Whats Your Summer Job?

[Conor Ryan]

Simply put, Whats Your Summer Job? or what do you plan on doing for the summer?

I found out today that I'll be working up at Rutgers in the Dept of Nanomaterials Science Engineering, hopefully researching Fiber Optics, as I found out today.

So what are you people doing/Planning on doing?

[lsmith243]

I don't have one yet, but I either want to work at FIRST Place, or somewhere where I can gain some experience working with/around FIRST.. Does anyone have any suggestions?

[Collin Fultz]

Component Test Co-Op
Rolls-Royce Corporation
Indianapolis, IN

Second year as a co-op.

[Katie Reynolds]

Working at ...

Petco (http://www.petco.com) in Brookfield, WI
American Eagle (http://www.ae.com) in Brookfield, WI
Bath and Bodyworks (http://www.bathandbodyworks.com) (maybe) in either Brookfield or Delafield, WI

Volunteering at ...

Wildlife in Need Center (http://helpingwildlife.org) in Oconomowoc, WI

[Ashley Weed]

Customer Service and Traffic Specialist
CraftMaster Mfgt., Inc.
Towanda, PA (Mill Location)
Chicago, IL (Corporate Offices)

Managing Truck and Boxcar Traffic in and out of the plant, in addition to shipping plant materials including door trims and MIRATec. Fun, fun, on the company database.

[Erin Rapacki]

I just spent January-June being a coop within Pratt & Whitney Commodity Integration Management; therefore, I get to spend my July & August being back in class at Northeastern. Woopee!!! I can't wait to be back in Boston from Monday-Thursday with only three hours of class a day! Three day weekends (and a three week semester break in August) will be spent working/hang-gliding here: www.flymorningside.com.

I love summer class sessions because I love the outdoors, and being stuck inside for a job is really tormenting (as I found out as an intern at Hamilton Sundstrand during summers 2002 & 2003). Boston is so sweet during the summer too. There are festivals, free Shakespeare in the Common, symphonies by the Charles River, and warm nights to take walks with friends or go clubbing. Ahhhhh... can't wait :)

erin

[D.J. Fluck]

Working for the sales and marketing department at the regional sales office of DiTom Microwave Inc (http://www.ditom.com)

[MattK]

I'll be working out at a small company in Bedford, NH

[Erin Rapacki]

I'll be working out at a small company in Bedford, NH

Is this small company called Segway LLC? :D ;)

[henryBsick]

The local Dietrich Theater
Yard work for a large property in town ( thought it was going to be easy but I am there every free second I have :p )
And possibly my dad's garage.

-Henry

[karinka13]

I'll be at Carnegie Mellon for the summer, but right now:

Daryl's Pastries. Yes i have mad skill when it comes to boxing up pastries and saying "have a nice day" for 9 hours straight every saturday.

St. Luke Rectory. As in sitting at a desk doing homework and getting paid. It's not all that bad. :)

[brandy836]

Im too lazy to go out and actually find a job, so I'lll be taking a physics and english class at the local college.

[abeD]

motorola software intern in Plantation, FL

[Yan Wang]

July: National Youth Science Camp in W. Virginia

August: Mechanical design assistant at BorgWarner Morse TEC

September: COLLEGE! :)

[Mike]

Sevaa.com, wooot!

[coastertux]

Chick-Fil-A Unit # 1527

[Ryan Dognaux]

Indianapolis Zoo.

And no, I don't clean up the elephant poo :]

[Lisa Rodriguez]

Build-A-Bear Workshop

till i have to go to school (august 12th)

I build robots...and bears too!
They PAY me to build bears though:p

[nobrakes8]

Apprentice Tool Maker at Accellent Inc's (http://www.accellent.com) Watertown, CT plant.

[CmptrGk]

im working as a step down from network admin at my grandfathers school, their network admin seems to have completly dissappeared. they think that he had a nervous breakdown. im happy though, $12 an hour with absolutly nothing but an "I've done that at home" certification.

[dubious elise]

Right now, my options are: tennis instructor, coffehouse gal, or pharmacy assistant. Each has its own perks...but none are too forgiving when they have to compete with absence until June 25th (due to camps) and 6-8 hours per day of tennis playing/training.

