What's your occupation??!

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

I get to drive really fast AND some folks even get out of my way!!! Every now and again you have to breathe for someone AND I get to stay up late!!!! I get to go to all the good barfights.....AND I can usually park where I please!!!
I LOVE MY JOB!!!!!

I'll never get rich but it is my true love.

Own a bookstore- anybody know where I can find a real job? :lol:






I mean, one that pays.

Automobiles :shock:

...responding to my wife's next command...

Music and graphic arts, a bit more of one or the other through the years. Funny thing is, whenever I'm really digging what I'm doing, it seems to pay the least... ain't that just the way?

Working as an advertising copywriter, I am, essentially, a literary whore, though not literally a whore. Or am I? Hmmmmm … we'll have to ponder that one. Oh well, it beats working for a living.

AW

Heavy Equipment Operator

Install underground utilities(gas, electric, tv, tele, etc.).

Mo' fun than you can imagine. ;)

Actually, I'd rather play my bass !

jamie

Webhosting

Teacher

I own and operate a 4th Generation Hardwood Flooring business and a Photographer.....for money....
play in a band fer love......don

What Cookie said. :)

yup, hirin' and firin'....

-Eric
:roll:

LOL I work as a physiotherapist learning people to work the right way, and design working places..........part time. In the weekends I heal myself playing my tele.

Baard

Lost my job in January, hope to find a new one soon. I'd love to repair guitars and amps for a living, though, hmmm.

Take care,
Jack L.

Programmer. The young turks fresh out of university like to call themselves "Software Engineers". I've been doing it for 15 years, and from what I can see "software engineer" means "don't have a clue". I'm a Programmer. I make things. They work. 8)

Yeah, I write the manuals and "help" for software. If it doesn't make sense, it's the developer's fault.

EDIT: Since 2003, I've changed careers. I'm now a professor of technical communication at Auburn University.

Freelance editor & writer. Make some money (darned little) in a band, but as a musician friend of mine says:

"I play for free, but get paid to move my equipment"

Programmer, who spends too much time on tele forums. :lol:

...working in the mining industry.

..Preventing it, not causing it.

But when I look at the amounts involved in organised credit card fraud/crime, I often wonder if I'm on the right side of the fence.

No, not the guy on the side of the roadlookinjg through the telescope :wink: , I'm the guy in the office drawing plats with AutoCAD.

logman

just for the record, I'm not as geek as it sounds!
My wife says I have a double life: engineer by day, musician by night...not a superhero set up, but I like it that way!

i do chemical and microbacterial analysis on municipal water systems and i also sweep up the place, but don't tell my wife that. she might expect it at home too. lol :wink:

at a public-private trade promotion organisation ...

Hey, it pays for the bills, and some of those Teles had hefty bills!

Well...the company calls me an system architect. But, I'm a software guy and a consultant. I guess the "architect" part is that I know how to hook one system to another and cause all sorts of chaos!

Mortgage Loan Processor and Wannabe Pro Musician

Yeah, it sounds great, but - believe me - it's not THAT exciting as it may seem. Not ALWAYS, anycase...

BTW, I deal with jazz, but I've also been dealing with classic music for some years. Jazz is definitely my life.

After 20 years in ad agencies I decided to roll one of my own. My biggest client is F-Music, the local Fender importer! And now I've got a lot more free time for guitar playing too!

Music repair store by night & weekends. I repair and mod guitars, amps, effects and music electronics for area music stores. I give guitar and songwriting lessons, too.

newspaper photojournalist

My profile says: "(Re)tired old fart".

My work history consistists primarily of electronics manufacturing (computer and sound reinforcement fields), and the photofinishing industry, where at one time or another I have done just about every job description available (and there's plenty of 'em).


-Michael
Charter Member S. Texas He-man Emoticon Haters Local #316

Aerial photography mapping, GIS

It's a cubic dollars industry that makes vintage guitars and boutique amps look like a cheap hobby.

I run a college radio station in Bangor, Maine.

Geological Engineer, doing hydrology and water availability and planning work for a State Agency...

I teach middle school physical education, health, and guitar. I'm a couple of classes shy of a master's degree in school counseling - my next mission in life. Hopefully, Oregon's current budget crisis will get resolved; otherwise, I may be unemployed, very soon.

been selling cars and trucks for our local Ford store for 9 years... :P

Magazine, hospitality, travel and a little music work. Got
this Telecaster bug by have the good fortune of shooting
Bill Kirchen's Tombstone Every Mile CD cover, and nabbing
a few lessons along the way....

I run a college radio station in Bangor, Maine.

At least you don't run one in Castle Rock... :shock:

of an aftermarket engine parts wholesale supplier. It's not at all what I would've pictured myself doing fifteen years ago, but I'm not complaining in the least. It certainly pays the bills, and I'm grateful for that.

After I finish my Master's degree in a year, I'm going to law school. Eventually, I'd like to become a corporate lawyer (OK, OK--everyone quit booing and hissing :P).

After all of my schooling is done, I want to play my Tele like there's no tomorrow.

Joel ;^)

I'm an attorney.

Money manager.

Just enjoying the current rally in stocks ...

Why does it seem that people involved in the arts always preface their choice of career with "I don't make any money at it but, I'm an artist, musician, writer etc..."
As my daddy always said "crime doesn't pay and neither do the arts." :wink:

youth minister. basically, i get paid to be a christian who goes on retreats for free, plays basketball and football and can log it in as hours i spent at work. pretty cool in my book. :D

Film/TV lawyer. Most of my clients are writers, directors, producers, or visual effects supervisors.

