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Post by jeremyhudson on Jul 25, 2011 5:50:43 GMT -5
What do you guys do for a living?
I'm a career firefighter 13yrs.
20 yrs total career and vol.
been doing this since high school
worked in a fabracation shop for a few, welding and sheet metal
and also AutoZone part time now.
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Post by lancer360 on Jul 25, 2011 8:13:12 GMT -5
Currently a self employed contract engineer. I have been making a living working with deep sea robotic vehicles for since I graduated in '97.
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leetaylor92
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Triple G-Effect: grip... grip... GONE!!
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Post by leetaylor92 on Jul 25, 2011 8:58:45 GMT -5
Currently a Full Time student at Belmont Abbey Major: Business, Motorsports Team Management Minor: Behavioral Psychology I work Part Time at a private gym in Mountain Island Lake area. Help crew for some of the the road course when I can  |
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Post by SnowRocker88 on Jul 25, 2011 16:11:27 GMT -5
3D CAD Designer at Automation Engineering. 2 years experience at current location, 2 years at my employer before that and was using cad 2 years before that in high school for a total of 4 years work experience and 6 total years of CAD experience.
Also currently attending Greenville Technical College for Mechanical Engineering.
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Post by cr89x on Jul 25, 2011 18:23:14 GMT -5
I literally eat, sleep, and breathe cars. Anyone that knows me can vouch for that. I've been working on automobiles for 7 years now. So my actual job is an automotive technician. I then go home and work on cars some more. I'll work on personal cars, preventive maintance for others, and I'll also go out to others to work on street and race cars. Cars, Cars, Cars.
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Post by z3elda on Jul 25, 2011 19:11:15 GMT -5
10 years US Navy Electronics Technician, Then almost 20 years repairing, rebuilding, servicing, crashing CNC machine tools, last 7 years doing field service at a German CNC Builder (mostly automotive customers).
Had enough of that this past spring, and now I'm a field service engineer for a Cosmetic and Pharmaceutical Filling Machine company (also German based). Our machines fill everything from Shampoo to Flu Shots to Perfume to Mascara, Chemo drugs. ..
Bunch of guys figuring out how to package products for women very quickly and efficiently. Priceless.
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Post by infernoz28 on Jul 26, 2011 0:28:57 GMT -5
Full time student- UNC Charlotte.
Major- Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Motorsports.
Work part time at Autozone. As well as a US Legends car team doing everything from mild fab, basic mechanic and repair and setup.
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Post by markt on Jul 26, 2011 4:20:03 GMT -5
I push the "Next" button at a radio station
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Post by BryanTSC on Jul 26, 2011 10:22:23 GMT -5
Manufacturing financial manager, we make replacement sections of tubes for power plant boilers. I've been in accounting for 5 years.
Put myself through college by working nights at a textile mill.
I've also worked retail, shipping and receiving, one hour photo (remember those?), parts department of a body shop, and pizza delivery.
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Post by clarise on Jul 26, 2011 19:24:30 GMT -5
I've been in auto parts, on the wholesale end, all my working life. I currently work @ Carolina Auto Supply, almost 7 yrs now. I've hesitated to mention it, because, I have been trying to get my employer to drop a hard & fast rule of NOT allowing car clubs and/or non-profit groups to have accounts with CAS. Anyway, I would have presented the opportunity to purchase from CAS, at wholesale, to the entire club...along with the rules & on & on. Well, it's not going to happen. Sorry, I really tried to get them to let CCR have an acct. This was never meant to be a solicitation & I have nothing to gain personally. I only was thinking that if you save $5 on something you need today, that then you have that $5 for something else. There's alot of folks in our club & if we all saved a little??? What might that mean for our club??? The only accts they will open are for "automotive business"...no exceptions/not even for me & my friends...swear word, klb
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Post by z3elda on Jul 26, 2011 20:26:39 GMT -5
I've been in auto parts, on the wholesale end, all my working life. I currently work @ Carolina Auto Supply, almost 7 yrs now. I've hesitated to mention it, because, I have been trying to get my employer to drop a hard & fast rule of NOT allowing car clubs and/or non-profit groups to have accounts with CAS. Anyway, I would have presented the opportunity to purchase from CAS, at wholesale, to the entire club...along with the rules & on & on. Well, it's not going to happen. Sorry, I really tried to get them to let CCR have an acct. This was never meant to be a solicitation & I have nothing to gain personally. I only was thinking that if you save $5 on something you need today, that then you have that $5 for something else. There's alot of folks in our club & if we all saved a little??? What might that mean for our club??? The only accts they will open are for "automotive business"...no exceptions/not even for me & my friends...swear word, klb Don't let it bother you Karen - that's why its called a business, and not a charity, anyway if I saved that 5% at your place, I'd probably blow it on something useless like a "My other car is a Miata" license plate frame.. LOL! |
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Post by philip1 on Jul 26, 2011 22:43:22 GMT -5
I chase shiny puddles around in a little green world. I am an aerospace certified welder. I also have a bad car habit many here will vouch for that.
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Post by clarise on Jul 27, 2011 4:53:14 GMT -5
It's kinda fun learning what y'all do that's not CARS... My life is & has been cars 4ever... & ...well, that's pretty much it...& I'm still a car "guy"...the thrill is NOT gone...klb
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Post by markt on Jul 27, 2011 7:03:31 GMT -5
some of us had to go to skool to learn which end of a spanner to hold...
