Whats your job?

#377
#377
JFreak said:
Degree in Physics from UT. Now a Naval Officer out in San Diego.
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My buddy is headed out their sometime next week to do inspections. He is a LT Commander and a bama fan. if you run into him give him hell.

Bama sucks.
 
#378
#378
NEOCON said:
My buddy is headed out their sometime next week to do inspections. He is a LT Commander and a bama fan. if you run into him give him hell.

Bama sucks.
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Sounds like he may be part of the INSURV team. Thankfully I don't have to experience that for about another year.
 
#379
#379
Got my bachelors in Aerospace Engineering and my masters in Mechanical Engineering from UT. Since then I've been a civil servant for the Navy working on F-18 engines.
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#382
#382
Awesome, good bump! I love hearing what other people do for work.

I currently do part time conservation work. Trail, chainsaw, revegetation, invasive species removal, masonry work for the parks in Austin. Used to work a lot with local volunteer crews, now only a few times a year.
Also a part time arborist / tree doctor on the side, I get called in for the fun stuff. Not a certified arborist, but am a class B feller with over 1500 hours experience on the saw.
And I am a wildland firefighter for emergency relief situations, always on call.

I did get to work in many awesome places over the last few years, mostly all across the Southwest. I got to paid to travel essentially, cleaning up our parks and forests, and sometimes they even paid me to hike across mountains. Lake Tahoe/Santa Cruz/Ramona Falls/Big Sur Coastline/Ventana (CA), Grand Canyon/Flagstaff/Tuscon/Lake Powell (AZ), Zion/Bryce Canyon/Goblin Valley/St George (UT), Lake Amistad/Barton Springs/Austin/San Antonio missions etc (TX), Lake Mead/Mojave (NV), Durango/Dolores River (CO), then lots of forest work in NM. Seen many a good times, some bad, many misadventures along the way, lots and lots of hard work, but now I've settled into Austin for over a year now, which is by far the longest I've stayed put since I turned 18. I kinda miss the run, am getting itchy feet again and am thinking of relocating to CO, MO, AK, or WA soon.
 
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#383
#383
govols/cc said:
Hmmmm. Seems 99% of the folks who have a degree do something totally different & unrelated. What's the point?
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Lots of employers have a requirement for a degree, they just don't necessarily require it be in a related field for whatever reason. Most of us didn't end up where we set out to be, but that's not always bad. I'm a manager in a DC for a very large HVAC manufacturer, and you can bet that wouldn't have been high on my list of dream jobs as a kid, but it's not so bad after all. There's an old saying that life is what happens while you're busy making other plans.
 
#384
#384
No job, I mooch of the government like everyone else and bitc h when 1500 free dollars a month just isnt enough. Luckily I can call on my government issued phone to get more.
 
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#385
Currently working part-time at an O'Reilly's Distribution Center.

Just finished my Bachelors in Elementary Education and Sports Management. Trying to find a teaching job. Proving harder than I thought with so many Baby Boomer teachers staying put for now
 
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#386
I got a 10 grade Ed. Work in a factory the last 31 years make 90K a year work 7 days and 7 nights a month Have 485K in my 401K non union steel mill
 
#389
#389
Went to school at UT for EE. Never graduated. Now I'm a manager for a fire alarm and suppression company. Been in the business 20 years. I just started a new branch here in Knoxville. Been in TX for the past 4 years and am excited about getting to be back home.
 
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#398
#398
My unit works with satellites and computer networking, but I'm the living, breathing version of this man:

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