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Tom W. said:
Be an electrician for the last 31 years.I have a company with 40 of the world best electric guys:cool:!Doing tin soldiers since 1972,when my father/St.Claus brings me self pouring Prince August moulds.Some years later getting my first flats from Neckel (Light Dragoons 1815 and Chevaulegers de la ligne 1813) and Ochel (Greek warmachines 400 BC.).In 1982 my first round figure I bought from Tradition/London was a Grenadier de la garde 1809 in 54mm,(costs 16,00 DM!).
20 years ago I lay my hands on the first Pegasos and since that days my GA is the biggest on earth,I think:facepalm:.Next week I will be 50 and I have to paint the next 128 years to reach the end of the line!!!!!!!!!!!
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There's still time!
 
I started out building cars, welding, panel setting and the like, worked for rover/mg and rolls royce. Then for BMW as an ultrasound technician, which was basically 5 years of inventive skiving. Nowadays you can find me quietly glazing ophthalmic lenses (I make specs), whilst thinking about paint. And varnish. And more paint.
 
Been a printer since I left school....apart from a 3 year break to work as a 'vac-former' in the plastics industry......
This is where I am these days....
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A long walk! :whistle:

Ron
 
I have dedicated my life to finding the perfect job that pays well for not doing very much at all. Naturally I started my quest in the military before dabbling a little bit in IT and now I drive about and drink tea in other people's houses all day whilst always keeping one eye on the clock for knock off time (occasionally I fix telephone lines, or install broadband in between cups of tea).

My aim is to stop working at 55 (at least full time), 10 years to go. As you can probably guess, I absolutely detest working for a living but, unfortunately, it is a necessary evil if you want enough coinage to do the things you really want to do.
 
I could tell you all about my sensitive work for specialist departments.......
But I'm getting fed up cleaning way dna and hiding all the bodies of those that know my secrets.

With love

'The Black Shadow.

Oops...... spoiler sorry to dissapoint, my family would rather i dealt drugs....I chase overdue debt.

Paul
 
This is a very interesting thread, a brilliant idea!
I am doing almost my dream job. Seriously.
I am a professional model maker. I run a small in-house team of model makers for a big firm of architects in London. Not Fosters or Richard Rogers but we are a similar sized firm and we build similar sized office towers. My team and I make all the study models at small scales like 1-1000 or 1-500 and detail models at scales like 1-50. We have a workshop, spray booth and 2 laser cutters and 4 3D printers(baby ones). We have been using 3D printing for the last 15 years or so - it's great for buildings but only now is it becoming refined enough to satisfy the hobby market. All our information is provided via CAD and we use it all the time for the laser cutters and in generating our own photo-etched components(we send that out of house).
There is a down-side to having your hobby as your job in that you can't just drop everything and watch TV when you hit a wall, and we often have to work very extended hours or even through the night to meet a deadline. And although it is quite rewarding it can also be very stressful, especially when you have to deal with design changes but the deadline doesn't change. It proves the saying 'be careful what you wish for' !
I don't get very much time for my own stuff, although I was recently asked to sculpt a 1-10 scale model of our client ,which meant that I could sculpt on work time! Its quite a good likeness but I haven't dared show him yet........





Before I started this job I even got paid for sculpting-which is my true dream job. I made some of the originals for character bubble bath bottles in the late eighties and early nineties, - I found the concentration required very difficult,sculpting for 8 hours a day really gave me headaches, which I NEVER get otherwise. So that was even more a case of 'be careful what you wish for'
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I love this forum, it's very inspiring.
keep it up guys
cheers
Neil
 
I'm a geophysicist; my job title is Geophysical Advisor..........last week it was Advising Geophysicist; We have restructured as we've just laid off about 20% of the workforce. Simply by reversing the words of my job title my workload has increased by 50%. Magic!

Been at it 27 years, 20 with my current company, and being in the Oil Exploration industry hanging on by a thread.
 
RobH said:
I'm a geophysicist; my job title is Geophysical Advisor..........last week it was Advising Geophysicist; We have restructured as we've just laid off about 20% of the workforce. Simply by reversing the words of my job title my workload has increased by 50%. Magic!

Been at it 27 years, 20 with my current company, and being in the Oil Exploration industry hanging on by a thread.
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Err, What was that after 'I am'. ? :eek:

Mark.
 
I work in IT (information technology), too. I have been working as a testing/quality assurance analyst for the last 9 years, but that's probably going to come to an end. Our project managers don't like it when you find a lot of bugs in their product. They have to explain to the CEO why. So the head of the development group, of which our team is a member, broke us up at the end of 2013, and he's finishing that work as of the end of this year. I'm looking more seriously now to find a QA position with another organization.

I was a banker before that, for a small community bank in SE PA. I trained the new branch personnel. But when my boss left, things went sour, and I followed a friend to an IT company and learned things from the ground up.

Before that, the first job I held out of school was as a bill collector, calling debtors and dunning them to pay their credit card bills. That was interesting, with colorful characters both on the other end of the phone and among my fellow workers, but for a dopey kid from the 'burbs, it got to be too distasteful and after a year, I had saved enough to enroll in grad school. But then I realized that I was in school just to be in school, and decided it was time to get out and get a job, and landed in the bank.

But as Doctor Evil might say, the details of my job "are inconsequential." The job has always been something I did, to pay the bills and to be able to pursue my hobbies. I never knew what I wanted to do when I grew up, and I still don't.

Prost!
Brad
 
There is a down-side to having your hobby as your job in that you can't just drop everything and watch TV when you hit a wall, and we often have to work very extended hours or even through the night to meet a deadline. And although it is quite rewarding it can also be very stressful, especially when you have to deal with design changes but the deadline doesn't change. It proves the saying 'be careful what you wish for' !
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Did a diorama for a museum once and it took all the fun out of it. Still think I could have done it a bit better but deadlines......come first.
 
Played professional baseball four years......worked in the printing field while sculpting in various mediums.....exhibited U.S and Canada..........Started, maintained and operated screen printing business with wife of 41 yrs.....for 23yrs........Now retired with geezer status......and four year member of PF..and painting miniatures is what keeps me going until I find something else.....Hah:).........I've answered all the questions...and STILL remain a ????
 

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