Doing zoning and criminal defense work in Durham, NC.

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 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 need to get a job like that!! 8)

well back to reality. a web/graphic designer/programmer/photo retoucher make my bread.

Professor of organizational psychology...teaching research methods & computer programming this semester!

I was a Technical Writer. Software user guides, on-line help, network troubleshooting manual, training materials, yadda yadda yadda.

Now it appears as though I might be retired since I haven't worked in two years (and haven't missed it one bit). I guess I'd go back to working a "regular job" if the right situation came my way.

My current occupation is guitar player, scuba diver, fisherman, golfer, household maintenance and sanitation specialist, and concierge to the little woman.

After having been in this area of financial services for more than 20 years, one becomes known as a "leasing slug". By the end of April when my office closes (happens all too often in this business), I'll be an unemployed leasing slug, or ELS for short! That'll give me some much needed time to get my Tele chops back up to snuff. :)

I've been working from home for a little over 4 months now, not driving to and from work has given me a lot more time to play guitar. Feel free to ask for help on any of your graphic projects.

About 17 years ago I gave up my job as a talent agent to become a stockbroker. I figured that I had to do something to make use of my expensive college education. It didn't take long for me to figure out that I'd rather be in the music business, so for the past 12 years or so I have been doing both. I'm self-employed, so it's not a problem to juggle both businesses.

For an actuarial society that's mainly based in the US and Canada. It's pretty much like booking a worldwide tour for your band except the gigs go off all at once at specified times in about a hundred different spots around the world for three days each in the Spring and Fall.

I am a Software Development Manager for a very large software company in the Seattle suburbs.

. . . and Part-Time Musician on a weekly basis :D

Can't complain overall. Need more clubs around here to play more though. :(

Though currently I'm unemployed for the first time in 10 years. I hope to rectify that very soon.

Michael

I've been working from home for a little over 4 months now, not driving to and from work has given me a lot more time to play guitar. Feel free to ask for help on any of your graphic projects.

yeah i've been doing the work at home thing now since '96. it has its plusses for sure. and I never felt like I missed human contact. but after 7 yrs, i'm starting to get a bit of cabin fever. trying to figure out how to resolve it or maybe a change in carreer.

Best of luck to you. the benefits can be fantastic.

I'm a geologist working in the environmental field.

I teach guitar and bass (about 30 students) in a music store. So I also do minor repair and sell a few every now and then. At nights I'm rehearsing or gigging, PTL!

eye banker. that's 'eye' as in eyeball, not 'I' as in internet or investment. We supply all the human corneas for transplantation in the state. I supervise the techs, the lab, have the final say-so on transplants, up or down, before they go out the door and into someone's eye.

:shock: Top that!

I'm a medical technologist. I work in the blood bank. I
select compatible products for transfusion.

I used to be a full time producer/musician but than the recording industry colapsed and I had to use my Economics master to start working as a private banker.
Than the Greek stockmarket TOTALLY colapsed (if you think that you guys had a stockmarket fall you have to be jocking!) and 90% of financial advising companies closed (mine too) and lived for a year doing internet research for a Greek phone company and repairing/building guitars and designing rigs and playing music AND producing but than the EURO came (and I suddenly found out together with 10 million Greeks that I am VERY POOR and can't live with the $500 basic monthly salary!) and I had to RE-USE my economics master and get a job as a systems and methods manager in a large Super Market which I think will NEVER colapse because Greeks still eat to survive (at least for the time being!!)
BTW I still produce and write music on the side ALL the time!!
Yes tough times here in the south of EEC!

I cover professional, college and other sports for a picture agency. Here's one I took not too long ago, I bet you never thought you'd see the day. (I call it "Irons never sleep")

http://thestevieboy.tripod.com/never.jpg

And I work as a medical tech trainer too.

I wish I had a "day" job......DG

Product Specialist, Technical and Product Writer
for heavy vehicle (truck, trailer, etc.) under carriage parts.

I played professionally also for many years on the side
but mainly just play for enjoyment and learning now.

For the last 18 years. Auto, home, life, commercial....before that I managed several music stores while playing 6-7 nights a week in various top 40, country, oldies and blues bands.

I teach English at a high school in LA Unified by day, part time professor of education by night, and slinging my twang on weekends and most vacations.Of course, I'm a full-time father and spouse. Funny how at this late stage I'm actually playing more and more music, and enjoying it more, mostly because I'm not preoccupied with making a living from it. I guess good things come to those who wait.

I work for a company that tests raw materials and handles complaints for the printing industry. We have a diverse clientele from paper companines to end users to printers.

We are kinda like the printing police. We are the only independent lab that does this.

Do ya maybe I pigeon holed myself? My mother wanted me to be a lawyer.

I'm an industrial designer working as a user interface designer in a software development company.

I manage construction for public school projects.

I work by day for a Managed hosting/IT infrastructure company. I'm basically a Sales engineer, I design and price the architecture for Hosted solutions for different companies. At night/weekends I'm a guitar playing fool 8)

.........
still can't seem to escape "Gear" no matter where I go...
hey, some fringe benefits.......Dick Van Dyke's acapella quartet for a charity and coming up ,3/4ths of the Heartbreakers for another charity(no TP) plus an ................and lots of downtime to sit and read the TDPRI all day.......

I write those Photoshop and Illustrator manuals that help confuse you in new and creative ways.

wow, there are a lot of intersting answers here. mine's not so interesting- I'm a lawyer (yeah, I know) for a big insurance company. For the most part, I defend personal injury lawsuits.

Well, law school seemed like a good idea at the time. You live & learn.

