I'm a Tool & Die Maker. What is your profession. I just wondered what jobs other people worked.

I am a (DOD)Department of Defense contractor for the (NMCI)Navy Marine Corp Internet.

Currently in Tech Support.

GM Tech

Power plant operations shift supervisor

Diesel mechanic, mostly marine experience, recently got into the local Caterpillar dealer, engine shop.

I own and maintain approximately 85 rental properties in my home town on the side, and take care of my 3 kids full time, LOL!

I'm a machinist. Done a little of everything. Die making, screw machines, currently running a Mazak lathe.

CNC Machinist.

I operate CNC Vertical Mills & CNC Lathes. Also, im a lead man for all the apprentices at our company.

restoration/body/paint/some mechanical

I own a hardwood floor business. I've been doing hardwood floors for 16 yrs, so if anyone needs any advice let me know.

superintendant for a drywall, tape, and paint company

I am an engineering student, and on Monday I start my new internship.
I'll be working with two other Team Chevelle members :cool:


- Matt

Graphic/web desinger and computer programmer. Have a bunch of websites that make money on pure advertising. I work from home

Motorcycle Sergeant for a Police Department

Retired union electrician & certified weldor.
Mike

Northrop Grumman Fly Away tech: working on Postal BioHazard program :)

Fly Away means I'm never home :(

GM tech

Airframe and Powerplant Mechanic US Airways

cnc tool and cutter grinding, and wire edm shop.
Terry

hitman

CAD Designer, currently doing HVAC and Plumbing design... getting kind of bored with that though :(

work for GM Performance Parts

Tool and die maker 12 years, radiation protection 25 years in a half a dozen nuclear power plants, since retiring 3 years ago, restoring a 1969 SS, also in the last three years, I could take a good guess that I have spent 4000 to 5000 hours on three different car forums, I don't have a degree in mechanics or bodywork, but I have educated myself with the help of a lot of people on these forums.

Side note:

I really believe that a technical school cannot give you the education that these car forums can, if you can spend the time.

How can you top several thousand instructors?

Rob.

Work at a State Prison as an Electrician. Going on 6 years. Worked for Del Monte Foods for 15 years prior to this job

IT infrastructure analyst at an oil refinery.
I like it way better than being an IT worker in an office environment. Being from a heavy labor background, I like being around people who actually work for a living and aren't wrapped up in office politics. I'd much rather replace components 3x as often because they're clogged with hydrocarbons. :D

Currently, U.S. Army Command Sergeant Major of an Armored Brigade. 11 more months to go for retirement :) Then trying to become a cop in the DFW area.

Worked as a Harley Davidson mechanic for the last 4yrs untill about 3 months ago I took a job with the City as a equipment service worker. The pay isn`t as good but the bennies and retirment make up for it.

Cad tech. Autocad & Autodesk Inventor.

LK

I am a (DOD)Department of Defense contractor for the (NMCI)Navy Marine Corp Internet.

Currently in Tech Support.

I'm a U.S. Marine and I use the above internet at work. :)

pest control... 21 years

Superintendant for a small general contractor. We travel all over the country doing work. I'm currently in Kentucky but have to go to Austin Tx in about a week.
James

Trucking dispatcher.....sounds lame compared to most others

I'm a U.S. Marine and I use the above internet at work. :)

I may be your huckleberry......hope to speak to you sometime.....

Semperfi

Retired patternmaker

Lighting / Electrical designer 7yrs, before that 17 yrs lighting sales rep:D

Assistant service manager, Lexus dealership, prior 25 years with GM dealerships as tech, service adviser and service manager.

maritime archaeologist (get paid to dive on shipwrecks)

here's a sample of what we do:

http://www.saj.usace.army.mil/pd/sanjuan/index.html

http://www.nan.usace.army.mil/project/vermont/burweb/

http://www.panamconsultants.com/ogweb/index.html

Andy

I'm a corporate pilot for GEICO Auto Insurance. I fly a Lear 31, Lear 35 and soon a brand new Lear 45XR out of Washington's Dulles airport. I'd say I have the best job in the world....they actually PAY me to fly jets! :D

I am a maintenance tech, (electrical,mechanical,hvac,plumbing, welding etc.),helping to keep a cheese plant running. Jack of all trades master of none!:)

well mine is simple yet fun, I own a distribution company that sells to industrial accounts for cleaning supply and services for work. For fun my manufacture is owned by bio-chemist and they have a love affair with power sports and wahhhhh LA we provide products to automotive,boats and motorcycles.....that is our FUN business.

I may be your huckleberry......hope to speak to you sometime.....

Semperfi
chevguy.....can I pick yor brain a little? I have a 65 as well that I am PIECING together. dumb questions are my favorite and most well known identity.....how do I know if my car has the chrome trim inside for the headliner???? Did all the units have it or just some?

