What does everyone do for a living?

[J._Bricker]

Retired LEO

[NYWayfarer]

I am an operations manager for a special needs trust.

 

To sum it up simply: Developmentally, physically and mentally disabled individuals that inherit, receive or need to shelter money, join one of my companies trusts so they don’t lose everything over their looming medical bills. 

 

The trust allows them to stay in the community until their demise. No one wants to see their loved one in a nursing home. The trusts allow them to avoid that.

 

My job is to manage the crew that helps them pay their bills and make the money in the trust last as long as possible.

[BigAngus752]

13 minutes ago, NYWayfarer said:

I am an operations manager for a special needs trust.

 

To sum it up simply: Developmentally, physically and mentally disabled individuals that inherit, receive or need to shelter money, join one of my companies trusts so they don’t lose everything over their looming medical bills. 

 

The trust allows them to stay in the community until their demise. No one wants to see their loved one in a nursing home. The trusts allow them to avoid that.

 

My job is to manage the crew that helps them pay their bills and make the money in the trust last as long as possible.

Well done, sir.  God bless you and yours.  

[NYWayfarer]

15 hours ago, BigAngus752 said:

Well done, sir.  God bless you and yours.  

Thanks my friend.

 

It is truly rewarding work. I feel like I really help people at the end of the day. Prior to my 15 years at this job I spent 15 years working at a bank in back office operations. What a soul sucking occupation that was. The best thing that happened to me was getting laid off after 9/11 from my downtown Manhattan job. I moved to an area I love and found this job as well.

[Luke Barnes]

1 hour ago, NYWayfarer said:

Thanks my friend.

 

It is truly rewarding work. I feel like I really help people at the end of the day. Prior to my 15 years at this job I spent 15 years working at a bank in back office operations. What a soul sucking occupation that was. The best thing that happen to me was getting laid off after 9/11 from my downtown Manhattan job. I moved to an area I love and found this job as well.

Where in upstate do you live now?

[BBuck]

Active duty military, USAF. Enlisted with 14 years in so far. It has gone by fast!

[HenryPF]

20 hours ago, J Francho said:

Zip Drive, bro.

 

Zip drives, I can't afford those, only SyQuest 44mb drives for me!

 

I am really good at explaining what I do in layman terms.

 

1 server = 1 person in car.

A car(server) has an engine (CPU), seats (HDD space) and uses roads (networking)

You drive around in your car and use it 10% of the time, other 90% sits around doing nothing

 

1 bus = 40 people

The bus drives 40 people around and takes them where they want to go. This takes less energy, costs less than 40 cars.

 

I am the bus driver. I take 40 servers (cars), combine them all into one computer (bus) and every server shares it's resources of that one computer.

 

HCI  - I am the bus fleet manager also. Not only do I drive the bus, I have multiple buses hauling  around people and have a whole garage full of buses so if one breaks, another pulls up 30 seconds later.

 

Not only do I drive the bus, manage the fleet, I can design a fleet of buses that suit your needs from 2 people all the way to 1000 using the least amount of money, energy and resources.

 

I also own the roads. I can make sure that certain people never see traffic and get to where they want without any delay. I can also let someone else car drive on my road without effecting my buses.

 

To sum up, I manage 400+ bus fleets all over the world, hauling around 30,000 people and I allow over 500,000 other drivers on my roads. VMware is just the name of the company I use just like GreyHound.

 

[NYWayfarer]

14 hours ago, Luke Barnes said:

Where in upstate do you live now?

About an hour drive north of the Albany capital region.

[Luke Barnes]

On 5/15/2021 at 11:23 AM, NYWayfarer said:

About an hour drive north of the Albany capital region.

Cool. I was born and raised upstate in a small town called Hancock. 45 minutes east of Binghamton on the PA border.

[Teal]

Professional tap dancing monkey at a ply wood mill.  Ex law man of 10 years

[Way2slow]

Teal, want to post a cool video.  Put one on of your plant turning a tree for the veneer down to a fence post in no time.  GP had a plant in Savanah I serviced some of their equipment and that process amazed me.

[Nibbles]

⌨️?

 

These days working within a cybersecurity dept of a huge corporation

 

In the past implementation domains have spanned across ecommerce, marketing/sales, precision ag, HVAC, live sporting event data processing, and banking

 

I may or may not have undiagnosed ADD...

[shimmy]

What a great idea for a thread. Really neat to see several jobs where even in the job description, I still don't have the intelligence to understand what the job entails.

 

I went to school for a million years and got my doctorates in clinical psychology. Been working in a prison for 6 years. Not dull to say the least. Do private practice and contract work on the side.

[J Francho]

Dr. Shimmy - I like it.

[InfantryMP]

I am a Program Manager in HR. More specifically, I manage Veteran Recruiting Programs for multiple clients who want to start or innovate their respective Veteran Recruiting programs. 

 

After I spent 12 years in the Army, and some time as an Army Recruiter and Station Commander, it really became a passion to help Veterans secure meaningful employment. I get to work from home 100%, so there are a lot of days working on the water!

[Russ E]

I worked in the automotive industry as a controls engineer for 30 years.  I was able to retire 5 years ago at the age of 53.  I get together with my former coworkers occasionally. Beyond that I do not miss the stress of that job.

for the last 5 years I have been spending most of the time taking care of my handicapped wife and fishing every chance I get. Life is pretty good.