Well, law school seemed like a good idea at the time. You live & learn.

There are more of us here than I thought.

Currently, I'm representing injured workers in the workers compensation system. I've done it all before, though, from corporate to criminal (not too much of stretch there)

I get to spend $30,000,000 a year on wine! My eventual goal is to go part time while I am still in my thirties so I can devote more time to my roots rock band, The Scenic Wonders.

I fix it & sell it ... I don't know how that happened, it sort of crept up on me.

of Science and Technology...oh yeah, I also teach!

Business consultant and music teacher (guitar, mando, bass).

Basically I figured out how to wear shorts everyday...

8)

Thats accounting, not air traffic :)

high school electronics/electrical for most of the last 8 years. Spent about 18 years working in various positions in electronics manufacturing before that.

at a community college. I am in my third year of captivity
as music dept. chair. I teach music theory and skills,
some MIDI stuff and direct jazz band. When I grow up, I
wanna be a guitar player.

-Scott

I'm a graphic design student and I do a little guitar repairing/building to earn beer money

My job is part teacher, part librarian, part counsellor, part administrator, part employment broker etc. It's all about helping 10th/11th/12th grade students with info. and advice to help them decide what they're going to do after high school. Only about 30% of school students go on to university here in Australia. Another 35% go on to specialist technical/busines/vocational training at public and private institutions. The rest look for full time employment.

Writer and free lance filmmaker (nature documentaries)

Just left my day job at a television station to pursue my
dreams full time.

"Life's been good to me so far."

I'm a gigging musician who works part time at a music store. :)

exactly!

Nowadays I'm a bus driver for my local county transit bus service.

I've been an audiovisual tech, a waiter, an autoparts salesman, an interior trim carpenter, a school bus driver, a paperboy, a gas station attendent, and an award-winning brewmaster for a number of microbreweries and brewpubs (Gold Medal for American Wheat Beer, Great American Beer Festival, 1993).

I'm working on opening my own guitar shop/music store later this year...

Cheers, Tim

I write those Photoshop and Illustrator manuals that
help confuse you in new and creative ways.

I do commercial and fine art.

Bill, I've always been impressed with Adobe's manuals, keep up
the good work.

Cheers
Matt

I'm very fortunate to have several jobs that I love. I'm the Systems Administrator for a district attorney's office(very interesting work) & I also am a computer forensic investigator (even more interesting) for the same office. I also provide computer/network support & consulting on the side. And last but not least-a musician. :D

OP

I'm also an optimist, 'case you get the two mixed up!

...work in Praise and Worship alot in small and large venues and at Musicamps for the Salvation Army
I pastor a small Salvation Army Corps in NYC (Queens)
and had the opportunity to serve my God and my country during the World Trade Center Emergency Recovery Phase after September 11. Well it' an exciting life and I get to play music all the time as part of my ministry (work)--------I love it !

Executive Director of a County Historical Society, County Museum and Historical Village.

Cablesplicer for Entergy, the electric company.

Or, in the p.c. jargon - Director of Emergency Medical Services/Medical Transportation Services in Saint Joseph, MO - been at for going on 29 years!!

I've been fortunate enough to teach at a large high school
that allows for a great deal of creativity in designing
curriculum. Thirty-three years at it and the only downside
is having all the papers to grade. Love the kids! I will
graduate in a couple years and will have to find another
job to fill in between the Tele playing and the golf.

Thirteen years software developer in c/c++, fortran, proprietary languages.

Recently back involved in manufacturing of cutting tools for oil and aircraft and general machine shops.

After 20 years of findin' them, recruitin' them, trainin' them and RIFin' them with a NJ networking company, it was time to make the break.

Married my junior HS sweetheart and moved out to Seattle area (Whidbey Island). Now I'm the HR director at Ivar's--a great old Seattle seafood restaurant chain.
Keep Clam and Keep Pickin'!

Cnc Machinist

I machine wellheads and wellhead components for the hated oil bizniss. :D

Respect,
Jeff

Operations Manager.
Plastics Manufacturing Industry.

Cheers,

AW

I work for the worlds largest Pharmaceutical company in Distribuiton. We ship billions of dollars of pharmaceutical and consumer health products to distributors, wholesalers, major pharmacy chains, hospitals, clinics, physicians offices....I also spent time in the areas of Sales & Marketing. Prior to getting into the pharmaceutical business i ran an auto body shop...figure that one out! and spent some time selling dental supplies.

:roll:

Electronic Technician/Manager

I maintain Air Traffic Control and Landing systems for the U.S. Air Force....well, that's what I did for 17 years. Now I oversee the shops that maintain Radar, Navigation, and weather data systems for airfields.

Just got back home (Central Coast California) three weeks ago from a year away from the family in South Korea. Trying to get back into the grind.....

_________________

<li>SIERRA PACIFIC INDUSTRIES Oroville Ca. 10/24/01--2/28/03 (lay off) Electrician
LOUISIANA PACIFIC Oroville Ca. 10/6/98--1/31/01 (plant closed) Electrician
LOUISIANA PACIFIC Red Bluff Ca. 7/14/97----10/4/98 (plant closed) Electrician
HOLLY SUGAR Hamilton City Ca. 7/21/94---6/10/96 (plant closed) Electrician
AMERICAN INST. Richmond Ca.5/8/89--5/23/94 (major lay-off)Project Manager, Safety Coordinator, Instrument technician, electrician.
REXNORD Chico Ca.5/18/62--12/12/87 (plant closed) Master Electrician and Maintenance

<li>Note the date on the top one.
<li>Oh well I reckon I ain't alone.
<li>Anybody need a lectric or a Tele er bass picker?



