What's your occupation?

[grim]

Since i have been on this forum i have noticed alot of people somewhat hint at what they do but its never really clear.

I myself enjoy hearing about what people do and what there jobs are because there are some pretty cool jobs out there that you would never know exist until you hear from someone who does it.

So please share with everyone what your job is and hell if you like it or not!

[Survivalism]

Since i have been on this forum i have noticed alot of people somewhat hint at what they do but its never really clear.

I myself enjoy hearing about what people do and what there jobs are because there are some pretty cool jobs out there that you would never know exist until you hear from someone who does it.

So please share with everyone what your job is and hell if you like it or not!

How about yourself man?

I am the Store Receiving Specialist / Furniture floor coverage at the Babies R Us in Southlands, hoping to get bumped up too Furniture Supervisor here in the next few weeks.

[Tim K]

Self employed. I own a smaller cabinet shop. We do mostly residential cabinets, but also some commercial. My role these days is primarily sales weenie and designer. The guys in the shop get to do all the fun stuff.

www.timkulincabinetry.com (http://www.timkulincabinetry.com)

[CaptGoodvibes]

Long-time software engineer. Decided to get my degree in EE. One semester to go. Currently interning in an R&D house in Boulder.

[Dr. Joe Siphek]

I work for a company called Pac-Van, I sell/lease modular buildings/Modular Classrooms/Construction Offices and Storage Containers to General Contractors, Public & Private Schools, and the general public. Been in this occupation for 11 years now, at times I really love it (when the economy is up) and truly hate it when it's down.

I've done some really cool projects in the past...ie: helped provide almost 850 buildings for the 2002 Winter Olympics in SLC, provided many buildings for each of the G.P.'s of Denver, International Golf Tourney @ Castle Pines, Mile High Music Festival, and tons of other special events in our great state. I also helped start a charter school in Commerce City with an 8plex and 8 double wides...the whole school was my buildings until they completed their ground up building, and i was making $2,500 per month alone on just this project. aaah, the good ole days.

My most interesting sale was the buildings originally built for the Winter Games in SLC, some of them are now out at High Plains Raceway.

It's a very cool business, and i've made some really good money...focus on the past tense, cause it's been very slow for the past 2 years.

So if any of you are looking to start a new business or needing some extra temp office space, hit me up.

That is all.

[grim]

My Title is Coordinator of services for the company i work for which is Integrated Power Services.

We are a AC DC electric motor repair and rewind facility. We do rewinds and repairs anywhere from 1hp to the biggest ive seen so far is 20,000 HP

I deal with the Motors every now and then but my primary job for this company is Gearboxes. I actually design Motox gearboxes for Siemens make the build and spec sheets for customers and if the customer wants to buy i will go out into the shop and Assemble the gearbox from the frame up.

I am also the warranty and field service strong arm for Siemens in the Small to medium gearbox division so i go out to places and do on site repairs. Also if im not out turning a wrench they have an office for me and i handle all of the inbound/outbound freight shipments as well as i do most of the purchasing if im in the office.

I like my job for the most part i get to play with oxygen and accetaline torches quite a bit i get to sit in my office or go get dirty with a wrench. but much like any job there are downsides and this companies is that if there is a rush service call they will work you like a dog and show no remorse. I once put in a 19 hour day and was only given 3 hours to sleep before i had to get back up and work another 13 hours then make the 2 hour drive home. It was awesome money but i felt like i was gonna die!

[Tylar]

Packet Herder for some company that lets people auction off Korean knock-off plastics.

[mtnairlover]

Instructional Designer for an online college. I've designed courses in the following programs:


networking
graphic design
health care
criminal justice
paralegal
business

I love what I do mostly because I get to be creative...everything from helping the subject matter expert figure out how to write materials without relying on what text is used in a course and relying on their own expertise, to deciding what types of interactivity to use in a course that will actually engage the learners and create some sort of deeper meaning for them.

The really cool thing for me now is the fact that I was hired by a former supervisor to help with a "kind-of" start-up online college. The parent company has been around for many years, but the online college has not, so we are building almost from scratch, which includes developing processes, creating the online brand and the online course template and a whole bunch more. My talents are be used up to their capacity and I love that!

Believe it or not...I still yearn for more. Ha! I'm a dork! If I could get paid to roam around Colorado on my bike and take pictures and write stories, then I'd be in heaven. ;)

[JustSomeDude]

I'm an acoustical engineer for a firm here in Denver that specializes in acoustics (eg, interior room acoustics, industrial noise control, speech privacy, environmental noise, auditoria design, AV systems design, etc.).

www.dlaa.com (http://www.dlaa.com)

:)

[BC14]

Packet Herder for some company that lets people auction off Korean knock-off plastics.
:lol:

[BC14]

I'm in public service, NE metro area....... That's about all I'll divulge in a public forum.

[rforsythe]

Packet Herder for some company that lets people auction off Korean knock-off plastics.

Packet killer for the same place...

[zerocool]

Information security administrator for a local power utility. Just started but I dig it so far.

[madvlad]

Lube technician/apprentice for Infiniti.

[Tylar]

Packet killer for the same place...

http://filmpopper.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dumb-and-dumber.jpg

[SaShWhO]

I'm a muthafuckin P I M P

[Devaclis]

Nerf Herder

[modette99]

Was a CIO, then ran a family business (specialty Fuels) now I am retired...LOL

Actually I might be running a PC Repair business up in Monument soon, meeting with the guy today. I don't have much interest in computers now...but we will see what he wants. From our initial talking, the one dude he has works 6-days a week, he pays as a 1099...I already told him I don't do the 6 days a week deal...and I have two weeks in August I am gone, one for my Dual sport event and another for family. *shrug*

Dude is the husband of a co-worker my wife manages...so I got to play nice.

[vort3xr6]

E-commerce / internet marketing manager for Stevinson Auto group.

It's a decent gig. The car business is old school though.

[dm_gsxr]

Senior Unix Admin for Intrado. My team and I manage a bit over 400 highly available, geographically redundant Unix based servers (Solaris, HP-UX, Tru64, Red Hat). The servers themselves deal with various aspects of the US and Canada's Emergency 911 system.

