What do you do for a living?

[tyler]

I always find it interesting to see what people do for a living.

I live in AZ, and I'm a computer nerd. I manage an IT dept.

What do you do? Please be vague, this is the Internet, after all.

[jerry]

Tyler since my design/fabrication gig has slowed to a halt (corvid.us) I've started collecting aluminum cans.
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[tyler]

corvid.us... pretty cool stuff actually.

[jerrypar72]

I sell parking lots. If you have asphalt, get in touch with me. I love the smell of asphalt in the morning.

p.s. And No, I don't fix hemorrhoids.

[cholla]

I have a small concrete business, floors, patios, sidewalks, you know, concrete.

John :usa: :mexico:

[fatboyharley]

I am a pediatric therapist workng with special needs children in particular autism, downs syndrome, and develomental delay

[Ladyjeeper]

I am a social worker for children with developmental disabilities.

[InkaRoads]

I buy aluminum cans full, preferably Tecate, then a throw them out the window as I drive Jerry's front door for his recycling enterprise, at the same time I am looking for broken tiles and rusted steel to do my own gig www.cameodesignsonline.com (http://www.cameodesignsonline.com)

[Scott]

Hey Tyler --

Fellow computer geek here. I manage the IT operations for several John Deere Dealerships in the US and Canada.

[don]

Uhhhh, I create computer viruses :shock: to keep the nerds busy... :lol:

Actually I'm a program coordinator for the NAU Transportation Dept., and private contractor repairing ATMs' and conventional banking units.

[El Feo]

Living? Who is making a living?

I sit by the sunrise
Wait for the moonset
Blue breeze on my face
And blink.

[gunner]

I use to build homes and make a few buck's, now I warranty the homes I built and spend a few buck's !!
It all good :-)

[tyler]

Hey Tyler --

Fellow computer geek here. I manage the IT operations for several John Deere Dealerships in the US and Canada.

:ugeek:

[azbeachboy]

I'm a stage hand aka roadie. I also do event security. It's the best of both worlds in rock and roll...

[Seadweller]

I'm Batman... Quick... to the Bat Boat Robin...
JUST ADD SALTWATER (http://www.justaddsaltwater.com) :boat:

I never could decide what to be when I grew up... so I decided not to grow up... after splashing around in the sea for the past 13 years, I finally realized what it was that I wanted to do for a living... and that is to BE A KID AGAIN!

[calico56]

Hi,
Dont talk to much here but love to read all the great stuff, anyways i work for Truly Nolen pest control here in Tucson.
Bob

[Kenny]

I also spent some years, a little over 5 altogether, working with people with a variety of disabilities including developmental. Some were stroke victims, others were Vietnam vets with traumatic head injuries. Some had dementia and Alzheimer's, others were manic depressive, schizophrenic and all types of psychosis that were for all practical purpose unknown.. Some of the guys I worked with had spent most of their adult life's in Arizona state hospital and had behaviors that made it impossible for them to live in group homes. They were put into intermediate care facilities ran by AZ State.. I got to take them out into the general population in a one-on-one situation. Many people thought they should still be hidden away, but I know much sicker and dangerous people in public office. :D I then worked for the Brothers of the Good Sheppard in N. M. , a very unique intermediate care facility with residents of all ages. A motley crew with a big variety of problems . No, I'm not Catholic. I've spent most of my years in the trades, setting up machines, fixing machines, and building this and that. I trained dogs and had the (Sensuous Cow Leather Goods Co) in the 70's. When I turned 50 I decided to do something that made a difference, so I took my tool belt off and went to work helping people instead of corporations. I did it because I could...
I now work in Facilities at Yavapai Community College here in Prescott. I spend about half my day working in the dorms and those kids remind me of some of my clients from the past, their crazy. :lol: Kenny

[joester]

registered land surveyor and partner in a civil engineering/land surveying firm here in Phx -
Ritoch-Powell & Associates. Hoping the stimulus money finds it's way to more highway projects for us to design.

[Wood Spinner]

Retired
I have had a history of business management from a milk processing creamery, Sears retail and to my own business in landscape contracting, for the last 25 years, until retirement. From famine to feast and back again. All was well with the business until I had brain tumor and ended up with an inability to tolerate the stupid attitude many people have. I got to a point that I was saying what most people would like to say but know better. My Son took over the business and has run it to the edge of total failure. That is why I love the song "Don'T Worry, Be Happy "
May each of your attitudes hold up, and be happy, to just be surviving in these tough times.

[Jamie75]

Kind of a late entry here, but hey, I am at work and bored!

