What do you do for a living?

[leam]

Husband, dad in training, unix geek for hire, occasional teacher, deacon, speaker, and coffee drinker. Wannabe shooting instructor, gunsmith, and range monkey.

Leam

[Dave Marques]

Engineer - first for a jewelry company for a whole decade. At that job I wore hats as the safety manager, environmental compliance officer and toolroom manager. From there the most natural thing to do was to move from shiny-looking, expensive things to medical products?????? I have been a process engineer for medical device manufacturer for the last 9 years!

[gino_aki]

For most of my life (since I was 16) I was a diesel/general mechanic. Got an FFL when you could still operate out of your house and did some gun mechanicing, too.

Needed a part-time job at one point so I joined the Guard and was an Infantry lieutenant for six years (shoulda stayed in, I'd have been there with my guys when they went to Iraq and when they will go to Afghanistan)...got pissed off at my current place of employment and sold all my tools...like $50,000.00 worth...and am now driving a CAT 988B for them in the quarry. I even get more overtime now than when I was wrenching. Oh, and to illustrate how, well let's say...inefficient...their operation is, me and a buddy from work got a partnership going where we rent them a CAT 769C 35 ton rock truck 'cause they won't buy their own.

Tried the post high school education thing twice but it didn't do much for me...I did like working in the art gallery on campus but that was most likely a function of who I worked with and for...same as any really memorable job anyone can point to in their lifetime. Also, I could never find the course of study that taught one how to be an Independently Wealthy Bum. Still looking for that one.

Edited December 9, 2007 by gino_aki

[kurtm]

I run My own Geologic consulting business with 2 other guys. We mainly do Oil and Gas "on site" work. We work 3 weeks on 6 weeks off, and since we all are good amigos the schedule is VERY flexable. I also do Firearms training both on shore and off shore which is mainly geared twards IPSC type shooting, although I do do the occational L.E. training and have worked for quite a few P.D,s both in and out of the U.S. Back in the days when the Geo thing was slow I also worked as a Gunsmith for 5 years so I can still fix almost any of them. Kurt Miller

[nwb01]

I from the Government (federal) and I am here to help !! HAHAHA...

I work for the Enviromental Protection Agency...... Dont worry I am not concerned about the lead from shooting. I deal with air polution from all of those tail pipes !

The solution to polution is dilution !!

[lrsealey]

USMC 0311

US Army 11B

Now I am a civilian Range Safety Specialist on Fort Lewis

[Gary1911A1]

I'm retired with 30 years and it couldn't of come to soon!

[sargenv]

Tech support level 1/level 2 PC technician for a contractor that does work for one of the Federal govt agencies..

In other words I spend half of my day on the phones talking to people on the phone from the Continental US, Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, Saipan, and PR.

The other half of my day I spend cleaning desktops/laptops of viruses and worms, imaging new systems, diagnosing software and hardware issues and dealing with angry people telling them, "I'm sorry that's not approved, I can't install it I don't care who you are!".

[Scout454]

Electronics technician, Technical Service Manager, network engineer, systems engineer, I built computer rooms from the ground up for 33 years. A few years ago they walked into my office and said "Your position has been eliminated. Turn in your keys and security cards and you'll be escorted from the building." (another reason to hate the press). Now I build guns and do what I can to make a living.

[bigbrowndog]

After a short stint with the USAF, as a Weapons instructor. I now work for a gov't agency, going on 15 years, the first 8 or so years was in what has been loosely termed Spec Ops, I have personally been in enough firefights to have lost count, also several more in a support/back up/mop up capacity. I have a very flexible work schedule, I actually work less than 100 days a year, for which I am very grateful.

After that description, which by the way is completely truthful, anybody want to hazard a guess at what I do.

My friends can't guess,

Trapr

[bigbrowndog]

:D

Trapr

Edited December 12, 2007 by bigbrowndog

[SiG Lady]

OK, now that I've got a handle on my official part-time gig, I now do admin support for a lawyer who specializes in bankruptcies. We're a group (main office, Eugene) that has branches around Oregon, mainly personal injury claims and assorted other things, like domestic cases. But I get to initiate database files/organize stuff re: the client cases on our bankruptcy cases (largely Chapter 7's). Bankruptcies are all the rage right now so the company decided she (my boss) needed a full-blown second assistant.

