What's your occupation?

[robcentola]

I sell drugs to children...

 

Haha!! I almost fell out of my chair.

[Jud]

1st Career: Asst. General Manager of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Director of Administration and Finance of the Denver Symphony Orchestra

 

2nd: Executive Director of large law firms

 

Current: My can't afford to retire gig, Payroll Manager of The Santa Fe Opera

 

Hang around, moving to the area in 2 years or less.

[groovybassist]

Day trader

[esimms86]

Less than 18 months away from no occupation!

[goerz]

Professor of Accounting.

[Jimmypowder]

Internet Forum Troll .

 

Funeral makeup artist .

[Solstice380]

Engineering profession with a minor in audio and sailing obsession, thank you.

[jtwrace]

Time to add some more...its been way too long!

[mourip]

Good thread. Pretty diverse group. I am enjoying the straight answers the most...

 

First 20 years: I was a Respiratory Therapist. Specialized in Neonatal Intensive Care.

 

Second 20 years: IT Network Engineer mostly responsible for software distribution for a large hospital.

 

Third: Retired last year. Volunteering for a small non-profit scanning their library into digital format. Books, periodicals, photos, film, slides. Fun.

 

Fourth: Struggling to not spend my remaining savings on audio equipment. Failing...

[mneveux]

Manager semiconductor manufacturing.

[mordante]

Planner at a technical department.

 

I plan all (most) the PO's CO's, validations and calibrations.

[Murrayb]

Business law lawyer, with emphasis on commercial leasing.

[computerilliterate]

Part time bank teller, part time janitor/grounds maintenance. Yup, I picked the wrong hobby for my income. Good thing I follow the blog at mrmoneymustache.

[mink70]

Writer of books and long magazine articles, college professor, and wine director at a restaurant.

 

Trying to stay away from ice cream.

[alligatorman]

Owner of electrical utility equipment manufacturing business.

[RayBan]

Project Director - Satellite (Ret)

[r_w]

SaaS

[DuckToller]

are my favorite ice cream flavors

 

My last business card reads: International Carrier Relations Manager IP at one of the global telecom operators.

 

Which was then the title for managing peering and planning/negotiating/buying infrastructure/capacities in international wholesale telecom markets, e.g. submarine cables, Fiber, Leased Lines, Colocation and IP based services. Having a proper education in Business Administration made me more a guy who dealt with relations and numbers but lacking the deep technical knowledge of an engineer.

 

Nonetheless, that was nearly a decade ago, before I changed countries and became privateer in a small French town at the age of 42.

 

Nowadays, I have an occupation in child (now already teenager) and retriever education plus housekeeping and gardening, while my wife takes care about our income.

 

I had a longer period without any evolution on the audio/Hifi/High End subject as I was deeply annoyed by the quality of reproduction in digital sourced music for a while, which for me led much to often to listening fatigue. Due to my readings on CA my gear has changed significantly and I have won back my joy of listening to excellent music and performances.

 

Tom / Val de la Loire

BTW: early retirement could be awesome if you have a lot of peers around to have fun.

[blownsi]

Lean Expert for a Fortune 500 company

[DigiPete]

I usually work as a CTO / Technology Strategist and inventor of thermal energy systems.

 

But I have just signed up as a Captain of a Danish school-ship sailing the south Caribbean.

3 months of sun away from the bleak northern winter :-)

[Alaric. H]

VW van restoration/ Mechanic

[hdls]

Physician treating patients with chronic neurodegenerative diseases. Need my time listening to good music at night...

[Blake]

But I have just signed up as a Captain of a Danish school-ship sailing the south Caribbean.

3 months of sun away from the bleak northern winter :-)

 

Nice job Captain DigiPete! We had a wonderful catamaran sailing vacation to the BVI's last summer and will be doing it again next year.

 

Where did you get your training?

[DigiPete]

Nice job Captain DigiPete!

We had a wonderful catamaran sailing vacation to the BVI's last summer and will be doing it again next year.

 

Where did you get your training?

 

 

I got my training in Denmark and sailing practice around Scandinavia and in the Caribbean around Grenada and St. Vincent & the Grenadines. And I was on a similar trip for 6 months last year.

 

This is however work and not a vacation incl. upkeep of an old wooden ship.

But there will be snorkeling at deserted islands, hiking of a volcano and the occasional lobster BBQ :-)

[Blake]

This is however work and not a vacation incl. upkeep of an old wooden ship.

and the occasional lobster BBQ :-)

 

Ah yes, the lobster.... out of this world (great place in Anegata BVI)!

 

I'd be curious to see a pic of your ship so we can get a sense of your home away from home. What a great experience. I am jealous!