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ducatiz

#30
June 16, 2009, 08:03:11 PM
Quote from: MrIncredible on June 16, 2009, 07:52:36 PM
Holy shit-it's the freak brothers!


I remember reading all those underground comics when I was younger.

my favorite
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"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

somegirl

#31
June 16, 2009, 10:42:57 PM
Quote from: Speeddog on June 16, 2009, 03:52:29 PM
Living out of a suitcase sucks, IME.
I haven't done a lot of it, but the little I did made it clear that it wasn't for me.

It's doable for a while (and can even be fun for a while if you are unattached) but it's hard to do a traveling job long-term.
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Bigbore4

#32
June 17, 2009, 09:52:25 AM
I did it >20 years ago.  I was a heavy duty truck tech.  had advanced to service manager, still some hands on.  Got to looking at 50 year old heavy duty mechanics and decided I needed to make a change.  I too felt I was pretty good, and smarter than average.  I do not have a degree.

I made a switch to an engineering environment in a major manufacturing company as an engineering tech.  Did that for 3 years and didn't care to much for that.  Missed the customer contact.

Left that role for a service rep position with another co to get a resume entry.  I had worked with the service team while in engineering and thought i might like that.

<2 years later went back to the company previously mentioned in a service role and I remain there today.  I have advanced to a manger role, I like it fine.  There was some suitcase time early in my career here, but that was OK too.  Got to see a lot of America on the company dime, and it enabled me to meet our distributor people all over the US, which I feel helped my career advancement.  The cveats are I advanced to manager a few years ago when  my comapy was hurting and there was an outside hiring freeze.  The were less concerned with the degree than capability in that time frame.

Suggestions for you:
Engineering Technician,
Service Rep
Service Engineer
Field Service

A good technician can figure out most anything technical.  When's the last time you had to pay someone to repair anything around your house?  Maybe I was too stupid to be afraid, but I never did.  I sometimes do now for convenience sake.

So any company that manufactures anything has need for the above mentioned roles, which top technicians are good candidates for, especially if they have some customer facing experience to go with it.
Think in terms of Harley, Polaris, Arctic Cat.  They all have manufacturin, customer and service support, dealer support, and training departments scattered across the upper midwest where is is much cooler.  Especially in winter! ;D

An old friend of mine is a dealer support guy for Polaris.  One of his tasks is product evaluation.  He is assigned to ride new bikes and put lots of miles on them and report back.  Tough duty! 

I ran on a bit, sorry about that, but there are lots of options out there for 'old' techs that are not afraid to take a chance, tune up the ol' resume and see what happens.



Dave
96 M900         05 FJR         86 SRX6        
And a brand new Super Tenere coming in no one knows

Porsche Monkey

#33
June 17, 2009, 10:19:36 AM
I appreciate everybodies replies.  Keep em comin.  Still not sure what I'm gonna do yet. [thumbsup]
Quote from: bobspapa on July 18, 2009, 04:40:31 PM
if I had a vagina...I'd never leave the house

ducatiz

#34
June 17, 2009, 10:35:01 AM
Quote from: Ducaholic on June 17, 2009, 10:19:36 AM
I appreciate everybodies replies.  Keep em comin.  Still not sure what I'm gonna do yet. [thumbsup]
;D ;D ;D  [evil]
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"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

Porsche Monkey

#35
June 17, 2009, 10:47:13 AM
Dood gimmee a break, I'm from Texas.


