What's your occupation?

[Abstraction]

Though bullshiting with bright young people might not be considered work by some.

 

Finishing a book entitled "Abstraction," about abstraction in art, writing, music, mathematics, logic, computer science, and life. Among other things, it's about how to handle information after the end of book literacy, which is about over.

 

I got ham radio license when I was 13 (50 years ago), and there was every promise I would end up an electrical engineer, or physicist, or at least mathematician, which I found more interesting than the matter-energy stuff, but went bad in the 60s, started listening to John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Sun Ra, Chicago blues, and writing poetry.

 

 

[Andrew S.]

I knew I liked this forum for a reason...like a thinking man's hi fi forum...well..mostly (including myself in that). Even my wife remarks at the literacy. Well she doesn't laugh at it anyhow.

 

Me? I'm a baby Barrister having returned to the law after a 18 year lay off.

 

Dentistry was in between...strange but true.

 

It's much more fun being a Barrister.

 

 

[manisandher]

... just how interesting people's occupations are.

 

Me, I help people improve their communication skills, and work mainly in the corporate arena.

 

In a past life, I did research in Physics (my thesis was titled, 'Phonon Spectroscopy in Low Dimensional Structures using Superconducting Tunnel Junctions'... absolutely true!). Physics was my true passion, but I just wasn't good enough to make the grade as a professional.

 

Mani.

 

[Mike in MD]

my dissertation was: Optical Absorption by the Alkali Halides in the Extreme Ultraviolet. (theory)

 

 

[MichaelHowell]

Graphic Designer.

A very interesting group we have here, and glad to be a (small) part of it.

 

[joeling]

Deputy MD of a main board (Malaysia) listed Oil & Gas Service Company. We do maintenance on offshore structures, minor hook up & commissioning & fabrication etc.

 

Clients are pretty tough but we deliver quality & usually manage to outfox them.

 

www.desb.net

 

Regards,

Joe Ling

 

 

 

[K Shep]

Sales for a home systems integrator. Crestron installs, residential electrical and security.

 

[tomE]

Retired millwright for a large power utility. Maintained and repaired large turbine/generators and other powerhouse mechanical equipment: pumps, compressors, fans etc. Finished career at 3600mW nuclear plant in a facility that stored waste fuel from the reactors in enormous concrete and steel containers. I welded the lids (13 ton) on.

Caught audio bug when I asked my cousin why his stereo sounded better than mine.

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Also a Linn guy with Simaudio, Bryston BDA-1, Energy, Paradigm........

Bowmanville, ON., Canada

 

[barrydmd]

Still practicing at age 65.

 

Am I the only one here still practicing?

 

barrydmd

 

[jtwrace]

I know we're missing some...come on don't be shy!!!

 

[The Computer Audiophile]

"I know we're missing some...come on don't be shy!!!"

 

Unless that unemployment rate has really hurt computer audiophiles :~)

 

[Andrew S.]

@barry

having been a dentist for 12 years I know the toll it takes on your body. Still going at 65 is a great effort. I would say after that many years you should be commended. Well done.

Even better you are a music lover!!

 

[silverlight]

private equity and a little macro trading on the side in these high vol times

 

 

 

[TAV]

Windows systems primarily.

 

[IamKirk]

You have the wrong career man! Apple is the way to go. You make more money and it's so much simpler to troubleshoot. You need a mac.

 

[Mr.C]

Graduating next year so if anyone in Victoria sees this and is hiring...

 

Also, looking for information about agricultural carbon accounting on the off chance that someone here can help.

 

[Elprior]

Wow, very cool thread

Starting to look like a big family.

 

Don't throw eggs (or anything else at hand) : Software architect in model driven development (and architecture).

Used to study strange physics too, but could not resist computer science.

 

Elp

 

[jimim]

Here's one that hasn't been said.

 

I'm a peadiatric physical therapist. I work with children with special needs here in Northeastern Pa

 

[borderdog]

Part-time Frisbee champ. Full-time Border Collie.

My master is in his 35th year of business as a custom homebuilder. After enduring all those years in such a noisy environment, his hearing has gone to shit. I lend him my "golden ears" when we audition new equipment and he types my forum posts. By the way, I really like all the hi def HD Tracks he's been downloading lately; especially Steve Vai's "Where The Wild Things Are" and Keith Jarret's "Paris London Testament".

Enough talking, time to listen to some music.

 

Pepper

 

Damn dog doesn't acknowledge he's a dog. He wants to be classified as a Homo lupus unfamiliaris or Canis lupus sapiens.

Aaron H

 

 

 

[DougSRob]

Retired -- an audiophile for 40 years.

 

Just got into this crazy world of computer audio and am getting a kick out of it. Haven't moved the server into the high-end system yet, but on the "simple system" it's making progress. Seems to respond to tweeks much in the same way "traditional" audio does. I'm now letting the Lynx board break in to see if that makes a difference.

 

Doug

 

[Geodesic1]

Specialist in landslide hazard research. Mr. C, if you are looking to go to grad school on that topic I have a good contact for you, a colleague of mine in Basel Switzerland...

 

[Daphne]

I once aspired to be a museum curator. Then my grandfather retired and I chose the path of managing the family business. President of the Board, or Managing Member of various Investment Holding Companies, Intellectual Property Holding Companies, Trusts, Law Firm, and a small Private Swiss Banking Operation. I read reports, make decisions, and travel.

 

For Christmas of 1984, my daddy gave me a Heathkit stereo receiver to build. I was hooked from that point on.

 

[Vincent Borrelli]

I've had a business for about 10 years now selling rare and contemporary photography [and other art] books. I've also been an artist most of my adult life (photography & video).

 

[tube06]

Sub-ed at the local rag. I deal with national and international news/pages.

Before that proofreader.

Centuries ago, I read English and American litt.

Caught the audiophile bug about forty years ago.

Caught the computer audiophile virus... two years ago.

I live in Nice, France. A few years in England during the Linn LP12/Supex craze.

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Mac G5 (PPC), Jadis pre and amps, Genesis II.5's, Kimber galore and wait... Native Instruments 4DJ soundcard/DAC (€ 195 inc. P&P), couple of external HD's (2 x 1To/Time Machine).

 

[PeterSt]

Owner of a company writing ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software for the past 22 years.

Specialized in normalization and performance tuning.

 

Started XXHighEnd over three years ago as my other job (unintended at first).

 

Started the Phasure NOS1 project a year ago as again another job (also unintended at first).

 

Right now shifting from ERP towards audio alone because three jobs with full attention seems to much.

Audio is more interesting anyway.

:-)