Author Topic: How do you make a living? (Read 5118 times)

old school gamer · « **on:** August 19, 2004, 09:31:35 pm »

I dont know if this was done before but..... I thought it would be nice to see what everybody on this site does to pay the bills. I will volunter to go first! Hi,my name is Brett and I"m a Firefighter. I am currently married to my soon to be x-wife,and she is a Nurse. Whos next?? Step up ,,,,,,,, dont be shy! OSG

old school gamer · « **Reply #1 on:** August 19, 2004, 09:57:35 pm »

Bueller? Bueller? Anyone? ( I thought you people had a sense of humor............ )

cdbrown · « **Reply #2 on:** August 19, 2004, 10:12:43 pm »

I'm a Senior Risk and Safety Engineer for a consultancy firm. Mainly do work for oil and gas companies in Australia, but have spent some time in Philippines and New Zealand on some jobs. Currently spend most of my day in a clients office as their HSE Advisor (which means I can't get onto irc during the day). My job revolves around doing various risk models to see what the potential for death is, going out to oil rigs for audits and inspections, writing very large documents to keep the government happy and the field producing. Married - not looking to get a divorce at any stage, no kids, 80% complete 4-player cabinet.

Cheers
-cdbrown

old school gamer · « **Reply #3 on:** August 19, 2004, 10:16:40 pm »

Thanks CD. Now that wasn't so hard was it?

cdbrown · « **Reply #4 on:** August 19, 2004, 10:21:59 pm »

Not at all. However, I think reposting after 26 minutes isn't quite right. You gotta give people a few hours before bumping it back up. But anyways... it was easy.

Now back to reading and updating the 300 page document.

Cheers
-cdbrown

SirPoonga · « **Reply #5 on:** August 19, 2004, 10:51:55 pm »

There's a big thread on this somewhere on this board.

GGKoul · « **Reply #6 on:** August 20, 2004, 12:06:24 am »

Here's the link to 'Do you have a cool job?' posting a few months ago

http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=6;action=display;threadid=16586

DougHillman · « **Reply #7 on:** August 20, 2004, 02:01:56 am »

Ahhh, so many other threads get duplicated on here, why not this one.

I'm still a DJ and dance instructor. Looking to get back into a real job though. Anyone in the Chicago area need a level 2 type IT support guy?

Sir Auros · « **Reply #8 on:** August 20, 2004, 05:35:14 am »

I'm currently a grad. student with a security guard position for Virginia Tech, but I'll be teaching ESL or Spanish in a year.

maraxle · « **Reply #9 on:** August 20, 2004, 07:47:57 am »

I'm an IT Security guy.

RacerX · « **Reply #10 on:** August 20, 2004, 09:44:51 am »

I'm a Programmer/Analyst for a fairly large bank in Texas that is being bought out by one of the largest banks in the world.

So chances are, I'll be having a "career opportunity" shortly. In other words, I'll be looking for a new job.

abrannan · « **Reply #11 on:** August 20, 2004, 09:50:54 am »

Quote from: maraxle on August 20, 2004, 07:47:57 am

I'm an IT Security guy.

Ditto.

MasTequila · « **Reply #12 on:** August 20, 2004, 10:17:22 am »

Mechanical Engineering student. I make a living going to class, bars, and playing rugby. Ah the life of a 21 year old.

~Mas

Chemixtry · « **Reply #13 on:** August 20, 2004, 11:44:48 am »

I'm a grad student working on my PhD in Analytical Chemistry at the University of North Texas.

greywolf22 · « **Reply #14 on:** August 20, 2004, 01:04:24 pm »

I'm actually a L2/L3 support guy for a storage virtualization product on highend backend storage devices

monkeybomb · « **Reply #15 on:** August 20, 2004, 01:57:19 pm »

I teach special education at the middle school level in the inner city of Los Angeles.

SoundDoc · « **Reply #16 on:** August 20, 2004, 02:13:12 pm »

I'm the IT Director & " Funky" BMS programmer for a fairly large HVAC contractor.
I'm married with 1 1/2 kids, (1/2 due in a couple weeks) a dog, a cat, and a cabinet longing to be completed....
I've got a week off work comming at the end of today (boss says I have too much time banked and need a break) so the cab should get completed.

I'm assuming, without reading the previous thread on this subject that most byoac'rs are either in the IT/computer field, or have a background in it?
sd

Mr. Dude · « **Reply #17 on:** August 20, 2004, 02:36:47 pm »

I work on protoype instument panel clusters. Everything from the first SLA samples and lighting sample PCBs to the C samples that are ready for production.

missioncontrol · « **Reply #18 on:** August 20, 2004, 04:58:50 pm »

Work nights in a factory and by day manage a 123 unit trailer park which I will be quitting in November so I can get back to school. with 2 jobs leaves me little time for my projects but some day I'll have them finished.......

plus 1 wife 2 kids

Martoon · « **Reply #19 on:** August 20, 2004, 05:46:03 pm »

I'm the senior technology programmer for a small game studio. Got 1 wife and 3 cats. I've talked the rest of the team at work into building an arcade cabinet, but like most game studios, we're usually in some kind of crunch, so it's hard to find the time. Just got our first order of parts delivered today, so at least things are starting to happen.

Nannuu · « **Reply #20 on:** August 20, 2004, 06:26:43 pm »

Another larger one:
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=6;action=display;threadid=10291

me, Mechanical Engineer on F-16.