Still alive and waitin fer my Ship tew come in -----again. Now where iss my TELECASTER it got me threw the hard times but looks like there iss no way now cents I kant smoke no mo!!

of beautiful Albany County, NY.

...for landfill cell construction projects (your trash means my cash :lol: ). I survey also.

Embedded Systems Designer. I design consumer products with microprocessors in them, e.g. toasters, cellphones, home security systems, swimming pool chemical dispensers, kid's sneakers with flashing lights, guitar tuners,
etc. :shock: :idea:

Mostly music production, some music engineering, translation work. Nowadays end up planning studios and clubs a lot for some weird reason.

I'm a jerk of all trades.

I build turbine engines that are used for aviation and industrial powerplants. This is my 7th year with this worldwide company.

:?
Sales forecasting manager for a manufacturer of bar code scanner hardware & software.

But...to quote the song on the car commercial, "I wish that I knew what I know now/When I was younger." If I could be 20 years old again I'd go to recording engineers school and get into that side of the music biz. Once I got my home studio all set up, I quickly realized that doing this for a living would be awesome. Pretty early on it became apparent that becoming a rock star wasn't going to happen so I opted for college, marriage, kids, etc. But my heart sure isn't into my work...I get a whole lot more satisfaction from playing guitar, recording my own stuff and surfing guitar forums. Anyone else finding themself at this point, feeling like you missed the boat by not making your career music related?

Have been in systems development (mostly in government) all my working life. After years of managing IT projects, I now manage IT project managers.

Currently with Legal Aid, New South Wales.

RN

Craig

:cry:

:cry: 6 weeks but Hangin' in'.

... assemblies, setups, maintenance, repairs. I do this full time for both my own customers and customers of a local music emporium. After "retiring" in '97 from the Telco industry (I still do consulting work), I finally broadened my part time guitar work to full time. I really love the work, though it would be hard pressed to fully pay my bills!

which today means - try not to loose money! :shock:

Driver and shipping/receiving for a medium-size print shop. Freelance writer as a 2nd income.

I run a small freight brokerage/forwarding company. No wonder this is such a great site for information with the broad background of members.

I work for a management consulting firm with offices in 38 countries. I head up international sales and marketing. But I also play music almost full time (six to eight gigs monthly), and produce demos for local bands/artists.

http://www.funkytwisters.com

http://www.teletonestudios.com

Been in the field 9 years, been at the Group Home for three. The Group Home's target population is adolescent males w/ diagnosed Mental illness. As you can imagine, there's never a dull moment!

I made a decision years back that if I couldn't do music full-time, I wanted to do something that was equally fulfilling spiritually/emotionally/socially... it's worked out well for me, though the stress level is higher than I'd like at times!

jparris

I was laid off way back in September, after 14 years of on the job. I worked for ONeal Steel, first as a painter, then welder, then cnc saw operator. I did paint and body work before that. Thought I would have a job within a month, has'nt happened. I am living on severance pay, for a few more weeks anyway. I hope to find a new career, and may go back to school. Yep lost my g/f, job and turned 40 all in the same month, good thing I'm the happy go lucky type. I really wanted to quit my job anyway so I'm not complaining. Thought about opening a little music store, but am a little scared of the business end.

Full time guitar and related fretted instrument repair. I've always tinkered with guitars since I first started playing, mine and for friends. After working in construction and grocery, I got a BA in Music and spent some time gigging, repairs were something to do in the day and between gigs. Somehow it became the full time gig after working for other folks, going to Roberto-Venn, a short stint at PRS. I recently became Fender gold level warranty authorized, which was a nice surprise.
I've been very fortunate to have an understanding and supporting wife who encouraged me to follow my heart. We all stand on the shoulders of others and to them owe thanks.
I miss gigging, but we are remodeling our home and have a wonderful 2 yr old daughter, so gigging can wait. Life is a balance of priorities. I am really glad I took the plunge and got into what I love doing and out of what I merely liked or could tolerate.

For those folks in between jobs, hang in there and best wishes.

I work for a huge company** under contract to Boeing & the TSA [Transprotation Security Administration, Homeland Security]. i am responsible for every piece of airport security equipment in the northeast...installation, maintenance, radiation testing, inventory control...all of it. i have 45 airports and lots of equipment, and my cellphone never stops...24/7...


** not allowed to name them in a forum like this unless i include a bunch of "boilerplate" about how my words express my thoughts, not theirs...

In addition to regular ed PE I teach adapted PE to severely handicapped students. In the evenings I teach a GED preparation class and a "walking for exercise" class. From November to March I also referee high school wrestling. On top of all of that I still find time to build a house up in the Sierra Nevada and pick my Tele every once in a while.

SteveGz

I play guitar. It's fun, and I get free beer.

or maybe I should say agricultural engineer, that sounds more high-tech, but the pay's the same.

I am an attorney. Means not enough time to play the guitar.

...

nm

Run an IT department for a subprime mortgage company

I work for a local authority, writing reports, diagnosing building defects, designing and supervising alterations and extensions. Sound dull? I don't care - I love it! The only downside is that it eats into Tele time!

Electrical Inspector

....musician.

I help new businesses get started and grow. Working for myself allows me to play my Tele and check in on TDPRi several times a day.

Computer programmer.. ONLY because I need money to buy guitar stuff.. oh yeah, and feed my family.. :roll:

...I do research at a pharmaceutical company. ...a little surprised I made it through college and landed a job, but it's been over a year now and I'm still workin'...

