What's your gig?

[ClarkGriswold]

Curious as to what you do(or did) for a job. Based on a lot of posts I have read it appears there are a large number of economists, immunologists, futures traders, foreign policy experts and jacks-of-ALL-trades milling about our humble hang.

Or did many of you just stay at Holiday Inn Express last night?

I am a data recovery engineer by day. That's my area of expertise.

 

[Pirate Lady]

Software Engineer

 

[JayhawkCurtis]

Lead corrosion technician for a very large natural gas company.

 

[Golfman25]

All of the above.

 

[ClarkGriswold]

All of the above.

Expert on everything. You probably forgot more than we mere mortals would ever know, am I right?

 

[hughespat57]

USCG Machinery Technician
Civilian Marine mechanic
ASE Master HD Truck technician
ASE Automotive technician

Second career
Programing c++
Senior Systems Engineer
Infrastructure Architect Data Centers

 

[zool]

SCGREA Commercial Real Estate Appraiser

 

[mdolesh]

General Manager of a BMW dealership

 

[mrsrobinson]

I manage/direct kids like @Pirate Lady, software engineers. Used to be one myself in a former life.

I am a Giglio on the weekends...

Started my career with 2 papers routes than a dishwasher.

 

[JimG]

Engineering Manager for an industrial safety and automation company. Also specialize in PC based and embedded software programming in C and C++

 

[mrsrobinson]

Engineering Manager for an industrial safety and automation company. Also specialize in PC based and embedded software programming in C and C++

Ok, you are the smart engineer I "unsuccessfully" took C/C++ in college and recently managed a team of C/C++ engineers.

 

[northshore]

Engineering Manager for an industrial safety and automation company. Also specialize in PC based and embedded software programming in C and C++

Jim, you and I should get together and crack a beer some time.

Software/Firmware/Test Engineer (with a touch of hydraulics and cryogenics) for automotive and aerospace applications

Here is what happens to the steering rack in you car before you get it...

 

[ClarkGriswold]

Ok, you are the smart engineer I "unsuccessfully" took C/C++ in college and recently managed a team of C/C++ engineers.

I would argue that managing a team of software engineers is more difficult than learning C/C++. Just my experience.

And you FW engineers? Make life interesting.

 

[mrsrobinson]

I call it herding cats. And offshore "resources" and contractors have changed the game, unfortunately. Some days I wish I was still an individual contributor, writing code.

I work in the healthcare space, used to be in Fintech. I have worked for some start-ups as well.

 

[Pirate Lady]

Some days I wish I was still an individual contributor, writing code.

I have turned down 3 promotions to manage at my company. Don’t want to be responsible for other people doing their job.

 

[boatman37]

Contractor for the federal gov't - Sr Cyber Security Analyst in charge of a team of 15 that tries to keep Putin from hacking into gov't owned servers. There is also a team of about 50 that handle laptops/workstations.

Oh, and options day trader on the side

 

[Maggieiscrazy]

I sell reverse mortgages.

 

[Steve S]

I started at UPS and moved up into supervision. Then left and got into sales. Moved into selling industrial cutting tools for metalworking and specialized in production thread cutting (tapping) and gaging. Now after 35 years in the industry, I am the National Sales Manager of a cutting tool manufacturer that has a focus on special taps and drills designed for specific applications.

I also design, program and operate concert type lighting systems in large church applications.

 

[northshore]

I sell reverse mortgages.

Why cannot I like this multiple times!

 

[OllieC]

I sell reverse mortgages.

I almost pissed myself!

You win the internet!