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Title: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: Chris on February 02, 2009, 08:41:07 AM
Do you have a road-related job?

I work at a traffic engineering office, mostly doing noise surveys, air quality sometimes, design street layouts in AutoCAD and conducting traffic counts for various surveys.
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: ComputerGuy on February 02, 2009, 12:44:15 PM
No job yet...hope to be a WSDOT worker or even a WSDOT secretary by age 40.
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: Bryant5493 on February 02, 2009, 04:19:19 PM
No road-related job, but I try my best to contact the local departments of transportation to keep the highways and byways upkept. Some around my way are very poorly attended to.


Be well,

Bryant
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 02, 2009, 04:34:15 PM
I'm unemployed, so I'm doing the AARoads shield gallery, which hopefully will bring sweet, sweet sign replica sales revenue!
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: deathtopumpkins on February 02, 2009, 07:35:05 PM
I am currently a student, but I am aiming at becoming a Civil Engineer.
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: roadgeek on February 02, 2009, 08:24:15 PM
I work in a supermarket. Wish I were driving....
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: ctsignguy on February 02, 2009, 08:43:49 PM
i do the 2-job tango.....

days i work in a 104-bed facility for the most severely developmentally disaabled adluts (mental ages from 3 years all the way down to 1 month)

Nights i work in a 4 bed home for higher functioning adults....

keeps me hopping!
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: algorerhythms on February 02, 2009, 09:55:42 PM
Quote from: Chris on February 02, 2009, 08:41:07 AM
Do you have a road-related job?

I'll put it this way: I have never edited a Wikipedia article that was in any way related to my job.
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: Darkchylde on February 02, 2009, 10:14:36 PM
No job right now at all, and I honestly don't see myself ending up with any sort of road-related job in the future... unless being on the road all day counts.
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: OracleUsr on February 02, 2009, 10:32:17 PM
DBA (DataBase Administrator) here...I also program in VB and am trying to learn C#.
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: akotchi on February 02, 2009, 11:54:33 PM
I am a professional traffic engineer, working for a consultant in central New Jersey.  I manage all traffic elements on projects, mainly, but most notably (for this site, anyway), I oversee the design of guide signing on many projects.
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: corco on February 03, 2009, 12:32:01 AM
I'm mostly just a student at University of Wyoming majoring in Geography with an emphasis in GIS

Over the summer I work at a 5 star hotel in central Idaho managing the boat dock-  big tips and good money and I get to drive really fast and expensive boats around all day. It's a great gig.
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: rawr apples on February 03, 2009, 12:54:04 AM
I push shopping carts, only for a couple more weeks until I start my cashier training. Then i'll be cashiering :)
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: mapman on February 03, 2009, 01:12:46 AM
Like akotchi, I am also a professional traffic engineer.  Unlike akotchi, I work for a consulting company in the San Francisco Bay Area, performing traffic analyses for new developments (i.e. residential developments, shopping centers, etc.).
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on February 03, 2009, 02:37:33 AM
No road-related job here. I'm not even a professional photographer (well, yet)...I'm a pharmacy technician.
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: Voyager on February 03, 2009, 03:17:52 AM
Full time college student...

Nearly professional photographer.
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: Wikigav on February 03, 2009, 05:37:41 AM



Quote from: roadgeek on February 02, 2009, 08:24:15 PM
I work in a supermarket. Wish I were driving....


Lol, me to, but only about 10 hours a weeks as i am still a student.

Quote from: rawr apples on February 03, 2009, 12:54:04 AM
I push shopping carts, only for a couple more weeks until I start my cashier training. Then i'll be cashiering :)

You have a systems of graduating from trolleys to cahiers? I started right on the cashier with very little training (they were busy), now that was one fun first shift.
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: Chris on February 03, 2009, 07:04:44 AM
I used to be an alllrounder in a major supermarket before my current job :)
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: mc78andrew on February 03, 2009, 10:50:46 AM
I work on wall street...guess everyone hates that now a days.  always been a road geek and always will be.  I prefer ro be driving in places i've never seen.
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: rawr apples on February 03, 2009, 11:04:14 AM


Quote from: rawr apples on February 03, 2009, 12:54:04 AM
I push shopping carts, only for a couple more weeks until I start my cashier training. Then i'll be cashiering :)

You have a systems of graduating from trolleys to cahiers? I started right on the cashier with very little training (they were busy), now that was one fun first shift.
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Well you have to be 18 to cashier where u work, and my 18th was a month ago today, and the next cashier training programme is in the middle of feb.
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: US71 on February 03, 2009, 11:21:29 AM
I am currently self-employed as a travelling Ren-Faire vendor.  :-|
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: mefailenglish on February 04, 2009, 07:27:56 AM
Meteorologist, though I usually tell people "computer programmer" when they ask.
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: djracer201 on February 04, 2009, 01:08:53 PM
Well I guess im in a road-related job - I work for a car dealership - Website Manager there.
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: SSOWorld on February 04, 2009, 08:23:47 PM
Software Engineering - kind of ironic that I'm programming trucks too :-P
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: DrZoidberg on February 06, 2009, 10:49:50 AM
I work as a CFO for a software company.  Not cutting checks for new road construction, unfortunately, but I've always loved roads.
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: US71 on February 06, 2009, 11:02:23 AM
Quote from: mefailenglish on February 04, 2009, 07:27:56 AM
Meteorologist, though I usually tell people "computer programmer" when they ask.

