What do you do for a living?

[boulder888]

Telecommunications Engineer, seems like a lot of opportunity in the Denver area if my current company starts laying off people.

[Mick-Boy]

I do trouble shooting and conflict minimization for the DOD.

[Outlaw1]

Construction Manager/Coordinator primarily the oil & gas industry for 6 years with Jacobs Engineering. The Climax Mine was my last project with them.

Monday I'm going to start heading north to work in the pipeline industry in North Dakota with a small company out of Oklahoma. I'm not looking forward to another winter up north, but ya gotta do what ya gotta do.

[DFBrews]

I fix trucks...
i am damn good at taking stuff apart and going home

[Graves]

I'll bet the day boys love you. [Coffee]

[Monky]

I am a male escort for high end cougars.

Can I pay you to get one to leave me alone? [Beer]

[NitroxBoss]

I sell Used Computers At Action Computers here in town

[Irving]

I sell Used Computers At Action Computers here in town

I heard some guys talking about your store on CB channel 29 the other night.

[mcantar18c]

Can I pay you to get one to leave me alone? [Beer]

I'll do it for free [Tooth]

Quit my job, and now I am a bum till I ship out on Nov 15 (was the 14th, but got bumped up).

[Mick-Boy]

Ship out for what?

[Glock Shooter]

Just waiting it out in Sales until my wife is "discovered" and she's making cakes on TV

[JoeT]

Sales guy here too...

[Notorius]

IT sysadmin-ish at an non-profit

[lv2tinker]

Enjoying being a Wildlife Pilot for the State. :-)

[coop68]

I am a Lucky College Student and part time Dicks Sporting goods Associate when i'm not in school and or home not in NE still have a year left until i'm finished!

coop

[race4hills]

I'm an auto tech for an independent shop in North Denver.

[DD977GM2]

Been back in the oilfield for the last year or so and working on becoming a full fledged directional driller[Beer]

[L3SYS]

Developer, Moonlights as a Chef

[Byte Stryke]

I am currently working as something somewhere between a 911 operator and a babysitter

[NitroxBoss]

I heard some guys talking about your store on CB channel 29 the other night.

Cool!

[NitroxBoss]

Maintenance for a communications company, did voice, then VOIP, now data.
01101110011011110111010001101000011010010110111001 10011100100000011000100111010101110100001000000011 00010111001100100000011000010110111001100100001000 000011000001110011

nothing but 1s and 0s

to me [Coffee]

[merl]

EE, someday I'll get laid off and go raise goats

[Graves]

How are your goats, merl?

[Graves]

Sounds lucrative, shoulda got in before they went public [Flower]

[Erni]

Packaging 10lb of crap into 5lb boxes since '97.

[GilpinGuy]

Full time adult babysitter for half a decade.

[asmo]

Holy necrothread Batman!

[Not_A_Llama]

Lotta oilfield people in this necrothread.. 5 years and -$60/bbl later.. Yikes.

[jmg8550]

I work at a Kubota dealership repairing equipment.

[Aloha_Shooter]

I've decided to change professions, I'm now a full time stripper at target.

Best reason I've heard to date for shopping at Walmart ...

[Coffee]

[StagLefty]

Good Grief I was the 3rd post and that led up to my involuntary retirement. Time flies [Coffee]

[HoneyBadger]

Just read through this whole thread - it was quite interesting! I'm curious where everyone is now... 5+ years later.

As for the thread, I'm a satellite jockey in the USAF.

[hurley842002]

Wow, haven't seen some of the well established screen names in this thread for a long time, guess they all went out and found lives....

[wyome]

Look at dots on a screen, sometimes I look at squigles too, but I prefer dots

[SouthPaw]

Just read through this whole thread - it was quite interesting! I'm curious where everyone is now... 5+ years later.

As for the thread, I'm a satellite jockey in the USAF.

My 5 year update:

Stayed in parts for a few more years till I jumped shipped to become a service advisor. Did that for a year and decided I wanted out of the automotive industry.

Started working for a contractor that did background checks and other tasks for .gov (DOD, CBP, DHS, and OPM).

Then the oilfield boomed and I got offered a position for a pressure tester. Did that till they laid me off in March of last year. Took a few months off and finally took a job with a pipeline/construction company in purchasing/procurement and have been here since then. It has been a great job so far and I am really happy where I'm at.

[thvigil11]

I left Denver not too long after my last posting on this thread. Since then, I've taken over emergency management for my county.

[BlasterBob]

I am still RETIRED. Last Fall, moved from Trinidad (with it's easy access to the NRA Whittington Center) to the "rust belt" - Illinois. Now I have no place to fire my .50 BMG Single shot bolt action. Sad. Boo Hoo..

[86k10]

Still working on junk, just a different fleet. Going on 20 years.

