The Official "what Do You Do For A Living" Thread
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Its a job and it barely pays the bills. Looking to get out of that field soon. Really doesn't go anywhere and doesn't pay well. Probably gonna go into the aviation field next.
You
You keep that on hand? You the catcher?
Ps: I took OSHA "Diversity In The Workplace" training at work today. By 2030 minorities will make 50% of the workforce and there are more elderly employed than ever.
Wow pretty cool to see all the diversity about our peeps!!
Well my backgroud is a little hard to type because it involves a story and my dream to pursue professional baseball. A writer for the Winnipeg Free Press wrote an article about my story and I thought he did a pretty good job. So I'll just link it and that way it will be a little easier to understand and maybe it can be an inspiration to someone and help them some how.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sp...tending-to-unfinished-business-121305314.html
So basically this car was the last thing my mother gave me and I'm driving it daily while pursuing my baseball dream. In the offseason, I teach pitching lessons (Elite Sports Training Academy, Grayson, Ga.- come see me if your kid needs some) and have a valet job that I do in Atlanta to help ends meet, cause life in the minors sux on the payscale. Good example right here, rookie pay is $800 a monthBut I'm scrounging here and there to piece together bigger dreams regarding my baby
Here's a pretty cool demo of what I do, just follow the ball
View: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B02El3jx3D8
You keep that on hand? You the catcher?
Ps: I took OSHA "Diversity In The Workplace" training at work today. By 2030 minorities will make 50% of the workforce and there are more elderly employed than ever.
Grabbin' Asphalt
5 Year Member
You
You keep that on hand? You the catcher?
Ps: I took OSHA "Diversity In The Workplace" training at work today. By 2030 minorities will make 50% of the workforce and there are more elderly employed than ever.
Along with any other business, teaching pitching lessons still requires a level of advertising and given the nature of the business, it always induces the "Who are you, What can you do and Where have you played?" questions when recruiting clients and teams
Youtube makes it "Free and Easy" for this advertising ingredient
and it doesn't hurt to share my story to aspiring kids for them to chase there dreams and to never give up.
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This. I'm working on my A&P and a BS in aviation maintenance right now. I'm an avionic systems mechanic in the AF for the past 6½ years. With fewer than two years left in my current enlistment, it's looking more and more likely that I'll be getting out. I want to make sure I at least have the A&P before that happens. I want to eventually get back to Oklahoma; a lot of aviation jobs to be had there.
The last time I did anything significant to the car was nearly four years ago now when I had it repainted. Wife and kid and a daily driver that needs some attention first mean nothing is left over for the hobby. I don't know if I'll ever get around to doing anything else to it until we get back to the states. Maybe I could sell it to a German for way more than it's worth. That's almost a business over here.
jetmech807
10 Year Member
A&P isn't a completely gotta have thing, but, sure as hell makes it easier when looking for a job. I don't have one, and will probably never get one. If you can find gov/milit contracts, they rarely require them. They want experience. I would still push anyone considering it to go get it though.
hsean
10 Year Member
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haven't seen you in awhile="HotFox, post: 8830053, member: 145408"]I work for Ford Motor Company in MP&L material planning and logistics. I coordinate how material flows through the plant for new model programs. My focus is fork free implementation. I would rather be over in product design or test but experience carried me where I am now. I have crossed paths with @hsean
Scott[/QUOTE]
I havent
mi6engineer st: 8829919, member: 187627"]Awesome.. tell me you weren't that guy would wanted to turn the Mustang into a Taurus..lol
I'll be Nashville next week.
I used to turn wrenches when I was a pup for Union Ford after going to Lincoln Tech and then was ASE in a few areas. Started as "C" mechanic while in school and worked up to an "A". Got tired of doing it for a living- fun to do as a hobby and also saw I was making $15 an hour and the shop was getting $40 an hour.
Now I work in data, fraud,risk management for a large company and work with all the major captive lenders. Can't say much more about what I do or I'd have to kill all of you.,lol[/QUOTE]
Lol,I am not a design engineer I am an hourly u
haven't seen you in awhile="HotFox, post: 8830053, member: 145408"]I work for Ford Motor Company in MP&L material planning and logistics. I coordinate how material flows through the plant for new model programs. My focus is fork free implementation. I would rather be over in product design or test but experience carried me where I am now. I have crossed paths with @hsean
Scott[/QUOTE]
I havent
mi6engineer st: 8829919, member: 187627"]Awesome.. tell me you weren't that guy would wanted to turn the Mustang into a Taurus..lol
I'll be Nashville next week.
I used to turn wrenches when I was a pup for Union Ford after going to Lincoln Tech and then was ASE in a few areas. Started as "C" mechanic while in school and worked up to an "A". Got tired of doing it for a living- fun to do as a hobby and also saw I was making $15 an hour and the shop was getting $40 an hour.
Now I work in data, fraud,risk management for a large company and work with all the major captive lenders. Can't say much more about what I do or I'd have to kill all of you.,lol[/QUOTE]
Lol,I am not a design engineer I am an hourly u
Yeah scott havent seen you in awhile we slowed up a bit
I havent
hsean
10 Year Member
dnbonds
Active Member
Sorry for the possible thread hijack,
What kind of modifications would I have to make to my fox in order to ship it over in Germany? That is, if I get stationed there.
I've looked this up multiple times and never got a conclusive answer from any site.
Lower gears. I wouldn't be caught dead with 4.10's on the autobahn!
dnbonds
Active Member
Sorry to the OP for more of my hijacking...