We manage the Amber Alert databases, the servers that deal with text2-911, and Advanced 911 (the competitor to Reverse 911).

There's a 92% chance that when you call 911, one of our servers is in the path.

Carl

[Ted]

<------ Unix Admin . Dream Job

[aerofaze]

Title is Systems Enginerd and working for a DoD contractor doing modeling and simulation. Basically that means I'm shut in a windowless office all day and stuck in front of 2 monitors.

Hate the environment, like the pay, love the team. The work itself is okay.

Lately though, I've been mulling on doing something drastically different...

[MetaLord 9]

E-commerce / internet marketing manager for Stevinson Auto group.
This for a publicly traded apartment REIT

[Sean]

Occupation: Weekend crime fighter and superhero.

Benefits are lame (no dental) and the pay isn't that great, but at least I'm an icon in my community. Plus, I can sleep at night with a clean conscious knowing that I'm making the world a better place. And the ladies are VERY grateful. Let me tell you, I've had it up to here with all of the comments about wearing tights.

[puckstr]

I AM A TROLL

[taikahn]

Soy un perdedor.

[dirkterrell]

I'm an astrophysicist, specializing in binary stars but I have been known to deal with asteroids and comets and I was one of the people that helped verify the discovery of the new moons of Pluto a few years back. I like the theoretical side, the observing side (mostly robotic telescopes) and connecting the two.

My official title is manager of the Astronomy and Computer Systems section at Southwest Research Institute in Boulder. My section has observational astronomers and the IT group. I spend too much time with IT stuff but I do enjoy it. The part I don't like is doing personnel reviews and that is what this month is mostly dedicated to. :(

I have been known to make a little money painting astronomical subjects too.

http://www.boulder.swri.edu/%7Eterrell/syzygy.png

http://www.boulder.swri.edu/%7Eterrell/canyon_sunset.png

[taikahn]

^wow. Really cool. Awesome gig.

[stitch]

Nerf Herder

Dam! Beat me too it.

[Keyser Soze]

Procurement specialist for the largest EPC company in the world :D

Not the most exciting job, but I like it and I love the company I work for.

[stitch]

I'm an astrophysicist, specializing in binary stars but I have been known to deal with asteroids and comets and I was one of the people that helped verify the discovery of the new moons of Pluto a few years back. I like the theoretical side, the observing side (mostly robotic telescopes) and connecting the two.

My official title is manager of the Astronomy and Computer Systems section at Southwest Research Institute in Boulder. My section has observational astronomers and the IT group. I spend too much time with IT stuff but I do enjoy it. The part I don't like is doing personnel reviews and that is what this month is mostly dedicated to. :(

I have been known to make a little money painting astronomical subjects too.

http://www.boulder.swri.edu/%7Eterrell/syzygy.png

http://www.boulder.swri.edu/%7Eterrell/canyon_sunset.png

You're one of the bastards who demoted my beloved Pluto! :rant: Nice pics BTW.

[dbx]

I am a district product service associate for Lowes. I travel anywhere from south pueblo to north Denver to conduct resets on the products. I love the schedule cuz it's mon-fri 6-3 and I get paid to ride my bike :). I get paid for mileage and time on the road which is awesome.

[grim]

Occupation: Weekend crime fighter and superhero.

Benefits are lame (no dental) and the pay isn't that great, but at least I'm an icon in my community. Plus, I can sleep at night with a clean conscious knowing that I'm making the world a better place. And the ladies are VERY grateful. Let me tell you, I've had it up to here with all of the comments about wearing tights.

YEA BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS TO SEE THIS IN TIGHTS!

[JustSomeDude]

I have been known to make a little money painting astronomical subjects too.

http://www.boulder.swri.edu/%7Eterrell/syzygy.png

http://www.boulder.swri.edu/%7Eterrell/canyon_sunset.png

Dirk... you painted those??
:o

[grim]

I'm a muthafuckin P I M P

Punctually Incorrect Managed Pussy

[dirkterrell]

You're one of the bastards who demoted my beloved Pluto! :rant: Nice pics BTW.

I had nothing to do with that. :lol: But I do agree with it. When you look at it from a rational point of view, it's just the nearest of a whole bunch of similar objects.


Dirk... you painted those??
:o

Yep. I wish I had more time to do stuff like that.

[stitch]

Captain of the Millennium falcon, the ship that made the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs.

Yeah, yeah I know a parsec is a unit of distance, not time, equivalent to about 19 trillion miles or 3.26 light-years. Big deal. Since space-time is warped around black holes I was able to utilize this flaw in the universe to cut down the time and distance of the original route by flying closer to the black holes of the maw.

Ok seriously, I am a commercial pilot. When not flying I do tech work on the side. (More tech work than flying lately due to the economy).

[JustSomeDude]

Yep. I wish I had more time to do stuff like that.

Sweet work! :cheers:

[eg bter]

Electrical Engineer...mostly design circuit boards.

[CYCLE_MONKEY]

Well, right now I've been doing deconstruction, painting, moving, electrical, and other misc. work for a friend for rent.

When I'm working in my field, I do Mechanical (how it works/how it's manufactured) and Industrial (how it looks/how it's styled) Design using a very powerful CAD tool called Pro/E. I spent 12 years working for the defense (Navy, out at China Lake CA) designing and documenting missile parts and assemblies, and machining fixturing and assembly tools. I got to spent over 6 months crawling around on F86's and mostly F4 Phantoms (AWESOME plane!) out at the hangars and check out most of the Navy planes used. I got to see a bunch of missile launches and got to roam the ranges looking for the debris. I spent 2 years designing faucet parts at Moen (have a patent), and did a 6 month stint at Dirt Devil where I redesigned some parts and saved them $7million/yr in returns. I've worked at Marconi Telecom, and then for Marine Mechanical where they machined HUGE stainless steel parts for the nuclear subs and carriers and in the same building was a company that forged/made the turbine blades out of Ti on some forging presses, one of which was the largest in the world at 12,000 tons! I spent 2 years at the NASA Glenn research center where I designed and documented parts and assemblies for jet engine and jet nozzle test rigs, and did some wind tunnel work on the 1'x1' and 10'x10' supersonic tunnels. I spent time designing parts and assemblies for varius companies here while I worked for a company in Mead, designing Decatur's new radar gun (I saw it on TV recently on "How Things Are Made"!) and designed MSA's new LT-30 safety strap housings. I also spent 4-1/2 years working for an industrial controls company designing aluminum die-cast housings for engine control modules and diesel particulate filters. I just recently did a stint at the DOE at the nuclear facility in Idaho Falls ID designing large weldments and remote tools for hot-cells. So, basically, I've had a very interesting if totally unstable career.

