What's your occupation??!

Does G-dub let you plug in in the oval office after hours???:lol:

retired now, full-time music bum!

Systems Engineer..but more importantly...a dreamer.

Philosophy Ph.D. turned computer programmer. Beginning guitarist at 37--in awe of all the talent and knowledge on these boards.

lawyer-employment and business

photography, TV production, electronic media, graphic design. Underpaid, overworked, underappreciated (my students, that is). Oh yea, there's a steady weekend gig at a local restaurant where I get to Tele out every Fri/Sat. Saves my life!!

Or at least that's what it was 20+ yrs. ago, Nowdays I feel like computer
engineer, parts replacer and a circus sideshow act. Due to the contortions I have to put my body into to replace some of those parts. It all looks good on
paper, and really easy to install before the car is built, But... you better be
double jointed to replace it after it's in the vehicle!

I work at Puget Sound Energy as a Project Manager...on the electric side.

Typical day: It rains...the wind blow....all our facilities fall down....we put it back up...and so on and so on.

I'm a Blues musician trapped in an Commercial Electrical Project Supervisors body.

The stress is killing me!

I drive a car or bus to gigs for a living, and to take a break from that, I play a little guitar, then drive somemore!! :D

I want my next job to be, driving the car or bus for Redd:grin:

I'm a AutoCAD designer and my next project is to drawning a 3d tele.

I'm 19 and have only worked in guitar stores. But I really want to be the next guitar god, that would be a good job.

When I was a wee lad, for the Navy, but I've been a commercial food service equipment repairman for the last decade or so. I've learned more than the Culinary Institute can teach, and i also know where not to eat, if you're pickin' up what I'm puttin' down.

Nursery school teacher.

I work on contracts with doctors for a health insurance company. Like it says in my profile: I don't wanna do this no more, but it pays the bills and I can do it even though I spent more time on the fretboard than in school. :smile:

i am a surgeon

. . of our University of Applied Sciences. Here i do some PC stuff, a little networking, user support and some more . .

i repair guitars, build guitars, teach guitar lessons, and play guitar professionally in a signed/touring band.

have a 3.8 GPA and 4 years of prepaid college to any public school in the USA, but i said FORGET IT I WANT TO BE HAPPY.

I work in finance looking after wealthy individuals' and companies' cash, investments, property etc.

TELEcommunications working in broadband for A ToTally big company
Steve

I am a Sr. Technician for a valve and switch manufacturer.

Broad Job Description - U.S. Army .

Narrow:
Communications Specialist
Transportation Movement Speccialist
Transportation Management Movement Coordinator
Specialized Electronics Device Repairer
Battalion Career Counselor
Recruiter
Reenlistment NCO
Gun Truck Commander (Iraq)
Combat Engineer (Iraq)

And that is just in my first 11 years, no telling what I will be doing next...

videographer, editor, and sometimes a graphic designer

Educated and worked in the media production buisness, multimedia, web and print / prepress, for around 12-13 years...

But nowadays im a social worker, kindergarden - love it, but spend some years with youth before that. I plan to work with youth again, but want to write a bachelor about youth before I go back - back to the streets...

In the future id like to combine my media skills with my social worker skills, and develop some software applications for use in schools and/or youth projects...

CISSP, NSA-IAM, blah blah, woof woof, bunch of other letters.

Semi-retired. Picky about clients. Don't need the money.

Before that I did a bunch of things that didn't happen in places that don't exist for people who were never there.

IT consultant for a federal government contractor. I work out of my house, been doing this gig for six years so far. It's a pretty nice arrangement, but I'd rather be making my living as a pro musician if I had a choice. I look at my job as a way to pay the bills and I'm fortunate that I work in an industry that pays well, but I'm very different from a lot of my co-workers who are very career oriented. I have a different perspective than them. I suppose that for some of them they love it, just as I'd love it if I could make a living as a musician. I envy anyone who has a job they love. With me it's more a matter of not hating it.

PhD student, soon to be academic historian (I have one year left in my PhD). For money I TA different university history classes, sticking pretty tightly to modern (Napoleon and onwards) European history.

I study the tactical/operational evolution of the French Army in WW1, in case you're interested.

Network security / digital forensics for a large University. I guess I am fairly lucky in that I like my job, it's close to home, and it is reasonably stable (even with the current budget crisis out here in California). Might not pay quite as well as jobs on "the outside" but the benefits make up for it.

I've been a full time musician since 1981. But after getting married and starting a family in 1987 I have worked 40 hours a week in I.T. to supplement that.

Barber/surgeon..................oh yeah post 100!

vagrant.

