What's been your favorite job? - Page 3

Dave · 03-11-2009, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Fleck750

The worst paying jobs are the best it seems.

My favorite paid well, oddly enough. It was testing driving prototype cars for the now defunct car company American Motors. We drove them 9 hours per day, stopped for breaks and lunch. Every time we stopped, anything that moved on the vehicle had to be moved ten times. The visors, doors, hood, seats, anything that you can think of that moved! It was funny to see 10 cars pull up, and the drivers jump out and go crazy flapping visors and hoods around.

This is what I test drove.

thats friggin awesome

Archren · 03-11-2009, 09:43 AM

I enjoyed the hell out of working at Cycle Gear.. working in the motorcycle industry is fun. Pay sucked, but it was a job that was flexible to where I could still go to school.

Though I love the Army. I hated it for a while after my first deployment.. but not because the Army itself pissed me off, but certain individuals made life miserable while I was downrange. After I moved on from that, I found I enjoy what I do in the military. I'm sort of a jack of all trades (started out as a paralegal - hated it because of the politics and bureaucracy.. became a transporter and an instructor.. and now am working human resources). I've found the part I like the most is taking care of Soldiers, be it directly or indirectly.

I still entertain the notion of being an Army pilot... but I think Tracy would strangle me if I did that.

Tsunami · 03-11-2009, 02:30 PM

My first job in retail- I loved the cash register!

And working at a personal trainer, even after i had finished my sessions, I would always be hanging out at the gym, either working out, hanging with my coworkers or the other members.

Pretty much all the other jobs i had, i hated.

Particle Man · 03-11-2009, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave

Tank crewmember. i miss it badly.

then you should have worked on your aim a bit....

buzzcutt2 · 03-11-2009, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Yamerhaw

before anybody ask, yes you can drift these in the mud...

It is true...I drove an end-dump for 3 months after high school and before college. I thought it was hilarious when I took an inside line around a corner and absolutely covered the minivan next to me in mud, bonus that the windows were open.

Dave · 03-11-2009, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Particle Man

then you should have worked on your aim a bit....

thats what my girlfriend says, RAWR

dReWpY · 03-12-2009, 01:00 AM

biology tech 1
electro fishing for the entire summer in the heat insects snake infested water of OH

great times to be had

PhiSig1071 · 03-12-2009, 09:22 AM

Favorite Job would have to be working as a divemaster for a liveaboard dive boat. It was a 60' Gaff Rigged Schooner, we sailed from Marathon to Key West and back doing 15 dives in a week. I didn't set foot on land for a week at a time and I wore board shorts and sunglasses all day, every day. Only reason I left was because it's actually a boat that works for the Boy Scouts, and it only runs during the summer. A close second would have to be working for the same place, but as a Captain running a Dusky 256 as a dive boat. Third would be the job I do now, I work for Sea Tow as a Captain and Salvage diver, it's hard work, pays pretty damn good, and it's fun.

The Liveaboard:

The Dive Boat:

The Dusky 256 is a fantastic boat, as long as it's got a Yamaha or Suzuki four-stroke on it.

Sea Tow:

Papa_Complex · 03-12-2009, 09:26 AM

Like many have said, my favourite job is the one that I'm in right now. The best compensated, the best environment, a good variety of tasks, and I'M NOT THE BOSS, so I can sleep at night.

Amorok · 03-12-2009, 02:29 PM

I loved being an aircraft mechanic. I did something I was proud of that was always interesting, I got to travel all over the world, and nobody got hurt directly by what I did. It was a great job, and then they laid me off. I thought the military didn't do that!

03-11-2009, 09:43 AM	#22
Archren Sham WOW Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: ATX Moto: 2007 Ducati 1098 Posts: 2,741	I enjoyed the hell out of working at Cycle Gear.. working in the motorcycle industry is fun. Pay sucked, but it was a job that was flexible to where I could still go to school. Though I love the Army. I hated it for a while after my first deployment.. but not because the Army itself pissed me off, but certain individuals made life miserable while I was downrange. After I moved on from that, I found I enjoy what I do in the military. I'm sort of a jack of all trades (started out as a paralegal - hated it because of the politics and bureaucracy.. became a transporter and an instructor.. and now am working human resources). I've found the part I like the most is taking care of Soldiers, be it directly or indirectly. I still entertain the notion of being an Army pilot... but I think Tracy would strangle me if I did that. __________________ Photography "The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time. It was impossible." - Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." -Dr. Seuss

03-12-2009, 09:22 AM	#28
PhiSig1071 Let go of my ears. Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Jacksonville, FL Moto: '03 GSX-R600, '04 625SMC Posts: 1,394	Favorite Job would have to be working as a divemaster for a liveaboard dive boat. It was a 60' Gaff Rigged Schooner, we sailed from Marathon to Key West and back doing 15 dives in a week. I didn't set foot on land for a week at a time and I wore board shorts and sunglasses all day, every day. Only reason I left was because it's actually a boat that works for the Boy Scouts, and it only runs during the summer. A close second would have to be working for the same place, but as a Captain running a Dusky 256 as a dive boat. Third would be the job I do now, I work for Sea Tow as a Captain and Salvage diver, it's hard work, pays pretty damn good, and it's fun. The Liveaboard: The Dive Boat: The Dusky 256 is a fantastic boat, as long as it's got a Yamaha or Suzuki four-stroke on it. Sea Tow: __________________ Entia non sunt multiplicanda necessitatem

03-12-2009, 09:26 AM	#29
Papa_Complex Nomadic Tribesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brampton, Canada Moto: '09 ER-6n Posts: 11,150	Like many have said, my favourite job is the one that I'm in right now. The best compensated, the best environment, a good variety of tasks, and I'M NOT THE BOSS, so I can sleep at night. __________________ "Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge, "Dorkness Rising" http://www.morallyambiguous.net/

03-12-2009, 02:29 PM	#30
Amorok Issukangitok Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Biloxi, MS Moto: '06 Suzuki Boulevard C50T Posts: 2,225	I loved being an aircraft mechanic. I did something I was proud of that was always interesting, I got to travel all over the world, and nobody got hurt directly by what I did. It was a great job, and then they laid me off. I thought the military didn't do that! __________________ What goes around comes around. Sometimes you get what's coming around, and sometimes you are what's coming around. You see what I mean?

03-11-2009, 02:30 PM	#23
Tsunami Pug Queen Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Las Vegas, NV Moto: DR200, SV650 Posts: 2,486	My first job in retail- I loved the cash register! And working at a personal trainer, even after i had finished my sessions, I would always be hanging out at the gym, either working out, hanging with my coworkers or the other members. Pretty much all the other jobs i had, i hated.