Since I was little I've wanted to have a job that would take me to many places around the world. I love outdoors and it's hard for me to spend the whole day inside.

Currently I work as an Inventory Manager for a local cellphone carrier and I have two stores. 10-6 5 days a week Mon-Fri with many, many Saturday morning meetings.

Glad to see your still with the power company man. Hope all is well and we need to get together one of these days. I've been on the west coast, Kentucky, Maryland, and West Virginia for the last two months and it's been quite hectic. Hopefully things will calm down soon and I can get my truck on some trails with you guys. Tammy says hello!

Let's see. In grade school, I wanted to be a train engineer on a passenger train (that, after taking a train trip in 3rd grade). In early junior high, I thought driving a Greyhound bus would be so cool (that, after taking a long bus trip to a Boy Scout Jamboree).

In early high school, I determined that designing cars would be really cool (that, after getting an insider's tour of the then International Harvester plant in Ft. Wayne, Indiana).

At the end of high school, after taking mechanical drafting my senior year to fill up the school day (I only needed to take one English course to graduate, but they insisted that five periods of Study Hall was not acceptable), I decided I wanted to be a draftsman, or even better, an architect. The only architecture school in the state was full and had a waiting list, so I went into "something to do with computers".

I ended up graduating college with a Computer Science degree plus about 16 credit hours short of an Electrical Engineering degree.

Since graduating, I've continuously been in the computer software/design field. Spent time with intelligent controls, factory automation, good ol' cubicle work on client/server systems, and now I'm back into low-level hardware control and specialized real-time programming in "Intelligent Traffic Systems" (a fancy word for tolling systems).

I love what I do now. It's exciting and fascinating to be able to write software that controls RF equipment to read toll tags, controls toll collection devices, controls violation enforcement cameras and controls systems that gather information from in-road sensors that can determine the speed, length, axle spacing, presence or absence of dual wheels of a passing vehicle at speeds in excess of 160 mph (we've tested it to that level).

What's cool is that so many people interface with my work products on a daily basis, directly or indirectly. If you're ever on a toll road in Austin, Miami or Denver, be sure to wave at the pretty cameras.

i went to school to be a drafter too. got my first job as an internship working at the airport. i was a drafter there for 2.5 years working on airplanes doing mechanical and electrical drafting. i left there to work for my dad. i was a civil drafter(land development) for about a year and back in jan., they put me out in the field on the survey crew. i love the outdoors, so its a great job and i really enjoy it. but last week, dad told me i was going to be getting laid off within the next 2 weeks, so im back looking for another job. when i was younger, i wanted to work construction. my very first job was running a skid loader loading mulch on the weekends. i was hooked. now im looking for a job in excavation where i can get training on the job since i really dont have much experience. one day, id like to own my own excavation business, so with the civil design, the surveying, and hopefully the excavation training and onsite experience, im working in the right direction to make my dream come true. all i need to do now is hit the lotto and get my CDL's.

I have always wanted to be a veterinarian, by the time I got to college, I thought working for the DNR would be cool. I am currently the Water/Wastewater Supt. for a suburb of Minneapolis. the pay is ok, but definately not what I expected to be doing.

I am a cop.

Always wanted to be a cop.

You hiring lol

Just out of High School '91, I started working for the State of AZ at the Child Support Enforcement Agency, moved over to Family Assistance Administration and finally resigned due to conflicts with my Communist Boss from Lithuania.

Got Suckered into a Pyramid Scheme, Designed Wood Truses for about a year, Ran my own short lived PC repair Co., Delivered Flowers for about 2 years, was assistant Manager for an electronics testing/certification house, Sub-contracted to Aviation Communications and Serviellance systems Maintenance before being layed off, Worked for Honeywell's Maintenance group, Sold Kia and Buick Parts and finally ended up where I seem to like it most.

Back to ACSS. Now I get to take care of about 300 people's whiney asses and Approx. 250,000 Sqft of office/manufacturing. I get every other Friday off, 3 weeks Vacation, excellent 401K and 15% off L-3 Stock twice a year.

Was told that they will reimburse my Tuition and now I can't decide what to learn and get a degree in, without it I can only make about $42K and with it I can make $10K more a year.

My Dream was to Race, Anything! I love the competitive nature of it. Maybe someday.

I graduated college with a BS in Mechanical Engineering and started working for an office furniture manufacturing company. I worked as a project engineer for two years improving parts and material flow. Last year we were in the midst of a multi-million dollar expansion project where I programmed all of the new equipment. I thought my efforts payed off when I was promoted to production supervisor, but I absolutely hate my job now. Honestly, I'm not really feeling much for office furniture anymore.

I'm thinking about going into architecture, or maybe something outdoors. I don't really know yet, but I'm still 25 so I've got plenty of time to decide.

As a kid I always wanted to be a racecar driver...I still want to be a racecar driver.

Honestly, did you ever?

I am a Personal Trainer. Before that I was a Strength & Conditioning coach for the Colorado Rockies and Oregon State University. Sport and fitness has always been part of my life, so it is a natural fit and I love everyday of it.

I set my own schedule, based on how much $ I want/need to make and if I wanna go away for a long weekend, I do it. I am my own boss and I get to choose who I want to work with.

BOOO!!!