I do agree with you on that one. My stock fox would never be able to keep up with the normal drivers on the autobahn. My main question is "street legal" modifications in order to import my fox. 4.10s may be a little too much on gas though, and my top speed will suffer. 3.73s would be my choice, maybe even 3.55s. I have heard that gas in Europe is more than twice the amount it is in the states.
Wow, since this turned into an aviation thread rather quickly I guess I should divulge my past... I started wrenching on Cessna's when I was 15. My family owned a Cessna dealership at that time and a small private airport in Southern NJ. I solo'd when I was 16 and had my private pilots license before my drivers license. I had my A&P when I was 20 and after 9/11 with all of the insurance regulations changing my family shut down the flight school and dealership and we sold the remaining 19 airplanes that we owned. It wasn't exactly easy to get another A&P job with so few airports in my area, this lead me into the automotive field wrenching. That just wasn't for me and I took an opportunity as a plumbing apprentice and well all these years later... here I am. My family still owns part of the airport (CrossKeys, 17N) and I currently run my plumbing business out of a building here. I don't fly anymore but often think I might like to take it back up again.
Really??? The way that TTOP takes off, you could have fooled me!
I'm a Heavy Equipment Operator Local150. Just got my 25yr plaque. Work in a sand and gravel pit running a Caterpillar end loader. I also tell the girlfriend I'm a gigolo(she doesn't believe me though)
Wow pretty cool to see all the diversity about our peeps!!
Well my backgroud is a little hard to type because it involves a story and my dream to pursue professional baseball. A writer for the Winnipeg Free Press wrote an article about my story and I thought he did a pretty good job. So I'll just link it and that way it will be a little easier to understand and maybe it can be an inspiration to someone and help them some how.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sp...tending-to-unfinished-business-121305314.html
So basically this car was the last thing my mother gave me and I'm driving it daily while pursuing my baseball dream. In the offseason, I teach pitching lessons (Elite Sports Training Academy, Grayson, Ga.- come see me if your kid needs some) and have a valet job that I do in Atlanta to help ends meet, cause life in the minors sux on the payscale. Good example right here, rookie pay is $800 a month
Here's a pretty cool demo of what I do, just follow the ball
View: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B02El3jx3D8
I commend you for following your dream of playing pro ball. Good luck! I'm a big baseball fan and played in high school(couldn't hit those "good" sliders) I even went to a tryout for the Brewers. That's when I found out what a good breaking ball was! Lol
Virtual
15 Year Member
Wow pretty cool to see all the diversity about our peeps!!
Well my backgroud is a little hard to type because it involves a story and my dream to pursue professional baseball. A writer for the Winnipeg Free Press wrote an article about my story and I thought he did a pretty good job. So I'll just link it and that way it will be a little easier to understand and maybe it can be an inspiration to someone and help them some how.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sp...tending-to-unfinished-business-121305314.html
So basically this car was the last thing my mother gave me and I'm driving it daily while pursuing my baseball dream. In the offseason, I teach pitching lessons (Elite Sports Training Academy, Grayson, Ga.- come see me if your kid needs some) and have a valet job that I do in Atlanta to help ends meet, cause life in the minors sux on the payscale. Good example right here, rookie pay is $800 a month
Here's a pretty cool demo of what I do, just follow the ball
View: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B02El3jx3D8[URL='http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B02El3jx3D8[/QUOTE'][/QUOTE][/URL]
All I can say is that I wish you every success. Gotta applaud your life choices to put the concerns of others over your own desires, and your dedication to not ever give up. I'd want you on my team any day!
I am the Vice President and part owner of an Architectural Custom Millwork Company here in Atlanta. We do commercial office interiors. I have worked here now for 29 years "today" as a matter of fact.
BUT: My official job title is "Custom finisher". I have finished or painted everything from Conference tables to cars. You name it, I've finished it at some point.
My second job and hobby is Autobody and Paint. I've done this practically my entire life. I started painting mine and my friends toys and bicycles in my dads spraybooth when I was around 10 or so. LOL
Still do
BUT: My official job title is "Custom finisher". I have finished or painted everything from Conference tables to cars. You name it, I've finished it at some point.
My second job and hobby is Autobody and Paint. I've done this practically my entire life. I started painting mine and my friends toys and bicycles in my dads spraybooth when I was around 10 or so. LOL
Still do
Audiophile
Well-Known Member
I've loved reading through this. Nice thread!
I've been in the electronics / computer field for about 23 years. My degree is in electronics but the computer stuff I've had to learn by doing along the way. Although I've held many positions in the past working on various electro-mechanical devices, I'm currently an IT Field Service Tech working on computers, wiring, etc.
I've been doing work on the side as a car audio / home theater installer since I was 16. It's my passion and I think I'll probably be doing it until the end, even if it does break me along the way!
I've been in the electronics / computer field for about 23 years. My degree is in electronics but the computer stuff I've had to learn by doing along the way. Although I've held many positions in the past working on various electro-mechanical devices, I'm currently an IT Field Service Tech working on computers, wiring, etc.
I've been doing work on the side as a car audio / home theater installer since I was 16. It's my passion and I think I'll probably be doing it until the end, even if it does break me along the way!
You
You keep that on hand? You the catcher?
Ps: I took OSHA "Diversity In The Workplace" training at work today. By 2030 minorities will make 50% of the workforce and there are more elderly employed than ever.
Want to hear something funny. I think it was official this year or last, but now Caucasians are a minority in California. I wonder if we get more spots in the universities now?
