rugbyguitargod wrote:You know, to make ends meet... get yo paper so to speak.
I'll go first. I have been active duty army for the last 9 1/2 years in a Special Forces & Airborne unit.
I have a friend who is in the special forces (UK) and is a big fucker like you. He carries the big guns. He is actually training I be a field medic now after seeing one of he friends blown to pieces from an iED. He is a really nice guy too.
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Mechanical maintenance and overhauls as a technician in nuclear power plants, cruise liner engine rooms, coal power plants, foundries, machine shops etc.
"Photo Manager" for a surveying firm. I got to chose the job title and wanted to be a manager.
We employ surveyors to assess the state of local area authorities housing stock. Typically they might have 5,000 houses/ flats/ blocks and not have a clue when they'll need to spend money to upkeep them, so they get us to tell them. The surveyors go in and part of what they do is take lots of pictures. My job is to make sure the thousands of pics that come in match up with the rest of the data.
It's very boring but it does mean I've probably seen more bathrooms, kitchens, boilers and consumer units than anyone else on earth.
Close to retiring after too many injuries, been setting up my own product design company with a friend – should have our first product on the shelves early next year.
Cirrus wrote:"Photo Manager" for a surveying firm. I got to chose the job title and wanted to be a manager.
We employ surveyors to assess the state of local area authorities housing stock. Typically they might have 5,000 houses/ flats/ blocks and not have a clue when they'll need to spend money to upkeep them, so they get us to tell them. The surveyors go in and part of what they do is take lots of pictures. My job is to make sure the thousands of pics that come in match up with the rest of the data.
It's very boring but it does mean I've probably seen more bathrooms, kitchens, boilers and consumer units than anyone else on earth.
And I get lots of time to
My brother does that, but with crime scenes and finger prints.
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Cool! Totally off topic, but I see you're in a Slade tribute band? My drummer's dad was the road manager for Slade for a few years - did a tour of the states with them and studio time too.
neilrocks25 wrote:My brother does that, but with crime scenes and finger prints.
That sounds more fun and like more of a service to society. Then again, I did see that kitchen with a huge England flag and a golliwog strung up and hanging from the ceiling...
Bluesymetal wrote:I investigate child abuse for child protection in NJ and I'm in the Army National guard, currently in the OCS program, once I commission as a 2LT, I'll go to IBOLC, Airborne and Ranger school then I'll be an infantry platoon leader.
Man. Investigating child abuse. That's big. Thanks for what you do!
Thanks, after 6 years I'm kinda burnt out though, I deal with a lot of sex abuse cases and it takes its toll. I'm hoping once I get some leadership experience under my belt through the Army it will help me land a job with the US Marshall's.
Software Systems Engineer primarily for spacecraft. Been doing this for 3+ decades now. I specialize in autonomy and automation. I have seen some pretty cool stuff over the years but the flip side is I have grown tired of solving the same problems over and over again. Pay is great though. I am just now starting up on one of the coolest spacecraft programs in many years - I'll probably stick around long enough to see this one through to orbital ops because it is so cool and it has quite a few new problems to solve.
A few years ago I branched out into mobile working on everyone's favorite open source mobile OS (which is surprisingly compatible with my other work seeing as how those systems are indeed mobile). Now that I think about it, that was over five years ago - where'd the time go. This work was incredibly interesting but in the past year it has really flattened out as far as innovation goes but, again, the pay is fine. I'm probably going to pull back from this work.
When i lived in Florida, i worked at a reptile shop, which had a "back room". I dealt with venomous critters all the time. Had a bunch in my personal collection too and a license. In fact, it's where my username came from. But even I wouldn't enjoy doing that job.
