How do you put food on the table?

[JDM]

Me, I'm a supervisory tech at United Blood Services-The only blood bank in NM.

What's the day job? And how many of y'all actually make a living shooting pistols? Ain't that the life?

[jslaker]

Jack of all trades IT dude.

[Joe in PNG]

Career missionary with [REDACTED] in Papua New Guinea.

[orionz06]

Mechanical engineer in the nuclear industry.

[TAP]

Structural Engineer

[NGCSUGrad09]

Government Auditor

[JodyH]

Infrared thermographer

double-Tapatalk

[TGS]

broken Marine.

[WisconsinDan]

Self Employed, Former owner of a security printing company, I sold the business 3 years ago. I have been waiting out my noncompete and hope to start another similar business when that is up.

[ToddG]

I married well.

[KentF]

I manage the parking at the local university.

[LOKNLOD]

Project engineer (ME background) now in the natural gas pipeline business. I'm mostly focused in the integrity inspection and repair of older lines; it's more or less my job to help prevent incidents like what happened out in San Bruno last year.

[MDS]

http://www.npr.org/assets/news/2011/04/22/dancing2.gif

[SLG]

Between my wife and I, we shoot 7-9 big game animals each year, and that's what we eat. Haven't bought red meat in years.

[ToddG]

we shoot 7-9 big game animals each year, and that's what we eat.

Gross.

http://seattlest.com/attachments/seattle_dan/mini-mascots.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3AkRloVuSJM/S70uTZJ1UMI/AAAAAAAAFi8/7OeOhkUEPOg/s400/mascots.jpg

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.aolnews.com/media/2008/01/nhl-mascots-013108.jpg

[Tamara]

I use to sell guns. Then I managed people who sold guns. Now I write about guns in a magazine and on a blog.

This means, of course, that I know less about guns and shooting than every Counterstrike Kiddie and IT jockey on every gun forum on teh internets.

[dsa]

Firefighter/Paramedic is what pays the bills. I teach part-time at a paramedic program to pay for ammo.

[John Ralston]

Making stuff like this...

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5070/5647560435_9c2aae048a_z.jpg

BUT, like ToddG, I married well and wouldn't be able to stick with the leather if she didn't get all the Medical Benefits for us and the kids (7 & 11).

In my former life I was an Mechanical Engineer designing $1,000,000 packaging machinery (15 years), and I don't miss that environment one bit.

SLG is obviously a better hunter than I, and somehow he convinced his lovely wife to actually eat them - I could never get my wife to.

ToddG - I am not sure those are the right kind of Big Game Animals, but even so - have you tried the rump roast?

[LOKNLOD]

In my former life I was an Mechanical Engineer designing $1,000,000 packaging machinery (15 years), and I don't miss that environment one bit.


I was in packaging/manufacturing for a bit before coming over to energy... I don't miss it much either. What kind of machines? We did bags from shrink film.

[JDM]

Self Employed, Former owner of a security printing company, I sold the business 3 years ago. I have been waiting out my noncompete and hope to start another similar business when that is up.

Security printing?

[VolGrad]

Tactical Statistician








OK so that really means I'm a FED GOVT desk jockey who's job series is Statistician (whatever that means). The tactical part is just for fun because I like to read sites like this. My buddy the Chief (jlweems on here) has always had me listed in his bat phone as "Tactical Statistician" so it just stuck.

[NickA]

Straight from the microwave;)

I'm a purchasing agent/ inventory manager for a wholesale electrical distributor. It can be hard to manage all the money, fame and groupies but I get by.

[John Ralston]

I was in packaging/manufacturing for a bit before coming over to energy... I don't miss it much either. What kind of machines? We did bags from shrink film.

I worked for Columbia Machine, designing Palletizers (those big ol machines that put the boxes on the pallet). They continue to lose market share in every division, mostly to upstarts and foreign companies. They are about as dynamic as Mt. Rushmore.

[Matt O]

I work at an NGO and manage grant funds to support ROTC cadets studying critical languages.

[Corey]

I'm currently a designer and CAD jockey with an engineering company that does water treatment equipment. I work in the wastewater division in aeration and biological nutrient removal for municipal wastewater treatment plants. To put in laymen's terms, I design ways to stir up shit :cool:. I also work part time behind a gun counter.