I`ve studied Biology and later became a Nurse, now I`m the only one in the company to have an unlimited labour contract. Which in times, where you mostly get labour contracts that are limited to a period of three months to half a year, means a lot!
I also restore and repair woodwinds of all kinds and build, optimize and repair guitars and tube amplifiers and old cars and bicycles.
And I consult people who want to buy used musical instruments or cars or help selling them.
Besides I`m a musician.

I study the tactical/operational evolution of the French Army in WW1, in case you're interested.

I am interested. It seems to me the French evolved very little during WW1, though I'll admit I know very little about WW1 history. Maybe start a thread in Bad Dog Cafe.

An X-ray Tech...(between jobs..).

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff312/The_Blueblood/BLACK-n-WHITE/peak-a-boo-x-ray.jpg

Meat Surgeon

Audio Preservation Archivist.

An X-ray Tech...(between jobs..).

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff312/The_Blueblood/BLACK-n-WHITE/peak-a-boo-x-ray.jpg

I can see why, lol.

Photojournalist for close to 30 years photographing the news on assignment for US and European magazines.

At age 50 I decided it was time to get off the road, sleep in my own bed and meet my family.

For the past 9 years I've been teaching photojournalism at the college level. That MFA I got all those many tears ago finally came in handy.

I've played guitar (and Teles) since age 12. All those years of travel kept me from it most of the time, but I've now come back to it with a truckload of enthusiasm (not talent).

Currently unemployed, but just under 30 years selling information technology.

CFO at a large health and fitness club near Dartmouth College.

I'd rather be playing guitar!

I work at Kruger Industrial Smoothing. Personal Assistant to Mr. Art Vandelay.

I'm an optometrist (and I think i've already posted in a thread like this beefore!).

social worker

www.max-fantastic.com still under construction ... but really i have a landscape and snow removal biz

seems like i posted on this thread some years back ... then, i was a journalist (reporter, copy editor, graphic designer at different times for different publications). i took early retirement just before the roof caved in on the print media.

now, i'm a full-time music bum again! gigging, writing, recording, etc. as well as getting in a lot of gardening/landscaping time at home.

Tattoo artist

I'm a manager at Skipper's Smokehouse (http://www.skipperssmokehouse.com) in Tampa, Florida, a long-established (29 years this September) live music venue/restaurant. Pretty much my dream job.

Oh and I play in a couple (or more) bands around town for fun and supplemental income.

Spacecraft Operator for the space shuttle for the last 25 years....soon to be without a spacecraft to operate :sad:

I have done a lot of work on the new Ares 1X over the last 2 years though so perhaps I'll get to play with the Orion Capsules when we build them.

Firefighter

I'm actualy a professional musician, although I do more with teaching & stage tech these days.

I spent twelve years in school to learn how to dig holes and then fill them back up . " What are you doing with that dirt in the boss's hole , Luke ? " I am actually and legally an erectionist . My friends call me Dick .

This thread has continued over 6 years. Very impressive.

I'll jump in on this six year old thread. Former professional musician, then concert promoter, currently attorney. Getting ready to give up law and move back to being a professional musician.

Getting ready to give up law and move back to being a professional musician.

Good on ya!!

I'm a BioMed by trade.

mud

I think I posted in this one a while back... Oh well, here I am again.

I'm a freelance photographer. You can see what I do here:

www.aarongraubart.com

I am interested. It seems to me the French evolved very little during WW1, though I'll admit I know very little about WW1 history. Maybe start a thread in Bad Dog Cafe.

Check in here if you're interested. If you want more info on the French PLEASE send me a PM here or there...I'l ltalk your ear off ;)

http://vintageamps.com/plexiboard/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=82720&hilit=World+War

Currently I drive a truck which is cool but what I haul is even cooler. Dynamite and other explosives for a mining supply company. Nothing like driving a truck with 53,000lbs of explosives at least if I go people will know about it. I bet Id even make the front page of the newspaper.

Another photographer here - http://www.catto.co.nz - hopefully I haven't answered this thread before!
R

I am a Safety Manager.

i am a civil engineering student :)

Old school manual machinist.

Physics and Physical Science teacher...only 17 more years, unless I go 35 years...then it's 22 more...17 sounds waaaaay better...

Used to be the head wrestling coach too...then I got bit by the music bug...

Former roadie (Alabama, Go Go's, ect) turned litigation attorney. Working some with Entertainment Law and Copyright Law is the only thing that helps keep my sanity. That and my Tele. :lol:

i fancy myself a mailroom shipping/receiving guy but was laid off in 2003 and found a job in a manufacturing plant...in that job i hermetically sealed aircraft units of different types...i was transferred to another position about a month ago...im in training to build linear actuators (these things are heavy)...amongst other things...i was told today i will be learning other job in the new department...i guess im excelling at something i dont have much interest in

Six years! I bet some folks have posted more than once, as careers change. Pretty soon it'll be folks' kids posting ...