My band is doing well too. I'm taking it one step at a time. I'll try to take a leave of abscence if we tour, but for now we're playing around california (mostly San Diego).

I repair cameras & lenses, mostly pro level gear. I seem to have specialized in Nikon & Bronica somewhere along the way. I am now repairing Nikon & Fuji digital cameras as well. I also repair Canon copiers & Kodak projectors. Been doing this since 1975.

I teach high school-age students with severe handicaps
to work and interact in their community. Our latest
jobsite is a Salvation Army Thrift Store.

soccer mom...taxi boy....

Mostly Un-interupted Power Supplies (UPS Sytems), Power Conditioners, and Power Converters (AC to DC).
:)

To my friends, I fix dry cleaning equipment. To my inlaws, I'm a mechanical engineer. To my bankers, I'm the owner. To myself, I'm a guitarist who pays the bills by doing that backbreaking b*llsh*t above. Oh and on full moons I'm an unemployed astronomer. John

...all over western Washington

yeah!!!

Actually, I am employed as a Security Specialist in a Tribal Casino here in Wisconsin, I'm also a Nationally Registered Emergency Medical Technician, and the Guitarist in my Band (Brittnie Lee Project).

Peace, Love, and Twangy Tele's!

telebluesking

20 years now.....

Implementation consultant for a worlwide internet/business software company...just my day gig :)

fretcom

Video Editing / Duplication / Graphic Design / Website Creation and Management -- Pretty much anything they ask me to do, I end up doing. I play in two bands and struggle to find the time to do it all. But it's worth it.

I work for a small book publisher in Vermont. Right now i'm checking out TDPRI when i should be working!

and people pay me! Ha Ha Ha Ha Haaaaa......... :wink:

WOW! There are some really cool job folks in here!

And it is good to see some friends as well - Norwine and Pierce. Actually Tom I envy you - wish I could spend more time with my daughter - she's soooo cool, I learn from her...

electrical engineer by training and currently work as a production manager building GPS telemetry equipment .

Some days, when it is quiet, the TDPRI is my occupation.

C'mon folks, tell us how much time you are getting paid to browse the TDPRI?

Fess up!!
:wink:

Cheers

Adam

Formerly a mid level executive piggy with Euro Auto Maker..(used to be the best engineered car in the world)

Now I make traditional painted furniture
Reproductions of Historic signs
Fish and Bird Decoy repros

As an avocation I make musical instruments
specializing in Square neck Resos and currently involved in making Cajun style accordions

Jeff H
Exiled in Oregon

I'm an overworked, underpaid, under appreciated, disgruntled factory worker. And I'm darn thankful to have the job. There sure ain't many to choose from 'round here. I work for a boot company. If any of ya'll wear Laredo, Chisolm, or Texas boots.....there's a pretty good chance that I had a hand in making them. We also made Code West up till last year.

Between gigging and managing/organising music related events, its just enough to make ends meet and fund my quest for new gear (for example, see my post on the pickup page! - http://www.tdpri.com/viewtopic.php?p=6140#6140)

Our main annual event - www.ublues.com/photos/fest02

Trevor

Music keeps the left side of the brain in balance with the right side.

Playing music is a necessity for me to keep sane !

Paul b

middle school mathematics teacher for the last six years. Spent the previous twelve as a middle level language arts teacher. Have masters degree in computer technology in education.

tennis teaching pro for almost twenty years. Check out www.shardlowtennis.com

before that I worked in management for Howard Johnson's Hotel, Sears & Roebuck, and Bass Shoe Co.

as an Accountant for the prison's canteen system.

And I referee basketball & football (High School)

at a liberal arts college. Soon I'm switching over to college counseling at a high school. TDPRI is welcome distraction from reading applications these days... and tele banging is therapy when not on the road or in the office.

.......Boring, but it keeps me in strings.

Telejammer

Well, gov't lawyer, anyway. :roll:

I am a correctional sergeant at a jail. Can be very stressfull but I gig every weekend, which is a great release.

I've been there for 16 years! I enjoy the work.

:twisted: that's right!

Real Estate Appraiser

I supervise investigators at the State Human Rights Commission...

What cookie said....NOT!!

Tom

I was head of marketing for StatementOne, a technology company serving the financial services industry. Now I'm head of marketing for Actimize, ANOTHER technology company serving the financial services industry. This time, I'm based in NYC, on the 40th floor of the Empire State Building...!

Where I come from you have to be versatile. Licensed Auto Body Repairman, Electrician, Electro Mechanical Technician, presently undertaking a Bach. of Technology

Used to play a '72 Custom for a living. Now I play a Nocaster for fun.

Kit

I code automation using Java or VB for testing IBM/Rational software..and I do it really lousy..I am so lousy at it...ugggghhh but I try hard. I started late in life working that is, a regular job. I did music full time most of my life up until about 6 years ago when I decided I was sick of being one gig away from a street person and hated being the weird uncle who plays in a band and never has any money. I cant even say I had a drug or alchohol problem as I couldnt even afford one. All I had was a tele, a twin, some gig clothes, a bunch of records, a toaster oven , a can of corn, a can of string beans,half a box of macaroni, six cigarettes, $4.18 and that was it.I was living in an abandoned house that the realtor said I could live in so vandals wouldnt burn it down, not a bad deal , just a real spooky and crummy old house...there I was 32 or 33 years old and I had nothing at all, so I went back to school (some how I got a student loan) and cleaned up my act. Changed the way I was living, got down on my knees and prayed to God, well really more like begged the Lord.Shortly after it just kind of all started happening, school,money, shelter, etc...he provided for me what I needed . After finishing school little by little I got a job, a new car, a wife, a house , 2 dogs and worked on my playing and writing...now I have 3 jobs,,,,,the weekend trio gigs, composing for the TV/Movie Film gig and every day at IBM. All through the grace of God....I asked him one time and he provided the rest...he figured I would improvise his plans for me too much so, I gave up and he took over....I dont why, I was just a selfish guitar bum who deserved nothing,,,but the big guy blessed me.

but decided that it was a dead-end job. :lol:

Seriously...I'm an outside sales consultant for a large Mid-Western air cond./refrigeration wholesaler...it's a cool job! Gives me time to hit all the good music stores betwen calls... :D

Sometimes one at a time, sometimes all at once - like right now. I help run a program that provides funds to employers to train workers.