I'm a lead maintenance tech. ( jack of all trades master of none ). Schooling and previous experience as an electrician.

I am a residential general contractor. I currently have homes being built from $160,000 to $2,000,000 and everywhere in between. I love my job, everyday I make peoples dreams a reality.

I also am a master electrician and have a few years as a carpenter under my belt as well.

Jeff

Licensed aircraft mechanic, currently working on Airbus A310's, and Airbus A330's, mostly line maintenance, but always the biggest soap opera going. Daren

Meat Dept Manager, 30 years. (Kill that Pig and slice him thick) a saying from a movie, (hint) Bubba and Leatherface.

Tool & die Maker by trade, specialized in plastic injection molds.
Moved off the bench about 16 years ago and managed T&D/Model Shop's
for large coorporations. The last three years I have been a supply chain engineer working with R&D on design for manufacturability and sourcing
tooling to produce injection molded components.

Garry

I am an operations department foreman in a major midwest oil refinery. One of the units I am in charge of makes over 1.5 million gallons of 101.5 octane gasoline per day. I wish I could fill my Chevelle up at work !!

Rick "MrSS396" TC #1249
Proud owner of a 1969 SS Chevelle

I am an operations department foreman in a major midwest oil refinery. One of the units I am in charge of makes over 1.5 million gallons of 101.5 octane gasoline per day. I wish I could fill my Chevelle up at work !!

Rick "MrSS396" TC #1249
Proud owner of a 1969 SS Chevelle

You don't happen to use John Crane pumps and seals do you? If so, I may have made parts of them.

Interesting how many machinists and tool makers we have here, I thought most of our jobs went to China....:(

I own and manage a machine shop. We run 20 citizen swiss automatics, cnc lathes and various 2nd operation machines. We make parts for seimic crews (connectors) and and downhole intrumentsfor oilfield comapnies. business is good

Mechanic- NY City Transit. I get to help fix the largest train set in the world.

union carpenter foreman 20 yrs now

Student. Currently working on a B.S in chemistry. I also work a few days a week in a lumber mill.

well, curently administartor for a adult residential. (taking care of developmental disable). but we sell the buss, i will be working with my dad, mentaining, upgrading industrial procesors.

Own a small winery and cider mill. Love my job. Work really really hard four months a year, 7 days a week 12-15 hours a day then get to play with cars the rest of the time. I'll never be rich but I have my sanity!

First career - 35 years as a hotel General Manager - opened 13 new hotels from New York to California.

Second career (the last three years) has two elements:

One, partners with a Michigan used car dealer - we locate vehicles for people - mostly one or two year old cars, trucks and suv's. Also help people new to the car hobby buy or sell muscle cars and Corvettes.

Also, I sell automotive artwork (and a few other things) at car shows - Super Chevy, Chevellabration etc - I attend 30 or so shows per year - have my own newly created website www.toocoolcarstuff.com

Have not yet worn a tie in career number two - yea!!!!

Parts and Service Director for Chevrolet-Cadillac-Hummer Dealership

I am a (DOD)Department of Defense contractor for the (NMCI)Navy Marine Corp Internet.

Currently in Tech Support.

Hey, I missed this one! I was a contractor for the NMCI migration at Whidbey NAS!

I wish I could fill my Chevelle up at work !!


Yeah, me too! It's amazing whenever gas prices go up how many people assume that us refinery employees get free/discounted gas!
I always wish it were my tank when I'm pumping 20 gallons of gas into a refinery vehicle at the garage.

Started in a tool and die shop,Drove 18s for while, for the last 18 years doing Freelance TV work. CBS-ABC-ESPN-FOX In the summer its nascar, winter do NFL football. Now semi retired its even more fun. ACES 2825 Bob

I own a painting contracting co. I been doing it for 23 years, we mostly do commercial painting ,Hospitals,Hotels,HMO facilitys,New construction

What do I do?-as little as possible anymore. Retired and just plain wore out!

maintenance tech for appliance maker

Chaos Enhancer- I manipulate profitabilty thru confusion ( god if i could!)

Specialized welding technician- ( hear the price increases?) {30 years---ack:clonk: }
Certified welder- GTAW/AO/AA/FCAW/SMAW/SAW/GMAW-- AND WHATEVER OTHER ones they want me to qualify to...
Certified welding inspector= I get to travel

This site has alot of incredible people in it, and with our skills we could start a country (comon lotto!).. but this country is the best..

As little as I can get away with & still make a living. (See profile) :p :D
Saab & Volvo repair shop owner, mechanic, & janitor.
BillL

Self employed contractor....Im a refinisher, doing bathtubs and sinks, and fiberglass repairs (Im the Jacuzzi rep in the northeast). I also do misc. repair work of all sorts for a couple of supermarket chains and restaurant chains in the northeast. 11 years self employed, and for the previous 14 years, I was a Fedex employee.

