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jigga_x

01-04-2005, 04:40 PM

All of us love cars as this is the point of this forum...but what do we all do to pay for all of these mods...

Web/Network Administrator for the Federal Aviation Administration

Dreck

01-04-2005, 05:13 PM

I'm a mechanical engineer for the Army (Lethal Mechanisms division :rock: )

EDIT: for clarification, I'm not IN the Army, I work FOR the Army. I design the stuff that the soldiers fling at the bad guys.

jigga - do you work in AC?

jigga_x

01-04-2005, 05:20 PM

i work right outside AC at the FAA Tech Center next to the Atlantic City Airport. :thumbup:

One of my good friends is in the Army Reserves. He's over in Iraq now. He has an E-Blue '04 SRT. Many mods, very quick car. If he put some drag radials on his car he would run high 12's. Much respect to our armed forces people!

the mike

01-04-2005, 05:41 PM

ASE certified MastAr Tech. bishes. :rock:

also a punk guitarist, heh heh heh

mike

teh DIRT

01-04-2005, 06:39 PM

i serve food at a retirement home cause im 18 and in college studying to be a mech. engineer. oh and i sell used subaru parts.

PSI Chick

01-05-2005, 12:41 AM

i hate these threads...i do too damn much :lol:

ok here's my jobs:

1. full time student at albert einstein college of medicine. i'm working on a ph.d. in developmental psychology.

2. research assisstant in the epidemeology department at einstein.

3. play therapist/language development at a school for developmentally disabled children

4. payroll manager for an hr firm

5. take care of pets when people go away (you'd be surprised how well this pays)

Vypurr

01-05-2005, 01:10 AM

Full time High Student!

and Nights at Sunoco as a Petrolium Transport Technician (I pump gas... :supz: )

the mike

01-05-2005, 08:02 AM

Nice, I was a Petroleum Transfer Technician for years. Pays the bills.
Wait, you're in PA right? I thought PA was self serve?

mike

Vypurr

01-05-2005, 08:11 AM

It is, but for $.25/gallon extra, you can get full service. And a suprising number of people pay it!

the mike

01-05-2005, 08:18 AM

Ahhhh, laza PA people.... :mrgreen:

teh DIRT

01-05-2005, 10:30 AM

wow i never see any places with full service option. plus i could afford that.....i can barely afford premium

i dont need premium but im a firm believer that you get out what you put in and if you put in crappy gas your car wont last as long.

jigga_x

01-05-2005, 12:30 PM

Psi Chick does more in a week then I will probably do all month! :prayer:

piker28

01-05-2005, 02:51 PM

hmm full time student

and

well used to be a valet but i got fired...apparently they didnt like how i moved customers cars :banana: :wiggle:

TROLL

01-05-2005, 03:06 PM

apparently they didnt like how i moved customers cars :banana: :wiggle:

haha, thats funny and scary. i dont really do valet but i'm glad i have "valet mode" on my utec.

i was waiting tables at Red Lobster until recently when there were some technicalities on lateness and i was terminated. thats ok though cause even though the money was good the actual job was the single most unenjoyable activity i have ever partaken in.
now i'm doing freelance photography for the courier times, and looking for some supplemental income cause its only part time.
bryan

nj-srt4

01-05-2005, 03:44 PM

I'm a returns coordinator/QA inspector for the worlds largest bio implant/tissue bank. (yes cadavers not synthetics)

Dreck

01-05-2005, 04:04 PM

I'm a returns coordinator/QA inspector for the worlds largest bio implant/tissue bank. (yes cadavers not synthetics)

Do you need a reciept to return bio implants or dead tissue?

the mike

01-05-2005, 04:47 PM

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :thumbup:

20th1519

01-05-2005, 10:51 PM

i am a student full time. I am just finishing up my commercial and instrument ratings so i can become a pilot of some sorts. I work detailing cars at a dealership part time. If you ever see my car you will be in awe with how clean it is :P

TROLL

01-05-2005, 11:00 PM

ha yeah it was nice and clean the day i saw it, but thats how it deserves to be :). my car is overdue for some scratch and chip repair... want to help out with a detail day meet sometime in early spring? that would be cool...
bryan

20th1519

01-05-2005, 11:30 PM

sure thing troll.....i dont mess with touch up paint. i always end up making it look worse :thumbdow: and you saw my car when it was dirty.