Thats like a CPA in USA terms. I run a small tax and accounts practice in North London, UK, with a wide range of clients including quite a few musicians. They come over, we discuss accounts and tax and other boring stuff, then usually they say, "By the way Rick, I'm thinking of changing the pickups in my axe, what do you think of......." or somesuch. I'd have loved to have been a professional musician, but, you know, you got to earn a living. But I pick up a guitar every single day, and still do as many gigs as I can find.

Rick J FCA.

Guitar player etc.

Well..., VP Finance in non-profit social services sector. Demanding and stressful work. Many bosses - CEO, Board of Directors, the Govt., all of whom get in the way of my guitar playing! :wink:

Only to the mining, construction and quarry industries so don't get any ideas about taking care of that pesky mother in law of yours.
It is a lot of fun and business is always booming !!!

http://pic4.picturetrail.com/VOL61/960154/1775939/22793728.jpg

But it's not that bad 8)

news photographer, for the biggest daily paper in the middle of germany, the "RHEIN-ZEITUNG", and member and founder of the only journalist rock-band in europe,
the "pagemakerz"

Using my best Rodney Dangerfield
"I make dates for ya sister"

But what I do is find oil and gas.

What I really wonder is if I know the guys from Lethbridge and Edmonton...

I'm in Calgary if my profile doesn't say so.

I'd like to reverse the equation.

This is quite a collection of people on this board...

I had thought this post was dead and nobody would reply...I just check pback and there are like 13 pages or replies!

It's pretty fasinating to see what a wide variety of population loves or plays a Tele.

wow.

and lots of other things. I have a supermarket business and play guitar to stay sane.

Doing database related applications mostly, for a varied number of customers. Most of them outside Norway, so I get to (have to) travel quite a bit at times.

Good thing is I get to go to the US often, and can bring back a Telecaster or two... :wink: 8)

Geir :)

... since none of you sounds familiar: I'm a Probation & Parole Officer and a Licensed Alcohol & Drug Counselor.

Herding cats is how managing software engineers is often described. I'm the VP of Engineering for a software company outside of Boston. No stress here... :wink:

I print and wholesale Ed's Hot Rod t-shirt designs from the 60's on up. Do
about 35 car shows a year in the West.

Bert the Shirt

I manage the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, off of Santa Barbara, California. The Sanctuary encompasses the waters within a six mile radius of San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, Anacapa, and Santa Barbara Islands. This area is known as the "Galapagos of the West Coast" for its incredible diversity and abundance of species, particularly marine mammals, kelp forests, seabirds, and rockfish.

For those that don't know, a marine sanctuary is kind of like a national park, but it's in the ocean. There are 13 national marine sanctuaries around the U.S.

It's my dream job- I am paid to protect this incredible jewel for all citizens of the U.S., and part of this includes running around in a 62' custom-built aluminum catamaran (cruises at over 25 knots), SCUBA diving, flying in our Sanctuary aircraft, working with school kids and the public, etc. The hardest part is managing the ever-tightening budget and keeping all my employees healthy and happy.

If you have any kids that want to grow up and be a marine biologist, have them check out our website and contact our education department. We have lots of free posters, literature, curriculum information, etc., and one of our key missions is education and outreach.

Check out our website-- www.cinms.noaa.gov

"I'm the key figure in an on-going government charade, the plot to conceal the truth about the existence of extraterrestrials. It's a global conspiracy, actually, with key players in the highest levels of power, that reaches down into the lives of every man, woman, and child on this planet. So, of course, no one believes me. I'm an annoyance to my superiors, a joke to my peers. They call me Spooky. Spooky Mulder, whose sister was abducted by aliens when he was just a kid and who now chases after little green men with a badge and a gun, shouting to the heavens or to anyone who will listen that the fix is in, that the sky is falling and when it hits it's gonna be the ****-storm of all time . . .

But on the weekends I like to play my tele in a Grand Funk Railroad tribute band"

-Fox Mulder, FBI

If there is an award for interesting occupation, I think Chris M gets it in Santa Barbara! I'll have to visit there on my next trip out west. Me, I'm just a mainframe software engineer that supplies defect support for N American companies. And I get to do it from home, with a Tele sitting right next me.....

for an electrical distributor by day :roll:

Aging twangster by night 8)

Fret

I run a small shop that puts and keeps stringed instruments and vintage tube amps in proper working order for many happy customers. I also buy and sell instruments and vintage amps. I have never been happier than I am in this work.

business reporter/writer. am an old guy, 58.. trying to learn how to play guitar and fullfill a fantasy. :roll:

I'm a watch salesman. You think GAS is bad - I've got WAS for the just announced TAG Heuer Autavia reissue! :)

occupation: university professor (archaeology).
preoccupation: blues guitar (one tele is set up for slide in open G) and playing in a p/t classic rock band.
Actually, the day job has taken me from Korea to Kenya--lots of different musical experiences!!

