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Gingerbread House Music posted:Um, not if the controls are in the outboard position and i have the parking brake on. You have a Cub Cadet with a functioning parking brake? I'm more impressed by that than any other mechanical expertise you could name.
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I'm paid to ahahahahaha I'm not paid
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scuz posted:I'm paid to computer janitor. Same, but I just obsess over personal projects instead of treating my sadbrain. Also, today is my the fifteenth anniversary of registering my account. All that time and still not a single worthwhile post.
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I'm paid to tell other computer janitors how to janitor computers.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:You have a Cub Cadet with a functioning parking brake? I'm more impressed by that than any other mechanical expertise you could name. Right now i'm paid to uncrate and prep them for customers who paid for them weeks ago.
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Adiabatic posted:Get into DCS / SCADA poo poo. There's so much automation occurring in industry. Manufacturing is coming back to America, but the jobs are all logic programming and robit programming and automation. I will nth this but I will add that if you're not a tech guy and like working with your hands people good with fluid power, Hydraulic and pneumatics also have a lot of demand also due in large part to automation. If you can do the whole deal and also program/controls you have it made.
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# ? May 12, 2017 00:32 |
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I'm in the adult toy industry. The specific segment being radio controlled cars. Large scale radio controlled cars.
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Punk rear end book jockey here.
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I sell funnybooks. My customer base is getting pretty goddamned irritating and I'm ready for that SC move now.
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I'm starting at General Motors in a month, programming... something. They haven't told me yet.
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# ? May 12, 2017 01:37 |
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I work in NDA
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CommieGIR posted:I'm paid to tell other computer janitors how to janitor computers. I'm a computer janitor wrangler too.
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# ? May 12, 2017 01:41 |
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I'm paid to play with heavy equipment and sweat a lot
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angryrobots posted:I'm paid to play with heavy equipment and sweat a lot
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# ? May 12, 2017 01:53 |
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gently caress hail. That's all.
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# ? May 12, 2017 01:56 |
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Korwen posted:gently caress hail.
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Cage posted:How much do you make per hail? Do you know how much a jizz mopper makes?
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Cage posted:I saw that written on a bathroom stall once along with a phone number. You're using the
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I write angry emails to stupid executives for a living, in between stints of drinking heavily in the bar downstairs.
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Cage posted:How much do you make per hail? -$500 most likely.
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I'm paid to put poo poo on shelves, or grow organic garlic depending on the day. Oh and apparently deal with adult children who can't take their interpersonal bullshit out of the workplace. That really gets in the way of putting poo poo on shelves, and apparently means I don't get a smoke break anymore. Oh well at least the garlic doesn't pull this high school bullshit.
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Cage posted:I saw that written on a bathroom stall once along with a phone number. also, LAND has the single best screen name on SA
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I'm paid to sell things to make beer/wine/etc.
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long-rear end nips Diane posted:I'm starting at General Motors in a month, programming... something. They haven't told me yet. Your office will be near mine then! (Except I don't work for or at GM)
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I'm paid to tell people their software is broken and someone else should fix it
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mariooncrack posted:I'm paid to tell people their software is broken and someone else should fix it All software is broken (except for TimbOS ofc)
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I'm paid to tell people they're using their phone wrong.
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I teach English as a foreign language to pay the bills and get paid to translate
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RillAkBea posted:I teach English as a foreign language to pay the bills and get paid to translate I thought about teaching English as a foreign language. How is that? Are you part of the JET program?
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I fix commercial and industrial laundry equipment. Washers, dryers, ironers, folders, anything that has to do with laundry, except dry cleaning because gently caress all that noise. I even have to go fix some hotel's laundry chute that has a broken fusible link. I don't know why a chute has a fusible link, but I'm gonna find out!
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There is a 104k mile Boxster that has had the IMS done local guy asking 5800 and wants it gone. I'm sure 5 would buy it. I just can't. Got 3 cars in the drive away and major projects going. If anyone wants the info let me know. Silver/black car.
