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Location: south east Michigan | I've been with the same company for 36 years now. Hopefully I'll be here for 13 more. I have enjoyed comfortable, if not extravegant lifestyle and a level of consistancy and security that is rare in todays world.
At times I can't help to wonder what it would be like to do something else. If I knew then what I know now would I have loaded up my '72 Gremlin, driven out to California and tryed to get a job with George Lucas???
This topic could run far and wide with hundreds of variations on a pipe dream. But for poll purposes lets narrow it down to an area near and dear to us all.
So... what alternate universe would you like to step into??? |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I thought 29 at the same job was a long time, Brad. Congratulations. The best man at our wedding had a 71 Gremlin. I had a 68 Javelin. |
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Location: Michigan | 36 years at the same job thats great .
What do you do for a living??
You must be a guitar purchasing agent for Guitar Centers or something?
Brad your from Michigan so it can't be auto related because most people in Michigan with auto related jobs here are shitting razor blades that they wont have a job in another year.GWB |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | 36 years? Did you start there when you were 5, Brad? |
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Location: south east Michigan | Here's the link to my workplace.
Started when I was 16.
Am-Dyn-Ic Fluid Power |
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Location: NJ | Darren is my Hero. |
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Location: south east Michigan | I would probably best fit in the marketing end of it.
Yep... Marketing Puke Extrordinare.... that's what I would be. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Kim/John-- That sounds good to me.
At the age of 33, I discovered that I have a knack for auto/mc repair. Had I known that when I was 14, I woulda taken auto-shop in high school. Instead of Marine Biology!
[Which I have never used for anything in my Life! Except, "If you knew what clams/crabs/catfish/flounder/lobster really eat, you definitely wouldn't eat it!"] |
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Location: Tennessee | When I grow up, I wanna be Al. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Hey... I heard that Mike Rowe (Dirty Jobs on the Discovery Channel), is thinking about filming a segment with Al.
Anyone else hear that too??? |
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| mine was a 73 Gremlin(Levi's edition) with a Clifford Research 6=8 motor and mt50's all around..
we called it the puddle jumper
20+ years with Pepsico and 8 with BMY ...
now I'm just an internet Bum.. run a couple .coms and .orgs
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | 33 years, muckin' around in other people's heads. 17-plus, at the current venue. I'm terminally warped. Probably why I have no rhythm, too!
Kim & John are the Arch-angels of Restoration of the Faith, in The Cathedral of The RoundBack. |
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Location: NJ | in 1975 me and a couple of buddies decided we were going to rebuild his 54 ford and go to California. He for a career in comedy, me one in music and the third guy was there because he heard there were good drugs out there.
Well my buddy in his haste put the timing chain on wrong on the ford and we were all too stupid to know how to push the dristributor or change the order of the spark plugs......
I was working a ton of hours in a driver/warehouse gig and dumped a full file cabinet on my toe and SMASHED IT.
the third guy got a job as an usher in the midnight movies so he could see the movies for free.
Well we never made it, I went on to college and then taught school and my comedy buddy is still trying to "make the big time".
as for wanting to be me stonebobbo, I am not sure if your body could withstand all the internal damage that mine has.
why did I even tell this story? |
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Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado | I've been selling most of my life. Just for a lot of different companies. If I knew then what I know now, I would have gone into aviation. Maybe airport manager or airline pilot. Then again, I have turned down a couple of bands that ended up almost famous.. So who knows......... |
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Location: south east Michigan | Say what you will.
It was a pretty cool little car.
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Location: Central Massachusetts | I took the Kim/John angle.. all my jobs have been in the fix-what's-broken arena. Would be great to do that with real, tangible things rather than geekStuff. |
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Location: NJ | gremlen vs 54 ford??????
ok yours ran |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Gremlins were cool.
So were Javelins and AMX's.
Another great car company down the drain. |
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Location: NJ | Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
Gremlins were cool.
So were Javelins and AMX's.
Another great car company down the drain. amc started as rambler
every one I ever worked on needed front end work.
I still have the pickle fork to prove it |
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| Who's the guy with all the hair leaning on your car? Do you want us to get him? Just give us the word slip and he's a dead man. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | This is a fun topic. I can't imagine being at the same job for even 5 years. I have always enjoyed change and I guess I started getting paid for "real work" when I was about 13. I started with CB Radio Repair/Hotroding and Professional Photography. In both cases I worked for myself and could have made either of those into careers. After I got my drivers license at 16 I started working as a Printing Apprentice during the day working in what now is referred to as an "old school" print house. For those that know of this work, it's a blast. I learned to operate a lynotype from melting the lead into the bars on up to setting. Also did offset and darkroom work. On nights and weekends I had security jobs at a summer resort, and then at College and also when there was work did carpet installation. Again any of those could have been careers I guess. I also had some not-for-pay "jobs" like assistant at a recording studio and a radio DJ in College. More career ops.
After I joined the Navy, although I guess that's a career, it didn't feel like one. Granted my paycheck came from the same place for 14 years, but I was a Cryptologist (can't believe I can still spell that) and was in a sub-specialty that pretty much meant every 12 months to 3.5 years I moved to someplace new, and usually did something totally different than I did at a previous station. I always held part-time jobs when possible. Security, DJ, Musician, Bartender, Licensed Building Inspector, Carpet Installer, Postal worker. I also did a LOT of programming an d PC repair, although it wasn't really part of my job, it was a useful set of skills to build on.
When I left the Navy in '91 I got into the IT field. First programming and then into Help Desk operation and management then up to Network and Program Management and CIO positions. That was five companies in about 10 years.
Since Jan 9, 2002 before my 42nd birthday, I have considered myself retired, whatever that means. I ran my recording studio, did some IT consulting, bought and sold Vintage music gear (mostly Ovation). Didn't really plan on it, it just happened that way.
These days since the move to the great Pacific Northwest last year, we do that "eBay thang" and are working on some other fun opportunities that will hopefully be fun.
I guess that's been my career so far. Find things to do that are fun and pay the bills. I hope no one takes offense, and please understand it's a reaction due to lack of understanding, but when I hear people being in the same job for 10, 15, 20, 30 years, my first reaction ranges from "I'm so sorry, is there anything I can do?" to "congrats on the great career!!!" |
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | As most of you know I have used my camera for a second career. I have photographed many weddings and parties. I also shot a local beauty pageant, a bikini model and lingeree(I hope I spelled it right)model. Yes, I actually made money with the last two and it was not that easy.
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | I voted for being Kim/John, because I do engineering now, have done it for 31 years, and a change (of my choice) would be nice. Making people happy (if they aren't asking for something stupid) is a good life.
I just watched 1/4 of Ford salaried go out the door from retirements/buyouts this week....I wasn't offered, so it's not my turn yet for another career, I guess. Time to go put some fresh lube on the slide rule....
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Location: Marlton, NJ | I went the Darren route. I have to do SOMETHING creative with all of these parts!
Seriously - this is a question I struggle with on a daily basis. I've been with about 10 or so different companies - but the same job/industry for over 20 years - telecom. I went and got an MBA last year but that didn't help. Financially, I just can't take the leap into something else. 2 kids in high school and another a few years behind. The oldest gets his license this year which will be a small fortune.
I'm am just THRILLED to have rediscovered the guitar - playing, fixing, building, etc. - and to have discovered this place. It certainly makes the moments outside of work way more fun! |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Been there, done that.
How about running a gas station, there's something interesting and different...... |
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Career change anyone???