Aaaaand fundraising and IRI ;)

Yay summer!

[Daniel Brim]

I have a prospective internship lined up at Northrop Grumman this summer. I still haven't gotten any confirmation, but it is definately in the works.

[Julia Magoolia]

I'm lucky enough to be working at FIRST Place for the second year now!

[Greg Marra]

It's looking like random computer repair and mowing my lawn! Although hopefully I can find a couple more web design clients.

[richardp]

It looks like I will be back at the Baskin Robbins/Dunkin Donuts for the summer.

[slickguy2007]

I am working at Deutsche Bank New York this summer. I am working as a intern to some investment bankers. Can't wait, I eventually want to do investment banking and this is a great opportunity to learn more about it! Plus the pay isn't bad ;)

GO 1403!!!

[spears312]

I'm scanning in blueprints and photos for an architectural firm here in St. Pete.

Unfortunately wasn't able to find somewhere where I could build a robot for food :yikes: .

[shyra1353]

Post Office at Shoppers Drug Mart .. start training tomorrow (so its really summer plus a month job)

[Bcahn836]

Right now I am working on getting an Internship at a government contractor building and designing UAV's. The team and I gave a presentation to them last week and they were interested in hiring me. I hope it works out, not only will they pay me the will cover the cost most of my college classes.

[Michael Leicht]

well for the summer my job is working at the Bound Brook golf range.

[SuperJake]

This is my 3rd Co-op at Drexel.

I am working for Johnson Matthey, Inc. in their precision coating devision. They coat catalytic converters (thing that cleans up the exhaust from your car's engine). I am a Project Engineering Co-op and I'm helping plan for a new automated line that won't get built until after I leave :( . Oh well.

As this is my last year of college - are there any professionals that want to hire me for a 'real' job? I graduate in June 2006 with a BS in Mechanical Engineering... though I will probably end up going for a MBA on top of that. Resume available upon request (PM or E-mail me).

[omutton]

I work at an apple orchard which is located across the road from my house. The work is demanding, but it is so convenient to walk to work!

[Beth Sweet]

I'm working in a bar, working a take out counter and working an ice cream counter this summer. Lots of fun, though sometimes I get confused with where I should be...

[Meredith Rice]

I have an internship at Johnson and Johnson Pharmeceutical Research and Development in their drug forumlation department. My work will probably deal with doing tests on the actually pills after the drug has been "invented" determining stuff like capsul hardness and rate of dissolution.

It should be nice, great experience and good money. They even have an employee gym and running track for lunch breaks.

[team222badbrad]

R&H Manufacturing

Monday through Thursday 3:30pm to 2:00am. :ahh:

Yes, thats right 2nd shift, but its not really that bad.

Well, the only time it was really bad was on my way home in the middle of the morning and my engine decided to bite the dust...

At least I get a three day weekend. ;)

Basically the company makes piping connectors and many many hydraulic parts for the Raymond Fork truck company.

I operate the band saw, CNC drill tap centers, and many other various manual/automatic metal turning machines.

[Madison]

I've recently started at The Cobalt Group here in Seattle, a dotcom that didn't explode like all the others. Hopefully, it'll be a bit more permanent than a summer job, though my current contract ends sometime in September -- I think. It's in the midst of being extended.

I do fun things involving vehicle inventory management, websites, and car dealers.

[Courtneyb1023]

ill be doing the Co-op thing this summer for Johnson Controls!
http://www.johnsoncontrols.com/

[SURVIVORfan44]

I'm a waiter in a VERY small town in Southeastern Virginia. I have fun too. I'd probably work there if I didn't get paid.

[Paul H]

This is my third year at the ol' family business (well, one of them). It's called Husite Engineering, and we do tooling for prototype work. I do all kinds of things there, from sweeping the floor to data management to running CNC machines to driving forlifts.

I also have a few grad parties to DJ and I'm taking 8 credit hours (calc and chem) at a community college so I can lessen my load for next year.

[Ryan Foley]

I survey gas service lines in MA and NH. I basically walk from the street to a house making sure there arent any gas leaks on the service line or the gas meter. I work for Sureys and Analysis Inc, which is hired out by various gas companies.