I am manufactures representative for the plumbing industry. I do outsides sales and call on showroom and wholesale plumbing companies. Been in the industry since 1994. I know a whole lot about toilets and water heaters!! :lol:

[Terry C]

We are a Steel Fabricator that my dad started back in 1964. He since has pasted away and with the way things are these days my brother and I are closing up shop. This biz is tough and it is time to move on.

[Ladyjeeper]

Sorry to hear that Terry. I took a 5 thousand dollar a year hit on my income, which wasn't all that much to begin with. I am just glad I am still employed. 30 years with the state is good job security.

Good luck, I know you'll land on your feet.

[Stuart]

At the moment, I'm a <WASH MY MOUTH OUT WITH SOAP><WASH MY MOUTH OUT WITH SOAP><WASH MY MOUTH OUT WITH SOAP><WASH MY MOUTH OUT WITH SOAP><WASH MY MOUTH OUT WITH SOAP>. I contract myself out to companies who use and abuse me, then toss me aside like a used diaper in a WalMart parking lot. After getting a 75% pay cut in December at a full-time gig, only to be shown the door in January, I decided to go back into contract whoring. Hey, if I have to be a <WASH MY MOUTH OUT WITH SOAP><WASH MY MOUTH OUT WITH SOAP><WASH MY MOUTH OUT WITH SOAP><WASH MY MOUTH OUT WITH SOAP><WASH MY MOUTH OUT WITH SOAP>, I want to be the highest paid one on the block!

I am currently being paid to produce technical documentation on building Linux and Oracle servers. Fun stuff like this:

You will need the boot ISO string information to kick start the server. You can keep this SSH session open, copy and paste the text to Notepad, or record the boot ISO string on your checklist
Run the resin_setup.sh script.
Once finished, scroll through the output and make sure that "checking for JAVA_HOME..." finds the JDK in /usr/java/. The current JDK is 64-bit JDK 1.5.0_10.

Eh, it's a paycheck for the time being.

[tyler]

At the moment, I'm a <WASH MY MOUTH OUT WITH SOAP><WASH MY MOUTH OUT WITH SOAP><WASH MY MOUTH OUT WITH SOAP><WASH MY MOUTH OUT WITH SOAP><WASH MY MOUTH OUT WITH SOAP>. I contract myself out to companies who use and abuse me, then toss me aside like a used diaper in a WalMart parking lot. After getting a 75% pay cut in December at a full-time gig, only to be shown the door in January, I decided to go back into contract whoring. Hey, if I have to be a <WASH MY MOUTH OUT WITH SOAP><WASH MY MOUTH OUT WITH SOAP><WASH MY MOUTH OUT WITH SOAP><WASH MY MOUTH OUT WITH SOAP><WASH MY MOUTH OUT WITH SOAP>, I want to be the highest paid one on the block!

I am currently being paid to produce technical documentation on building Linux and Oracle servers. Fun stuff like this:

You will need the boot ISO string information to kick start the server. You can keep this SSH session open, copy and paste the text to Notepad, or record the boot ISO string on your checklist
Run the resin_setup.sh script.
Once finished, scroll through the output and make sure that "checking for JAVA_HOME..." finds the JDK in /usr/java/. The current JDK is 64-bit JDK 1.5.0_10.

Eh, it's a paycheck for the time being.


I didn't realize you were a sorta nerd.

[johnh]

Network Admin, Northern AZ County, 7 hour drive to the beach, once a month.

[tyler]

Network Admin, Northern AZ County, 7 hour drive to the beach, once a month.

That's dedication :)

[DTPHX]

air traffic controller at Sky Harbor

[tyler]

air traffic controller at Sky Harbor

Really? I've always wanted to do that... What's it like?

[tequilatodd]

Work as PC Tech for the Town of Gilbert. It's not the highest paying gig in the IT dept., but I am still employed (as of this post)

[Stuart]

Really? I've always wanted to do that... What's it like?

It's okay, except for when he picks a really bad day to stop sniffing glue!
(Sorry DTPHX, seeing what you do immediately brought back every scene from the movie "Airplane!" in my mind.)

Surely, you understand. And stop calling me Shirley! :lol:

[colemanscottage]

Business Development Manager for American Express until 7/2/09 (Riffed :( Sniff!) so now, I have a pet, plant & house sitting/errand running/event planning business.

Ahhhhh working for myself in a down economy...gotta love it!

[mexicoruss]

My wife and I are in the promotion business after selling a large business in the States, I am always looking for opportunity to promote whatever it is that we are interested in. Right now it is Penasco and we throw our weight into everything we do.

