what do you do for a living?

I now oil paint, sew, quilt, work in yard, get up late, watercolor paint, travel with husband and enjoy 7 grandchildren.
Greatest time of our lives.

I'm military.

I don't have to do anything if I don't want to. Retired since Feb.28/2001

I retired about 54 weeks ago, June 23, 2015.

Retired, was a newspaper machinist

I have done criminal defense and civil litigation since 1979. For the last 7 years my part time job is loading trucks and covering the shop for my GF's antiques business (mostly weekends) and, just recently, I took on another PT job doing landscaping...looking to retire from law in a couple years and hoping the landscaping gig works out as I hate sitting around and love being outdoors.

Engineer

Used to work in Television and Post Production.

Thankfully.... Retired now, and loving it!

Retired Electrical Engineer & Project Manager. primary portion of career was with IBM as a product development engineer and engineering manager

Been retired now for almost 16 years. Spent over 21 years in the
navy and over 22 years in civil service. Not quiet 44 years total.
To long working for uncle.

I'm a photographer, which is also the reason why I wound up buying my modern GPS unit.

I'd had an old Garmin eMap from the 1990's, but it only had the major highways and stopped receiving updates long ago. Since I'd been mostly using my collection of atlases and Google Maps on my cell phone for navigation I didn't consider this to be too bad, until I picked up a client that regularly had me shooting out in the middle of nowhere. Literally. My cell phone's GPS only needed a signal to create the route, then worked from memory, but a few years back I found myself trying to get home a location with no data signal, and in an area where the roads didn't exist in my atlas. I didn't even have my old eMap with me as I figured the cell's GPSr would be good enough. Fortunately, I'm good enough at navigating that I was able to work my way to an interstate. Well, I went out and bought my Nuvi that very weekend.

retired since 1992, now do as little as possible

Count as retired?

I' would have loved to have claimed I am a successful gigolo

But the reality is I likely would have starved to death

And love it

is my Full Time Job.

I monitor the TV full time since I am retired.

I raise trees so they can be killed to make paper or chipboard.

I retired from IBM in 1996 after a career of working with a software product called VSE. (Anyone at the Factory familiar with it?). I've had a series of jobs since, finally retiring for good last year.

Phil

Was full time at the Inpatient Unit at Hospice for many years, then realized thatI should really listen to the many people that were dying,(and some very young ones too), telling me how much they regretted the things they never did, " Life can be gone in a blink of an eye Fran" sooo..I'm seeing the beautiful country we have..a working vacation of sorts..and checking off the Bucket list..one state at a time..

Former Radio/TV Broadcast Engineer, the last 15 years or so to date, I'm a Avionics Technician.....................

I do so love reading all of these. They are so interesting and bring our POI Family to live.
Mary

has come back to life.
Have been an "eye in the sky" and presently deliver propane to businesses and homes.

I am an engineer with Boeing Commercial Aircraft.

Design analysis for the first 38 years and product support for the last 17 years.

- Tom -

1970, DOS on an IBM 360/30 as a Systems Programmer. Then moved on though MVS, 360/50, 360/175, 158, ESA, MVS, detoured into IMS then back to VM and ended up at AIX. Got out on Dec 31st 1999.

Doug, thanks for the trip down memory lane.

I started at IBM fresh out of the Navy in 1966 as Field Engineer (I repaired h/w). In '69 I went into Program Support supporting DOS (and its products) on things like the 360/30, 40, 50, et al. Life was good. Retired in '96, still working with DOS's successors: DOS/VS, DOS/VSE, VSE/ESA. After I retired I was a Systems Programmer for a bank that was eventually bought out, and then up until a couple of years ago, I still consulted for a company in Canton, Ohio. (Sidebar: The bastards shut down on me still owing me $800. Oh, well). Anyway, if you do the arithmetic, I worked with "DOS" for about 45 years. I guess I got my money's worth.
Another sidebar: I find it interesting and I think that it's a testament to IBM that some programs written in the '60s would still run today unchanged except for the Job Control.

Phil

As you now work as a traveling nurse, what about your licensing? Do you find your certifications such as RN are recognized in the other states or are you not allowed the full responsibilities as one certified in the state you are in? Just curiosity on my part.

Being that my original license is in Fla, it is not part, (yet), of the compact , which means, I have to be licensed in every state I want to work in, however, Fla voted, and should be part of the compact, by the end of this year, which means I will be able to work in the states that are part of the "compact", without having to obtain a license for those states..which will leave me open to so many more places to work in, so for the moment, I am only licensed in Me, CO, WA,Fl,Vt..but once Fla signs into legislation,I will be able to work in 26 states..sweet!

#2. Retired corporate security chief and #3, now doing Meals-on-Wheels (part-time).
This job is the best one I think I've ever had. It is a blast. You give people food, they are glad to see you and they are friendly. (Better than the other two.)

Retired and Happy

civil servant

... for 25 years, mainly intel, then medic on ambulances/cars for 10 ... now retired.

University teaching and National Laboratories. Retired for 12 years.

I'm an DBA / webmaster for a local NPO.

A retired treasurer from a missionary agency.

Operations Manager for a private Logistics company hauling bulk chemicals for city pool contracts as well as a factory certified robot repair technician.

I just couldn't figure out what I wanted to do in life, So I tried and was very successful at all the things below because I knew I'd starve as a Gigolo

Operating Systems architecticture, design and development engineering specialist.

Computer Natural Language Artificial Intelegence architecticture and design specialist.

Computer Systems, Disaster Recovery and Business Recovery and Continuance Specialist.

Chemical R&D engineer.

Ceramics Refractories development engineer.

I work.....wouldn't it be nice to be on the other side? meaning own businesses where the workers just make you more and more wealthy?

When I hear so and so is now the 3rd richest man in the world, it makes me wonder. Does he have any gift, how did it happen? Because his online superstore has imho become a sham, with high prices, and long wait times if you don't pay to be a member. yet, he's flying into outer space.

even my own employer has a lear jet....and wealthy people do realize it usually doesn't pay to own one...

Work with Servers, computers, security and a lot of Apps!

Right now, Looking for a new job..

Out of circulation not too long ago.

Mechanical Engineer now working in IT.

And I am loving it.

Analytical chemist working with stuff that goes boom or swoosh or can kill you with one drop.

But now all I pretty much do is push electrons (computer era version of pushing paper).

Electronic technician @ Northrop Grumman for 37 years

I am an IT person doing mostly programming but also OS installation and maintenance as well as trying to keep my employers network up and running.

Plus, you can to forward to yourself the "best offers" for dates and drugs.

Systems Analyst for a large C store company. Basically admin, programmer, mail admin, transfer systems etc for the last 15yrs.

In parallel, I have owned my own software development company for more than 30 years primarily related to Disability software and systems design covering all types of stuff from web development, application development etc. Helps pay for my toys.

I'm RETIRED !!!

I teach at a community college and work in retail sales at a home improvement center.

a Business Development specialist cursed with a legal and media background.

is heavy equipment operator - dozer or broom.

Either is fine as I've done both in my past.