C5 Golfer Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 Since I have returned to the working life and am no longer retired I was wondering how many of you really love your job, hate your job or are middle of the road so to speak. I have worked several jobs in Mech Engineering over the years some good and some not so good for various reasons. Often I wished the good times would continue forever or end tomorrow depending on where I was but in retrospect it has given me a sense of what I love to do and hate to do for a paycheck. So how about you and where you are - are you happy or not doing what you do for a living? If retired answer as if you were still working your last job. I gotta tell you by the way - retired life was wonderful and am looking forward to doing it again. ( they made me an offer I couldn't refuse if you are wondering) Anyway, weekday season pass for riding when you want and golfing or fishing during the week is pretty darn nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aisling Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 i'm sure i'll love my job after i get my license.... right now i do drudgery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy D Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 I work so I can carve turns! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Dahl Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 I was there in it! Those are the days I look forward too. The everyday drudgery of "ever since you worked on my car" etc. etc get a little old, but it pays the bills and buys the gear! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike T Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 Software engineer here - my job is satisfying on payday and that's about it. I used to enjoy it but now it's "just a job". However it pays the bills for a family of 3, pays for my quiver (and my wife's) and there's still some left over to sock away for the little one's future, so I keep doing it. I basically work so that I can enjoy the rest of my life as opposed to making work the center of my life... if I could make a decent living doing something that I enjoyed more, I probably would. Let me put it this way - if I were to win the lottery I wouldn't be able to give two weeks notice fast enough. (I only buy a lottery ticket when the pot is so obscenely huge that I would never need to work again if I won it. Then maybe I'd have the time to *really* learn how to ride ;) ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 I am the snowboard trainer at Ski Roundtop, PA in the winter, and a stay at home dad the rest of the year. I have been working on some graduate courses in between. I could not think of better jobs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike T Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 Originally posted by Phil I am the snowboard trainer at Ski Roundtop, PA in the winter, and a stay at home dad the rest of the year. I have been working on some graduate courses in between. I could not think of better jobs! Ah, if I only could be the stay-at-home Dad! Unfortunately betwwen me and my wife, I've stuck to the same career for 10 years and she hasn't which means my income is higher - so she gets to be stay-at-home Mom. Which means our daughter is going to get LOTS of snowplay time in a couple of years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 John I was with you man. "Ever since you changed my oil the breaks/wipers/belts/headlights/whatever squeak". Did that for 14 years. Been in the Fire Dept for 5 years and love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knoch Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 Oh man my job is great, it's only a summer thing because i'm still in college, but i work at a conoe livery, so i get to sit around and launch people in the morning, then pick up the conoes and run the drunken idiots back to their cars in the afternoon. Might sound hard to enjoy, but i don't spend any time in doors, so it's great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tim Tuthill Posted May 6, 2004 Report Share Posted May 6, 2004 Never did work!! Flew jets for 33 years and got paid for it. Flew to HNL for a long time, paid to fly, paid to surf. Can't get any better. Now, at 60 years pluse I get paid to carve and surf. You see, when you hit the big 60 the govment says you are no good any more!! I get the last laugh. This Ret stuff is good.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speed Demon Posted May 6, 2004 Report Share Posted May 6, 2004 Does being a student count as a job? My dream job....Being an Epidemiologist.... ________ Sunset Boulevard Residence 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donek Posted May 6, 2004 Report Share Posted May 6, 2004 Great customers, fun riding, just as much fun building. My job rules. Sean Martin Donek Snowboards Inc. smartin@donek.com http://www.donek.com/ phone:877-53-DONEK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al G Posted May 6, 2004 Report Share Posted May 6, 2004 Surely no-one can beat being Mr Donek! Al G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tim Tuthill Posted May 6, 2004 Report Share Posted May 6, 2004 But, Being indores??? Aggghh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack M Posted May 6, 2004 Report Share Posted May 6, 2004 I had it. Driving a launch for the Boston Yacht Club in beautiful Marblehead Harbor. (launch - think water taxi) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tim Tuthill Posted May 6, 2004 Report Share Posted May 6, 2004 Jack; looks like you could of walked across on the boats in the harbor? Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack M Posted May 6, 2004 Report Share Posted May 6, 2004 Originally posted by Tim Tuthill Jack; looks like you could of walked across on the boats in the harbor? Tim pretty much. I forget the real stats, but it's something crazy like 1000 boats in a square mile. Whatever the number, it's one of the most densely moored harbors anywhere. To get a mooring in the harbor, the wait list is about 15 years long. When a mooring becomes available, chances are good that the previous owner <i>died</i>. I saw some pretty cool stuff there, like the USS Constitution, navy destroyers, Billy Joel's boat, Ringo Starr's, the J boats, hurricanes (if it's a nor'easter, big ocean swells come rolling straight in the mouth of the harbor - lookout!). The ballsiest thing was when this 85' maxi racing sailboat was moored in the middle harbor for the Marblehead to Halifax race - the morning of the race, they raised their sails and maneuvered their way out of the harbor without power. They tacked the beast twice inside the anchorage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tim Tuthill Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 Your stuff is great! But being inside is the worst!! Being paid to fly jets with no sales hustle or closing the deal leaves great piece of mind. Not to mention going 550 mph and looking out the window!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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