What do you do for a living?

[MarkTime]

My job title is Senior Database Administrator IV.
I work with Oracle/SQL Server.  I also program, primarily in C# .NET.

I specialize in metadata.

In my sparetime I also teach people to speak Russian.

I work for a non-profit, we publish Bibles and Sunday School materials.

I'm often accused of spying for the Russians...I'm not sure if this is a reasonable assertion, mI'm not sure the Russians are trying to steal our Bible and Sunday School technology secrets....but nevertheless, they could tie me up and call me hurtful names, and I'll never reveal what I know!

[Boot_WB]

amiga_3k wrote:
Mechnical Engineer.

:cheers:
Same here - rolling stock (Rail) design engineering, scrutiny, etc.
I don't get my hands dirty very often, I mainly do FEA at the moment.

[Sidewinder]

Until last year I was an aircraft maintenance officer in the US Air Force.  Now I work for the Ingersoll-Rand corporation as a production supervisor.

[amigadave]

I am recently retired from public service (Director of Building & Safety) and I am in the process of returning to the private sector.  Not sure if I want to get my General Contractor's license reinstated, or just do construction consulting and supervising, along with CAD drafting and design for commercial and residential buildings.  I am also an expert on a popular Permit Tracking program that is used in dozens of cities and counties throughout the USA and I am hoping to work with those jurisdictions in improving their implementations and helping them to maintain their systems.  I have/had one city signed up, but they are reconsidering and might migrate to a newer program and cancel my contract.  I owe my possibility to be working in the IT industry to my interest and learning on my Amiga in the mid-eighties.  How else could an uneducated nail pounder like me get so far and be asked to work as an independent computer consultant?

With Amiga anything is possible!

[TjLaZer]

@Sidewinder

Cool.  I am in the US Air Force now, as a CSA.

[marcfrick2112]

Bummer, ashamed really to respond to this.. but currently unemployed, got laid off from 2 retail / customer service jobs within the last 8 months....
 Trying for a job as assistant sushi maker at a local Japanese restaurant, .... wish me luck....
 :-?

[mingle]

Hi,

Hey, marcfrick2112, there's NOTHING to be ashamed about!

Good luck for your future job, whatever it may be!

I used to be an IT consultant, how last worked for a large pharmaceutical company. It paid very well and I'm now retired (37 years old) helping raise my baby daughter (13 months old) with my wife now expecting TWINS!

So I guess I'm a full time DAD now!

Cheers,

Mike.

[seanys]

I can relate to LoadWB... my job title is Web and Systems admin for a University faculty but routinely includes web programming/development, database admin/dev, IT coordinator, web standards-ista, purchaser, quartemaster, systems analyst, desktop support and any 'computer related' stuff. Urgh.

One day I'll pick one thing and just do that. Might even get good at it.

[Nycran]

I'm a web designer and programmer too - boy there's a few of us here!  Between the architects, consultants and programmers we could start our own company! :-)

[guru-666]

I'm a "creature technical director"  working with 3d animation, mainly on feature film, but also television and video games. Guess how I got that started...

[tomswift]

Crew Chief on the F-4 and U-2 for 20 years.  Retired from the USAF 10 years ago.  Work currently for the U.S.Postal Service.

[lillPiP]

I'm working on an industry and making solarpanels ..

[Tempest]

I'm working as a bike courier.

[sicky]

I am a maintenance engineer working for BT, maintenance of standby generator engine sets, air conditioning, UPS's, DC powerplant, AC distribution, fire flood & gas alarm monitoring systems, heating systems & lighting etc.

32 years now, getting old :-(

[dammy]

@tomswift

Work currently for the U.S.Postal Service.

Which craft?

Dammy

[yssing]

Wau, there are a lot of different and interesting careers out there.

Currently I work as a HW/SW supporter and maintenance For KiMs, the Danish chips/crisp makers. So I pretty much spend most of my time inhaling spicy fumes

I also do webdevelopment and I try to do some amiga games.

I am a spare time Ninja and a bum..