What do you do for a living?

[Mo2002]

Civil Engineer

[kanovic]

Ups driver lol no fancy title

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by kanovic

Ups driver lol no fancy title

Damn good job. I did it in Nürnberg, Germany for a while. Tough job, always hustling, can't make mistakes. Mucho respect for those who excel at it. Even today, 30 years later, I still appreciate the effort it takes for UPS and Fedex folks to get packages to my doorstep. Definitely essential workers, IMHO.

[flybigjet]

Boeing 737 Captain for a major U.S. airline, qualified in the 737-700, -800, -900, -900ER and Max.

Retired USAF/USAFR Lockheed C-5 Galaxy Tactical & Air-Refueling qualified Flight Examiner & Standardization/Evaluation pilot. Retired as a Lt. Col-- I turned down several jobs leading to Command (which you need to make full Colonel)-- all I ever really wanted to do was fly and teach. I was one of the very, very, *very* rare AF pilots who never had a full-time desk job and who's job for 27 years was basically "fly your balls off".

[Matthew III]

Currently in Sales Operations. Had tried other fields like Finance, Marketing analytics, and Accounting

[Bunnny]

Im currently a housewife. I used to work sales, did some time in a call center making over 75k just as a sales rep. Took home an award for top sales country wide for two months.
Those were good days, until I caught management making changes that directly impacted everyone's pay (and mine was down about $15,500, yet I had done just as much if not more work that year). Learning from my spouse who has owned his own business, there's alot more freedoms involved than being someone's lackey.

[kanovic]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Damn good job. I did it in Nürnberg, Germany for a while. Tough job, always hustling, can't make mistakes. Mucho respect for those who excel at it. Even today, 30 years later, I still appreciate the effort it takes for UPS and Fedex folks to get packages to my doorstep. Definitely essential workers, IMHO.

Been with ups for 15yrs now. It is definitely a interesting job, the relationships you make with your customers become like family. The pay, benefits, pensions etc are great and the family is very well taken care of so not much to complain. I am just glad I work in a smaller city so our Union and management have a decent relationship. It makes it a lot easier and less stressful when you know management is not out to get you ever day lol

[BGxNYC]

Senior Analyst for our Advanced Metering Infrastructure project at NYC's utility company.

[tim99ws6]

I work in Medical Research as a Subject Matter Expert

[tim99ws6]

Originally Posted by NorCalAthlete

Switching to sales here myself too. Engineering / PM background. Won't be selling any of the stuff I worked on so it'll be a learning curve. Also not even sure where to start - it was recommended I go sales associate to get the lay of the land then apply for systems engineer / sales engineer after about 6 months.

Best thing I can tell you is
1) Learn how to relate to their pain
2) Sell the solution to their problem, not YOUR product
3) Don't be afraid to LEAD them

[Gray_Panther]

Originally Posted by rebekahb

I'm curious what type of sales you're going into. A good friend is an electrical engineer (I think more automation driven the last few years) who has been in management for a few years. He is thinking about throwing the towel in for sales. The sales is based around what he has done for the last several years. It's interesting that I've heard this twice within a week.

So the type of sales I am going to is to be the hub between program managers and sales account managers. Dealing with the front end of business with both external and internal customers.

With this role I can springboard onto being a PM or sales acct manager because I will have experience in both areas.

What got me into the role was all of the extra reading to gain system and product knowledge. I had the engineering mentality but not how the equipment was used. Thats where those nights of reading papers came in handy. And also having conversations with other sales people and systems engineers.

The talks with my managers and HR about my intentions for leaving engineering were interesting this past year.

[GenXer]

I need a job that pays what I make now but half of the headache and not having to answer company phone 7 days a week.

[Murf993]

Originally Posted by GenXer

I need a job that pays what I make now but half of the headache and not having to answer company phone 7 days a week.

I got that exact job when I retired.

[itsrichierich]

I work for a company that produces and manufactures special niche tools. Some of our tools are BMW factory tools that have BMW part #s on them.

www.agatools.com

[JP10]

Propulsion engineer / Project manager / Program manager. Love what I do, so much so that my fiance often has to tell (command) me to work less haha.

[flybigjet]

Originally Posted by JP10

Propulsion engineer / Project manager / Program manager. Love what I do, so much so that my fiance often has to tell (command) me to work less haha.

That's sort of the way of it when you have a job that you love, innit?

My wife tells me I'm a workaholic and has done the same thing (i.e. ordered me to take time off) on more than one occasion.

[The Chaddening]

I manage my wife's OnlyFans account. It's important to support women entrepreneurs!

[billnchristy]

Maintenance manager at a corrugated plastic pipe manufacturer

[fiveohwblow]

Originally Posted by Soul_Glo

I was medically discharged as a CO a few years ago. I work as a consultant for the VA but taking a year out and plan to return to AZ in 2021.

We shall welcome you back with (warm) open arms

[hubbahubba]

I was in construction management most of my adult life. Wifey and I opened a restaurant almost 6 years ago, and on December 28 we will be opening a virtual kitchen of a different concept. Actually at least 5 concepts... Virtual kitchens have no dine in, only pick up and delivery through delivery apps, so low overhead. Doing this we can put as many concepts on apps as we wish, and keep only 4-6 employees for all. 5 year goal- fine tune 1 kitchen, then replicate throughout the Western US.

[strohw]

Originally Posted by hubbahubba

I was in construction management most of my adult life. Wifey and I opened a restaurant almost 6 years ago, and on December 28 we will be opening a virtual kitchen of a different concept. Actually at least 5 concepts... Virtual kitchens have no dine in, only pick up and delivery through delivery apps, so low overhead. Doing this we can put as many concepts on apps as we wish, and keep only 4-6 employees for all. 5 year goal- fine tune 1 kitchen, then replicate throughout the Western US.

These were presented during one of our meetings a few months ago. It's interesting as you can have 20+ kitchens with 1 pickup store front operating out of the same building. They also implied that the person at the front desk isn't even directly employed by any of the kitchens.

[hubbahubba]

Originally Posted by strohw

These were presented during one of our meetings a few months ago. It's interesting as you can have 20+ kitchens with 1 pickup store front operating out of the same building. They also implied that the person at the front desk isn't even directly employed by any of the kitchens.

Yes it is a cool concept. Instead of tying up hundreds of thousands of dollars in TI's, we are opening for basically the cost of kitchen equipment. The space we are in has 34 other similar kitchens in it, roughly a 20'x10' space. There is a processing hub where delivery drivers go to pick up. We basically make the meals when ordered, press done to alert the processing center, and set the packaged meals on a shelf outside our kitchen for a runner to come pick up. It's really pretty slick.