I'm a trial judge in DC, trying civil, criminal, family cases, whatever you got, jury and non-jury. Eleven years. So I "sit" for a living. Reminds me of Lil' Abner's gig as a mattress tester.

Musician. For about ten years, self-employed teaching guitar, bass, mandolin, and sometimes a bit of banjo or ukulele, in my home studio. Best job I've ever had.

Mike Bruce

Software Systems Engineer

I'm an System i (AS/400) system engineer for Ace Hardware Corporation.

I am a communications specialist for the local sheriff's department, i sit in my little office, make sure warrants are served, make sure the deputies get the things they need, and make sure the public is happy by taking complaints on the road patrol units, but other than that i play gospel music with my b bender telecaster and enjoy all types of music, it makes the world a better place to live

Water Operations Supervisor/Project Manager for an engineering firm.

Food Banker.

Child Care Assistant working towards Early Childhood Education.

i screen host families for high school exchange students. there are a lot of creeps in your neck of the woods

I'm a computer scientist. I do research in 3d computer graphics for medical visualization. Below are somethings I've done at work.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/superdavechen/sets/72057594054576800/

commercial/residential floorlayer

Condctor! Nothing like riding a choo choo train and playin' a tele!

I can't remember if I replied to this one or not in the past. Major in the Canadian Army by accident. Work where we train our soldier's to go to Afghanistan, however I have never been there. Musician by choice to just keep my sanity. Been playing a guitar since I was 12, best hobby my folks got me into.

Uni student... Third year ecologist/ zoologist :smile:

working musician, guitar teacher, and music journalist. it's a wonder i'm not living on a park bench somewhere. lol

I am a full time college student in my final year right now.

Freelance Photographer, Designer, and writer in Southeast Asia.

Paul

Oil field rat in Milne Point, Alaska. 2 weeks on, 2 weeks off, can't beat the schedule!

I am a Master of Arts in comparative linguistics; couldn't get a job at any university and so went to become a ISP service desk employee. Then I became Lotus Domino application developer, and now there's no work at University Twente was available anymore I became a service desk employee again.
But I'd love to be a professional musician.

I'm an Engineering Tech in a semiconductor foundry, also the Music and Youth Minister in my church. I still play in a band at least 2 nights a week too. No... I don't sleep much. :lol:

I've been out of work since Halloween - laid off, I was.

I just had an interview on Thursday that went really well and I'm coming back for a second interview tomorrow at 3pm.

It would be as a shipper/receiver position at Sur La Table - it's a kitchen store... accessories, machines, gadgets, gizmos, etc.

Anaesthesiologist.

Wait for it... wait for it....



Tax Accountant. If anybody knows how much it costs to rock, it's us.

For the past 20 years I have been a technical writer/sometimes translator at a patent law firm here in Tokyo. Prior to that I was the chief solder jockey and machine tweaker at A&M Recording Studios in Hollywood. How I got from that to this I'll never know. :sad:

Bill

Land developer.

Housecat and conspirator.

Freelance writer and researcher

Carpenter contractor, Musician, Guitar builder.

Thought I posted in this, but apparently did not.

I'm in advertising.

What I'm best at are full-on company rebranding and strategic development efforts. But I also enjoy straight-up creative campaign concepting and execution. I started as a copywriter, but now I'm a creative director and own my own small company:

http://www.dudleycreative.com

TV. Print. Web. Identity. Collateral. Whatever. Worked with clients ranging from Texas to the mid-Atlantic, but mainly centered in Virginia.

newspaper photojournalist

me too:cool:

Fancy, huh? I do mostly independend consulting. Business has finally picked up to the point where I can quit my teaching gig at a local career college.

Condctor! Nothing like riding a choo choo train and playin' a tele!

Yeah, except every song you play has a train beat :mrgreen:!

Funny you should ask...
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff303/eric-chambers/IMG_1067.jpg
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff303/eric-chambers/IMG_1070.jpg
unfortunately, there isn't one telecaster to found in the whole entire place!

I am a big rig driver (local). A very MOVING job. :)

Law / Economics student.

I fool with a Guitar.. I ride my Buell around and see my pals.. I give a lot of thought to what I want to do each day.. I accomplish little tasks around the house.. I go out for coffee at my favorite cafe .. I spend some time with a woman .. I get tattoos .. I fool with a different guitar.. and I visit TDPRI regularly ! By then , I'm ready for a nap .. Speaking of naps ... :wink:

Computer/Console Game Animator

Facility Manager / Property Manager

Transportation and Food Service Industries
:smile:

Worked for a large corp. that was featured in the national news-recently, oops-I've been downsized. Another business professional looking for adventure! :mrgreen:

IT Trainer...

Please kill me...

Music shop owner

Yeah, except every song you play has a train beat :mrgreen:!

