Hey, im wondering what you guys do for a job and if you really like it or what you would have rather become. It sounds kinda stupid but i have to apply for college soon, and i have no idea at all what i want to go for. I like working with cars and stuff but thats more of a hobby than a full time job, i like to take my time and not be in a rush when working on cars so that really leaves out being a mechanic.

I don't know how many responses you will get to this. About 2 months ago that was part of another thread's topics.

I will be an associate at PriceWaterhouseCoopers starting in September 08. Until then I will be a full time student at Ithaca College.

If you don't know what you want to study go undecided to a state school (cheap tuition) and just take the general courses for a year or two. Something will spark your interest.

Originally posted by RSClipse9d7
I don't know how many responses you will get to this. About 2 months ago that was part of another thread's topics. I will be an associate at PriceWaterhouseCoopers starting in September 08. Until then I will be a full time student at Ithaca College. If you don't know what you want to study go undecided to a state school (cheap tuition) and just take the general courses for a year or two. Something will spark your interest.

I droped out of school made it too tenth grade. I went to work in constuction I love it balls to the wall spring and summer laid off from turkey day till april (love it 498.00 a week unemployment) I run a small dozer and am outside all day. I cant think of anything better

Originally posted by jasonfromyorkpa
I droped out of school made it too tenth grade.

That. is. AWESOME!!!

















I didn't know high school dropouts had the intarweb!

Originally posted by djtrickee

Originally posted by jasonfromyorkpa I droped out of school made it too tenth grade.

That. is. AWESOME!!! I didn't know high school dropouts had the intarweb!

I bet you kick little puppies

Originally posted by jasonfromyorkpa
I droped out of school made it too tenth grade.

Originally posted by jasonfromyorkpa
I beat you kick little puppies

Originally posted by jasonfromyorkpa
I went to work in constuction

I'm not trying to be a dick, i'm just saying... hehe

im a manager at einstein bros. bagels, been working there for 2 years since i was 16, and im studying criminal justice with dreams of being a cop!

retail management.

Civil Engineer-Engineer in Training (EIT)
Acutally graduating Saturday.

I was hired recently for Professional Service Industries or PSI for short (love the name). I'm going to be entering a program called Mangers in Training. A 12 month training program. When I'm done I'll be a branch or district manager depending on where I decide to go (or stay) in a year.

Job description: DIRT!!!! Basically PSI is a soils/concrete/construction materials testing firm that has over 125 offices nationwide.

Backing up a little bit. I've been studying civil engineering for the last 4 years at UNC-Charlotte and it is an excellent (not to mention CHEAP) University. Honestly, when I entered the program I thought all that civil engineers did was build roads and bridges. Civil Engineering is a field is so flexible, you can do just about anything you want. The catagories are basically Structures (steel, concrete, or timber), Environmental, Geotech (soils and foundations) and Transportation. I've studied geotech/transportaton mosty in my upper level classes. I've developed an interest in retaining walls and foundation design, but honestly I doubt I will ever do either of the two.

Money is great...the job marker is INSANE right now. The only thing is that the schooling is not for your average idiot. They throw a serious amount of nasties like calculus and physics at you just to make you quit. School has not been the average college experience, but I've stil had a blast.

GM Certified Auto/Diesel Technician @ a Chevrolet dealership,

Medic up!

i get people drunk. it pays very well (much of which is not really "seen" by any "agency" :cough:) and im basically wasted at work a lot. oh, and wasted chicks love bartenders. :thumbsup:

Right now I'm a technician at an office equipment service place, I hate it. I've been doing it for almost 4 years and I'm burnt out. On the brighter side I've also been working with my dad on the weekends at a towing/salvage yard buisness. He's the head mechanic and is going to be in charge of their new building, which will open in Jan. and then I will start there full time. I'm excited, I'll be in charge of setting up an inventory program, security camera system and my usual job of restoring peices of junk, I love being able to take a car, go pull the necessary parts to fix it up, have the replacement parts sprayed, inspect/detail it and have it sell all in one weekend. More hours and more pay help alot too :)

