Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - What do you people do?

What do you people do for a living? Just curious. (I hope I didn't miss this thread in the past couple of months. If I did miss this thread then please tell me to go to hell.)

I'll go first. I'm a second year computer science grad student at Virginia Tech (http://www.vt.edu) here in the wonderful town of Blacksburg, VA. I hope to have a master's at the end of the spring semester and then I might go to library science school for a second master's or I might (unless the department tells me to move on) continue on for a PhD here at VT.

I'm a science nerd. Right now I develop waterbased polymers for a French oil company. I really like learing new languages, right now Vietnamese. I'd like to try and put that to use in my next job someday.

Interesting thread topic. I don't do much, most of the time...

On a professional level, I am a mechanical engineer for Japanese corporation in Portland, OR that produces precision abrasives for the semi-conductor industry. I mainly do a bunch of problem-solving, but there is also a healthy dose of machine design involved as well.

I continue to look for an R&D job in the cycling industry, but the market is hard to break into and not really friendly as far as relocation is concerned - as I have found from three job prospects that attempted to shortchange me in the last 5 months. Alas, I digress.

I also do a bit of stock photography on occasion, as well as eBay, and various welding conglomerations.

I hope to pursue my masters in the near future before I forget everything....

-Pete

Chef in minneapolis,

Good job, lots of hours though, about 60++ a week, not considering paper work I take home which I don't have time to finish in the kitchen.

Phil

Yeah I think this thread was posted sometime back, might not have been in SS/FG though.

I used to build race motorcycles until I decided to go back to school to finish my Bio-Chemical Engineering degree. Now I'm a bicycle mechanic for Performance while I go to school. I also have the sexiest bike in Northern California. Life is good!

unemployed!

I mean, I just started a temp job processing credit card complaints on the phone!

I have a video/film production degree. I need to move the **** out of here. Anyone got a job involving that production stuff in Chicago, LA or Toronto? I've got a little Avid experience. Hook me up...

student / freelance graphic designer.

damn. there are some high tech guys on here! (makes sense in a wierd way though)

SSenorPedro - Don't worry about forgetting everything. I'm sure I've forgot everything or had to learn a ***** load of new stuff for grad school and I came in straight from undergrad! Maybe it's different for ME's though. Good god, talk about a hardcore major.

slopvehicle - I feel your pain. I worked phone and email tech support for a web hosting company for a year between my sophmore and junior year of college. It was a year of hell! I lucked out and got some stock options (this was during the tech boom) so it was kind of worth it, but I'm sure I took years off my life. Oh well, they're probably the ****ty years.

I'm in the military and I hate it. 2 years to go and then I'll be hitch hiking/riding my way through the US and then its back to school to become a history teacher.

labratmatt, do you guys play Doom II on that huge imac @ VT?
I'm a townclock watcher.. I its fun

I graduated in may w/ a B.A. in religious studies, I'm trying to get into Ohio State for my masters in fall '05 but in the meantime I am working a ****ty part time job that barely pays the bills, and i mean barely....and turning in my resume for anything that seems decent.

who woulda thought that a degree in religious studies would turn out to be not so profitable :p

when i'm done with my master's i'll teach and work toward my ph.d.
i specialize in south asian religions, tantric buddhism, religious iconography and modern tattoo art....

someone said they were pickin up vietnames, i study tibetan language...any other language geeks in here?

I'm a freelance design hobo and owner of some little bike company named after some maybe extinct marsupial. I just sold a singlespeed today, so I be chuffed. As reward, I might buy myself a beer or 10.

[QUOTE=Thylacine little bike company named after some maybe extinct marsupial. [/QUOTE]


As there are not but two or three marsupials in this country, what would an "extinct marsupial" be?

Police Captain.

I just sold a singlespeed today, so I be chuffed. As reward, I might buy myself a beer or 10.

Well done!

I am a janitor for the government. Yes, everything you have heard about working for the government is true.

I have been here 9 months and during that time have lowered my standards on almost everything. My morale got so bad I forgot to disguise my disgust and got written up. I then framed my write-up and hung it by the door so i would see it on my way out as a reminder that i must conform or at least remain silent.

You don't want to know where your tax dollars go!

Software designer by day, architect at night, possenger during commute.

NYC high school science teacher

Well, I've got my B.A. in Studio Art (Metalsmithing). I used to design and create my own line of jewelry, but I've been sort of taking a break from the world for a while. I'm enjoying having time on my hands and minimal responsibilities, so now I work full time 3rd shift at FedEx.

I am now a software engineer at an org that does genomic research. I am seriously bored out of my mind with j2ee crap.

My background is experimental solid state physics.

I'm an attorney. I'm an editor. Hence, my official title is...Attorney Editor. Creative, eh?

I am a System Engineer, aka - Corporate Computer Sales bilge pump. This is changing. January brings about a Masters program, and my escape route. Once that is finished, maybe move away from Chicago, and if I do there will need to be a city of good population as well as a velodrome nearby. Denver maybe? Or back to Colorado Springs?

video and film post production. we cut mostly political commercials. some medium format not for broadcast, some indie film trailers....rarely a music video...

Software Engineer for a GIS at a utility.

I live to Telemark/Nordic ski. I hike, bike, canoe, and sail in the off-season.

Stay at home dad for a one year old and a 2.5 year old. My formal education in Applied Geophysics and Geological Engineering didn't prepare me much for changing diapers, but then agian, work is for suckers. The cool thing is that my wife thinks I have the harder job (she's an oil company geologist)
After sesame street is done I'm going to make pancakes, play for a while and take a nap.