Yeh it makes a pretty good metronome until you start to pull a big hill then it goes to sappy love songs!

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff303/eric-chambers/IMG_1067.jpg
unfortunately, there isn't one telecaster to found in the whole entire place!Au contraire...
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff312/The_Blueblood/SSVR.jpg

Real Estate appraiser since the late 80's. Own my business. Until last year I had a really good life... Now things are really tough. Not sure what I will be doing next year.

Highway patrol officer. I spend most of my time playing my guitar(s) and trying to get better at it. And, like TeleBits, I always find time to work in a nap.

Au contraire...
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff312/The_Blueblood/SSVR.jpg

:lol::lol::lol:

that's great, thanks!

Full time musician.

Is this what you-all call a Zombie thread?

Firefighter/Paramedic.

Neat thread here!

Claims Response representative for one of the largest insurance companies in Canada.

Architect

We are the second oldest profession.

I'm a full time High School student, and a part time David Gilmour in a PF tribute band.

I've posted before in this thread. Nothing new to report. Still a tenure prof of music composition. A lot of people would be let go before they start firing tenured faculty in a productive field. But, I'm getting my guitar chops back together just in case.

Technically, I am on vacation this summer. I earn no salary for two months. But I have been meeting 3 students a week at my house, 1 prospective student a week, 1-2 faculty meetings, and emails all day long about crap. I just spend half a day writing a letter of rec for my PhD advisee who is up for a post-dissertation award. I also polished his abstract. Where is this down time I am supposed to be getting?

How do others spend their days here?

pest management professional

Part time musician, full time secondary caregiver for my mom

Emergency nurse. Former professional musician. Now play music and write songs to maintain my sanity.

Architect

We are the second oldest profession.

What's the first one? Hunter? Prostitute? (not intending to harm anyone here, just relating to a proverb)

the first is prostitute. I am a Systems Administrator for a Software Company

I still consider my occupation to be Videographer and Photographer, but the market in Texarkana is so horrible for it right now, that I'm only doing it part time.

In the mean time I've sold my soul and work at a "check cashing"/"payday advance" office, where I rape the not so fortunate of their money with our....are you read for this?

596.51% annual interest!

I know it keeps me with a job, but for the love of god...please please please you guys, never ever, no matter how bad your situation is, do NOT get money from a place like this. It's a vicious cycle.

I'm a English teacher, and don't say I ain't. It's summer now, and I can do anything I want, within the limits of teacher's pay. Fortunately, what I want most is to stand on my porch playing my several guitars.

Jerolin, I'm also an escape artist, when it comes to occupations. I've escaped from many occupations: lumberyard clerk, glider and towplane pilot, cutlery salesman, motorcycle salesman, advertising salesman for several newspapers, "shopper" publisher, and special education teacher. You should escape from yours, by any means necessary, and burn the whole industry behind you if you can. Even in Texarkana, the next thing will come along.

People complain about teacher's pay, but it's the best money I ever made, and the work's rewarding too, most of the time. I hope to stick with my present occupation until I qualify for retirement, at which time I'll probably be too old to work, having started teaching when I was 40. By then maybe I'll be ready for "gigs!"

I'm a sound engineer, mostly on studio but sometimes hired for live shows.
Currently hired to assist a small developer writing a guitar amp software. Yes, I'll post it here when we were ready.

freelance writer, part time musician

Mechanical Engineer - I do computer simulations of brake systems and automotive bodies (technically a "finite element analyst"), part-time songwriter, percussionist, dodgy rhythm guitarist & singer, nascent bandleader, separated husband and proud, lucky new partner of an astonishing woman.

I work in a local independent pizza shop making pizzas and making sure it operates smoothly. When I get my B.S in Geography (urban planning emphasis), I hope to work in state transportation doing public transportation work.

I'm an Operations Engineer for a major Internet services company, the first ASP. We do e-mail hosting, SharePoint sites, online backups, IP phones, full e-mail/phone/pda integration, etc.

Need an e-mail address? Need office collaboration? We're the ones to call.

I keep the servers running, among other things... make sure everything works, and train the youngsters with my crystalized knowledge.

Where else could I make this much money legally without a college degree?

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/149/359761251_293196c482.jpg

UPS, FTW.

Racing helm & skipper...

I fool with a Guitar.. I ride my Buell around and see my pals.. I give a lot of thought to what I want to do each day.. I accomplish little tasks around the house.. I go out for coffee at my favorite cafe .. I spend some time with a woman .. I get tattoos .. I fool with a different guitar.. and I visit TDPRI regularly ! By then , I'm ready for a nap .. Speaking of naps ... :wink:

This is my goal in the next 5-7 years, minus the tattoos. :cool:

I'm a 60 year old guy that works in a dying industry. I put ink on paper. I'm a real printer.
No not a computer digital printer. I'm talking about offset & letterpress printing machines.
Believe it or not it's still done that way.

