What do you do for a living?

[Gym]

I'm changing titles soon from my current job doing Service work on electrical and hydraulic equipment also including welding and fabrication to; a Full Time Student for the next 9-18 months. Going back to school for EMT/FF/Paramedic as I did a lot of that in the military. I'm trying to join my Brother-in-Law with Palm Beach County Fire Rescue! I start school in January.

Public service is the next best thing to serving your country and you've done both.

 

[captras]

I'm a Sr Automation Designer for an engineering firm and been in the electrical engineering field for 28 years. Since the fracking boom started here in western PA my main focus has been in the the area of well pad design and engineering. I've spent the last 6 years doing all of the automation engineering for one of the largest oil and gas companies in the world.

Not to be political here....but I hope your business booms in the future with the new administration!

 

[Big Shasta]

Ahh yes... I was a Petroleum Exchange Engineer for Boron also (1988-1991)

Awesome...That's who I worked for...and about the same timeframe. It was boron when I started and switched to BP while I was there. Wikipedia says that was 1991 but I know it was at least a year before that. I graduated and went to boot camp in 1991.

We would get secret inspections, I had a guy pull up to the FULL service pump and when I went to his window, I noticed he had a Boron watch on....BUSTED...He got the FULL treatment...checked his oil, washed all his windows, offered to check his tire pressure....about a week later, the boss hands me 100.00 and says I aced a "secret" inspection.

The best part of the job was using the lifts after the mechanic left. We would bring our cars in and do whatever we wanted. I took the Exhaust off my vette (ok, chevette but I told everyone I had a vette) just so I could cruise town with open exhaust. They were the old piston type that lifts in the center. Super sketchy, surprised we never lost a vehicle off of them.

That old chevettes life ended violently when I was passing a guy at about 60 and he turned left in front of me...no seatbelt. My face was full of glass. I got a ticked for driving after midnight on a jr license (under 18 in PA)...he paid for the car and my pain.

 

[Murf'n'surf]

Awesome...That's who I worked for...and about the same timeframe. It was boron when I started and switched to BP while I was there. Wikipedia says that was 1991 but I know it was at least a year before that. I graduated and went to boot camp in 1991.

We would get secret inspections, I had a guy pull up to the FULL service pump and when I went to his window, I noticed he had a Boron watch on....BUSTED...He got the FULL treatment...checked his oil, washed all his windows, offered to check his tire pressure....about a week later, the boss hands me 100.00 and says I aced a "secret" inspection.

The best part of the job was using the lifts after the mechanic left. We would bring our cars in and do whatever we wanted. I took the Exhaust off my vette (ok, chevette but I told everyone I had a vette) just so I could cruise town with open exhaust. They were the old piston type that lifts in the center. Super sketchy, surprised we never lost a vehicle off of them.

That old chevettes life ended violently when I was passing a guy at about 60 and he turned left in front of me...no seatbelt. My face was full of glass. I got a ticked for driving after midnight on a jr license (under 18 in PA)...he paid for the car and my pain.

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Same experience minus the lifts as we were just a station and store.

I knew all of the Boron executives and what they drove so I always passed the secret shoppers exam. Our regional guy used to park in a business across the street and "observe" us all of the time.

What part of PA were you in? I was in the South Hills of Pittsburgh.

 

[Big Shasta]

Same experience minus the lifts as we were just a station and store.

I knew all of the Boron executives and what they drove so I always passed the secret shoppers exam. Our regional guy used to park in a business across the street and "observe" us all of the time.

What part of PA were you in? I was in the South Hills of Pittsburgh.

Brookville...About 1.5 hours north. Partied a ton in Punxsutawney especially when the groundhog was coming out....HUGE party

 

[stever40]

Director of Operations/General Manager for medical device company

 

[blackhawkpilot]

Retired Army AH-64 Pilot (40 yrs). Currently Helicopter EMS Pilot

Retired Army UH-60 pilot - 28 years. Currently flying a desk at Mother Rucker as a GS.

 

[WaltB]

Former Navy F14A Tomcat pilot (USNR retired)
Currently Delta Captain flying B-737-900 ( former NWA, hired in 89)

Walt

 

[LeeFlan7]

GSM at a Ford/Lincoln dealer...not close to as exciting as a former tomcat pilot...nice @WaltB

 

[Murf'n'surf]

GSM at a Ford/Lincoln dealer...not close to as exciting as a former tomcat pilot...nice @WaltB

Nice! When will you post the group buy on the 2017 F150?

 

[LeeFlan7]

Anyone on the board can have an x-plan (supplier) pricing on me, just gotta find your way up from Florida!!!

 

[WaltB]

Raptor?

Anyone on the board can have an x-plan (supplier) pricing on me, just gotta find your way up from Florida!!!

 

[LeeFlan7]

I wish..the 2 I was allocated were spec'd and sold months ago...now we are just waiting for the slow release from the factory so these poor guys can get their hands on their trucks

 

[captras]

Retired Army UH-60 pilot - 28 years. Currently flying a desk at Mother Rucker as a GS.

Not a bad retirement gig!

 

[swatski]

Work... well, I'm a clinical molecular geneticist by training and a faculty/medical director of a diagnostic lab (in one of the major teaching hospitals), specializing in cancer care. Interesting gig, but one must deal with some pretty awful things most days. Puts things in perspective. And hence my love of boating.
Thank God for this forum, it is such a great outlet!
I need to go home...


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[octavio3311]

Director of Receiving & Mail Operations for 1 of the NY State University since 97'. And my wife is the Director of Budget for the same university. We were married before we found ourselves working at the same place.
It's been an incredibly great gig. 12 years to go!

That was then - now I'm the Assistant Director of Facilities Management & Operations at the same NYS University - responsible for all 600 acres.
It's been quite a journey!

 

[KXCam22]

Senior electrical engineer at a Pulp Mill. Mostly do large capital control system projects + run the mill. Very interesting work. Never the same each day. Both my sons are in engineering school. Cam.

 

[Benny Sibbitt]

Event Photographer

 

[Thom]

Director of engineering for an electric utility.

 

[T. Turner]

Foreman of an asphalt paving crew for a road construction company. We build a lot of highways, parking lots, city/residential streets in the DFW area.