OT: What do you do for a living?
With the offseason here, I thought it would be interesting to read what members on this board do for a living. Student, Professional, Retiree, Entrepenuer...
Do you like what you do? Wish you would have done things differently when you were a student searching for a career choice?
mine, it would cause controversy, and this blog would be diminished.
Scientist at a biotech start up. It's fun and challenging, but I dont get a lot of time to do other things I enjoy.
Dream job is one that I don't have to put a lot of time into so I can do all of the other things I enjoy. Basically, I want to be retired so I don't have to choose between long bike ride, golf, drinking before noon, travel, etc. on the weekend. And theres the lower stress that comes with not wondering how you are going to keep the lights on long enough for the product to get through the FDA.
What kind of toys, oh poster with the phallic avatar?
Wati a minute! I thought you didn't read blogs?
The exciting version of what I do is engineering finance on various future Ford MoCo vehicles such as the next-gen Explorer and all the ridiculously many Fusion variants. That's for right now. Ford moves finance people around a lot.
The truth is I change numbers on spreadsheets til my bosses are happy. People tend to think automotive companies have two kinds of employees - engineers and assembly line - so they generally lose interest when I say I don't get to play with the play-doh.
The work itself is kinda boring. The company is excellent. I wanted for a long time to work in the auto industry, and I made it. Very happy about that. That said, if I could go back and advise my high school self, I'd tell him to take chemistry and biology a tad more seriously and look into a pharmacy career. Back then I wanted to be an architect, which still appeals to me tremendously as a career (especially the more I see ugly-ass modern designs) except for my discovery in college that architect school was basically art school.
the Advertising Agency that does all Ford's marketing.
He's the guy who put ol' Cyrus in the middle of the road so Matthew McConaughey would have to take the long way.
M Group or one of the subsidiaries?
but for an agency that works primarily with another Michigan-based manufacturer
Thanks for bringing back the Ranger. Give us an off-road version similar to Tacoma. :)
I work for a company that is unfortunately letting go of 1,400 people in the near future.
Sounds like we work for the same company..
i suspect many people here do. Go further.
You have exactly one mgopoint for each year you have been on this blog. Outstanding sir.
Speaking of airlines and points, does Brian devalue all your MGoPoints every few years to save the blog a few bucks?
I have a studio called The Gym in Illinois. People ask me why I called it The Gym? Well, because no one ever says what gym they're going to, they just say the gym.
just north of Rockford.
The Roscoe Village in the city?
the village of Roscoe, just north of rockford...80 miles from the city
What it does is where there's a bank transaction, and the interests are computed in the thousands a day in fractions of a cent, which it usually rounds off. What this does is it takes those remainders and puts it into your account.
That sounds oddly familiar...
stapler.
Lawyer professional development and recruiting. It's pretty awesome. Seriously.
But I'm curious about your position . . . do you practice law or just work on professional development and recruiting? Unusual to hear a lawyer describe his or her job as "awesome."
Own and operate a small company that specializes in re-producing aluminum bodies and body panel's for vintage and classic automobiles, hence the username.
Where's the FLOTUS and the two little DUFUS's?
At a community college here in the Philly Burbs. I assist veterans transitioning from military life into academic life. I love my job, and as a veteran myself, it is very rewarding.
Well, I already told you. I deal with the goddamn customers so the engineers don't have to! I have people skills! I am good at dealing with people! Can't you understand that? WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?!
Congrats on retirement! I will begrudgingly continue having my money taken from me against my will to pay SS rather than investing it on my own for my retirement. You're welcome :)