Nothing wrong with being a meteorologist [as long as you can get the forecast right]  :-P
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: ComputerGuy on March 21, 2009, 05:54:44 PM
I'm still in school...I help my mother with her sushi business now and then.
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: Voyager on March 31, 2009, 05:46:37 AM
Photography.
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: RoadWarrior56 on March 31, 2009, 12:34:44 PM
I guess you could say I have a road-related job.  I am a civil enginner with a PE.  I am a project manager and engineer, working in transportation.  Roadway, designer, traffic engineering, traffic studies, etc, at the Atlanta branch office of a consulting engineering firm.  Even some software development.  I was born the same month and in the same year that the interstate system was funded, hence the "56" in my name.  I remember riding on trips as these roadways were being constructed as a child, hence my early interest in this field.
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: mightyace on March 31, 2009, 01:17:35 PM
I do software development for a company that handles government payments including income taxes and some BMVs.  So, I'm indirectly helping finance the roads!  :-D
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: yanksfan6129 on March 31, 2009, 03:06:34 PM
I'm a student.
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: Michael on April 01, 2009, 08:09:23 PM
I'm in college right now.  I always wanted to be a civil engineer, until I found computers at about 10 years old.  Now, I want to work in helpdesk support.
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: mightyace on April 01, 2009, 08:19:07 PM
QuoteI always wanted to be a civil engineer, until I found computers at about 10 years old.  Now, I want to work in helpdesk support.

Maybe you should stick to civil engineering.  It pays much better.
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: deathtopumpkins on April 01, 2009, 09:26:00 PM
Agreed... and that's what I'm studying to be btw.
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: Ian on April 01, 2009, 11:14:42 PM
Still a student: 8th grade  :banghead: Next year its off to high school  :ded:

Can't get a job till im 14 (im 13, so  :D)
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: deathtopumpkins on April 02, 2009, 07:03:08 AM
You can work at 14 I.C.? Odd.
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: ComputerGuy on April 02, 2009, 12:38:08 PM
I can't work here until 15...Washington state law...grr
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: Ian on April 02, 2009, 05:29:53 PM
DTP,  :nod:
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: deathtopumpkins on April 02, 2009, 06:52:02 PM
Hmm... most places here don't hire until you're 16, though I believe you can work at 15 with a work permit.
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: Michael on April 03, 2009, 10:55:24 AM
Quote from: mightyace on April 01, 2009, 08:19:07 PM
QuoteI always wanted to be a civil engineer, until I found computers at about 10 years old.  Now, I want to work in helpdesk support.
Maybe you should stick to civil engineering.  It pays much better.

Really?  How much better?

I also did a GIS internship last summer.  I was digitizing buildings in ArcMap.
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: mightyace on April 03, 2009, 01:03:59 PM
QuoteReally?  How much better?

I also did a GIS internship last summer.  I was digitizing buildings in ArcMap.

Now your actual pay would depend on a lot of things including location.

But, Civil Engineers, I think, start around $40-75K and can go into six figures (after 20 or 30 years experience.)  Help desk support people will usually start at $20-30K and maybe go up to $50K.

Also, most help desk support people do not have or need 4-year college degrees.
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: Scott5114 on April 03, 2009, 03:54:10 PM
I'm in college, but a series of bureaucratic errors and such resulting from me trying to transfer from Missouri State to some college in Oklahoma have resulted in me taking a year off from that.

My boss walked out yesterday, so I got an instant promotion. I'm an assistant manager of a restaurant now. Well...that will at least look better on a resume than a lot of things...
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: HalifaxTravaler on June 29, 2009, 08:09:53 PM
I work at a place in Nova Scotia called AUTOPORT.Basically its a port, where new cars arrive by ship from Europe,we ship cars across Canada on rail.There is also a paint and body dept and a service dept there.I can be doing anything ranging from driving cars out in the yard, sometimes driving ship shuttle when the ships are being offloaded.Mainly, i work in the service dept,doing anything from Wrapping cars(installing that white protection you sometimes seen on new cars)to doing  quality checks on various makes.I spent a few years in the paint shop polishing cars after they were painted also.Will be 20 years for me in Aug.
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: Hellfighter on June 29, 2009, 08:21:10 PM
College student studying to become a mega IT manager
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: Bickendan on June 30, 2009, 02:45:51 PM
Geographer, fresh out of school. Need a job.

Anyone hirign? ;)
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: mightyace on June 30, 2009, 02:54:33 PM
Quote from: Bickendan on June 30, 2009, 02:45:51 PM
Geographer, fresh out of school. Need a job.

Anyone hirign? ;)

I don't know anyone who's "hirign!"  :-D

Some may be hiring though.  :sombrero:

(Make sure you don't do that on your resume, cover letter and applications!)
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: Chris on June 30, 2009, 05:03:24 PM
Quote from: mightyace on June 30, 2009, 02:54:33 PM
(Make sure you don't do that on your resume, cover letter and applications!)

You won't believe how many spelling mistakes and errors I have read in papers from college students... I once saw 6 spelling errors in 4 sentences...  X-(
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: mightyace on June 30, 2009, 05:22:06 PM
Quote from: Chris on June 30, 2009, 05:03:24 PM
Quote from: mightyace on June 30, 2009, 02:54:33 PM
(Make sure you don't do that on your resume, cover letter and applications!)

You won't believe how many spelling mistakes and errors I have read in papers from college students... I once saw 6 spelling errors in 4 sentences...  X-(

I can.  My dad is a retired English professor.  When I was a kid, he read stuff from freshman compositions!  :ded:
Title: Re: What kind of work do you do?
Post by: Bickendan on June 30, 2009, 05:45:03 PM
Quote from: mightyace on June 30, 2009, 02:54:33 PM
Quote from: Bickendan on June 30, 2009, 02:45:51 PM
Geographer, fresh out of school. Need a job.

Anyone hirign? ;)

I don't know anyone who's "hirign!"  :-D

Some may be hiring though.  :sombrero:

(Make sure you don't do that on your resume, cover letter and applications!)
Well, that was brilliant on my part.