I am an elementary school teacher. This year, I am teaching Grade 3/4. I also teach primary (Gr. 1 - 3) music. I will do my part to ensure that future generations know and love the Tele. :D

House dad with 6 playable guitars, 3 homebuilt Teles and a new FMT, and loving it. Get to spend lots more time with the kid and playing the guitars.

Guitar Ed

Some days, when it is quiet, the TDPRI is my occupation.

C'mon folks, tell us how much time you are getting paid to browse the TDPRI?




oops ...I'm busted!!!

:lol: Real Estate Broker. Wanta rent an apartment in Boston?

I work for a company that develops application software for wireless telco's. :twisted:

The latest big thing is LBS (location based services like "Find the Nearest Sars clinic") and MMS. Oh and WAP of course.

GSM/GPRS CDMA/1xrtt, it's all good....unless you have a brain tumor. :shock:

I work as a superintendent for a construction manager that builds and renovates hospitals. It's very satisfying, although at times it can be intense and require long hours. On the weekends (when not working or building my house) I play my Tele for my own enjoyment. Some day when the house is done I'm going to gig again.

...musician, guitar restorer, gear geak.

I've done a lot of illustration for the Grateful Dead-- T-shirts, CD covers (Stolen Roses and Mother McCrees Uptown Jug Champoins) the "Comix Page" that appears in each issue of Grateful Dead Almanac (see some of them at http://www.dead.net . Click on the Almanac section. My comics are usually on page 3); Hot Tuna (CD cover for "And Furthermore...", tour T-shirts (the fish with the guitar? That's mine.), (Oh, yeah-- finally got to meet Jorma last year. What a treat. Nice guy); Carlos Santana (I interviewed him 5 times and wrote and illustrated his officially-sanctioned biography in graphic novel style); Fat Guys blues band from Chicago (great band).

I've done a lot of book and roleplaying game illustration, and even more comic book work. I've drawn Hawkman, Justice League of America, Jonah Hex, Tonto and the Lone Ranger, Scout, Grimjack, Star Wars ( I was head writer on the SW comic for two years), Tarzan, Green Lantern, Conan the Barbarian... the list goes on.

I teach illustration at Pennsylvania School of Art and Design in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. I have a small recording studio and produce and engineer CDs for local acts. I've done a bit of local TV soundtrack work. I currently play lead and slide guitar for the Terry Strongheart Band (Philly guys: we'll be playing at Temple U's Ambler campus over memorial Day weekend at this year's annual Native American Cultural Festival that Temple sponsors. Fun event. If you're near the area write me for details).

I sell a lot of books, CDs, art, guitars, pedals, pickups and parts on eBay and buy same.

Life is good.

(Dang, didn't know there weree so many art directors at the TDPRI. I'll have to bug a few of you boys.)

Tattooist from Sweden

But I always have music to fall back on! :lol:

Professor of the history of religion.

Oh yes, I do mean the Budda, Brahman, Yahweh, Dao,
Allah, Zoroaster, JC -- all them.

But gee I'd like to play my tele like the devil down below.

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

Never gonna get rich but enjoying 12 years of being a public defender.

Of course, I could have stuck with music and starved!

Scotch

Fulltime guitar and vocals.........@ 200-250 gigs a year....65% solo acoustic, the rest with my band, freelancing or backing up singer-songwriters.

I also teach from my home 3 days a week......absolutely love that!

-Jim

Dentist. Now open wide...this won't hurt a bit.

I work at a central public library reference desk answering questions all day. I am the resident "expert" on music, movies and audio-visual media-type stuff. (A 30-year city library employee.)

I play in a classic rock band on the weekends.

Plus a club officer in our local Harley-Davidson motorcycle club.

Since I'm unemployed and the money coming in is gig money, I guess that makes me a musician!

I'm an attorney too...gotta do something to buy those Teles!

I've fixed airplanes for almost 26 years now.Boy does that hurt admitting that. But we are probably a dying breed. Can't wait to, and hope I can retire in about 7 years and spend a whole lot of time to my real love. Designing, building and repairing guitars. My first build was a tele, still my favorite. Leo Fender was a working mans genious.

I drink so much beer that I make a pretty good living off selling the bottles. Oh, and when I wake up on someone's couch, I always look under the cushons.

I drink so much beer that I make a pretty good living off selling the bottles. Oh, and when I wake up on someone's couch, I always look under the cushons.


...nothing beats waking up on the couch with a bent crooked neck, wearing your clothes, dying of thirst, stinking like a bar. wondering what happened and who has pics of it.

I woke up at dawn on a couch once and it was at the curb being thrown away! There were school kids going by on the way to the bustop...what a lovely sight that must have been.

I am a breakdown mechanic for a club here in Australia .(similar to AAA). Im the guy you call to put your auto back in park so your car Will Start !.Also a Wannabe Musician/guitarist..........Mike.

I am a breakdown mechanic for a club here in Australia .(similar to AAA). Im the guy you call to put your auto back in park so your car Will Start !.Also a Wannabe Musician/guitarist..........Mike.(ps those people you see being chased by Police on shows like Cops. Well they don,t need Cops to be chasing them to Drive on blown Tyre,s Ect.One guy i went to was complaining of a lack of power when Driving as well as a bad engine noise.This guy had driven the Tyre off the rim(LHF) on a front Weel Drive Hatch And Could,t get up his Drive Cause the RIM was Spinning .Make The Day Go by i Suppose ...Mike.