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Post by nutdriverrighty on Jul 27, 2011 8:20:24 GMT -5
I have my BA in Psychology and my Masters Degree in Social Work. I spent my first 10 years after receiving my MSW and my license doing every aspect of psychological/psychiatric treatment with every population (inpatient, outpatient, day treatment, residential treatment, kids, adolescents, adults, geriatrics, A&D, etc). I got out of it about 8 years ago and now work in three different dialysis facilities, covering modalities from In-Center Hemodialysis, Peritoneal Dialysis, and Home Hemodialysis. My job entails all of the skills that I developed over the first 10 post-grad years, plus a great deal of OJT on insurance, Medicare and Medicaid, community resources, how to navigate the VA system, blah, blah, blah.
Scott
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Post by lagunamiata on Jul 27, 2011 9:34:55 GMT -5
I'm in the IT field. The company I work for does (industry term here) electronic content management. In real words, we have system with high speed scanners (up to 150 pages per minute), database servers, application servers and web servers. This allows people to scan in file cabinets of paper and view them on a PC from anywhere on the network, or world if they have the right setup. We also do electronic workflow, documents come into the mailroom, get scanned and routed electronically for approve for payment.
I was layed off this week, so I'm job searching now.
Do a little side work for friends and family on their computers... Should start doing more and charging... my firearms hobby needs some more stuff!!
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Post by z3elda on Jul 27, 2011 15:30:20 GMT -5
some of us had to go to skool to learn which end of a spanner to hold... Some of us had to watch "Top Gear" to even know what a "spanner" was. LOL |
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Post by clarise on Jul 27, 2011 17:23:30 GMT -5
some of us had to go to skool to learn which end of a spanner to hold... Just a thought....the part you are holding in your hand is NOT the part you will be using...lol...klb |
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Post by philip1 on Jul 27, 2011 19:46:05 GMT -5
I may be just a welder but I started because I wanted duals on my 235 stovebolt6
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Post by markt on Jul 28, 2011 17:27:28 GMT -5
some of us had to go to skool to learn which end of a spanner to hold... Some of us had to watch "Top Gear" to even know what a "spanner" was. LOL I got it from Henry Manney circa 19&72 |
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Post by z3elda on Jul 28, 2011 18:40:48 GMT -5
I may be just a welder but I started because I wanted duals on my 235 stovebolt6 The free world is possible because some guys (and gals) know how to weld really good. If you are aerospace cert. you are not "just a welder". Now me? I'm just NOT a welder. |
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Post by leetaylor92 on Jul 28, 2011 20:48:47 GMT -5
I may be just a welder but I started because I wanted duals on my 235 stovebolt6 The free world is possible because some guys (and gals) know how to weld really good. If you are aerospace cert. you are not "just a welder". Now me? I'm just NOT a welder. That makes 2 of us lol |
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Post by soloracer on Aug 4, 2011 20:05:30 GMT -5
Have been a race car mechanic, on and off, since late 60's. Tried a few other jobs. Learned that a really bad day at racing beats a fantastic day in retail. Have worked on everything from autocrossers to vintage formula one. Spent 10 years as a cad machine designer while working on customer race cars nights and weekends.
Have retired, and now am an autocrosser, full time.
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Post by soloracer on Aug 4, 2011 20:11:25 GMT -5
I may be just a welder but I started because I wanted duals on my 235 stovebolt6 Geez i picked up a welder for the first time in ten years, yesterday. Could have used your expertise,lol. the welds looked like dirt and worms. |
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Post by philip1 on Aug 4, 2011 21:15:41 GMT -5
Call me. I can help
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Post by trdriver on Aug 5, 2011 11:29:54 GMT -5
i sell drugs to support my car addiction
just get a doctor to right down what you need on a peice of paper and bring it to me at the Harris Teeter on the corner of Margaret Wallace and Idlewild and I'll hook you up.
Cheers,
Jack Mc R.Ph.
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Post by trdriver on Aug 5, 2011 11:31:37 GMT -5
do you give lessons for beginners? TIG welders are almost affordable now. should i TIG or MIG ? Jack Mc |
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Post by philip1 on Aug 6, 2011 21:04:58 GMT -5
I do teach all techniques, mig, tig, gas, brazing, solder, and friction.
Mig is the easiest to learn also the cheapest. Tig is like driving a big rig with a pony box.
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Post by MrsVlad on Aug 7, 2011 7:46:22 GMT -5
I was retired. Now I drive for a living. The big trucks. 18 & 22 wheel rigs.
I did the long hauls for a short time, but now I'm home every nite and taking a shower every day. I never know if I'll be working a short 8 hour day or a usual 14.
I call myself a dragonfly on the road. Because gravity makes me drag up hill & fly down.
In this hot weather , I'm poppin tires left & right. It's amazing how much damage flying rubber can do. It ripped off the tail lights once. Took the mud flap with it. Good thing no one was close to me when that tire blew, the debris would have taken out a Miata.
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Post by highwayracer on Aug 11, 2011 8:49:16 GMT -5
Medical practice administrator for last 16 years. Before that I was operations manager for a manufacturer's representative firm that sold engineered products, specifically municipal and industrial water and wastewater treatment equipment.
Before that I was a repo man (worked for Ford Motor Credit as a "Customer Account Rep"). Nothing beats the thrill of racing up a mountain, but being in somebody's back yard at 2 in the morning to "recover" a car and having a light come on in the house comes close. ;D
Played in a Rock and Roll band for a while, too, but that was more of a side job.
First job was at McDonald's, the world's largest employer of young people. Any other McD's alumni?
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