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For a long time, I've been curious about what different members of the Savage Forum do for a livelihood. Is this too personal of a question?
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not too personal for me . I install all types of floor covering , I am a self employed subcontractor. been working for myself for 32 years now. so damnesia what is it you do ( did ) ?
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Collect my earned pensions and investments! Hire out as a boy (oldman) toy to supplement. Three times a year isn't cutting it. GW
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Jobs in 'order'.....
1969 Driving a tractor raking hay for a USDA Beef Cattle research station, dad worked there, they didn't care that I was fifteen...
State Park lifeguard
Retail Grocery - never again
Flight Instructor - never again
Charter Pilot
Air Traffic Controller
Contract Instructor for the FAA teaching new hired Air Traffic Contlrs...
Haven't worked since 2011 - likely never will again...............
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Oh I guess I should have started offering up my own info. Sorry about that. My title is Principle Engineer. That is just a fancy name for I've been a software developer for 30ish years. I specialize in writing linux based embedded operating systems and do a lot of middle tier programming in C and C++, and to a certain extent Java. 20% of my job is supposed to be contributing to the linux kernel ( open source ).
Don't want to give people the wrong impression. I don't have a college degree in anything related to what I do for a living. I do have a degree in genetics and population biology. There was only one extra extra semester required to get both degrees and I thought population biology was a more interesting direction.
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writing linux based embedded operating systems and do a lot of middle tier programming in C and C++, and to a certain extent Java. 20% of my job is supposed to be contributing to the linux kernel ( open source ). Wait.....what? Retired, printer for 48 years after getting out of the Navy.
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writing linux based embedded operating systems and do a lot of middle tier programming in C and C++, and to a certain extent Java. 20% of my job is supposed to be contributing to the linux kernel ( open source ). Wait.....what? Retired, printer for 48 years after getting out of the Navy. I know. I didn't want to mention it because it gives the wrong impression. I grew up on a farm in rural Kansas and happen to have a natural aptitude for math. I've been wanting to ask this question or a while and was trying to avoid presenting my own info. Every time I tell people in person what I do, the answer is always the same "Wait what, you write software?" Even when I try to explain it to software developers they still don't understand what I do.
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I be a damn plumber. Will be 50 yrs on 6-30-21
I know the date, cause I still have a copy of my apprentice indenture contract. Five long years.
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I have been a Building Engineer in high-rise office buildings for the past 25+ years. Basically, I am a glorified maintenance man. The difference between my title and Janitor is, when water is pouring out of the ceiling it is my job to know where the water is coming from and what valve(s) to shut to make it stop. Once that is accomplished, I grab a wet vac and work alongside the janitor cleaning it up. 😀
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I install low voltage cabling. The company i work for is small but we have all big clients in our area. Right now we are doing all the fiber optic cabling at Pocono Raceway.
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Retired. Was the Quality Assurance Engineer and later Plant Engr. at the Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant. It was a GOCO plant operated by Hercules then ATK. Produced one part of a triple base canon powder. When the plant closed (put 1,000,000 pounds in storage) we stripped out the buildings and burnt them. The plant (10,000 acers) was built during WWII and was active during Korea and Vietnam making many types of explosive components. When I was young I had clearance to mow the grass at Sunflower. It was my main source of income when I was a teen.
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I be a damn plumber. Will be 50 yrs on 6-30-21
I know the date, cause I still have a copy of my apprentice indenture contract. Five long years. What's wrong with being a plumber? When I lived on Vashon, WA they got $150+ an hour. That's more than I've ever made.
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Retired USAF Jan 1989. As a Meteorologist some of my work was for the Atomic Energy Commission while stationed at Patrick AFB, FL at the AF Tactical Applications Center (AFTAC) and also worked as a Space Shuttle Weather Forecaster at Cape Canaveral, FL for some 3-4 years. Since retiring, I played hunting guide here in Texas at a big game ranch with over 50 species of exotics. Got tired of the BS and rich clients after 6-7 years driving around in a Zebra colored jeep. Lately just fully retired. Tom
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I fish, hunt, and bug my wife, not necessarily in that order. Mow a couple lawns for spending money and split firewood. I was a shop steward at UPS for 30 years. I was such a bad driver, they pay me more to stay home, than they paid me to come in. Go figure, I took the deal.
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Official title: Systems Engineer. Just a computer geek since I walked into the computer lab in 7th grade (40+ years ago...), saw all them teletype machines and was hooked. Spend most of my time on the phone babysitting people who shouldn't be sitting in front of a computer for a living. At night, musician, fisherman, gardener, tinkerer, astronomer and just plain curious about the universe. Wanted to be an astronaut as a kid, but soon discovered other heavenly bodies that were more trouble than they were worth.
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I be a damn plumber. Will be 50 yrs on 6-30-21
I know the date, cause I still have a copy of my apprentice indenture contract. Five long years. What's wrong with being a plumber? When I lived on Vashon, WA they got $150+ an hour. That's more than I've ever made. Only about 50 an hour down here, but some of that is for having a masters, backflow, wastewater, CDL, asbestos, licenses. Get a bit for being the backhoe operator and the welder. I’m about done anyway.
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