What did/do you want to do for a living/career?

[jacob1]

I was a professional bull rider for many years, it was my job. I traveled all around the country and have been to 48 states and Canada. I have broken a lot of bones and have had several surgeries. I got as high as number 2 in the nation. Now I run a 30,000 acre cattle ranch. I'm thinking my next job will be retirement.

 

[Nate]

I was a professional bull rider for many years, it was my job. I traveled all around the country and have been to 48 states and Canada. I have broken a lot of bones and have had several surgeries. I got as high as number 2 in the nation. Now I run a 30,000 acre cattle ranch. I'm thinking my next job will be retirement.

That is a great story!!! I bet you have stories to tell. I hope our paths meet one day as I would love to hear some of them. Very cool!

 

[jacob1]

That is a great story!!! I bet you have stories to tell. I hope our paths meet one day as I would love to hear some of them. Very cool!

Haha.. Yeah . I've got some story's. Most of which should not be told in the company of children or most importantly my wife!!! Lots of good times for sure. I got to go to college on a scholarship so that was nice! I also had a few sponsors along the way. However I'm paying for it now, my body is pretty beat up.

 

[majBC]

It's definitely between:

A double naught spy

A fry cook

or possibly

A brain surgeon

 

[Nate]

Haha.. Yeah . I've got some story's. Most of which should not be told in the company of children or most importantly my wife!!! Lots of good times for sure. I got to go to college on a scholarship so that was nice! I also had a few sponsors along the way. However I'm paying for it now, my body is pretty beat up.

There was a guy in college that rode on the weekends and one day came back after being stepped on after falling off the bull. I have never seen a bruise so black and blue in my entire life, even today. He was a crazy SOB...but then I guess you have to be on order to get up on that bull.

 

[JF]

Until last year it was politician.

Then pilot.

Now aerospace and mech engineering, which I'm already going to school for at 16yo.


Slicing for show and chunking for dough, because I spend too much time Tapatalking from my iPad.

 

[WessCook]

I'm a Mechanic in the Coast Guard. I always told myself that I wouldn't follow my dads career and be a mechanic, but it happened. I have 12 years left and then I plan on getting into the golf industry, either teaching or fitting/ building.

 

[sleuth]

Project Manager for a fortune 500 company, managing projects for our client base which consists of other fortune 500 companies. Definitely not something I thought I'd be doing, nor do I enjoy it. Though it is extremely flexible and provides me with the ability to work anywhere and adjust my work hours as needed.

What do I want to do? Spend all day/everyday with my daughter. I guess my current job helps a little bit with that.

 

[subvet]

I was a young kid in the 60s when the space race was going full tilt, I dreamed of being a test pilot and astronaut. I love science but suck at math..I just have a mental block for advanced mathematics so it's pretty much ruled out any kind of engineering work for me. I have always had a fascination for submarines as long as I can remember so I went into the Navy right out of high school. It had it's goods and bads but I'd do it again if given the chance. I learned alot in the military around nuclear power, weapons systems, and instrumentation and control systems. It's interesting stuff and I was good at what I did, but I realized I didn't want to spend my life fixing broken things, but that I was very good a managing people and things. Out of the military after 6 years, I found myself doing contract work installing and servicing capitol equipment in the healthcare industry...totally by accident. But it's an interesting field and after I was hired-on by a major equipment OEM, I suddenly had some opportunities to branch out. I gained an in-depth understanding of how to budget, plan, and manage major capitol improvement projects for hospitals. I was heavily exposed to architecture and engineering in the construction industry and am glad now I never pursued that path. I am a certified Project Management Professional now, but my current job is that of an Operations Manager within my company. I primarily manage service suppliers to support all the new equipment we sell but alot of what I do is centered around designing new processees and optimizing existing processes. I like the strategic, but am also really, really good at the tactical. I have been at this for 30 years now and would like to work about another 5-6 years and then retire from this and take on lower-stress job in a healthcare related industry...maybe a pharmacy, or X-ray tech. I'm not too concerned about the pay since I'll be in a life situation where I just need to pay my taxes and have some money coming in for home maintenance, insurance, etc... I'm currently investigating training and certifications.