| laborlitigator |
| Just wondering. . . thought it would be a kewl topic. Why did you change and how's it working out? |
|
|
| jatharp |
| I changed from doing Auto Body work for 42 years to Retired. building ponds, gardening, n-scale railroad building and keeping my wife happy. |
|
|
| G. COLTON |
From BS in Nuclear Engineering to 23 years as Air Force Officer, to 18 years as retail business owner to retired. All changes worked very well.
G |
|
|
| crmsnidol |
| M.A. in Industrial/Organizational Psych enabled me to get a job at my current company's HR dept for 2 1/2 years. Became disillusioned with the way things "really work" and moved to IT dept. Been there for 10 years and have done web dev, hardware/software troubleshooting, webmaster and now e-mail blast campaign technical manager. Never used a computer until grad school. I should've majored in it. Hindsight is 20/20 I guess. |
|
|
| dvilla |
| A BS in Electrical Engineering, worked as a consultant in the construction business for 15 years and switched to IT 8 years ago. Have been a GW (government worker) for 5 years and I'm loving it --- not much pressure/stress compared to working in the private sector. |
|
|
| loa3 |
| From chemical engineer to retired. Great career choice!! Especially since all you workers are paying our social security. Thank you very much. |
|
|
| G. COLTON |
quote:
Originally posted by loa3
From chemical engineer to retired. Great career choice!! Especially since all you workers are paying our social security. Thank you very much.
Why do you think someone else is paying your social security? If you go back and figure in current day dollars what you put in you will see that you pretty much paid yourself. Over 40 years ago I saw that social security was no bargin to me. If I could have invested what I was giving the government each month I would have had a much better return. However, there was really nothing that I could do about it.
G |
|
|
| phins2rt |
quote:
Originally posted by G. COLTON
However, there was really nothing that I could do about it.
G
And, unfortunately, there still isn't anything we can do about it. |
|
|
| mullysalt |
Well after the war I did a stretch combing the bearded lady's beard at the circus for a few years. The pay wasn't great but I got to see the country.
I left the circus beacuse I was out of a job since the bearded lady had shaved. After watching "I'm Gonna Get You Sucka!" on the way home from the circus I realized my next career choice; PIMP. I absolutely had to have some of those shoes with the goldfish tank between the soles and the shoes, too cool. SO I got me my shoes and turned some hos out and next ting I know I'm pimpin'.
I think it was the Godfather that said."Pimpin' ain't easy."
He was right. After a few years of pimpin' my goldfish shoes were worn out and once again it was time to move on to a different career. |
|
|
| robrecht |
| I went from being a Franciscan monk to medical education and pharmaceutical marketing. Working out pretty well if you ask me (or my wife and two buddy boys). Success is 95% generic smarts and people skills in most fields. No time now, but I still would like to publish parts of my doctoral thesis when I retire ... if I can ever afford to retire! |
|
|
| hondacuraworld |
| BS in accounting, but never could find a decent paying job in the field when I started looking out of college in '95. So, somehow I stayed in the automotive parts biz, which I've been doing since 1988 :) |
|
|
| DaleB |
I am retired and worked 4 years as a bench tech for microwave products after I came out of the Air Force as radar tech.
I can honestly say the 28 years I spent at Lockheed Martin, first as a calibration tech for 7 yrs. and then 21 yrs. as an electrical test engineer were the most rewarding.
I worked on some of the most interesting military and commercial programs around at the time.
Also met some of the most fascinating and intelligent people on the job, including folks from NASA. Those experiences were priceless. We didn't call our workplace a campus because it was a trend.
Now dabble in real estate, mostly investing, and recently took a real estate law course, and getting a notary commission to keep busy.. But spend lots of time simply enjoying my family, home, travel, and retirement. |
|
|
| davemiamiacura |
I worked for a long while in the security field, took a break and worked side by side with the one and only Tim @ hondacuraworld . YES I DID ! then did a tour in security again and now im a sales rep for Miami Acura. not a bad choice , selling cars and workin on my tan daily. Bu i do miss working next to the parts king of the USA........
:2party:
Dave Maimi acura |
|
|
| hondacuraworld |
| Yeah, I miss you too, ya ol' punkin head :D |
|
|
| laborlitigator |
quote:
Originally posted by hondacuraworld
Yeah, I miss you too, ya ol' punkin head :D
:crying: |
|
|
| greatscot |
| Left school in the UK at 15 to play football (soccer to you) "south of the border" in England (back in the day when there was no EPL, only the 4 Divisions) toured the States with Arsenal, liked what I saw, left the UK to live here. MPA in City Management and Organizational Development, worked 18+ years as City Manager in 3 cities, after getting beat up by non-educated elected officials, decided to make my wife's life happier by getting into the private sector. For the past 6 years I've been the HR Director for my current employer, and lovin' it. |
|
|
| Fabvsix |
| Retail management to a licence Pawn Broker in Texas to a 17 year veteran as an IT Staffing Specialist......I can smell snitz a mile away in folks.......I've always sold, now I sell people to people........:1: :1: :1: :1: |
|
|
| m2pc |
Worked 8 years as a EE for Federal DOT. Went into private sector high tech for the last 8 years.
As to how it works out, still not sure.
Gov. Quality of life was much better - as someone else mentioned, stress level is nowhere near the private sector (although there is some). Did some interesting navigation stuff (GPS-Loran) and got to travel around the country.
Private sector- I've worked on IP networking, fiber optics and Broadband wireless. Experienced what being laid off felt like when the bubble burst. And now with three kids, it would be better if I got to spend more time with them. |
|
|
| Dr. Ken |
| Spent 30 years as an engineer for a very large aircraft company in Seattle, retired, then went back because I couldn't stand retirement. Also, I needed the extra dough to get a new MDX. |
|
|
| mdx99 |
From Private to Public life.
MS in structural engineering, worked 23 years in the private sector, out of which, 6 years self employed, just switched to working for state of California.
17 years in private sector, challenging but working for someone else will not get you anywhere.
6 years in my own business, most rewarding, never feel tired, no vacation but spent half of the time entertaining client, best career path!
Started working for the public sector 9 months ago, simply day & night, no comparison, can't get rich but life is stressless and people call you "Sir", not quite getting used to it yet but could be my last career change this time unless there is an opportunity to go on my own business again........ Doctor said my blood pressure is too low now....just kidding!:) |
|
|
|