[Dorienne]

I'll be working for my sister's dad's plumbing company. He has an office on the street by my house, so Janina (my sister, she's 29) and I will be driving to the office to work for a couple hours or so. I'll be doing filing, research, payroll, etc.
I only get paid $5.50, but it's all good. It's a job, and I do need the money for college. Boy do I need it.

[Mike]

Right now I am working on getting an Internship at a government contractor building and designing UAV's. The team and I gave a presentation to them last week and they were interested in hiring me. I hope it works out, not only will they pay me the will cover the cost most of my college classes.
Wow, that's gotta be awesome. You build robots and get paid for it AND get semi-free college?!? :ahh:

[neilsonster]

Most likely: same as the past two years, working at the local ice cream store till I move to Waterloo for school in August!

Possible: working at a local science center, and at times getting paid to demonstrate our robot!! That would be so cool, we'll see.

[Wetzel]

I have applications out for three jobs. Driving an ambulance for a private transport company,unit secretary at the Birthing Inn (7p-7a) or cardiac monitor tech (7p-7a).

Wetzel

[Madison]

Most likely: same as the past two years, working at the local ice cream store till I move to Waterloo for school in August!

Possible: working at a local science center, and at times getting paid to demonstrate our robot!! That would be so cool, we'll see.

I worked at the Pacific Science Center here in Seattle -- the first science center in the world -- for 13 months. The museum was cash-strapped and is not always a glamorous place, but it simply made us find creative ways of teaching people.

If you're interested in interacting with kids and teaching for a dynamic, sometimes disinterested variety of people, it can be an amazing experience. I had to move on, but I really do miss it.

If you have the chance to work at a museum, take it! They're amazing.

[tkwetzel]

I am currently working at the shop that I have been working at for the past two years. But unless work picks up, I may be looking for another job. I have been asked to leave early two days this past week because there was no work to be done. But since they still pay me by the hour instead of flat-rate, I made more than any of the other technicians any given day this week.

I did notice that a custom bike shop recently opened up in Herndon and I think I may pay them a visit to see if they are looking for or would like some help. :cool:

[Stephen Kowski]

Simply put, Whats Your Summer Job? or what do you plan on doing for the summer?

So what are you people doing/Planning on doing?

taking classes @ the University of South Florida to make up for my lack of credits taken during the spring semester (thx FIRST)

[WLitchfield]

Workin at the local airport (3B2) Marshfield Municipal as a line guy. Line guys do everything, but primary job is refueling aircraft.

[Jeff Waegelin]

I'm working at ABB (http://www.abb.com) again this summer. I have an internship in the Robot Products Group at ABB in Auburn Hills, MI. It's the same thing I did last summer, which means I get paid to work with robots. ;)

[Joe Lambie]

I will be working at Kimberly-Clark for the summer (and fall) as an mechanical engineering intern/co-op. This will be my second time working for them as a co-op.

[KelliV]

I manage Condo's and Townhomes with McGill Management during the day.
I will be going to Columbia College of Chicago to study film from when I get off of work until 5:30pm. Then... I will then be doing my RMHS summer School classwork. I also coach an American Youth Cheerleading Squad for Rolling Meadows, IL, on the weekends. Right now I am planning the WildStang picnic, and I also baby-sit in the late evenings
The only thing left is time for sleep and food... And of course IRI!!!!

I love summer :rolleyes:

[Meyerman]

ill be at hockey haus where its all hockey all the time lol im a salesperson there its fun, but not related to robotics in anyway cept the sponser the team.

[evulish]

Well, I guess it's a summer job until it turns to fall and I continue working there. :P I recently got hired by Forex Capital Markets (it's like the 105th fastest growing company in the US) as a developer. It's in a building adjacent to a street parallel to Wall Street. Totally loving it so far as it's my first real, full-time job.

[CRAZYMADI]

Guys, I'm going to be busy like hell. I'll be working on the Discovery Stations at Air and Space Science Musuem down in Chantilly, VA. On the same end, i'll be working at the IAD (Washington International Airport) as an Engineering Assistant. I'm also trying to keep my third part-time job at Kohls too. So, in short words, i'm planning to earn big $bucks$ for college.

[Sean Schuff]

Summer to do list...

