Well, Whats your job?

[Danny Diaz]

I started out in fast food as well, working at Hardee's cooking up fried chicken (back before they were bought by Carl's Jr. when they served fried chicken). I agree with Billfred 100%, you really understand what people go through on the opposite side of the counter.

In college I was fortunate enough to work at the Georgia Tech Research Institute with a brilliant researcher on millimeter wave Rotman Lens antennas, neural networks, and radar simulation software.

Once I got my CmpE degree from Georgia Tech, I came to work in Austin, Texas at National Instruments. Here I develop platform abstraction libraries for drivers and the real-time ethernet drivers.

-Danny

[Jay H 237]

My first job was at a small local body shop cleaning and detailing vehicles before they were returned to the customers. I also moved the vehicles around getting them ready to go into the shop, leave the shop and keeping the vehicles in the fenced in storage lot. They kept me doing this because I was one of the few they had that had no problems driving a standard including a "three on the tree" (I learned to drive on a standard plus my first 2 cars were standard). Between doing that they gave me other odd jobs to do including keeping the supplies stocked and making sure as all the replacement parts came in they went to the proper vehicle. It was fun getting to drive all the different vehicles and machinery that came in. They would even repaint UPS trucks and construction machinery.

My second job was doing cabinetry and furniture. I built cabinets and furniture and did repairs on these pieces. Some of this was on the road. I would drive one of the companys Dodge vans to do installs or repairs at the customers houses or if the pieces were small enough bring them back to the shop if other work was required. Most of the work was where the money was, the southwestern part of CT, and New York city. This required a good part of my day as travel time plus trying to find parking for a 15 passenger Ram van in Manhattan was even more fun.

My third job, where I've been for the past 6+ years, is Wittmann, Inc (formally Wittmann Robot and Automation). The company is based in Vienna, Austria and makes robots and automation systems for the plastic injection molding industry. We can supply everything except a molding machine. We bought out and now own Nucon (material handling, located in Toronto, Canada), CMB (granulators, located near Paris, France), and Capitol Temptrol (tempature control units). It's a multi-national company now. We sell products and do installations around the world. I do mostly assembly and shipping but at times I have gone into the field for service and also done trade shows (Chicago! )
I should also mention (so no one gets confused ) we don't make the actual parts that are molded, rather we make, install, and service the robots and automation systems (conveyors, shuttles, hoppers, ect) that are used to make the parts. As examples we did systems for the lids for Columbo yogurt with the spoon in them, the front grille assembly for the Chevy Avalanche, and Motorola cell phone skins. Today I was working on a conveyor for a large medical supplier. I won't say who the company is but as a hint I can tell you that one of the mentors from Who'sCTEKS (716) works for them.

[Veselin Kolev]

Past 3 years: worked at Hartco Machining Tooling Prototype. Basically, a machine shop job where I use things like welders, CNC mills, and lathes.

Past 1 year: materials science R&D for Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Our work requires working with injection molding, CNC fabrication, and *oh no* microfabrication, electroplating, lithography, and all sorts of other nasty stuff. My stuff: microfluidics. The final goal of our group's R&D: credit card sized microfliudic chips that can be used for micrototal analysis aka electrophoresis, separations, dna polymerization, etc...

[skimoose]

High School worked for a now defunct grocery chain unloading trucks and stocking shelves.

College apprentice electrician and apprentice lineman. Passed my tests and hold licenses in both still.

After college worked for an additional year as lineman before an engineering position opened up. Now 16 years (Wow am I the only guy who found a place to work that I liked! ) Distribution Engineer for local Municipal Electric Utility. Design electric distribution systems and developer on our GIS (Geographic Information System).

The nice thing about working at one place a long time, I'll retire at 52 (full pension) to start another career!

[coreyjon]

Alright, I'll play.

high school/college
-radio shack
-target
-price chopper produce

Currently:

USAF Heavy Flight Crew Chief LC-130H - When I get back home it'll be Operation: Deep Freeze.

I still get to play with other jets like f-16s and stuff, thats cause I'm still in training, my class room is a combination of hangers, and flight line. I still have 6 months to go before I get my degree, and get unleashed, I mean, graduate and go home.

Being in the Air Force, I get to play with some cool technology. The down side, I pretty much miss the entire FIRST season this year, but - "I'll be back".

[David Kelly]

Rolls-Royce Corporation
Indianapolis, IN

Helicopter & Small Gas Turbine Engines business unit
T800 Customer Support
Engine Tracking System administrator (web based field tracking system) and project developer

Provide support to foreign military customers all over the world.

[Andy A.]

Ignoring a handful of office work I did for my parents, and the mildly illegal/unethical position of reacher participant in some hospital drug trials before I was 18 (the hospital paid me $50 every time I let them make me motion sick!), I've really only had one job.

For the past 6 years or so I've worked at a small local Science and nature toy store. The products are largely educational but all fun. I was lucky enough to find a job that wasn't degrading, paid well, and had a fantastic boss. Really, a young man couldn't have asked for a better high school job. It's carried me through high school and now college. Even better, the owner has been very kind to my team, like offering to buy poof balls this year for the local team at wholesale prices before poof offered that price to everyone.

I even met my wife while there!

Aside from the toy store, I still help out my mother with design and management of large drug trial databases. It's a little difficult to do when I'm not really allowed to see any of the data, but dems da rules. It may yet lead to a ride on the Vomit Comit (they need a healthy young man to run some test equipment to figure out how sick people get- no kidding) so I'm happy with it.

I hope to find a position in either the aerospace industry or toy industry. Odd mix, but both appeal to me. After years selling toys, I'd like to take a turn at making them!

-Andy A.

[Aburame Shino]

I like to concider myself a professional card gamer, but I don't make enough to officially call it a job (usually $50-80 a week).