What line of work are you in?

[Aldwyn]

Thank you for serving I retired as a CW3. I always tell people that I have gained more from the military than I put into it. Of course, going from infantry to signal might have something to do with it.

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Signals? Must have worked with the KG84s then, eh? My dad was on the design team for the KG84A, and was the chief designer for the KG84C. I work with a lot of older/retired military, and its always fun to bring those up. A little blast from the past, and I get to brag about my dad.

 

[Lightcs1776]

Signals? Must have worked with the KG84s then, eh? My dad was on the design team for the KG84A, and was the chief designer for the KG84C. I work with a lot of older/retired military, and its always fun to bring those up. A little blast from the past, and I get to brag about my dad.

Very cool!

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[Nick Styptic]

Commercial Airline Captain - Retired. I feel sorry for the young aviators that are ready to start their careers at this time . Covid 19 has hit the airline industry just like Kadafi hit my generation in 1973 with his oil embargo.
It took the airline industry five years plus deregulation to recover from that one. I hope the industry recovers faster this time, for their sake.

 

[Ron991]

Prior to Covid 19. I worked at playing blackjack at the casino. Fishing, attending White Sox games. Metal detecting, going to bed when I felt like it. Getting up whenever I got up. Sipping coffee as I watched people headed to work. I'm retired.

 

[@ngel]

I work at a grain storage facility in Kansas.

We take in the harvest and then load up trucks and trains as needed by the industry, definitely not brain busting stuff but is well paid and gives me plenty of family time.

I love harvest seasons (wheat on summer, corn on fall) is truly a sight to behold when the custom harvesters start rolling in and you can see the lights of the machinery all over the fields ‘till 2/3 in the morning, where cookouts and barbecues are not just a thing for the weekends and you see entire families working together.

It amazes me the amount of food the land and the farmers produce each year, is also saddening to think we have all this stored and companies waiting for the right prize to sell, I have no clue how much grain we have right now, but to our last calculation we can probably feed the entire population worldwide for about a month...and this is just one facility from the thousands there are just in this state! Eye opening for sure.

 

[Mastropiero]

Commercial Airline Captain - Retired. I feel sorry for the young aviators that are ready to start their careers at this time . Covid 19 has hit the airline industry just like Kadafi hit my generation in 1973 with his oil embargo.
It took the airline industry five years plus deregulation to recover from that one. I hope the industry recovers faster this time, for their sake.

My dream job. Been passioned about aviation for as long as I can remember and my first flight (on a Tarom Rombac 1-11) is one of my best memories. Hopefully I will find the time someday to get my PPL.

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[steveclarkus]

Prior to Covid 19. I worked at playing blackjack at the casino. Fishing, attending White Sox games. Metal detecting, going to bed when I felt like it. Getting up whenever I got up. Sipping coffee as I watched people headed to work. I'm retired.

I love my retirement as well. Best job ever.

 

[P-51G t]

Commercial carpenter for 35 years, working in concrete formwork for the last 30yr. I mostly build high rises, parking garages and bridges. I like being outside although Jan.,Feb.Aug. can be a pain in Chicago.

 

[Tanuki]

I like being outside although Jan.,Feb.Aug. can be a pain in Chicago.

Many long years ago I was a brakeman in the Proviso Yards one winter. Froze my tail off. Much better to get cooked in August.

Hats off to you doing the long haul!

 

[AimlessWanderer]

I used to be in heavy engineering. Sales, design, and management, very occasionally getting hands on. Components up to 10 tonnes, bespoke tooling for components up to 500 tonnes, and a fair few plant developments and modifications along the way. Now cast on the scrap heap for health reasons.

 

[steveclarkus]

I used to be in heavy engineering. Sales, design, and management, very occasionally getting hands on. Components up to 10 tonnes, bespoke tooling for components up to 500 tonnes, and a fair few plant developments and modifications along the way. Now cast on the scrap heap for health reasons.

That explains your enjoyment of tinkering.

 

[CurtisB81]

Line cook, then I become disabled.. An lot of time on my hands, not very much money..