1. Attend Reisweber's bachelor party (other teacher on our team) for FOUR days!
2. Participate in Appleton's Flag Day Parade with the team and my family.
3. Attend Reisweber's wedding at the Belagio in Las Vegas.
4. Camp with the family.
5. Play at the park with the family.
6. Go to the zoo with the family.
7. Paint the house with the family.
8. Teach a one week summer girls engineering camp at our school.
9. Attend IRI wiih the family.
10. camp some more with the family.
11. Go sailing with the family.
12. Have lots of campfires in the back yard.\
13. Host our teams summer team party at our house.
14. Relax.
15. Unwind.
16. Cajole.
17. Enjoy life.
18. In August I'll get back to work.

Some say the three best things about teaching are June, July, and August. For me the three best things about teaching are students, colleagues and FIRST! It's all about people!

Have a swell summer!

Sean

[sillyone]

Well lets see Since Feb. 2003 I have been working at a local Skating rink in Mt. Morris, MICH. called Skateland Arena (www.skatelandarena.com). Its alot of fun, you get to yell at bad kids when they don't listen. The thing i do most there is run Laser Storm ( www.skatelandarena.com/lstorm.asp ) The best part about Laser Storm is the fog machine and effect (strobe) lights, o ya and the blacklights. Sometimes i be havin brain farts and forget that the fog machine is runnin, every time that happins it gets so foggy in thier you can not see 2 feet in front of you. one of my managers thinks it funny, but the other 2 hates it (i have 4 managers). The funny thing about workin at a skating rink is funny hours, one week you might have over 30hrs, a week later you might only have 15hrs. and thats basicly it.


HAVE A NICE SUMMER :p

Willie :cool:

[RudimentaryPeni]

If anyone knows a place in Palmdale, CA, i would love to know... I need to get a car, and i have no job!!!1! :( plus, no one is hiring a 16 year old with no experience.

[Anne George]

Im now officially back to having the only summer job ive ever held...Regal Cinemas...and well of course FIRST Place..but thats volunteering... I just recently had to leave my 2nd job.

I'm also trying to keep my third part-time job at Kohls too
i worked at Kohls this past year...it was crazy in there and i didnt get along with the manager above me...so i had to leave. Three Jobs is crazy though no matter how much i ended up with it wasnt worth losing my social life...

[Nitroxextreme]

im gonna try to learn inventor

and make an old golf cart remote control....if i can get all the parts i need

[RoboMom]

My son asked one of the team mentors for leads on summer jobs. Thanks Lockheed Martin! He is going to be working with this mentor.

It never hurts to ask, especially with the skills you are learning in FIRST.

[JamesCH95]

I will be working at one, or a combination of three places:

Sears Electronics Sales
CRREL, a military research base
Hypertherm, plasma cutting
should be fun!

[macurtis]

I'm going to be working at one of three Arby's in the Holland Area. You know a city is getting bigger by the number of fast food restaurants that have multiple restaurants set up around town. :rolleyes:

[Mike AA]

Uh, working 9-3 as Electrician For Aalderink Electric. 3-9 as sales at Menards Electrical department. When I have time off of either of those working on my business (M-Pute) and doing computer sales and computerized security camera systems. Oh and spending as much time as I possibly can with my Fiance.

I've been on summer break for... 3 years now?

-Mike

[Freddy Schurr]

Becoming a REBEL ( Reaching Everyone by Exposing Lies) ROC ( REBEL OFFICAL STAFF), it our anti-tobacco group in the great state of New Jersey.

I would like to work at a camp with kids, also

[Tully]

Quizno's! I've worked there since the store opened in October '04...
Thinking I might need a change soon though.

[Cobage]

I got a job as a janitor at an office building close to home. I also worked an ice cream shop for a while.

[Ashley Christine]

I dont have a job yet for the summer. I applied for this car-wash down the road from me. And have yet to turn in my application for subway. I need to work for the money. I dont want to work. I would rather spend my whole summer break with "my brother" in New Jersey. But oh well, what can you do? There are just certain things you gotta do.

[Melissa Nute]

Working the Customer Service desk at Best Buy. And i'm trying to get a job that lets me work the overnight shifts.