[duffster]

I.U.E.C. Elevator Mechanic, 25 years and counting.

[Jim]

Displaced Arizona Real Estate Broker turned broke Realtor/Entrepreneur in Mexico. But, never been happier.

[La Pequena Hermana]

Ex grocery manager/caretaker...now getting ill and going broke trying to fight for our house!

[tortuga]

:razz:Retired Federal Civil Service. Worked for the agency that builds the big transmission lines from the Federal dams. Fulltime RVer for 13 years. "Work" the summers on dock at Halls Crossing Marina on Lake Powell and spend the winters at Playa de Oro.:geek:

[Penasco Pirate]

18 year journeyman electrician, made the jump the A/C service tech.Trying to start up some business in Penasco...hopefully be there fulltime in the next 3 years. My wife...well schooled pediatric dental assistant for 10 years and looking for the same in RP. ;)

[Roberto]

Former published research associate with NIMH (electrophysiological studies of sleep and dreams), 20 years working in Native American economic development (Indian Casino development and marketing), most recently clinical mental health therapist for one of the Indian Nations in NM specializing in multiple diagnosis clients. Moved to Penasco on a whim. Currently not much, do a little real estate stuff, often bored. House in Penasco for sale, wanting to move South. Looking for the next adventure.

[X-Coastie]

Nice post. I missed it somehow. Retired parole supervisor. Public disclosure. It should be X-Coastie. A Coastie is a sailor in the Coast Guard. Seadweller got it. I wish that I had. It is up to Tyler to correct my haste. This is a great thread, so lets keep it going.

[tyler]

New people... what do you do?

[janetandclint]

I am a several time retired special education teacher and now involved in the promotion of border womens' cooperatives for improving their ability to earn a living. My husband is retired also, formerly Alaskan fisherman, transportation of fish, seafood plant, horse ranch, carpentry and really jack of all trades.

[Bob Oso]

I am the current owner of a third generation family business, Est.1960. I distribute, convert and fabricate foam, plastic and rubber products. I also created a line of proprietary products that cater to food and hospitality industires. My products as well as the components I make for my customers products are sold world wide. One example of my business is I make all the dounut cases, coffee cup/lid and condiment dispencers for Circle K throught out the nation. The diversity of my company's capibilities is what keeps me in business, even in this down economy.

[janetandclint]

Ex grocery manager/caretaker...now getting ill and going broke trying to fight for our house!
May you be well soon, keep your house and find employment.

[lagrimas85]

Until 2002 I owned a company that made pressure treated lumber. We made treated sill plate for homes, telephone poles, and most of the guardrail posts you see on the hiways of Arizona today. I sold the business in 2002 and started building houses in maricopa and Rocky point and some small commercial buildings in Casa Grande. Presently I started work on a small hotel in Rocky Point and stopped due to a lawsuit.(I should be back at work on it this month)

[Estero]

We provide internet payment processing and high risk merchant processing globally as well as hosting. We also have a document imaging business that scans legal and medical records from across the country. We currently are looking to start a papercrete biz in Penasco to provide low cost building blocks for housing.

[lagrimas85]

We provide internet payment processing and high risk merchant processing globally as well as hosting. We also have a document imaging business that scans legal and medical records from across the country. We currently are looking to start a papercrete biz in Penasco to provide low cost building blocks for housing.

There is a person making bricks out of magazines and newspapers in Maricopa now. But his timing is a little off.

[jerry]

I play around with papercrete (I think paper/adobes is a better block) lagrimas let's here more about your hotel.
There is a person making bricks out of magazines and newspapers in Maricopa now. But his timing is a little off.

[jerry]

Jamie whick tankless propane heater is the best..is there a solar heater worth a crap yet
Kind of a late entry here, but hey, I am at work and bored!

I am manufactures representative for the plumbing industry. I do outsides sales and call on showroom and wholesale plumbing companies. Been in the industry since 1994. I know a whole lot about toilets and water heaters!! :lol:

[lagrimas85]

I play around with papercrete (I think paper/adobes is a better block) lagrimas let's here more about your hotel.

Jerry, I had a part in a block plant in San Luis, Sonora in the early 90's and screwing around one day we mixed paper, clay and a small amount of cement and straw and made some really nice 6x8x16 block (hollow). They had the look of adobe and were strong. The hotel was planned for 46 rooms the pool is in and I have 11 rooms about ready. I am going to finish what is started when the litigation I am in is finished and get rid of it.