[DaubsNU1]

I was a Resident Advisor in college...led to a Hall Director gig after graduation. Stayed in higher education earning a Master's degree and supported the now ex-wife as she finished undergrad, and got in to medical school.

 

We moved around a little, I did two years as a computer consultant / trainer...then back to higher education where I served as director of campus activities, student union, student development, chief judicial officer and and then a housing director. 

 

In 2005 had the opportunity to move our family back to home (Nebraska), and we decided I would be a stay-at-home-dad to our two young daughters. That lasted 4 years...divorced the doctor wife, and she gave me custody of the kiddos, I got the house in addition to child support and alimony. I got back in to higher education 12 years ago. 

 

I'm now the Director of Undergraduate Academic Advising at a small, private, not-for-profit University here in Nebraska. Good gig with great people and fantastic leadership!

 

I also run a side business as a photographer (www.daubertphotography<dot>com), that helps feed the fishing habit : ) 

[Randy Price]

I've been in the environmental remediation field for over 30 years now.  Not the booming business it once was.  Only 56 but already looking forward to retirement.

[Luke Barnes]

1 hour ago, InfantryMP said:

I am a Program Manager in HR. More specifically, I manage Veteran Recruiting Programs for multiple clients who want to start or innovate their respective Veteran Recruiting programs. 

 

After I spent 12 years in the Army, and some time as an Army Recruiter and Station Commander, it really became a passion to help Veterans secure meaningful employment. I get to work from home 100%, so there are a lot of days working on the water!

That's awesome. Im a vet too and the veterans employment services are a huge help. I wish I could do something for a living helping my brothers! May you catch many big fish! Hooah!

[Dwight Hottle]

1 hour ago, J Francho said:

Dr. Shimmy - I like it.

 

Took the words right outta my mouth. 

[Luke Barnes]

1 hour ago, DaubsNU1 said:

I was a Resident Advisor in college...led to a Hall Director gig after graduation. Stayed in higher education earning a Master's degree and supported the now ex-wife as she finished undergrad, and got in to medical school.

 

We moved around a little, I did two years as a computer consultant / trainer...then back to higher education where I served as director of campus activities, student union, student development, chief judicial officer and and then a housing director. 

 

In 2005 had the opportunity to move our family back to home (Nebraska), and we decided I would be a stay-at-home-dad to our two young daughters. That lasted 4 years...divorced the doctor wife, and she gave me custody of the kiddos, I got the house in addition to child support and alimony. I got back in to higher education 12 years ago. 

 

I'm now the Director of Undergraduate Academic Advising at a small, private, not-for-profit University here in Nebraska. Good gig with great people and fantastic leadership!

 

I also run a side business as a photographer (www.daubertphotography<dot>com), that helps feed the fishing habit : ) 

Man you've had an interesting go of it. I have never settled into an actual career but the stories of the past 17 years I could tell....

[DaubsNU1]

2 hours ago, Luke Barnes said:

Man you've had an interesting go of it. I have never settled into an actual career but the stories of the past 17 years I could tell....

 

Interesting, yep! Some of my most interesting...

 

Had an active shooter in my Residence Hall on college campus...turned out to be a drunk college student with a BB gun, but we didn't know that at the time. This was in the 90's...campus police, city police, and state troopers were called. I had the master key, and had to open the door to his room...not going to lie...thought there might be gunshots

 

Had a fire in our Residence Hall...in the trash chute. Minimal damage, and no injuries, thank GOD!

 

Got to meet Dave Chappell, Jim Lovel, Alan Page (Minnesota Vikings Dlineman), Whitey Herzog, when they performed on our campus. 

 

Lots of drunk people, fights, sneaking girls in to rooms after hours. 

 

No suicides in my buildings...rare for anyone working University Housing for any amount of time.  

 

Those are the ones I'm remembering today...Been at this since 1989...

[Luke Barnes]

13 minutes ago, DaubsNU1 said:

 

Interesting, yep! Some of my most interesting...

 

Had an active shooter in my Residence Hall on college campus...turned out to be a drunk college student with a BB gun, but we didn't know that at the time. This was in the 90's...campus police, city police, and state troopers were called. I had the master key, and had to open the door to his room...not going to lie...thought there might be gunshots

 

Had a fire in our Residence Hall...in the trash chute. Minimal damage, and no injuries, thank GOD!

 

Got to meet Dave Chappell, Jim Lovel, Alan Page (Minnesota Vikings Dlineman), Whitey Herzog, when they performed on our campus. 

 

Lots of drunk people, fights, sneaking girls in to rooms after hours. 

 

No suicides in my buildings...rare for anyone working University Housing for any amount of time.  

 

Those are the ones I'm remembering today...Been at this since 1989...

If you did a podcast about your time doing that, i would listen to it!

[Hewhospeaksmuchbull]

14 hours ago, shimmy said:

Do private practice

We gots to talk, so far two out of five psychiatrist say there is nothing wrong with me. The other three, I think are out to get me.

[MN Fisher]

1 hour ago, Hewhospeaksmuchbull said:

We gots to talk, so far two out of five psychiatrist say there is nothing wrong with me.

So you're 40% sane - sounds about right.