I work for BB&Tfulltime and then I work at Pier 1 as a part time assistant manager.

Nothing permamnent but it pays the rent and I am not hurting for anything.

Art Director
Worked for a large Ad Agency. Great job when your ideas are loved. Bad job when they hate your ideas. I wish I could build guitars for a living. Maybe one day.

I am an IT Problem Manager.




I'll let you know when I figure it out...

Cabinet/furniture maker for many years. Believe it or not, it(the biz) gets tiresome from time to time.

Mechanical Engineer, fun stuff indeed

I'm a residence hall coordinator for Arizona State University working with Freshmen. I can tell you stories of the dumbest freshmen you've ever heard.

Unemployed for the last eight months. I've spent the majority of my adult life as a route salesman.

I'm an electrician at the University here in town, but I'm counting down the days till I retire so I can go back to one of my first jobs cleaning the pole at the local strip joint.

CC

2 jobs,work for a guy doin concrete foundations,and hopefully i get the floors for myself,works slow due to economy and it sucks even when busy,when i'm 70 i'll be to old for this crap and probably another inch or 2 shorter

I could have sworn I posted in this thread, but I can't find it.

I'm an Aerospace Engineer for a large government space agency (yeah that one). I do fundamental research in Aeronautics, trying to improve the efficiency and reduce the environmental impact of propulsion systems.

ps. I haven't seen anyone own up to IRS agent yet. But there's gotta be at least one out there.

AV/IT Tech. Funky Musician

I work in a warehouse, slinging 50 pound boxes of books all day. Grateful to have a 40 hour per week job.

I get to use my thousandth post to say I'm a musician.

Student. I don't know what the heck I'm gonna do after this...

Botanist and EFL (English) teacher.

I'm a 60 year old guy that works in a dying industry. I put ink on paper. I'm a real printer.
No not a computer digital printer. I'm talking about offset & letterpress printing machines.
Believe it or not it's still done that way.

If it makes you feel any better about it, some young people are still doing it this way, haha. My brother just graduated high school, he got a nice letterpress from our parents as a graduation gift.

Ninja.

Newspaper photographer. Not a very secure job these days!

I'm a civil engineer...I specialize in infrastructure assessment and rehab, specifically sanitary sewers.

Itinerant windmill repairman

...just checking in to see who does what??

IM an inventor and owner of PS Inventors Inc.
Over the last few years I have been building prototypes and filing patent applications hoping for a licensing deal. I even sent one of my products to Billy Mays 10 days before he passed.
Three of my inventions are high speed water driven machinery and I also have a Stainless steel sphere guitar amp that resonates sound in a 360 degree radius. I posted the pics in the welcome wagon area.

btw, if anyone has an idea and needs to know the exact steps to take and what forms to fill out to protect it, I can help you for free.

I am an unrepentant capitalistic opportunist and social activist. Dichotomy shychotomy.

Registered Respiratory Therapist

Self employed construction contractor. I specialize in plastic laminate installations.

I sit for hours in various parking lots. Sometimes drive loud and fast. Ask lots of questions. Stick people with needles. Apply electricity to people. Push medications into people. But mostly try and quickly establish a rapport with people and come to some sort of understanding of their situation and my legal/moral obligations. Sometimes I spirit people off to the hospital.

I sit for hours in various parking lots. Sometimes drive loud and fast. Ask lots of questions. Stick people with needles. Apply electricity to people. Push medications into people. But mostly try and quickly establish a rapport with people and come to some sort of understanding of their situation and my legal/moral obligations. Sometimes I spirit people off to the hospital.

Your either an EMT or a Madman , I hope to God it's the former ... :lol:

Superior Court Judge (21 years on the bench). A Lawyer before that. Also a music store owner (1984-2005). And, when I can find a gig, a musician.

16 year Army Vet. Chief Warrant Officer 3. I am considered the Technical and Tactical expert in my unit and an adivsor to my commander. The system I speak of is the Patriot Missile System. In laymans terms I can operate and maintain the whole system. Only four more yrs to retirement. Looking into being a Game Warden for my next gig.

Corporate lackey, in a call center that insists it's not a call center, allegedly fixing problems but actually just dispatching technicians who don't work for my employer to fix the problems (but usually they don't know how to fix the problems, so they call me).

stem cell researcher

Civil Servant

Working in JobCentrePlus in UK, unemployment is a boom industry at the moment...

I am a shephard. This is a picture of me tending my flock just outside of OKC.

Police officer

Teaching the next generation of musicians, everybodys favorite guy, I'm a preschool music educator. Rewarding and frustrating at the same time :)

I am a student in college, but in my spare time I teach a few people the basics to playing sax and play on my churches praise team.