Quote from: bobspapa on July 18, 2009, 04:40:31 PM
if I had a vagina...I'd never leave the house

ducatiz

#36
June 17, 2009, 11:20:00 AM
Quote from: Ducaholic on June 17, 2009, 10:47:13 AM
Dood gimmee a break, I'm from Texas.




i'm just raggin on you.. the "i'm gonna leave it that way just to piss you off" got me pain from a belly laugh...  [laugh]
Check out my oil filter forensics thread!                     Offended? Click here
"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

Porsche Monkey

#37
June 17, 2009, 11:23:07 AM
Quote from: Fat Freddy Freak on June 17, 2009, 11:20:00 AM
i'm just raggin on you.. the "i'm gonna leave it that way just to piss you off" got me pain from a belly laugh...  [laugh]
[thumbsup]
Quote from: bobspapa on July 18, 2009, 04:40:31 PM
if I had a vagina...I'd never leave the house

Bigbore4

#38
June 17, 2009, 03:04:36 PM
Quote from: Ducaholic on June 17, 2009, 10:47:13 AM
Dood gimmee a break, I'm from Texas.



psssssttttttt
FireFox, built in spell checker
Dave
96 M900         05 FJR         86 SRX6        
And a brand new Super Tenere coming in no one knows

ducatiz

#39
June 17, 2009, 04:01:12 PM
Quote from: Bigbore4 on June 17, 2009, 03:04:36 PM
psssssttttttt
FireFox, built in spell checker

advice and advise are both words, spell checker would not catch that.  just incorrect application.

"Give me some advice."

"He asked me to advise on this project."

etc
Check out my oil filter forensics thread!                     Offended? Click here
"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

ab

#40
June 17, 2009, 04:25:36 PM
Quote from: Fat Freddy Freak on June 17, 2009, 04:01:12 PM
advice and advise are both words, spell checker would not catch that.  just incorrect application.

"Give me some advice."

"He asked me to advise on this project."

etc

Is the following sentence correct ?

"He asked me for advice on this project"   ???
620M 2004 Dark i.e.; ~ 57K miles (all me);  Looking to swap out engine now.
Triumph Speed Triple 2006 (now ~ 44K miles bought @ 4K miles on 04/2010)
Honda Grom 2015 ~ 3500miles so far.  Love this lil bike

ducatiz

#41
June 17, 2009, 04:28:27 PM
Quote from: ab on June 17, 2009, 04:25:36 PM
Is the following sentence correct ?

"He asked me for advice on this project"   ???

yup

advice = noun
advise = verb
Check out my oil filter forensics thread!                     Offended? Click here
"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

Bigbore4

#42
June 17, 2009, 07:48:16 PM
Quote from: Fat Freddy Freak on June 17, 2009, 04:01:12 PM
advice and advise are both words, spell checker would not catch that.  just incorrect application.

"Give me some advice."

"He asked me to advise on this project."

etc
I no, but I am a week man and it was a week moment. [evil]
Dave
96 M900         05 FJR         86 SRX6        
And a brand new Super Tenere coming in no one knows

Autostrada Pilot

#43
June 18, 2009, 08:07:35 AM
Quote from: Bigbore4 on June 17, 2009, 07:48:16 PM
I no, but I am a week man and it was a week moment. [evil]
;D

2003 Monster 620 Dark - Sold

1999 Monster 900 City - Sold

After 7 years of Monsters, I'm sadly bikeless right now.

Langanobob

#44
June 18, 2009, 02:43:03 PM
Having been through this myself 500 times, I have a few thoughts.  Although it's never worked for me, is there anything you can do to improve your existing situation?  Don't know if it's realistic but slowing down a bit and maybe not beating the flat rate on each job and taking a paycheck hit for the sake of peace of mind?  As already mentioned, education REALLY helps.  Does your company have any kind of program to pay for classes that are job related and could get you moving careerwise?  Night classes of course cut into your family time, but sometimes we just have to do what we have to do. 

On the other hand, I have a good friend who owns a welding/fabrication shop and he is doing great, makes a lot more $$ than I do and is very happy and so is his family, and he has no education after high school.

The main thing is that there IS a solution to this and don't accept the way things are.  What's worked for me in the past is to set a deadline/goal that to pick a number say by 1 August you will either have a  new and better job or have a working plan in progress to get your career on a different and better tack.

While checking out the two books that drjones suggested earlier I ran acrost (obligatory mispelling) the follow quote from Robert Heinlein:


"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
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