It's amazing what people manage to do with their credit cards....... God...

[AlamoShooter]

:D

Trapr

His 100days are 24 hrs long. Trapr ...Working and being "AT" work are not the same thing

Edited December 12, 2007 by AlamoShooter

[smokshwn]

Trap,

Do I get a cookie if I my guess is right. I am enjoying a movie during one of those hundert days as we speak (type)

[SiG Lady]

Yeh, and I know all about the trapr.......

[Nik Habicht]

After a short stint with the USAF, as a Weapons instructor. I now work for a gov't agency, going on 15 years, the first 8 or so years was in what has been loosely termed Spec Ops, I have personally been in enough firefights to have lost count, also several more in a support/back up/mop up capacity. I have a very flexible work schedule, I actually work less than 100 days a year, for which I am very grateful.

After that description, which by the way is completely truthful, anybody want to hazard a guess at what I do.

My friends can't guess,

Trapr

Smokeeater? As in fight fires, not fight with guns?

[MarkS_A18138]

4 years as a component level bench tech for our local Johnson, Motorola shop.....10 years with AT&T wireless as a Field Tech and now almost 9 years with another PCS company as a Technical Switch Manager…I remember when people laughed at me when I said the CEO of our company told us by 2000 every household would have a cell phone. That was in 1991

[Dan Sierpina]

Trapr,

I seem to remember you saying you entered homes with an axe. I hope you can "work" far less than 100 days a year.

[Rob Boudrie]

Orthopedic Surgeon.

I wonder if it's something about the nature of the work - 80% of the MD's I have met shooting are in that specialty.

[Middle Man]

Orthopedic Surgeon.

I wonder if it's something about the nature of the work - 80% of the MD's I have met shooting are in that specialty.

Seems like all the ortho docs I've ever met were former serious (college and professional) athletes. And they probably have better schedules that other specialties.

Having observed many of my wife's medical school classmates and fellow residents, certain specialties tend to attract people with particular backgrounds, interests, and personality traits. I'm willing to bet there's a handful of relevant, published scientific studies.

[1911nm]

Clinical Field Rep. for a Behavioral Health HMO. Independently licensed Social Worker (read cheap shrink). Adjunct grad professor in my field. Past Clinical Director, heavy equip. operator, truck driver, expert at branding/vaccinating cattle (gotta love those big feed lots, 1k head a day through the chutes). Too many career changes, never gonna retire, but would rather "bite the big one" at the range rather than at my desk or on the road.

[bigbrowndog]

I made it too easy for you folks.

Yeah I "work" for a fire dept.

Technical rescue, water rescue, dive rescue, for the first part, the fire service considers that "spec ops"

Trapr

[schmitz]

I graduated at the University of Nijmegen in the spring of 1989- finished my PhD program- in the field of research in education.

Did some research in the field of comprehensive reading. I was the statistician for several programs...collecting data through out the field, translated&fed them to the computers running SPSS-x (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) and analysing and reporting the output.

In the Summer of 1994 followed my gut feeling and became a classic car mechanic. First only aircooled engine cars but later on... also 'Stangs, 'Vettes, MG, Jaguar etc...but Aircooled still rulezzz for me

Today running the firm called Stuurman Classic Repairs....Stuurman Classic Cars, well known for buying classic cars in CA, imports them to NL and we prepare them for the EU-classic car market

Edited December 14, 2007 by schmitz

[Revopop]

I decided to respond because I can truthfully say I'm a former professional Elvis impersonator. It was only for one night when I was 16 (I was a "young Elvis") but I got paid $20 for it so that qualifies me as a professional. (insert Elvis Emoticon here)

Last 4 years, Optician for a large optical chain, best job I've ever had. I'm now in charge of writing my store's schedules, so I can finally guarantee that I get to shoot at least one match a week if not more!

[Brian Payne]

I have been a cop for 29 years. Firearms and Defensive Tactics Instructor, SWAT in my younger days, now Chief of Police.

My wife and I raise registered Paint Horses, and I also attempt 3-gunnin as my main hobby.