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Oct 21, 2011 at 8:34 am #1793400
IT. But I'm not a geek, I just play one at work.
Oct 21, 2011 at 8:40 am #1793404My degree is in Nuclear Engineering. Spent some time in the Navy on subs. Worked in maintenance and engineering for a while, but have been HR & Environmental Mgr the last 10 years.
Oct 21, 2011 at 9:03 am #1793410Retired clinical lab scientist/IT analyst for lab software, still working as musician (bassoonist in symphony/opera/ballet orchestras).
Oct 21, 2011 at 10:10 am #1793435My dad is an electrical engineer. He does some UL stuff, including some pretty cool MYOG.
I try to go lightweight, but I'm not quite as into UL yet… I'm a lawyer. Speculate about our relative intelligence as you will. ;)
Oct 21, 2011 at 10:11 am #1793436Mechanical Engineer by education though haven't done much engineering in years.
Oct 21, 2011 at 10:29 am #1793442You guys are all nerds. Well, except for Tony of course.
Oct 21, 2011 at 10:48 am #1793452Dan Durston,
I hope my question was not inappropriate. I really enjoyed your search for a Sierra trip thread and was impressed with your wife's hike to the summit of Whitney based on what you told us about here previous hiking experience.
You sound like a wonderful couple. I suspected that you were up there without her.
Oct 21, 2011 at 10:55 am #1793456"Often engineers and accountants do not interact a lot with people at work versus the amount of time they spend on their immediate tasks. "
So you know how to tell if an engineer is an extravert? They look at the OTHER person's
feet when talking to them.Sorry, son and son in law of engineers.
Oct 21, 2011 at 11:07 am #1793461I sue people who injure my clients in one of about as may ways as you can imagine. My undergrad degree was mechanical engineering, though, does that count?
Oct 21, 2011 at 11:28 am #1793466Lead teacher at an outdoor therepeutic program for at-risk youth.
Oct 21, 2011 at 12:30 pm #1793485Violinist. M.M. in performance and pedagogy. I have a private studio of students I teach and perform in various gigs. I also work in the family lawn sprinkler business.
(Alas, I think I have a suppressed engineer inside me though)
Oct 21, 2011 at 3:35 pm #1793549Retired high school teacher.
(environmental studies, psychology and history) Semi-geek.Currently ski patroller in winter, backpacker all other seasons.
Oct 21, 2011 at 4:14 pm #1793568AnonymousInactive"Basically my goal in life at this moment is to scrape another 5 grand together and take another long walk."
It's called the Peter Pan Syndrome, usually incurable, although getting married has been known to reduce it to a manageable, but chronic, affliction.
May you never grow up.
Oct 21, 2011 at 4:27 pm #1793573AnonymousInactiveWorked in performance analysis/tuning of large scale IBM data base/data communications systems, mostly as a consultant.
Education was in Middle East studies. Go figure.
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Oct 21, 2011 at 6:10 pm #1793602I am the Customer Service Dept. manager at a mortgage company. Also includes the mail room, file room, imaging, and special projects. I have to wear a lot of different hats which is good because it helps to keep me from getting bored. For example, I just got through coordinating the mailing of 40,000 letters to our customers letting them know the unintended consequences of the Dodd Frank Act.
Ryan
Oct 21, 2011 at 6:33 pm #1793610Retired paralegal.
A few years ago in a thread here people started including their Myers/Briggs scores. A lot of them were INTJ's. I'm an ISTJ, a/k/a an uncreative nerd.
Oct 21, 2011 at 6:57 pm #1793616Clinical Pharmacist here.
There has to be a few more healthcare related professions around surely? I would have thought some physiotherapists and doctors for sure
Oct 21, 2011 at 8:24 pm #1793634Just a paramedic.
Oct 22, 2011 at 2:15 am #1793674work for a bags manufacturer as salesman in China.
Oct 22, 2011 at 6:47 am #179369980GHz Collision Avoidance/Adaptive Cruise Control test engineer.
Oct 22, 2011 at 7:07 am #1793703After a long career as a public health dentist, with heavy training in dental forensics, I'm now essentially retired. Once in a while my CU dental school department chair asks me to work on their mobile clinic and teach students how to provide proper dentistry for uninsured children in remote settings. I also volunteer with a Federal disaster medical assistance team (e.g., hurricane relief). But mostly, I sit at my computer and trade stocks, keep tabs on the BPL forums, check e-mail, and bend titanium rods for the Zia grills. Then there's the important business of providing unsolicited advice to newbie backpackers shopping at the local REI for their first canister stove.
Oct 22, 2011 at 7:24 am #1793704Academic veterinarian (critical care medicine)
Oct 22, 2011 at 7:50 am #1793710I work 4 10hour days a week getting cussed out, called every name you can think of, having stuff thrown at me, guns and knives pulled on me, avoiding wasp nests and dog dung, running from pit bulls and every other useless dog, getting lied to , hearing peoples problems in life, all while disconnecting about 50 people per day's electricity because of their negligence to pay their electric bill for two months. I've been doing this for seven years, so I'm sure you can see why I enjoy gettting out into the wilderness away from society( I call it "escaping to reality"). I worked as a lineman previously, but I decided to bid on my current job because I didn't enjoy sitting down for supper, laying my head on the pillow, enjoying Thanksgiving dinner, enjoying my family at Chrismas etc etc and my phone ringing to call me back to work.
My wife and I are now working towards being as self sustained as possbible and opening a deer processing business to work 4 months out of the year.
Oct 22, 2011 at 7:57 am #1793713Software developer, writing software for medical research, sometimes clinical use
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