Padge

01-06-2005, 12:04 AM

financial analyst for an investment manager :roll:

i want to retire by the time I am 24... but I dont think thats going to happen :thumbdow:

WKderF

01-06-2005, 01:16 AM

Mobile Electronics Specialist at Tweeter in Montgomeryville PA.

I build mobile entertainment & security solutions for people.

PS: dont ask me to "hook u up" because i cant, id get fired. but, if you do want any technical help or info, or you are in the market ask me at a meet or drop me a pm.

Vypurr

01-06-2005, 01:20 AM

Dude! I need some TV's, Subs, and an Amp. Can you hook me uP? i am poor! lol

:finga: :finga: :finga:

nj-srt4

01-06-2005, 11:39 AM

I'm a returns coordinator/QA inspector for the worlds largest bio implant/tissue bank. (yes cadavers not synthetics)

Do you need a reciept to return bio implants or dead tissue?nope were like walmart well take it back no questions ask :lol:

jigga_x

01-06-2005, 11:59 AM

Vypurr

01-06-2005, 06:10 PM

Would you settle for a system that sends 50,000 volts through them? Link (http://www.lcars.eu.org/autotaser.uk/index.htm)

How about one that torches them with flames when the try to open the handle? Link 1 (http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/africa/9812/11/flame.thrower.car/240x180.html) Link 2 (http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/africa/9812/11/flame.thrower.car/)

OWENthatsmyname

01-06-2005, 10:49 PM

i sell DVDs and videogames and CDs at best buy...... well i stand there.

Vypurr

01-06-2005, 11:18 PM

Can you get me a 5 finger discount? I need NFSU2!

MuddyREX

01-07-2005, 01:02 AM

Im a manufacturers rep for a big furniture company. Basically I sell furniture to furniture stores.

wrx_snobordr

01-07-2005, 03:12 AM

I work at best buy as a customer service rep at best buy. Job sucks right now, all the clowns trying to return **** they didnt even buy from us. It makes for good times though, so the day goes by pretty fast.

I want to get my pilots liscense... Where are you taking classes?

JasterM5

01-07-2005, 11:42 AM

I'm a part time bum and part time computer sales associate for Dell. But even that is only good untill Feb so then I'll be a full time bum!! :banana:

Seriosly you'd think with a full IT degree from PSU I'd get somewhere, If anyone has job info let me know.

jigga_x

01-07-2005, 02:25 PM

trust me...i know exactly how u feel. until last October my degree was worth about as much as a Kleenex. I graduated in May 2002. The only way to get a job now is to network. Keep building connections and eventually ur resume makes it to the right persons hands.

WKderF

01-08-2005, 12:14 AM

if you guys are really looking for good car alarms ou there, i can reccomend the brands to use, and the ones to stay away from. PM me.

alachua

01-09-2005, 02:09 AM

My 'paying' job is being a manager for Circuit City, out in Phillipsburg, NJ.

When I'm not at the store, or asleep, I usually pass the time breaking things on my car, nearly killing my friends, being drunk, playing/pirating videogames, shooting guns, providing generally poor advice, and driving really fast.

Hey WKderF, wanna set up a "ask the Electronics Guru's" thread in OT?

-Cliff

Smokescreen

01-09-2005, 05:30 AM

I am a full-time Corporate Mailroom Specialist. Yeah, I go and get the mail just like in the Office Max rubberband man commercial and push that cart around once a day...

Not bad for associates degrees in comp. sci. and bus. admin., huh? It was the best I could get. Kmart was closing and the other companies said I wasn't ready for "the real deal." Decent benefits and overtime are here so I guess I'm stuck for awhile...

Other than that, I take most of my courses from Strayer Online and I am trying to finish up my school stuff.

leeden

01-10-2005, 08:26 PM

Full time electrical engineer. I basically design computer chips.
Part time graduate student. I'm finishing my masters at Rutgers.

criz

01-12-2005, 12:34 AM

I'm a project manager at an interactive agency in Huntingdon Valley. I also partake in internet marketing there as well.

On the weekends, I'm a caterer being that's my dad's family business (Lindinger's Catering in North Wales)

I hope to some day own a performance shop :devil:

naSTI

01-12-2005, 02:11 AM

Where to begin... I'll keep it short and boring...

Moved from Miami to NJ (then PA) for a job as a Systems Engineer for a Pharmaceutical in Princeton. Now I'm a Computer Forensics and Security Specialist.

