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re: What are some cool jobs no one knows about
Posted on 5/15/23 at 8:19 am to HubbaBubba
Posted on 5/15/23 at 8:19 am to HubbaBubba
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My job is global in scope and I get to work in really interesting aerospace, defense, biomedical, and space exploration projects. I have access to physicists, generals, military and rocket test ranges, night vision labs, all of NASA, drone technologies, robotics for undersea exploration, agriculture and AI applications. There's no "job description" this fits into and I sort of carved out a niche for myself where only a handful of people, even within my own organization, know what I do. Now that I'm retirement age, they are begging me not to fully retire and to stay on and guide training of someone and make the passing of the torch, so to speak, when I'm ready.
It's a hard decision to make about retiring. I hate the corporate bullshite, but otherwise, I love what I get exposed to and consulted on and that I have business relations all across the world, not just in the US.
Like I said, except for corporate bullshite, it's a cool job.
You may very well have all of that. I hope that you do. But you are still no lucky enough to touch my penis. So in the Very long run...I win.
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Posted on 5/15/23 at 8:57 am to AwgustaDawg
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I had a buddy in high school who kept an extension ladder on his truck and would drive around and start cleaning people's gutters. When they came and asked what the hell he was doing he'd say "John asked me to clean the gutters". Of course most of the time they did not know who John was but more often than not paid him $20 to finish the job...sometimes not but more often than not. He could easily make a couple of hundred dollars on a Saturday and that was some serious money for a few hours work in the early 80s.
wtf
Posted on 5/15/23 at 9:16 am to athenslife101
Army Reserve Technian
Posted on 5/15/23 at 9:23 am to athenslife101
Friend of mine was a Headhunter for hospitals for years. They'd call him if they were looking for like a ENT or neurosurgeon and he'd recruit them to said hospital. Seemed like a pretty sweet gig. I think he'd get like 30-50k per recruit.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 9:24 am to Armymann50
Not obscure, but friend's son is a RN on one of the nicer cruise ships... Gets paid well, free travel, room/board and bangs milfs and recent divorcees...
Posted on 5/15/23 at 9:45 am to Animal
quote:Actually, in a way, we own your mind, so, when you touch your own penis, we know it already, thusly, we win. We just let you think you won. It's easier this way.
You may very well have all of that. I hope that you do. But you are still no lucky enough to touch my penis. So in the Very long run...I win.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 10:20 am to Dragula
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, but friend's son is a RN on one of the nicer cruise ships... Gets paid well, free travel, room/board and bangs milfs and recent divorcees...
Cruise ship work is fantastic for a young, single person.
My friend who is a Shore ex exec travels the world free and does all kinds of neat stuff.
I wouldn't trade my work location for any other. Its like vacationing. The union crew makes $40/hour plus and work maybe two hours a day. They're spoiled.
This post was edited on 5/15/23 at 10:24 am
Posted on 5/15/23 at 10:38 am to deltaland
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they go around and shoot cormorants
I was in college before I learned the proper name for this particular water fowl.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 11:22 am to athenslife101
Elevator Inspector...not a really difficult job to do, and there is a deficit of them, so their pay has skyrocketed in recent years.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 11:30 am to madmaxvol
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Elevator Inspector
It has its ups and downs
Posted on 5/15/23 at 11:32 am to madmaxvol
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Elevator Inspector...
Its a racket, a protected market. Those guys do very well.
In Alaska you can't touch an elevator without a certified person there. If someone is stuck in an elevator and there's no inspector in town, technically you can't free them until one arrives.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 12:17 pm to Shanegolang
Bet your hands are soft as a Preachers.
There's nothing more awesome than the sound of a chainsaw ripping through a tree, the subsequent fell, and then peaceful silence.
There's nothing more awesome than the sound of a chainsaw ripping through a tree, the subsequent fell, and then peaceful silence.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 12:18 pm to athenslife101
I know a guy who works in defense contracts in the Huntsville/Redstone area. He makes over $250k a year developing and flying decoy drones and UAVs that are to be shot down. It is a very niche market because he maintains separation from the U.S. military intelligence and studies tactics from all over the globe (North Korea, Russia, Iran, etc). He specializes in getting targeted by prototype technologies like kinetic energy weapons (no warhead), lasers, electromagnetic, etc.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 12:56 pm to athenslife101
if no one knows about the jobs then there is no way anyone can answer this
Posted on 5/15/23 at 1:33 pm to Geekboy
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I used to drive and deliver cars for a car rental company..
First time I saw this movie I was 7, sometimes when I used to check into hotels I used Jim Halsey or John Ryder as the name.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 1:44 pm to AutoYes_Clown
quote:I work with Redstone and three other companies in Huntsville working on anti-drone technologies. Likely, I know your friend.
I know a guy who works in defense contracts in the Huntsville/Redstone area. He makes over $250k a year developing and flying decoy drones and UAVs that are to be shot down. It is a very niche market because he maintains separation from the U.S. military intelligence and studies tactics from all over the globe (North Korea, Russia, Iran, etc). He specializes in getting targeted by prototype technologies like kinetic energy weapons (no warhead), lasers, electromagnetic, etc.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 1:53 pm to HubbaBubba
I know a pair of brothers that didnt come back to oilfield. They now haul boats up and down the east coast. We are talking some big boats and require experts. They started small in 2015 and on their time off would take trips hauling together. Slowly built up the bigger yachts. Now the work maybe 20 weeks a year and make millions
Posted on 5/15/23 at 1:53 pm to Basura Blanco
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I was in college before I learned the proper name for this particular water fowl.
ISWYDT
Posted on 5/15/23 at 2:05 pm to Nado Jenkins83
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the bigger yachts
don't go by land, baw
Posted on 5/15/23 at 2:13 pm to 777Tiger
Some of those HCBY’s could be considered “yachts” hence the name. They aren’t built near the coast and definitely get towed.
Whoever it is that got in with Billy Freeman early stays busy hauling those boats from the factory.
Whoever it is that got in with Billy Freeman early stays busy hauling those boats from the factory.
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