Originally posted by Nightfall
Right now I'm a technician at an office equipment service place, I hate it. I've been doing it for almost 4 years and I'm burnt out. On the brighter side I've also been working with my dad on the weekends at a towing/salvage yard buisness. He's the head mechanic and is going to be in charge of their new building, which will open in Jan. and then I will start there full time. I'm excited, I'll be in charge of setting up an inventory program, security camera system and my usual job of restoring peices of junk, I love being able to take a car, go pull the necessary parts to fix it up, have the replacement parts sprayed, inspect/detail it and have it sell all in one weekend. More hours and more pay help alot too :)

That second thing sounds like the greatest job one could have haha, I would love something like that for sure.

I run An AT&T Dealership on a military base getting ready to open another one that ill be in charge of too. wooohoooo
On the side In feb when my Friend/housemate/fraternity brother gets back from iraq we are opening a mexican food place on the base I work at. Paper work is all done Have 90% of what we need. Just waiting for him to get back. I have a full plate.

But the best job I ever had was this one

Its long story how I got this job But this is me in mexico filming the Real World Road Rules challenge The Inferno


This is the Final round Blue team won it all. kendal is hot katie is fucking nuts holly is cool so is the Miz syrus is the man.


This is yellow card I jumped a van with them By mistake, driving them back to the hotel that night. 15 person cargo van + 35mph + 10 inch high speedbump = air
After the first one They made me do it again (true story):) cool guys


this is my crew The nite crew 4pm till 3am when all the good shit is going down. this nite I waded out in the ocean in full gear batterys walkie big ass light for the camera man to catch 2 cast members hooking up :)

and last but not least its my famous Dave Mirra stripper and midget picture Like it goes what happends in mexico stays in mexico.
Umm sorry for the boobs if thats not cool


Ever get a chance to work on a show like this do it.

tig welder

Used to sell drugs to old people, legally. Did that for seven years and got sick of the same old bullshit. Low control and high demand equals a very stressful situation. So I went back to school and work just 6 hours a month or so and study/attend class about 10 hours a day most days. I also get to see hot bitches everyday and have every weekend off.. except I have to "borrow" 20k a year for this "job".. thankfully when I get out, I'll be making about five times that a year.

I've been pretty lucky. I have an associates in applied science, drafting and design. About 7 months ago I landed a job at Michigan State University, in the Cyclotron Lab ( www.nscl.msu.edu/ ) Good pay, low stress, great benefits, and consistent 40 hours per week. A lot different then working for a job shop. Plus I'll starting school for free at MSU in a few months to get my BS...and maybe beyond.

I'm a UNIX and Linux admin for a global seismic data processing company.

Jaguar Service Advisor

Product Specialist/Technician for a Highway Sign Structure manufacturing division of a global bloodsucking corporation.

United States Marine Corps.

Definitely not for everyone. But you learn a lot. About yourself, about others, and get paid to do some crazy ass shit. But every so often when you are alone after a near miss you cannot help but ask yourself if it is really worth it in the end.

Electronic Warfare Signals Analyst for the Air Force. Pays the bills and I get to travel :)

later

I'm a data analyst for an AT&T call center. Most mind numbing job on the planet but it gets the bills paid and have an awesome benefits package.

Net admin for a contract management firm.

It's been one of those years. :P

Oct.04-Mar: Loan Processor for pool builder.
Apr-Jun: Executive Recruiter for water/wastewater industry.
Jun-Sep: Management Trainee for Enterprise Wreck-A-Life.
Sep-current: Sales for MotorWeb.com (aka: SportCompactOnly.com)

A wise man who is very fast without a turbo on this site said I should do what I love and the rest would follow. Three plus months in and I'm making as much as I ever have in an environment that gives me nearly unlimited income potential and my stress level has dropped by about 90%.