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The Door Frame posted:Your post is pretty loving cool, and while I'm not a fan of that style of two-tone paint, as far as I can see on my phone screen, it looks like it came out well. quote:However, I don't want that diesel thing to slip by me. How in the gently caress do you realistically enforce a $30 a day tax for driving inside of the city? Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:Texas has enough assholes. Want a Viewsonic VG2230wm 22"? May need a cap kit for the power supply. I ended up with several that sometimes take a few minutes to power up. Their wider than 4:3, but not quite 16:9. Probably 10 years old, but I'm using two that I replaced the capacitors on, and they're working fine. scuz posted:I'm paid to computer janitor. I was paid to do that. Currently, I'm not paid at all, and doing house and car projects, as long as they don't cost more than about $20. Job hunting is absolutely the worst thing in the world for your ego outside of dating. My wife tells me three interviews in two weeks is good, but it still feels like failure. At least I now know I will absolutely love retirement, provided the house is paid for and savings are sufficient for bills. I really thought I would do more movie/TV catchup watching, but I've been fixing stuff more than I've been doing that. slidebite posted:I will nth this but I will add that if you're not a tech guy and like working with your hands people good with fluid power, Hydraulic and pneumatics also have a lot of demand also due in large part to automation. If you can do the whole deal and also program/controls you have it made. How does one get into this? Part of my problem is the whole "I'm 47 years old with a family and a house." Starting over is tough when you're used to a half-way decent salary. I'm not in any way ambitious or interested in climbing the ladder/management. I just want a job with some variety that I won't hate going to every day, with the seemingly-impossible additional requirement of paying a decent wage that at least keeps up with inflation/cost of living. I'm a computer janitor with a (very) little experience in server and networks, I understand basic electronics and can actually solder (my MegaSquirt works!) and I work on cars a lot.
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Darchangel posted:How does one get into this? Part of my problem is the whole "I'm 47 years old with a family and a house." Starting over is tough when you're used to a half-way decent salary. I'm not in any way ambitious or interested in climbing the ladder/management. I just want a job with some variety that I won't hate going to every day, with the seemingly-impossible additional requirement of paying a decent wage that at least keeps up with inflation/cost of living. I'm pretty much there at 46. Been a security guard for 7 years now, and although it's tempting sometimes, I'm in no mood to start another career again from the bottom so it's looks like I'll be doing this the rest of my life. The good thing is I like my job, work on the beach, great atmosphere and cool people that's ten minutes from my house so the lovely pay doesn't bother me as much. Sure I'd like to make more money but I'd probably be miserable in the long run starting over. Plus my wife makes way more than me so it takes the pressure off. Overall I'm just happy I don't hate my job because I've been there and it sucks.
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Im paid to be a controls engineer and make scada/PLCs work. I tell everyone its just fancy MSPaint, because thats what it is.
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I solve problems. Usually technical problems at least somewhat infosec related but sometimes I just fix random poo poo around the office. I get paid pretty well (for the midwest) and usually have fun with my friends at work all day. Other than being in the midwest everything is great.BraveUlysses posted:how do i move into infosec? looks like an interesting and soon to be booming industry
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I spent ten minutes yesterday on the phone to a guy who wanted me to write an excel report to collate a bunch of data from other excel sheets so he could achieve one of his annual objectives, due next week. He wouldn't outright ask or even tell me to do it, he was trying to get me to volunteer. I didn't make it easy for him and never actually said I would do it. My supervisor was listening in and wetting himself laughing. They won't let me play with SCADA, I've briefly had access to our plant network last year but they revoked it because they didn't have enough licences.I think it'd be a useful skill to have.
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Darchangel posted:Want a Viewsonic VG2230wm 22"? May need a cap kit for the power supply. I ended up with several that sometimes take a few minutes to power up. Their wider than 4:3, but not quite 16:9. Probably 10 years old, but I'm using two that I replaced the capacitors on, and they're working fine. I may take you up on that. I already have a TV that needs the same, I can eventually knock them both out at the same time (emphasis on eventually). Looks like the resolution is the same as the 20" Dell. e: hm... I just realized I'm running it over VGA. Might try it on DVI, if I can find one of my DVI cables. May or may not help. BigPaddy posted:Do you know how much a jizz mopper makes? As a matter of fact Randal, I do. $8.25/hr at a local chain of 24 hour places. I don't think they've raised it (... the pay, that is) since minimum wage last increased. randomidiot fucked around with this message at 08:13 on May 12, 2017 |
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My manager has handed his notice in, and I think I'm going to apply for the position. It's a bit different to what I do normally, obviously, and would likely be a steep learning curve, but I feel like I shouldn't let the opportunity pass me by. The only other people in the engineering department who might be able to apply are significantly (25+ years) older than me and probably retiring in the near future, so internally I think I'd be the only one going for it, plus the instant the news came out I had two people (someone in engineering and someone in quality) say I should apply. I basically feel like I'd be a lot better positioned for it if it were a little more down the line and I could work with my manager to move toward that kind of role, with him being here for say another 5 years, but if he's going now, well, he's going now, and if I don't go for it and the role is taken by someone more my age, it kind of blocks that path for a longer time. If I didn't get it, I think I'd kind of get a second bite at progression by applying to be the senior engineer when he retires. Anyone else found themselves in this kind of scenario?
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InitialDave posted:My manager has handed his notice in, and I think I'm going to apply for the position. It's a bit different to what I do normally, obviously, and would likely be a steep learning curve, but I feel like I shouldn't let the opportunity pass me by. Take it. 5 years of pushing yourself is a hell of a lot better than 5 years of regretting not taking an opportunity.
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