. ./hOmEr, CEH, OPST Security Tester

Vypurr

01-12-2005, 09:43 PM

criz

01-13-2005, 10:17 AM

Computer Security is the ****... I studied a lot of it at Drexel... but got into project management instead

Computer Security is a great field to get into... especially as more things go electronic and so much more risk is involved... not to mention theives and "hackers" are getting more advanced

jigga_x

01-13-2005, 12:00 PM

yes we are getting more advanced....nobody can stop me...mwuahahahaha :rock:

jin240sx

01-13-2005, 12:30 PM

By week i'm a lowly records specialist in downtown philly. alot like office space as i said before i got the printer picked out already.

on the weekend i'm an aircraft electrical and environmental systems technician in the air force reserves. love that job.Good pay, good people, and travel. (plus i get to skip my real regular to work at the base sometimes)Hope to hit every continent by the time i'm 30. :partyman:

the mike

01-13-2005, 07:17 PM

Great. Now I am unemployed. :cry:

SlowSVT95

01-14-2005, 11:57 AM

I'm a tech in a pediatric intensive care unit.... and trying to go back to school for my RN.

criz

01-14-2005, 12:15 PM

I love lightnings!

naSTI

01-29-2005, 12:57 AM

I have been looking into going into Information Security, and Computer Forensics. How is that job? Are there lots of openings that you see? Can you give me any idea what a 1st year salary could be? Thanks!

Sorry I had completely neglected this thread and just read your post Vipe!

The jobs rocks, I get to tell SysAdmins they the Shee-ot is not secure and I tell them how to fix it. I get to travel all over the US and Europe (haven't really done much of it lately though).

It's not a "dream" job, but it pays. Depending on the company (specially the industry they are in), you can expect to start at about 70k. I started better, but I had my MCSE :thumbdow: , HP-UX Cert and had worked for a boat load of companies back in Florida that helped raise my net worth.

I'm getting super long winded here (true passion), so I'll shut up now.

./Da Bomber

mazda6guy

01-29-2005, 08:01 PM

I work for the federal goverment as a diesel mechanic. OK pay and alot of time off with pay. It beats the Army and staying in Iraq any day.

kef

01-31-2005, 11:49 AM

I'm an installer at Best Buy.
I do free-lance work w/ anything involving computers.
I work at http://britishmiles.com when I'm not doing any thing else.

97TSi

02-03-2005, 06:04 PM

teh DIRT

02-03-2005, 07:25 PM

I'm a mechanical engineer (bachelor's from Drexel). I worked for Southco, Inc. for about two years in the automation dept. Now I'm w/a company called Alloy Surfaces. We're a defense contractor that manufactures decoy flares for the armed forces.

well when im done getting my mech. eng. degree from temple you can get me a job. I woulda went to drexel.....but they cost mucho money.
_pete

(your job sounds sweet)

97TSi

02-04-2005, 10:34 AM

Ya, my student loan payments just kicked in and let me tell you what a bitch those are. I'd rather just give them my first born or something :rolleyes:

Does temple do any kind of co-ops?
My job isn't all that exciting right now. I'm hoping things pick up soon.

SpendOne

02-04-2005, 11:25 AM

Work for Nextel. Good pay and good benefits. I make enough to support two kids and a car. :mrgreen:

BigTimeTalon

02-04-2005, 08:34 PM

I'm a valet parker for Caesar's casino in Atlantic City, going to a school called Wyotech in PA in april.

Kevin03WRX

02-04-2005, 09:07 PM

Work for Nextel. Good pay and good benefits. I make enough to support two kids and a car. :mrgreen:

Sheesh get me a job at Nextel!! I know entirely too much about them!!! lol

Anyways im a HVAC Tec for a Construction Company here in Allentown, PA. It pays alright I guess, but im currently looking for a new job soooooo.

Kevin

SpendOne

02-05-2005, 01:16 PM

bjc26

02-07-2005, 12:33 PM

I am a Civil Engineer working for Pennoni Associates in New Jersey. I also graduated from Drexel with degrees in architectural and civil engineering. I work in the site/land development division and basically start with a wooded or undeveloped plot of land and turn that into the site where a building is constructed. I design everything from underground utilities to the building itself.

