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I'm impressed with the variety and talents present here. I envy many in their careers as I have yet to decide what exactly it is that I want to do. Being a huge nba fan, I especially envy OP. Go blazers!
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I work in the Motion Picture Industry as a lighting technician. I work on Television, Feature films, Commercials, rock videos, etc.
I'm what is called a "Rigging Gaffer". I lay down "rig" the lights, cable and generators, along with Arial lifts and underwater lighting, when necessary. Then come back after the 1st unit is done filming and strike/ wrap it all up and return the equipment. Other than the military, it's got to be the most wasteful buisness there is. I sign off on over $100,000 in equipment rentals every week, just in my department. It's been a good living, but I'm looking forward to retirement in the next 10 years. Going on 30 years (21 @ Warner Bros studios and the last 6 @ Universal) over 73,000 hours and am still 19 years away from collecting social security.
In 1991 I became a software engineer, and started developing video games professionally. I've continued to do this for a living except for the few years that founded a national high speed internet service (2002-2006). I learned a lot about business and new technology, but the business did not make it.
I've developed games for Mindscape, Disney, Midway Home Entertainment, Sony (SCEA, SOE) and various smaller companies.
Today I lead a development team on a kid's MMO (Massive Multiplayer Online) game.
Plus I invent stuff.
Moto related - I help a good friend run his MX, Hare Scrambles, and hillclimbs in the summer at his track.
I take my team and go into large fortune 500 companies and get paid to fix issues that either they have no ability to fix or that their own staff could have fixed in half the time for less money if corporate politics were not involved.
I have worked for some very small effective companies and some very large dysfunctional nuthouses. I get called in because I have been there done that a bunch so for some reason people listen to me. All in all I like what I do but the political side of my job is wearing me down.
I guess it sounds like I'm one of the few who doesn't earn a living from some form of construction, manufacturing or IT. I graduated with a BS in Mechanical Engineering from UT and went to work for Frito-Lay. While there I got my MBA and immediately did what absolutely no-one does upon receiving that degree - I took a 50% pay cut to go work for my parents. Their medical clinic was struggling due to the economy and geo-political tensions, so I spent a year doing a complete turn-around. I left that job with $10K to my name but it was worth every minute for how much I learned.
Now I work for a small management consulting company, mainly in the oil & gas industry lately.
Looking to start my own company in the next year. Maybe a bicycle company. Maybe a software development company. May become a grocery store owner. Who knows.
My best job though is the one that doesn't pay. I work for my church's volunteer construction group. On Saturday mornings we go build ramps for handicap people, fix roofs, install indoor plumbing, etc. It's one of the most rewarding jobs I've ever had and makes it easier to spend the week days sitting in front of the computer.
Here is a digital build we just finished.
Hats off to you ROCK, the world needs more guys like you !!
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He was involved in the biotech industry and had developed a product in '97 which we manufactured in our own TGA, GMP approved production facility. After spending the time and money to set it up, the site where it was situated was purchased by Bidvest and everyone had to go.
We outsourced production after that to a reasonably large contract manufacturer with catastrophic results.
A huge product launch to all national distributors had to be shut down with a voluntary recall before it hit the ground; the product was allowed to be shipped out with half of it being contaminated even after the person in charge of quality control and 2 other people saw the results from the microbial challenge were way off!
We lost everything.
Sorry, I had to vent and I may or may not be drinking.
Now I just dabble in this and that until I figure out what's next.
My brother works in the sign industry so I can be found doing this on occasion.
On the side, I started to develop android apps this year. It's kinda fun and after I'm done, they make passive income from ads. It's not a whole lot but it pays for my riding for the most part.
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corrections officer now.
i keep peoples nightmares locked in their cages.
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