GadgetGeek · « **Reply #21 on:** August 20, 2004, 09:53:08 pm »

Actuary.

spocktwin · « **Reply #22 on:** August 20, 2004, 10:07:32 pm »

I am a Distribution Director for a large international plastics firm. I have 2 kids and am married to a banking executive.......I love being a kept man. Hey RacerX what bank in Texas? Bank One by any chance?

Todd H · « **Reply #23 on:** August 20, 2004, 10:47:13 pm »

I'm a math teacher.

Santoro · « **Reply #24 on:** August 21, 2004, 01:11:22 am »

IT Director at a large outsourcing company, on account at a Wall Street Investment Bank.

Before that I used to be an order clerk for a small brokerage firm at the New York Stock Exchange. If I had stayed there I would probably have been killed on 9/11.

All of the partners and brokers at my company (~8 of them) were killed at thier weekly meeting at Windows on the World. I was on the career path to be one of them before I decided to go techie.

TalkingOctopus · « **Reply #25 on:** August 21, 2004, 02:10:23 am »

I'm computer science student at University of Michigan. I have one more year to go, but I will probably go to grad school right after I graduate. I spent my summer working at Intel.

Apollo · « **Reply #26 on:** August 21, 2004, 05:44:31 am »

I'm a pole dancer but I'm going to night school to learn how to lap dance.

GameDork · « **Reply #27 on:** August 21, 2004, 12:17:47 pm »

A Tool and Die Machinist for one of the largest Appliance Manufacturers in the U.S. I have a wife, baby girl due in Jan. and 2 cats!!

Goz · « **Reply #28 on:** August 21, 2004, 06:58:31 pm »

I'm currently employes as a software engineer for a company in the healhcare industry. I tend to change professions every couple of years or so. I've been a senior network engineer at Cisco, a 2nd level support engineer for a data mining company, a field service engineer, etc.....

crap almost time to do something new.

-Goz

spidermonkey · « **Reply #29 on:** August 21, 2004, 09:32:07 pm »

I was a welder for eight years. Since then I have been a commercial/industrial/residential overhead door installer during the week and on weekends an electronics troubleshooter for "The Chamberlain Group" (makers of electric door and gate operators) I quit the troubleshooting weekend job and have now gone back to welding on the weekends. Married in Jan. No kids yet. One cat. My wife is a nurse and a diabetic educator. Sorry for rambling... just like to share.

danny_galaga · « **Reply #30 on:** August 21, 2004, 11:42:44 pm »

Quote from: Apollo on August 21, 2004, 05:44:31 am

I'm a pole dancer but I'm going to night school to learn how to lap dance.

mmmmmmm, lap-dancing...

shmokes · « **Reply #31 on:** August 22, 2004, 05:23:14 am »

I'm an IT guy for six Health Departments offices spanning five counties. They're rural, so in all I've got only about 80 workstations and a couple of file-servers. I'm also going to school with a major in (this should come as a surprise

) political science (double-major, actually, with one in Information Systems). I'll be going directly to law school when I finish under-grad. I've got an extraordinarily hot wife and two cats and have never had a lap dance (or, rather, never paid for a professional one). After law school I intend to enslave mankind and rule the world with an iron fist. This liberal thing is just a ruse.

I've been building my cab, which was overly ambitious for someone with no woodworking experience, on weekends (when I don't have any homework) over the last year. It's finally getting pretty close to completion, but school's starting again in a week, so we'll see.

hunky_artist · « **Reply #32 on:** August 22, 2004, 12:21:07 pm »

I do oil paintings for a living, sometimes from my own ideas. and sometimes private commissions for people.

www.pennylanepictures.com ...that's my website

SNAAKE · « **Reply #33 on:** August 22, 2004, 12:26:48 pm »

I need a job...

(I am a student..meh)

Matthew Anderson · « **Reply #34 on:** August 22, 2004, 07:25:45 pm »

I'm a software developer who has worked in Medical Billing, Dental Billing, Legal Billing, Sales Force Automation, Finanacial Analysis, Multimedia Publishing, Long Term/ Short Term Disability, UCLA, and currently I am working for a dating advice site and may end up writing a speeding ticket application......

It only sounds exciting. I'm just kidding I have loved most of it.

;

bdsjake · « **Reply #35 on:** August 22, 2004, 09:14:06 pm »

Quote from: GadgetGeek on August 20, 2004, 09:53:08 pm

Actuary.

Hey, my brother's an actuary!

I'm a trial lawyer in rural Missouri. Pretty much help people going through a tough time in their life, been in an accident, hurt on the job, fired from their job, gov't wants to put 'em in jail. Can be very frustrating at times, but also very satisfying. Help my father farm when I can get home on the weekends, which isn't much anymore. One wife, first kid due Oct 14, one cat, three dogs, one fish.

photorock · « **Reply #36 on:** August 22, 2004, 09:35:15 pm »

IT and freelance Graphic Artist at night and Graphic Artist/Printer during the day.

gprime · « **Reply #37 on:** August 22, 2004, 11:43:13 pm »

Work.. hmm.. what's that?

MinerAl · « **Reply #38 on:** August 23, 2004, 12:11:24 am »

High school computer apps teacher.

DaveMMR · « **Reply #39 on:** August 23, 2004, 12:18:36 am »

Right now I'm a rusty cog in the Title Insurance machine. Just finished training for computers (haven't taken certs yet for the same reason haven't finished my cabinet -- no $$$).


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