[OUTLAWD]

Professional student, and tire fitting technician at MRA events ;)

[Keyser Soze]

I had nothing to do with that. :lol: But I do agree with it. When you look at it from a rational point of view, it's just the nearest of a whole bunch of similar objects.



Yep. I wish I had more time to do stuff like that.

Same tree?

[cptschlongenheimer]

I work for an embedded and industrial computer manufacturer.
My title is Eng Tech III but that just really means I'm the Engineering Dept. Bitch.

They need prototype built? me.
They need that proto tested for function/compliance? me.
They need a test fixture troubleshot/repaired? me.
They need a test routine written in C? me.
They need a CAD designer for a couple weeks? me.
Re-spec a part substitution, run an environmental qualification, build/rebuild a linux server, write a failure analysis ...the list goes on and on... at least i get a lot of variety in my duties but I feel like I'm being used. I consistently perform jobs that would normally be done by someone with the title "engineer" but thus far I've only gotten promises of a future promotion.

As an aside, about ten years ago I had to visit SWrI near San Francisco to perform BIOS upgrades on 200 computers we had sold with a design flaw in the software. You guys work on some cool shit.

I always joke with my colleagues that for retirement I'm gonna go do something fun/easier paced like theoretical astrophysics.

[~Barn~]

I work for an Australian-based company that does precision monitoring of all things, computer networks. From VoIP to Base24 payment networks, and everything in between. Our software runs on virtually every major server platform, including Win, all the big flavors of IX, HPNSK, Cisco CUCM, Avaya, VMs, and others. My official title is Support Engineer, but basically if you're on our stuff, and you breaky.... I help you fixey! (Assuming it's our code of course, and not a PICNIC)

Anyway, some of our clients are biggest players on the global stage:
- 6 of the worlds 10 largest banking organizations.
- Major airlines and retail across the globe.
- US and foreign militaries.
- 6 of the worlds 10 largest stock exchanges.
- The 6 largest telco companies.
- The 2 largest aircraft manufs.
- The 3 largest oil & gas companies.
- I believe 9 of the 10 largest companies in the world.

Whatever the exact percentage is, I forget, but nearly 1/2 of the "Global 1000" as Bloomberg Businessweek refers to them, are our clients.

[puckstr]

I am a Honey Badger

[grim]

I am a Honey Badger

Im starting to think you are that homeless guy who stole a laptop and uses Starbucks for their power and free wifi!

[puckstr]

I don't give a fuck

[dirkterrell]

Same tree?

Yep, same environment from a different view and different lighting.

[grim]

I don't give a fuck

So your not saying your not the homeless guy?

[~Barn~]

:spit:

[puckstr]

Shhhh it's naptime

[CYCLE_MONKEY]

I jump for cash, bitches!:lol:

[puckstr]

I jump bitches for cash

[asp_125]

You know that mine on top of Freemont Pass when you go ripping past it at light speed? I was on of several project engineers in the latest refurb/restart construction project for the client. I work with an EPC and several subcontracts on that job; you may liken it to herding cats. It's construction management.

Right now I am taking the summer off, between projects, "unpaid leave" so to speak. I'm burned out with engineering and looking for a career change if opportunities come up. Meanwhile I am shooting pics at the MRA races.

[Keyser Soze]

You know that mine on top of Freemont Pass when you go ripping past it at light speed? I was on of several project engineers in the latest refurb/restart construction project for the client. I work with an EPC and several subcontracts on that job; you may liken it to herding cats.

Right now I am taking the summer off, between projects, "unpaid leave" so to speak. I'm burned out with engineering and looking for a career change if opportunities come up. Meanwhile I am shooting pics at the MRA races.

You work for Jacobs?

[Treyjack]

Symantec Management Platform Administrator - Use to be called Altiris. It is a endpoint management product that more or less allows my company to manage patching, compliance, software deployment, inventory, reporting, antivirus, etc. of all workstations (3000+) and servers (5000+) in the enterprise. Most of Symantec's products have plugins into SMP so everything can be managed from one web based console. Lots of SQL and Excel. I also do regular Windows System Administrator tasks when I have time. It's okay I guess. My real love is welding and fabricating but the pay wasn't there even after graduating from WyoTech so I went into the IT field.

[asp_125]

You work for Jacobs?

Winnah winnah chicken dinnah.

You? .. Bechtel? Fluor? I was ex-Fluor

[Airreed]

I shoot biatches for cash....

I work for the Colorado Army National Guard, currently the S3 (Operations Officer) within a Military Police Battalion that has almost 700 Soldiers.

Pay and benifits are pretty solid and I work a 4-10 schedule!

I travel quite a bit (about 10-12 times a year) and every few years to the middle east for extended amounts of time....

Currently working on my Masters program as one day I will retire and will enter the civilian workforce.

[Keyser Soze]

Winnah winnah chicken dinnah.

You? .. Bechtel? Fluor? I was ex-Fluor

Bechtel. I'm out on the AT&T project currently. Old co worker just jumped ship to Jacobs. Tried to get me to go to, but I'm pretty happy with where I'm at.

[Filo]

I am a circuit design engineer for a large microchip manufacturer that just got swallowed by a much larger one (think calculators). I design circuits that handle battery charge/discharge/balancing for electric and hybrid electric vehicles.

[cdbouncer]

I'm an accountant in a public accounting firm.

:wtf: It's why I ride.

[Zach929rr]

Dirk that is very nice work.

[Ghost]

I'm a Paladin with 18 charisma and 97 hit points. I can use my helm of disintegration and do 1D4 damage as my half-elf mage wields his +5 holy avenger.

