What jobs do people commute to?
06-05-08, 08:26 PM
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GIS/CAD Technician here. These days work on maps around the nuclear power plants in the state.
On Bike to Work Day, we had 6 people pedal into the office. Distance ridden varied from 1.5 miles to 16 miles one way; mine clocks in at 12.
On Bike to Work Day, we had 6 people pedal into the office. Distance ridden varied from 1.5 miles to 16 miles one way; mine clocks in at 12.
06-05-08, 08:27 PM
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That's all right, Machka. We'll let you stay 
I'm a journalist — business news. Often, but not always, a desk job. Surprisingly fun.
I'm a journalist — business news. Often, but not always, a desk job. Surprisingly fun.
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I'm a mailman. I walk all day 3 days a week and drive 2 others.
06-05-08, 08:35 PM
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Electronics technologist for a Canadian government agency. The jobs runs from being a desk job to working mountaintop radio sites. Commute is 20km.
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I suspect some would think it's worse than all of that!
All right brace yourselves, and if you are environmental extremist, you might want to look away .....
I work for an oil company ... and oil company that makes plastic ... the plastic used for plastic grocery bags, plastic milk jugs, and all sorts of other plastics.
I work in the Engineering Department in Document Control. It's a great job!! I enjoy it.
All right brace yourselves, and if you are environmental extremist, you might want to look away .....
I work for an oil company ... and oil company that makes plastic ... the plastic used for plastic grocery bags, plastic milk jugs, and all sorts of other plastics.
I work in the Engineering Department in Document Control. It's a great job!! I enjoy it.
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Linear Low-Density Polyethylene (LLDPE): flexible food packaging, shrink wrap, stretch film, overwrap
Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE): grocery bags, squeezable bottles, cable insulation
High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE): industrial drums, children's toys, pressure pipe
Very Low-Density Polyethylene (VLDPE): "boil-in" food packaging for rice, soup and pasta products, sealant films, form fill and seal pouch films
Although they are venturing out into other things. I know one of our plants does specialty plastics ... so perhaps ....
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I'm a lawyer, which actually isn't a desk job. I run a walk-in legal clinic at a high school, but also travel around to group homes, juvenile detention centers, and people's homes to work with teenagers and represent them in education and child-protection matters. Oh, and court. I go to court some.
So I get to ride my bike around the ghettos of southern Connecticut while wearing a suit. It's pretty much awesome.
So I get to ride my bike around the ghettos of southern Connecticut while wearing a suit. It's pretty much awesome.
06-05-08, 08:49 PM
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social worker in PACT (program for assertive community treatment), a community based rehabilitation service with individuals who live with severe and persistant mental illness
06-05-08, 09:03 PM
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We use poly for running gas lines underground. You get to melt it to make joints.
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Manager of military contracts for a large aerospace company in Fort Worth, Texas. (yes, desk job)
I started bike commuting on a 1980 Fontan Sprint for my first jobs as a paperboy and as a lifeguard.
I started bike commuting on a 1980 Fontan Sprint for my first jobs as a paperboy and as a lifeguard.
06-05-08, 10:06 PM
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Street canvasser for charity - face-to-face telemarketing, really, and extremely physical/exhausting. Outdoors fundraising all day, every day regardless of weather. Consider this my public apology to everyone here in Chicago whom I harrass five times a day.
06-05-08, 10:27 PM
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Veterinary technician (non-certified) for an animal shelter. I'm convinced my commute-funk appeals to our occupants. Sort of 'hey, you reek like me!'
Known around work as "that bikenut", a badge of honor in my opinion.
Known around work as "that bikenut", a badge of honor in my opinion.
06-05-08, 10:28 PM
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We make crap software. And I manage the support of it for our region.
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I commute to winery jobs. Sometimes production, sometimes lab work, sometimes sales. A week of fuel for my truck for one particular job would be ~$100. If I use a mix of transit and bike it is $25. At 25 miles each way on a road that kills a cyclist every 2 or 3 years I'll avoid the main road as much as possible.
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Cool. At our end, all we see are the pellets which go into making the plastic products. I was fascinated to see how many things those little pellets make.
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06-05-08, 11:59 PM
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Two things. School and Office job (both are at the same location though heh)
06-06-08, 12:19 AM
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Information Technology - Desk Job
I work in the IT industry doing the usual mix of system administration, tech support, and training. It's pretty much a desk job, but at least I get to move around a bit on most days... I support sites spread out about town and often bike between sites during the day.