WHat do you do?

[Greg]

I work in the Engineering Dept. for the Union Pacific Railroad. Sounds all fancy, but it's hard work and it's outdoors. Basically, I maintain & repair the railroad tracks. Can be pretty crappy this time of year when it gets cold. But we get to play with some neat tools & vehicles, travel quite a bit and work around trains. Plus, I get to drive a crewcab Freightliner that can go down the tracks! It pays decent, and there's a chance to take a job with the RR any direction.

My current position didn't take much in the way of education. Getting my job had alot to do with my experience working with cars & metal in this hobby, I think. Currently I'm working on transfering departments and doing what TRNDRVR does... drive trains.

Actually, I have been considering becoming a Special Agent for the RR, basically a RR Cop . Pay is great, but I need to go thru the Police Academy and get 3 yrs of job experience first. Special Agents do all kinds of intresting work, the best of which is beating up Bums!

Over all, I like the job and the places where I spend my time. I'm getting used to being outside all the time. This job is 10,000,000x better than my last job.

 

[wrangler]

Oil Refinery slave (pump mechanic) Pay is good benefits o.k.

 

[mbryson]

What happened to Roosevelt? Did not work out?

It was working out fine (kind of a boring position with little future, though). I had something kind of fall in my lap here in SLC, everything's worked out pretty good.

 

[Mopar_magic]

I am a Design Engineer for a gun Company. I got my 4-year Engineering degree in about 6 years from Weber State University. Love my job. Where else can you go to play with guns all day long!

 

[shrubeck]

Finishing up my Bachelors in Accounting. Then I'll go on to get a masters and a CPA. Then after I save up some money and depending on how the market is, I may go to flight school. My wife is a teacher and working on her masters.

 

[toad7382]

teller for a credit union. average "no experience, entry level" pay. benefeits are very good. we are kinda connected to a school district so we get the same benefeits as the teachers.

my husband is taking the p.o.s.t. test next week. we'll see where that goes.

 

[Mr.Chevy]

I am a High Speed Scanner Repair Technician for a company called DoxTek.
I did not take any schooling for the job. I just started as an intern and they trained me and got me certified on Canons High Speed Scanners. Started out at minimum mage and then after 3 months got promoted to part-time at a higher pay.

I love my job. It is a lot of fun and I have some very cool co-workers. I fix and repair high speed scanners and take customer support calls. My job has some good things that go with it like the company has breakfast every Monday and every other Friday they have lunch and they always have drinks and snacks for us to have. It is kind of in the computer field and that is a very good place to be if you can stand to have a desk job.

 

[DaveB]

I graduated from the U of U in electrical engineering. I design computer graphics hardware used for flight simulators. At night I am a middle aged Jeep nut.
Dave B
84 CJ8, 85 K30 tow rig, 86/92 mixed up XJ, 87 MJ

 

[BroncoMama]

I am a super lucky girl who gets to stay home with our two kiddos and work from home. We own a ditch digging business so I take care of all the phone calls, paperwork, and I'm the trencher rescue unit when needed! I also homeschool our kindergartener which is definitely one of the coolest things I've done.

 

[shrubeck]

DaveB, who do you work for and I don't suppose you know Gary Crum?

 

[DaveB]

DaveB, who do you work for and I don't suppose you know Gary Crum?

I work for Evans and Sutherland, and yes I know Gary.
Dave

 

[Zukimog]

Actually, I have been considering becoming a Special Agent for the RR, basically a RR Cop

Since you were banned from here in the past, that's on your record. You'll never get a cop job with that on your record

 

[Herzog]

Since you were banned from here in the past, that's on your record. You'll never get a cop job with that on your record

Actually, Greg is the 'banner' not the 'bannee'.

 

[Brad]

I'm the systems engineer and co-network engineer for Park City. I develop and manage the city's fiber optic and wide area wireless networks and take care of our Unix and Alpha servers. I also dabble in PBX, IP telephony and GIS. Pay is good, benefits are outstanding and I get to play with the city's Unimogs from time to time.

 

[Shawn]

I do stuff..........

 

[ALF]

I'm purchasing for kennecott now.

 

[Badcop]

Four years of learning how to make my bed, aim gun, pull trigger, keep head down, and salute.
Then little less than a year of running, listen to some guy tell me what laws are, and how people brake them.
Another four years driving around giving tickets to the turds of the world, and hauling trailer trash to jail.
Two years of school to tell me how to do my job better, and get a cool paper after it was all done.
Know I sit in a car with tinted windows and a bounch of cool guns in the trunk and other cool toys to use to bust people with.
In five years, just five years closer to retirement

Law enforcement is got to be the best job out there. There has never been a day that I have had the same thing over and over again. The best thing to do is keep going to school and get all the training you need and want. I got more than what people said I needed, now I tell then how to do things.

As we like to say: **** rolls down hill.

Ill second the motion, but only 10yrs into it.

 

[cruiseroutfit]

I am a Design Engineer for a gun Company. I got my 4-year Engineering degree in about 6 years from Weber State University. Love my job. Where else can you go to play with guns all day long!

Do tell more... Did you go through the ME program? Hiring?

 

[BronkoRob]

Right now i am a locksmith. before that ive done a lot of everything else. year at mcdonalds, few months papa murphys, 6 momths at discover card...yeah i hated it just as much as everyone else, year and a half at discount tire, good job as long as you like th crew you work with, been a mechanic/paint prep ***** before for about a year, warehouse loader for coca-cola, horrible hours, and before the locksmith i loaded planes at SLC airport full of those little bags of peanuts and pretzels. got outta high school...barely. went to SLCC and got my EMT-B certification and LOVED IT!! since i cant afford working on my junk and school im working on my truck. i have recently enlisted in the united states navy and waiting til june to get shipped out and start my career and a hospital corpsman. figured i got no big plans for the next few years....what the hell

 

[chevtech]

Spent ten years as a mechanic working mainly for Larry Miller Chevrolet. Some schooling but I didn't finish (the on the job training was better). You can make pretty awesome money if you are willing to work hard/fast, lots of techs down there making well over 70K a year with good benefits, cheap cars, and the best work schedule ever (4 on 3 off with a 5 day weekend once every 6 weeks). But it can get old and there is little room for advancement (that is appealing anyway). Ultimately was forced to make a career change after demolishing both of my wrists, I'll let you know when I figure out what that new career is (that's a fancy way to say unemployed). Seriously though I'm trying to get my own business started, I need to be my own boss.....