In past lives, I have worked as a custom gunsmith, an armorer and trainer, spent several years in financial services with JP Morgan Chase and worked in marine services (engine room work on supertankers and container cargo ships) with brief stints as a machinist and a CNC operator.

When I get bored, I don't change jobs I change entire career fields.

[orionz06]

When I get bored, I don't change jobs I change entire career fields.

"It keeps me sharp, on the edge, where I gotta be."

[rsa-otc]

Work for an armored car company in management. My title is Manager of Administration & Safety, which translates to "Jack of All Trades Master of Some". Fill in where they need me. Our firearms program falls under the Safety purview. Generally on the range 2x per month from March to September. :cool:

[Tamara]

In past lives, I have worked as a custom gunsmith, an armorer and trainer, spent several years in financial services with JP Morgan Chase and worked in marine services (engine room work on supertankers and container cargo ships) with brief stints as a machinist and a CNC operator.

Man, and here I thought I had a bad case of Jethro Bodine Syndrome! :)

[jetfire]

I talk about how awesome I am on the internet (http://gunnuts.net) and then one day people (http://gunup.com) started (http://cheaperthandirt.com) paying (http://sigsauer.com) me for it.

Most days I wake up in the morning and think "I can't believe this is my job."

[Bratch]

I'm a petroleum engineer working production on gas wells in S. Texas.

[LittleLebowski]

Solaris.

[John Ralston]

Solaris.

That's how my wife and I put ourselves to sleep when nothing else will work...pop in that DVD and within 5 minutes we are out.

[KeeFus]

Municipal police. (Surprise!!! :D )

[texasaggie2005]

Project coordinator for a wholesale electrical distributor.

[BigT]

Sales/marketing/training/dispatch/general dogs body for a firearm importer. I can't believe they pay me for this. They make up for it by paying me very little :)

I do some firearms training in my spare time.

In a previous life I sold and managed sales of new and used cars ( hangs head in shame)

[dookie1481]

Operations manager at a retail store. Hopefully going back to school next year for nursing.

[SecondsCount]

I work in a sales/application engineering role for a company that sells automation controls. If you have ever seen the show "How It's Made", that is my world, keeping all that stuff spinning- automagically.

[ChuckSS]

Right now I'm a grad student in civil/geotechnical engineering. I make money doing some research for a professor and selling sunglasses part time.

[JDM]

This is interesting.

[part-time shooter]

I design and implement technologies or methods for the analysis of human disease biomarkers in bodily fluids...by sorting molecules and pieces of molecules, proteins etc in high energy magnetic fields by mass and charge or by antibody interactions...in support of human clinical trials for big pharma and numerous biotech start up companies. Globally. say that 3 times fast.

Well the guys that work for me get to do that, I mostly have to polish a chair with my butt these days and watch budgets and performance reviews and other such crap instead of getting to have fun in the medical research fields. Management ain't all it's cracked up to be...who knew?

yes that's makes me a true propeller head...nerds'r'me, it pays the bills though

[JDM]

I design and implement technologies or methods for the analysis of human disease biomarkers in bodily fluids...by sorting molecules and pieces of molecules, proteins etc in high energy magnetic fields by mass and charge or by antibody interactions...in support of human clinical trials for big pharma and numerous biotech start up companies. Globally. say that 3 times fast.

Well the guys that work for me get to do that, I mostly have to polish a chair with my butt these days and watch budgets and performance reviews and other such crap instead of getting to have fun in the medical research fields. Management ain't all it's cracked up to be...who knew?

yes that's makes me a true propeller head...nerds'r'me, it pays the bills though

Your degree(s) are in what?

I believe, so far, this wins the title for most esoteric.

[Rverdi]

I married well.

+1

I work a little, to keep the heat off.

[John Ralston]

Your degree(s) are in what?

I believe, so far, this wins the title for most esoteric.

I would agree, but I also think this is the guy who is responsible for your balls shrinking (amongst other side effects) when you take your cholesterol meds...;)

[part-time shooter]

Your degree(s) are in what?

I believe, so far, this wins the title for most esoteric.

I'm a clinical analytical chemist by degree(s) and many years training post grad school. I could probably pass for a molecular biologist or biochemist pretty easily but not by formal degree, but certainly by experience. What I do is called esoteric testing within my field so that's an excellent description.