 

[AimlessWanderer]

That explains your enjoyment of tinkering.

Guilty as charged

 

[AimlessWanderer]

Line cook, then I become disabled.. An lot of time on my hands, not very much money..

I know the feeling well

 

[Brian C.]

Maintenance supervisor for a private label health and beauty care company. We make store branded hand sanitizer, alcohol, peroxide, witch hazel, body washes, lotions, mouthwashes, etc... for many very large box stores.

Since others are going into more detail, I will as well.
In high school I did a duel enrollment with the vocational school for drafting and design-architectural and mechanical.
Military (USAF) after high school- Jet engine mechanic
After military:
I went to school to be a machinist and got my diploma, I stopped short of tool and die. I worked a weekend shift and started doing electrical, plumbing and HVAC as a side gig during the week. I obtained certifications in electrical and HVAC during this time as well. I then tied steel and hung iron for awhile building parking garages, skyscrapers and bridges. Next, I owned a small engine repair shop and went to school for welding and fabrication and got another diploma. I sold the shop and went to welding and fab full time. This is also when I started in industrial maintenance due to the fact that in most fab shops, we were maintenance as well. I went to school for IT an received an A.A.S. in IT and programming during this time. I then moved to industrial maintenance full time doing controls, programming and process engineering work. In 2016 at 47 years old, I went back back to school to pull all of my experience and education under the umbrella of Industrial Maintenance and Automation.
I then took a job as a process engineering technician where I am now and that led to my current position of Maintenance Supervisor.

I never was one to turn down any opportunity to learn, to gain experience in something new, to grow and to obtain education. I was fortunate enough through various employers and education opportunities to obtain the education I have and only pay for the electrical/HVAC and half of the IT degree myself. I tell everybody now to take advantage of any tuition assistance/reimbursement programs their employers have to offer. It's always worth it in the long run.

 

[Kilroy6644]

I'm a cook. Or, if I feel like needling my boss, I'll say I'm a glorified dishwasher. I was hired as a dishwasher and moved up to cooking, but they never changed my department on my paycheck. All the other cooks are "Kitchen," and I'm "Utility." I think it bothers her when I say that, and then she overcompensates and calls me a chef, which is completely ridiculous. She's a chef. I know how hard she works, and how much more she knows about everything in the kitchen. I make pizza and flip the occasional burger. I'm just a cook.

 

[P-51G t]

Tanuki
Many long years ago I was a brakeman in the Proviso Yards one winter. Froze my tail off. Much better to get cooked in August.

Hats off to you doing the long haul

I renovated the 294 bridge over that, is Proviso yards under 294 just west of Mannheim. Known as mile long bridge, between Addison and Belmont?
If I could I’d definitely take off work during those months. Brutally cold or blazing hot, they are both just a son of a b. to work in.

 

[duke762]

Tool and Die maker. 42 years on nights with the same company. Lots of overtime and Saturdays. Love the work and hate the company. Is it a pleasure palace or the bowels of hell? 318,000 square foot, high production stamping factory. Some folks go mad there. Boss had a serious nervous break down 3 weeks ago and got himself .....terminated. Cops came twice, lots of drama. He isn't the first one.

 

[nortac]

Body servant (ICU RN) for the past 34 yrs, hope to retire in about 2 1/2 years. Many other jobs along the way while going to school, Army medic (3 yr. RA , 9+ yrs. NG), civilian EMT, QC lab tech in a medical products company, lab tech for the USDA and several short lived unskilled jobs, sales clerk, floor sweeper, bar back, etc.,etc.. Reserve Deputy Sheriff for about 10 years. Once someone who hadn't seen me in a while said "I thought you had retired" and I replied, "No, I'm just tired, not retired!"

 

[Nick Styptic]

My dream job. Been passioned about aviation for as long as I can remember and my first flight (on a Tarom Rombac 1-11) is one of my best memories. Hopefully I will find the time someday to get my PPL.

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I remember the BAC 1-11. I was a good reliable airliner, from what I heard, back in the 70s and 80s. The last one i saw was in about 1982 taking off from KMIA.