I'm just interested in what everybody here does day to day.. You know.. when you're not building pedals.. :P
I'm gonna make a guess that not many of us are actually formally trained electrical engineers..? Could be very wrong though.
I'm a uni student, studying commerce/accounting.
I'm a technician in radiotherapy, giving Xray treatments in a french hospital (BTW I'm sometimes able to get few electronic components, wires, and plexiglas at work, and I have a drill press available for my free time ;D )
At home I'm a father of one 8 month baby how always interrupt me when I'm soldering ;)
I'm a Bio-medical eng. by trade, but I am a Clinical applications specialist for a major medical company.
One thing I haven't seen offered when de-gooping pedals is anyone in the field who offers to x-ray pedals for PC board traces. They show up nicely if you use the right technique. :)
NVBS
Although MBP is my full-time gig now, I've had lots of other jobs. I worked in a college counseling center, I was a manager at a bookstore, a fundraiser at a non-profit AIDS organization, a computer technician, a graphic designer, and as an accounting type person at another university. The bookstore job was the best of them...I made a lot of friends and had lots of fun.
I'm able to Xray pcbs at work but I have no boutique pedal to degoop at home...
Quote from: madbean on April 07, 2011, 12:02:29 PMa graphic designer
Well that explains the amazing looking pdfs!
I hope I can look back in future and be stoked on my past jobs.. i dont really want to be an accountant forever..
Quote from: petesz on April 07, 2011, 12:17:42 PM
Quote from: madbean on April 07, 2011, 12:02:29 PMa graphic designer
Well that explains the amazing looking pdfs!
I hope I can look back in future and be stoked on my past jobs.. i dont really want to be an accountant forever..
At a certain point, I realized that I was never going to be happy working for anyone. My last regular job was the only time I had real difficulty adjusting to being supervised. It was just too much drama and politics and I was never able to play that game. I eventually got so depressed about it I stopped showing up and later resigned. The next day, I was in the madbeanpedals business!
Not to derail things, but if anyone here has ever thought about going into business for themselves, I can honestly say you will never look back after taking the plunge. As long as you are committed and keep yourself focused and in good spirits you will succeed!
Golf Course Superintendent. It's a little different than caddyshack...it is really ;)
I work at my church doing video and graphic design stuff.
I'm a National Account Manager for an very small (9 full time employees, 2 part time) Audiovisual company in Nashville. We do corporate events, so I plan all the the A/V needs based on the event's agenda on the front end, and travel onsite and manage it during the event. We also set up offices for our clients at each meeting, so a lot of printing networks, routers, all that stuff. It's a great job. I get to travel all around at no expense to me, stay in nice hotels, and meet/work with a lot of awesome people.
If you ever need any kind of A/V needs for any size meeting/conference your company is doing, please let me know!
Ian
I'm a student at Los Angeles Trade Community College studying for a degree as an EE. After this semester I will have an assosciates and then probably transfer to a California State University to finish up for my bachelor degree. This semester we are studying for(and extremely encouraged to take) the FCC exam. Now that is some crazy stuff.
Not employed but I've found a way of making something buying and selling on craiglist with my buddy. We've come up on some crazy deals.
Free time....playing with my big muff!!! ;D
Electrical engineering student at university of Toronto. I specialize in power systems and communications.
This summer I'll likely work with a small archeology firm.
University student in Alberta, music teacher and weekend warrior gigger. I went to MI and got my performance degree in guitar and now im finishing my bachelors degree in music. So I basically go to school and teach during the week and rock the F#(& out of casinos on the weekend hahaha.
Graduate Student in EE. I also build and modify pedals at a very slow rate on the side for fun.
Hi. I have enjoyed reading these posts.
I am trained as a clinical pharmacist. I went back to college in my late 20's when I realized I wasn't going to be a rock star. After graduating and some post-doc training, I worked as an Assistant Professor at a pharmacy college. About 5 years ago, I was lured to the "dark side." I now work for a biotech pharmaceutical company as a Regional Medical Liaison. I travel around and talk to docs, give educational presentations, and support clinical trial sites. It's great because I work from home often. When I'm on the road I get to visit lots of music stores and hunt for used pedals to mod.
