The what do you do for a job thread
11-05-09, 09:50 AM
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Heh, I always thought being a test driver for a car company would be the best job in the world. Well I have a friend who works at the Nissan Proving Grounds, and it's a pretty horrible job. He has to go log miles upon miles collecting data on the most boring things ever, NVH etc. Last thing he wants to to is go drive a car.
11-05-09, 09:51 AM
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Senior IT Specialist, for a Engineering Company that makes Avionic Controls for Commercial Planes. Side benefit of having a full Manufacturing Plant downstairs and Engineers upstairs, is I get to play with my dreams/designs/hacks, after I build it.
11-05-09, 10:00 AM
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Like many of you, I get paid to read/post messages here on BF.
11-05-09, 10:01 AM
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I'm a process engineer at a plant that packs aerosol cans. I hate it here, this is temporary I hope. I am blessed to have a job though.
I also work part time as a drum instructor at the local music school. I love that, I love the instrument and I love teaching. Its fantastic.
Lotsa Designers/Engineers here. Sweet!
I also work part time as a drum instructor at the local music school. I love that, I love the instrument and I love teaching. Its fantastic.
Lotsa Designers/Engineers here. Sweet!
11-05-09, 10:09 AM
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11-05-09, 10:15 AM
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Another Structural Engineer here.
Although, I have worked as a pea packer (worst job ever), a dishwasher, a cafeteria attendant, a barrista, a cook, a night baker/donut maker, a general laborer, a paper grader, a grad assistant, a math tutor, and a lab assistant in a college structures lab (best job ever).
There are always jobs out there regardless of the economy. A lot of them just suck ass.
Although, I have worked as a pea packer (worst job ever), a dishwasher, a cafeteria attendant, a barrista, a cook, a night baker/donut maker, a general laborer, a paper grader, a grad assistant, a math tutor, and a lab assistant in a college structures lab (best job ever).
There are always jobs out there regardless of the economy. A lot of them just suck ass.
11-05-09, 10:32 AM
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I'm retired.
Caveat here..our 'penison' took a 90% nosedive in the financial collapse last year.
Obamas stimulus whatever ressurected the BOCES vocational courses and as of last week I'm teaching BOCES Basic Electrical w-w-f 6:30-9:30 and Saturdays 9-3
The pay is sinfull (put a large smile in there)
The hours will let me snowshoe and cycle and kayak weekdays and Sundays
Who the duce could ask for anything more
D!!
Caveat here..our 'penison' took a 90% nosedive in the financial collapse last year.
Obamas stimulus whatever ressurected the BOCES vocational courses and as of last week I'm teaching BOCES Basic Electrical w-w-f 6:30-9:30 and Saturdays 9-3
The pay is sinfull (put a large smile in there)
The hours will let me snowshoe and cycle and kayak weekdays and Sundays
Who the duce could ask for anything more
D!!
11-05-09, 10:34 AM
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It's one of many systems that bank branch employees have to use, I don't know how they keep it all straight, so yes, I get the same people calling me every month with the same questions.
How does one get a job working for bike forums?
How does one get a job working for bike forums?
11-05-09, 10:47 AM
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It helps to live near the (past) owner of the site, and be friends with him. I did the advertising before he sold it to IB. But another site also offered me a lucrative deal to be the admin for them. That lasted two years as well. And I've gotten some consulting gigs from various other cycling sites. It also helps to know vBulletin, B.S., be a good communicator, and know lots of people in the industry.
11-05-09, 11:12 AM
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Load trucks at the UPS. and the rest of my day is devoted to being a stay home dad/house husband.
11-05-09, 11:19 AM
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Linguistics student. I worked as a dishwasher until last week when I decided I didn't want to be a 22 year-old dishwasher anymore and got myself fired. Currently unemployed and cutting down my daily lunch expenditure to One American Dollar. (pretzel and banana ftw!!!)
I get my last paycheck tomorrow, party time.
I get my last paycheck tomorrow, party time.
11-05-09, 11:30 AM
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Linguistics student. I worked as a dishwasher until last week when I decided I didn't want to be a 22 year-old dishwasher anymore and got myself fired. Currently unemployed and cutting down my daily lunch expenditure to One American Dollar. (pretzel and banana ftw!!!)
I get my last paycheck tomorrow, party time.
I get my last paycheck tomorrow, party time.
11-05-09, 11:42 AM
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My college steals my money and makes me sleep on the floor. And people get shot once in a while. I live off campus to avoid this.
11-05-09, 12:03 PM
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I sell my body by the hour to lonely women.
I TRY to attend University of Houston (no money this semester)
Work at a print shop running a full color digital press (Xerox DocuColor 8000).
I TRY to attend University of Houston (no money this semester)
Work at a print shop running a full color digital press (Xerox DocuColor 8000).