[SideShow Bob]

Just read through this whole thread - it was quite interesting! I'm curious where everyone is now... 5+ years later.

As for the thread, I'm a satellite jockey in the USAF.

6 years later ?

























SSDD.............

[n2877]

I changed professions from assistance GM to electrician. So far I've helped install solar panels, low voltage wiring, and hang electrical boxes.

Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk

[Graves]

Still working on junk, just a different fleet. Going on 20 years.

That's a good run, you must like it.
Same here with about 6 years less.

[sniper7]

not a whole lot changed for me, still an airline pilot, but on a different aircraft, and now a dad of 2 boys

[blacklabel]

Load Tier (route trucks among a hole mess of other things) for JBS. Super exciting stuff.

[gnihcraes]

Not much to add. SSDD, earned a level III position in our IT shop. It seems I'm doing more SSDD, couple more $.

[SA Friday]

Retired USAF Federal Agent.

Full time Metro State student.

Assistant home daycare provider (Wife's the boss). I went from dealing with assholes to wipin them. I considered it a lateral.

Still retired, no longer in college, put the wife through college, and now work part time (occasionally full time?) at Bowers Tactical.

[Mazin]

Contracted Chair warmer for the NFC

[Grant H.]

COO of an Industrial Communications Sales, Installation, and Service company.

6 years ago I was working as systems engineer and firmware test engineer for a communications manufacturer.

[fportmen45]

I clean toilets. Please clean up after yourselves. Thank you.

[86k10]

That's a good run, you must like it.
Same here with about 6 years less.

Yes I like it. I wouldn't know what else to do. I have always been in fleet, that may have made it less stressful.

[Irving]

I need to update this thread with my exciting new job. We're looking for a good guy and I want to make the job sound as attractive as possible.

[Batteriesnare]

Musician, college student. From Nov 2009

Operations Manager.

Still in college tho...couldn't stay away.

[electronman1729]

Lead Electrical Engineer at a local oil refinery

[jhirsh5280]

Owner and Head Pitching Instructor at my baseball Academy (http://hirshacademy.com)

[Jamnanc]

Six years ago, I was digging ditches. Now, I am digging ditches. I like digging ditches.

[Double00]

UPS Driver. 6 yrs. ago I was a UPS Driver.

[Mazin]

UPS Driver. 6 yrs. ago I was a UPS Driver.

Just keep rocking the hub!

[Double00]

Got lucky. Never was a hub rat. Seasonal straight to full time.

[GilpinGuy]

UPS Driver. 6 yrs. ago I was a UPS Driver.

I love the Brown Santa! [Beer]

[GilpinGuy]

Got lucky. Never was a hub rat. Seasonal straight to full time.

I loaded trucks at the hub in Commerce City when I was young. Brutal, thankless, union job that I hated. Didn't last long.

[Gman]

This thread is quite the time capsule. Saw a bunch of folks in there that I haven't seen on the site in years.

[Graves]

This thread is quite the time capsule. Saw a bunch of folks in there that I haven't seen on the site in years.

Sorry, I had a couple cocktails the other night and I was feeling a little nostalgic. [Tooth]

[Mazin]

Got lucky. Never was a hub rat. Seasonal straight to full time.



Rocked the Salt Lake City sunrise and co springs wall for 3 years then did a stint down in pd2 (I think?). I turned down going to sort and screw being a boss that was the best workout I had Ever had next to wrestling. 5 hrs with a 10min break half way of being in 120 degree trailers or -25 -30 below. Building teirs and I swear I patented the "extendo-tier. I did preload at FedEx for a year and that sucked balls. I give ups drivers the utmost respect.

[lex137]

Journeyman lineman for the last 6 years, all kinds of other jobs before then.

[Walker2970]

journeyman HVAC/R Pipe fitter 16 years working on my masters license

[waxthis]

SOS

[Sawin]

I run the IT department for a wealth management firm. 6 years ago I was a systems administrator for the same firm. It's an incredible company with the smartest group of people I've ever met, much less worked with. I'm very blessed to have this job.

[laportecharlie]

Electrical contractor since 1977. Retired @ the end of 2012.

[Snowman78]

When this thread started I was a insurance adjuster, today I am still a insurance adjuster.

[MrPrena]

A[ROFL1]


I am still a bum... [panic]

[To Bear Arms]

I have been an A&P/IA aircraft mechanic up at Jeffco for 15 years. Get to work on a lot of different airplanes. Big, small, fast, slow, and they are all expensive!
Got my FFL/SOT 3 years ago.
So in other words get to fill out and deal with government forms all day and all night!

[Limited GM]

6 years ago I was employed. Support Manager over 29 stores in three states. 5 weeks now, I've been laid off.

