i will start....union ironworker for 33 years...worked all bridges around newburgh ny and most of them in nyc....last job was the freedom tower which is at about at the 8th floor....its only going to be 1776 feet tall
and am now retired

 

heres a shot from the new york times job

 

Ingot growth technician/process engineering technician

 

That takes a big set of ***** to do that! Never catch me up there!

 

its a family thing....my grandfather,father,brother and myself all were ironworkers....its a dangerous business and if you live to retire without being too broke up its a really good thing....pension ..benifits ...etc

 

anybody else.....

 

I repair commercial kitchen equipment, Dishmachines, ovens refrigerators,etc.
Hobart
I'll have to dig for some pics of the equipment.

 

I am... WAS an Executive chef.
I quit on tuesday.

 

student and a tow truck dispatcher.

 

construction formworker

 

Retired chrysler worker ,spent 33 yrs there

 

WERE ARE DOING GREAT.....ANYBODY ELSE?????

 

student and i do computer and musical instrument repair on the side.

 

I'm a sales rep for a company in Chicago that sells milking equipment to dairy farmers. We also have the cooling and storage tanks for the milk after it is milked from the cows. I cover 9 states and Puerto Rico from my home in Florida... A lot of plane rides and hotel rooms during the week.. ON the weekend I'm a semi pro( in my own mind) dragracer. Its keeps me young!!!!!

 

Im a mechanical engineer in a machine tool company. I design CNC turning machines and all that goes with it most of my day.

 

UPS Air - Deicing Planes, Loading them, and general sorting.

 

wow ....deicing planes.....did that back in 1971....55 below with the windchill.....did this plane 3 times....then finally the flight crew canceled....i feel for ya

 

Good for you. I don't miss that ****.

Just got out of military service last October, now I still work for Uncle Sugar but I don't wear the uniform anymore. Plus I hang out on here more.

 

Your a semi pro in my mind too Mack!

 

Plastic injection mold maker/programmer and department manager.
Now most tools are fabbed in Ch!n@. Project manager for them.
good to be employed. sucks to not be building them.

Government is sooner or later going to have to realize manufacturing (and only manufacturing) is the key thing that will turn the economy around and sustain it for the long haul...

 

Owner /operator small plumbing buisiness actually named SATELLITE PLUMBING AND HEATING. after my favoriyte b-body. master lic. for ten yrs. get my hand into all kinds of s.............stuff

 

anybody else wanna tell us what you do for a living?????

 

starting next week i will be making interior and exterior car parts

 

Quality analyst for Ford motor Company, Customer Service Division. Retired now. Job was monitoring the parts suppliers, their materials and processes, and assuring they were to Ford specifications.

 

im a restaraunt manager, RAMS HORN its a michigan based chain if your ever around michigan stop by and eat some great food

 

nothing now.. ferkin disability... but was an ASE certified tech for 18 years Master status the last 8 or so years of that (was afraid to take the last 2 tests I needed for "master" I didnt know if I'd pass; I probably coulda had "master" a few years earlier) but as an alignment and brake guy auto trans and Engine Performance wasnt that important since we didnt get into that anyway.

In Jan.'05 I got a helluva break got into indistrial maint. in a steel mill. huge pay raise for me. Unlimited OT.
then Sept 07 had a chainsaw kick back on me in my own front yard almost lost my rt foot above the ankle. have not worked since. Now a self-weather forecaster; I wish this snow thats coming would get here and get over with, so I'd quit hurting. (knees/ankle) actually it would be nice if the snow missed us completely.

 

basically making sure the car lasts until the warranty is up, right

 

Here is a different one I am a trash man Republic Waste Teamster local 92 great benifits Fantastic money got 8 years tied up in it need 12 more to retire with good pension and benefits the first 8 went pretty quick hope the next 12 do the same also own my own Beadblast and Powdercoat Business.

 

chrome plating

 

Problem was, keeping our parts suppliers on spec. They would typically substitute inferior materials at some point to increase THEIR profits, or run their machine tools and dies beyond specified lifetime. This is where we had quality issues with customer complaints. We take the heat for someone elses greed. Ford really does have high standards.