What's your "job"? [Archive]

RuffedUpXJ

11-05-2007, 11:56 PM

So I don't know most of you too well and I was just wondering what you guys do for a living? I am about to graduate and was looking for some industry contacts to see how you may have landed your job. But mainly just to see what everyone does for a living.

I will start. I am a senior at Ohio Northern University for Mechanical Engineering and I graduate in May. So within the year hopefully something to do with a BSME.

94Dodge Truggy

11-06-2007, 07:15 AM

hardluck

11-06-2007, 07:44 AM

right now i work at autozone... i quit my full time job to go to school(my old lady takes care of me), i am in my first quarter at UC Clermont for CAD, after i get my assoc. degree i am going to transfer to UC for mechanical engineering.

Bear Chow

11-06-2007, 08:20 AM

Warehouse Manager at a Chemical Plant. Got my job the old fashion way. I parked my car at the end of the street and walked into every building along the way. I was offered 5 jobs out of about 15 buildings. Still not sure if I took the right one but that was ten years ago. I was originally hired as a QA inspector.

Paul

Stang849

11-06-2007, 09:21 AM

I work for an Audio Visual company, in Covington. We do provide gear and support for meetings and conventions across the country.

My job fell into my lap almost 12 years ago. I was working for Swallens until the day they closed. That day a friend called and said the company he worked for was looking to hire someone. That was a Thursday, I started the following Tuesday, been here ever since.

RuffedUpXJ

11-06-2007, 09:37 AM

I have a lawn service and machining facility in Fairfield. A friend of mine has a mechanical engineering degree and landed a good job at GE. If you are looking ruffedupxj that may be a place to check out.

Yeah I have looked into GE but too hard so far. It would be nice to work there since if I got bored in one of the areas of ME i could change departments and keep all my pay and benefits. I think I am looking for a little bit of a smaller company.

Nate

Bear Chow

11-06-2007, 10:32 AM

If your looking for a Career. You might want to check out patent officer. Last I heard the Govt. was looking to hire 12000 new people with assorted engineering degrees. Starting pay was 70 grand. If it was good enough for Einstein it might be good enough for you.

It doesn't matter what kind of money one makes if the benefits aren't there walk away. Good 401K, Great Health Care, Sick Vacation Holiday pay, Continueing Education Program, heck evan a YMCA payed membership will outway any bonus as payment employment.

tjjeepjeep

11-06-2007, 10:52 AM

I'm a computer geek basically. Spend all day looking at EDI files for a member's vision insurance enrollment for my company. Been here 14 years. Started as a temp, and have just moved throughout the company.

jfiscus

11-06-2007, 11:09 AM

I work in Graphic Design/Pre-Press for a local printing company. I get to draw on the computer & make sure everyone else's "poo" is converted correctly for printing on press.

I used to work for a Website Company before this, but I didn't like the sales calls that I had to make, plus the coding & server side was no fun to me. I just liked to draw & design so I got out of the web business.

Make sure you like your job most of all, great pay can't make up for a job you hate going to every day.

itbrokeagain

11-06-2007, 11:15 AM

I am a plumber. I also deal with "poo" :rolleyes: on a regular basis. Workin the family business. It has its moments.

mckeddie

11-06-2007, 01:31 PM

i'm work at the post office, it has its moments. overall i love it, today it's cold and windy, hence, the moments (i'm home for lunch right now).

greg

94Dodge Truggy

11-06-2007, 03:19 PM

i'm work at the post office, it has its moments. overall i love it, today it's cold and windy, hence, the moments (i'm home for lunch right now).

greg

Let me know if you ever plan on going postal :eek: (corny but hopefully a bit funny)

kyrel69

11-06-2007, 04:25 PM

I work for the phone CO. ATT

It has it days :rolleyes:

redcj3a

11-06-2007, 05:34 PM

I recently retired from the Middletown Fire Department. I'm currently running for the School Board here in Middletown. When the election is over, I can begin to look for some type of other work. I'll wait and see what developes.

