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Patent lawyer - which means I am about 2 steps below child molester on the ATOT forums.
 
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Senior Systems Engineer for PHY layer wireless comm. I design the algorithms that make modems work. Hours are variable, but usually 9-6ish. 15-20 mins of commute. I wake up to get my kids to school, not for work. Will gross about 145 this year.
 
Software developer for a consulting company. Commute is about 20 minutes with traffic. I wake up around 7 and get in around 8 most days. We do flex hours, and only require 10-3. Work from home one day a week. I do alright for myself money wise.
 
Systems Engineer/Project Lead. PoC new technologies for our Linux environment, transition pre-existing systems to the new infrastructure, etc. I'll be doing something completely non-Linux/UNIX related after this assignment.

Typically get into the office at 7am -- we just moved offices, so my commute is now 15 minutes (wake up at 6am).
 
I work for a think tank. I write analytical reports about various public policy issues. 8:00 - 4:30. Lots of research, reading, literature review, field interviews, and lots of writing.
 
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product design engineer (mechanical engineer)
6:15 wake, 8:00-5:00, 40 min commute
 
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Signal Engineer. 0800-1700. 15 minutes until Feb/Mar when the new building is complete, then 5 minutes 🙂.

Took a decent size pay cut for this job, only making 80k now. Was supervisor for field maintenance, repairs/troubleshooting, & installation prior. Now learning how to write software for the equipment. Hopefully it pays off in a year or two when I know what I'm doing.
 
Sales engineer for a storage company. Start and finish times just depend on client and partner meetings, conference calls, and if I have to be onsite with a client for a POC or install. Wake up between 6:30-7am but only because that's when my wife and kids get up. I set my own schedule.

Pay is awesome.
 
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Not a muthafuckin thing nowadays...I is retired.
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I'm at the point that I wish I could join you.

Might be unemployed soon enough anyway....small company took on more than they could handle and has completely fallen apart.

Currently do automation and control engineering/programming work. Not sure if I want to continue that much longer.

Edit: By ATOT standards, I'm a peasant.
 
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Belegost said:
Senior Systems Engineer for PHY layer wireless comm. I design the algorithms that make modems work. Hours are variable, but usually 9-6ish. 15-20 mins of commute. I wake up to get my kids to school, not for work. Will gross about 145 this year.
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This is really interesting stuff .. I loved my wireless comm course in grad school. It's really fascinating and interesting. If I may ask, where do you work? What is the job like day to day?

I'm a senior radar engineer just finishing up an MSEE (on company money :sneaky: ). I'd consider moving into the comms side. My final project for the wireless comm course was a little simulation that used fake 802.11g packets sent out in a simple environment (walls, a couple moving "targets" aka 100% reflective cylinders, a fake receiver) and used ray tracing + basic radar processing to show how wi-fi radar could work and outline the difficulties with small indoor environments.
 
Engineer said:
I'm at the point that I wish I could join you.

Might be unemployed soon enough anyway....small company took on more than they could handle and has completely fallen apart.

Currently do automation and control engineering/programming work. Not sure if I want to continue that much longer.
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Depending on your age/situation, it may not be worth continuing. Honestly debating that in the next decade.

Mid-30s, engineer lead in top 1% healthcare company in US.

Like the rest of you, I make ATOT money.
 
Engineer said:
I'm at the point that I wish I could join you.

Might be unemployed soon enough anyway....small company took on more than they could handle and has completely fallen apart.

Currently do automation and control engineering/programming work. Not sure if I want to continue that much longer.
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You can always pick up some respectable work...like playing piano in a whore house...
 
Engineer said:
I'm at the point that I wish I could join you.

Might be unemployed soon enough anyway....small company took on more than they could handle and has completely fallen apart.

Currently do automation and control engineering/programming work. Not sure if I want to continue that much longer.
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You could adapt the garage door opener to fridge use.
 
Estimator/soon to be Project Manager for the service department of a HVAC and Plumbing contractor.
 
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Estimator/soon to be Project Manager for the service department of a HVAC and Plumbing contractor.
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Small business owner(retail garden center). 80 hours a week in season and around 50 hours a week in the off season. In season I start at 6 and leave at 7, off season is 8:30 to 5.
My commute is short. About 10 mins one way which is nice. I make around 37k a year.
 
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