What pays for the bacon? (what do You do for a living)

Discussion in 'The Chatterbox' started by Monkeylord, Sep 21, 2012.

  1. Ryan B

    Ryan B Knight of the Soapocracy

    I've already said it, but I'm in the Army National Guard. Been in since 2009, going on 3 and a half years.
     
  2. fatkid

    fatkid Well-Known Member

    Tool room machinist/tool and die maker/trouble maker
     
  3. Fishsticks87

    Fishsticks87 Member

    I'm a student that bums money from the wife lol, but that will soon change!
     
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  4. Ryan B

    Ryan B Knight of the Soapocracy

    Don't feel bad I'm a student too lol. I use the National Guard to pay for my tuition. To tell you the truth, I hate school and I always hated it ever since I started kindergarten. But I see that school is a necessary evil if I don't want to rely on the bureaucratic military for my whole adult life.
     
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  5. Fishsticks87

    Fishsticks87 Member

    Yeah I don't care for school either. I get bored to easy to ever stick to one thing. So I did an accelerated program so I would just get something.
    I know a few people that have used the military for that reason and its worked out for them, so good luck to you!
     
  6. Cavere

    Cavere Active Member

    Photographer but that's on the back burner for now.

    I currently speak to high school students about careers for a system of commercial arts colleges. Pretty fun and I get to travel a bit.
     
  7. 2005xfr

    2005xfr Active Member

    I too was a dental tech (AS degree) but that was before 1980!
    Then....
    • Taxi driver
    • Deliver driver
    • Electrician, Pneumatic and Electronics instrument tech
    • Industrial trainer
    • Security supervisor
    • Fleet Administrator
    • Health, Safety, Emergency Preparedness Specialist
    • Retired
    • Facility Manager
    • Fleet Analyst
    PHEW! Still going!
     
  8. DonR

    DonR Active Member

    I used to be a stripper!
    Nowadays the job is done digitally with computers. Used to be tools of the trade was a single edge razor blade. I work tech support for software used in the printing industry. Everything these days it's computer controlled, and I make it happen. Both MAC and PC.. The scope of the job encompasses the entire printing process. I work for the largest manufacturer of printing equipment in the world..currently it's a changing industry due to computers and automation. Everything changes almost daily!
     
  9. 5Savages

    5Savages Well-Known Member

    LOL! I used to be the head of our IT department...when we were a company of 12.
     
  10. crackstar

    crackstar Israeli Ambassador to TSD

    Oh yes, Greece and Turkey are buying them like crazy. They produce garments for Russia, and even Russian manufacturers are buying them. :)
     
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  11. 5Savages

    5Savages Well-Known Member

    Electrical engineer. I design power and control systems for various facilities...water and wastewater treatment plants, waste to energy plants, central cooling, mining, etc. The coolest projects I worked on were a couple of central cooling plants for the United Arab Emirates. I loved going over there and working.
     
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  12. BamaT

    BamaT Well-Known Member

    I'm a bank accountant. Now is not a fun time to be in banking!
     
  13. Monkeylord

    Monkeylord The Lather Lord

    An renaissance man indeed :D
     
  14. 2005xfr

    2005xfr Active Member

    Well, OK... I was thinking an "old man" but I like "Renaissance Man" better.

    Thanks!
     
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  15. freebird

    freebird Active Member

    Disabled, but when I was able to work I worked as a shear operator, die-cutter,screen printer, back-up shipping & receiving clerk, and political cartoonist for a local rag. Not all at the same time.
     
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  16. jbund

    jbund Well-Known Member

    My business card says that I am a network engineer for a little old company no one has heard of Enterprise Rent-A-Car. But since '67 I've done just about everything in the data processing field, from big iron to PC's. I've run wire or local networks, I've built and repaired PC's, I've even run the really old card equipment back in the day. Well hopefully someone else out there remembers computer cards.
     
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  17. Sara-s

    Sara-s This Pun for Hire

    I remember those cards, from my college days.
     
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  18. jbund

    jbund Well-Known Member

    made great book marks didn't they!
     
  19. Sara-s

    Sara-s This Pun for Hire

    Ahh...paper books. I remember those from my college days too!
     
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  20. blanka

    blanka I will not eat my shaving products. Promise.

    Residential Realtor
     

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