what do you do for a living?

 

just curious, i would like to know what people do for a living here,i myself,am a union operating engineer(heav equipment operator)

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I am surprised that ...

no one said...

"I lift things up and put them down"

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Bobkz - Garmin Nuvi 3597LMTHD/2455LMT/C530/C580- "Pain Is Fear Leaving The Body - Semper Fidelis"

Nothing

Just what ever the wife says she wants done. smile

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johnm405 660 & MSS&T

What do you do or What did I do.

Retired Airline Captain. Worked for many companies as they slowly all declared chapter 11 and reorganized into much larger entities.

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Dudlee

Telecommunications Industry

Network Engineering, Architecture and support for 41 unbroken years since the early '70s... From the beginning of networked computers (started my working career at Digital Equipment Corporation) to what we have today and all the goodies that go with it that for the most part didn't really exist back then. What an awesome time to have worked in this field. I have been working for a software company for the last few years as a Technical Project Engineer so I have worked for both sides of the industry now. Would like to keep going until I have 50 years in. Along the way I earned my Pilot's license.... One of the greatest things (and achievements) I have ever accomplished.

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"Primum Non Nocere" 2595LMT Clear Channel and Navteq Traffic

Chemical Conversion

I turn whiskey into urine. Very satisfying endeavor.

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Tuckahoe Mike - Nuvi 3490LMT, Nuvi 260W, iPhone X, Mazda MX-5 Nav

Inter city Transportation

Inter city Transportation

Nothing! :)

As of June 17 I do nothing for a living and I'm LOVING IT! grin

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GPSMAP 76CSx - nüvi 760 - nüvi 200 - GPSMAP 78S

Retired ...

... Systems and Software Engineer.

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Nuvi 2460

Alchemist ranger

I was a nuclear pharmacist for a bit over 22 years, with five of them spent transmuting elements, hence my claim to be an alchemist as well. Bummer, it was stuff like oxygen to fluorine, so I never mastered lead to gold.

In semi-retirement, I spent about a decade as a seasonal National Park Service ranger in AZ and AK as well as one season as a guide on the White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad.

Now happily retired at 7000 ft elevation in AZ!

wow

williston wrote:

Network Engineering, Architecture and support for 41 unbroken years since the early '70s... From the beginning of networked computers (started my working career at Digital Equipment Corporation) to what we have today and all the goodies that go with it that for the most part didn't really exist back then. What an awesome time to have worked in this field. I have been working for a software company for the last few years as a Technical Project Engineer so I have worked for both sides of the industry now. Would like to keep going until I have 50 years in. Along the way I earned my Pilot's license.... One of the greatest things (and achievements) I have ever accomplished.

I have an uncle who retired from DEC 25 yrs ago. My mom called him "the snake," as he was able to evade all layoffs over the years by slithering to a new dept.! Most of us will never know it, but I wish I had a rule of 75, meaning your age plus service = 75, you can begin to retire.

I'm old enough to still have two traditional pensions, but they don't add up to a hill of beans...about $800/mo. for what will be 2040 dollars...

no matter what anybody says

tomkk wrote:

... Systems and Software Engineer.

I think that's the best place to be. The older one gets, the more one realizes that money isn't even close to everything. The only problem is the difficulty in making ends meet. I need to work to 75 or 80--is that realistic? But I have a 31 mo. old boy. Pretty bleak, and I guarantee neither Presidential candidate understands....

@ johnnatash4

I was under the impression that physicians make somewhat a decent living rolleyes

johnnatash4 wrote:

As a physician, I now go to forums and conduct polls to see which is the best drug for my patients. I can get the answer a lot faster this way, than to wait for scientists to conduct studies which takes years.

johnnatash4 wrote:

I'm old enough to still have two traditional pensions, but they don't add up to a hill of beans...about $800/mo. for what will be 2040 dollars...

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Nüvi 255WT with nüMaps Lifetime North America born on 602117815 / Nüvi 3597LMTHD born on 805972514 / I love Friday’s except when I’m on holidays ~ canuk

what do you do for a living

Retired mechanic.

