What do you do for a living?

[withak]

Another construction guy here. Been in electrical construction industry for 25 years. I'm a journeyman wireman, who worked commercial, high-tech, healthcare and industrial, but came out of the field a bit over 10 years ago to become a project manager. I keep my license current with continuing ed, just in case I need to return to the field some day. With the downturn in the economy, I wasn't needed as a PM so I switched over and now I do a lot of estimating. I also do design and occasional programming of low voltage systems (Nurse Call, A/V, Paging, Intercom, CCTV, Access Control, Security) and I'm responsible for much of our customer training.

 

[v0lcom13sn0w]

@Joe Link hey, BTW not to correct you but its a tremec tr6060 trans. it superseded the t56

the 6060 is derived from the t56


i just had one in for service and it made me think of yours

 

[Joe Link]

Another construction guy here. Been in electrical construction industry for 25 years. I'm a journeyman wireman, who worked commercial, high-tech, healthcare and industrial, but came out of the field a bit over 10 years ago to become a project manager. I keep my license current with continuing ed, just in case I need to return to the field some day. With the downturn in the economy, I wasn't needed as a PM so I switched over and now I do a lot of estimating. I also do design and occasional programming of low voltage systems (Nurse Call, A/V, Paging, Intercom, CCTV, Access Control, Security) and I'm responsible for much of our customer training.

Diversifying is the smart thing to do!

@Joe Link hey, BTW not to correct you but its a tremec tr6060 trans. it superseded the t56

the 6060 is derived from the t56


i just had one in for service and it made me think of yours

Good to know, thanks!

 

[Texfisher33]

Worked in the cooling tower and boiler industry for close to 40 years. But, as of last Oct., I am RETIRED! What took me so long!? More time for shotgun stuff and trout fishing, which is coming up soon.

Which company did you work for if you don't mind me asking?

 

[Uplandtom]

DuBois Chemical[20 years], then E. W. Smith Chem[19+ years]. EW is a small, family run company, but busy.

 

[DunRanull]

Retired. Formerly various aspects of L.E. Also tourism industry in Colorado. Welding and steel construction. Something of a rolling stone and certainly gathered little "moss" i.e. green stuff!
"Why am I moving so fast and what am I doing stuck in this handbasket?"

 

[Texfisher33]

DuBois Chemical[20 years], then E. W. Smith Chem[19+ years]. EW is a small, family run company, but busy.

We ran one trial with them when I was at West Linn Paper. One of the few suppliers I don't bump into often.

 

[billt]

I'm a retired CNC Aerospace Machinist. For 25 years before that I worked as a die cast mold maker. I retired 2-1/2 years ago on December 21, 2014. I'm loving every second of it!

 

[armoredman]

State employee in Arizona.

 

[Jammers1971]

Account Manager for a lighting company. We supply lighting packages for new construction apartment complexes and skyrises in AZ, Cali, Wash, Colorado, etc.

 

[targetshooter]

Retired, former fed government employee

 

[Joe Link]

Retired

Lucky

 

[Kruejl]

Regional Manager for a construction staffing company.

 

[Joe Link]

Regional Manager for a construction staffing company.

Can I get a job?

 

[targetshooter]

Lucky

busier now than when I had a paying job!

 

[Joe Link]

busier now than when I had a paying job!

Hopefully you're at least doing what you want to do now

 

[targetshooter]

Hopefully you're at least doing what you want to do now

been married 49 years! What do YOU think?

 

[Joe Link]

been married 49 years! What do YOU think?

Haha say no more!

 

[nvshooter]

Class A CDL trucker. Been at it since January 1994. Went into it after two college degrees just did not give me what I wanted out of life. Being a trucker allows me to live wherever I want within the contiguous forty-eight States. Being with FedEx Ground allows me to just pop up and alert the contractors in any area that I am there, and I can drive your two-pup road trucks. Hiring is just about instantaneous because my last ticket was in February of 2001 and my last accident was in December 1998. I like trucking because the DOT regulations put an absolute limit on how many hours in eight days I can work. There's no way I can "take the job home with me." I also drive solo-- all the time. I have seen over the years that very few drivers are as alert, as aware and as in control as me. I learned early on to "just let the alpha-hotels go first." Let the four-wheelers in a big hurry go ahead. They'll just have to wait longer come the next stoplight...

 

[nmwabbit]

Well had to quit selling my bod on street corners because giving change for quarters barely paid for big mac, 'sides the job sucked!