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07-09-2004, 02:06 AM
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Joe et al.,
What a neat thread....as diverse a group as I had imagined.
I'm an applied psychologist by training (clinical health psychology)...employed as a university professor (researcher / clinican). I work in a variety of areas including stroke rehabilitation (grossly defined), health promotion (e.g., exercise intervention, wellness), telehealth/e-health/healthcare communications, and geropsychology (broadly defined). I'm from a family of engineers, scientists, and farmers so I'm at home around tools, heavy equipment, all things tech, books, and people
This is a great forum! I have enjoyed it immensely since buying my Shark last year....thanks to all here.
Tim
What a neat thread....as diverse a group as I had imagined.
I'm an applied psychologist by training (clinical health psychology)...employed as a university professor (researcher / clinican). I work in a variety of areas including stroke rehabilitation (grossly defined), health promotion (e.g., exercise intervention, wellness), telehealth/e-health/healthcare communications, and geropsychology (broadly defined). I'm from a family of engineers, scientists, and farmers so I'm at home around tools, heavy equipment, all things tech, books, and people
This is a great forum! I have enjoyed it immensely since buying my Shark last year....thanks to all here.
Tim
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07-09-2004, 02:14 AM
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I graduated as a Chemical Engineer (Good luck Viribus, watch out for the Pre-Meds in O-Chem) and have worked in high tech for 25 years. I am currently in marketing for a telecommunications chip startup in Silicon Valley.
07-09-2004, 02:19 AM
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Marketing communications and web marketing consultant, web designer, entrepreneur, Internet addict, shopaholic, owner of a small online store, hooked on cars since childhood (everything with wheels got my attention), 928-nutcase, 911 rollover crash survivor, dreamer, amateur interior decorator, lacking the looks of a rock star...
07-09-2004, 02:21 AM
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Knight Errant.
Champion of Kings. Slaying dragons , rescuing damsels etc my speciality.
Moonlighting as diving supervisor. Offshore. Away from home and 928 half my life. Hardly any time left to drive the car or slay the odd dragon.
Colin
Champion of Kings. Slaying dragons , rescuing damsels etc my speciality.
Moonlighting as diving supervisor. Offshore. Away from home and 928 half my life. Hardly any time left to drive the car or slay the odd dragon.
Colin
07-09-2004, 02:42 AM
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I'm a mechanical fitter ( I fix locomotives and railcars ) I'm also a 928 new guy( 86euro its l/h drive which is a little bit of a hassel because Australia is r/h ) Iwish I had discovered these cars earlier all those wasted years driving other junk! I'm trying to convince the wife we need an S4 I've just found a low milage example at the right price, hmmm better buy some more flowers
07-09-2004, 03:03 AM
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Hmmm... some highlights of my careers...
Lots of weird projects as a kid, from re-welding bike frames to fooling with all sorts of machinery parts scavenged from nearby industry.
First Job, antique restoration, antique slot machines, cash registers, jukeboxes.
Then at a little sweatshop cranking out button cell batteries.
7-11, then a grocery store till just after high school.
AAA Tow driver through much of college... 3 years+.
Construction, underground piping, remodeling, concrete, asphalt, etc.
Process & QA engineer for electronics assembly house(Activision modules, Memory, VGA cards, Motherboards) lots of robotics and industrial machinery.
Lab tech at research facility developing CVD diamond film processes and turnkey equipment
Software QA Engineer at various places... NEC, HP, Minolta, Auspex
Got tired of technology, took a year off and did the AAA gig again.
Spent a year as a sales Engineer for a Sun System VAR.
Currently doing Software QA on enterprise applications, especially in the tools for upgrading from one version to another, for these guys:
Oh, and learning lots about 928's, in particular the '78 5 speed in my care.
Lots of weird projects as a kid, from re-welding bike frames to fooling with all sorts of machinery parts scavenged from nearby industry.
First Job, antique restoration, antique slot machines, cash registers, jukeboxes.
