Guess what my current gig is. Go on, take a shot.
 
Before that I was in electrical maintenance for 10 years and then 15 years as a quality assurance specialist. All of that work was in the Steel industry and I really miss it. 

Wookiee
Full time carer for my disabled partner.
 
Formally
IT Systems and Network manager for trading systems in the City
Analyst Programmer 
Design Engineer (in the Electronics Industry)
 
Any more and I would have to apply the Wookiee solution.

DAMN,
I THOUGHT YOU WERE THE MILLENNIUM FALCON CO-PILOT,
all this time....
 

Respiratory Nurse Specialist. yep, i'm in sputum...

Gigolo.
 
so very hungry...

Beepster
Gigolo.
 
so very hungry...

quit jiggling then.

I think that's the problem.
 
No more jiggle in my wiggle.
 
:-/

TheStringMaster
I design guitar strings. I just kind of fell into it. I started by working for my father-in-law at DR Handmade Strings in NJ. I built and ran his factory for 11 yrs. Then I went down to FL for a few years trying to revive the old Black Diamond String brand for Super Sensitive Strings. I've been in the bay area of California for the past 10 years working for Dunlop Mfg., heading their guitar string division. I've now been doing this for over 25 years. I'm going to call that a career.

You sure they weren't just stringing you along? 

bitflipper
Forum proofreader.
 
But that doesn't pay well so I set aside a couple hours a day for writing database software and patiently instructing distant IT geeks named Jason about network concepts. Yes, they're all named Jason, and they all look like the "I'm a Mac" actor in the Apple commercials, except with tattoos.

So, basically, you're here to correct anyone who talks about database rows and remind them that they are called "tuples" instead, ya? 
 
Actually, we're more like an anti-database here with degrees of unnormalization! 

Man you guys seems to have a lot of different professions. I'm still just a student trying to decide where I want to go in life. I'm really hoping I can make it in music because I hear from multiple people say I've got talent. That I've got "it" even though most people think they have "it". I'm just in the phase of working on my skills and getting better.
 
Thought it would be nice to throw ideas around on a dart board to hear other peoples experiences.

IT network engineer since 1985 the dawn of the micro computer. I retired six years ago. I'm 59 now, you do the math, I can't count anymore. Prior to computers I was a plummer.