Talon5spd90

02-07-2005, 01:38 PM

Im a full time MA at Abington Memorial Hospital, and a part time student at MCC for my RN

rsxchic05

02-10-2005, 12:49 PM

I work at the jewelry store in summit square on the bypass selling the sparkly stuff ;)

TrboChicsRock

02-10-2005, 01:31 PM

I'm an Office Manager at a doctors office. Fun fun! :roll:

97TSi

02-10-2005, 01:52 PM

I work at David Craig Jewelers on the Bypass selling the sparkly stuff ;)

So can you cut me a good deal on jewelry or what?? :mrgreen:

Orbit

02-10-2005, 05:53 PM

I am a surgical instrument repair technician. I sharpen,repair and refurbish surgical instruments. I can sharpen anything !

jamie

rsxchic05

02-11-2005, 01:10 AM

I work at David Craig Jewelers on the Bypass selling the sparkly stuff ;)

So can you cut me a good deal on jewelry or what?? :mrgreen:

only if its for me ;)

TROLL

02-11-2005, 04:35 AM

i'd do it, but i try not to spend too much money on girls who already have boyfriends ;)
bryan

97TSi

02-11-2005, 09:24 AM

I can barely afford to buy my own gf jewelry ;)

Prototype240

02-11-2005, 09:44 AM

I sit on my butt all day and get paid to surf the web...

Er, I'm a draftsman in a Engineering/Land Surveying office, and I work hard alllll day.

:rolleyes:

rsxchic05

02-11-2005, 11:28 AM

i'd do it, but i try not to spend too much money on girls who already have boyfriends ;)
bryan

yeah but there's always the thrill of the chase ;)

teh DIRT

02-11-2005, 11:47 AM

chasing is fun. unless it doesnt ever end....then its boring and you lose interest

rsxchic05

02-11-2005, 11:56 AM

chasing is fun. unless it doesnt ever end....then its boring and you lose interest

yeah true...yuo'd be chasing for a long time. my guy and i have been together for a long ass time.

teh DIRT

02-11-2005, 12:05 PM

chasing is fun. unless it doesnt ever end....then its boring and you lose interest

yeah true...yuo'd be chasing for a long time. my guy and i have been together for a long ass time.

no one said anything about chasing you

lol jk

bjc26

02-11-2005, 12:16 PM

chasing is fun. unless it doesnt ever end....then its boring and you lose interest

yeah true...yuo'd be chasing for a long time. my guy and i have been together for a long ass time.

Time means nothing, things can change in a day.... ;)

Prototype240

02-11-2005, 01:39 PM

Time means nothing, things can change in a day.... ;)

So true. :partyman:

TROLL

02-11-2005, 02:00 PM

met a girl 2 years ago, she had a bf. i told her i could wait and that i'd get her eventually. didnt exactly wait for her, but i did keep in touch and about 6 months ago my patience paid off. of course that all fell apart a month or so ago. i think it has to do with her still believing her and her ex bf are 'soul mates' and they just need some time off.
wait, so anyways, i was patient and it worked out for me, once.
bryan
and nix... maybe my time would be better spent 'chasing' one of your cute single friends??

teh DIRT

02-11-2005, 02:02 PM

met a girl 2 years ago, she had a bf. i told her i could wait and that i'd get her eventually. didnt exactly wait for her, but i did keep in touch and about 6 months ago my patience paid off. of course that all fell apart a month or so ago. i think it has to do with her still believing her and her ex bf are 'soul mates' and they just need some time off.
wait, so anyways, i was patient and it worked out for me, once.
bryan

i used to know a girl who "waited" waited for my friend. Well the waiting payed off and they went out for a couple years. Too bad she was a psycho controlling vixen.

97TSi

02-11-2005, 02:51 PM

Too bad she was a psycho controlling vixen.

Sometimes you gotta take the bad w/the good....j/k :lol:

wrx_snobordr

02-11-2005, 05:31 PM

Waiting around = friend zone = you get no pooty tang. Tried it once, entered the frined zone, broke out of the frined zone with much effort, hooked up for a while and it faded away now we dont talk anymore :roll: . No more of that for me.

and pete, havent you learned yet... all girls are crazy. Sorry to all girls on this thread but until i am proven wrong i will continue to think this.

BRING ON THE CRAZIES :supz:

Prototype240

02-11-2005, 05:54 PM

Indeed, they are all crazy. But so irresistable! :lol:

rsxchic05

02-13-2005, 12:29 PM