Then at a little sweatshop cranking out button cell batteries.
7-11, then a grocery store till just after high school.
AAA Tow driver through much of college... 3 years+.
Construction, underground piping, remodeling, concrete, asphalt, etc.
Process & QA engineer for electronics assembly house(Activision modules, Memory, VGA cards, Motherboards) lots of robotics and industrial machinery.
Lab tech at research facility developing CVD diamond film processes and turnkey equipment
Software QA Engineer at various places... NEC, HP, Minolta, Auspex
Got tired of technology, took a year off and did the AAA gig again.
Spent a year as a sales Engineer for a Sun System VAR.
Currently doing Software QA on enterprise applications, especially in the tools for upgrading from one version to another, for these guys:
Oh, and learning lots about 928's, in particular the '78 5 speed in my care.
07-09-2004, 03:18 AM
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FWIW, Nocole is a bit modest about her prowess as an interior designer. Don't tell her I said this, but she is also a bit shy about it and needs to get more aggressive with it, 'cause she does like it. (But she won't admit it to you.)
07-09-2004, 03:32 AM
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Lawyer. My general practice is "corporate law" but my day-to-day work includes a lot of bankruptcy and transportation law (motor carriers of freight) in addition to the mergers/acquisitions/transactional work.
My firm has 100+ lawyers, so as a group we pretty much have every area covered. It's a defense-oriented firm.
My firm has 100+ lawyers, so as a group we pretty much have every area covered. It's a defense-oriented firm.
07-09-2004, 04:29 AM
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I drive for a living. Only the "speedometer" has lots of zeros, and good lord you should see the boost gauges....
[part time male prostitute too, but everyone who works for an airline is one of these-!]
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07-09-2004, 07:14 AM
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Originally posted by Ron_H
FWIW, Nocole is a bit modest about her prowess as an interior designer. Don't tell her I said this, but she is also a bit shy about it and needs to get more aggressive with it, 'cause she does like it. (But she won't admit it to you.)
FWIW, Nocole is a bit modest about her prowess as an interior designer. Don't tell her I said this, but she is also a bit shy about it and needs to get more aggressive with it, 'cause she does like it. (But she won't admit it to you.)
Also, I find my style is way too modern and functional for this area. Who would hire an interior designer who does not clutter up the house with gazillions of stuff? And how could I ever become rich without the comission for all that clutter? Remember, we were brainstorming about how to make a small fortune, not how to make a small fortune out of a big one...
I honestly think there is more money to be made in imitating castles and filling them with "antiques of the future", rather than doing modern interior design - at least when it comes to residential interiors.
Look at how Hollywood portrays the homes of people: Successful single businessman has the overly modern home (and European sports car), meets girl who lives in country style home, they fall in love and move into country style home with dog and American SUV, and live happily ever after. Women and familys are just not supposed to live in modern homes...
As I wrote in the other post in the off topic board , people come to my house, go "uuh", and "aah", and ask to bring their partner to get ideas - and next thing I know they were at Home Depot and replaced what they had for 20 years with almost the same stuff...
Must be my invisible sink...
I think there is a reason why your profession is called "Architorture" and why so many Architects and builders get out of the residential business and into commercial.
Maybe I can become an office or retail store designer? Now we're talking...
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07-09-2004, 07:35 AM
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Originally posted by Nicole
Cool! What agency? Or are you a sales person?
Cool! What agency? Or are you a sales person?
We are all sales people.
Remember, nothing happens until something gets sold. I sent you a PM.Cheers
JF
07-09-2004, 08:09 AM
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Elec. Engineer, retired from Lucent/Bell Labs 5 yrs ago. Did telecom circuit design and then drifted into Integrated Circuit technical sales..mo' money. Took ridiculous risks w my 401K when Lucent split and got lucky and retired at 52..before the big crash. Now I play golf, enjoy my car, try to maintain this old 'farmette', play w my grandkids and burn cds .
Jim
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