[Tytus Gerrish]

IM a Draftsman/CNC Machinest at BTI in Riveria Beach, FL
and i Just started Interning For E.D.F. As a Draftsman/F.N.G.
at Pratt & Whitney West Palm Beach ,FL
I also work for the School District as a Legoleague Coach

[Billfred]

Well, I posted earlier, but I guess I should update it. On top of my job in Maine teaching robotics, I'm also working at Sonic. No, I don't skate.

[Pat McCarthy]

I'm going to work as a Technology intern for my school district.

[TonzOFun]

I'm working as a Camp Counselor for the YMCA this summer.

[santosh]

I am working on getting my team some sponsors and organzizing outreach evetns, I am also trying to get a job at some hobbytown USA

[melissa]

I just got a job at the Coffee Beanery in the mall. Now I can be awake 24 hours of the day...and I don't even like coffee haha.

[MrToast]

I helped co-found Neometric Software:
http://www.neometricsoftware.com/

I'm also a contract web site programmer. I'm currently working on an open source PHP/MySQL gallery.

Dave

[Heretic121]

i have 3 possibilities and im still deciding...

-Domino's pizza
-Olympia Sport
-Staples

[av11d]

workin at Mailbox Business Center this summer. air conditioned and the work is good. shipping stuff, making labels, copying, cashiering, working with customers. sounds cool to me.

i'll of course be doing my usual crazy amount of robotics work. mostly fundraising and training.

[CraigHickman]

Summer job....
well, I do it now, but I'll be doing it in the summer, so I guess it counts.
I technically classify as an A-1. If you know what that is, I congratulate you. If not, here is what I do-
Audio Tech. I sit behind a 60 channel board and turn little knobs for hours. Sometimes It's boring, depending on what type of Band I'm running tech for. Some, however, are simply astounding.

[Pat Fairbank]

I've been hired by my old high school (I gradutated from there last year) along with some robotics friends to design and install automatic blinds in some of the classrooms, as well as ceiling-mount speaker systems. The idea is to have everything controlled by a microprocessor in each room, and then control each of these (ethernet and IP capable) processors through the school's W/LAN.

So teachers will be able to whip out their wireless tablet PCs, hit a button, and the blinds will come down, the sound system and LCD projector will come on, the screen will drop from the ceiling, and the lights will dim.

It's a great job, considering it's probably something I'd do for free just for the fun of it.

[Liz C]

I started a summer job at the engineering section of the navy at the ship yard in philadelphia. It's pretty cool so far.

I'm also working in the dining room at Foulkeways, an assisted living facility.

it's a good variety :rolleyes:

[Amanda Morrison]

I'm working in Purdue's College of Engineering - Strategic Planning and Engineering Advancement office. Roughly translated, it means I'm working for Purdue University and the Boilermaker Regional doing miscellaneous tasks (redrafting proposals, creating timelines and organizing feedback, and ensuring the Boilermaker Regional is just as outstanding and well-planned as it was this year).

Doing FIRST as a job is an interesting experience. I no longer have a main hobby. :) (well, besides training for my KK contest with Dave!)

[FusionDude364]

I got an internship through the Office of Naval Research at the Naval Research Lab on Stennis Space Center. Its pretty cool, easily the best summer job Ive ever had. One of the main goals Im supposed to accomplish is to find a elastomer like compound that has similar density and acoustic properties of water. Cool stuff.

[Jeffrafa]

I have a summer internship with a local automation company - Olympic Controls. This is the second summer that I will be working with them

Other than that I'll be working on a number of my own summer projects (hovercrafts, linux clusters, teaching myself programming, and any car projects that arise). I also plan on working with friends on a possible ISEF science fair project, which will most likely have something to do with either linux clusters or van Eck phreaking.

Any free time after all this will be spent either wakeboarding, sleeping, or lounging at the beach.

[i_am_Doug]

Ha summer job.. is a summer job football practise until 10:00-7:00 or a "robotics camp" your team has thrown together in a matter of days?

Then thous ARE MINE!

^Jeff would probably sleep more than anything..... :D

[Termite233]

i work at a retirement home/nursing home as a housekeeper...its really gross...im quitting in a few days lol.

