 |
|
12-14-2009, 02:26 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Edmonton
Posts: 8,144
|
|
What's your profession?
I'm bored...can ya tell? 
I'm a little curious about what everybody on the board does for a living.
Once upon a time and many moons ago I was a computer programmer/analyst. That game got real old real fast, and for those of you who know me, I'm not a suit and tie kinda guy...and that's the kind of job I was doing.
These days (and until further notice) I'm a siding installer. I'm a sub-contractor, so technically I'm self employed though I've been taking my jobs from one particular company for almost a year now. Great job in the summer, but it kinda blows in the winter since it's somewhat weather dependent. Also reasonably flexible so I can ditch work from time to time to go fishing or whatever else I want to do 
So what do you guys do? 
__________________
Jay: Mostly harmless... 
Time, it makes you old. Experience makes you wise. It's only a fool who judges life by what he sees in other peoples' eyes.
- Strung Out
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams
|
12-14-2009, 02:36 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Edmonton
Posts: 8,144
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Albertadiver
|
Oops! Those threads were before my time, and honestly I didn't even think to do a search 
edit: hope I don't catch too much crap for this one
__________________
Jay: Mostly harmless...
Time, it makes you old. Experience makes you wise. It's only a fool who judges life by what he sees in other peoples' eyes.
- Strung Out
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams
|
12-14-2009, 02:39 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 10,202
|
|
Who cares if there's been other threads.... It's a slow day on the forum anyhow.
Seems with the crappy economy people have moved around a lot anyway.
|
12-14-2009, 02:41 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Edmonton
Posts: 8,144
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Albertadiver
Who cares if there's been other threads.... It's a slow day on the forum anyhow.
Seems with the crappy economy people have moved around a lot anyway.
|
You never know...some people take the forum thing a little more seriously than they should.
I just like to keep the conversation current
__________________
Jay: Mostly harmless...
Time, it makes you old. Experience makes you wise. It's only a fool who judges life by what he sees in other peoples' eyes.
- Strung Out
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams
|
12-14-2009, 02:33 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Calgary
Posts: 875
|
|
I am currently a lady of leisure  Quit my job managing a fitness center in April, and been sitting on my butt ever since. I went up the the Northwest Territories until a couple months ago, and am about to start a new office job in January, here in Calgary. Things up North didn't pan out the way I'd hoped, so going to work down here for now and hopefully start up a company with the hubby by next winter. We want to start our own company to maintain the winter roads. We discussed it, and it seems like something we'd both love...he enjoys working outdoors and I plan to fish out of the holes he drills...win win if you ask me.
__________________
Nothing makes a fish bigger than almost being caught.
Bring on the hard water!! 
|
12-14-2009, 02:41 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Alberta
Posts: 2,159
|
|
NAIT lifer myself. I look after our Avionics/electronics department. Test equipment, simulators, computer network, lab setups, radio stuff, etc. Pretty cool job.
|
12-14-2009, 02:59 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Grande prairie
Posts: 358
|
|
i would think lots of us work in the patch, thats why we sit here on our computers on a monday, or at least thats why im here!! 
|
12-14-2009, 03:08 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 484
|
|
I’m a construction cost consultant. I get to be on site about 20% of the time and get to see lost of different projects from deep services to high-rise condos. Keeps things interesting at the least.
|
12-14-2009, 03:13 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Alberta
Posts: 24,070
|
|
28 years in fire fighting/rescue as volunteer, 22 years Collection Agency Manager, now Owner, Machine Shop Owner/manager, just got off 8 years on the road, Sales Rep.
__________________
Only dead fish go with the flow. The rest use their brains in life.
Originally Posted by Twisted Canuck
I wasn't thinking far enough ahead for an outcome, I was ranting. By definition, a rant doesn't imply much forethought..... 
|
12-14-2009, 03:14 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: May 2007
Location: South Central AB
Posts: 1,215
|
|
electrician when there's work...
__________________
|
09-26-2011, 04:37 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: High River AB
Posts: 849
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mish
I am currently a lady of leisure Quit my job managing a fitness center in April, and been sitting on my butt ever since. I went up the the Northwest Territories until a couple months ago, and am about to start a new office job in January, here in Calgary. Things up North didn't pan out the way I'd hoped, so going to work down here for now and hopefully start up a company with the hubby by next winter. We want to start our own company to maintain the winter roads. We discussed it, and it seems like something we'd both love...he enjoys working outdoors and I plan to fish out of the holes he drills...win win if you ask me. |
Sounds almost like me !! Summer was awesome and now gotta look for work. I wanna buy a campground with me and hubby ... So good luck and go for it!
|
09-27-2011, 12:18 AM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: calgary
Posts: 188
|
|
started my own meat shop and resturant, as of july 1 2011, before that was a butcher for 8 years. when i go to work it gets bloody....