First dream was to be an F1 Driver, then I went through my Military Phase and wanted to be a pilot in the RAF (Royal Air Force). Got hooked playing on computers at High School just as PC's were taking off, studied IT at college. Jobs so far:

UK Jobs
- Paper Boy
- Insurance Company Underwriter (First job out of college)
- IT Manager / CAD designer for an Engineering company (CAMB Machine Knives). Started getting into Web Design and built their site, which still bares my name 8 years later: http://www.camb-knives.co.uk
- Micoprose / Atari / Hasbro Interactive. Landed a job in Tech Support for this Computer Game developer, it was a dream job - Playing computer games all day and helping customers with their computer game problems. Supported over 200 software titles - Until Infogrames (Fucking French) took over the company and closed our office. Was the closest I got to being involved in F1, we developed the official FIA F1 game and went to a few free F1 races.
- Went back to the Engineering company for a while, as I applied for my Visa / Green card to move to the US.

US Jobs
- Arrived in the US 2 weeks after 9/11 when the job market was at a real low point. After 3 months I managed to luck out with a job as a dispatcher for a small trucking company. Company was made a CRST agent and I was taken on by CRST to oversee the S/W office. Company decided to end relationship with CRST and merge with a low life scum company called Expressway STS in Phoenix. Expressway slowly fired all of the employees from the company I worked for including me.
- Worked collections for 2 weeks. Worst job on Earth, but the 2 weeks training in the Fair Debt Collection Practises Act was interesting.
- Worked as a Driver of a 24ft Box truck for 4 months, doing collections from clothing donation boxes around the valley.
- Lucked out with my current employer GoDaddy.com through an Employment agency who looked me up on Monster.com, worked Phone Sales / Support for 3 months, got promoted to Email Support, got promoted to Reseller Support, got promoted to Reseller Support Manager, got ptomoted to my current position in Quality Assurance. Been there 5 years this year - Excellent company, Excellent benefits, GoDaddy has done alot for me and my family.

There - my whole employment life!

Are you able to tell (or know for sure) who's on Roids/HGH or is that outside of your field?

Probably the big huge guys that talk like Mike Tyson!!!!HeHeHe!!!

Tim

I grew up wanting to be a police officer but my eyesight was just too bad, so that idea fell through (laser surgery then was not very common or practical and now, well, I'm just too old). Decided that I wanted to do something in law, so I became a Legal Assistant and I was going to work my way through law school. Well, things like marriage and kids happened and those dreams died a slow death. I now work as a secretary in the Construction department at the school board. It's interesting but not something that I've dreamed of doing.

My hubby has always wanted to be a police officer. He's been a courier parts driver, a maintenance/battery changer, newspaper delivery guy and a custodian and finally this past December he was accepted by the local police service and he is finishing up his training and will receive his badge on May 10th.

Dreams do come true if you just keep on pursuing them.

Hey now, who won Civil War in football and beat ya'll in basketball this year? My baseball players also went to the CWS every year I was there and finally won last year.

Probably not the place to start the Beavers/Ducks debate, but oh well.

I actually did a lot of reserach on excersie endocrinology in college. I have also trained several national level bodybuilders/pro atheletes etc;. SO...yes. I can tell most of the time if an athelete/average joe is using substances. There is more to it than just physical looks, there are a lot of mental/emotional cues that the individual isn't aware of themselves.

Most of the time if an individual looks like a freak, there is a reason besides good genetics.

I also only work 10, 24hr shifts a month, and ride/drive a laddertruck or ambulance. 20 days off a month...gotta love it.
When I started a senior FF said to me,"you spend a good portion of your life trying to get a job where you have 20 days a month off, then you spend the rest of your career trying to get that other 10 off!"
In all seriousness we rarely sleep through the night,train and bust our butts when we're working...except for Sundays !
Prior to being a firefighter I wanted to be a BLM ranger, but fell into firefighting by chance.

The home team of course. I'll be worried when that trend finally ends (it's been what, a dozen years now?)



Not Oregon State. You went 0-2 against our elite 8 squad.



How's the track squad doing? :p

That probably sounds like weak smack, but given our history in track I'm honestly happy that we have a track squad as opposed to a baseball squad. It isn't called Tracktown USA for no reason.

Everyplace can use a bit of Duck/Beaver smack. To be totally honest I actually like the Beavs a lot - I root for them against everybody but Oregon. Lots of Oregon State grads among family and friends. The only team I truly hate in the Pac-10 is UW.

Nismo - one tip-off is when a 40 year old's head is still growing.

You win for days off, but most people work less hours:

You = 240 (10x24)

Me = 168 (14x12)

Average Joe = 173.3 (40x52)/12

Well, duh. But that's one player that we all already know is guilty. I'm more interested to hear if T-Ray has any inciteful "behind the scenes" information that we may not hear. Also, is it something that you ask the players when they are injured, or is it ignored? If you find out, how do they keep you quiet from saying anything? You know, stuff like that. See, I should be doing something in sports.

TV Weatherman.... hours.... 3am to 11am... I'm up every morning at 2am... I enjoy it, but I have essentially two jobs...

I have two sons and two foster daughters... one is adoptable, the other is not...the adoptable one is 4 months old, african american, and has HIV... and although I'm a typical white bread american male, and she is african american... she has only known me as her daddy and loves me unconditionally. She is the "smileyist" baby you will ever meet. I also have two sons who keep me challenged with guy things.

so...

My days are filled with weather, and then my kids... essentially two jobs. The weather job can sometimes be boring, here in Texas, but the kids make my "afternoon job" worthwhile.

Bluesky, you're right as far as hours go, we do a 56 hr work week. We just put in the 3 eight hour days in one sitting, once and a while it's nice to get paid to sleep though. :p

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