When you hear people talk about personalized medicine that's what I do. I can tell you exactly how your body will react to a given drug or class of drugs or if you fall into certain genetic classifications that can predispose you to "issues". Some of the drugs we see are so specific I have to be able to distinguish between patients that are true suffers of a specific illness and others, that may share the exact same symptoms, that are not suffering from that specific illness, usually at the genetic level.

I can also use a specific type of mass spectrometer to monitor how your body metabolizes specific drugs in the presence of thousands of other chemicals, very accurately and precisely. This allows us to monitor for toxicity during dosing and ongoing chemotheraphy, which isn't just for cancer. I can also trap active cancer cells out of your blood and tell you if a specific type of chemo is working for you or not and follow that chemo until the cancer is truely gone. This is very likely to make it into mainstream medicine in the next few years, it's a very powerful tool for fighting cancer along with all of the molecular therapys being developed.

It's a booming field with never enough people trained to truely work in it. It takes me months and in some cases years to recruit qualified people to do this level of work.

[JDM]

I'm a clinical analytical chemist by degree(s) and many years training post grad school. I could probably pass for a molecular biologist or biochemist pretty easily but not by formal degree, but certainly by experience. What I do is called esoteric testing within my field so that's an excellent description.

When you hear people talk about personalized medicine that's what I do. I can tell you exactly how your body will react to a given drug or class of drugs or if you fall into certain genetic classifications that can predispose you to "issues". Some of the drugs we see are so specific I have to be able to distinguish between patients that are true suffers of a specific illness and others, that may share the exact same symptoms, that are not suffering from that specific illness, usually at the genetic level.

I can also use a specific type of mass spectrometer to monitor how your body metabolizes specific drugs in the presence of thousands of other chemicals, very accurately and precisely. This allows us to monitor for toxicity during dosing and ongoing chemotheraphy, which isn't just for cancer. I can also trap active cancer cells out of your blood and tell you if a specific type of chemo is working for you or not and follow that chemo until the cancer is truely gone. This is very likely to make it into mainstream medicine in the next few years, it's a very powerful tool for fighting cancer along with all of the molecular therapys being developed.

It's a booming field with never enough people trained to truely work in it. It takes me months and in some cases years to recruit qualified people to do this level of work.

If you're ever in Albuquerque, I'd like to buy you a beer and listen to you talk. This type of thing is absolutely enthralling to me.

[part-time shooter]

I would agree, but I also think this is the guy who is responsible for your balls shrinking (amongst other side effects) when you take your cholesterol meds...;)

That's not me!!!! I'd tell you not to take that crap or to take plenty of CoQ10 with it, those meds have too many side effects for my taste. Here's a tip, if your back starts to hurt a lot more than normal while taking those statin type meds then stop taking them and go tell your doctor you need a different solution.

I'd also tell you that high cholesterol is more a product of your genetic make up than your diet. You absolutely need cholesterol, it's the precursor to all of your steroid hormones...i.e. testosterone...hint...so if you use a drug to get rid of it stupid shit can happen...

not medical advice, that only comes from your doctor, just saying.

[willowofwisp]

I work as a research and development chemist working mostly with catalysts and rare earth metals. I just graduated with my chemistry degree back in December and so far I like it..its pretty much like being back in school but in a lab all day.

[Wheeler]

I'm a state liscensed electrical contractor and master electrician. I typically work in retail grocery stores and big tenant high rises doing everything from replacing a receptacle to installing an energy management system to troubleshooting a lighting control/dimming system.

The beauty of this trade is there is always something new and different. I've had my hand into everything from digging ditches to doing a slab up build; industrial controls, custom houses, even (my personal favorite) wiring up a honest-to-God log lodge for a guy that had pretty much an unlimited budget. I could go on and on for quite some time about the level of detail and innovative methods we came up with to meet his standard of quality.

Other than playing around with stuff than playing around with stuff that can get me or someone else killed and driving around in Atlanta traffic, ehich I personally find more dangerous, my life is pretty boring. :)

[John Ralston]

That's not me!!!! I'd tell you not to take that crap or to take plenty of CoQ10 with it, those meds have too many side effects for my taste. Here's a tip, if your back starts to hurt a lot more than normal while taking those statin type meds then stop taking them and go tell your doctor you need a different solution.

