We are all road geeks and have a great community here, but what do we all do during the week? Feel free to get as personal or unpersonal as you'd like?
I do PR.
I'm a graduate student at the University of Arizona, going into Land Use/Transportation Planning. I'm working as a graveyard bellman/valet/concierge for now to make ends meet and am actively seeking a better GIS/Planning related job.
I am a web-developer and photographer for Xavier University in Cincinnati. I also travel extensively for photographs - abandoned and historic properties and landscapes are my specialty.
I work in customer service for a medical supply company. I do go school part-time at night, majoring in medical billing & coding.
College student in Computer Science, looking for a job as a programmer.
Chiropractor
I work in software development. I currently manage functional testers, test automation engineers, and technical writers for a software company that makes integrated marketing management software.
Retired computer architect
I work for NASA as a project manager/civil engineer.
I'm an engineer working in game development, audio specifically.
I also run a company on the side developing and licensing IP related to speech.
Previously I wrote music and did sound design for film/tv/radio.
Environmental engineer.
I am a public sector purchasing agent developing and awarding contracts for maintenance trades and vehicle maintenance totaling $375 million.
I work for a private traffic consultancy, mainly aiding lower governments with traffic issues to be solved / surveyed.
I'm not sure how it works in the United States, but in the Netherlands traffic engineering is not monopolized by departments of transportation. In fact, most traffic studies and environmental impact assessments are executed by external consultancies.
Quote from: Chris on February 15, 2011, 05:58:31 PMI'm not sure how it works in the United States, but in the Netherlands traffic engineering is not monopolized by departments of transportation. In fact, most traffic studies and environmental impact assessments are executed by external consultancies.
It is basically the same, but it is closer to the truth to say that in Europe traffic studies etc. are monopolized by the external consultancies--there is very little in-house capacity in most European agencies compared to their American peers.
I'm a staff engineer/field engineer for Con Edison's Commercial and Industrial Energy Efficiency Program - though, technically, I work for Lockheed Martin (which is contracted to run the program), not Con Edison. Through this program, customers can get rebates for upgrading their equipment to be more efficient in its use of electricity or gas. My job is to determine how big a rebate they get and calculate how much energy they'll be saving, as well as to perform site inspections and review paperwork so I can catch people trying to play games (and believe me, in New York, boy do people try to play games).
I do software development, technical support and troubleshooting for a corporation that provides software solutions for banks and government entities.
I am currently a senior in high school, planning to major in Political Science next fall. Then I hope to pursue a Masters in Public Policy, and then a PhD in Political Economy/Government.
For now, I'm a cashier at Target...
Wow, a lot of tech geeks and engineers here!
Quote from: Chris on February 15, 2011, 05:58:31 PM
I work for a private traffic consultancy, mainly aiding lower governments with traffic issues to be solved / surveyed.
I'm not sure how it works in the United States, but in the Netherlands traffic engineering is not monopolized by departments of transportation. In fact, most traffic studies and environmental impact assessments are executed by external consultancies.
Varies state by state. New Jersey is close to your experience - very little done in house. New York, not so much. I'm a (apparently one of the only) highway engineer, which I picked up as a career thanks to MTR.
I'm a lawyer.
On the road, I sometimes identify myself as a "free-lance highway photographer." People give me strange looks when I do that, but at least they don't throw stuff at me.
I'm a slot attendant at an Indian casino. Most of my day is fixing the machines and helping the customers out. When people hit jackpots, I prepare the tax forms and count the money out to the winner.
It's lots of fun!
My official title is Planner I, but I work in my county's GIS/mapping section.
I am a PeopleSoft Functional Analyst for the State of Oklahoma. I am in charge of the State's Accounts Receivable, Billing, and back up the AP person.
electrical engineer.
I'm a driver traveling around 70,000 miles a year. I've been doing this for over 10 years. A few more years will take me past a million miles :cool:
Quote from: Truvelo on February 16, 2011, 10:58:52 AM
I'm a driver traveling around 70,000 miles a year. I've been doing this for over 10 years. A few more years will take me past a million miles :cool:
sweet feces, you drive more than I do :-o I'm at about 577000 miles. Last year I think I did 68K.
My, that is a lot of miles for both of you!
I'm somewhere between management and not management at a vending company. Gives me a good bit of driving, but nothing like you lot up there ^^
I'm an indentured servant graduate student who works in an atomic physics lab.
computer engineer / embedded software engineer
I work with severely developmentally disabled adults in a large facility for the day job, and the second job has me working with two somewhat higher-functioning brothers
I work in recreation and leisure services. (Mind you, I suck at playing sports, but am very knowledgeable of them.) :-D
Be well,
Bryant
I'm a traffic engineer working for Dutch DOT Rijkswaterstaat.
I, too, am an engineer...of a different kind. :cool: I work for a shortline railroad. I am a DSLE (Designated Supervisor of Locomotive Engineers), locomotive engineer, a conductor, a brakeman, a station clerk, and a dispatcher. Just depends on where they need me that day. :spin:
College student as a civil engineering & history double major. Plans are showing that because of situations out of my control (financial aid limits) that I can only probably pursue the history major. I graduate from the county college in Fall 2012/Spring 2013, but where i'm going after: undetermined. Currently, I am looking to get a job in NJ Transit somewhere. Rail conductor, something desk job, etc.
I am a professional traffic engineer in the central New Jersey office of a major consulting firm.
I am a CPA that works in the tax department of a small office in a regional NE Ohio CPA firm.