O/T Curious what all you hambers do for work?

self employed painter , bodyman , restoration specialist ,overall car builder getting by....shop's full , one employee , doing ok for today's world..happy because i'm the boss.........

 

opened a small hot rod shop 3 years ago after firefighter 30 years... still broke

 

Chief Engineer, City University of New York, Queens Campus last 28 years
Auto mech, first 10 years

 

Was a spray painter for 16 yrs. Woke up one morning and thought this game is shit and quit. Then did a mature age apprenticeship as a carpenter and have not looked back.also im still playing with old cars

 

Build custom surfboards

 

I don't do anything....I retired from John Deere in 2004.
Spent 30 years in their Dallas Parts Distribution Center warehouse. They've been very good to me.

 

Retired aircraft mechanic, have worked on protype military aircraft, then on corporate jets.

 

NAPA Auto parts counter/paint mixer/machine shop/delivery guy.

 

Is that for the funeral industry?


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A real diverse collection of jobs here. Very cool! I only saw a few that worked in dealerships as mechanics as I did. Like one guy mentioned "its hard to get enthused to working on your car after turning wrenches all day". It wasn't until the end of my 40+ yrs (after cancer) that I slowed down & started to enjoy cars again. Retired now & dont mind working 8 hours out in my garage.

 

Im an equipment operator for the department of transportation

 

Biometric Operations Manager for the UK Borders Agency
basically I'm incharge of the fingerprinting and facial matchs for people applying for Visa extentions to remain in the UK.....and yes we arrest and deport people.

Also Editor of the Raydar Magazine.....(check out below!!)

 

I work as a Farrier, spend my days hanging on to the legs of all kinds of horses!

Sigge!

 

I work for a flight school dispatching airplanes and scheduling maintanence for our fleet.

I am trying to get into my dream job as a personal incontinence consultant.

 

I'm 32 now, starting in the bicycle industry when I was 15.

I barely make a living, but I live a happy life and my job is pretty fun.

 

Inventor. Here is my indoor sundial.

 

Rocket Surgeon.

 

Well work supervisor deep water platforms Gulf Of Mexico. No I dont work for BP.

 

Freelance auto clay sculptor, currently working on Bentleys.

 

Building equipment mechanic for the USPS for 22 years retired last june.before that john deere service manager before that lead miner. interesting job history. (I liked them all)RLS

 

Underpaid FedEx express grunt.....exciting right?

 

Asbestos remover,well someone has to.

 

Aircraft mechanic for FedEx. It was much better when I worked for Flying Tigers before they bought us out!

 

Eledtrical, control and instrumentation technician at a power plant.

If you know what that is, great. If you don't I'm not going to try to explain it.

 

Journeyman Electrician/Foreman for Wescan Electric out of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Sationed in Thompson, Manitoba.

 

Mechanical engineering.

 

Marine Infantry Platoon Sergeant. Its not a great job but its a solid paycheck and benefits, retirement is supposed to be a good deal too.

 

Reliability/Test Engineer in Aerospace. I get to break shit and write reports about it.

 

Trucker


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Owner operator of Gentry Restorations and Kustoms L.L.C.

So like the wife says, "I play with old cars all day."