Retired Fire Chief

For the past 20 years I have been a licensed life & health insurance agent with a specialty in the senior market. Prior to that I spent 17 years in broadcasting as a dj, then news director and then general manager and after about 6 years in broadcast management discovered the need for a career change. No regrets, actually like what I do now and liked most of my years in broadcasting.

Senior in college, majoring in Exercise Science. Run track for the school, which the time commitment practically makes it a full time job. I paint houses in the summer. After graduating with my undergrad, I'm thinking about going to graduate school somewhere far away from Iowa.

Shift Supervisor in an Oil Refinery.

Manager of a local and organic food (http://www.cityfeedandsupply.com) store in Jamaica Plain MA, and have a record label and stuff (http://www.whitehausfamilyrecord.com) with my friends...

Technical Service Manager for a Cable tv/internet provider....not glamorous but it pays the bills. Every Friday and Saturday you can find me in a club downtown playing the tele.

Registered Respiratory Therapist

Very cool!

Thought there was at least another one.

I act like an "R.R.T." :lol:,when I am not being Mr. Mom...my main vocation right now.:oops:

Now if we could just dodge this N1H1 stuff, life will be good.

Cheers smsuryan:grin:

You got to be kidding... whats a occupation?

My occupation is not "not having one"

Manager of a local and organic food (http://www.cityfeedandsupply.com) store in Jamaica Plain MA, and have a record label and stuff (http://www.whitehausfamilyrecord.com) with my friends...

I lived and worked in JP back in the early 90s. It's a great neighborhood.

I teach English at a university.

Musician and Luthier.
Play guitar,violin,mandolin.
Tour with 2 different bands.
Socalled and Abraham Inc.
We're on Label Blue a French company.
Repair acoustic and electric guitars.
Specialized in classical guitar for years.
Expert crack repair, fretting, adjustments, all aspects of the trade, with a special interest in the restoration and preservation of the instruments.
I often deal with collectable instruments, where the goal is to keep the instrument in top playing condition without changing it in any way.

Wood Wire and Metal Lather. Metal framing, Certified Welder.

Guitarist, novelist.
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I got laid off, so now I spend my time playing and writing! Pay? Um, not much....


BUT I'M LIVING THE DREAM, MAN!

Humm..
What if we live in a world ,
where all Tele Players could only choose a occupation,
that starts with the letter "T"
- what would U be? hehe!:lol:

* Tailor
* Tanner
* Tapicer (also Tapestrymaker, Tapester)
* Tax Collector
* Tax Lawyer
* Taxidermist
* Taxicab driver
* Taxonomist
* Tea lady
* Teacher
* Technician
* Technologist
* Technical Writer
* Telegraphist (also Telegraph operator)
* Telephone operator
* Tennis player
* Test developer
* Test pilot
* Torchwood Officer
* Thatcher
* Theatre director
* Therapist
* Thimbler
* Tiler
* Toolmaker
* Trademark attorney
* Trader
* Tradesman
* Trainer (business)
* Transit planner
* Translator
* Treasurer
* Truck Driver
* Turner
* Tutor
* Tyler
* Typist

Graphic Designer at your service.

a good one at that.....fresh out, but still good.

Lets get some typography rolln in here

Humm..
What if we live in a world ,
where all Tele Players could only choose a occupation,
that starts with the letter "T"
- what would U be? hehe!:lol:

* Tailor
* Tanner
* Tapicer (also Tapestrymaker, Tapester)
* Tax Collector
* Tax Lawyer
* Taxidermist
* Taxicab driver
* Taxonomist
* Tea lady
* Teacher
* Technician
* Technologist
* Technical Writer
* Telegraphist (also Telegraph operator)
* Telephone operator
* Tennis player
* Test developer
* Test pilot
* Torchwood Officer
* Thatcher
* Theatre director
* Therapist
* Thimbler
* Tiler
* Toolmaker
* Trademark attorney
* Trader
* Tradesman
* Trainer (business)
* Transit planner
* Translator
* Treasurer
* Truck Driver
* Turner
* Tutor
* Tyler
* Typist
You forgot the dreaded Telemarketer

Investment banker, singer, guitarist, living historian(colonial and federal periods)

Game programmer and a part-time university student.

I'm a manager working for a DIY retailer, thank God I bought my first Telecaster 2 weeks ago :)

I've pretty much had a day job while doing gigs and rehearsals at night. Worked in factories, farms, machine shops. Worked the lines, did plumbing, carpentry, house painting, you get the picture. When you have a family to support, it's no longer just about you and a "career." I did both day jobs and gigs at night until 2001, when I had a double by-pass. Since then, my sole occupation has been "Musician." Unfortunately, heart problems have reared their ugly heads again, and I've been forced into semi retirement, at least from live shows. I'm at least lucky enough to have my studio, so I will still be able to play.