[Sarge]

So, nobody here works at McDonald's or King Sooper's or anything? Seems like an aweful lot of Professionals for this type of forum...

I'm Active Duty Army and my specific job is as a Fire Direction Controller. The specific job title is "Automated Tactical Data Systems Specialist". What this means is that I calculate firing data for artillery and rocket based munitions, and handle the communications systems between these weapons systems.

[grim]

So, nobody here works at McDonald's or King Sooper's or anything? Seems like an aweful lot of Professionals for this type of forum...

I'm Active Duty Army and my specific job is as a Fire Direction Controller. The specific job title is "Automated Tactical Data Systems Specialist". What this means is that I calculate firing data for artillery and rocket based munitions, and handle the communications systems between these weapons systems.

did you just read Ghost's post he pretty much just said he works at arby's

:lol:

[AOK303]

I hold the sign that say please help on Federal and Mississippi please give

thank you

[Sarge]

did you just read Ghost's post he pretty much just said he works at arby's

:lol:

Check the times, his popped up while I was still typing.

[crypto0793]

I thought all the CEO's, CIO's, Docters ECT... Ride Harley's

I'm Active Duty Navy and my Job title is Cryptologic Technition Technical This breaks down to being a Signals Analyst.

[Sarge]

On a side note, anybody in the Springs/Pueblo/South Denver area hiring? My wife has an MA in Political Science/International Relations and can't find a job to save her life, most places just say she's overqualified and won't give her a chance.

[Ezzzzy1]

did you just read Ghost's post he pretty much just said he works at arby's

:lol:

Fucking hilarious...

[puckstr]

I thought all the CEO's, CIO's, Docters ECT... Ride Harley's

I'm Active Duty Navy and my Job title is Cryptologic Technition Technical This breaks down to being a Signals Analyst.


spook

[Drift]

Trust me, I work for the government...

[crypto0793]

spook

I'm watching you right now. Dont be afraid I wont push the button yet!?

[mtnairlover]

On a side note, anybody in the Springs/Pueblo/South Denver area hiring? My wife has an MA in Political Science/International Relations and can't find a job to save her life, most places just say she's overqualified and won't give her a chance.

Has she tried teaching in the Career College arena? Dunno how much is available in her area, but it's an idea.

[Sean]

Has she tried teaching in the Career College arena? IMO they aren't real interested in over qualified applicants. Or maybe they just aren't real interested in me? :lol:

[Ricky]

I'm a software engineer for a small marketing company that publishes sweepstakes magazines. I developed and maintain a windows client/server application that our employees use for customer service and order entry. I get yelled at by my boss on a regular basis, when shit doesn't work, and when I'm on vacation, I'm not actually on vacation since nobody else can do my job. I love it because I get to do what I want (aside from my schedule), and I get paid well. Lax, small business environment.

[Snowman]

I could tell you however, a specialty breed flock of ninja penguins would have to kill you in your sleep...

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/148879_10150132240825278_579120277_7816306_8179082 _n.jpg

[rfranks303]

I'm a lead maintenance tech in a downtown mid-rise. My boss is a dick, I don't like the propertie but I love fixing things and the pays not bad so I stay.

[Ghost]

did you just read Ghost's post he pretty much just said he works at arby's

:lol:

http://www.snotr.com/video/2822/Family_Guy_roleplaying

[rfranks303]

What I finds I keeps

[grim]

http://www.snotr.com/video/2822/Family_Guy_roleplaying

Well played sir i retract my previous statement!

[Ghost]

Well played sir i retract my previous statement!

:D

[usmcab35]

formerly a Jar Head, now a full time Colorado National Guard memeber, do unit admin stuff during the week and air traffic control. held other jobs like heavy vehicle driver, diesel mech, aircraft mech, etc..

[Ghost]

I thought we did this already?

money does not buy happiness.

Flashbulb memories.

No, but it does pay for all the things to make you happier...try getting a new bike or a tank of gas without it...

[birchyboy]

I work for a small company that provides internet monitoring services to most companies in the area. I follow most of the local boards, match screen names to actual people at companies and then report my findings to your bosses. Back to work!

[Drift]

No, but it does pay for all the things to make you happier...try getting a new bike or a tank of gas without it...

Come on Ghost...one more and you hit the 1K mark! :bow:

[dm_gsxr]

I'm a Paladin with 18 charisma and 97 hit points. I can use my helm of disintegration and do 1D4 damage as my half-elf mage wields his +5 holy avenger.

Sorry, you can't multiclass as a Paladin/Mage and Mages can't use swords or wear helms. The process of learning how to wear a helm and wield a sword takes away from learning magic and the metal interferes with your magical aura.

Yes, I play tabletop games :D

Carl

[Filo]

Do you want to date my avatar? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urNyg1ftMIU)

[grim]

Do you want to date my avatar? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urNyg1ftMIU)


This thread is about to get hijacked to shit now i can smell it already!!!

[CaneZach]

I'm in public service, NE metro area....... That's about all I'll divulge in a public forum.

You don't say! I'm in the same line of work, but I'm down in the Springs!!! :lol:

[Sully]

Your prostitutes???!!!! It is a PUBLIC service after all :hump:

[Snowman]

This thread is about to get hijacked to shit now i can smell it already!!!They have a graphic novel now!!!
www.watchtheguild.com

[Clovis]

I'm a financial advisor and at times, a behavioral counselor:)

I work with individuals and families to plan and invest their money. Most of the time this revolves around retirement planning.

Btw, the Dow closed 59 points down today... EVERYTHING'S ON SALE!! :)

[Ghost]

Come on Ghost...one more and you hit the 1K mark! :bow:

Only took me what, 5 years? Lol.

I am not worthy...




Sorry, you can't multiclass as a Paladin/Mage and Mages can't use swords or wear helms. The process of learning how to wear a helm and wield a sword takes away from learning magic and the metal interferes with your magical aura.

Yes, I play tabletop games :D

Carl

Which was always yet another retarded aspect of D&D (that 4e mostly ditched).

Combat Mages in SR never seem to worry about what they're wearing when they're slinging Hellblast, nor mages in Earthdawn, or too many other systems to list...