That's what I do. Thanks!
graduate student in physics at William & Mary. i work with ultracold atoms that are cooled with lasers and evaporation and NOT actually refrigerated as some people initially think.
university student at Appalachian State--majoring in recording and production. Hoping to get out in the next year...let me know if you guys know of any good studios around the country to intern at.
Quote from: madbean on April 07, 2011, 01:07:40 PM
Quote from: petesz on April 07, 2011, 12:17:42 PM
Quote from: madbean on April 07, 2011, 12:02:29 PMa graphic designer
Well that explains the amazing looking pdfs!
I hope I can look back in future and be stoked on my past jobs.. i dont really want to be an accountant forever..
Not to derail things, but if anyone here has ever thought about going into business for themselves, I can honestly say you will never look back after taking the plunge. As long as you are committed and keep yourself focused and in good spirits you will succeed!
Starting a business is the only thing i KNOW that i want to do in my career.. just not sure what in yet..
Also as for work, im a Sports Team Photographer and also work at the local Farmers Markets :)
Starting next year ill be a full time accountant at a big four firm.
My job title is a senior technical specialist. Gotta love big corps with their job titles. What I actually do is AIX system builds/upgrades/migrations/etc. Kinda specialised and limited when it comes to doing the same job elsewhere... I wouldn't mind getting out of IT and doing something else. But they pay me well and I've been here too long for that to be an option. Redundancy might be on the horizon though, so that might give me other options.
What I actually enjoy doing is playing with racing and sports cars. I would love to get paid for that!
I have worked for United Parcel Service for the last 28 years. Currently in the role of a Business Analyst. Not very exciting but it has provided for my family. I also have three boys and a wife that keep me quite busy. I play for the worship team at Southeast Christian Church here in Louisville as well as another group called 4th Watch.
I'm a worship pastor and session musician in central Florida. I've also done audio recording/engineering/production, graphic design, photography, guitar repair, vocal/instrumental coaching, etc. Now I can add pedal building to the list!
I am associate of media, technology, and publications at my church. I also free lance a little bit as a studio/live musician.
Quote from: gtr2 on April 07, 2011, 01:49:17 PM
Golf Course Superintendent. It's a little different than caddyshack...it is really ;)
I sill want to picture it as like Caddyshack. Without really knowing you it puts you in an interesting light.
I work in a library. I have since childhood always liked libraries, but I am not a librarian.
Libraries rule. My first job as a teenager was in the Bethesda Public Library.
Quote from: madbean on April 10, 2011, 09:23:10 AM
Libraries rule.
Oh I agree. Although I don't care to work for others, I feel very positive about the fact that libraries are great assets and resources for the communities that have them. I have worked for the Carnegie Library system of Pittsburgh for the last 10 years. I currently work for the library of the blind branch. I personally make use of the libraries holdings for books, CDs and DVDs on a constant weekly basis. I am real concerned of the trend to cut funding to libraries all the while cutting funding to education.
spent 4 years in the Army, 82nd Airborne Division. Now I'm a full time student going for my bachelor's in Business, and I'm also in the Army Reserves.
Right now I'm a stay at home dad.
Plus I build pedals.
Jacob
Quote from: jkokura on April 10, 2011, 06:57:06 PM
Plus I build pedals.
Jacob
Cool pedals to boot ;)
I'm a TV News Photographer/Cameraman... very much employed cause I live in a bit of a disaster zone at the moment ::)
Quote from: mjcyates on April 10, 2011, 12:43:42 AM
I play for the worship team at Southeast Christian Church here in Louisville as well as another group called 4th Watch.
I went to a missions conference at Southeat a few years ago. That is a BIG church. Must be great to play on that worship team.
Started out in the record biz in the DC area, left after it became apparent that I wasn't phony enough. I have been in IT (name it, I've done it) for the last 20 years. Just got laid off and I don't want to go back. I do an inordinate amount of volunteering with school and local theater, teach local kids guitar and am currently looking to get into teaching. And I have made some actual working pedals!