..in final year of a masters degree at UoL in Materials Science ad Engineering..
Applying for (and seem pretty likely to get) a job as a graduate nuclear materials scientist up at sellafield.. :D

Wow, this is a long-running thread!

Like the gentleman above, I also have an MSE background. My subject matter expertise is nanocomposites and "hybrid" organic-inorganic materials.

I spend my days working in a lab, communicating with clients, and writing proposals.

i was without employment as of 10/2

long story...but the short of it...i quit...now looking for a job

Computer Tech Support for Northrop Grumman $45,000+

and somehow I have no money for more GAS

My job is in-house transactional attorney, primarily handling international transactions for a technology company.

But that's not who/what I am. I am just killing time until I grow up and find my true calling.

Wow! Smokin' thread!

I teach college art at Purdue. Also run a recording studio, photographer, video editor, and I gig 2-3 times a week. Put it all together and I'm fairly insane most of the time, but it's enough to buy more guitars.

Music veteran and Jacksonville, Florida-native Donnie Smith, who has distinguished himself through the years as a musician, tour manager, engineer and producer, including with such artists as .38 Special, The Johnny Van Zandt Band, Henry Paul of Outlaws fame, Molly Hatchet/Danny Joe Brown and Limp Bizkit ...........Visit me at : www.myspace.com/redtele2
For the last 5 or 6 years I have been producing only, trying not to tour if I can help it.....................lol
I just finished producing Tommy Steele for Triple Creek Records...check him out at : www.tommysteeleband.com..... Got some great Tele twang on there!!!!!

I went through school getting an engineering degree. I worked in construction briefly after I graduated but my family needed help with their business (trucking) so I made a career change 24 years ago. I worked in every department in the place... from behind the wheel, to the shop, to dispatch. I'm still involved in the family business and I'm now signing the cheques. But I want to be out of here within 10 years. I've got better things to do with my life.

Master Barber in Little Falls, MN
Professional horse trainer

. . .but when the demand for that sort of thing is low, I am a personal injury lawyer in Missouri and Illinois. Let the lawyer jokes begin.

. . .but when the demand for that sort of thing is low, I am a personal injury lawyer in Missouri and Illinois. Let the lawyer jokes begin.

Ambulance chaser...? lol jk

Is starving musician an occupation? :neutral:

web developer

Graphic designer / Web designer

Environmental Attorney now and I retired from the Navy three years ago.

in the final year of a four year masters degree in engineering, applying right now to join thennl or bae! very exciting!

edit: doube post didnt realise it was an oldish thread!:rolleyes::oops:

Full time recording studio engineer with some avid video editing on the side...
Part time musician

I'm in my second year of university. I hope to finish my final years here in town, then I'll have to leave the city to get an education degree. I want to be a teacher.

Infantry Officer US Army

In school to become an Architect. Can't see myself doing much else in life. It's so stressful, but it's rewarding to see the products, and to then see where you can take the next project.

Casino Maintenance tech at Winstar World Casino

Most days i drive a company truck or gator around waiting for calls to fix/move things just generaly maintaining the Casino. The best part of my job is unloading the concerts and setting up the stage. I get up close and personal with some very nice guitar rigs and some famous people.

http://www.winstarworldcasino.com/

I'm a month into my final year of high school.

Planning on doing my undergrad in Canada, going to business school somewhere in America, and eventually going into advertising/marketing.

Regularly gigging blues pianist on the side.

Unlike most high school kids I don't have a job, just a few investments that have been going really well for the past few months ((after i lost a lot of money in march/april))

Jingle Writer/Producer and Ad Agency owner since 1975.

I'll have to say that I really don't have an occupation, I've done many things over the years, but have not made much of a living in any of them and specialize in nothing.

The guitars I've designed in recent years are a fluke and I do not make any part of my income from them.

home inspection pays the bills but has never brought the feeling that having a guitar on the bench does.

Producer , engineer and occasional tour manager and front house engineer. My history is on my myspace.

I am now head shepherd of our flock!

Was a plumber(residential, comm'l, industrial) for 37 yrs....retired and went stir crazy.
That's when a Shaw's supermarket opened a few miles up the road. I applied, and am now a p/t maintenance man extraordinaire for 24hrs a week. Easiest job I ever had, and I gotta laugh when I hear all the kids who work there grumble about..."how hard they work''.
Best part...takes me 4 minutes to get to work (5 minutes during a major snowstorm).

Howdy,

Special Education teacher.

Eggman

Retired

i currently own a Drain Cleaning/Inspection company called SewerSnake

in my life i've worked in Broadcsting. both radio & tv

played (and am currently) in severa bands since 1969

was involed with the building of 2 tv stations

owned a company that did installation & maintenance on Broadcast type video equipment

had a CG captains license and drove charter boats as well as taught sailing

was a SCUBA instructor

ran the water sports for a major hotel on St. Croix

now i'm a poopoo cowboy and i wrange turds :mrgreen:

what's 9-5 monday to friday?

steve

I time travel for a secret private temporal agent, I have said too much....