So D&D, it's Vancian Spells/Day and it's idiotic magic rules in general are sacred cows that simply defy even their own internal logic (not that there's much of that in gaming to begin with).

But, in the Family Guy quote that I used:

"I'm a Paladin with 18 charisma and 97 hit points. :viking:

I can use my helm of disintegration and do 1D4 damage as my half-elf mage wields his +5 holy avenger."


Clearly, he's in a campaign where he's running two characters, and while a (presumably) longsword Holy Avenger isn't a default proficiency, the half-elf could have picked up the proficiency at some point...no conflict there at all.

:king:





Do you want to date my avatar? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urNyg1ftMIU)

Yes. I DO want to date Felicia's Avatar...or Felicia Day herself...either would be fine...







...both would be...awesome...(giggity)

[CYCLE_MONKEY]

I work for a small company that provides internet monitoring services to most companies in the area. I follow most of the local boards, match screen names to actual people at companies and then report my findings to your bosses. Back to work!
....blah blah blah I'm an E-Snitch......blah blah blah............ :)

[Zach929rr]

I make sure Missouri stays warm in the winter and doesn't explode in the summer.

[dm_gsxr]

Only took me what, 5 years? Lol.

I am not worthy...





Which was always yet another retarded aspect of D&D (that 4e mostly ditched).

Combat Mages in SR never seem to worry about what they're wearing when they're slinging Hellblast, nor mages in Earthdawn, or too many other systems to list...

So D&D, it's Vancian Spells/Day and it's idiotic magic rules in general are sacred cows that simply defy even their own internal logic (not that there's much of that in gaming to begin with).

But, in the Family Guy quote that I used:

"I'm a Paladin with 18 charisma and 97 hit points. :viking:

I can use my helm of disintegration and do 1D4 damage as my half-elf mage wields his +5 holy avenger."


Clearly, he's in a campaign where he's running two characters, and while a (presumably) longsword Holy Avenger isn't a default proficiency, the half-elf could have picked up the proficiency at some point...no conflict there at all.

:king:

I haven't run D&D since the mid 90's. I've been running Shadowrun for the past 5 years and am getting ready to run a Pathfinder game for a group of non-gamers next month.

I suspect some was an attempt at balance, otherwise everyone would have played elf mages. :)

And I missed the Family Guy quote as I seldom watch it.

Carl

[Drift]

http://www.snotr.com/video/2822/Family_Guy_roleplaying

That was EPIC!

[salsashark]

I write loops, if then else statements and SQL for money...

[GaribaldiCU]

Design, maintain and break IT environments for fun and/or profit.

[The Black Knight]

I'm in public service as a Senior Maintenance Tech. Which entails, construction, landscape, restoration and maintenance.

[oh10raven]

IT admin in the energy biz.

[Ezzzzy1]

Work is for the birds....

[mdub]

Re: What's your occupation?
I'm a muthafuckin P I M P

Last edited by SaShWhO; Tue Jul 12th, 2011 at 08:50 AM.





same

[thaitanic]

Linemen

[InSuPress]

End User Support Tech III - IT bitch, facilities, and anything else no one else will support.

Been with my company going on 13 years, they were nice enough to work with me on moving out here. been at the denver location a year.

[InSuPress]

[QUOTE=Treyjack;587554]Symantec Management Platform Administrator - Use to be called Altiris. QUOTE]

Evaluated Altiris and i loved it wish our company would have pursued it but they felt that it was too much. imo they would recoup the money in time spent having techs baby sit servers with lumension.

[Cornfed]

I get shit done, thats all you need to know.

[CaptGoodvibes]

I used to get paid to play. I had a killer rig and a new slutty girlfriend every week for years.... twenty years ago :(

[TheStig]

I work fucking retail right now :(. Got laid off and took a retail position with the same company. On a plus side if anyone wants a VZW phone I work at the park meadows store and I know my shit (been doing it for 7 years). Let me know if you want some help (note no free stuff haha).

[rfranks303]

I get shit done, thats all you need to know.

:yay: that's a good fuckin answer

[chad23]

I do what ever my wife tells me to. And on my free time I work for comcast as a comm tech. Basically I turn people's tv to channel 3

[CYCLE_MONKEY]

I get shit done, thats all you need to know.
Just curious, if that's all you were going to say, why even bother to reply?;)

[BlueRanger]

I guess my "Job" is managing the IT department of an Internet marketing company in Las Vegas. But I've also started a couple of companies in the past (you could say that's my passion). Starting something out of nothing. Recycling electronics is one of them. I also do a lot of IT related freelance, web developing taking up the majority of that. I also have IBS so I spend a lot of time :poo:

I forgot! I also go to school for IT. I think that counts as an occupation really. Hate it, but it's got to be done.

[AOK303]

I work fucking retail right now :(. Got laid off and took a retail position with the same company. On a plus side if anyone wants a VZW phone I work at the park meadows store and I know my shit (been doing it for 7 years). Let me know if you want some help (note no free stuff haha).


So thats your green machine out there, i park next to it almost every day and pass your stand when i get the mail

[Captain Obvious]

Business Consultant for a international consulting firm. Manage and conduct IT and business related projects (web development, process modeling, application development) for various clients in a myriad of industry (non profit, healthcare,govt, financial).

[BlueRanger]

Something I noticed within the first week of signing up to this forum. A lot of IT guys ay, awesome. Also, thanks to the Military guys!

[laspariahs]

I work fucking retail right now :(. Got laid off and took a retail position with the same company. On a plus side if anyone wants a VZW phone I work at the park meadows store and I know my shit (been doing it for 7 years). Let me know if you want some help (note no free stuff haha).

So when's the Bionic coming?

[McVaaahhh]

I manage a software development team in healthcare information systems.

[bodhizafa]

I manage a software development team in healthcare information systems.

Well then fix my hospitals software....cause it sucks!

[DemonRider]

I do what ever my wife tells me to. And on my free time I work for comcast as a comm tech. Basically I turn people's tv to channel 3

Glade, I'm not the only one!! Hehehehe:) ,,, do the same!

[FZRguy]

I work in a data center....computer ops and network/server stuff.

