Was always curious what you guys do for a living as the wealth, knowledge, and compassion for animals on this board never ceases to amaze me and make me proud to be a part of this AWESOME online community! Im an automotive refinisher...……………….. I paint cars, LOL, painted my first car when I was 13, my Dads '75 LeSabre…..Eh, it was silver, not the best color to learn on
Self employed, Excavating Contractor for the last 25 years, residential and small commercial work, foundations, water/gas lines. grading, ditching, water proofing etc...
Collision and restoration tech for 37 years. Home, Camp, and Garage contractor for 32 years. Along with home, camp, and dock maintenance since 92. Pet rescue work for about 25 years. Now to find some time to get back to racing
HVAC contractor. Now a one man show. Been doing this since the 90's. Sold weed through most of the 80's. Have a natural knack for fixing stuff. If I can see how its supposed to work I can probably make it do what its supposed to.
Injection Mold tool maker by trade. Been using Siemens Unigraphics/NX since 1989 and been a CAD product designer for AT&T, Batesville Casket Company, Hill-Rom and hold 12 patents. Now lead CAM Manufacturing training for GE Aviation's sites.
Risk Manager for an agribusiness insurance company. We handle "first off the farm" type operations along with input dealers and cooperatives.
Sold my pizza shops when my wife retired in '08. One of my customers was a concrete contractor who also held a general contractor's license. I always did business with my customers, so we had him do sidewalks, etc at our new home. I laid the walks out where we wanted them and helped set forms. When I sold the second shop, he asked me what my plans were. I wound up working 4 years for him. I liked it. No stress and paid after every job. I now part time at V.E.D. and for Eric at Horsepower Innovations. Priors include driving all types of truck, including semi. Delivered furniture. Learned how to sell at an auto brokerage. I sold race and stock auto parts. Sold furniture. Sold real estate. I was a service advisor at shops and a dealership. Supervisor at truck rental agency. Car flipper for years. Sold used/new cars at dealerships. Indirect customer of Briz so the order here is a tad random.....................................
Own/run a party rental business with my dad and brother. We bought it in 2001 and did $175’000. This year we are shooting for 8 mil. I like to think we create memories. Weddings, grand openings, festivals, birthdays etc. it hasn’t been easy but it was always interesting. And before that I bought weed through most of the 80s. Lol Cliff
My wife retired (Configuration Management) from GE Aviation. It was Lear Siegler when she started there. Smith's bought them. GE was a customer. GE bought them just prior to her retirement.
Property Management Tech, last 11 years. Industrial, residential, commercial, painting since 15 years old, with a few stints operating heavy equipment. I'll be honest, I dislike my job , but it is what it is. We all can't be lucky enough to be doing something we like, just gutta be tough enough to endure what we don't. Briz, I ever get to Fla again , I gutta look you up and have a beer with ya, you crack me up.......Jim
I build custom business jets. Before that, I spent 20 years in the medical field in emergency rooms or clinics.
Local and over the road truck driver for the last 15 years. Haul show and prototype cars. Mainly Ford vehicles. Also do photo shoots, TV commercials and what ever other marketing events for Ford. Before that I was a technician for GM R&D, fuels and lubes group at the GM Proving Grounds. Primarily ran a chassis dyno lab doing fuel economy tests on different engine, trans and axle lubes.
after college started working at a local electronic company , made capacitors etc for Raytheon , govt , nasa etc . side jobs - mix board for a couple decent local bands , wedding photo's , wedding and party music . starting in '86 parts manager Chrysler dealer , "retired" in late '07 - basically tired of no raises , no help and being one rung on the ladder above the clean up guys . '95 started detailing cars ( 20 years total ) and worked at a local carquest store after the mopar thing . still do the store 2-3 days a week . buy , rebuild , sell holley's and edelbrocks also .
Auto insurance appraiser, then I went inside to be a director. Push paper now, budgets, finance, etc..
Coal miner for the past 8 years. I work underground in a panel section running a shuttle car (haul coal from the cutting face to the belt). Before that, I was a salesperson at a Honda dealer. Got out because I wanted a steady income, and I wanted away from retail and the public.
Irrigation contractor for the last 19 years...install and service irrigation systems - residential, commercial, schools, ball fields, etc. Basically anyone who needs something watered, I do it.
