what do you "do"?

[Goatherder]

I am a boat captain by trade. 25 years fishing in the Bering Sea, then 5 years in offshore oil...now back in the Bering Sea again due to oil price collapse. Actually in the Bering Sea fishing as I write this.

At home I have a large, well equipped shop where I get involved in far too many projects. The short bus camper being one. In addition to that I am building a fiberglass airplane, with a custom built aluminum Chev V6 for power.

I'm here on Skoolie.net to absorb ideas for my camper project. The end result will (hopefully) be a vehicle that is capable of travelling the many unpaved backroads here in the western US. Basically a big rolling steel tent.

[bearhawk]

Currently work as an engineer for an electrical utility. I'm ready for change and looking at different options. I am also teaching other engineers how to fly drones for a test program we are starting to see the viability or not during storm damage assessment.

My past is very varied: missionary bush pilot, aircraft mechanic, avionics tech, auto/diesel mechanic, computer & radio tech, computer repair and builds, network administration, process engineer in the aluminum and zinc die casting industry, tool & die engineer for a steel forging company (many of your buses have parts I designed tooling for ie Allison transmission gears, rear end pinion and ring gears), tar truck driver, roadside mowing, dairy farm helper, crop farm helper and other stuff.

I dabble in appliance repair: finding appliances cheap or by the roadside, clean and fix them then get them on Craigslist. I also built my own house only hiring out the cement and drywall work. I'm not afraid to try just about anything. I wonder what attracts me to a skoolie?

[Stu & Filo. T]

Originally Posted by Goatherder

I am a boat captain by trade. 25 years fishing in the Bering Sea, then 5 years in offshore oil...now back in the Bering Sea again due to oil price collapse. Actually in the Bering Sea fishing as I write this.

At home I have a large, well equipped shop where I get involved in far too many projects. The short bus camper being one. In addition to that I am building a fiberglass airplane, with a custom built aluminum Chev V6 for power.

I'm here on Skoolie.net to absorb ideas for my camper project. The end result will (hopefully) be a vehicle that is capable of travelling the many unpaved backroads here in the western US. Basically a big rolling steel tent.

Is this Sig??????? Of the Northwestern

[PNW_Steve]

Originally Posted by Scott Marcano

I'm an RN, but I'd like to teach SCUBA for a living, we shall see here in the next year or two.

Teach, SCUBA and living in the same sentence.... I thought dive instructors were all volunteers...

[milkmania]

Originally Posted by bearhawk

Currently work as an engineer for an electrical utility. I'm ready for change and looking at different options. I am also teaching other engineers how to fly drones for a test program we are starting to see the viability or not during storm damage assessment.

My past is very varied: missionary bush pilot, aircraft mechanic, avionics tech, auto/diesel mechanic, computer & radio tech, computer repair and builds, network administration, process engineer in the aluminum and zinc die casting industry, tool & die engineer for a steel forging company (many of your buses have parts I designed tooling for ie Allison transmission gears, rear end pinion and ring gears), tar truck driver, roadside mowing, dairy farm helper, crop farm helper and other stuff.

I dabble in appliance repair: finding appliances cheap or by the roadside, clean and fix them then get them on Craigslist. I also built my own house only hiring out the cement and drywall work. I'm not afraid to try just about anything. I wonder what attracts me to a skoolie?

Something wild to note... I know it's derailing a thread, but there's no need to create a new thread!
I bought my bus from an Air Force Drone pilot, whose family owned a foundry.
My bus was stored at the (now closed) foundry
http://flcompanydb.com/company/84383...oundry-co.html

One of the founders obits
(Maybe you worked for one of their foundries?

Eugene Joseph Didion, 80, of Fort Smith died April 22, 2014. He was born March 22, 1934, in Houston to Paul Peter Didion Sr. and Mary Maret Didion. He started working in the foundry business at age 6, along with his brothers, to help his family. He attended Seven Holy Founders Grade School and graduated from Afton, Mo., High School in 1951. Gene was drafted in the Army and was stationed at Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas. He married Maureen Mohan on June 18, 1960.


Gene left Didion and Sons Foundry in St. Louis to start North American Foundry in 1962 with his brothers, John and Arthur, and he moved his family to Fort Smith in 1963. Gene and his siblings eventually owned and operated foundries in St. Louis, Corpus Christi, Texas, and Junction City, Kan., in addition to NAFCO in Fort Smith. They produced gray-iron and ductile iron castings for the automotive industry and defense industry with customers nationwide.

[CaptainHooligan]

Part time porn star. Full time Mississippi River push boat captain.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QxnPrMej1w

[slaughridge85]

Originally Posted by CaptainHooligan

Part time porn star. Full time Mississippi River push boat captain.