[Dabmajor]

im currently a warehouse manager but I hate it lol. I have been building computers since I was 13 years old and I really hope to move into the IT field soon. I am only 27 so far so I have a little time. Also I recently became single =(. I want kids some day and she doesn't... we just couldn't work past that. Any ideas on a place to meet some girls let me know =)

[Matt]

Java/J2EE (+ various other web technologies) programmer at FedEx.

[Squisha]

Biomass Research

[TheStig]

So thats your green machine out there, i park next to it almost every day and pass your stand when i get the mail

I dont work in the mall, I work at the location in the Home Depot lot. Or is their a mailbox somewhere out there?

And Laspariahs...probably sometime soon though they honestly dont tell us. Im not all that interested in it. Not many apps take advantage of the dual core yet and from everything on the interwebs its a 4.5" screen. Im sorry but phones are just getting to big. So far IMO the Droid Charge is the best 4G phone we have currently.

[longrider]

I am IT/telecom manager for a large motorcycle dealer but in reality my job includes anything to do with technology from video distribution to copiers. I can also include facilities management and even sell parts when needed.


I do what ever my wife tells me to. And on my free time I work for comcast as a comm tech. Basically I turn people's tv to channel 3


Glade, I'm not the only one!! Hehehehe:) ,,, do the same!

Guys, I realize there is a little sarcasm in there, but do that many people really still use analog tuners and RF out?? Even the most basic SDTVs have a composite in and almost everything will have a clearQAM tuner built in. However I guess I shouldn't expect too much when people still hook up their HDTV with composite and then complain about the bad picture...

[BHeth]

So, nobody here works at McDonald's or King Sooper's or anything? Seems like an aweful lot of Professionals for this type of forum...

I deliver Jimmy John's. Professionally. :D

[mdub]

love that avatar

[AOK303]

I dont work in the mall, I work at the location in the Home Depot lot. Or is their a mailbox somewhere out there?

No im stuck at the Mall location but i actually go to home depot once a week during work to get stuff for the store, but at the mall i park next to a green triple speed ever day

[LordLosh]

Equipment Logistics Coordinator

[Brizz]

Force management analyst.....

[FZRguy]

Yo, Brizz.....forever no see.

[Brizz]

Yo, Brizz.....forever no see.
Hey how are ya? Yeah i came off the retired list due to good behavior...Ill be around on and off...
CHEERS! :guinness:

[mastap07]

building maintenence with a few years o HVAC full time and part time flashlight cop :)

[CaneZach]

Your prostitutes???!!!! It is a PUBLIC service after all :hump:

For you it's only ten dollars and you get anything you want! :lol:

[fook]

i'm an IT Strategy Architect... !

I take new products/services, bring them in house and go from design/proof of concept phase all the way to implementation(and then toss it over the fence for platform teams to support).

I'm currently 2/3rd the way through a private cloud POC for our small army of developers to use for self service VM provisioning on AIX, linux and windows.

My other projects include a transition to Quest/AD bridge for unix/linux centralized authentication(moving away from an outdated openLDAP infrastructure), kicking off a POC for IBM's SVC(it makes all your block storage virtual!!) product as well as their workload deployer(it shits websphere).

and the funny part, i do all this for a company that sells office products.. sometimes i wonder if we realize that's all we do.

been in the IT world for 16 years or so.. most of it was with IBM working on everything from ibm.com managed hosting to specializing in AIX/Linux performance on the 300mm chip fab in fishkill NY(where xbox's are born).

[Pachuco]

IT Security Consultant.
Basically do pentest, vuln assessments and "ethical" hacking if there is such a term.

[Mother Goose]

IT Security Consultant.
Basically do pentest, vuln assessments and "ethical" hacking if there is such a term.
^^^ Who's this guy?!! :cheers:

[= Buckeye Jess =]

I get paid to deal with the general public's utter stupidity and clean up their messes... over, and over and over again.

Hey Stigy... the BB9930 coming soon? I'm hearing it won't be 4G tho... :(

[Darth Do'Urden]

I'm employed by Lockheed Martin (Deer Creek facility) as a "Field Engineer", but basically I'm an aircraft electrician.

Wires can be cool...I promise!

But what I'd really like to do is...act. I friggin' LOVE theater...been doin' it in some form or another (usually mediocre) all my life, but want to get into local theaters in the near future.

[salsashark]

I get paid to deal with the general public's utter stupidity and clean up their messes... over, and over and over again.



So how's the "Gun & Knife Club" treating you?

[GregsGSXR]

Chief Operating Officer at a mobile application development company. Chicken Flavored Donkey LLC....

[TheStig]

I get paid to deal with the general public's utter stupidity and clean up their messes... over, and over and over again.

Hey Stigy... the BB9930 coming soon? I'm hearing it won't be 4G tho... :(

I honestly dont know but I have played with one so thats a good sign. I thought it was an awesome phone...for a blackberry ;).

[EABruno]

repair natural gas main breaks, Xcel

[The-Violator]

Blackberry Administrator / Mobile Device Admin for Staples Inc.

Dang is it just me or do a lot of us work in IT?

[Ghost]

Blackberry Administrator / Mobile Device Admin for Staples Inc.

Dang is it just me or do a lot of us work in IT?

Denver is a fairly Tech and Defense-heavy city, so not really all that surprising...

[The-Violator]

Denver is a fairly Tech and Defense-heavy city, so not really all that surprising...

This is true..

[Pachuco]

^^^ Who's this guy?!! :cheers:

A ghost from the past

:cheers:

[NUTZ]

I keep it hot and steamy on east Colfax at night and during the day I continue my effort at keeping that warm fuzzy feeling inside you ;)

[Kim-n-Dean]

My Title is Coordinator of services for the company i work for which is Integrated Power Services.

We are a AC DC electric motor repair and rewind facility. We do rewinds and repairs anywhere from 1hp to the biggest ive seen so far is 20,000 HP I'm going to have to hit you up. The motor in my tire machine took a shit a while back. I've been looking at places on-line, but since you're here...