I do third shift digital printing, running huge BW laser printers called Docutechs. They print 180 pages a minute! They can coallate books that are thousands of pages long on up to 5 different paper stocks. They're powered by Sun Solorais servers, so they handle variable data really well. I work with windows and macintosh machines to set up the jobs - we often get lots of files and hardcopy that have to be turned into one big book, so I have to know a lot of design/layout software. Unfortunatly, I also have to deal with Micros$it Office, too...

On the side, I sometimes do a bit of web design, mainly working with ColdFusion, XML and CSS.

BTW - there was a thread a couple of months ago. It was called Where You Guys All At or something, but a lot of people posted what they do for a living too... Search couldn't find it because the title was all common words...

PhD Mechanical Engineering. Own and run an engineering company. Know some of the Prof's at VT ;-)

I walk dogs uptown in Manhattan, and I get to go on bike rides between visiting blocks of clients.
I'm outside ten hours a day, minimum. I generally love it.


It will be cold soon.

I am ex-messenger dispatcher, part time drunk

BS, Mechanical Engineer at a food company. It's pretty decent since it's close to home and the pay is pretty decent. But the work isn't very intellectually stimulating so I'm trying to find something else to do. I'm also the youngest of the engineers here by about 10 years, so that kind of stinks.

civil engineer by training, work in water pollution control. water quality/hydraulic/hydrodynamic modeling, other technical issues related to npdes permitting, cso/sso, blending et cetera. used to work at a design firm, way too conservative an environment, much happier at my current job with a smaller, more specialized consulting firm.

i spent much of the 80s playing in various bands, but that's for another thread. in another forum.

PR staff for a labor union. But grad work in medieval history means i'm fluent in Latin-- so useful.

I'm a 4th year (of 5 years) Information Systems major at Drexel University and also a part time programmer at a market maker trading company.

I am ex-messenger dispatcher, part time drunk

Part time? Why would you be part time when it's so easy to go full time?

Service Inventory Planner for a medium size manufacturing firm in Minnetonka. Cube Rat. Corporate Hell. Hate It.

Dropped out of HS to help Ma pay bills, been here for 15 years since. I feel like I'm Neo in the Matrix around here - all these idiots cover up their ineptitude by delegating the hell out of things, while I know the truth - service is easy, just give them what they want. In the meantime I have to defend myself from raging co-workers who don't like my maverick attitude towards corporatre protocols, all while maintaining world-class inventory fill rates and service levels.

And that doesn't even pay the bills - the kicker is I am also a stagehand (scab, sorry local 13) and about 3 times a month I can be seen handling stage duties and running spotlight / camera at Grand Casino (both ML and H). The dip-shoot stagehand gig pays twice as much as the rat-cube job.

Cycling is my escape, among other things.



End rant, sorry.

Formerly messenger, waiter, labor union staff, Spanish translator, house mover, teacher; now (prosaically) lawyer. I work at the Massachusetts Appeals Court.

Investigator for the Georgia Capital Defender. We don't really defend capital. What we do is defend people who are facing the possibility of being sentenced to death. I mostly do social history research so we can try to persuade the jury to not sentence our client to death.

Other than that, I work on my house, drink, and just sort of bumb around town hanging out with friends.

Colin, we're all tired of your maverick ways. Don't forget the coversheet on your TPS report.

Ya Tu Sabes, where in Somerville do you live? I used to live in a Winter Hill 3-decker a few blocks behind the firestation on Broadway. Jackson Square now.

Me, I'm the Technology Manager (which really doesn't explain what I do at all, but that's ok) for an international after-school at-risk/low-income youth program.

Child and Family Therapist. I have an office in North Philadelphia and South Philadelphia.

NYC high school science teacher

Oh my god, my condolences.
Unless you're teaching at stuy. The building was still brand spanking new when I went there. :)

BS, Mechanical Engineer at a food company. It's pretty decent since it's close to home and the pay is pretty decent. But the work isn't very intellectually stimulating so I'm trying to find something else to do. I'm also the youngest of the engineers here by about 10 years, so that kind of stinks.

Same situation here, cept everyone here's an idiot, it's actually intellectually draining. I can feel myself getting dumber. I'd go nuts if they cut off my access to bikeforums and slashdot.

graphic design/art direction for a dot bomb which will soon lay me off. I do a fair amount of freelance, but not enough to stay afloat.

IT Manager and a parttime student in Commerce

Full time student at NYU studying Urban Development and Labor History. Part-time advertising coordinator at the university academic press. Which reminds me......I should probably at least make it look like I'm working right now.

art school drop out!
waiting to do something, not sure what yet. maybe uni. maybe courier work. maybe a bike co ope here in manchester.
who knows,
but for now, im happy drifting.

I'm finishing up my grad work in computer science right now. I mostly work with crypto and AI stuff. I can't decide if I want to go want to go into security, video games, or the peace corps =]

unemployed! Hook me up...
You might try looking into the government side of TV production. I worked in broadcast TV for 13 years. I wanted a change and started working for the state. The past two years have been great.

Student at Carnegie Mellon University studying Set and Sound Design for Theatre/Film. Freelance welder, and stagehand.

Pittsburgh, PA.

Milo

I have a BA in Geology and work for the town as a web site administrator go figure, well I also have an IS degree. I also build acoustic and electric guitars on the side and do instrument repairs for stores in town. If you ever see a blue/white fixt in front of the River Mill that will be me inside chugging one, usually on Thursdays before band practice.

I'm a 2nd year post-baccalaureate pre-med student at NYU (which means I earned a positively useless BA in studio art, also from NYU, and decided I want to go to med school so I have to take all my science pre-requisites).

Mr. Weatherby, I'm in Bobst right now typing this. Another FG enthusiast at NYU. Do you know about the bike lock-up behind Tisch Hall (the Stern BUilding)? We should hook up and terrorize the "campus."