What do you do for a living?

[bruijr]

I'm working for Fokker Aerostructures. This is a Dutch company making airplane parts for almost every major aircraft manufacturer. We make parts for Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Airbus, Gulfstream, NH Industries, Dassault, Bombardier and more. For more than seven years now I've been relocated as a Manufacturing Engineer at our US customers during the design en development phases of new aircraft (re)design. My main task is checking produceability and developing manufacturing strategies for detail parts to final structure assemblies made out of aluminum, titanium and composites (mainly carbon fiber part).
I've worked five years at Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth, TX on the F-35 and now for over two years at Boeing in Mesa, AZ on the AH-64 Apache.
Before my relocation I was a Production Engineer for sweveral other programs at our facilities in the Netherlands.

[brendon]

I build and test the LEAP series atom probes seen here: http://www.cameca.com/instruments-fo...tom-probe.aspx

After stunt driver, this IS my dream job.

[Sal-XK]

BUMP for the new guys to chime in

[DEERE G]

I am a shop supervisor for a custom plastic fabrication company. I am a DVS certified thermo-plastics welder.
We build anything a customer wants made from plastic sheet, rod, pipe, etc. We build chemical storage vessels, powder coat paint booth canopies, dipping tanks, and much more. We use various CNC machines; routers, lathes, benders, 150" panel saw.
I have been in the plastic fab. biz for almost 20 yrs.

My part time job is taking care of my reef aquariums.

[superacerc]

US Coast Guard. Vessel Inspector. At the moment I inspect foreign vessels and on occasion US Vessels.

[jcoulter]

Holy crap! Lots of great people with great careers! Mine seems so blah in comparison but I love it. Got a Army civilian job with the federal government for JMTC on the Rock Island Arsenal just over 3 years ago. Basically warehousing and shipping. I've had my hand on lots of stuff going to our soldiers over in Iraq and Afghanistan. I'm currently on a detail in our weld shop as an Expediter and I help get the Gunner Protection Kits for HMMVV's and other armor through our factory and to the guys and gals keeping us safe.

Sure it's a ho-hum job but I never served in the military so this is my way of helping out.

[El Comandante]

Currently I'm an analyst at a healthcare IT company. I also have a degree in audio engineering so I worked in the entertainment industry for quite a few years. As a hobby I also DJ'd for quite some time as a mobile, club, and radio DJ. I recently finally called it quits for good with the DJ business since I don't have much free time for that due to work, being a single dad, and always keeping myself busy with projects around the house. I'm a major gear head so I love electronics and have a lot of things at home that I probably don't need. My Jeep is my latest passion and hobby and I have a feeling this one will stay with me for quite some time probably until my son can take over and work on his own Jeep, I'll just tag along for the ride.

[brendon]

My part time job is taking care of my reef aquariums.

That's more than a part time job! Actually I let mine take care of themselves - the algea feeds the fish, the fish feed the algea, repeat - circle of life.

[DEERE G]

That's more than a part time job! Actually I let mine take care of themselves - the algea feeds the fish, the fish feed the algea, repeat - circle of life.

Yeah, My tanks are kind of high maintenance. I spend an average of about an hour a day on them. When the family allows it. I like the "circle of life" idea though. :-)

[06blkhemi]

I work for a company called PRC Laser. I'm a Final Assembly Tech,fancy name meaning I put CO2 cutting lasers together and get them ready for our test dept to well test ! I also dabbled in HVAC for a few years. Also worked as a mechanic at the local Mitsubishi dealership,and before that I work at my local hobby store to help support my RC Plane addiction !