|
09-27-2011, 02:37 AM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: AB
Posts: 3,350
|
|
Heckler at the oilers game.
|
12-14-2009, 08:08 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: St Albert
Posts: 210
|
|
Industrial Safety Advisor
__________________
"We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm." - Winston Churchill
|
12-14-2009, 08:12 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Red Deer, AB
Posts: 63
|
|
I teach basic safety courses, First Aid, ATV, etc... But most of the time I'm doing Chainsaw courses for both the oilfield and forestry.
|
12-14-2009, 08:42 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Claresholm
Posts: 742
|
|
Over The Road Transportation Engineer (Trucker) 
Truck4.jpg
Truck2.jpg
__________________
"Sadly, when human beings are let loose with computers and internet access, their work product does not necessarily compare favourably to… monkeys with typewriters." Justice Fergus O'Donnell 
|
12-15-2009, 07:53 AM
|
|
|
Partner in a Private Security company out of Dallas. Want to sell my share and take over the family construction business though. Sick of traveling!
|
12-15-2009, 07:55 AM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Rainbow lake
Posts: 1,109
|
|
I'm a field operator for cenovus energy(used to be encana)
__________________
|
12-15-2009, 09:27 PM
|
|
Banned
|
|
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Rimbey
Posts: 5,908
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by timba
I'm a field operator for cenovus energy(used to be encana)
|
currently drilling for Cenovus at Foster Creek
|
12-15-2009, 09:39 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Stony Plain, Alberta
Posts: 1,170
|
|
Machinist/pond scum for 12 years. Currently employed at SMS Equiptment for now, until my boss hears about my latest *^%& up!!
__________________
"Send lawyers, guns and money, the *hit has hit the fan" W.Z.
"She took all my money, she wrecked my new car, now she's with one of my good time buddies, and they're drinkin' in some cross town bar"!
|
12-15-2009, 09:50 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Medicine Hat
Posts: 4,282
|
|
Currently an employed??? truck driver in the patch, haul frac fluids...but haven't turned a wheel in the last 2 months...bein doing this for 15years ..
use to run a 100 hd. cattle ranch back in the day .... but global warming got me.. and before mad cow got the rest...
But still haven't decided what I want to be when I grow up.... 
might go do the ice roads in the new year
|
12-16-2009, 03:15 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Rainbow lake
Posts: 1,109
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by sheepguide
currently drilling for Cenovus at Foster Creek
|
are they doing many holes?Nothing is being done around here.
timba
__________________
|
12-16-2009, 04:47 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 654
|
|
Im a lawyer. looks like the only one so far.
|
12-16-2009, 06:33 PM
|
|
Banned
|
|
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Rimbey
Posts: 5,908
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by timba
are they doing many holes?Nothing is being done around here.
timba
|
ya we just moved ensign 126 onto a 18 hole pad(4 months) and they have another pad almost finished for us. Ensign 20 is finishing a small pad then doing a bunch of wedge wells and re drills. In Jan. ensign 112 is supposed to fire up at Cenovus Christina lake for a new pad and then they say possibley akita 29 after that some time.
SG
|
12-15-2009, 09:44 AM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 1
|
|
New to the forum
I'm sorry to see that there aren't as many teachers out there as I thought. Everyone figures we have a tonne of time to waste...x-mas break...summer...etc.
The thing that sucks about being a teacher is that we don't get hunting season off 
I only get out a few times a year, so I have to make the best of it...two WT and an elk (bro-inlaws) in 3 years isn't a bad average when I can only get out half a dozen times a year.
|
12-15-2009, 10:19 AM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Near Drayton valley
Posts: 515
|
|
Started out hard army to grow up. Once I realized I wasn't gonna became a firefighter for the last 18 years. It was either that or cop and my brother who is older than me and a cop told me once " everybody is happy to see you show up, not so many are happy to see me". 
Also shift work gives you lots of time off for outdoor pursuits,especially during the weekdays when most are working.
Salty
|
12-15-2009, 10:29 AM
|
 |
Moderator
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: A bit North o' Center...
Posts: 11,238
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach E
I'm sorry to see that there aren't as many teachers out there as I thought.
|
Meh, a lot of us are married to 'em. We can sort of relate...
|
12-15-2009, 10:36 AM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Uh, guess? :)
Posts: 26,739
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Stinky Buffalo
Meh, a lot of us are married to 'em. We can sort of relate... |
Ditto
|
12-15-2009, 10:45 AM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: May 2007
Location: West Central Alberta
Posts: 6,673
|
|
Forester here. Been a rewarding career.
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -6. The time now is 11:23 PM.
|
Hybrid Mode
