What do you do for a living?

Jorge Torralba said:
Socke,

How much do they sell for in Germany? My father use to have one with insignias on it but I never got a chance to inherit it. I think he may have sold it.
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They sell around 800 to 1000 Euro in this condition.

I inherited mine together with a FN Browning HP Model 1910 and a Walter PPK 7.65.

And yes, seems as if we need a Camera and Guns forum :)
 
Okay, getting back on topic then... :)

I'm an assistant manager at an automotive aftermarket retailer - we sell just about anything for cars, from turbos to seat covers, so I'm basically paid to stand around all day and chat about cars!
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Beats my last job (recruitment consultant), but doesn't pay as well. More to life than money, though, as my wife will attest (far less grumpy, these days!)

I like writing, I love photography, and I love cars, and I'm hoping to combine these things into doing some magazine articles and making a little extra cash on the side, but time is a real issue, as in retail, my weekends are half taken up as it is! So photography, for now, is still just a hobby.

Cheers,
Steve
 
I'm a Computer Engineer doing embedded software for optical communications equipment. Beats the heck out of management.

Hey Jorge, when is the last time that you had to insert Hex directly into the Code Segment because the assembler could not generate the instructions that you needed? Last week I was kind-o-gettin the idea that they did not want me reading all of the machine specific registers in DOS.
 
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I'm an interior designer, major in commerical office projects. My main job duty include space planning, concept, actual fit-out control & costing, etc.:)
 
I'm a wireless engineer doing optimization work for a national carrier. Challenging work, but not very interesting really. I've worked in wireless for about seven years. Five of them in CDMA. Generally people find what I do very confusing because I don't actually touch the physical network components, but I have to know how they work. You have to see spatially all the RF components that are coming at the mobile from all directions and at the same time keep track of what it's doing, what the network is telling it to do, and keep in mind what you want it to do all sequenced in time, at the correct location, while your moving, with new instructions coming every 20 milliseconds. (And that's not the half of it, but like I said, not very interesting really.)

But I'm starting to get bored with it and feel like moving on to something... else. It's not the job, mostly the people I work with. I tend to stand out. Not your typical engineer. I'm the only guy in the office with pictures on my walls other than my family. But it pays well and I worked hard to get where I am. Whadduya do...?

Oh, and sooner or later I'll have to post a picture of myself sometime. :dance:

As far as my photography goes, I'm horrible at it. Though most of my friends say I'm critical, perhaps to a fault, of my own work.
 
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Better get a gallery up here then - we'll be happy to tell you to get a clue and like your work....

_But_ we do have to _see_ it first. :D

William
 
I'm a chef now have been working at my current job for 10+ years and mostly enjoy the heck out of it. I have cooked professionally for about thirty years so far. Along the way I have left the business to do other things(usually preceded by words to the effect of"F@# this job I am NEVER cooking again") and in six months or so I start missing the kitchen. I have sold cars, stereo equip, office machines. I have painted houses, done landscaping, assembled circuit boards,worked for a gunsmith, sharpened knives, done prepress stuff, worked in a bakery(didn't like the hours I am NOT a morning person). I have made way more money than I do now but I got bored with every thing else I've done.
I will never be a professional photographer since the photography I do is strictly for my self. And if I had to answer to some body else for it I wouldn't enjoy it. I would like to workas an assistant for a little while though as a way to learn more about the craft.
At the end of the day, I know I have made people happy(not so much my wait staff lately--I'm going to have to make some changes) and my customers are a little better off than they were before I fed them.
Rob
 
jon_flanders said:
I've been working on the railroad for the last 16 years. I work in the CSX diesel shop in Selkirk, NY as a machinist/mechanic. We do the mechanical repairs on locomotives. Anywhere from 10 to 30 locomotives are repaired in our shop in a 24 hour period.
Jon Flanders
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Jon, my avitar is a photograph taken by my father over 50 years ago on the main line of the B&O. It was double track then and ran within 30 feet of our home at the time. Many of the men I grew up around were employees of the B&O.

Your shop would be an interesting subject to photograph. The equipment must be of considerable size.

Walker
 
Unfortunately photography in the shop has been forbidden post 9/11. The picture url I listed was taken before the ban.

Yes, the equipment is large. You need a crane to pick up a piston and rod assembly. Not to mention traction motors which weigh seven tons.

There are several semi-pro photographers working in the shop. I am just an amateur compared to them, actually.

Jon Flanders
 
jon_flanders said:
Unfortunately photography in the shop has been forbidden post 9/11. The picture url I listed was taken before the ban.
Jon Flanders
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That's understandable. I worked as an Electrician in a power generating plant at Dickerson, MD, some 30+ years ago and we were considered a National Defense asset. The nation can't do without railroads and I'm certain you're seen in the same light as power plants.

We had a Gantry Crane rated at 120 tons & 60 tons for the smaller side. It ran on RR rails above the generating floor and was used to lift the generator parts. That was some piece of equipment!

Walker
 
jon_flanders said:
I've been working on the railroad for the last 16 years. I work in the CSX diesel shop in Selkirk, NY as a machinist/mechanic. We do the mechanical repairs on locomotives. Anywhere from 10 to 30 locomotives are repaired in our shop in a 24 hour period.

http://snow.prohosting.com/~jeflan/rr/engines.jpg

Jon Flanders
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Hey Jon!

It was a CSX power cable that fell on our Jeep on Veteran's Day! Man, the CSX equipment here in Wilson is falling apart - bridge looks like it would fall down if a big rain came along.

My great-grandad was an engineer for the old Chicago & Alton RR, he lost an arm and worked as a Fuller Brush man after that, I'm told (he died before I was born). I've spent many a fine hour at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden and now at the RR museum in Spencer, NC. Our small town of Wilson has a 'toy' RR in the city park that the Kiwanis operate on weekends - give rides to the kids for a couple of bucks a pop. I just took the Amtrak from Rocky Mount to Boston and back this week - what a blast! You could say I'm a certified train nut - got it real bad. Nothing I love more than watching trains go by. Here in Wilson, you can hear them all night long - it never keeps me awake, I love to hear them.

I've been reading that cargo shipments by train are growing by leap and bounds - trains are coming back! Good to hear, if true!

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks
 
In my former life, I worked for in the "Corporate World" as a Q.A. manager, then moved on to Technical Sales & Marketing within the same organization. After 28 years of service, I was "downsized", leaving me too young and too poor to retire but too old to get a new job.

After a couple of years of net-working and part time work, I met my current business partner. With some encouragement and help from new aquaintances, we set up our own small manufacturing firm. We bought scrap machines (in NY & Chicago) re-built them ourselves and started production of "Lens Cleaners".

This is our 8th year in this business. We have a great staff (7 plus myself). On most days, the factory runs itself and I have time to browse this site as well as eBay for RF bargains.

Bill K.
 
bmattock said:

I've been reading that cargo shipments by train are growing by leap and bounds - trains are coming back! Good to hear, if true!
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Yes, rail freight is booming at the moment. Equipment and crews are short, the baby boomers like me are starting to retire.

The high price of fuel also plays a role, as trucking suffers.

Jon F
 
I watch paint dry. No, really, I watch paint dry. I'm a quality control inspector at a company that makes rooftop HVAC units. My job is to inspect the paint job and to make sure everybody else did what they were supposed to do.
 
I'm a graphic designer... I work for a company where I design websites. Been doing web design for about 5 years, and before that I was in college.
 
I'm a Ph.D. student in computer science (or more specifically, in distributed algorithms and multiprocessor synchronization). I teach 20% of the time, mostly by giving exercise sessions and programming assignments.
 
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