I'd also tell you that high cholesterol is more a product of your genetic make up than your diet. You absolutely need cholesterol, it's the precursor to all of your steroid hormones...i.e. testosterone...hint...so if you use a drug to get rid of it stupid shit can happen...

not medical advice, that only comes from your doctor, just saying.

I was just having fun anyway - I lowered my cholesterol faster with exercise than I ever did with any drug. I do agree though - genetics are a huge part, as all my dad's brothers had mind boggling numbers.

[part-time shooter]

If you're ever in Albuquerque, I'd like to buy you a beer and listen to you talk. This type of thing is absolutely enthralling to me.

You'd love our water cooler talk then, there's no telling what we'll be asked to look at next or why and you certainly never question the value of the work you are doing. Even though nobody ever knows what we do because of the NDAs and all the secrecy agreements we have to sign to actually work on some of these things. I don't think I've ever driven home asking myself why I went to school for so long to do such and such a job. I've had a few of those as well, cleaned floors for K-mart between my BS and grad school, that'll build character, nothing like cleaning the public restrooms at a K-mart at 4AM on a Saturday morning...it'll certainly motivate you to get back into school.

[YVK]

Here's a tip, if your back starts to hurt a lot more than normal while taking those statin type meds then stop taking them and go tell your doctor you need a different solution.


I am the guy who tells people that there is no better solution.

[JDM]

I am the guy who tells people that there is no better solution.

MD? DO? PA?

[YVK]

-- MD.

[BCL]

Military.


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[MTechnik]

I used to work for a "big 5" accounting firm in their data center, helping manage 1200 servers globally. When new management took over and everyone got pigeonholed, I left there.

Now I work at a mid-sized museum in delaware (DuPont money!) in a 7 person IT department as their server/network/AD/Exchange/DBA/Citrix/SAN guy. It affords me lots of flexibility as a dad of a 3yo, and as someone with stomach issues.

Lots of work from home, and server maintenance when it is convenient (tuesday nite? sure, why not!)

Also, the work is varied enough to keep challenging me, keeping me from getting bored out of my skull.

Been there 5 years, and I'd be a fool to leave.

[Creeper9]

I work in a metallurgical lab for a tier 1 supplier. We make suspension components and exhaust systems for various OEM manufacturers. The job is a lot like CSI with car parts. You guys break something of ours and I get to find out how.

Was a great job until they pulled me mostly out of the lab and made me a supervisor. Now I get to babysit, and make charts and graphs. ugh!

[da6dspanburg]

By title, IT Specialist with the Federal Gov't, but actual work more desktop publishing and general PC HW/SW support.

[superr.stu]

I was a Nurseryman until the economy tanked. Turns out people don't buy semi-loads of trees, when there isn't a whole lot of construction going on. I now work part time for a landscaper as a foreman, part time doing custom digging and installation of trees, and about a year away from being a Certified Arborist. While not the career, or tax bracket, that I was planning on being in, I have to admit I love it. I can make time to coach HS track and cross country, which in my book is pretty effin awesome.

[gtmtnbiker98]

Solaris.
Good ole' UNIX. Too bad Oracle had to get their hands on it.

Like Todd, I married well and only have to earn what I want to spend. Life long Civil Servant, here.

[JDM]

Also, the work is varied enough to keep challenging me, keeping me from getting bored out of my skull.

Been there 5 years, and I'd be a fool to leave.

I feel much the same way about my Job.

Sure there is always better money, but hard to find something you really enjoy. Especially when it's a GOOD job.

[LittleLebowski]

Good ole' UNIX. Too bad Oracle had to get their hands on it.


They are systematically making it impossible to maintain. Too bad as I really like zones and ZFS.

[John Ralston]

Military.

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Thanks for your service! Same goes to all those who are or have served!

[900-DRIVER]

pilot

killing time at jfk right now

[ToddG]

killing time at jfk right now

I think it's a federal offense to say that at an airport.

[fuse]

I play trumpet in a military band in the dc area.

Really.

[Frank B]

I´ve been a master craftsman (ChoC) for years. Now I´m running my own Consulting business.

[ToddG]

I play trumpet in a military band in the dc area.