[BC14]

I keep it hot and steamy on east Colfax at night and during the day I continue my effort at keeping that warm fuzzy feeling inside you ;)
:puke:

[DevilsTonic]

The company gave me a title of "Sr. Exchange Administrator", but it would seem that I'm actually a "Microsoft Certified pst Administrator" and on occasion a "Certified Mail Pull Engineer".:loop:

[= Buckeye Jess =]

So how's the "Gun & Knife Club" treating you?
You almost got it..... Knife and gun club. Lol.... And I'm keeping entertained to say the least!


Holy shit Salsa, I forgot all about the "gun & knife club" I bet I could find a tshirt in my closet with that logo on it..

@Buckeye Jess, are you with Denver Health??

@ the cops.... I get the impression you guys dont ride at work?? care to share? if not no worries

So I'm told...

[CaneZach]

@ the cops.... I get the impression you guys dont ride at work?? care to share? if not no worries

I used to be a motor officer. For a few months, I was miserably cold. Then in the summertime, I was miserably hot. I found that 13º was the absolute coldest I could ride in. I was miserable and my hands would go so numb that it was pointless to be on a bike.

But during the spring and fall, there were some absolutely GORGEOUS days! It would be in the 40's at 0600 and warm up to a high of 68 or 70. Those days made me forget all about the cold and heat. I would log 200+ miles on those days, just cruising up to Deckers or down towards Fremont county. THose days made it a blast to be a motor officer.

[Ghost]

I used to be a motor officer. For a few months, I was miserably cold. Then in the summertime, I was miserably hot. I found that 13º was the absolute coldest I could ride in. I was miserable and my hands would go so numb that it was pointless to be on a bike.

But during the spring and fall, there were some absolutely GORGEOUS days! It would be in the 40's at 0600 and warm up to a high of 68 or 70. Those days made me forget all about the cold and heat. I would log 200+ miles on those days, just cruising up to Deckers or down towards Fremont county. THose days made it a blast to be a motor officer.

What bike did you guys have?

[CaneZach]

What bike did you guys have?

It was a Harley. I don't know what the police model is called, but it's the equivalent of the Ultra Classic. The slow speed maneuverability is impressive, but that bike wouldn't go any faster than 105, and when I did have it at 105, it felt like it was going to explode.

[Ghost]

It was a Harley. I don't know what the police model is called, but it's the equivalent of the Ultra Classic. The slow speed maneuverability is impressive, but that bike wouldn't go any faster than 105, and when I did have it at 105, it felt like it was going to explode.

Lol, sorry man, still, one those nice days it probably beats a cage. ;)

[BC14]

It was a Harley. I don't know what the police model is called, but it's the equivalent of the Ultra Classic. The slow speed maneuverability is impressive, but that bike wouldn't go any faster than 105, and when I did have it at 105, it felt like it was going to explode.

My Dept also uses Hardley's, Road King's I believe. So, that being the case, not really interested in trying out for that position. Now, if they had something like the ST1300(Colorado Springs), BMW R1200RT(Lakewood) or the Concours14(Saw a statie one in Longmont), then I'd be all over it.

[Drift]

How about the CSP that we saw heading up 24...looked like he was on a BMW R1200GS! How do you get that gig?

[cptschlongenheimer]

My Dept also uses Hardley's, Road King's I believe. So, that being the case, not really interested in trying out for that position. Now, if they had something like the ST1300(Colorado Springs), BMW R1200RT(Lakewood) or the Concours14(Saw a statie one in Longmont), then I'd be all over it.

I dunno...
If it meant getting paid to ride...
I think I'd even put myself on the hardley.

You'd still have bragging rights over all of us stuck riding our keyboards 9-5.

[Ghost]

My Dept also uses Hardley's, Road King's I believe. So, that being the case, not really interested in trying out for that position. Now, if they had something like the ST1300(Colorado Springs), BMW R1200RT(Lakewood) or the Concours14(Saw a statie one in Longmont), then I'd be all over it.

IIRC, Aurora has some ST1300s for patrolmen and some XR650s for their DART team

[CaneZach]

The CSP had some BMWs, but I think the cost was an issue. They're on Kawasakis now, with some Harleys left over until they can replace them.

[Aaron]

I'm a Police Officer in the greater Pueblo area. I can't believe all of you guys that have run-ins with the Police. I have never stopped a motorcyclist for any reason at all, and probably never will, even though I enjoy traffic enforcement in general. Hard for me to justify stopping someone who is, 99% of the time, going to hurt no one but himself.

[Ghost]

I'm a Police Officer in the greater Pueblo area. I can't believe all of you guys that have run-ins with the Police. I have never stopped a motorcyclist for any reason at all, and probably never will, even though I enjoy traffic enforcement in general. Hard for me to justify stopping someone who is, 99% of the time, going to hurt no one but himself.

We need more like you. ;)

[cptschlongenheimer]

I'm a Police Officer in the greater Pueblo area. I can't believe all of you guys that have run-ins with the Police. I have never stopped a motorcyclist for any reason at all, and probably never will, even though I enjoy traffic enforcement in general. Hard for me to justify stopping someone who is, 99% of the time, going to hurt no one but himself.

I wish you woulda been the officer I met Friday...
I was very polite. So was he. But I'd have liked him more as a person if he'd have refrained from citing me for allegedly speeding like a motherfucker.

All BS aside, I was getting pinched in and cut off repeatedly by two different asshole cagers for about a mile and a half, in my attemps to get over to catch my exit. As a last ditch measure, I pounced on the throttle... just before a M/C cop with the radar pointed right at me, popped into view on the left shoulder. Funny how everybody let me slide right over then... pricks.

I got the feeling that he's not in the job for the popularity.

He was a Westminster cop on a HD.

EDIT:
Next time I'll try patience and just miss the damn exit...

[Gramps]

National Sales Manager - Energylogic

National Sales Manager for a company that offers alternative energy solutions to the Automotive Aftermarket.

[grim]

I wish you woulda been the officer I met Friday...
I was very polite. So was he. But I'd have liked him more as a person if he'd have refrained from citing me for allegedly speeding like a motherfucker.

All BS aside, I was getting pinched in and cut off repeatedly by two different asshole cagers for about a mile and a half, in my attemps to get over to catch my exit. As a last ditch measure, I pounced on the throttle... just before a M/C cop with the radar pointed right at me, popped into view on the left shoulder. Funny how everybody let me slide right over then... pricks.