Commercial HVAC technician 27 yrs, Father of 2, Husband of 1

Bill

I'll make it two in a row,:D
Commercial HVAC Tech, 10 years
Father of 3 Husband of 1

I'm a road service technician for a Hyster forklift dealer. I drive around to different locations and fix forklifts.

Piping designer (refinery/chemical plants) 3-D autocad. Construction site supervisor for the automotive paint facalities at the factories.

I am a farmer first,own a 18 wheeler haul corn and beans for other farmers,and run a small dozer bisness. almost done 67 prostreet. Razz.

I'm a House Husband/Mr Mom....

Before that I was a Highway Patrol Motorcycle Cop....

It was easier being a Cop....

Motorcycle Service Technician Extraordinare, 27 years.
Mostly Japanesse bikes but we recently added Ducati and Aprilla to our line-up.

Army Captain. AH-64A Helicopter pilot by MOS, but currently an ROTC Instructor at University of Richmond.

We have a dairy farm. Milk about 220 cows and feed out 100 holstein steers.
Larry
68 chevelle
70 chevelle

I'm a U.S. Marine and I use the above internet at work. :)
Retired Marine comminicator and data chief who also uses NMCI. Presently a civilian working for the Marine Corps. Don't ask about NMCI :)

Retired Marine comminicator and data chief who also uses NMCI. Presently a civilian working for the Marine Corps. Don't ask about NMCI :)


Sounds like someone is having trouble with the NMCI.....sounds like you need my help.....lol

Retired Marine comminicator and data chief who also uses NMCI. Presently a civilian working for the Marine Corps. Don't ask about NMCI :)

I got a lot of hostility during the NMCI migration. People were really attached to the way things were. IT people on base were losing their jobs. Nobody was happy to see it coming. One CO even told me that there was no reason to do it, it was just charity for us unemployed IT people - he said that some politician was destroying the navy's network to give us a handout!

Needless to say, we didn't feel welcome.

Mechanic tuned Fleet Manager of 550 truck fleet being serviced out of 5 shops here in central Florida

I own Belt-Pro Sales and Service, Inc. here in Crossett,AR. We sell lightweight and heavyweight conveyor belting and do turnkey installs on big conveyors in all types of industry. Paper mills, Plywood mills, Sawmills, coal fired electrical plants, and rock quarries. We can vulcanize heavy rubber conveyor belts up to 72" wide. We also have a 42" and a 72" winder we use to pull long belts onto the conveyor while it's winding up the old belt. I have three 2 man crews that are always on call. Lots of emergency jobs(middle of the night stuff) and a lot of the time you don't know what your getting into till you get there. Business is good now (if it doesn't kill us first)!
Jody

Boeing Business Analyst for the Delta Rocket Program

concrete construction 26 yrs.

soooo jerry, where is Jimmy hOFFA?
J/k:eek:

I destroy cities for a living....

http://www.softwar.net/agm86.html

Oh yeah... thats if the F/A 22 doesn't destroy our funding first...

I am the Postmaster of Renton WA, at least for the next 17 months and five days.

Network Administrator... The company's computer guy. If it's got a button it falls under my umbrella. Geez I hate it when calculators break ;)

R&D Electronic Technologist in a high-end communications systems firm.

Basically I design/build/test our real edge-of-the-envelope stuff. I do electronics, CAD (Solidworks), CNC Machining, Welding, Finishing, Testing (Salt, Vibration, High-Power, Temperature/Humidity).

Gotta know at lot about everything!

Construction estimate estimator.

I'm the guy who comes out to give you an estimate on when the estimator will come out and give you an estimate on your construction project.

I have a new one to add to the list.
Physical therapist - 6 years.

OK, OK, OK,

I'm a bona-fide genuine...shhhh don't say it.... GM Partsman with experience in GM Performance and Restoration parts.

I also run Bowtie-bry the ebay store.
http://stores.ebay.com/Bowtie-Bry_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQfsubZQ2d33QQftidZ2QQtZkm

What every my wife asks me to do.

Other than that I'm a Colonel in the US Army (28 years) and in between trips overseas I teach at the Army War College in Carlisle, PA.

Mechanical Engineer by education. Systems Integration Engineer now. When I do my job well, nobody understands why I get paid. When I do my job poorly, everyone knows it.

Bill

Senior CAD designer...Mostly powertrain design...blocks, heads, intakes and realted components..currently working on a covernment job designing a new Humvee. Pretty cool project.

Parts Manager for a Leading Feed Mixer Manufactur

Millwright in training at my city's sewage plant. :eek:

Hopefully the "in training" part will be dropped this year. I have to pass a state exam for a license in wastewater in order to be promoted.