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The Home of BLUMARU HOUNDS

Retired

Cause I'm too lazy too work.

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Curiosity is the acquisition of knowledge. And the death of cats.

Relaxing....

Retired after a number of career shifts; After getting out of the Army in 1969, worked in the Medical industry (Chemistry Lab tech & then manager), went into the Medical instrumentation arena (autoanalysers), then into the pure Computing end of the business.

Spent the rest of my time as a Systems Engineer in the graphics supercomputing & animation arenas, working with NASA, Disney and a few other animation powerhouses (ILM, Pixar, etc). It was always interesting, and never boring. Made many good friends and got to travel all over the world...No regrets.

Now I'm just enjoying every day I've been given wink

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"Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks" ~ Excerpt from the notebooks of Lazarus Long, from Robert Heinlein's "Time Enough for Love"

I am....

an entertainment and technology contracts lawyer.

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RKF (Brookeville, MD) Garmin Nuvi 660, 360 & Street Pilot

Cool

CraigW wrote:

I was a nuclear pharmacist for a bit over 22 years, with five of them spent transmuting elements, hence my claim to be an alchemist as well. Bummer, it was stuff like oxygen to fluorine, so I never mastered lead to gold.

In semi-retirement, I spent about a decade as a seasonal National Park Service ranger in AZ and AK as well as one season as a guide on the White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad.

Now happily retired at 7000 ft elevation in AZ!

I just did the White Pass and Yukon Railway and it was one of the coolest things I have done. Scenery was beautiful and the building of the railroad was unbelievable. Some of the places where they placed track. Fascinating!

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With God, all things are possible. ——State motto of the Great State of Ohio

What do I do for a living?

Until last Tuesday, I was a Pharmacist. Now I am retired.

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Bobbo and Linda

Retired

Retired now for 7 months. smile

internal auditor

for government contractor

Retired

been retired for 15 years
53

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the title of my autiobiography "Mistakes have been made"

Land Surveyor (Retired)

I am a retired surveyor. The last 10 years or so of my career we were using GPS to do our measurements. In the early years of GPS surveying it was done by post processing the data collected and only at scheduled times using an ephemeris of the projected GPS satellite locations which sometimes was at 4 AM!
Later when all of the satellites were in orbit we would take our observations in real time using a method known as RTK (Real Time Kinematic). It was (is) very accurate however the vertical measurements were only within a few centimeters (not good enough for most vertical observations). I suspect that has since changed somewhat.
I have been using a personal GPS since they became affordable which was the Garmin E-Map. I currently use the Garmin 590LM which is light years ahead of the original models. -JEP-

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So Many Roads.....

Commercial Real Estate....

in DC and MD.

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RKF (Brookeville, MD) Garmin Nuvi 660, 360 & Street Pilot

been retired 25 years

been retired 25 years

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Golf Junkie

nothing

and maybe more nothing

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nuvi 2597LMT

retired

...and loving it!

Retired for 13 years,

Retired for 13 years, (machinist). Now driving a school bus part time.

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Frank DriveSmart55 37.322760, -79.511267

Still a chemist at the core...

But I must include:
High temperature materials scientist
Composite materials
Fabrication of flexible electronics
Inventor
And much more...

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non-native nutmegger

What I do for a living

joemac wrote:

I do what I do to protect you…see my photo

Been doing it for a looong time and still enjoy it.
Sheriff’s Department

joemac wink

Same here, 35 years on the job. Been retired since 2005 and burned up a couple of GPS systems traveling around this beautiful country. One of the Few, The Proud before that.

Work is something I do untill I win the lottery

Inspector, aviation engines.

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Nuvi2797LMT (2) Nuvi260,Ford Sync3 Navigation. Captain Cook was a Yorkshire man too.

Retired

Meteorologist.

Fred

Now Retired

Ex Television and Post Production Engineering Maintenance

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A 2689LMT in both our cars that we love... and a Nuvi 660 with Lifetime Maps that we have had literally forever.... And a 2011 Ford Escape with Nav System that is totally ignored!
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