Whats your job/ career?

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Versa S 2009

Discussion Starter · Feb 16, 2012

So im curious. Im hoping and planning to go back to school in the fall. Im curently torn between information systems security, and computer information systems. I am currently a Manager for PETCO. I would really like to continue education with animals, but unfortuantly the closest school for animals is about 2hrs. Im really not willing to give up on everything just to go to school there, so this is my second interest. So what do all you guys do for a living? Do you like it? Was it a challenge to do it? Are you happy with your job/career?

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athikerguy4life

· #2 · Feb 16, 2012

Right now I'm a lifeguard and swim coach at the local Y, but after this summer I will be finished with my degree and will start working in the criminal justice field.

Computers is a huuuuge field right now, and its only gonna get bigger btw. If I could go back it might be something I'd consider. That or being a mechanic.

Ben_B

· #3 · Feb 16, 2012

I'm a professional video editor.

nukepower

· #4 · Feb 16, 2012

Ben_B said:
I'm a professional video editor.

That's tight. I used to love editing.
I'm a nuclear machinist mate in training in the navy. I finish school in October. Then hopefully I'll see the fleet.

ADOversa

· #5 · Feb 16, 2012

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I'm the senior tech. at a small HVAC/Plumbing company. I have some experience in commercial refrigeration, and sheetmetal, but the company I'm at now is pretty much all residential. I have my gas and refrigeration licences, and a good share of experience in plumbing as well as sheetmetal. My refrigeration licence also covers me to work on electrical up to 600v.

I love what I do. It wasn't easy to get into. First off I went to school for my gas licence. Easy enough. But getting a job after that is hard. The job market is saturated with licensed gas fitters. But finding a quality one is hard. It took me about 2 years to get my foot in the door at the first company I worked for, which wasn't the greatest. Then, I moved on and I have been with this company for a few years. I am the senior tech, mostly doing service work but still installing away and I am the boss when the boss is away.

I am very happy with my career, couldn't imagine doing anything else! I did a few random jobs before this (steel rack installer, eavestrough installer, masonry) and while I stuck at each of them about a year, I found myself hating having to drag myself out of bed to go to those jobs every day after only a few weeks. Its been years in this trade now and I still have no such negative feelings about it!

A couple pics of what I do...
Furnace I installed:

Installing an Air Conditioner:

Tankless water heater I installed:

As you can tell, I really do love my job!

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Versa S 2009

Discussion Starter · #6 · Feb 16, 2012

ADOversa said:
I'm the senior tech. at a small HVAC/Plumbing company. I have some experience in commercial refrigeration, and sheetmetal, but the company I'm at now is pretty much all residential. I have my gas and refrigeration licences, and a good share of experience in plumbing as well as sheetmetal. My refrigeration licence also covers me to work on electrical up to 600v.

I love what I do. It wasn't easy to get into. First off I went to school for my gas licence. Easy enough. But getting a job after that is hard. The job market is saturated with licensed gas fitters. But finding a quality one is hard. It took me about 2 years to get my foot in the door at the first company I worked for, which wasn't the greatest. Then, I moved on and I have been with this company for a few years. I am the senior tech, mostly doing service work but still installing away and I am the boss when the boss is away.

I am very happy with my career, couldn't imagine doing anything else! I did a few random jobs before this (steel rack installer, eavestrough installer, masonry) and while I stuck at each of them about a year, I found myself hating having to drag myself out of bed to go to those jobs every day after only a few weeks. Its been years in this trade now and I still have no such negative feelings about it!

A couple pics of what I do...
Furnace I installed:

Installing an Air Conditioner:

Tankless water heater I installed:

As you can tell, I really do love my job!

That is so cool!!! See I love that. I want to find something that is hands on, decent money, makes me happy, have a life, and Im happy to do and be proud of. I just wanna make sure im making good descions. Ive tried this college thing twice now, and end up quiting, cause I just dont get it, or understand. Hopefully I found something I can do, and finish.

ADOversa

· #7 · Feb 16, 2012

Half the people in my class at the trade school where I went for my gas licence had quit the college/university classes they had been in for the exact reasons you said you are looking for in a job!

bboy_romeo

· #8 · Feb 16, 2012

I'm a computer technician, A+ certified and still looking to get more certifications, and i'm constantly learning and keeping up with the all the new technology coming out. Only been in the business for about 3years but I love it and take pride in what I do

And ADOversa maybe you can enlighten me on why my basement is always freezing during the winter and the rest of my house is warm when the heat is on

lol.. parents have never decided to get that looked into.

ADOversa

· #9 · Feb 16, 2012

Well, first of all, because its below grade it will always be cooler, even if its insulated. It doesn't get the sunlight like the rest of the house. Also why it stays cooler in the summer as well. Another reason is warm air rises. Finally, if there are and heat runs in your basement (might not be depending on the age of your house) they may be blocked off. Check to see if there are any dampers in them. Might look something like this:

Another thing is they might have the return air grilles in the basement blocked off. Obviously if there aren't any heat runs in the basement that won't help things. But a basement will pretty much always be colder because of the first couple points.

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BluV3R18

· #10 · Feb 16, 2012

I always wanted to learn how to work on AC units, that's awesome!!!! :cheers2:

ADOversa

· #11 · Feb 16, 2012

Thanks, its actually alot of fun!

Always going new places, meeting new people, running into new situations to troubleshoot my way through... I highly recommend the trade.

ADOversa

· #12 · Feb 16, 2012

bboy_romeo said:
i'm constantly learning and keeping up with the all the new technology coming out.

That is awesome! When the job and technology is always changing and moving forward it never gets boring!

MizuShinobi303

· #13 · Feb 16, 2012

Currently a student at SDSU studying Mechanical Engineering.

I worked as an Intern at HP for a while doing R&D for large scale printers. (Room size printers). It was fun and I got to run and create a lot of my own experiments.

Ben_B

· #14 · Feb 16, 2012

As I said video editor, by the way, here is a quick clip I made a year or so ago just to test some on-car camera angles for another project I was doing. This is before I made any modifications to the versa. Man those red-brake calipers would've looked nice in some of those shots...

http://vimeo.com/15938781

jbeau

· #15 · Feb 16, 2012

I sell parts. Lol. Coulda been a tech, but i enjoy working on cars in my spare time. No need to mess my hands and back up. I'm overly good at what i do and have an extremely safe job. Almost up to manager then im set for life.

RedAlertV

· #16 · Feb 16, 2012

I got my degree in computer drafting and design and I'm currently working as an MEP engineering drafter. Computer jobs are on the rise and will continue to be for a while too so good choice on your computer information and security careers.

robj80

· #17 · Feb 16, 2012

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I am a waterjet programmer for US Sign and Fabrication. We are metal fabricators who make signs for the sign industry. We are wholesalers.

^^ this was one of the biggest pains in the asses to program

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hemifan87

· #18 · Feb 16, 2012

I am a heavy vehicle technician, or I was till I got laid off

right now I help my wife out with running her daycare

Ben_B

· #19 · Feb 16, 2012

robj80 said:
I am a waterjet programmer for US Sign and Fabrication. We are metal fabricators who make signs for the sign industry. We are wholesalers.

^^ this was one of the biggest pains in the asses to program

That's awesome. SHOW US THE MACHINES!

robj80

· #20 · Feb 16, 2012

Not a pic of our actual machine, actually we have two but they are just like this.

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