My only worries are paying for college. You should go to college, but go as cheaply as you can.

Originally posted by DR1665
my stress level has dropped by about 90%.

Congrats :thumbsup. That alone was worth it.

Originally posted by DR1665 My only worries are paying for college. You should go to college, but go as cheaply as you can.

I did first two years community college (got the crap courses out of the way) transfered credits. Graduated 3.97 gpa from CCSU in CT. Reads the same wether I did 4 years there or 2. BUT, 1/2 the price!

Oh WTF do I do? I run crews and do construction. Sumptin' like that.

Originally posted by RSClipse9d7
I don't know how many responses you will get to this. About 2 months ago that was part of another thread's topics. I will be an associate at PriceWaterhouseCoopers starting in September 08.

pfff they suck :P



j/k I'm a first year at KPMG

pay rocks, but I worked from 9am-11pm the other day. I got out early today because of the snow, only worked 8 hours. 10-12 hours a day is pretty standard but as long as you're busy the time flys

Also spent an hour today explaining to an assistant controller how he doesn't know how to convert from one foreign currency to another :rolleyes

I am a machinist at a local aluminum foundry. We make parts for Chrysler and Caterpiller (amoing others). We even made the oil pump housing for our cars before the job was sent to Mexico. We have like 200 of these things laying around machined ready for assembly :D. I love my job and don't think I would trade it for anything right now.

I'm a whore. I get laid and then I get paid.

Originally posted by ez
I'm a whore. I get laid and then I get paid.

Don't lie. I know you've had some of the coolest jobs of anyone here. All doing research and whatnot for NASA. :P

I work from home selling tee shirts online at KaptainMyke.com.

Christmas is being good to us this year. Oh yeah.

I'm a design engineer for a small telecom company. We make rackmount dc fuse panels for central offices/data centers (where all the phone/server equipment is).

Fuck college..Self taught is the way to go..I started as a cad drafter (I actually have a associates in cad drafting) and now I am the whole engineering department. When the telecom bust came about 5-6 years ago we had 4 engineers and me doing the drawings for them, then they all got layed off because they made 3 times as much money as me and I could do their jobs easily..So now I'm the man..

i work in an indianapolis based datacenter. basically i sit on my butt all day and play on the internet. :)

Technical Service Specialist for AEARO Technologies. We make all kinds of fun stuff. From safety glasses to 2 way communications headsets. We own, AO Safety (safety products sold at Home Depot, Lowes and tons of other places), E-A-R (ear plugs and hearing protection), Peltor (hearing protection and communications), SafeWaze (fall protection harnesses).

We were just actually bought out by 3M who was our biggest competitor for respiratory protection. The deal's done in January/February. Hopefully, I get to keep my job, or move up the ladder more with them paying the bills.

UPS Driver. I "race the truck" everyday!

Installation specialist a.k.a MillWright... I been welding for 12 years, everytihng from heavy structural to pharmacutical. I've been buildin and instaling food proccessing equip for almost four years and it's been the best job yet, Aside from doin work for a local race engine builder... That one tops all and full access to a complete race engine shop is a def bonus. Oh, I dropped out of college and barely made it out of high school. Not because I didn't get it but because I would have rather been building something cool instead. My advice: make sure you really want to take that path in life before you spend a bunch of money on it. Schooling gets pricey, and a year worth of metalurgical studies was a far better investment than all my previous endevors.

Aerospace Coatings Technician

Programmer and lately project manager.

Cisco CCM/IPCC Analyst for a major medical company in the state.

I'm a lineman for the electric company here in town. I make the lights come on after the storm and such. Yesterday I had to climb out of the bucket truck at like 60 feet, and sit on a 4"x4" piece of wood to do some work that we couldn't reach with the truck.

Get paid good, get to do some cool shit, and it's a pretty low-stress job. Plus they are paying for me to go to school right now.

yeah, i'm the cable guy. FREE cable, phone AND internet. GO ME!

take a guess



(in the way back on the left with glasses)