Stumbled on this old thread: https://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/what-do-you-do-for-a-living-bas.298914/ Been enjoying reading, so I thought it was time for everyone to rehash this. I work at a horse track, managing the mutuel department.
Semi-retired after 17-1/2 years working in a licensed group home for individuals with mental illness. Now I'm working part-time for the same agency in intermittent home-based services.
"I work as a public relations man, passing out handbills on Austin street; merely an effort to improve my financial situation, and ward off a case of the D.T.'s."
I'm an internet computer bot. Pay sucks, shitty hours and sometimes I think, 'Is this really a living?' " but, ya know, what else can I do? Google is saying it won't give me the answer unless I give them 50 of the points. So, forget it.
I have gone from Systems Programmer (per previous thread) to Systems/Infrastructure Administrator... either way, still a thoroughly angry typer. I script stuff that I have to do past the second time I've had to do manually-ish as a result of (l)user behavior.
Former high-school dropout. Enlisted in the army for a bit, left on good terms because I didn’t see myself being a lifer there. Back as a civilian young man ended up doing various small jobs for the town like distributing the local magazines. Then followed a course and formation to be working in administration as a simple « paper boy » (no degrees). In my mid-20s decided to graduate and go in University for a year, not that it made a major difference in my now-life, but the education I got was enlightening. Taking it easy now, there has been ups and downs as you could have guessed. Semi-artist with a not so rampant and contained penchant for hoppy beverages.
Retired for over 10 years now. Worked for the same waste water treatment Authority for 37 years. Retired as a control.room operator in the energy recovery facility. We used sewage sludge as a fuel in a fluidized bed to raise steam for power generation.
Full disclosure, I cheated cause I’m impatient to wait for the answer. Undercover Architect, btw. p.s. Don’t tell anyone.
I'm fully retired (even more so now since I'm no longer volunteering at the two places that I was doing back in the previous thread). Still a part-time pub crawler.
Right now I guess you mark me down as an operating engineer too (that’s what I put down on my tax return anyway). I’m a seasonal worker at a small placer gold mine in Alaska. A lot of equipment operating, a lot of manual labor, a little bit of mechanic/metal work. Whatever I’m told. Thinking seriously about a career change though!
In that 2016 thread, I said "Systems Engineer and Project Manager in my main job, also a Taekwondo instructor on the side." I'm no longer a Project Manager, and no longer a Taekwondo instructor. I'm semi-retired, having recently cut my hours back. I'm still a systems/computer engineer, working at the same place for 42 years. I'll probably fully retire in a couple of years.
