Summer: fairway maintenance; section hand SP RR, NM; radio repair St Louis; lawn mower assembly/ painting; section hand Alaska RR;
13 mo USN, S1C-AETM3C
13 yr seismic oil exploration, W Texas to Lake Erie, mostly KS OK, jug hand to chief engineer; 5 yr. NM & MD, Army data reduction support; 3 yr staff engineer member of civilian contractor for Army communications support at Ft Huachuca AZ;lost contract, 1? yr another contractor, similar work; 6 mo unemplpyed; 5 yr assebled alarm equipment & designed new digital reporting system for school dist. ; 13 yr school dist. design tech., crew chief of electronics & supervisor. Retired 1986.

 

As a teen, movie projection operator for a small town, 24 years with Rockwell Int (Collins Div) as a Lead Tech on the line, later machine maintenance for a clean room, Rockwell sold us to Alcatel, so then I have just over 10 years as a machine operator (on machines I used to repair).

 

Maybe less than 10,. But I am not even doing now what I started in which is electronics (if you don't count paining, cutting lawns, delivering papers and a number of other jobs I had as a child).

I have been programming most of my career. I sort of moved from electronics into programming as programming always seemed to be a part of my various electronics jobs.

I just recently got back into electronics as a hobby. I sort of wish I stuck with it but never really had the right job that interested me.

 

15-16 Paper route
16-18 Night Janator
18-19 Welder
19-29 US Army RADAR technician
29-31 Test Engineer for amplifier manufacturer - Apex
31-35 Student, EE
35-39 Test Engineer for memory manufacturer - IDT
39-41 Electrical Engineer - Raytheon
41-49 ASIC design engineer - Cisco
49-50 Unemployed
50-52 Electrical Engineer Foreign Military
52-52 (Present) FPGA design engineer - Lockeed

 

0-24 primary shool ---->university:
in last 4years teached some students in spare time.

24-30(present),work in one company
First 4 years, electronic design, product certificate
last 3 years, test and quality control

 

These dont interest me either ,but I think I am on the way to interesting,expecting it will realize next year.

 

I like chalenges, so first job was Powercompany linesman for 8 yrs. Next went to sea on a Crayfishing (lobster) boat as a deck hand 2 yrs. Set up busines repairing & selling TVs, Refrigeration & Marine electronics, about 6yrs & sold business. Takeaway food shop 2yrs, went broke. Worked for an electronics shop repairing TVs/VCRs & refrigeration 4yrs. Last job was 13Yrs as a mechanic for a Ford dealership, now retired.

 

I consider to change one job now and then ,but at same time worry the next will be not good as this one.
I am a person with dilemma
I despise myself at this side

At least am not alone in this...
-0 - 2 --> suckling
3-14 -->primary school.
14.5 - 17.4 --> secondary school
17.6 - present --> plumber, wielder, electrician, KYM, cook, foundry, software writer, student.

 

What company do you work for ganl?

 

What company do you work for ganl?

company called ACCU

 

dropped out of college to get married and worked 1 year as a secretary at a major insurance company
then 2 years at a local bank
stay at home mom for 8 years then back to college (after divorce) to get degrees in math & science (worked lots of part time jobs during the college years: campus book store, farm laborer, escort for visiting alumni, tutor, substitute teacher, taught remedial summer school to 2nd graders (never again!!), landlord for rentals, sold garden produce, did wallpapering for hire)
grad school for math & teaching fellow for 1 1/2 years
taught science at a very large school for 3 years
director of education/testing at a mental health facility for 5 years
taught math & science & gifted & at-risk at a very small rural school for 3 years
taught math at a different small rural school for 7 years
currently teaching upper level math & dual credit math for the past 6 years at a large small school
looking at retiring in another year

 

looking at retiring in another year

Me too, just in another 20-or so...

 

Hello,

I have had the celebration of the 25 year jubilee (I mentioned in post#11) today.
I did get the wrist watch like nerdegutta said.
I also got some other presents.

Bertus

 

Hello,

I have had the celebration of the 25 year jubilee (I mentioned in post#11) today.
I did get the wrist watch like nerdegutta said.
I also got some other presents.

Bertus

Congratulations, Bertus. That's quite an accomplishment on many levels.

 

Congrats on the silver anniversary Bertus.

 

Congrats,Bertus and thanks for all your links that send us in the right

direction. How many more years do you expect to enjoy your work.

Twenty five is not much any more,if you are having fun. I just seen

a cat hanging out with a opposum.

 

I have had the celebration of the 25 year jubilee (I mentioned in post#11) today.

Congrats!
Do you see yourself in the same company another 25 years?

I will not receive a watch in the company I'm currently working in. Hopefully the next.

 

...landlord for rentals...

How did that work out? It's my 2nd job, and I'm always looking for advice.

 

If you're a jack-of-all-trades, the overall condition of the rental is fairly good, and you have decent renters, then it's rather interesting. If you are missing any of these elements then it can be a nightmare. I sold my own rental after a few years due to a poor renter (my fault for renting to him but he offered more money--should have been a major red flag). I also managed several rentals for a couple years for a professor that was out of the country more than in. If they hadn't been in the ghetto part of town, I probably would have stayed with it longer. Gangs and guns were getting worse and I was a 30-something white woman who didn't want to have to pack a gun along just to fix a leaky faucet!!
As far as advice, make sure it is clear (in writing is best) just what you're getting paid for and the expectations. Are you working prn and paid by the hour, or are you salaried & have to work whatever hours/whenever necessary? Does the owner want repairs or new items installed? How much authority do you have in making these decisions? Do you have an operating budget? Know your skills set and your limits.
I am still the defacto landlord for several houses located on the family farm that my brother owns. One of the renters always asks me for permission to do projects/improvements as she knows my brother will never say no to me! However, he wasn't real pleased when he got a bill from an electrician for installing wiring for the used hottub (that I had given the renter). At least I hadn't asked him (my brother) to help move it!!

 

I seem to have an average job placement of about 2 years... Not sure why, not planned, but it just seems to work out that way. Sometimes changes are for outside of work reasons, like twice now in 3 years, it's been to go back to school, though I do still do some work occasionally for the old employer and I still technically work for the last employer, still have keys and codes, and my tools are still there, but I don't spend enough time there to be considered "employed". lol

Longest would probably be my current, where I worked there part time for about 4 years, then about 2 years full time, and now back to part time. It's an automotive upholstery shop, where I do (did) much of the metal and composites fabrication, and most of the electrical.

Shortest, probably working in a warehouse for a clothing company, I think I was there for about 8 months or so.