What do YOU do all day?

[Steveo48]

Ahhh, my dream job (at least it was in 1968 anyway) but it's still a great gig because I get to play with kids all day.  Sure beats the hell out of my HR days! ;D

I'm changing jobs, again, to teach Gateway to Technology, the middle school version of Project Lead the Way.  PLTW is a great program, hands on problem solving with math and science to encourage kids to consider a career in engineering (or other related fields.)  Unfortunately for me, it's not wood shop, but again, it's not 1968 either.

Anyway, the pics below were taken in December by our yearbook staff.  I keep asking who the heck is that fat, grey haired guy in the pics.  ;D  I've been damn lucky to have had the chance to do the things I have done in my life, like teaching these kids. 

Steve

 

[robtonya]

Looks great Steve. I just sleep all day, but I am up all night.

 

[Bob Swenson]

Some one has to watch the Moon  :

I drink to the setting Sun  ;D

 

[jonny round boy]

Ahhh, my dream job (at least it was in 1968 anyway) but it's still a great gig because I get to play with kids all day.  Sure beats the hell out of my HR days! ;D

I'm changing jobs, again, to teach Gateway to Technology, the middle school version of Project Lead the Way.  PLTW is a great program, hands on problem solving with math and science to encourage kids to consider a career in engineering (or other related fields.)  Unfortunately for me, it's not wood shop, but again, it's not 1968 either.

Anyway, the pics below were taken in December by our yearbook staff.  I keep asking who the heck is that fat, grey haired guy in the pics.  ;D  I've been damn lucky to have had the chance to do the things I have done in my life, like teaching these kids. 

Steve

That's one HECK of a shirt!!!

No, not the one on the fat, old grey-haired guy, the other one! ;D ;D ;D

 

[robtonya]

Some one has to watch the Moon  :

I drink to the setting Sun  ;D

That sounds great, wish I could, but then I would be showing up for work drunk.

 

[Steveo48]

That's one HECK of a shirt!!!

No, not the one on the fat, old grey-haired guy, the other one! ;D ;D ;D

The old grey haired guy prefers cheap, dark clothes that hide stains well.    I wear the same pair of black jeans to school, they get washed once a week.  I do so much prep before school starts you'd never know if they were clean or not!

These kids are fanatics about keeping everything looking new, right down to their shoes.

I think the label on the kids shirt is Coogie (not a mispelling).  They do make some colorful stuff.

Steve

 

[semenza]

The old grey haired guy prefers cheap, dark clothes that hide stains well.    I wear the same pair of black jeans to school, they get washed once a week.  I do so much prep before school starts you'd never know if they were clean or not!

These kids are fanatics about keeping everything looking new, right down to their shoes.

I think the label on the kids shirt is Coogie (not a mispelling).  They do make some colorful stuff.

Steve

    Hi,

        I wear camouflage pants for most of my work.  The older US desert pattern, multi tone tan with approx 1"  white flecks scattered in . They hide finish and paint stains very well.

Seth

 

[semenza]

Hi,

      Woodworking is my business and I work at my home shop.  As well as take care of my property, house, etc.  I also do quite a bit at my parents property and house maintaining  things.  And am on the forum during breaks. 

Seth

 

[b_m_hart]

I spend my days talking to people about how to set up and upgrade their data centers.  I love the technology, but not the sales side of things.  I'm primarily a project manager by training, but the startup life means wearing a lot of different hats.

 

[robtonya]

Well here in case someone doesn't know yet.
http://www.toyota.com/tundra/

I paint the interior (like the door openings) of these trucks. The area where a robot couldn't reach. Kinda like when you paint your house, you don't try to force the roller in the corner, you have a smaller brush with less paint on it to blend it in.

 

[Eli]

Most people know, but I'm a grip. And now that I've moved to Australia, I have a bit more time to be a Chippy. I aspire to a light schedule of high paying comm'l restaurant and bar shopfitting work combined with a bit of furniture making. In my spare time from being a father of course.  :

Two boys aged three and one, and my wife fractured her elbow playing netball two weeks ago. Shorter working hours lately.  ;D

 

[Daviddubya]

During my working career I managed Information Technology groups, developing and maintaining business systems for the various companies that employed me.  My last "real" job was IT Director for a large, local food distributor.  I quit the corporate world in 1989 and became my own boss, doing recruiting (headhunting) specializing in Information Technology folks.  When the technology market crashed a few years back, I retired to a part-time woodworking "business".  I have a home shop in the Phoenix area and do some cabinet work, building and installing mostly storage systems - furniture grade shelving, closets, utility rooms, garages, etc.  I also do some cabinetry repairs.  I work with a handyman friend on remodeling projects as well.  And I ride my bicycle with a friend three times a week.  During the summer months I build decks in our cabin community near Flagstaff.  I like to play in the forest on my ATV, and walk a lot with my dog.

