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Probably the closet thing would be photography, but I don't think I'm that great.
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I was REALLY good at color correcting cameras during live sporting events. The light changes as the day moves on, lights come on and so on. The viewers should never notice a difference. In particular, the whites should stay white. Was offered gigs with ESPN and so on but just too boring and limited to do all the time. Still work in film/photo/etc.
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Alligator wrestling, turning wrenches, electrical, Tool & Die machinist, commercial truck driver, entertainment business stuff
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pissing off the wife, well I'm probably professional at that
cutting trees |
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Firearms...a lot of different gun related stuff.... Some days I wish I never left.
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Welding, but I got burnt out on it. View Quote What you did there, I see it. Me the building trades, welding, auto /heavy equipment repair or operating, farming, plant/animal husbandry. I miss seeing my daily accomplishment but the climate controlled office is it's own heaven and hell. |
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General Contractor here so I already have a wide range of skills that I make money with. One thing I really enjoy doing that I don't get to do a lot of is custom cabinetry and built in shelving. If I ever decide to get out of the GC game I'll probably open a cabinet shop.
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I was REALLY good at color correcting cameras during live sporting events. The light changes as the day moves on, lights come on and so oniso?. The viewers should never notice a difference. In particular, the whites should stay white. Was offered gigs with ESPN and so on but just too boring and limited to do all the time. Still work in film/photo/etc. View Quote Is there a trick? |
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I can forecast and analyze numbers like rainman. A Fortune 500 company once gave me a 2 hour test on it (in relation to P&L and expense control with all supporting payroll and expense account information) and I made a perfect score in 30 minutes. Nobody has matched my score.
I used to analyze business segments and teach classes for them. Now, nobody can believe that company would have someone without a degree do that so I keep my mouth shut. I'll go back to school and sleep through my finance degree. Although reading charts describing the microeconomic impact of rice prices in Kuala Lumur India is important in college, nobody outside India gives a shit in the real world. |
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Gas/Diesel Engine Machining , Millwright/Plant Maintenance , Welding-Fabrication , Conventional+Field Machining
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i sleep, poop, eat and surf arfcom... i don't think anyone's paying me for that...
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Computer repair and networking, network wiring and running office telephone systems. My clients were put out of business by the economy and obamacare.
Now I'm a night watchman. |
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Automobile mechanic and radio DJ. I was quite successful at both of those, but wanted to do something else.
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Quoted: Quoted: I was REALLY good at color correcting cameras during live sporting events. The light changes as the day moves on, lights come on and so oniso?. The viewers should never notice a difference. In particular, the whites should stay white. Was offered gigs with ESPN and so on but just too boring and limited to do all the time. Still work in film/photo/etc. Is there a trick? Yeah, point the camera at something white and hit a button
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I used to have a part time job teaching people to ride motorcycles, but just don't have the time to do it anymore.
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I was a regional sales guy in the investment business and had to do a lot of public speaking, for which I generally received pretty high grades. The nature of that business being what it is, I guess I could also say selling intangibles and developing productive sales regions from nothing.
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I'm a pretty good paralegal, even have a Certificate and diploma. I volunteered for almost two years at the Free Legal Clinics in order to get experience and make contacts. I graduated with a bunch of great references and good grades.
After almost five months of applications, a few interviews, and frustration, I jumped back into a truck and went back to hauling steel. I found out(off the record, of course) that nobody wants a big Sioux Indian working in their law office, unless I'm walking them to their cars after dark. The male attorneys who can afford paralegals want twenty-something eye candy. The middle aged women who actually run the offices only want their friends working there, and they are just like them. After freezing my ass off(and to, I actually froze my butt to the back of my trailer) last winter in the Chicagoland area, a warm, dry law office sounds like a great place to spend the winter. |
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Woodworking and general construction/home improvement tasks. I built a complete oak kitchen cabinet set for a previous house, built my own 16x12x15' shed last year, and this year I'm building a teardrop camper.
Engineering pays a ton better than I could earn working with my hands, I just hate paying people to do work for me and I like getting exactly what I want vs buying from a vendor. My in-laws offered $30k (what Home Depot quoted them) if I made new kitchen cabinets for them (really small kitchen, only 10x10) and they would've been super flexible on the delivery timeline, but they live two hours away so I turned them down. Kharn |
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Building holsters, new shooter classes, and training horses.....
The more I work around horses-the less I like people. |
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I was a bicycle mechanic all through high school and college at two different shops. I figure if GIS ever goes belly up (it won't) I can always go wrench again. I certainly enjoyed it more than chasing topology errors in a cube.
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Photography. I've captured 21 weddings with excellent feedback from the brides and the brides' mothers (wedding photog nemesis).
I may do it again someday. |
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