What do you do... really...

[lethe]

I hit my head on the sharpest objects I can find in ceilings, pack concrete and sheetrock dust into every crevice of a laptop and electrocute myself every now and again.

[Triple J]

1) I design large holes in the ground...some vertical, some horizontal. 

2) I also try and convince people they need large holes in the ground. 

3) Today (and for the most of the rest of the week) I'm reviewing a 100% design for 4 large holes in the ground, and marking up errors for correction prior to bid.  I do this so the poor bastard (a young guy) who provides engineering support during construction isn't made to look like too much of an idiot by the contrator.  This is inevitable to a certain degree though. 

4) Tomorrow I will be in a meeting where a whiney contractor will say he can't do something...despite the mountain of evidence that I am bringing which says he can...and shows it has been done before.  I know (and so does he) the real reason he can't do it is he lowballed the bid and doesn't want to spend the $$$...but he won't admit that. 

#4 is the fun part of the job.  #3 is pretty fun too.  #1 is OK.  #2 sucks.

I check the DML when my eyes start to hurt from looking at plans or a boring Word document/CAD file. 

[bulldogs2k]

I go to the gym when I wake up.  I go home to eat...eat....then eat some more.  And eventualy, I go to work at 5pm and bark orders at lazy clients until 7 or 8pm.  Life is good I think!   

[kutter]

Retired, but for reasons that I do not understand or can begin to ponder I am busier now than when I was working 60 hours a week, or at least it seems like it.

[Randimus Maximus]

good f'n question!

apparently, i've not been doing a good job of whatever it is i do, lately 

[toaster]

i spend lots of time goofing off on the internet, but when "real" work comes in, i can be found spinning wrenches on motorcycles and atvs.  every once in a while i will actually use the internet for work and look up parts and parts diagrams for customers.

it seems like at once every week or two i start a new mod on the ktm or duc.

[somegirl]

I train scientists in how to use our equipment (very high-end automated microscopes) and how to analyze the data they get from it.

I put together training materials.

I run experiments for prospective customers on our equipment to show them how it would perform.

so nice not to be in Marketing anymore.

[Howie]

Retired   How do you folks find time for work?

[somegirl]

Retired   How do you folks find time for work?

It's funny, when I was unemployed for several months (a few years ago) I wondered how I had ever managed to find time to work.

[eltristo]

Right now I'm not bothering to go in at all.  Next week I will start staring at random things for a long time, but as little time as possible.  Oh, and I will make powerpoints and go upstairs for coffee.

[Monsterlover]

I make the beast with two backs off like you wouldn't believe.  I can't talk about specifics publicly.  Don't want to mess it up

[He Man]

I start going to school on the 27th, and this past summer, i try not to get electrocuted, but as of today, i need a new job.

[Drunken Monkey]

I spend 90% of my time make the beast with two backsing off and then spend 10% of my time using 1000% of my brain.

On average, I figure it's a wash.

[red baron]

I send free shit to ducpainter.

[Timmy Tucker]

My typical workday is pretty varied but it all involves construction in some form. Today was just a whole day of painting, which I don't really need to describe. Yesterday was much more fun. I finished a kitchen remodel that another contractor really, really messed up before he bailed on the customer. Here's a very basic breakdown of my day:

Change oil in my jeep

Drive 2 hours to job
Get to job, set up work area
Rebuild damaged/missing wainscot identical to this:

(not my pic or work)



Run crown moulding and baseboard
Install flooring transition strips and run shoe mould
Putty everything
Remove, re-cut and re-hang kitchen door that doesn't shut

Rewire electrical for oven that other contractor did wrong
Install single convection oven
Install gas downdraft cooktop
Camp out in 18" high crawlspace for an hour or so while running cooktop vent
Install fridge
Pack up tools
Drive 2 hours home
Marlboro and iced tea
Bed


My day started about 5:45 AM and I got home at midnight.