Survey on members careers

[Freenow54]

I would like to survey the membership , to get a grasp on the type of careers there are here. I will Start

I Used to sell home security systems door to door . If no one was home I would leave a brochure on the Kitchen table. It is a perfect thing for someone to do now

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Welcome to your new home for saltwater reef aquarium resources and fun! Welcome to the family! :D

 

[NyteRyder1]

 

[vetteguy53081]

w e l c o m e

 

[kevgib67]

Not sure you meant to post this on the welcome thread since you’ve been on here since 2021 but welcome. I’ve been a chiropractor for over 33 years.

 

[BryanM]

Yeah, this thread probably needs to be moved....

That said I am a cybersecurity professional

 

[exnisstech]

I hope my name explains it , but if not I'm a retired nissan auto tech of 30+ years.
@Freenow54 leaving brochures on a kitchen table when no one answers the door would be very dangerous work around here. It could be life threatening.

 

[redfishbluefish]

Moved to the "Lounge". Oh, and I've been retired forever but worked in Research And Development making drugs and medical devices.

 

[ShakeyGizzard]

I was a General motors tech for 24 years (@exnisstech) and for the last 17 have been a maintenance tech for a Kia manufacturing plant, just a few more years until I retire

 

[exnisstech]

I was a General motors tech for 24 years (@exnisstech) and for the last 17 have been a maintenance tech for a Kia manufacturing plant, just a few more years until I retire

The industry and people have changed so drastically I couldn't stand it any longer so I bailed at 62.
I'm fortunate and have no chronicle health issues that require medical care or I would have had to continue working just to pay for health coverage which is a terrible reason to have to spend @ 3rd of every day being miserable IMO

 

[vetteguy53081]

iVE BEEN A NURSE AND IN MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING AND RETIRED IN 2022, WAS obtained by an airline and currently a lead in Heavy Jet Maintenance

 

[Freenow54]

I was a General motors tech for 24 years (@exnisstech) and for the last 17 have been a maintenance tech for a Kia manufacturing plant, just a few more years until I retire

Joking aside . I was a steamfitter for 20 years. Things were so slow I left that and went into HVAC heating ventilation, and air conditioning , as well as having my G1 for gas . did that for 26 years retired and hated it . I did 3 shutdowns ( repair downturns at a refinery near me about a month long each 6 10 hour days )

 

[Freenow54]

The industry and people have changed so drastically I couldn't stand it any longer so I bailed at 62.
I'm fortunate and have no chronicle health issues that require medical care or I would have had to continue working just to pay for health coverage which is a terrible reason to have to spend @ 3rd of every day being miserable IMO

Amazing how things change .I remember hearing the older guys complain when I was younger. But now even the Company doesn't care if anything is fixed. Just sell new

 

[mfinn]

I was a Union Heat and Frost Insulator for 45 years ( actually still am) but retired in 2014.
I did get called back from 2015 to 2020 for part time, but stopped getting the phone calls 2020.

 

[SufferingInSilence]

I'm in in Sales for a few decades

 

[FrugalReeferJon]

I graduated college with a degree in computer science and worked as an insurance data programmer from 1996 to 2002. Got laid off, travelled cross country from South Carolina to California looking for work but nothing panned out. Eventually switched careers to an electrician in 2004 and have been doing it since.

 

[Freenow54]

I graduated college with a degree in computer science and worked as an insurance data programmer from 1996 to 2002. Got laid off, travelled cross country from South Carolina to California looking for work but nothing panned out. Eventually switched careers to an electrician in 2004 and have been doing it since.

Never give up I love it . You are perfect to be a Reeffer

 

[mfinn]

I graduated college with a degree in computer science and worked as an insurance data programmer from 1996 to 2002. Got laid off, travelled cross country from South Carolina to California looking for work but nothing panned out. Eventually switched careers to an electrician in 2004 and have been doing it since.

There is always work in the trades.

 

[Freenow54]

There is always work in the trades.

Yup I retired hated it So I went to three What are called Shut Downs or Turn overs at a Refinery near me insane money lots of fun but lots of prejudice about being old which made it even more fun for me

 

[mfinn]

Yup I retired hated it So I went to three What are called Shut Downs or Turn overs at a Refinery near me insane money lots of fun but lots of prejudice about being old which made it even more fun for me

I am a veteran of shutdowns and turn arounds at refineries, pulp mills, saw mills and processing plants all over the country.
Started my career in 1974 at a Texaco refinery adding a natural gas plant.
The money was insane.