Italuminium

I guess I'm toeing the line between sophist and scholastic, then... Nearly completed the first hurdle of grad school, and doing some fun projects as editor/translator/writer.

dedhed

Interesting I have a son who's head route setter at a gym in UT and a daughter that works for a climbing shop in Red River Gorge KY.

dedhed

Field engineer for a local water utility, but "eligible" to retire in spring - not going to happen yet though, I still enjoy my work.

jgedwa

I don't think there is a line to toe: I would have said that todays academics are the descendants of yesterdays Sophists. Myself included, no doubt.

Jim

Italuminium

Ha, perhaps. Depends on who pays the bills, I guess. Too bad I'm not from the landed nobility - like most all people in the thinking trade, I gotta sell the goods - and I can't spend my days in leisure as a philosopher prince

Sophistry of the Humboldtian Humanist flavour will have to do, for now.

flyfisherbob

32 years in the investment business; currently Trader/Portfolio manager for structured products at a company that reinsures life insurance policies.

Chicago Al 

What a great thread. Lots of engineers here, I see.

I'm a freelance cinematographer. Like a photographer, but moving pictures, or as we used to say, film. 30 years freelance; I've worked on movies big and small, and TV shows, but most of my work has been in commercial and corporate stuff. Just was in AZ shooting 2015 campaign for a golf product company. I've also taught cinematography a bit and have been very proud to see my former students find their way into 'the industry.'

wahoonc

Professional Cat Herder...

My official job title is "Construction Risk Specialist" aka Safety Guy. I work for a national, industrial roofing and siding company. I teach, inspect, cite and generally ride herd on about 100 roofers on various job sites, primarily on the east coast. Massive amounts of travel, but I love the job. Been with this company 15 years in a variety of positions, construction in various forms for over 35 years.

Aaron

-holiday76

IT/design/research. My team (which 3 years ago was just me and one contractor I hired) built the prototyping platform (and many of the projects that use it) for this little online auction company you might have used before. I work closely with developers, product managers, designers and PhD type folks to built/test/build/test/implement stuff for the desktop and mobile web.

Years ago I was an accountant, but that turned out to be a dumb idea.

Lascauxcaveman 

I run this tiny little C&V hotel up in the northwest corner of the country, which each and every one of you should visit if you ever make it out this way.

Now with my kids both away at school, I'm gearing up to go back to painting and making guitars as a second job. The pay's not as steady but it'll help keep me from wasting all my downtime on the internet and fiddling around with old bikes

RobbieTunes

What an illustrious bunch.

You guys humiliate me, ...I mean, humble, me, ....I mean, ... nlerner, help me out here....

Actually, if I could do anything I wanted to, at my present salary, I'd cut grass. Always liked that.

RobbieTunes

Electric Popsicle

miamijim

I'm a cardiovascular perfusionist. I operate the 'heart lung' machine when people have heart surgery.

TugaDude

Key Accounts Manager for BASF, The Chemical Company. Call on architects, engineers and distributors. I sell products used in commercial construction and infrastructure.

I umpire high school baseball and am a part-time cat whisperer...Merry Christmas!

michael k

Mechinist for an OE and aftermarket offroad and ATV product manufacturer.

Kactus

This was one of my last, and favorite, projects (during construction) before I retired.


(Even has a bicycle theme in it)

Wanderer

I'm retired, and a full time Grandpa....... best job I ever had..................

dmp

Professor of pediatric anesthesiology- half time clinical and teaching, half time research (now do you understand the avatar?)

jgedwa

Landed nobility? Professors? We are rich in many ways, but usually not in coin. Our official chariot is a twelve year old Camry.

jim

RunForTheHills

I am in IT, like many other people here. I have been a network engineer since the late 80's. I started as a CNE/Master CNE and now work mostly with Cisco firewalls, routers, switches. I have started a few consulting companies over the years, two of which are still in business but I am no longer a partner in. I currently have my own company (I am the only employee), contracting for a large utility (with occasional side jobs for my previous business partners).

Lascauxcaveman 

Is that one of the onramps to the 'new' Tacoma narrows bridge? I may get a chance to ride out that way tomorrow morning when I'm visiting my in-laws in Gig Harbor.

cs1

That's what I do. You get as much respect as a used car salesman.

JAG410

Lots of engineers/drafters in here, nice! I'm the CAD Manager for a mid-sized multidisciplinary engineering firm. I still get to draw pretty pictures sometimes too. I work in a bike shop as a mechanic/salesman in the summer occasionally as well.

sloar 

I went into the Marine Corps with plans of being a cop when I got out. I wanted to go swat or undercover. After discharge I went to work at a local factory while I applied for several police departments. No one wanted to hire me because a lack of a college degree. I never once thought about working at a fire dept. On a whim I applied and was hired first go around. Its a great job, like I said I couldn't imagine doing anything else. It defiantly has its highs and lows. Last night we had a house fire, pretty sad so close to christmas seeing a family lose things like that. But there are several highs that go along with it.

uncle uncle

I design and engineer the interior and cockpit for these:

Cessna Citation Sovereign - Leading the way for today?s leaders