EVE learning curve strikes again. ><
I’m still in school but I’m studying to be a nurse.
well we’ve done some snap on tools and hand tools but its few and far between, a vast majority of our stuff is screws, nuts, washers, clamps, and oil seals
that’s just my branch though we’re in the fasteners division, there’s a wire & cable, aerospace hardware, and enterprise cabling and security solution divisions as well
I was a software developer, tried to start my own company, went to school to become a high school teacher and currently I work as a Nerd Herder at my local Buy More (Insert actual company name here.) dealing with people that don’t know how to turn on their computers. (How do these people process human speach?)
Let my life serve as an example to others…
Also, PM me if you’re in the DC area and want to check out one of Armando’s awesome shows! They are way cool.
We need some GWC swag for the next one!
It’s all TIG in my shop, but there’s a bit of old school torch brazing in another department.
Joining AWS has never really crossed my mind. I don’t even know what the benefits are, or how much it is.
I don’t think the gearhead thing is something you develop because you’re a welder, I think it’s the other way around. Most everyone I know grew up working on cars and stuff or learned to weld on grandpa’s farm and ended up making a career out of it.
I’m a lumberjack, and I’m OK.
When I’m not busy pressing wildflowers, I also work with adults with MR/MH disabilities.
In many ways, I’ve done that in every job I’ve ever had. Le sigh.
Being a mid-westener…Snap-on was the only big co in that line I could think of. 
community college physics teacher
I teach history at a small college. I specialize in labor history, so this thread has been very interesting to me. Also, a student just asked me on Friday basically what career she should choose. One of my standard responses when students are overthinking it is that your job doesn’t have to be your whole identity. GWC seems like a perfect example of that.
geek in the classical mode I suppose.
I’ve worked in civil or public service for the past (almost) twenty years, commencing as a programmer in the IT branch of our statistics office in 96, moved on to analyst/tester in 98 , project management work etc etc.
In 2007 I moved to a much smaller (6 person) IT team where I’m now alternating between various software Projects/Helldesk work (you should hear some of the calls I get, le sigh).
It’s definitely the most fun I’ve had in a near 14 year career in IT, I Gets to play with hardware and software and do pretty much everything except actually weite code (Which frankly can be a headache anyways).
The only unusual thing is the core helldesk team is four people me… and three women.
Phaze
on the “regretting all that Cider I drank last night, silly silly phaze” ID
I’m a sysadmin (read: one-person IT department) for a software development company 
Holy crap! Are you involved with using e-coli bacteria as a new source of media for data storage? I just read about that in the news! 
Looks like that bio-computer mentioned in Star Trek Voyager is just one step closer to reality! :eek:
Why does the mental image of you pressing wildflower give me the heebie jeebies?
Its a bit of a peeve of mine that the first thing people ask when they meet in a social setting is “what do you do for a living?” or some similar question. Then their whole perception of you is influenced by whatever job you happen to have at that moment. Maybe not consciously but it happens.
I would rather that information come out naturally during conversations that way who the person really is comes through first and foremost from then on out.
Heya Cylon - Yeah, I saw that, but that’s not what we do 
Our guys designed CAD software for biological molecules (proteins) that allow our scientists to look at the interactions of atoms, and then propose changes to the structure of the protein (by swapping out certain amino acids). We use it to optimize the interaction & behaviour of certain types of drugs (antibodies actually) in the computer before sending them to the lab for testing. Kinda like trying out various architectural designs in a computer before building the thing IRL. Still very cool, but not ST:Voyager cool.
Heya Rowan, too funny. I started in chem/biochem, then did another degree in microbiology & immunology. I had a research grant looking at the gene expression of the bacteria that causes whooping cough, and my boss and I kept switching roles: he would finish my experiments and I would take care of the budgets and admin, so I went back to school (again) and did accounting.
I know we discussed Daisytown before, but I forget: Do you teach at Cal?
That’s a great part of the world to study labor history from. There’s a good (or, rather, bad) reason so few old houses in Daisytown and Coal Center have front porches.
Unix/Linux sysadmin for a company specializing in internet-based telephony.
Its a bit of a peeve of mine that the first thing people ask when they meet in a social setting is “what do you do for a living?” or some similar question. Then their whole perception of you is influenced by whatever job you happen to have at that moment. Maybe not consciously but it happens.
I would rather that information come out naturally during conversations that way who the person really is comes through first and foremost from then on out.
I agree. Also in college when the first thing anyone asks you is what your major is. That is a lot of fun when you don’t have one for 2 years. My cousin got so annoyed at people asking him his major, he started making up fake majors, which sounds like a lot of fun.
For reals! Applause and CAKE (or PAAAHHH)
