What does everyone do for a living?

[Cliffrunner88]

Haha my wife will never let me leave the family property unless I'm doing so solo. Where abouts we talking in Florida though lol!

Awesome! Cool to see another I&C guy in here. I can only imagine the innovation I'll see over the span of my career.

I know it was kind of mind numbing going through school learning on SLC500s and Siemens S7s then getting my current job and they were still using ancient PLC 3s haha. It was good getting to work through our updates as we moved to the latest version of Controllogix.

Northwest Florida in the panhandle.

 

[woodey]

Recently retired from the USPS after walking 8-10 miles a day for 33 years as a Letter Carrier. I liked the job as I love working outside in all weather conditions but my body told me it was time to go.

 

[Rebelguy2020]

Gave my retirement notice today! 35 years in the machine shop and some millwright/welding at Kidd Creek Mine. Getting a bonus $2000 by giving 6 month notice, January 6th 2022 will be my last day so 199 calendar days or 82 working days left if I deduct my remaining 7 weeks of holidays, stat holidays and I only work four 10 hour shifts per week. My wife is also retiring that same week after 30 years for the school board as an office manager.
We are getting excited to travel North America!
I have my tiny travel trailer hooked up to my Jeep but we will be travelling with my Rebel diesel.

 

[Sal731]

I should have stayed in school. I’m gonna be 50 this year and retirement is a minimum of ten years away for me. I work with mostly 30 something year olds. Hard work for my age. Still feel good still in good shape. Hope I can make ten more. 14 would be ideal but I also would like to live to collect my pension

 

[Cliffrunner88]

I should have stayed in school. I’m gonna be 50 this year and retirement is a minimum of ten years away for me. I work with mostly 30 something year olds. Hard work for my age. Still feel good still in good shape. Hope I can make ten more. 14 would be ideal but I also would like to live to collect my pension

Going to school would have added more time anyways right?

 

[greenlawnracing]

Gave my retirement notice today! 35 years in the machine shop and some millwright/welding at Kidd Creek Mine. Getting a bonus $2000 by giving 6 month notice, January 6th 2022 will be my last day so 199 calendar days or 82 working days left if I deduct my remaining 7 weeks of holidays, stat holidays and I only work four 10 hour shifts per week. My wife is also retiring that same week after 30 years for the school board as an office manager.
We are getting excited to travel North America!
I have my tiny travel trailer hooked up to my Jeep but we will be travelling with my Rebel diesel.

Congratulations!!! Everyday will soon be Saturday!

 

[1awesomelaw]

Noticed some people mention their careers and I'm always interested in what other people do for a living.

I'm an Instrumentation and Controls Technician. We're basically glorified industrial electricians who focus on calibration of instruments and programming of industrial logic. I've been fortunate enough to work in and around various industries such as Oil/Gas, Powergen, Wastewater, Automotive, Aviation and currently Food/Bev. I really love my job and encourage people to look into it or other trades as we're staring down a real shortage of tradesmen in the upcoming years.

I'd love to hear what you guys do!

I am a Quality Technical Coordinator for Agilent Technologies here in Chicopee, Massachusetts. It is basically a Glorified Quality inspector position. That has it's perks, I spend most of my day inspecting instrument parts and when i am not doing that I am writing programs on our CMM or vision inspection equipment.
I also handle all the incoming inspections of the components that go into manufacturing our equipment as well as I handle the calibration and preventative maintenance of our equipment in our manufacturing facility. it is an awesome company to work for. We employ 20,000 people world wide and our headquarters are located in Santa Clara California. Agilent is a spin off of HP Computers who is a our sister company, we are just the medical side of the business, which has been extremely busy since Covid started. www.agilent.com

 

[1awesomelaw]

Congratulations!!! Everyday will soon be Saturday!

Congratulations enjoy your retirement.

 

[1awesomelaw]

I'm a electronic engineer in Hong Kong for three years, my first job after graduation, I'm a little confused and want to quit.

Why do you want to quit? Check out the jobs here www.agilent.com we have locations around the world.

 

[brenan00]

I am a Quality Technical Coordinator for Agilent Technologies here in Chicopee, Massachusetts. It is basically a Glorified Quality inspector position. That has it's perks, I spend most of my day inspecting instrument parts and when i am not doing that I am writing programs on our CMM or vision inspection equipment.
I also handle all the incoming inspections of the components that go into manufacturing our equipment as well as I handle the calibration and preventative maintenance of our equipment in our manufacturing facility. it is an awesome company to work for. We employ 20,000 people world wide and our headquarters are located in Santa Clara California. Agilent is a spin off of HP Computers who is a our sister company, we are just the medical side of the business, which has been extremely busy since Covid started. www.agilent.com

Congratulations on your retirement. I remember when you guys were split up, the echocardiology and patient monitoring groups went to Philips.

 

[1awesomelaw]

Congratulations on your retirement. I remember when you guys were split up, the echocardiology and patient monitoring groups went to Philips.

It's entirely ok, we have purchased so many companies since then we have grown tremendously, we purchased BioTek from Vermont recent for a few Billion dollars.... We are doing Awesome in sales now ! Oh I'm not retiring! to much money to be made. To many toys to be purchased.

 

[Rebelguy2020]

Congratulations!!! Everyday will soon be Saturday!

Thank you, it’s funny, my father in law has been telling me it’s Saturday since January 2000, I will finally be able to brag and say the same.

 

[Sixshooter54]

Retired law enforcement.

 

[1awesomelaw]

Retired law enforcement.

Thanks for your service as well..

 

[ivantalk]

I work as an IT analyst for an online, I won't mention its name for privacy concerns but you guys might be familiar with it.

 

[mmcbeat]

Retired. Worked in finance and accounting and a little bit of operations toward the end.

 

[MechEng]

Mechanical engineer by education, but I started a custom wood shop and now I make custom doors, epoxy river tables, built in cabinets, wall-art, cutting boards and the like. If anyone ever needs any work done, (shameless plug) feel free to check out my website. www.sonsofwalnut.com. 15% discount for forum members.

 

[Grape_Ape]

Mechanical engineer by education, but I started a custom wood shop and now I make custom doors, epoxy river tables, built in cabinets, wall-art, cutting boards and the like. If anyone ever needs any work done, (shameless plug) feel free to check out my website. www.sonsofwalnut.com. 15% discount for forum members.

Oh man. So envious of your abilities! I love watching woodworking videos. Especially the epoxy river tables.

 

[MechEng]

Oh man. So envious of your abilities! I love watching woodworking videos. Especially the epoxy river tables.

Thanks man! I’m actually starting one next month. I’ll post some progress pics.

 

[1awesomelaw]

Mechanical engineer by education, but I started a custom wood shop and now I make custom doors, epoxy river tables, built in cabinets, wall-art, cutting boards and the like. If anyone ever needs any work done, (shameless plug) feel free to check out my website. www.sonsofwalnut.com. 15% discount for forum members.

Where do you ship from?