John

89mud-rdy-xj

11-06-2007, 07:44 PM

well i think im the yougest person by far on the board haha but im in my senior year of high school and i work construction in the afternoons after school. plan to go to college next year just not sure what for yet.

wilson1010

11-06-2007, 07:48 PM

Yeah I have looked into GE but too hard so far. It would be nice to work there since if I got bored in one of the areas of ME i could change departments and keep all my pay and benefits. I think I am looking for a little bit of a smaller company.

Nate

Nate, nate, nate . . . .

Did Terry say he didn't want you to come back after graduation? If so, I didn't hear it.

drmeece

11-06-2007, 08:24 PM

control room operator in a power plant..

RuffedUpXJ

11-06-2007, 09:44 PM

Nate, nate, nate . . . .

Did Terry say he didn't want you to come back after graduation? If so, I didn't hear it.

He said something about it, but I followed up with him a couple weeks ago about coming back over break to work some and he is yet to get back to me. I wouldnt mind their salaries and the extras that Terry offers but I have to look in case he doesn't hire me.

well i think im the yougest person by far on the board haha but im in my senior year of high school and i work construction in the afternoons after school. plan to go to college next year just not sure what for yet.

Well you shoudl start looking at what you like/tolerate. Are you good with math and the physical world? Engineering is growing like crazy. You can get your degree and basically work in any field as either a managerial position or a engineer.

Muddy 1

11-06-2007, 11:55 PM

I am a meat manager at Kroger's. Wow!!!!

wilson1010

11-06-2007, 11:56 PM

He said something about it, but I followed up with him a couple weeks ago about coming back over break to work some and he is yet to get back to me. I wouldnt mind their salaries and the extras that Terry offers but I have to look in case he doesn't hire me.

With Terry, you have to be patient but persistent. Email him. Update your resume, exactly like you were giving it to GE and email it to him. No shortcuts. Stop by and see him sometime like maybe over the holidays. Don't compromise on the job you want with him. He will respect you more for it. Send him some info on your college too. He won't know how good it is unless you tell him. Good luck! :)

sarge

11-07-2007, 01:58 AM

Well ...... I'm not in the Military , but I am a Sergeant .

And I deal with "POO" but I'm not a plummer :) :) :)

GPER

11-07-2007, 05:21 AM

I play on a bulldozer all day
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/gperx4/Work/DSCN2302.jpg

dan

11-07-2007, 09:28 AM

I'm a fabricator of over head cranes from I-beam to 500 toners

JeffK5

11-07-2007, 09:46 AM

Tool&Die maker

carwash

11-07-2007, 10:15 AM

I'm a designer... loose terminology i guess.

5+ years of design school... i have worked at a variety of place with a variety of positions, all based around digital design work. Everything from simple web to interactive cd programs, to 3D modeling and compositing and special effects.

I hate it, with a passion. At this point, every day at my job gets worse. Eventually I think i might go nuts and burn the place. I sit in front of a computer all day.

In the process of trying to make this not my job anymore...

Hoping by spring to be in a new building doing sales, fab, and service... Cross your fingers for me.

Tj_Justin

11-07-2007, 10:24 AM

I run the Music Shoppe on Harrison AVE, at the end of this year, ownership will likely be transferring to me.

By the way, new here. So hello everybody.

jfiscus

11-07-2007, 10:33 AM

control room operator in a power plant..

Watch out for Mr. Burns! :D

94Dodge Truggy

11-07-2007, 12:25 PM

itbrokeagain

11-07-2007, 01:42 PM

I am a meat manager at Kroger's. Wow!!!!

Good job handling your meat. Sorry. Not nice. ;)

Eventually I think i might go nuts and burn the place.

Hahaha. Office Space.

95blackyj

11-07-2007, 05:39 PM

I am Foreman at an Alumminum Extrusion Plant

94Dodge Truggy

11-07-2007, 05:44 PM

I am Foreman at an Alumminum Extrusion Plant

extrusions huh!