I repair "broken hearts". :cool:

Gunnery Sergeant, US Marine Corps

TDPRI Forum Reader.

Oh, wait. I don't get paid for that? Shucks!

My name is Joe and I am also a guitar addict...~2years...

I'm a hydrographer in real life though

I once got paid to hold an ice-pack on numerous models chests to make them look more .. errr ..interesting.
Best days work I ever had.

its all been a bit dull since that .. ;)

I manage a team of people who troubleshoot Communication services.
Yawn .. !

Infantry Officer US Army

"Gang-stah of Love". :smile:

Latex salesman - Vandelay Industries

I was a part-time bum / part-time musician untill I was about 35.

I'm now the Access to Information & Privacy coordinator for a branch in the federal government.

Not sure if it was a step up or a step down, but at least I eat better! :razz:

Don't know how it happened, but make a living as a musician. I'm in a band called The Handsome Family.

pole dancer.

Latex salesman - Vandelay Industries

Cosmo Kramer: [phone rings, Kramer picks up the phone] Hello... What Delay Industries?
George Costanza: [yelling from the bathroom] Vandelay! Say Vandelay!
Cosmo Kramer: No, you're way, way, way off. Well yeah, that's the right number, but this is an apartment.
George Costanza: [rushes out of the toilet with his pants on his knees] Vandelay! Say Vandelay Industries!
[falls down]
Cosmo Kramer: Yeah, no problem.
[hangs up phone]
Cosmo Kramer: How did you know who that was?
Jerry: [enters apartment, sees George lying on the floor with his pants on his ankles] And you wanna be my latex salesman?

animation supervisor games industry

Don't know how it happened, but make a living as a musician. I'm in a band called The Handsome Family.

You should add your website to your profile, in the signature.

As for me, musician.

History teacher

Social Work Supervisor for a Hospice.

I'm still a freelance photographer (posted in this thread before) and I'm constantly amazed I make my living doing something I love...

Business Analyst in an Information Technology department. Not the most exciting, but I can't think of anything else I'd rather do that pays the same. I might make an exception for that ice pack gig though.

My name is Joe and I am also a guitar addict...~2years...

I'm a hydrographer in real life though

Hydrographer? Not sure what that is, sounds like you map water? interesting.

Me: Newspaper editor.

Now that's not a job you hear about every day. Spend a lot of times on boats or is it done with satellite imagery?

hy·drog·ra·phy (h-drgr-f)
n. pl. hy·drog·ra·phies
1. The scientific description and analysis of the physical conditions, boundaries, flow, and related characteristics of the earth's surface waters.
2. The mapping of bodies of water.

GM/HBC clerk at Safeway. But I can do pretty much anything they schedule me to do.

"Gang-stah of Love". :smile:

Maurice, is that you?

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

1st course was just learning how to spell it... :P

Non-gigging musician. Wife makes good money. Wants me to build more guitars!

Non-gigging musician. Wife makes good money. Wants me to build more guitars!

Unemployed educator + gigging, poorly paid musician. Wife makes fair money and wants me to stop buying guitars! :mrgreen:

I take calls, and give medical/fire/police advise to those calling 911. I also dispatch fire and EMS to calls....we take turns who does what each day.

I was also an EMS provider (ambulance, volunteer firefighter). Was chief of a fire department for a short while (1-1/2 years).

I've held quite a few other jobs...the longest was 10 years for a major manufacturing plant...shippping/receiving, then upper level management.

I spent most of my life working jobs to support my habit....MUSIC! :lol::lol::lol:

I sold my life to make a living.

Thanks for letting me read the forum.
Guitar addict 4 decades worth...
Actual playing time, about 6 months of serious study.
I make my living in public transit or Light Rail Vehicle Maintenance.
Before that I was a Journeyman Diesel Tech/Mechanic.
Worked on air cooled VWs on the side.
I've gotten to listen to alot of rock, country, blues, and jazz while makeing my living. I hope to maybe play a little of it.
This place is my inspiration to do it.
Thank you.

I am a bit flogger, cable yanker and sometimes drive spanker.

I am a bit flogger, cable yanker and sometimes drive spanker.

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:lol:

In training to be Nortel PBX support engineer.

Note to self: (Good luck with that)

Avaya takes over on Monday.

EDIT: Apparently I won't even have to show up for work LOL.

http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpps/news/dpgo-Man-Paid-for-Not-Showing-Up-to-Work-mb-20091219_5173726

Letter carrier aka mailman

Wildland firefighter/ College student