What you do for a living (work, job)?

Calibrating a HP 8594E Spectrum Analyzer this morning:

 

I have RF/microwave capability up to 26.5 GHz source/measure with this rack. All the standards in this rack are NVLAP 17025 accredited. Highest level cal/accreditation. Still not boring yet after 37 years. (No lab coats here. Only for the occasional Dog & Pony shows.)

8594E:

 

CSX locomotive engineer and conductor. I'm currently working as a conductor right now so I don't work everyday and or sometimes twice a day.

 

Looks a lot like the spec any that I've used for years

 

Highly likely. I get a lot of these 8590 series in from different customers. Built em good back then. USA made. I get a lot of 8560 series in too. Royal pain in the ass to do. Very labor intensive. Most of the current gen Spec A's are automated cal which speeds things up considerably.

 

During my 8-5 day job, I sell office supplies to businesses in the area. But I also have my own photography business where I do weddings, senior photos, family, etc. So it keeps me pretty busy during weekends. Hopefully make that my full time job within the next year or so.

http://www.wesatkinsonphotography.com/

 

Nice web site.You have some very good reviews.

 

Thanks.. I've only been doing it professionally for a couple years now but its growing and always improving.

 

Nothing wrong with coal, before we were forced to converted to natural gas (thank you DC air permiting) our units were base loaded and set records on outage to outage runs. Now we are more of a peaker station with only one unit the runs continuously.

 

Yeah, I want to do that, waiting until I can get it closer to looking the way I want it. I need to do it for my wife's Tacoma though, that thing is awesome. BTW, the car in those photos is my father-in-laws Roush Mustang

 

Licensed Mechanical Engineer, working in construction industry now but want to pursue my dream of starting my own fab shop.

I'd be unstoppable, I could do the design, drafting and welding/assembly on my own.

 

senior software configuration management engineer.
Among other things, I create the systems and processes to automate the building, delivery, and deployment of software.

 

Professional Boondoggler in the Railroad industry.
(Verb: To waste time or money on a boondoggle)

 

peek-a-boo

 

currently, for a living, i try to satisfy a micromanaging little tyrant. actively looking for something else to do for a living.

 

You are a late starter (not a such bad thing), like puzzles and math and value a good education, plus beer.

 

Professional snake killer for the railroad. And sometimes I run and excavator or a welding machine for them. officially, I work fixing and building bridges.

 

I had a boss like that once. Let's hope that you, too, can say "had" real soon.

 

I imagine you back behind a curtain pulling levers and as saying "Do not arouse the wrath of the great and powerful Matluth! I said come back tomorrow."

 

You must work in finance or insurance... I spent 10 years as a banker and financial advisor. Never again.

 

Neither. Engineering/Manufacturing

This article sums it up:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanad...-if-your-boss-is-a-micromanager/#466a19eb6971
Let's just say steps 1-4 don't work (2 people have already left our group, at least 4 others of us are actively leaning in that direction, which would leave less than half the group to keep things running, which would be one helluva work load). I also manage a group of technicians, so I feel I can be somewhat of a judge of how wrong the boss is doing it.

 

Successful day/swing trader, prior to that I was(always will be), a carpenter.

 

Nuclear Welder for the DOD

 

Hello all.

Recently retired from the U.S. Navy as a Nuclear Electrician.

Currently working at the Toyota Tundra plant here in San Antonio, TX on the robotics and automation systems. I was stoked to have had a hand in building my TRD PRO that I bought last month.

-Eric

 

retired Air Force 19 years ago (C130-C141 loadmaster) , retired from Boeing 2 years ago, senior tech writer with Zodiac Aerospace

 

That's freakin cool! You get a discount?