"

I do mechanical assembly on stuff like this....

made a lot of extra money playing drums in rock bands on the side, getting ready to record a 2nd cd starting in april, I was a part time martial arts instructor in the style of kenpo, and starting tuesday i will be going back to study once again and eventually begin instructing again. and my real job is a paintless dent repairman at a subaru and toyota factory. and yes many brand new cars have dents in them before they make it to the public.

I've spent the last 10-12 years developing and teaching Avionics systems maintenance courses for an airplane manufacturing company. Prior to that, I did some time in the military working on airplanes. All things considered the aerospace industry has been pretty good to me.

Moon i pass you on my way to W.V. down 65.

Air Force electronics instructor 3 1/2 years.
Shop foreman for a large VW shop 6 years.
Navy jet engine mechanic, P-3 Orions, 6 years.
U S Postal Service, mechanic on automatic sorting equipment, 24 1/2 years. Also do part time locksmithing and aircraft maintenance. Hopefully will be retiring from the Post Office within the next year or so.

Originally Posted by bluestang67

Moon i pass you on my way to W.V. down 65.

next time through let me know, you are welcome to stop on in. i can see I-65 from my house!