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tm37

Lifer
Jan 24, 2001
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Tech support for Large Medical device manufacturer.
I per forn the following duties.

1. phone support
2. sales support
3. pulication support
4. software testing
5. in house repairs
6. training
7. Hardware Testing and standards verification
8. Emotional Support for the sales staff.

I do all of this for less than $45K a year.

I am a cheap whore/
 

Squisher

Lifer
Aug 17, 2000
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Originally posted by: Ausm
Originally posted by: Squisher
Die repairman at a forge.

I work in the Axle department now. I call it industrial mountain climbing.

I crawl down 10-12 feet into the Upsetter using the tooling as footfalls, everything is covered in oil and water. You have to contort yourself to get down to where the axles are made.

You're squeezed in there surrounded by tooling that's about 200F, steam coming off everything. Normally you spend 10 minutes down there refurbishing the tooling, but you might spend 45 minutes down there if you're having problems getting a broken bolt out.

Great pay though.



Hopefully nobody hits the "on" button when you are down there ;)

Ausm

No worry, I lock out the machine with a pad lock of which there is only one key and it's in my pocket. You also don't do down there until the flywheel stops turning.

Slips and falls are my biggest worry. You can't nonchalant anything.


 

PeeluckyDuckee

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Feb 21, 2001
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Work as a CSR at two different jobs. M-F at one and S-S at the other. Hopefully this won't end up being my career. But seeing how I don't have the motivation to move up besides looking forward to the bi-weekly paycheques, I don't see myself (and my debts) moving anywhere fast.

<--- lazy piece of lard :p
 

AlienCraft

Lifer
Nov 23, 2002
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Audio Engineer / Technician
Stagehand
Lighting Designer
Electrical Contractor
General Building Contractor
Building Maintenance Engineer
Truck Driver

NEW OCCUPATION : Tree Service Company Owner

 

AlienCraft

Lifer
Nov 23, 2002
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Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
Structural engineer (civil engineering degree with structural emphasis). I mainly do structural design of new buildings to meet the applicable building code, renovations of existing buildings, building evaluations, and investigation of insurance/storm damage claims.

Today I'm working on the structural repair of a church built around 1900 with roof damage.
That's somethin I want to get more edumacation in.

 

Renob

Diamond Member
Jun 18, 2000
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I was a Painting Contractor from for 14 years, sold the company left the OverPriced Bay Area CA moved to Round Rock TX.

Now work for Dell as an Ops Admin.
I watch the Queue and take Level 2 support calls.
 

Maggotry

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Dec 5, 2001
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Semiconductor equipment tech

electronics
electrical
robotics
pneumatics
hydraulics
vacuum (RP, LP, Cryogenics)
RF

All that and more...
 

T2T III

Lifer
Oct 9, 1999
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Thank goodness nobody has indicated that they are a goatse test individual.. That would really be over the top. :Q

 

AlienCraft

Lifer
Nov 23, 2002
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Originally posted by: Renob
I was a Painting Contractor from for 14 years, sold the company left the OverPriced Bay Area CA moved to Round Rock TX.

Now work for Dell as an Ops Admin.
I watch the Queue and take Level 2 support calls.
I, too, left the OPBA, CA for Anderson, SC.
Much happier with life in general, as well.

 

Svnla

Lifer
Nov 10, 2003
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I work in Fin/Act/IT (yes, all three but not all the time). White collar type.
 

Gooberlx2

Lifer
May 4, 2001
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I'm an aquarist, which means I take care of fish. I like it, and I get to say "I swim with sharks and train tigers" (I help out our mammal staff), which is always a decent conversation starter.
 

Falloutboy

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Jan 2, 2003
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do video production for city goverment. (atleast thats what me and my coworkers are supposed to do most of the time we sit around bsing and playing UT2004 :p )