What does everyone do for their "real" job?

I'm a Regional Technical Manager for Jaguar & Land Rover, looking after 15 European markets (Iceland, Finland, Switzerland, Greece, Israel to name a few). From hands-on troubleshooting cars to data collection for engineering. Lots of travelling and absolutely love it!

All the travelling does mean that my projects can take a bit longer than expected...
 
i work in a warehouse that sells drain and sewer cleaning tools.......yep, i shift shit that shifts shit! $300 shovel anyone? i didn't say it was cheap shit shifting shit
 
Hoofhearted said:
Hah! Four days! I spent my whole working "career" without a clue as to what I was supposed to do.
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So top secret job you say?
 
OJ said:
So top secret job you say?
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Nah. I just hadn't a clue as to what I was doing most of the time. It was like the old saying. "If you can;t dazzle'em with science, Baffle'em with bullshit." Over the years I did a lot of baffling.
 
I feel dumb with all of the aerospace and electrical engineers on this thread, because I'm just a mechanical engineer. I design automation equipment. So all of the hard work that all of us do on our own bikes and the pride that we take in doing things "by hand"? I make it possible for any idiot to stand there and watch a machine do it better, faster and cheaper than any of us could ever hope to...as long as there is demand for several hundred thousand units a year (or more.)
 
Steve Zodiak said:
I'm the City Land Surveyor for a fairly large US City.
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Henry David Thoreau was a land surveyor.

Just another useless fact I'm afraid.
 
Drafter at a midsize oil and gas company building databases of pipes and geographical maps of them.

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rays650cafe said:
Jaysus, I hafta get a real job! ;D
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No you don't. Fight the power!

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bjonesin said:
No you don't. Fight the power!

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Actually got an unexpected promotion last week, Graveyard shift supervisior! I am the POWAH!!! ::)
 
Paintless Dent Removal in Richmond VA. I repair door dings and hail damage. Autotekofva.com These days I probably play with bikes more than I do my job.
 
Service Writer at a BMW, Triumph & Suzuki dealer in Southern Maine
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Field Service engineer for a major HVAC Mfg. I get to figure out what's wrong when no one else can. Keeps your troubleshooting skills sharp, and keeps your perspective on what can go wrong with machinery.

I work on Centrifugal Chiller, Absorption, Natural Gas Turbines (we sell cogen), Steam Turbines, air handlers, analog controls, digital controls. Everything the company has made in the last 60 years.

Troubleshooting is becoming a lost art, seems most people just replace things, rather than fix. But when you build a building around a machine, or put it on the 63rd floor, it isn't as easy to replace.
 
mydlyfkryzis said:
Troubleshooting is becoming a lost art, seems most people just replace things, rather than fix. But when you build a building around a machine, or put it on the 63rd floor, it isn't as easy to replace.
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So true.
 
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