Cap'n Stabbin' ist that you?

[Wutm8]

Originally Posted by slaughridge85

Cap'n Stabbin' ist that you?

been out of work for 3 years due to a medical condition that had me in and out of the hospital, had brain surgery about 3 months back and although im losing the house, savings is all gone... my health is back and i couldnt be more excited about having a future, we are heading out(currently in phoenix) in a few months with some seasonal jobs lined up. so far i have a construction job over the summer in vail co. then 2 winter jobs lined up further east. we will go this route as long as it takes until we can manage to figure out some online work to keep us moving. always open to hearing of good seasonal job spots or any other ideas folks have

[prof.fate]

Today...I'm taking 6 teenagers and a 2018 IC 72 passenger bus out for 3-4 hours to do pictures for the company's website.

It's nice when my photo biz and bus driving job come together - OH, and it's gonna be 65 degrees in mid february in PA. Win Win - and WIN!

[mdeese]

I'm an instructional technologist at a local school district and have just been accepted to a doctoral program so it looks like I will be back in school soon.

[Wutm8]

Originally Posted by mdeese

I'm an instructional technologist at a local school district and have just been accepted to a doctoral program so it looks like I will be back in school soon.

Congrats! That's big news

[elkoskoolie]

I'm a geologist, working in gold mining and exploration (mostly) since 1989 in northern Nevada. It's had a lot of ups and downs, but for the most part been a great career and lifestyle. Nothing like getting paid as a youngster (relative) driving around remote high desert locales in the pre GPS era, navigating by your wits and map reading ability!! Been at a mine site last 10 years, more computer than outside time, but HEY, I'm over 50: Where's my damn discount?

[CCurran88]

I am a tax accountant still wading through busy season. I will be working long hours and all weekends from here on out until April 18th (this year's deadline), so NOT working on my new bus at all. Boo.

[MarkyDee]

Software engineer for the last 25 years - I even have the Professional Engineering license to "prove" it (passed the Software Engineering exam in 2014)....

[dan-fox]

Originally Posted by MarkyDee

Software engineer for the last 25 years - I even have the Professional Engineering license to "prove" it (passed the Software Engineering exam in 2014)....

Dang! I didn't even know there was a software PE cert! I've held a few certs in product-specific stuff from time to time; I didn't find that it did me any good, or enough to justify the hassle. I'd look into that now, but I'm so close to retirement that my only goal is to not break open the scabs over the current wounds for the next year or so.

[MarkyDee]

Originally Posted by dan-fox

Dang! I didn't even know there was a software PE cert! I've held a few certs in product-specific stuff from time to time; I didn't find that it did me any good, or enough to justify the hassle. I'd look into that now, but I'm so close to retirement that my only goal is to not break open the scabs over the current wounds for the next year or so.

There is now. First year was 2013 - I failed the test. Second year was 2014 and I passed it. Not that it does me any good - nobody in the software industry has any idea what it is. And it didn't give me any more clout where I work.

But I'm hoping it will help me in the future....

[dan-fox]

Originally Posted by MarkyDee

There is now. First year was 2013 - I failed the test. Second year was 2014 and I passed it. Not that it does me any good - nobody in the software industry has any idea what it is. And it didn't give me any more clout where I work.

But I'm hoping it will help me in the future....

I was seriously considering the Secure Software Development Lifecycle Development Professional - sister cert to the CISSP - offerened by the same people. But nobody in the Gummint has ever even heard of it, so no money to be found there.

Too bad there isn't a cert for Sarcastic, Skeptical, Seen-it-all Software Dev. I could pass that with one eye tied behind my back.

[MarkyDee]

Originally Posted by dan-fox

I was seriously considering the Secure Software Development Lifecycle Development Professional - sister cert to the CISSP - offerened by the same people. But nobody in the Gummint has ever even heard of it, so no money to be found there.

Too bad there isn't a cert for Sarcastic, Skeptical, Seen-it-all Software Dev. I could pass that with one eye tied behind my back.

Been there, done that - am in dysfunctional hell right now (at work). No process and no clue. Just a couple of weeks ago my boss said "Requirements? We don't have time for requirements!" To which I said "then we have no business doing the project." He had no answer to that.

[dan-fox]

Originally Posted by MarkyDee

Been there, done that - am in dysfunctional hell right now (at work). No process and no clue. Just a couple of weeks ago my boss said "Requirements? We don't have time for requirements!" To which I said "then we have no business doing the project." He had no answer to that.

"If you don't know where you're going, you're already there."

[MarkyDee]

Originally Posted by dan-fox

"If you don't know where you're going, you're already there."

Beautiful!!