In What Industry Do You Work?

"iSureWilll" (isurewilll) 10/22/2015 at 10:08 • Filed to: None

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Oppos, I’m always curious what industries you all work in when you post throughout the day. Me? I sell electrical connectors in the aerospace and defense industry like the stuff below. What do you do?

Nibby > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:11

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I am everything.

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:12

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I work for a kids education company (after school programs and summer camps)

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:13

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Interior doors and trim.

Phyrxes once again has a wagon! > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:14

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Physics, Computer Science, and Mathematics teacher at an Independent K-12 school.

Brian, The Life of > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:14

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Enterprise software for franchise and independent auto dealers.

Jayhawk Jake > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:14

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I work at a business aircraft OEM.

JKER > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:14

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Site supervisor at a data center for a financial data security company.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:14

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I design medical documentation software for hospital systems, or as I like to call it, “The Clampdown.”

macanamera > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:15

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Experimental cloning/ organ harvesting

TractorPillow > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:15

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Armor Officer

Tripper > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:16

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Executive Search “Head Hunting”

Nonster > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:16

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I do design and analysis of carbon fiber composite components at one of the big aircraft engine companies.

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:16

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Automotive

vondon302 > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:16

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Dealer support and logistics for a car company I’d rather not name.

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > macanamera 10/22/2015 at 10:17

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organ harvesting?

thebigbossyboss > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:18

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I work in Canadian federal politics.

spanfucker retire bitch > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:19

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Automotive. Specifically, working at a Drafting House contracted out to the HVAC division of an automotive supplier.

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:19

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I play on Facebook/Twitter and run/analyze sales reports for a company in the automotive aftermarket.

EL_ULY > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:19

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Cars

Ash78, voting early and often > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:20

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Financial modeling and reporting, banking.

Some days are really slow, other times you won’t see me here for 3-4 days straight.

Milky > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:20

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Bike / scooter designer, soon to be Automotive though.

Mcpcola > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:21

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Change Manager for Enterprise Information Technologies for Financial/Credit Union

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > macanamera 10/22/2015 at 10:21

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Sounds fun. Any job openings?

shop-teacher > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:22

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My kinja name don’t lie. Specifically I teach middle school shop.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:22

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Automotive Technological Education

deekster_caddy > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:22

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I’m in IT and Facilities management at a small biotech company. Before this gig I worked in a machine shop assembling large plastics manufacturing equipment.

450X_FTW > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:23

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Automotive, tier 1 supplier. Have also worked for the big 3, and defense industry

Tekamul > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:23

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Semiconductor design - more specifically emerging memory technologies

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:24

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Power Distribution (e.g. electrical transformers)

Funktheduck > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:25

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I search for The One

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Nonster 10/22/2015 at 10:25

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So, umm.... How long til we have CF AW11 parts?

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:31

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I contract for the Dod. The branch?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InBXu-…

Mmmmm > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:32

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Making sure cars have plenty of “go” juice.

Alfalfa > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:33

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I’m a machinist. My current employer builds ATM surrounds.

Bengal55 > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:33

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Architecture and Planning. I like to say I draw lines and play with markers for a living.

ArmadaExpress drives a turbo outback > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:35

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eDiscovery / Email Retention & Compliance Application Support for a finance company.

StingrayJake > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:35

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Marketing for a large company that sells stuff to auto dealers

Wacko > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:36

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everything/insurance/computers

JKER > Mmmmm 10/22/2015 at 10:37

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No wonder you have money to race then!

Brickman > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:37

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Farm tractors and implements maintenance.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:39

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Accounting & admin at a grocery store, and sometimes automotive tehnician on the side.

My citroen won't start > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:39

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Law

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:39

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Design of sheet metal and other parts, but also whole systems and insulated room specification, for a specialty air supply company. How I post throughout the day... well, my hours are flexible and load varies greatly - and I do my best work when there’s nobody else here, otherwise I’m mostly spitting out small items throughout the day.

TheJWT > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:40

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During the summer and when I’m on break from school I work at an architecture firm, during school I work at CCC

MonkeePuzzle > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:40

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oil. as you may have noticed with gas at ~$2/gallon in the US, it’s not a great place to be.

Ty5447 > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:40

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Fleet maintenance manager for an oilfield service company.

beautimouse > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:40

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I work for a company that was started by Bill H. and Dave P. as an IT contractor to pretty large group of men and women that say “shipmate” a love to float test anything and everything.

StingrayJake > thebigbossyboss 10/22/2015 at 10:41

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Are you the new PM?

DanimalHouse > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:49

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Aerospace Fabrication - Business Operations

PowderHound > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:51

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To put it bluntly, I make the paper.

Sinanigans > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:52

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I was a trader and research associate covering western European and Latin American stocks. But I got laid off a year ago. So now I teach esl to adults and trying to start a food marketing company. Had one going but in the process of breaking it off because my business partner and I can’t see eye to eye...

Mattbob > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:54

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automotive component testing and test systems at a major supplier. Some of the connectors up there look familiar. We use a lot of amphenol connectors.

Nonster > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 10/22/2015 at 10:54

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It’s on my to-do list, but while I’m good at designing parts, I don’t currently have the equipment to build any at the moment. I really want to make some parts for serious weight reduction. Most CF hoods I’ve seen are actually fiberglass with a CF beauty ply that are way thicker than they need to be so they aren’t really lighter than a steel hood.

I would love to make some super lightweight doors. Definitely not easy, but I feel I could get rid of a lot of weight while maintaining or improving chassis rigidity.

Kofi > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:55

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School full time/ auto glass part time

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Nonster 10/22/2015 at 10:55

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Think CF would be too brittle for suspension components? I’m thinking about dat unsprung weight.

macanamera > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 10/22/2015 at 10:56

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Oh yeah. The job requires quite a few...openings.

jariten1781 > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:58

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I’m a senior systems engineer in executive services. I get hired by companies or government program offices to fix behind schedule, over budget, or technical issue plagued projects. My specialties are flight electronics/software, electronics production, installation security, and undersea operations...but I play in a bunch of different areas.

Frenchlicker > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 10:58

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Automotive remanufacturing. Specifically, light duty differentials.

TrickJos > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 11:03

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I’m a mechanical engineer. We design and sell systems for testing data cable. Large spools of telephone, Category 5, 5e, 6, 6A, 7, 7A and soon Cat-8 cable. We also sell coax cable testing systems. Basically, we make sure that these cables perform at their proper specifications.

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 11:03

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Food service. Being a server sucks but it’s money in my pocket. Can’t wait to move into the automotive field when I turn 18 though.

Sweet Trav > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 11:04

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Tier 1 and 2 automotive supply base. NVH components.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > macanamera 10/22/2015 at 11:07

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No. I don’t want to be tested on. But I’d be more than willing to help.

Nonster > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 10/22/2015 at 11:09

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With the proper resin and fiber you can make CF parts much more flexible and compliant than most people think. So you could definitely make lighter suspension components, but it would be best to re-engineer the attachments and design a bit to better optimize things for CF construction.

The heaviest suspension components that I recall are the hubs and the cast lower arms. You could feasibly do the lower arm, but you could probably get 80-90% of that weight reduction by using aluminium or steel at a fraction of the cost so it probably isn’t worth it.

wiffleballtony > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 11:09

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Network Administration for a defense firm.

64Mali > Nonster 10/22/2015 at 11:17

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I did that for a while, we used ANSYS and the damn helicopter still has not flown yet.

64Mali > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 11:17

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Mechanical Engineer consulting in Pharma currently.

Biggus Dickus (RevsBro) > Ash78, voting early and often 10/22/2015 at 11:18

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I’m essentially in the same field but in more of a consultant role.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Nonster 10/22/2015 at 11:18

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Yeah, I was actually thinking about using a 3D printer to make lower arms in plastic, make a sand cast, then make it out of cast aluminum. The hub could get complicated because of the tolerances needed for the bearing, but I’d like to do something similar there.

Opposite Locksmith > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 11:18

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The streets

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 11:25

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One cog within the world-class NHS bureaucracy :)

GTI Sprinks > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 11:31

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r&d for government contracts primarily in coatings, adhesives, and other materials.

PotbellyJoe and 42 others > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 11:34

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I work for the skeptics in Stand and Deliver.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 11:35

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I work in auto aftermarket doing a bunch of admin/office stuff. I’m looking to finish my BA soon and do... something.

I’d better figure it out soon. I’m in my late 30s.

Ash78, voting early and often > Biggus Dickus (RevsBro) 10/22/2015 at 11:40

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Hmmm...I have a very dear friend in Rome with the same name as you. Small world.

Dukie - Jalopnik Emergency Management Asshole > beautimouse 10/22/2015 at 11:41

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I used to do that too as a Sub-contractor on the NE region’s Remote Site Support team.

smobgirl > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 11:42

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Environmental due diligence for commercial loans, teach high school percussion on the side.

Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 11:51

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Process safety, in the petrochemical industry. Trying to break into water treatment or food.

thebigbossyboss > StingrayJake 10/22/2015 at 11:52

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No.

TheJMan92 > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 11:52

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System Admin/Infrastructure Engineer here!

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Mmmmm 10/22/2015 at 12:05

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Based in Dallas (saw your Eagles Canyon post)? I’m in Tulsa, with a start-up the last few months. Loving it so far.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 12:07

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Molex. Molex molex molex.

I am an ME by education and work as a GM in a small family manufacturing business.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > MonkeePuzzle 10/22/2015 at 12:07

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Hopefully we’ve seen the bottom and prices will recover before too long...

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > PowderHound 10/22/2015 at 12:09

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U.S. Mint?

Dukie - Jalopnik Emergency Management Asshole > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 12:10

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Disaster Communications guy (IT/Telecom/SatComm) for the Federal Government. So far this year I’ve been to California, Japan, Guam, Saipan, Hawaii, Eastern Washington, & back to California. All in a 3 month span.

Leon711 > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 12:10

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Corrosion and erosion monitoring systems for the oil and gas industry

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 12:11

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Oil & gas start up - software and mapping specialist supporting geologists and engineers. Some days are crazy busy; some days... aren’t.

iSureWilll > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 10/22/2015 at 12:12

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I have sold Molex however, the pic is from Polamco’s website.

http://www.polamco.com/

Santiago of Escuderia Boricua > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 12:12

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I used to do systems integration for drones. Now I design passenger seatbelts at takata

The Powershift in Steve's '12 Ford Focus killed it's TCM (under warranty!) > jariten1781 10/22/2015 at 12:14

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You must be a very, very busy guy.

MonkeePuzzle > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 10/22/2015 at 12:15

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my company is predicting recovery in 2017 and announced additional layoffs. 20k+ people laid off this year already, looks like you’re in the industry, you probably know who we are, big multinational with a french name and blue suits on the well site. it’s a tense place to work lately

The Powershift in Steve's '12 Ford Focus killed it's TCM (under warranty!) > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 12:19

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I currently work for a firestop manufacturer as a product development engineer. There are 3 or 4 in the US, so it shouldn’t be hard to figure out which one.

My last job was for a avionics company in SE PA. I probably purchased parts from you at one time or another. 38999s were my jam, though a lot of our parts were custom, EMI-filtered connectors.

Leon711 > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 10/22/2015 at 12:19

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Amen.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > MonkeePuzzle 10/22/2015 at 12:24

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Ugh. Layoffs suck. My old place went through a couple rounds and then they closed the office; I could’ve gone to Houston or Midland, but didn’t want to move. Thankfully I landed on my feet at a start-up - loving it so far. My wife actully worked in the blue coveralls for a while - first job out of college. She was a field engineer on a wireline truck, getting calls in the middle of the night to drive hours to location. She’s much happier now - reserves manager at an small independent.

beautimouse > Dukie - Jalopnik Emergency Management Asshole 10/22/2015 at 12:33

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Glad you escaped! That seems to be the general consensus/attitude. It’s a job, until I can find a real one.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 12:50

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Currently an environmental tech.

PowderHound > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 10/22/2015 at 12:55

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That would be cool. But no, I'm a production designer at a newspaper. Building ads and pages, we don't print it here but I still like to say I make the paper.

MonkeePuzzle > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 10/22/2015 at 12:59

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I work in the data delivery side of wireline, so a desk job, we just sit about wondering how important our job really is to the comapny :D

Spaceball-Two > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 13:39

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Finance. Mainly commercial and residential real estate.

Aaron M - MasoFiST > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 13:40

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I work for an analytics and information company, but the sector I serve is electric power.

Nick > iSureWilll 10/22/2015 at 13:41

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I am admin staff at a college about 5 miles from my house.