[cableguy11]

Manage and monitor the Western interconnection...6 years ago did the same thing but in the Eastern interconnection.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Interconnection

[Snowman78]

I need to update this thread with my exciting new job. We're looking for a good guy and I want to make the job sound as attractive as possible.

I would love to hear all the new details about your new gig, sounds pretty good!

[Lars]

I'm a crane operator for a large crane rental company in town. When I'm in the shop I do all of their welding and Fab work. Last year I started my own welding business on the side.

[Irving]

I would love to hear all the new details about your new gig, sounds pretty good!


When this thread started, I had recently been...forcefully resigned from Allied Nationwide as a liability auto adjuster. Long story, you've all heard it. In 2009 I believe I was an insurance agent at the time, and looking to get into a different career. That was when I briefly attempted to be a police officer. I'm glad I blew all the interviews because I would not have been a good police officer. Then I went to work for AAA and Papa John's (I worked 7 days a week for a year straight). I got back into adjusting and went to Allstate as an auto liability adjuster, then switched over to a field property adjuster. After interacting with the great guys who did the ladder assists, I decided to leave the corporate insurance job with salary, benefits, pension, 401k, health insurance, blah, blah, blah and become a ladder assist.

Now my job is very simple. I meet adjusters at properties and bring a taller ladder than the ones they have so I can get them up onto higher portions of the roof. Or, even when the roof isn't high, but is steeper than they are allowed on (8/12) or feel comfortable with, then I go up with their camera and take all the pictures and write down how many box vents, pipe jacks, etc. Sometimes a roof isn't steep, but just tall. Sometimes the roof is both steep and tall. Either way, it's the same thing. Show up, count layers, check for drip edge and ice and water shield, count protrusions, measure the slope, draw 10'x10' test squares on all directions of slopes, circle damage, and take pictures of everything. Occasionally I'll have to diagram and/or measure the roof as well. Sometimes I get to explain to contractors why I don't think a blister or a manufacture defect is hail. I drive all over the metro area doing this every day. So far, it's paying a lot better (gross) than any job I've previously held, but at the same time, I'm responsible for every expense from my shoes to gas to health insurance and work comp.

We're looking for another guy.

[Brian]

Like a lot of you I do more than one thing.

My day job shifts a bit every 6 months or so like any corporate job, but is basically tech management and/or system architecture for a big financial company. I joke that I get paid to imagine and draw pretty pictures of technology and then explain them to people on the phone all day. I still own a tech. consulting company on the side too - mostly a couple core small business customers, but that's been sitting on the side for a while due to being so busy with other stuff.

Our family also owns a wedding dress / gown / prom store, and even though I don't work there on a scheduled basis, it does seem to take up a lot of my time. Sometimes I get paid, more often not so much... lol. Started out in a tiny strip mall 15ish years ago, and now I think we're now the biggest store in this part of the country. (My wife is pretty awesome). You'd be surprised the stuff you see in a bridal store though - girls are crazy. More than once I've heard "oh, it's ok - it's nothing you haven't seen before, I'm sure" :)

Finally, I've had my FFL Mfr. / SOT license for a while. I tried stocking guns and doing gun shows 4+ years ago and ran away quickly from that. Mostly I buy/sell/transfer suppressors and other NFA stuff at this point, which honestly is what I enjoy the most. Wish I had more trigger time though and less "work" time - that's the downside to treating firearms as a business. I keep telling my wife I'm ready to set up a counter at the bridal store. I've proposed we rename the store to "Shotgun Weddings" and sell package deals, but so far she's not going for it.

[encorehunter]

After 13 years, I am still doing a job I love, being a firefighter. I kind of fell into it after a few years working on a wahmbulance. I had no interest in being a firefighter at the time, but now I can't imagine doing anything else. Six years ago, I was also working full time as mortician. After having my first son, I decided I needed to stay home more. Now my part time job is a construction laborer.

[BPTactical]

Pimp here.
Them Flamingos keep me busy.....

[SA Friday]

Pimp here.
Them Flamingos keep me busy.....
Maybe a gay gigolo pimp.

You sold your soul to a corporate gun company...

[BPTactical]

Maybe a gay gigolo pimp.

You sold your soul to a corporate gun company...

LOL, you actually thought I had a soul....









P.S. The Flamingos do the "normal" stuff. The Pelicans are the hard pipe hitters.

[newracer]

Environmental Scientist

Still an environmental scientist but work for a different consulting firm. Do more project management now but still spend about half of my time in the field. Some days I am at a computer all day, other days I am sampling potentially hazardous materials.

[ColoradoMinuteMan]

I'm an Enterprise Application Architect.

[O2HeN2]

Enterprise storage software engineer for HPE.

O2

[Dlesh123]

|Regional Airline pilot by trade, Flight Ops management and training most of my career. Closing in on retirement at Vne.