Really.

I think that should read: "I spend many days providing the respect and support that our nation's fallen heroes have earned for themselves and their families."

[GLOCKMASTER]

I work for a very large state LE agency where I supervise the firearms training program. I'm also an adjunct instructor for TigerSwan.

[gtmtnbiker98]

They are systematically making it impossible to maintain. Too bad as I really like zones and ZFS.
What, NTFS isn't the savior, end all be all FS? As much as I loved Solaris, we went to SCO (yuck). At the time Vision FS suited our needs until Vista came along. Still stuck with SCO and now SAMBA. As soon as we can, we will replace the last UNIX box to Linux RHEL or Ubuntu. I am big into *NIX.

[jslaker]

What, NTFS isn't the savior, end all be all FS? As much as I loved Solaris, we went to SCO (yuck). At the time Vision FS suited our needs until Vista came along. Still stuck with SCO and now SAMBA. As soon as we can, we will replace the last UNIX box to Linux RHEL or Ubuntu. I am big into *NIX.

The Oracle thing killed Apple getting off of HFS+ too. Sigh.

[MTechnik]

I feel much the same way about my Job.

Sure there is always better money, but hard to find something you really enjoy. Especially when it's a GOOD job.

I'm also lucky to also have a wife that makes 2x what I do. :cool:


What, NTFS isn't the savior, end all be all FS?
It never even needs degfragmenting!


As much as I loved Solaris, we went to SCO (yuck). At the time Vision FS suited our needs until Vista came along. Still stuck with SCO and now SAMBA. As soon as we can, we will replace the last UNIX box to Linux RHEL or Ubuntu. I am big into *NIX.

I have a rhel box I never touch, management of it is outsourced, but I pushed for it - no reason not to use the best tool for that job. Also just put in a ubuntu box running ossec for some IDS - it's good to get back and do some things. apt-get is really incredible.

[dookie1481]

I think that should read: "I spend many days providing the respect and support that our nation's fallen heroes have earned for themselves and their families."

Yeah that's a pretty awesome job.

[MTechnik]

Yeah that's a pretty awesome job.

That has to be a pretty tough job, seeing those families going through that.

[gtmtnbiker98]

...it is outsourced... I hate that word.

[MechEng]

I’m a Mechanical Engineer that got hired as a Electronics Engineer by the DOD doing R&D. I manage Countermine, Humanitarian Demining & Counter Explosive Hazard R&D projects.

[JConn]

Fuse beat me to it.

I play trumpet in a dc military hand as well. Different one though.

[dookie1481]

That has to be a pretty tough job, seeing those families going through that.

Definitely, but very honorable.

[LtDave]

Retired professional practitioner of coercive violence.
Formerly Police Lieutenant for a medium sized SoCal PD.

[JeffJ]

I'm a Construction Cost Consultant which means that I'm hired by insurance adjusters to assist with their handling and development of large commercial property claims - and if the weather doesn't quit this severe storm nonsense my plan to shoot more will be severly hindered

[fuse]

I think that should read: "I spend many days providing the respect and support that our nation's fallen heroes have earned for themselves and their families."

Thanks for the kind words.

One thing Jconn and I have in our gigs that not every classical musician has is a very appreciative audience, virtually all of the time. Whether I'm in the cemetery or playing a concert in a packed high school gym somewhere in rural America, I have found this is a near constant. Definitely one of the nice things about the job.

[MTechnik]

I hate that word.

How about "vendor-managed server"? There's political stuff behind it- they needed a platform we don't support, and they offered to manage it if there are issues, which there rarely are. And it's the only app that can manage the collection of museum objects. And yes, it uses a proprietary db :(

[Jackdog]

FAM for the last 9 years.

Prior to that a real police officer with Charlotte-Mecklenburg PD.

[JDM]

FAM for the last 9 years.

Prior to that a real police officer with Charlotte-Mecklenburg PD.

How many miles a year do you fly?

How does the gun possession thing work in other countries, is there immunity from local regulations?

[Cowtown44]

Veterinarian

[Shellback]

Regional Manager, western half of the U.S., Canadia and Mexico, for a construction supply company.

[Aray]

Operations Supervisor at a commercial nuclear power generation plant.

[karmapolice]

I work for the city.