[Estero]

Jerry, since we have so much paper leftover from the imaging biz papercrete seems to make sense. We were thinking the paper/cement/sand mixture but have yet to decide. It was an idea a friend had after seeing the houses on the road next to the train tracks on the road to Encanto. 3rd post here scratching my way to 5.

[Senor Pescado]

Criminal defense attorney with office in central Phoenix. Also licensed in Nevada. Handle everything from traffic tickets to first degree murder. Did criminal defense in Las Vegas for about 3 years, moved back to Phoenix and was a deputy county attorney in Maricopa County for 2 years prosecuting misdemeanors and felonies and then went back into private criminal defense work for the past 9 years.

[jerry]

We build Entry doors,panic rooms,media cabinets (cut our own veneers),BuddyRhodes Concrete Artisans http://www.buddyrhodes.com/a_corvidsupply.html all slowwwwwww
but my all around real estate owning/no cash dumbass skills are not to be topped.................I've been watching the movie Heat a lot...maybe I'll get terry to weld a big assed V on the front of my truck and make a bank withdrawl

Oh as a side job (along with another forum member)I'm now sort of a part time butler.......help!!!!!!!

[lagrimas85]

We build Entry doors,panic rooms,media cabinets (cut our own veneers),BuddyRhodes Concrete Artisans http://www.buddyrhodes.com/a_corvidsupply.html all slowwwwwww
but my all around real estate owning/no cash dumbass skills are not to be topped.................I've been watching the movie Heat a lot...maybe I'll get terry to weld a big assed V on the front of my truck and make a bank withdrawl

Oh as a side job (along with another forum member)I'm now sort of a part time butler.......help!!!!!!!
When I had the treating plant we used to separate out the timbers for guardrail that had begun to turn blue from a fungus in the wood and since we also had sawmill equipment we would slice the blue pine into door veneers. We sold alot of that stock into Tucson for rustic entry and interior doors. I dont know if you have ever seen blue pine but it is absoulutley beautiful. P.S. I also almost bought a place in Santo Tomas maybe 3years ago. I think the person I talked to was Tom Cruz.

[AZ ROB]

we make little metal things out of big metal things.....

[jerry]

Estero if you make a towable mixer and find some good clay you can make a block that is better than adobe and can meet code in Cochise County...I'll get you the recipe if you want.

[Tomcat]

New people oh yeah that's me LOL,
Well I never grew up either so I play for a living. I have 22 years in so far as a OHV manager U. S. Forest Service Ranger. OHV means Off Road Vehicles. Mostly I worked in Washington State till funding dried up. Then in Northern California till funding dried up. Now I am just hanging out between jobs on the RIM in Northern AZ. helping some good friends build there dream house from scratch. First trip to rocky beach will be first week of October.

[loco]

Been in the Radio Buisness for over 25 years, Dont make a lot of money but it beeeeets the hell out of having to work for a living. Its nice doing something you enjoy!!

[mis2810]

Paralegal and contract manager for one of Phoenix's local professional sports teams.

[tyler]

Is anyone in law enforcement in AZ? Let me know if you are!

[Estero]

Jerry the recipe would be appreciated. Thank You

[Terry C]

Tyler, if you need a cop call 911. LOL

[tyler]

I don't need a cop, i *WANT* to become a cop. :)

[Terry C]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh LOL

[Mentiras y Traición]

:think:As a paralegal, I see that people get what's coming to them.:think:

[Ladyjeeper]

Tyler,
One of my girlfriends is a cop. Do you want me to talk to her? PM me your contact info.........

[Kenny]

If someone can't find out how to be cop, should they be a cop? :o

[tyler]

haha, I know all about cops.. I just like to talk to other cops about their dept.

[Kenny]

Cactus was a cop8-), or at least he said he was in "law enforcement" is how I believe he phrased it. Maybe you can still contact him Tyler?:D

[jerry]

I don't think he was a real cop....he did threaten to shoot me once ..he likes to drive around rp with a cold one ......Tyler i think you should go BP.....better starting pay....my buddy is a taxi driver in Tucson and picks them up for Club Crawls then drops them off in their Tubac area Housing Bubble rentals...pretty good life'
Cactus was a cop8-), or at least he said he was in "law enforcement" is how I believe he phrased it. Maybe you can still contact him Tyler?:D

[Jim]

My partner Ron Gorski at the CTC is a retired Scottsdale cop. 29 years of service. He's truly one of the good guys.

[Vvalenz]

Not a cop, I do all the accounting and HR for a company who sells crushers, screens and pumps to the mines.