Jasent Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 For those of us that are not smithing for a living, what do you do to pay the bills? I'm a Hardscaper for the last 12 years doing mostly retaining walls and patios Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Major gifts fundraiser for a private liberal arts college and conservatory of music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeroclick Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 I'm an IT technician. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoggy Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 I'm a trainee Gentleman of Liesure, I quallify fully come November 2018. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Smoggy, an English friend of mine once had occasion to fill out a census form with the occupation "Gentleman" (by which he meant "son of a British Army officer, currently unemployed"). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Auto body/ collision repair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammerMonkey Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 I'm a Hardscaper for the last 12 years doing mostly retaining walls and patios Beautiful work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasent Posted October 4, 2017 Author Share Posted October 4, 2017 Beautiful work! Thank you ,What's your day job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammerMonkey Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Currently: Flight line Airworthiness inspector, AMT-I, Preflight & Delivery - At a large commercial airplane company near Seattle. Spring 2018: Going to retire and spend my winters on the beach in Puerto Vallarta, enjoying many icy cold beers and grilled shrimp tacos... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genesaika Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Currently I'm a flooring installer. We lay all sorts of floors in all sorts of places. Not where I want to be, but it sort of pays the bills. I'm going through college for software development, even though I've been doing it as a hobby for 11 years. Everyone wants you to have a degree now a days, sigh. Prior to installing floors I was a heavy equipment mechanic specializing in big cranes, to include the three biggest operating in the gulf of Mexico. I did metal fabrication for temporary replacement parts and additional attachments on all of the equipment we worked on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotshoein4 (Mark) Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Crippled up farrier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Validation Engineer at a computer factory in Mexico; working on the big rack mount systems. I write shell scripts to test they get built correctly, (all 1000 disk drives are the correct model and at the correct firmware revision, all the cables go from the correct A to the correct B, DIMMS are in the correct slots, etc.) Prior to that about 25 years working with major research organizations: NRAO and Bell Labs; so basically an old UNIX guy; bearded, balding and I'd be wearing suspenders save that I have to go through security so often at the plant...Hitting things with hammers after work is VERY therapeutic! (Double BS degrees: Geology and CIS) genesaika: persevere! I was hired into Bell Labs with my Geology degree and then told to get one in a field they actually wanted and spent the next 10 years working more than full time, dealing with a 100 year old house, a young family and taking classes; (and having undiagnosed diabetes---adult onset type 1/LADA/Type 1.5). However, soon after graduating and getting diagnosed, Bell Labs (Lucent) went into it's death spiral and I was out of a job *but* had that shiny degree and over a decade of experience to go with it. Made a huge difference getting my next two jobs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 It was decided I was to crazy to continue working as an auto mechanic in 1990, as $800 a month just does not cut it, I supplement my income as a blacksmith, horse trainer and farrier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Retired... after 29 years on the job as a police officer and happy to be out. Still sometimes I miss the clowns but not the circus. Prior to that a butcher, a baker, a candlestick maker. BTW: Jasent that's some outstanding work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasent Posted October 4, 2017 Author Share Posted October 4, 2017 BTW: Jasent that's some outstanding work Thank you and thank you for your service. It was decided I was to crazy to continue working as an auto mechanic in 1990, as $800 a month just does not cut it, I supplement my income as a blacksmith, horse trainer and farrier. You gotta be a little crazy to work with horses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4elements Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 I build airplanes, airforce tankers and freighters. Shady, looks like we have another thing in common. We should meet up sometime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John in Oly, WA Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Graphic design and website creation/maintenance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stash Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Retired after 37 years in landscaping, the last 23 doing my own design/ install gig. Previous to all that is some lumberjacking and tree climbing. I've slapped down a bunch of pavers in my day, but really focused on stonework. I'm also a certified (certifiable) plant geek. I'm now splitting time in the new house with wife, wood, metal and plants. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Curmudgeon Industrial Electrician Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genesaika Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Thomas, I'm working on that whole perseverance thing, haha. It's always nice to hear stories of people making it in my field. Doesn't really help me much that New Orleans is like a technological wasteland, every few months or so I'll find anything in the tech field and they usually want a full stack developer with absurd experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommie Hockett Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Oilfield... janitor of the oilfield. I do containments for all the liquids. Acid friction reducer oil and whatever else might be there. We also do restraints. Big honking ropes wrapped around iron pipes sk that if anything does go wrong it doesn't swing around and kill a bunch of people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyBiker Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 State Prison Guard, 21yrs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 And your point Is? :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokey07 Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Finally retired after 40 yrs forging. Just moved to O.R from Colo. and trying to get my smaller shop set up so i can do things for me instead of customers.IF i can get away from wifes obsession with plants and gardens, and guess who gets to do all the grunt work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Currently a maintenance mechanic at a commercial bakery. In the past I have owned and operated my own machine and fab shop, automotive lift technician-installed and serviced, tool maker for a dental metals foundry, gunsmith, all around plant maintenance at the Jelly Belly Candy Co., tool maker for a screw machine shop, and yearning to strike off on my own again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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