[will_1400]

USAF.

[Jackdog]

How many miles a year do you fly?

How does the gun possession thing work in other countries, is there immunity from local regulations?

Between 1-1.5million miles a year.

We secure our weapons and gear in a pelican case and turn it in to either Customs or
The Federal Police.

[JDM]

Between 1-1.5million miles a year.

We secure our weapons and gear in a pelican case and turn it in to either Customs or
The Federal Police.

That's wild.

Still 229's in .357?

[Thrill]

I married well.

NICE!

[Thrill]

Steamfitter / Welder = 31+ years.
Nuke Operator = 5+ years.

[Jackdog]

That's wild.

Still 229's in .357?

Yep. The Sig 250 has died. Thank God!

[Macfan31]

deputy sheriff

[Blayglock]

Chemical Engineer in the oilfield industry.

Mainly I put food on the table by buying it. I also take a lot of customers out to business lunches and dinners in which case I pay someone else to put it on the table. In addition, if the food is hot I put it on the table carefully.

[Slavex]

Power Engineer/Firearms Instructor/Semi Pro Shooter
I run the steam boilers at a local feed plant as well as a couple other machines in the facility. Basically Homer Simpson's job, I sit and watch dials and gauges all day, waiting for alarms to go off and then clearing them. On a bad day I have to hump it up and down 7.5 stories of stairs multiple times, and occasionally climb 250ft legs multiple times. But thankfully not too often (although more would probably help the waistline).
As for the Firearms Instructor/Semi Pro Shooter, I teach a weekly class at my local range (of which I'm the President currently), arrange other instructors to come up, teach private lessons to LEO/Mil and civilians, plus I get my gear, ammo, guns and most travel paid for to attend IPSC matches up here and around the planet. Funny part is, I'm good here, but outside of Canada I'm kinda average.
I'm tempted to jump in full scale with the teaching, but even with our recent election, I'm wary of sudden political changes that would destroy my job. Plus the benefits at the feed plant are top notch.

[Ray Keith]

Lawyer...often an unpopular one...

[gtmtnbiker98]

Lawyer...often an unpopular one...
You know what they say.....well, never mind.

[Chuck Haggard]

Street cop for the past 24 years.

[JDM]

Lawyer...often an unpopular one...

Why?

[John Ralston]

Why?

I'll take a guess...Public Defender or Divorce Lawyer :p

[Ray Keith]

Why?

I am a Public Defender, I solely represent people accused of capital murder where the State is seeking the death penalty.

[JDM]

I am a Public Defender, I solely represent people accused of capital murder where the State is seeking the death penalty.

That's a hell of a way to make a living. It's got to be pretty emotional on a pretty regular basis.

[Del]

Retired Military Policeman w/22 years and now seven years with the VA Police.

[Rappahannock]

Recovering real estate developer.

[MBrook]

Boat captain

[gtmtnbiker98]

Boat captain
Deadliest Catch?

[MBrook]

Deadliest Catch?

Oh yeah, the Potomac is an unforgiving beast.

[JV_]

Oh yeah, the Potomac is an unforgiving beast.I've heard about those snakehead fish! :p

[JFK]

Event Producer and Technical Director, working for myself.

Before that I was a Photon Accelerator and Placement Specialist.

[Jac]

Generally hot, though we do enjoy the occasional salad...

To pay for it, I'm a freelance Web/Networking/server tech guy, moving toward being a freelance AVL design/install guy (something of a family business on my wife's side).

[JMorse]

Some good stuff here!

I'm a flight coordinator for a private jet charter company in Los Angeles. Basically logistical planning and stuff for famous people with too much disposable income.

[dookie1481]

Before that I was a Photon Accelerator and Placement Specialist.

Projectionist or something? Or am I reading a joke where there wasn't one? :o

[JFK]

Projectionist or something? Or am I reading a joke where there wasn't one? :o

You are correct sir. Started as a lighting designer then became a video engineer and projectionist.

[dookie1481]

You are correct sir. Started as a lighting designer then became a video engineer and projectionist.

Haha I though so, I knew a guy who worked in a movie theater and jokingly said he was a light placement specialist or something like that.

[NGCSUGrad09]

I guess I get to update mine..

