What do you do for a living? [Archive] - Intimidator Owners Group

Scooby921

10-20-2008, 02:09 PM

Keeping with KeenDean's username thread and getting to know more about our fellow Timmy owners...

What do you do for a living?

I am a mechanical engineer. I work for Tokai Rubber Industries as a Design Engineer. I'm located at the US Technical Center in Novi, MI. We design, develop, test, and support production of anti-vibration parts for the auto industry...things like engine mounts, suspension bushings, strut mounts, exhaust hangers, swaybar bushings, and other random bits of rubber. If you own a Honda, Toyota, or Nissan there is a 98% chance we make parts on your car :D

Killian! UDOWN?

10-20-2008, 02:17 PM

What do you do for a living?

Well Right Now I am a Clerk at Foodland. Im a bagger! it sucks major but its money in the bank.

Sapiens

10-20-2008, 02:45 PM

I'm a freshman student at Rice University and I'm majoring in Chemical engineering. I work at a country club during the summer (It tips fairly well).

Daigz525

10-20-2008, 03:05 PM

I am an environmental engineer....

I'm a project manager with the primary responsibility being the design, development and installation of landfill gas to electricity projects throughout the country. My office is currently in Jacksonville, FL however due to the nature of my work I travel more than 50% all over the country. In the last month I've been to California, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia and Texas....

rasengan13

10-20-2008, 03:44 PM

I'm a Mechanical Engineering Technology senior at the University of Houston. I also work for a flooring company, Flooring Services of Texas, as a sales assistant. Our company lays down carpet, tile, wood, and vinyl to all new homes around houston, dallas, san antonio and other parts of texas. It's a decent desk job but it helps pay for tuition and paintball equipment.

Squirlly

10-20-2008, 03:47 PM

I have 2 jobs. I either play with stickers all day long or I clown around when I'm done with that.

Yeah.. I'm a sign maker and primarilary work with self-adhesive vinyl graphics and I'm also a part-time professional clown. Below is a picture of both. I'm the clown on the right of your screen and the bug we are sitting on I lettered.

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t64/squirllyoh/kittime.jpg

My Timmy and Halo also have some vinyl graphics on them that I made, cheaper than anno and if I get bored with it... it's just a sticker :cool:

http://www.intimidatorowners.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=7&pictureid=51

-Tim

KeenDean

10-20-2008, 06:32 PM

I'm a design and maintenance engineer for a large international chemical company called Ciba.

I work in the New Manufacturing Processes section, within the Process Development department.

Basically we take existing chemical production processes and look into how we can re-design the plant layout, equipment and processes to improve/increase production output and at the same time reduce operating costs. But besides this, we sometimes get new projects that require scaled down lab trials (to prove it will work) and then scale up to full production when we prove its a viable business proposal.

It's cool because I get to assist in the design, then buy the equipment, install it, commission the plant and then maintain it.

Here's a photo of me taken for the company website.

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n13/KeenDean_2006/Dean.jpg

Black Six

10-20-2008, 07:07 PM

Im a Computer Electronics Technician Student with an almost guaranteed job at RIM (Fixing Blackberries), Department of Defense or the Government when I graduate. Whats a CETN? Well, Im a super IT geek. I can do everything. From Hardware, to software, Remote/Serverside OS installs, networking, Database Management, Web Development, Programming, System Admin, name it, and I'll be trained to do it. GOD I love 4 jobs to each grad :D

DFSniper

10-20-2008, 08:05 PM

i work at mcdonalds, usually on the grill and assembly, sometimes the extra maintenance guy. minimum wage sucks :(

and im majoring in mech. engineering, but if i fail calculus again, i'm going to switch to something else, probably IT.

Megatron

10-20-2008, 08:26 PM

Man, we have alot of engineers here...i work in sales @ Grainger, an industrial supply store, boring but it pays (most of) the bills

DFSniper

10-20-2008, 08:40 PM

i want to work in the paintball industry, but other than that, i have no idea what i would do with an engineering degree. right now, theres only two things in my life, paintball and computers.

big_daddy_d

10-20-2008, 10:06 PM

Well Right Now I am a Clerk at Foodland. Im a bagger! it sucks major but its money in the bank.

In hawaii?

big_daddy_d

10-20-2008, 10:07 PM

In the army as a food inspector...

SparkyGT

10-20-2008, 10:50 PM

Warranty Administrator in a Agricultural Equipment Dealership

bain102

10-21-2008, 04:09 AM

i'm from Alexandria Bay, which is a hole in northern ny in the winter but the "heart of the thousand islands" in the summer. it's basically a small tourist town with about 20 bars in a 1 block radius. for the past 3 years i worked at the go-kart track as a mechanic and track boy(get run over trying to keep people on the track) during the summer and i work at domino's in canton while in college. looking for a new job at the moment though, something having to do with my major in web design and network management. i'm a big computer geek at heart.

MoistTowelette

10-21-2008, 01:54 PM

Looks like there are a few of us with IT backgrounds. My job is as Team Lead - Enterprise Solutions for a software company in Waterloo Ontario (OpenText Corporation). OpenText developed the first search engine for the internet and has developed in to the market leader in providing Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions.
I basically work and manage a group of 4 people in my team encompassing Storage Area Networks, application delivery, enterprise backups, monitoring, archiving, Linux infrastructure services, etc...

When I find time these days, I try and play some paintball.

Daigz525

10-21-2008, 02:35 PM

Dean - That's wild, one of my clients is Ciba Specialty Chemicals in Suffolk, VA. We are using landfill gas to power one of their boilers!!!

Megatron - I order from Granger all the time, small world!!

KeenDean

10-21-2008, 02:57 PM

Dean - That's wild, one of my clients is Ciba Specialty Chemicals in Suffolk, VA. We are using landfill gas to power one of their boilers!!!

WOW...small world indeed mate.

B-Pow

10-21-2008, 05:22 PM

I'm a computer programmer for a benifits administration company.

Ever read Dilbert or watch Office Space? That's my life in a nutshell.

PC load letter...WTF does that mean?

DFSniper

10-21-2008, 05:32 PM

lol. i made an initech TPS report for an intro to computers class one time. teacher thought it was hilarious!

BigRed76

10-21-2008, 05:41 PM

I used to work security at a theme park for the summer. It's not like it was boring, it was just a PAIN dealing with the idiocy.

LunchboxMischke

10-21-2008, 06:08 PM

i work at bad boyz toyz in naperville il i get to sit aroundand play with gats all day

B-Pow

10-21-2008, 06:59 PM

i work at bad boyz toyz in naperville il i get to sit aroundand play with gats all day

So you sit in Naper-thrill with all the yuppies out there?

joy, I'm from the chicago suburbs myself, Addison

ghettogunner

10-21-2008, 07:07 PM

lol suburbs?
I live in alaska ... I have a moose in my backyard as we speak.....

battlechaser

10-21-2008, 09:37 PM

I install aftermarket and factory accessories in GM and Ford vehicles, basically anything from a box liner to a remote starter.

ghettogunner

10-21-2008, 10:19 PM

I install aftermarket and factory accessories in GM and Ford vehicles, basically anything from a box liner to a remote starter.

Im going to go to uti get my general certification , and then take mercedes benz and Porsche advanced factory training

mcsquid86

10-21-2008, 10:44 PM

I work for big Brown.... I'm a driver for UPS.

Ollieleet

10-21-2008, 10:47 PM

I work for big Brown.... I'm a driver for UPS.

I respect you, I've never gotten a package late! :cheers:

DFSniper

10-21-2008, 11:34 PM

lol suburbs?
I live in alaska ... I have a moose in my backyard as we speak.....

lol, time to select a gun... :D

im considering going to university of Fairbanks for school.

Megatron

10-22-2008, 12:14 AM

I order from Granger all the time, small world!!

small world indeed...who do you work for?

andover85

10-22-2008, 12:28 AM

I go to school and work at the same time, I just joined, I technically am called a autobody technician, but yeah I work at Rogers Autobody and Glass Repair, in MN. And attend Andover High school.

Scooby921

10-22-2008, 12:39 PM

Megatron - I order from Granger all the time, small world!!

As do I. I'm headed there during my lunch break in about 20 minutes.

BAMF-HacKeR

10-22-2008, 01:39 PM

Sr. Network Engineer a.k.a. computer weenie!

Daigz525

10-22-2008, 02:54 PM

small world indeed...who do you work for?

I work for an engineering company called HDR...

We're a national firm, my office is in Jacksonville, FL though.

rabbit

10-22-2008, 03:35 PM

wow, seems like there's not near as many of us working in the industry as i thought... I run a store and field in Northern Arizona.

M-baller

10-22-2008, 06:49 PM

I work at a local gas station.

vwjimmy

10-22-2008, 08:24 PM

I have been certified "Automotive Master Technician" by ASE (since 1983!), General Motors (US Top 100 Master Techs of 1994), Volkswagenwerk AG, and BMW.
After many years working at and running dealership service departments, I opened my own facility........

Spyder Java

10-22-2008, 08:36 PM

2T351 Vehichle Maintanence Technician (or whatever they call us nowadays... they change it every couple months). I work on cars for the Air Force... Yes that includes Humvees (HMMWV) and no they are not bad a$$. They suck, they break all the time (thanks security forces) and they are the hardest vehichle I have ever worked on... Even changing the brake pads is a painfull process. Especially if you have large hands like I do. Thankfully I have been placed in an office as a Parts Buyer for PACAF (Korea, Japan, Diego Garcia). So I don't really have to deal with that too much.

hype

10-22-2008, 08:58 PM

Steelworker, fitter/erector, wow ! we got some brains here !!!

necrolyte

10-22-2008, 09:02 PM

I'm a machinist. Going on 8 years in it. We specialize in plastics. I operate manual and cnc equipment every day pretty much. We take raw stock, and turn it into all kinds of cool things, mostly for the food industry, but we branch out and do tons and tons.

Our shop only has 3 people, we're very small, but yet we're able to cover a ton of different areas. (Technically speaking, i work my A$$ off!)

For the last four years, I've owned my own customizing shop, where I do custom fiberglass enclosures, install aftermarket vehicle equipment, and anything else I please. I do this full time as well as my machinist job.

8am to 5pm being a machinist, and 5:30 to sometimes 3am building custom cars! Some people have told me i work too much, but lately I've found time to get back into paintball!!! :D

BLT_Man

10-23-2008, 08:59 PM

Digital Printer here....

Work with Xerox machines..

Also help out with laminating, poster printing, desktop publishing, binding department, cutting machine... pretty much everything in our printing business.

godswrath

10-24-2008, 08:32 AM

southernsteel

10-31-2008, 04:45 PM

I'm a ref! Picture taken for work about a year and a half ago.

http://www.paintballquest.com/staffpics/Eric%20Lemke.JPG

Black Six

10-31-2008, 04:55 PM

Ive noticed somthing. On the BT forums, most of the guys are trades there. And all shoot low end guns. But here, most people are engineers/computer ect related. And all shoot high ends... I should take the job/gun experiment further.

NOTE: This is not meant to insult, demean, or damage anyone's ego (Unless its a Planet Eclipse Ego, then lets get the mallets out), its just something Ive noticed

DFSniper

10-31-2008, 08:19 PM

mallets, bring them!

i'm probably going to switch my major from engineering to something computer related seeing as i'm about to fail calc for the second time.

Stewey956

10-31-2008, 08:54 PM

mallets, bring them!

i'm probably going to switch my major from engineering to something computer related seeing as i'm about to fail calc for the second time.

aww, math isn't my strong suit either, but I do pretty well.

DFSniper

10-31-2008, 09:14 PM

i did fine in high school and scored a 99 on the community college's placement test, but for some reason i'm getting my *** kicked! i understand it, but when it comes to applying it in complex problems, i get lost.

Daigz525

10-31-2008, 09:16 PM

talk about a small world i am a truck driver and pick up freight at ciba in suffolk,va. job pays well goodthing i have alot of paintball equipment. i am a single father with 2 young boys and both play paintball i started them when they where 8 there 9.there 9 and 10 and we play woods/senerio they love there timmies. i have been throwing the idea about starting a senerio iog team but i would need the right permission of coarse.

Dude NO WAY!!!

I'm going up to Suffok next week, sometime I'll stay the weekend at the hotel I stay at and we'll play some paintball!!!

So since you're from around Suffolk, have you heard of SPSA?