95blackyj

11-07-2007, 05:46 PM

Yes... The plant is located in Trenton

RuffedUpXJ

11-07-2007, 06:04 PM

Yes... The plant is located in Trenton

Thats not Magnode is it

daveH

11-07-2007, 07:08 PM

Im a union electrician. Been doing it about 6 yrs now

94Dodge Truggy

11-07-2007, 07:12 PM

Thats not Magnode is it

Has to be magnode. I have a friend who drives a red VW jetta and his nickname is Pnut.

fredrader

11-07-2007, 07:21 PM

I'm an over the road Semi Driver(Truck Driver),At least I am monday thru thursday every week..I run the east coast LongIsland New Jersey etc..:(

RuffedUpXJ

11-07-2007, 07:51 PM

I'm an over the road Semi Driver(Truck Driver),At least I am monday thru thursday every week..I run the east coast LongIsland New Jersey etc..:(

WHat do you haul? Dry van? Refer? Flat bed? Covered Wagon?

fredrader

11-07-2007, 08:33 PM

I pull a FlatBed with a Conestoga Kit on it..I haul Vinyl from Monroe Ohio and deliver to window manufacturers to make vinyl windows..

95blackyj

11-07-2007, 08:59 PM

Thats not Magnode is it

Yes it is Magnode and I know Pnut...lol....

RuffedUpXJ

11-07-2007, 09:09 PM

Has to be magnode. I have a friend who drives a red VW jetta and his nickname is Pnut.

I know Pnut as well. So do you know Justin Broshear? How you know them?

4RunnerAdam

11-07-2007, 09:41 PM

Im a union electrician. Been doing it about 6 yrs now

My buddy Mark Wilhelm is a union electrician too.

4RunnerAdam

11-07-2007, 09:42 PM

I'm a GSE mechanic for Comair. I work at the CVG airport, and I travel to other airports to work on their ground equipment.

94Dodge Truggy

11-08-2007, 12:05 AM

I know Pnut as well. So do you know Justin Broshear? How you know them?

They set up a cash race for me once and we have been friends for quite a few years. They are good fellas!

RuffedUpXJ

11-08-2007, 12:20 AM

They set up a cash race for me once and we have been friends for quite a few years. They are good fellas!

They are really good friends of my girlfriend.

You are Scott right?

94Dodge Truggy

11-08-2007, 07:24 AM

They are really good friends of my girlfriend.

You are Scott right?

I am Scott to some and @$$ to others :eek:

KargoMaster

11-08-2007, 09:40 AM

Computer geek. I work for P&G.

I deal with a variety of visualization technologies... pre-rendered 3D, real-time 3D, more 2D images than I care to count... Mostly on the "non-predictive" side of the world, although terms like FEA (Finite Element Analysis) I am at least familiar with... although no specific connection to my job.

"I make pretty pictures."

wilson1010

11-08-2007, 10:28 AM

KargoMaster

11-08-2007, 10:33 AM

What did he say? :D

I said... "I make pretty pictures..."

From you, that's rather comical...:D

RuffedUpXJ

11-08-2007, 11:43 PM

I said... "I make pretty pictures..."

From you, that's rather comical...:D

Well you never know with Greg.

GPER

11-10-2007, 05:27 AM

I said... "I make pretty pictures..."

That is the same thing my girl's said when they came home from kindergarten.:D

77goldeneagle

11-10-2007, 12:57 PM

94Dodge Truggy

11-10-2007, 01:38 PM

I am a welder at General Dynamics Land Systems...........I build really cool STUFF...........yeah STUFF!!
we build 6x6 and 4x4 MRAP vehicles for the military

www.forceprotection.net look under models we build the COUGAR line

How many different names has that place been? Is it true that the company that builds our military equipment is owned in part by a party in china?

mckeddie

11-11-2007, 08:53 PM

i've never heard it called anything i don't think besides general dynamics, well, actually the generic term up here is the tank plant. my neighbor is one of the test driver's there, you might know him, he goes by Turtle. don't know his real name though. i've got lots of friends that work there actually, i even was trying to get in at one time while i worked for Crown Equipment.

kb9qdi

11-11-2007, 11:48 PM

Manager for Tire Discounter's in Lawrenceburg.

KargoMaster

11-11-2007, 11:53 PM

That is the same thing my girl's said when they came home from kindergarten.:D

Tom, sometimes I feel like I am dealing with Kindergardeners... Other times, I think that the folks that I deal with might learn a thing or two from Kindergardeners... :D

There have been far more than just a few days where I wished that I had YOUR job.

kb9qdi: assuming that is an amature radio callsign...?

