What does everyone do for their "real" job?

[dcwp]

Damn, it's no wonder you guys turn out such sweet bikes. Some of you folks have serious skills and training. And I love that huge crankshaft. Your company should drop that government contracting stuff and make the world's largest cafe bike. It could park by the giant tire we have in Detroit.

I'm an archaeologist. I teach anthropology and archaeology at a large state University and do field work mostly in Kansas and Nebraska. I'll be finishing my PhD in about a month and hoping to find a slightly more permanent position to use as a base for my research.

Like so many others, this is a job that sounds more exciting than it is. But it does let me spend a lot of time outside working with my hands and balance that with time reading and studying social theory. For that balance, the crappy pay and working hours are almost worth it.

 

[Staffy]

Actually, I'm not allowed to talk about what we make parts for. At least, not online. But if somebody needs a big piece of steel, we can make it!

And good luck Staffy! It sucks being in that in-between phase. I'm assuming the "major illness" is all better now?

Yeah mate, nearly six years on and i still can't kick a full time position. At this rate the SR500 might be done by my 50th birthday!

 

[Erch]

Another Chef here. Currently in the limbo of thinking I'm too good for hospitalities and having too shitty of a resume to get hired by a cool bistro that actually puts something interesting on plates. Basically I wouldn't want to work for anybody that would actually hire me.


But on the motorcycles and planes association: I'm a glider pilot. Even hold a record as the youngest (legal) solo pilot in Canada. Weird that the two things always seem to go hand in hand.

 

[SquadraCorse]

I'm in charge of a design department at an automation company.

 

[dakine_surf]

OK, I'll bite... I am pretty young (25) but I have already been in a few different careers. I was a Sous Chef for 2 years after college, at a little restaurant in Seattle, loved cooking, but hated most of the people in the industry. Back in 2003 or so I started a small company with some friends. Our little company now holds a government contract, so i do it full time. We are a private security contractor, not mercs, but we deal with large scale data and document destruction in hostile areas. Sounds cooler than it is, but when I was in the field I did get to travel to some sweet places and got to get into the thick of things in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now I sit behind a desk and run the private sector of our little company.

 

[VonYinzer]

I need a new job... You guys make me realize how fucking boring and souless this gig is...

 

[tWistedWheelz]

I need a new job... You guys make me realize how fucking boring and souless this gig is...

me too!

 

[Runningdog]

I'm self-employed as a construction inspector.....mainly for geotechnical jobs, but do the odd environmental assessment for real estate transactions. Pretty slow the past year or so. Really good gig when things were hoppin'...keep hopin' there'll be more hoppin'....

Also work occasionally at a retail running clothing/shoe store, pays for running shoes and bike parts (Wifes idea to keep me busy over the winter).

If anybody asks what I actually do, I just say that I'm semi-retired...at least I'm old enough (58) to pull that off.

 

[dakine_surf]

I need a new job... You guys make me realize how fucking boring and souless this gig is...

The grass is always greener... after reading Crawfords book, all I wanna do is go out and get some manual labor job, or wrench of a shop for next to nothing.

 

[noexit]

The grass is always greener... after reading Crawfords book, all I wanna do is go out and get some manual labor job, or wrench of a shop for next to nothing.

I've thought of that too. I might do some privateering out of my garage when I'm done with my CB400F.

 

[VonYinzer]

YA... I have some plans in the works... We'll see how everything works out. Ive never been a rich man, so why start now!?

 

[Redbird]

I drive a tractor/trailer for Keebler. Delivering to major chain stores. Our D.C. covers all of Louisiana, and the lower half of Mississippi. I'll generally work 4 days a week... off on Wed, Sat & Sun. But I'll average 45hrs a week.
I enjoy driving, and if it weren't for the occasional egomaniacal/dipshit receiving clerk, my job would be perfect.
Here's a pic of the worktruck...

The scenery changes daily, but mostly consists of Interstates, secondary highways, or store docks.
But, occasionaly you end up with scenery like this...
(btw, she's topless)

 

[Big R]

I need a new job... You guys make me realize how fucking boring and souless this gig is...

My wife wants me to get a job up in the sales department - but I was thinking about going back to school for some CAD/drafting seeing that the guy that does ours now can retire any day. And I like the fact that I get to run a machine..... make something from nothing, ya know? But my schedule is 4 on, 4 off. It's a vacation every week!

And Redbird - I def don't get to see that at work!!

 

[JRK5892]

i am never going back to school! swore i wouldnt after my BA... then i got suckered into my masters... NO MORE! The school i run the stu advising department for has offered to pay for my Doctorate as well... i told them NO WAY! i suck at school! i am done

 

[tWistedWheelz]

Redbird, I now have a mental pic of you as one of the keebler elves, driving a two smoke! Hahaha

 

[dakine_surf]

i am never going back to school! swore i wouldnt after my BA... then i got suckered into my masters... NO MORE! The school i run the stu advising department for has offered to pay for my Doctorate as well... i told them NO WAY! i suck at school! i am done

Joe, I feel you on the school thing... I was Pre-Med in college, when I graduated I was looking at another 8 to 10 years of school... I said F it and started cooking in a kitchen. I always did well in school, just hated being there.

 

[beatnic]

I was hired to do CAD at a CNC machine shop, we got away from making our own prints, so now I mostly do parts inspection and consumables purchasing. Some days I make parts, kind of nice to do different things, breaks up the day.

 

[Basement rat]

I Work on these:

And "this" is what I do:

http://www.forces.ca/html/aircraftstructurestechnician_reg_en.aspx

The pay is OK but its regular.

 

[Redbird]

I Work on these...

Daaaaaayyuuuummmmm!!!

Do they let you take them for "test spins" when you're done? ;D

 

[Basement rat]

If your lucky once in a blue moon. Ive haven't had the chance yet... I know guys who have around 17 hours back seat logged!

Before this I was pointing myself in the direction of Architecture or Mech' design... I got bored of sitting at a desk all day and couldn't afford the school... Military it is!