[Winged Wonder]

iiiiiiiiiiiiiii...

work at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)! ^_^ I'm an intern/apprentice with the NASA Summer High School Apprenticeship Research Program (SHARP) at Kennedy Space Center (KSC). My "job" is pretty cool, its basically the job that gives everyone else out at KSC a job (if that makes sense... i'm keeping it vauge, sorry ^^; )... but it can get tedious at times (i can only take sitting at a computer all day for so long...). However! When i go on Tours and stuff with the rest of my SHARPie buddies, and come home with pictures like this one (http://fs7.deviantart.com/i/2005/167/8/4/Crawler_by_Ayino.jpg)... it makes it all oh so worth it. (that pic, btw, was taken last Wednesday at Roll-out. Return to Flight (STS-114)'s window is scheduled to open July 13th... oh! and guess who gets to be on site for the launch!? XD eeee -excited-) Also, i found i work down the hall of some of my mentors that i work with during the build season and competition season, so whenever i have time off, i can just take a small detour and visit them! ^_^

[Dan Richardson]

I'm working at D6 Industries as a intern thermo engineer. D6 is mainly a custom heatsink manufacturer of both bonded fin and liquid cold plates. Its COOL work ( sorry ignore the pun )

[A. Leese]

I work at Raytheon Space And Airborne Systems out here in LA. It's not really a summer job, as I'll be working here until Aug 06. My title is Techincal Student and traslates to intern. I work in system integration and testing in the GPS Navigation division/department. I also get to share an office with Joe Ross, which is always fun. This is my second summer and I love it here (especially because it gives me a great excuse for moving to LA!).

[Wetzel]

27 hour shifts driving ambulances and tending to patients.

wooo overtime.

Wetzel

[ArmoredFairy698]

I'm working the summer (plus a couple months into school) at Microchip Technology Inc.

[J Flex 188]

=D. Flatline Solutions was awesome enough to give an opportunity for a summer intern at the company this year and I was lucky enough to snap it up. Im there for the experience, picking up a lot of technical tidbits here and there in addition to business (which im really going into =P)

I also work on sundays lifeguarding at a rec centre.

[krunch79prez]

im working summer staff at a christian camp all summer and i cook breakfast, i do maintenance work (robotics did come handy in this area), i teach archery, and i build campfires.

[Daniel Brim]

More details on my job.

I will be designing casings for the microelectronics that go onto satellites that Northrop Grumman makes. I am using TurboCAD (a thousand times ugh), but other then that it is a lot of fun.

[Specialagentjim]

Motorola Intern: iDen Electrical

Working on current drain analysis and some other DC circuit stuff (start up sequencing) on a new iDen platform, of which I cant talk anymore about.

(By the way, I hate 20x40 surface mount parts. I mean with a passion. an undying relentless passion. There should be no reason for the microscope in my cube!)

[Timothy D. Ginn]

Paid:

Web Developer for Queen's Learning Commons (http://www.queensu.ca/qlc)
Various things for Spyral Productions (http://www.spyral-productions.com/)

Volunteer:

Doing some openFIRST Stuff (http://www.openfirst.org/) (various miscellaneous administrative things)
FIRST Blogs (http://blog.openfirst.org/) - my latest pet project :-)
Internal Affairs Commissioner (and Webmaster) for the Computing Students' Association @ Queen's (http://compsa.queensu.ca/)
IT Director at the Arts and Science Undergraduate Society of Queen's University (http://www.asus.queensu.ca/)
Tech (Computing Orientation Frosh Week Leader) (http://compsa.queensu.ca/Orientation) - If only you could hear the cheers :-)

[Aaron Lussier]

Right now I am cooking at the New Hampshire Fishercats (http://www.nhfishercats.com/) stadium. The fishercats are the AA affiliate of the Toronto blue jays.

At the end of October I leave for Navy Boot camp.

-Aaron

[Ian Curtis]

Lobstering, oh the joys of getting up at 2 AM, to save money for my video camera and maybe an eventual Mac iBook.

[Chase]

As much as I hate not having any money, I love not working even more. So I'm spending this summer doing what I love. Playing guitar, but not just playing guitar, I'm trying to work on my songwriting skills. :cool:

[macurtis]

I just got invited to go to Cornerstone University's Journalism Institute as a Student editor for about a week and they're paying me nicely to come for free. :cool: