What do you do for work?

Nice work! That is the hardest job of them all!

 

I definitely understand the oil prices around here! I'm here in Tulsa as well. It might get a little crazy by this years' end.

 

Now that sounds fun. I love getting off the ground and on rope

 

Propulsion Test Engineer.
Currently in South America to launch this: http://www.orbitalatk.com/news-room/feature-stories/SKYM-1/default.aspx

 

sick ^

 

Thats awesome! NASA was great when I was therein Bermuda. Miss it. Was like a small family.

 

He would know better than me probably, but i think its generally around 10-15% are structurally "deficient". doesn't mean they're bad enough to close off, just that they need repairs. They don't classify any that are built or repaired within the past 10 years though I don't think. It's not a ton, and you would probably never notice unless you know what to look for.. I do the same thing (for the most part) just with building facades and parking garages - consulting engineering and rehabilitations.

 

Yeah, I'm stressing it! I quite reading forecasts a while back, none of them are ever right. Just waiting to see what happens. Good news is the forecasts I have read are still saying the worst is just about over, it should start improving soon. But... goes with the territory, it's not like I didn't know what I was getting into.

 

I totally agree... we chose this field!

I agree though that it's starting to pick back up. I'm on the sales/engineering side of things, so I see it upfront. It's definitely slow, but a steady slow.

 

Am i the only one who looks at some of these jobs/careers and thinks "what the f#!& am i doing with my life?"
I sell semi truck parts and related things at a freightliner dealership

 

Why? I would work at Walmart and be proud...

 

I work for a transloading company, loading and unloading trucks and trains... I've been there about 5 months... Small company (we run a 7 man crew) with big ambitions! I operate equipment (wheel loader, zoom boom, forklift) and do a good chunk of paperwork.

My last job I was Manufacturing Foreman at a rig mat manufacturing plant... Pay was less, higher stress, had to manage 35+ people... Can't say I miss that lol

 

Idk, while i could be content and am happy to be working i dont find working to fill a corporations pockets to be fulfilling, granted you have to start somewhere but i dont feel a sense of pride being a cog in someones machine. I would rather own the machine and give those who would feel pride being a cog a job.

I could never feel accomplished working at walmart unless it was a position where i was able to excercise my strengths and knowledge to further grow business.

Maybe your a pyschologist? Haha im working on it

 

I'm a Service Engineer for a Swiss machine tool company. We make CNC machines for automotive, Industrial, Aerospace, etc.

 

Student - part time
CAD Drafter & service group technician at a construction and consulting firm - part time
Firearms dealer (FFL) - part time (more of a hobby than a job)

 

Full Time Firefighter in Illinois. 23 yrs now. On a Ladder Truck 95' platform.

 

Was working construction until about a month ago. Today is my third day on the job as a special needs bus assistant for Virginia Beach Public Schools. Love it so far! I help special needs children get on and off the bus, hook them up, (wheelchairs, harnesses, car seats, etc) and keep them happy/safe during the ride to and from school. Making a little more than I was making doing construction, but I'm not destroying my body. Woot!

 

Safety manager for a major airlines techs who work on all the stuff that does not fly.

 

congrats on the new job

 

Shoot bad guys, and Blow-shit up...