This is always a fun thread... anyone else?

kb9qdi

11-11-2007, 11:56 PM

Tom, sometimes I feel like I am dealing with Kindergardeners...

There have been far more than just a few days where I wished that I had YOUR job.

kb9qdi: assuming that is an amature radio callsign...?

This is always a fun thread... anyone else?

Yes it is ;)

RuffedUpXJ

11-12-2007, 07:47 PM

I am a welder at General Dynamics Land Systems...........I build really cool STUFF...........yeah STUFF!!
we build 6x6 and 4x4 MRAP vehicles for the military

www.forceprotection.net look under models we build the COUGAR line

So you do by chance know a guy who worked there over the summer and was an engineer? He went to Ohio Northern and his name is Whit. Unless there are two General Dynamics Land Systems.

77goldeneagle

11-13-2007, 05:05 AM

How many different names has that place been? Is it true that the company that builds our military equipment is owned in part by a party in china?

IT WAS ALWAYS KNOWN AS GENERAL DYNAMICS the land systems was added a few years ago!!

and no on the China owning ANY part of the company nor do they sell to any NON-U.S. ALLI some governtment thing they just won't do it................having foreign parts on these trucks I mean

EVERY part of our vehicles are built in the U.S.A.

and I'm not sure who this Whit person it either!!

94Dodge Truggy

11-13-2007, 07:44 AM

I am thinking of armor holdings which was hess ogara and eisenhart and now is something else and is owned by chinese investors now and does nothing but govt. /military work. I do similar work and have to buy all supplies and machinery from U.S. They found some loop hole or something I have heard.

GPER

11-13-2007, 08:29 PM

Tom, sometimes I feel like I am dealing with Kindergardeners... Other times, I think that the folks that I deal with might learn a thing or two from Kindergardeners... :D

There have been far more than just a few days where I wished that I had YOUR job.

It has been tuff at work the past couple of day's playing in the sand on 3 to 1 slopes:D

blazerbrad

11-14-2007, 10:00 AM

I'm a project engineer for an automotive proving grounds, setting up various types of durability and dynamics test for different companies...everybody from major automotive manufacturers, the government, tier 1 suppliers, down to some guy building a device in his basement (i.e. stuff like that "Tornado" thingy you put in the air intake tube). Our company also does crash testing and emissions work, but that's a different department. I've spent the most time working on fuel economy tests recently for obvious reasons.

scarface

11-17-2007, 10:44 AM

PSH... who needs a degree, lol.

I'm a tech for FujiFilm, I usually am fixing machines around the tristate area but lately I have been traveling all over the country telling people that their labs look like crap.

tjjeepjeep

11-17-2007, 04:58 PM

It has been tuff at work the past couple of day's playing in the sand on 3 to 1 slopes:D

I'm jealous...I want your job durn it..

Gunrunner

11-17-2007, 06:03 PM

Aircraft Maintenance Manager, in charge of tooling and overseas operations, oh forgot to mention my father-in-law owns a junkyard. Love to do that one up thing.

T

jeepmanjeff

11-19-2007, 12:14 PM

Recently started with TriHealth Jan 16 2007.

I am a Telecommunications Coordinator for TriHealth Hospitals. I Design and implement from Large complex phone systems for the orginization to small ones. I do Ip telephony along with standard TDM technology. I also project manage, monitor and service day to day operations across 90+ sites in the greater Cincinnati area.

I love my Job!

Use to work for CBT doing major installations of complex phones system across the country the last 6 months there.

Rubi06

11-19-2007, 12:55 PM

Am a Firefighter/ EMT currently just working for TriHealth's transport on a Mobile ICU. Basically transport critical patients from one hospitals ICU to another. Easy money seeing that I pretty much only drive an ambulance around all day and I only have to work 3 days a week.

muddinredneck513

11-20-2007, 12:48 AM

i work for the city of hamilton! started part time when i was 16 now im full time so i can retire when im 46 with 30yrs in:D pretty easy work im workin rite now oo wait im on the computer(thats what i do at work nothing:rolleyes: )