Do you like your job? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: cs.dk
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 17, 2015, 08:30:12 am
content: I bet he does(Sorry, can't embed the video - It's public though. No need for a facebook account)Have a nice weekend folksEDIT: Youtube link;

author: GreyWoolfe
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 17, 2015, 01:14:29 pm
content: I certainly do. I work from home for the most part. I wear t-shirt and shorts and, like Dave, go barefoot. If I actually leave the house to run a service call, I have a company vehicle in the driveway. I have a quiet house and the company of my dogs. The highlight of my day yesterday was adding a power LED to an old Astron power supply for my 2 meter ham radio transceiver and replacing burned out meter bulbs in another Astron power supply with 110 degree field of view white LEDs. All while on the clock. What's not to love? I did actually make up some flat bed scanner power supplies by cutting the wire off the bad and attaching them to aftermarket generic units and replacing heater rollers in some laminating cassettes. Add the administrivia such as email, conference call and what not and I probably worked about 3 hours yesterday for a full day's pay. I do have other equipment to repair but I have to wait for the UPS man to show up today with the needed parts.

author: Mechanical Menace
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 17, 2015, 01:42:16 pm
content: My main job no. I used to love it, it's a great place with great people, but by now I'm soooo bored with it it's unbelievable.

author: AF6LJ
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 17, 2015, 01:47:02 pm
content: I'm retired, not by choice but retired nonetheless.I worked as an RF tech for twenty one years and looked forward to going to work every day.One of the very best parts of my job was being able to in one case come in on Saturday and work on my own projects and borrow test equipment. I always felt challenged enough to keep my job interesting. The challenge started to fade when I went from manufacturing to working in commercial two-way radio, but it was refreshing to have a steady diet of technology that spanned over forty years.

author: daqq
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 17, 2015, 02:01:07 pm
content: I like my current job - I get to do what I like (electronics design, fiddling with it), the place is in my city... The people are standard (ranging from great to horrible). The hours are reasonably flexible.What most irks me is that I don't get to use the tools I prefer - I have to use OrCAD Layout - yes, the old thing, which as far as I'm concerned is an unholy abomination that should be wiped from the face of the Earth and HDDs that carry its taint should be dissolved in sanctified acid.

author: mswhin63
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 19, 2015, 04:17:16 am
content: I am a bit concerned about this driver. When I was driving, I don't recall the wo ho ho hoooo sound. Although i used to drive a Volvo, also it was a non synchro gear box as well.Great laugh thoughHave a nice weekend folksEDIT: Youtube link;

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 19, 2015, 06:17:49 am
content: Wo hoo hoo is a leaky turbo intercooler, with a broken rubber hose......I did drive a Bedford at one time, where the steering box was a little loose, around a half turn of play in it....... The MT shop replaced the steering box, kingpins, tie rods, steering column and front bearings to fix that. Then they fixed the brakes.......

author: briselec
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 20, 2015, 12:22:31 pm
content: For the most part I get paid for turning up and doing whatever I want which is why I took this job instead of a higher paying offer. What's not to like.

author: TorqueRanger
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 20, 2015, 08:26:07 pm
content: Crap I went from driving a tow truck to driving a 80,000lbs Mack Dump truck .. I love driving them..

author: zapta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 26, 2015, 05:14:40 pm
content: I do. Not necessarily every minute of every day but overall, and then is the great satisfaction when something you worked on is working and released.The intensity at work fluctuates, projects are at different stages, in between projects, blocking on external events, etc, so in slower times I make sure to fill in with interesting technical stuff, taking initiative to improve things (the last one took 6 months and had great results), little creative projects on the side (e.g providing electronic gadget to fellow software engineers), filing patents (an excellent outlet for creativity), learning new technologies, etc.When I will retire, I will probably keep doing the same at home, but without the great resources that the workplace provides, and with significantly less impact.

author: Biff383
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 26, 2015, 07:04:50 pm
content: I do, but I'm an industrial maintenance supervisor. ...so I don't really work much.They should get that guy a radio.

author: nctnico
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 26, 2015, 08:50:21 pm
content: Quote from: zapta on July 26, 2015, 05:14:40 pmI already work from home (self employed since a few years) and I think I'll just keep on tinkering with electronics and computers long after retirement. Then again retirement is still several decades away for me. Like any job there are fun things to do and then there are the things-that-have-to-be-done chores. Currently working on a prototype for an potentially interesting project but it's also time to file & pay the taxes. Choices choices choices

author: justanothercanuck
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2015, 12:37:14 pm
content: Server admin / Network engineer level knowledge... stuck sitting at a help desk trying to teach ignorant and dickish doctors how to reset their passwords.You can guess how I feel about my job.

author: Mechanical Menace
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2015, 12:55:14 pm
content: Quote from: justanothercanuck on July 27, 2015, 12:37:14 pmBeen there with vets myself, but in my case the nurses we're the dicks lol. I do feel for you. I also feel guilty about complaining about my job now when the biggest problem is that by this point everything pretty much just works.

author: AndyC_772
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2015, 12:55:47 pm
content: Quote from: nctnico on July 26, 2015, 08:50:21 pmSounds as though we're in very similar positions. Normally I'd start the interesting job on a Monday morning, partly because it's easier to motivate myself to get started, and partly because it's also easier to get back to focusing on an interesting job after each inevitable interruption that happens during the week.Stuff like accounts and taxes, I tend to do at the weekend. I start later in the day, once my coffee has soaked in and I'm mentally prepared for it, but at least the phone tends not to ring and I don't get distracted.

author: TheEPROM9
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 06, 2018, 08:51:22 pm
content: I enjoy mine, fairly new as I have been working for just over two years in a real job since uni, not just one to keep the car on the road.I do Computer Security, won't go into detailes, confidentaly & all that crap. But I get to pretty much do as I please which is fantstic as the work is about 90% of the time engaging. I love automating as much of my job as I can so i get more time to work on the intresting stuff or lean new skills. (Yes I Am A Self Automator) & [Yes My Boss Knows & Embraces It] Then when I get home I tinker with vintage computers & electronics.I work with great people & for a great company that even if I did post the name of most of you will probaly have never herd of it anyway.

author: Red Squirrel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 06, 2018, 11:21:02 pm
content: I work at a NOC, it's generally a fairly boring job, but it's low stress, great hours (none of this 8x5 crap) and it pays the bills. Not a lot of good paying jobs here so beggars can't be choosers. I plan to stay at this job for as long as I can.I really do need to start considering a backup source of income though. NOCs are easy to relocate/shutdown/automate. I think we are safe though, but these things tend to happen fast and without notice.

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 06, 2018, 11:54:00 pm
content: Quote from: Mechanical Menace on July 17, 2015, 01:42:16 pmI'm in the same place. Time to move on!

author: Wilksey
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 07, 2018, 12:26:19 am
content: Quote from: Mechanical Menace on July 17, 2015, 01:42:16 pmSame here!

author: basinstreetdesign
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 07, 2018, 02:07:31 am
content: I was a design engineer. I used to love my job most times. Then sometimes when things weren't going well and I was against the clock I would wish I WAS a truck driver. But now I love not having to show up anywhere I damn well don't want to. But this guy in the video seems to be just a cats-eye short of a full load of marbles.

author: Mugiwara303
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: October 07, 2018, 08:00:15 pm
content: a bit as it is my source of income, I am a lineman (low voltage 380/220) and I also do other tasks in my job

author: Ice-Tea
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 07, 2018, 08:04:06 pm
content: QuoteWhich one?