June 1st I start as an Account Manager for Nightforce Optics. :D

[JHC]

I guess I get to update mine..

June 1st I start as an Account Manager for Nightforce Optics. :D

I guess your heading for one of those "Industry Professional" tags with your username.

On some forums, this tends to mean, no one can argue with you anymore. ;)

[LittleLebowski]

I guess I get to update mine..

June 1st I start as an Account Manager for Nightforce Optics. :D

Oh boy. Tell Chad Dreyer he's a punk bitch for me.

[ToddG]

June 1st I start as an Account Manager for Nightforce Optics. :D

Congrats, dude!

[YVK]

I guess I get to update mine..

June 1st I start as an Account Manager for Nightforce Optics. :D

Can you arrange for a p-f.com special run on NF 2.5-10x24 scopes, now discontinued for a civilian sales? My 1911 really needs one:cool:

[John Ralston]

I guess I get to update mine..

June 1st I start as an Account Manager for Nightforce Optics. :D

Are you moving to Orofino?

I applied there a couple times early in my career, but there wasn't much need for an ME down there. Had a job offer at Leupold as well, but I couldn't handle the commute to Beaverton!! Either of those would have been dream jobs, but it just didn't work out.

As it so happens though...I have some really good contacts (current customers) at Leupold due to my current business.

I am sure you will find out you have more friends now than you ever knew you had...Buddy ;)

[pointfiveoh]

I clean carpet and tile, train people at a CrossFit gym, and intern at a local church plant. On top of that I'll do odd jobs for extra cash when I can. Hoping to finish seminary in a few years and get my jobs down to one job in a church somewhere.

My wife is a receptionist at a pediatrician's office. We don't make much, but we don't owe anyone anything. I'm pretty happy with that. Plus it makes me dry fire a lot since I can't afford tens of thousands of bullets like you cats seem to be shooting. Oh well, maybe someday!

[NGCSUGrad09]

Are you moving to Orofino?

I applied there a couple times early in my career, but there wasn't much need for an ME down there. Had a job offer at Leupold as well, but I couldn't handle the commute to Beaverton!! Either of those would have been dream jobs, but it just didn't work out.

As it so happens though...I have some really good contacts (current customers) at Leupold due to my current business.

I am sure you will find out you have more friends now than you ever knew you had...Buddy ;)

Surprisingly enough the Sales and Marketing Office is in Hartwell, GA. The building is nondescript so you really can't go hunting it.. it took me a few passes to find it for the first interview.

[John Ralston]

Surprisingly enough the Sales and Marketing Office is in Hartwell, GA. The building is nondescript so you really can't go hunting it.. it took me a few passes to find it for the first interview.

Cool - it's nice not to have to relocate, and Orofino isn't really much of a town. :cool:

[Wheeler]

Surprisingly enough the Sales and Marketing Office is in Hartwell, GA. The building is nondescript so you really can't go hunting it.. it took me a few passes to find it for the first interview.

Do you need an assistant? I'm an excellent coffee fetcher, dog robber, and scapegoat :)

[Buckshot]

Full-time gunsmith & part-time musician. Given my vocational choices & the fact that I can afford a computer, I obviously married well, too.:)

[Lysander]

I was a hated form of bean counter. Now I sell other bean counters.

[LittleLebowski]

I was a hated form of bean counter. Now I sell other bean counters.

You're still hated, do not worry.

[Lysander]

You're still hated, do not worry.

Well, as long as we're being consistent. :D

[mnealtx]

I provide communications support to the military - PVT Snuffy has to be able to update facebook and call Momma, don't ya know.

[Corvus]

Tool and Die , CNC machinist , some gunsmith work through local gun shops.

Work for a tier 1 supplier to the auto companies.

[rjohnson4405]

Software Engineer for a Government Contractor specializing in video analysis/exploitation from UAVs.

[jbmilitary006]

Prior Service, now a Private Security Contractor and hoping to one day open my own CrossFit Affiliate. I also teach shooting classes on the side.

[Bill Lance]

Surprisingly enough the Sales and Marketing Office is in Hartwell, GA. The building is nondescript so you really can't go hunting it.. it took me a few passes to find it for the first interview.

Hey--I was born there!!! Tell everyone hello.

Actually, haven't lived there since I was 5----and that's 45 years ago..:eek: