What do you do for a living?

[Old Corp]

~30 years in LE with the same damned busy department, beat cop and later Detective with a crushing caseload.
Retired in '08 at 50 and have worked p/t with a couple of different LGS's. Also teach Concealed Carry and Basic Pistol.

Hunt, fish, and shoot as much as I want. Wife and I about to build on our lot on the NC coast and move there. Hope to get my Captain's License and find a new horizon.

 

[srsmyth]

Thanks to the OP for starting this very interesting thread. I started low level jobs as a teenager and eventually became a journeyman toolmaker at Honeywell. My work evolved into CAD injection mold design and CNC mill programming for a different OEM until outsourcing eventually migrated my CAD skills into continuation engineering tasks.
I enjoy my work, and I'm retirement age, but you guys talking about hunting, fishing, reloading, cutting grass, etc, are making me wonder....

Steve

 

[snubbyfan]

I'm on disability, before that I was a saw operator at a factory that made window blinds.
Now I do some custom leatherwork. Holsters, knife sheaths, belts, etc.
Right now I'm working on a chest holster for a neighbor. I've got the pattern done and once he approves it, I'll start cuttin' leather.

 

[vigil617]

Civil litigation paralegal for the past five years.

 

[mtgianni]

I worked as a serviceman for a gas utility then jumped to the same position at a combination gas/elec utility. I have been a measurement technician for the last 8 years. Previous to that was an apprentice plumber, tractor mechanic and sewer and drain cleaner. That doesn't count farm work since I was 6.

 

[Road Rat]

Entered the Air Force right out of high school. Worked for two directors of operations in two B-52 bomb wings. Three years in a ammunition supply squadron in France.

Five years in the Pentagon with Air Force Intelligence - airborne electronic intelligence collection. The next eleven years with the Secretary of the Air Force satellite overhead systems in California.

Retired after 22 years and joined contractors working with the Air Force until I retired for good on April 1, 2000.

Currently hang out on my property in Eastern Iowa. Shoot as the weather permits. Watch the animals - we have deer, turkey, coon, possum, pheasants, Canada geese, wood ducks, mallards, peanut stealing squirrels, and all sorts of birds who enjoy eating sunflower seeds and bird food.

Spring is here so I will spend the next few months riding the mower over about six acres of grass...

It keeps me active!!

 

[dmar]

Stunt double in the adult film industry...

 

[desi2358]

I sell guns ..... currently working for a store here in southwest Ohio, do the gun logbooks and counter sales mainly. Been working in the gun business full time for a while, ever since I got out of automotive parts sales. This is a lot more fun, I actually enjoy going to work every day! Enjoy dealing with people (at least most of them) and just glad I've managed to make a living doing something I like.

 

[Mydogmax]

I wanted to be a soothsayer but couldn't see any future in it.

 

[Kanewpadle]

Last 22 years as a professional locksmith. Last 19 with the same company. Good job. But I often see the worst in people.

 

[flundertaker]

Im typically the last guy to let you down.

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[Mike McLellan]

I've been a farmer, cook, bartender, school teacher, cop, musician, forest-fire fighter, salesman, carpenter, truck driver, and spent twenty fire years as a correctional officer at the Fairbanks Correctional Center. I retired as Security Sergeant in 2005. I'm old, tired, and have a bad attitude. I've had three kinds of cancer and a stroke 2 months ago. I spend much of my time messing with my S&W revolvers and trying to write bad poetry. That's enough.

 

[chuckster57]

Last 22 years as a professional locksmith. Last 19 with the same company. Good job. But I often see the worst in people.

During my tenure with the state, I was the "other" locksmith at the prison for 7 years. Very interesting trade, worked with Folgers Adams and Southern Steel jail locks besides "regular" locks/keys.

 

[Cyrano]

Started working full time as a 2d Lt, US Amy in 1955. Retired in 1975. Only one tour in RVN, I was lucky. Worked as an Education Specialist, US Civil Service, until 1975; then retired for good. I'm 80; I go to gun shows. shoot, reload, then repeat the cycle. As Bum Philips said about retirement, I don't do nuthin' and I don't start till noon.

 

[HeyJoe]

now retired. fire investigator for 12 years. before that firefighter for 8 years. before that subway car inspector for 5 years.

 

[southfloridasixshooter]

I'm currently a college student, and a bartender, mixing drinks till the sunrises to pay the bills. Once in a while, when I have a rare day off, I make lead donations at my local range.

 

[357-RevolverGuy]

I'm 35 and have been working as a web designer for the past 7 years. Before that I was designing ads for newspapers and magazines (before the web took over). I taught community college for a while too and had also worked in security part-time.

I keep reading and envying you guys who are retired. My generation has accepted the fact that most of us will probably never retire. With as much debt that continues to accumulate in our country, we'll all be working till we're 110.

 

[dentkimterry]

Retired 5 years ago after 37 years with Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 357. Now enjoying "The Dream!".

 

[vsraptor]

16 years as a heavy commercial/industrial electrician. Spent a lot of time on the road. When I can I work at the house. I like to see my kids grow up.

 

[7shooter]

Labworm ...

I'm surprised I haven't run into you at work.

I have the same job and left the work place at the same age and time.