What does everyone on here do for a living?
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Cyber Security Engineer for an Embedded Software company
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Retired maintenance engineer for a large coal fired power plant. My college degree was chemical engineering but I wound up spending half my time working on chemistry, half working on pumps, heat exchangers and PLC controls.
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I am an attorney specializing in multi-state trusts and estate planning.
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Retired now since I am 78 years old. But before that I went to trade school for diesel farm tractor mechanic. Works for 6 months as tractor mechanic, then went to car mechanic, did that till sometime in the 80's, then dropped the cars as my OPE business became very big, and did that tlll retired 5 years ago.
Mechanical Engineer turned paper pusher
Yessir.Parts counterman at a small but busy GM/Chrysler dealership in central Louisiana.
ps be nice to your parts people and never forget your WE OWE paper if you promise something or parts/service will hate you
My condolences.
100% P&T disabled veteran and stay-at-home dad. I homeschool my daughters and argue with people on the internet.
Here's my story.
When I graduated H.S. in 2016, I wanted to major in marketing. That changed when my dad talked to his friend and his friend said "Employers are going to hire white folks over brown people". So, my DAD told me to switch over to mechanical engineering since I am into cars and computer sci(his friend told my dad to have me go into that bs). Fast forward, I wasn't good at the high-level math courses required for engineering and decided to go back into business. But, the degree MY parents want me to get idk anything about, or have any interest in.
I just lost all interest in going to school at this point. I've always wanted to work for BMW. I love what I do right now and I know I can build my way up and become a GM. Even if I graduate with a bachelor's degree in OMIS (Operation Management and Information Systems), I will be making like $70k/year doing something I don't like doing. Plus, I have to pay $25k to pay out of pocket for something I have 0 interest in. I'm on board to make around $80k right now the way I am selling cars. I average about 13-14 cars a month. I'm not going to work on my days off or spending long hours like a lot of people think salesmen do.
My parents are telling me to go to school get the degree and I'll easily become a GM or Sales Manager at a dealership. Uhhhhh, I've talked to a bunch of GMs and sales managers and they all said a degree doesn't dictate if they'll hire someone as a GM or Sales Manager. Experience does. Basically, if I do go to school and get that degree, I'll be right at the bottom selling cars like I am right now. But, If I spend that two years at the dealership (Instead of school), I could possibly get promoted to Finance and build my way up.
Wish I could find a mechanic In northern Ky that actually likes to do the work. I can’t get anything done right.
join the army. when your enlistment is up, you will be 100% focused and nothing will stop you. and you will never, ever, ever stop counting your blessings and realizing how lucky you are.
Could be worse I guess. Bit boring.
I don't think I can join the army. I had a kidney transplant last year.
Or he'll be smoking a cigarette in the motor pool and a mortar will kill him and two of his buddies.
Go Army!
