What do YOU do?

What is on your resume? What is your background? Be as specific or as general as you are comfortable with.

Electrical Designer. I design/engineer building electrical systems. It's been my career for the past 21 years with two companies (current one for 16 years). Amusingly, I went to school for journalism. Life can be weird. Prior to that, I managed a comic book store and worked in auto parts.

Mechanical Engineer. I currently work in aircraft seating.

Past engineer jobs include aircraft galley products, mobile command centers, a UAV defense contractor, and hydraulic engine mounts.

Newest to Oldest.

Patent Examiner, Technical Services Manager (Engineering product design and production as well as customer trouble-shooting), Quality/Product Engineer (transmissions, CVT, pumps and motors), Manufacturing engineer (Tier 1 automotive), College-Engineering (College project-Haptic Steering system and simulator for American Honda-Full drive by wire set-up) and car salesman, Bartender, Manager Rent to own store, repo man, mechanic.

Somewhere in there I was on an F2/F3 race boat team.

I am old, engineering is my second career,

I design user interfaces for applications and do a little front-end development along the way. Most of them are web apps, although I get a chance to work on native mobile once in a while. I've been called a lot of things , but lately it's user experience designer. My background is in commercial graphic and web design, usually for marketing purposes.

Mental health services. For almost 20 years.

In order of importance

Father

Husband

Engineer (productivity on heavy duty (really big) gas and steam turbines and generators)

Legislative Budget Analyst. This isn't where I planned to end up (I say that like I am retiring, I am only 31) but the benefits are great and, for my area, the pay is pretty good. The only reason I see myself leaving this job is a really great offer from a small company landing in my lap or I managed to be self sufficient.

This job has it's "benefits" though. We only really work a few months a year and the rest of the year I just have to be in the office. Leaves lots of time for gaming, CAD work, and GRM!

tuna55 wrote: In order of importance Father Husband Engineer (productivity on heavy duty (really big) gas and steam turbines and generators)

Damn, that is a good answer.

Locksmith.

Formerly carpenter, CNA, civil engineering technician, painter, medic, and for a few miserable months in the '90s: a car salesman (horrible job).

Started out copyediting, moved on to layout (Quark/Indesign), now sort of a cross between production manager and graphic designer.

Husband to an awesome wife
"Dad" to two awesome dogs

Bank Risk Analyst. BS in Mathematics. Not my dream job, but I like the company and coworkers.

No clue what my dream job is.

HVAC and plumbing Professional Engineer in about a dozen states or so.

I do what I want.

To all answering father and husband.

Might not want to ask your significant other if they are something you "do". They tend not to be looked at as a job/chore/burden. (I worded my title a certain way for a reason )

Just graduated college so I don't have too much history, but right now I'm a research manager for a university, i take care of the crops. Before that I drove truck/ran a terragator/rogator for a local coop.

Technical Writer. Spent the last 9 years working on the Mechanical side (MerCruiser, winches/hoists, naval stuff)

Now have made the switch to software/online help (Finally!!), you may have heard of this small company named Oracle. Work from home at least 1 day per week, wear jeans/shorts/tshirt to the office. Great benefits/pay/sign-on bonus.

Full-stack web developer, programmer, Linux sysadmin, VoIP admin. I also do graphics, video and audio editing. For last 10 years I've been wearing many hats in IT at a government agency (while working all the side-jobs I can get), before that I was doing PC repair from home.

Lie, cheat, steal and screw people out of money. At least that's what most people think I do.

My degree is actually in human biology, and I started my career in social work (long story). My teen/early 20 years, I had lots of jobs. Valet parked cars, worked for 3 major pizza franchises, telemarketer, camp counselor, worked at Macy's, worked at Woolworth (when they had restaurants), worked for a psychic 900 line (seriously....and no I wasn't a psychic), worked at grocery store fetching carts.

Klayfish wrote: Lie, cheat, steal and screw people out of money. At least that's what most people think I do.

Oh, you work at a dealership? Or you're a lawyer.... I guess both apply here.

Me: Currently certified oil analyst for a large lubricant and coolant testing company.

Previously: 10 years slinging parts for an Acura dealership, before that 3 years of slinging Hyundai/Kia/Suzuki/Daewoo parts. Before that I ran a forklift for a John Deere warehouse pulling large orders. Before that a year loading/unloading semi's and running hugenormous forklifts/cranes at a steel mill. Before that 3 years working for Auto Zone. Before that I worked in an automotive parts factory that made plastic trim pieces. Before that I loaded freight aircraft for Kalitta and before that I spent 3 years working for Wally World in a myriad of roles.

You could say I've been around hte block considering I started out as a Music Education Major at Indiana State University and was a pretty decent French Horn player in the day.

Data Analyst/SQL developer in insurance. Not at all where I intended to be, but it's a good job with a great company.

Been an architect for about 28 years for firms of a variety of sizes. I'll be at it for another 8-10 years. Less, if I can manage it.

Buy cars for a very large car company

Engineering and tech support for DIYAutoTune / AMP EFI.

Bobzilla wrote:

Klayfish wrote: Lie, cheat, steal and screw people out of money. At least that's what most people think I do.

Oh, you work at a dealership? Or you're a lawyer.... I guess both apply here. Me: Currently certified oil analyst for a large lubricant and coolant testing company.

Nah, I'm too smart to be a lawyer.

Hmmm...didn't know you work for an oil analyst company. We don't use them often, but occasionally have the need for one, and I don't really have a good vendor for that right now. I'll PM you sometime.