QuoteI went to a missions conference at Southeat a few years ago. That is a BIG church. Must be great to play on that worship team.
Yes it is quite large. I really enjoy being a part of it.
I am a Senior Supply Chain Technologist ( although I come from an IT background ) for a 2 billion $ Tire Retail company. Mostly I do a LOT of data analysis in Excel.
Other than being a computer geek I play golf, guitar, and enjoy tinkering around with amps and pedal builds. I have zero training or experience in electronics and just feel lucky that I have not electrocuted myself yet. ;D
I'm a professional tattoo artist of 20 years. before that I was an Industrial designer in the plastics industry. I own a tattoo shop in Massachusetts, and do ocassional guest appearances at a shop In Osaka, Japan.
I test technology products. Consumer electronics, PC peripherals, software, hardware, embedded devices. Currently testing pure software products. I did a stint for a few years doing home recording product testing - mostly audio quality and "special" projects that the DJ's in the home office didn't know what to do with.
Hey, I actually was a chef about 20 years ago, moved around in germany to get some nice jobs (40 seats restaurant with first-class dinners to 40.000 meals daily with an airline caterer - which was a quite shocking experience sometimes...I still refuse to eat scrambled eggs on an airplane :P ), managed a small hotel with my wife, went to some seafood-store and fell in love with the product. I was manager for a local wholesaler --> of course: seafood-department! and now I´m working for a food distributor as a consultant for hospitals, hotels, retirement homes, and all other customers, who wants to sell / offer fresh fish / all kinds of seafood but have a lot of doubts on how to do it.
regards
Haha... Small Fish. Now I get it.
Jacob
Quote from: Nuno_VanBamsteen on April 07, 2011, 11:10:10 AM
I'm a Bio-medical eng. by trade, but I am a Clinical applications specialist for a major medical company.
One thing I haven't seen offered when de-gooping pedals is anyone in the field who offers to x-ray pedals for PC board traces. They show up nicely if you use the right technique. :)
NVBS
Sounds like both our jobs are closely related. I work for a company that tests and evaluates the medical equipment before it can be approved by the FDA.
Quote from: jcuempire on April 11, 2011, 04:02:13 AM
Started out in the record biz in the DC area, left after it became apparent that I wasn't phony enough. I have been in IT (name it, I've done it) for the last 20 years. Just got laid off and I don't want to go back. I do an inordinate amount of volunteering with school and local theater, teach local kids guitar and am currently looking to get into teaching. And I have made some actual working pedals!
Hey, I'm from D.C.! NW represent :)
Quote from: madbean on April 13, 2011, 12:46:08 AM
Hey, I'm from D.C.! NW represent :)
Very cool. I worked for Kemp Mill Records, if you remember them. Many years ago, though.
I sell blinds, shutters, awnings and screens.
My main gig is playing drums I used to do a bunch of projects but now my main gig has pretty much taken over. It was extremely terrifying to depend on a gig for your income because you only really know the next 3 months but lately it's been extremely steady and busy. The past two years I did about 150 gigs and this year it will easily be over 200.
In my freetime I build pedals and do little guitar work. Before I did drums fulltime I worked in the grocery retail business for a decade. I still do some weird freelance vendor work around the holidays.
I am an industrial plant designer. I design piping and equipment layouts for chemical plants, oil refineries, and food and beverage facilities.
This is awesome!! Such a wide variety of professionals...love it! ;D
I'm an electrical engineer working for a government contractor company as en electronics engineer. I write TPS (test program sets) for an automatic test equipment used by the Navy to test avionic parts. I also lead the music at our youth services at church and teach Bible studies on Sundays. Love it!
-Kaleb
Quote from: jkokura on April 12, 2011, 11:19:34 PM
Haha... Small Fish. Now I get it.
Jacob
Yep, anuzzer riddle solved ;D
I'm not really anything right now. Just finished med school, but awaiting graduation. Not really a doctor, not really a student. Haha