I got the feeling that he's not in the job for the popularity.

He was a Westminster cop on a HD.

EDIT:
Next time I'll try patience and just miss the damn exit...


After he gave you the ticket you should have said "So now that i got my ticket wanna see how slow your bike is compared to mine?"

[The-Violator]

We need more like you. ;)

+1 x11tybillion

[Ghost]

National Sales Manager for a company that offers alternative energy solutions to the Automotive Aftermarket.

wth does that mean?:think:

[Keyser Soze]

Sit around in my rocking chair fartin dust.

Fixed it for ya Tom.

[Zenshu]

Tanker in the US Army temporarily(3 years) working as a Recruiter in the Aurora area.

[Clovis]

I'm surprised we don't have more secret squirrels with all the military here.

[JustinP]

I work in the web hosting business - In charge of a team that manages a couple 600 web servers. Also in charge of making sure they run well, auditing etc, and responding to major issues when escalated.

[Peanut_EOD]

EOD/UXO Tech III

[Wrider]

Thanks to Rybo, I assemble parts for aircraft, including the as-yet-undelivered Boeing 787.

[billygoatpete]

You almost got it..... Knife and gun club. Lol.... And I'm keeping entertained to say the least!



How long have you been at the Division?? I left in '05. We moved back to the D a couple of years ago. It amazes me how many new faces there are down there.

For the thread--Same field as B'eye Jess- Just a different means of getting there.

[gtn]

Mid-level IT manager for an insanely big healthcare company.

My team designs the technical infrastructure including LAN/WAN, telephony, contact centers, UNIX, Linux, Windows, VMware, Citrix, Storage, SAN, ... or as I prefer to say, "All technology except System z and System i."

[*GSXR~SNAIL*]

NAVCOM for FAA at DIA.

[= Buckeye Jess =]

How long have you been at the Division?? I left in '05. We moved back to the D a couple of years ago. It amazes me how many new faces there are down there.

For the thread--Same field as B'eye Jess- Just a different means of getting there.
Hmmm... although I've been in the field for what feels to be eons, I've only been there for about 1.5yrs. Yeah, the new faces since even I've started are overwhelming...including the number of faces that have come and gone even since my first day are staggering. Still holding on to a few of the "legends" tho, and it's always a blast to pull a shift with 'em.

[Gramps]

Fixed it for ya Tom.

Thanks bro I knew I could count on you!

[CaneZach]

Thanks for the reply. I understand CO can be great with the weather & also unforgiving. Whwn I got stopped in Feb by DPD on my bike, he said they would not be getting the OK to ride until 10days after the last mag chloride application. I also think CSP is very different in traffic enforcement than Denver and I would probably be in a car too. However some of the escort gigs would be fun? what about the Colorado Grand, looks like a nice route each year....it's cool that you at least gave it a shot, maybe if they got some different bikes in the fleet & changed up the SOP alittle your skills on the bike could be put back to good use. peace CaneZach



I did the motor officer thing for two years. I enjoyed my time on the bike, but I found I wasn't enjoying it as much towards the end. I probably put on less than 2k miles on my personal bike because I just didn't want to ride after I'd logged 800+ miles during the week. I guess the bottom line was that it was still work. Yeah, it was great being able to do something I really enjoyed, but it was still work. The best days were the ones where I'd make a ton of stops early in the morning. I would stop 3 people an hour for the first 4 or 5 hours, then I'd basically treat the rest of the day like a field trip. I'd ride down to Cripple Creek or up to Deckers, just enjoying the ride.

When we'd do escorts, a lot of them can be pretty annoying because they almost always involve bicyclists. We escort a lot of the major bicycle rides, like the Bicycle Tour of Colorado, MS150, Boulder Bolder, etc., so you aren't just riding around. You typicall have a bunch of other officers and you "ping" off each other. We'd leave about five minutes apart, then the entire day was spent riding next to bicyclists until you caught up to the officer ahead of you, then you'd turn around until you met up with the officer behind you.

Every now and then, we'd get a really cool escort assignment. I escorted Pres. Bush twice and that's a blast. It's a hundred miles an hour for as long as it takes to get him to his destination. I've done the Colorado Grand, which was pretty cool too. You see a lot of awesome classic cars and the folks are actually pretty cool.

[JohnEffinK]

I'm surprised we don't have more secret squirrels with all the military here.

Yeah but then the secret would be out if'n someone of that nature outed themselves!


John

[Xtremjeepn]

Financial Advisor.

http://www.ameripriseadvisors.com/cole.p.ford/

[cptschlongenheimer]

... asshats get tickets...

Yeah, I was wearing the asshat that day. I'll admit it



After he gave you the ticket you should have said "So now that i got my ticket wanna see how slow your bike is compared to mine?"

If only...
:lol:

[Aaron]

another Denver Paramedic? who's gonaa start the horror story thread to really put the fear of bikes in some of these kids :D
peace billygoatpete
The things I have seen....It's terrifying.

After one crash I worked I couldn't ride my bike for a month. I absolutely refuse to ride my bike in the city any more, it's just too dangerous. So I will ride to work, but that is it as far as the city riding goes. There is no one to blame but myself if I go into a mountain turn hot, hit gravel and lay it down. I can live with that. But having someone pull in front of me because they aren't paying attention? It shouldn't happen.

Yield to left turn intersections should be illegal, they cause over 65% of our accidents, and over 80% of the serious injury accidents/fatals since they are either head on or T-bone accidents. You can wait for the next rotation and the green arrow. San Diego has done this, they've eliminated 95% of the yield to turn intersections. Cars wait for the arrow.

[usmcab35]

Yeah but then the secret would be out if'n someone of that nature outed themselves!


John

agreed, it wouldnt be secret squirrel anymore if everyone told everyone about it.. :sniper:

[billygoatpete]

60Pan,

I kinda figure this crowd has done their own homework and I...or anyone else in a similar field won't dissuade them (nor would I want to). Hell, I couldn't even talk myself out of a bike!!

From what I've read here (read: lurked), most folks seem to have a pretty good idea that everyone else on the road is trying to kill them. That, in both my professional and personal experience, is 1000000% true.