rykard

software consultant

spoiledrotten

I'm a national accounts business analyst for one of the largest medical supply distributors in the world, so I built Excel spreadsheets and crunch numbers all day. Been here 11 years.

qclabrat

crazy jealous on the fishinng guide thing

I assume freshwater? inspired to get my 2015 license today for some flyfishing on Saturday morning

Haven't really fished for 3 years, bikes and kids have taken precedence recently....

Oregonroadruner

i guide salmon and steelhead in alaska about three weeks a year. It's more of a side job right now but at some point I would like to do it full time.

Fargo Wolf

Flagger. You know, the poor bugger standing there at a road construction site with a STOP sign (or flag in some US states) in their hand. I might be getting a different job though and go back to working on a ferry.

Zap Hassellhoff

Land-use planner for a Recreation and Park District. Developers build homes and I negotiate park requirements and design. It's a pretty mellow gig. My education is in geography.

LokiWolflord

Tech Support for a small software company. I've got a BA in Literature and Writing, but, somehow, I still wound up working as a tech. Commuting by bike is the only thing that makes this gig tolerable.

spoiledrotten

Keep your head up! If you do your job well, you save many lives from being changed for the worse. I've seen flaggers that shouldn't have been given anything more than a dull shovel to work with, and then others that were so good at what they do, they should have been heading up the project.

joeyduck

Wrong quoted text?

@Fargo Wolf I've had many great chats with flaggers and they are usually nice to me on my bike and previously on my motorcycle. It really is a necessary but thankless job.

How many of us would have changed jobs is it wasn't for the commute on either end making it just tolerable enough.

Hypno Toad

I'm a ***** .... AKA advertising sales. I work with a small group of people supporting an on-line trade publication. Great job, love the small company.

edit - OK, not able to use use "that" word either. derp. I was using a five letter word that rhymes with sore and starts with 'wh'.

spoiledrotten

Thanks, Joeyduck... Not sure how I did that one. I corrected it.

ThermionicScott 

Makes me wonder, now, how many people in that line of work bike-commute.

spivonious

Software developer for a local bank, but soon to be software developer for local restaurant supply company. Trombone player on the weekends, used to play lead guitar in a metal band.

lost_in_endicot

I was a machinist/CNC set up person for 15 years. Now I'm a QC inspector in the sheet metal/stamping department. I had zero experience in sheet metal fabrication and welding, so I've spent the last 10 months or so learning on the fly. Must not be doing too bad, I haven't been written up(yet!).

ki4bbl

Geez, all these fancy titles. I am just a lowly English teacher. I used to jump out of perfectly good helicopters as a rescue swimmer in the U.S. Navy, though.

Fargo Wolf

I try. It's dealing with the stupid idiots behind the wheel. Impatient drivers, jack offs who think they know how to do my job better, Chinese drivers (DON'T get me started on them...) and, unfortunately, though thankfully rare, ignorant cyclists.

Being bike friendly, I will give cyclists a head start through the work zone, if it's of any length. I did get cussed out by a driver for doing so, and cheesed him off even when I laughed. It's neat to hear where they are from (mostly Germany) and are appreciative when I can get them off the highway onto local, low traffic roads where possible. When I'm on my bike, I know that the flaggers greatly appreciate the fact that I don't duck into the coned off area unless there's a legitimate reason to do so. Mostly traffic volume related.

jhill44

I am a banker, and a genuinely nice guy.

Andy_K 

My daughter (currently in high school) is thinking about getting a degree in computer science with a minor in creative writing. She wants to be a writer, but she also has an affinity for food and shelter. I also wanted to be a writer when I was younger, but I got a BS in math and physics for similar reasons.

I started my career by applying for a job as a technical writer at a small hardware/software company. After having me take a technical aptitude test they offered me a job as a programmer. Twenty-five years later I'm developing compilers. Life is strange.

LokiWolflord

In community college, I earned an A.S. in Computer Science. When I went to the 4-year, I found out I was a terrible programmer, at least in C++. I reasoned that I would never get the kind of programming job that I wanted without being able to work well in C++ so, I switched majors to my first love, writing.

In hindsight, it was probably not the most well-reasoned decision I made.

If I had it to do again, I would have stuck with CS. You don't need a degree in order to write creatively. I did love literary criticism classes, though. I miss writing about writing for appreciative professors too.

GhostSS

Project Manager and Coordinator in Electrical Engineering and construction. Basically a professional cat herder.

Prepping for PMP certification.

the sci guy 

I was an elementary school teacher for 6 years. (mostly 5th grade)
I left education when we moved to a larger cities with more opportunities for me to explore other interests, and because public education was destroying my morale and health.
I was planning on going into IT support, got A+ certified, but I ended up getting a job at the same company as my wife.
So now I'm a Geoscience Tech at an oil & gas service company. I work with seismic data, while at the same time work with marketing, sales, attend world-wide conferences and workshops, and work on special projects directly from the big boss man. It's pretty awesome, and I was just hired as a full-time regular employee from a previous contractor status. I have my own office and a salary almost twice what I was making as a teacher. Plus the plaza our building is in has 2 gyms with lockers and showers, and dedicated reserved bike commuter lockers. I got one!

m78596c

Software developer at an insurance company

long john

Day job is common labor. Mostly moving dirt at a nursery greenhouse. Although I am a classically trained silversmith and artist.

Eds0123

Hey Bill, you omitted "bill nye the science guy" gig, you were great in that role,

Eds0123

Not to be high jacking this thread, but using and running Linux is so much in line with spirit of bicycle commuting, self reliance, community cooperation, in earlier days you relied on your own capabilities to set up your own and run your own software the way you wanted etc, how did you get started being linux sysadmin Tom?