 

[dltflt]

During the day I design road maintenance equipment.  I also do trouble shooting over the phone and in the shop.  My other duties are creating and maintain the parts manuals for each piece of equipment I design.  In the evenings I baby sit my 10 month old grand daughter.  I also have three dogs that love to play in the evenings when I get home.  That usually leaves me Saturday to get out in the shop.

 

[Scott W.]

During my working career I managed Information Technology groups, developing and maintaining business systems for the various companies that employed me.  My last "real" job was IT Director for a large, local food distributor.  I quit the corporate world in 1989 and became my own boss, doing recruiting (headhunting) specializing in Information Technology folks.  ..............

So you are the guy that used to call me three times a week...  ;D ;D ;D

Scott W.

 

[mhch]

I've been lucky enough to spend my career in a new born industry. well not even an industry
during the first 10-15 years of it, now called EDA (Electronic Design Automation), those
folks who develop the software used to design silicon chips, software used by Intel, IBM,
HP, Toshiba and others ... The funny aspect here is that by definition, this software
has to run on the previous computer generation than the one it helps to build and
that there are new technical problems popping up given the never ending growing
complexity of those chips and of the manufacturing technology.

Anyway, woodworking has always been something I wanted to do, so when I retired,
I took the plunge, bought Festool, and I'm now practicing, but I still write some
code to help friends of mine who founded a small startup.

 

[TahoeTwoBears]

Well, in my previous life I was a firefighter (Fire Chief) here in South Lake Tahoe. Now retired, it seems that I spend much of my time working around the house and going fly fishing. Nope, that's just the pipe dream. Lately, my time is being spent 500 miles south taking care of my parents. It's payback time and I'm happy that I have the opportunity to help them in any way that I can. It's thrown our lives into a bit of an upside down mode, but as they say........

Life is what happens, while you're busy planning for the future.

Hopefully our future includes a new home, library, and shop (not necessarily in that order). I think that I've got it in me to build one last house. We talk about it all the time. It's a pleasant diversion to what's taking place at the moment. The issue of course is WHERE to build. I spend much of my time asking people how they wound up in the location they're planted in. Lots of interesting answers.

Mike

 

[ColoradoCop]

I spend my day trying to turn mostly young men and women into police officers. I try to get them to understand they have to run into situations and circumstances that most everyone else is trying to run away from. I retired from a police dept after 23 years and have been running a police academy for the last 8 years. I like to train others to do what I'm not really capable of doing myself anymore. In my limited spare time I love to build furniture for my home, which contains almost exclusively furniture I have built myself. Festool is an addiction and my doctor (Dr. Timmy C.) prescribes me quite regularly with the needed remedies for my incurable addiction.

Kevin

 

[joraft]

... Lately, my time is being spent 500 miles south taking care of my parents. It's payback time and I'm happy that I have the opportunity to help them in any way that I can. It's thrown our lives into a bit of an upside down mode, but as they say........

Life is what happens, while you're busy planning for the future.

I can identify with your situation, Mike. A few years ago I was forced into an early retirement in order to take care of two elderly members of our family, simply because there was no one else available. Believe me, these two cranky (but lovable) old geezers really keep me hopping. And the fact that they are brothers who don't get along doesn't make it any easier.

Add to that the fact that my wife has a great job (and doesn't plan to retire for many more years) that requires her to put in a of lot hours. So as the "retiree",  I am now in charge at home, which includes all cooking, shopping, cleaning, and yard work. I am busier now than I ever was while I was "working".

I had always envisioned my retirement as a time when I could put in unlimited time in my shop, the place where I can escape from the rest of the world, no matter what's going on. I guess (hope) that some day my time will come.

John

 

[Dan Uhlir]

I'm a Cub's fan I watch alot of baseball.
                                                  Dan

 

[pci]

Hi All,
i'm a project manager in information technology all days but the week-end .
In the evening/late at night i model jigs with sketchup