Senior CAD designer. Interiors, instrument panels. doors, headliners, center consoles, etc. Been doing this for 22 years. I have to think of something different pretty quick. This is one of those jobs going over seas and is diminishing very quickly.

Tax Accountant, not exciting but it allows me to have home, wife, kids and cars.

Rob

72 SS Chevelle
70 RS/SS Camaro in parts

I have to pass a state exam for a license in wastewater in order to be promoted.

Hope that doesn't include a taste test....

Cnc Machinist And Sheetmetal Worker..........and Parttime Shade Tree Mechanic!!

Java developer for a consulting firm.

degree in aerospace engineering.....but work as a mechanical engineer.

I have a sheet metal fabrication shop in Nashville Tennessee

I have NO CLUE but it pays Great.. Surf the Net Mostly trying to stay awake.. :boring:

I have NO CLUE but it pays Great.. Surf the Net Mostly trying to stay awake.. :boring:


lol, I want your job....

I do lots of stuff......

I eat, buy stuff, work on my car, work around the house...im on the computer right now....I cook, I play with my dogs...hmmmmm, what else do I do?....OH - mountain bike, I run on occasion depending on who is chasing me....I drink stuff which is also doing something.....:p :rolleyes:

Just funnin, that question has always irked me. "What do you do?" What do you mean what do I do? What I do about what? When? Am I supposed to be doing something I dont know about? Do you need to get something done and arent sure how to proceed?

I like to answer this question with a classic response that drives me NUTS - "I don't know what to tell ya" and if im feeling kooky i'll START my conversation with "Man, look....ya know what im sayin?"

:D

Seems like we got alot of rocket scientists and not many ditch diggers !!

I am a ditch digger.....;) I am really a chief engineer for a 45 story highrise in downtown San Francisco....:)

Architect, commercial and institutional buildings :thumbsup:

Chuck

Senior Staff Electrical Engineer at Motorola....not for long though. Our division just got bought out by Continental AG.

Seems like we got alot of rocket scientists and not many ditch diggers !!

When people ask "what do you do".........I say I'm a rocket scientist. The reality is that I'm young and have a ton yet to learn....otherwise why would I even visit this site?

Also, in college, telling girls you are a rocket scientist is a big no-no. They just turn around and look for the nearest guy that belongs to a frat. I started telling them that I do all the sidewalk chalk art on the campus....works much better.

Seems like we got alot of rocket scientists and not many ditch diggers !!


I used to dig pits to repair cable faults for Bell Telephone. Dug 2 years by hand, 6 months with a machine, then I went back to school. Pits were 6' x 4' x 6' on average.

Everyone should have a job like that for at least a while. It teaches you a lot, makes you appreciate the value of hard work if you don't already.

Mechanical engineer by education and area fixed equipment reliability enginner by profession at the 4th largest refinery in the US.

Mercedes-Benz dealership Service Manager. I started out as a technician. Mercedes has really jumped into the performance car market over the past few years! How does a 604hp twin turbo 6.0 liter V12 or 510 hp 5.5 supercharged V8 sound with a 4 year 50k mile warranty sound? Of course, it costs a little to play with one of those!

Scott P.
1970 SS 396

Soon-to-be unemployed IT / Business Project Manager.
Q4 '05 and Q1 '06 were hard times and they're moving my job to the Costa Rica site where employees earn 75% less than we do here.

Where's here? Folsom, CA - My employer probably made the processor in your laptop or PC...

Lighting / Electrical designer 7yrs, before that 17 yrs lighting sales rep:D
Hey midlife it looks like we live in the same neighborhood. I recognize the houses in the picture of your Chevelle.

Guess i'm the ditch digger. I run a landscape and irrigtion company, guess its better than a real job though.

Teaching and research at a big University in a small Southwest town. Just about perfect.

Truck driver. Overtheroad tractor-trailer untill the kids came. Now local dumptruck.

Right now I'm an electrician with three broken bones in my wrist and a cast up to my armpit. (What I'm trying to say is I'm not going to be working for the next 6-11 weeks.)

Occupational Environmental Health and Safety Professional.

I'm a regional collections supervisor for a box company

U.S. Forest Service Law Enforcement. (aka: twig pig).

1. Husband, Father of two
2. IT Development Manager for an insurance carrier
3. Hobbyist extrraordinaire

Work for Nitrous Supply doing tech and other things, worked for NOS before this so any nitrous questions just ask.

Reagent technician,Assembler III,with Fann Instrument Company.

Hope that doesn't include a taste test....
Use to have class C in water,and wastewater.Get it through Texas Dept. of Health here.Not sure now.Went to school at TSTI then ,now its TSTC in Waco.Been 20 yrs ago.Similar to the EMT test they give,so I know its rigged to pass who they want or know can do it.No way made the high grade they said I did.