I am a breakdown mechanic for a club here in Australia .(similar to AAA). Im the guy you call to put your auto back in park so your car Will Start !.Also a Wannabe Musician/guitarist..........Mike.(ps those people you see being chased by Police on shows like Cops. Well they don,t need Cops to be chasing them to Drive on blown Tyre,s Ect.One guy i went to was complaining of a lack of power when Driving as well as a bad engine noise.This guy had driven the Tyre off the rim(LHF) on a front Weel Drive Hatch And Couldn,t get up his Drive Cause the RIM was Spinning .Make The Day Go by i Suppose ...Mike.

Programmer. The young turks fresh out of university like to call themselves "Software Engineers". I've been doing it for 15 years, and from what I can see "software engineer" means "don't have a clue". I'm a Programmer. I make things. They work. 8)

I'm software engineer then. Majored in international economics... no wonder my programs never work. :roll:

Not getting rich but doing something I love to do![/b]

My occupation: Applications Engineer at a fastener manufacturer in Illinois. (Still can't find the screws I need for my axes at work...always wind up going to Ace Hardware!)

Pre-occupation: Telecasters, steel guitars and collecting the same.

I command an engine company for Orlando Fire Dept. Several off-duty gigs: teaching guitar lessons; gigging with a band, solo, and duet; motorcycle safety instructor; and product specialist/demo rider for several motorcycle manufacturers.

I pack and maintain parachute systems for skydivers and pilots

Telejammer


-isn't that all of us??

I pack and maintain parachute systems for skydivers and pilots


ah parachute rigger....I was thinking stage lighting or electric!

and the other 3 months I am just a guy who likes to play with my kids.

-Scott

geography --- geographic information systems --- not geology; The closest I get to being a rock expert is when I'm rummaging through my music collection.

Transportation Coordinator/pictue car guy for tv shows and films.
Kinda' quiet right now so I've way too much time to play here!
J.R.

Mostly criminal defense - hey, at least its recession proof!

Work for a window dealer in Benicia, CA. Anyone building a new house in Northern California??? :lol:

Work for a window dealer in Benicia, CA. Anyone building a new house in Northern California??? :lol:

Can you get art-glass hardwood-framed casement windows for that Frank Lloyd Wright Prairie house I wanna build someday? :)

Been a preacher for 10 years now -- 6 in Gallup, NM & 4+ on the lovely Oregon coast.

need a 318? .....I'm going back to music sales in October,
gotta be around it; been away from it for 2 years, 3 months and 5 days.....but I don't miss it, nah.

Wow! What a varied group of occupations.

I'm a teacher. After 16 years working for music related magazines in NYC I decided to become an elementary school teacher so I would have a schedule similar to my son's. I worked as a second grade teacher for a couple of years. Everyone who saw my resume said "Hey! With your background why aren't you teaching music?" So I got my certification in music and now I'm looking for a job in that field. So if I get a job in that area, I'll be turning kids on to music for a living. If I don't I'll spend a year writing music, practicing saxes, brass, percussion, and strings...and oh yeah, the Tele. Either way, it's a tough life. Ha!

Delivery driver, fulfillment and shipping/receiving for a medium size print company by day, freelance writer and guitar player by night.

For Household International Mortgage Services. I write in SAS, SQL, some VB and Java. Data mining and programmed reports, and more requests throughout. I'm learning a lot, and it's opening a lot of doors to consider. The rock or country bands never took off, so this is my back up until they do.

Special Education, middle school resource teacher. Playing guitar is great therapy, keeps me sane or at least from killing one of my students.

DW

Fiction writer (2 novels, 2 collections of short stories), magazine writer, kollege professor, music critic and guitar player.

I'm in business with my dad - we make machine tooling for oil/aircraft/defense. I do design, sell, help with manufacturing, and do just about anything technical that no one else wants to do.
I abuse the machines to do really cool stuff like fabricate telecaster bodies and jack cups.
I moonlite with my previous career as an applications programmer for control of semiconductor fab tools and just about anything else that comes along. Like the other programmer here, i'm not a college grad of "computer science"...i just write stuff that works well and gets used.

...since 1979. Before that I was in the Marine Corps.

I pack, repair, and maintain parachutes and related equipment for skydivers and pilots

Think of me the next time you can't pick a new CD out of the shrink film wrapper.

That's a job well done.

Play music , but I dont make much money at it , thats why I have a day hobbie installing radio communications equip! Or is the music the hobbie , I get so confused !

I play tele, steel, dobro, banjo, mandolin, and button accordion in a country band in Vegas!
I play tele in a blues band
I play banjo & dobro in a bluegrass band
I spent about ten years in So. Cal. and the past 17 in Las Vegas and a few years along the way just doing road gigs.
Every now and then I spend some time riding horses for a few bucks(no pun).
I've always wanted to be a Chef, I love cooking for people. I might try that some day.

I play tele, steel, dobro, banjo, mandolin, and button accordion in a country band in Vegas!
I play tele in a blues band
I play banjo & dobro in a bluegrass band
I spent about ten years in So. Cal. and the past 17 in Las Vegas and a few years along the way just doing road gigs.
Every now and then I spend some time riding horses for a few bucks(no pun).
I've always wanted to be a Chef, I love cooking for people. I might try that some day.

I can tell from your posts that you've walked the walk. I've been doing it for only just over a year now. I play tele, mando and occasional electric bass in a country band. I play acoustic guitar, 12-string and mandolin in an acoustic duo. I play solo 6-, 7- and 12-string guitars. I play a lot of sideman-for-hire gigs. I don't have near the resume you do, nor do I have near the knowledge of the history. And I probably don't cook near as well as you. But I'm in it neck deep -- full-time professional musician.