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I thought I would start this thread to see what everyone else has to deal with during their 8-to-5 wage earning time. Idea is to post something (picture, lingo, crazy talk, etc..) that represents what it is that you do from 8-to-5. The more sense it makes to you and less to everyone else the better. So, I’ll start with mine… BTW, I hate my job as I waste my brain all day :clonk:. I would like to quit, open a Subway shop and hopefully the only thing my brain would need to process is to see if the guy in front of me wants mayo or mustard on his sandwich… :thumbsup:

Either doing this:

for i in *${RF_DATA_FILE_SUFIX}
do
export rfFile=`echo ${i}|cut -d"." -f1`
echo ${RF_FILE_TO_CF_SCRIPT_XREF} |grep ${rfFile} >/dev/null 2>&1
rc=${?}
if [[ ${rc} -eq 0 ]]
then
log_event "Validating subscription for file: ${i}. Status: VALID."
else
log_event "Validating subscription for file: ${i}. Status: INVALID."
log_event "Continuing but notifying OPS..."
mail -s "${script_name} - Warning: Unknown RF File" ${MAILTO_GROUP} <<!EOF!
`echo "File ${i} is not part of current subscription."`
!EOF!
fi
done


Or this:

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7 to 3 here Matt
and I get plenty of stimulation for my brain in the machine shop where I work where we make shafts or repair bearing fits, seal fits, bore couplings and sprockets maybe a little balancing and cylindrical grinding.
What drives me crazy is when we get a new manager come in and he's gonna change the world. I've outlasted them all. ;)
 
I fix undeground telephone cables all day working in manholes.Most people dont know that underground phone cables are continously pressureized with dry airto keep water out.I get to fix everything from the compressor/dryers that supply the air,the pipes and manifolds that distribute the air to the leaky cables that need the air.Of couse my group is called the "Air Gang".We use an electronic system to monitor the pressure in the cables and the flow and pressure from the manifolds using pressure and flow transucers that set off alarms when the cables go below 5 psi,the manifold go below 7 psi,or the manifolds exceed the specified flow rate.Then I go out into the field pulling manhole lids,reading the pressure on the leaky cable{s} and caculate the location of the leak using pnumatic resistance formulas based on flow rate,cable size,gauge and insulation type.I get to do lots of lea wipng{just like the old bodymen} on the old lead sheathed cables that crack or corrode which is just as much a dying art in telecommunications as it is in bodywork,but if you can do it{few guys can} you can be the go to guy on the big cable failures that usually require these kinds of repairs.My boss gets rated on how low he can get his alarm percentages and how few cables fail under his watch.He doesnt really tell us what to do.He gives us{a team of 2 guys)an area {town} to work in.We walk in the office every morning and pull up an alarm report for our area and fax him a sheet with where we are going,and unless he has something more imporant,thats how the day is gonna go.If we get the alarm rate down to acceptable levels(typically takes months to do)and keep the cabes from failing he doesnt want to know we exist.If I want overtime and my area is up to snuff,I will go pull up alarm reports for other areas that are being neglected and mop up the mess there.Since our gang is mostly old timers looking to mozy thru their final years,and only handfull of us younger guys really want the work,the overtime is ripe for the pickin.It truly a job where once you learn the science of how to calculate where the troubles are you can really write your own ticket.

So now you know.
 
I fix undeground telephone cables all day working in manholes.Most people dont know that underground phone cables are continously pressureized with dry airto keep water out.I get to fix everything from the compressor/dryers that supply the air,the pipes and manifolds that distribute the air to the leaky cables that need the air.Of couse my group is called the "Air Gang".We use an electronic system to monitor the pressure in the cables and the flow and pressure from the manifolds using pressure and flow transucers that set off alarms when the cables go below 5 psi,the manifold go below 7 psi,or the manifolds exceed the specified flow rate.Then I go out into the field pulling manhole lids,reading the pressure on the leaky cable{s} and caculate the location of the leak using pnumatic resistance formulas based on flow rate,cable size,gauge and insulation type.I get to do lots of lea wipng{just like the old bodymen} on the old lead sheathed cables that crack or corrode which is just as much a dying art in telecommunications as it is in bodywork,but if you can do it{few guys can} you can be the go to guy on the big cable failures that usually require these kinds of repairs.My boss gets rated on how low he can get his alarm percentages and how few cables fail under his watch.He doesnt really tell us what to do.He gives us{a team of 2 guys)an area {town} to work in.We walk in the office every morning and pull up an alarm report for our area and fax him a sheet with where we are going,and unless he has something more imporant,thats how the day is gonna go.If we get the alarm rate down to acceptable levels(typically takes months to do)and keep the cabes from failing he doesnt want to know we exist.If I want overtime and my area is up to snuff,I will go pull up alarm reports for other areas that are being neglected and mop up the mess there.Since our gang is mostly old timers looking to mozy thru their final years,and only handfull of us younger guys really want the work,the overtime is ripe for the pickin.It truly a job where once you learn the science of how to calculate where the troubles are you can really write your own ticket.

So now you know.


....and knowing is half the battle! l:)l:)l:)l:)l:)l:) Sorry I couldn't resist.
Is that true out in dryer places like Nevada, Arizona or California?
 
8-5 here and school 6:15 to 10:30 everynight m-f. I work at a transmission shop installing and pulling transmissions and any other drivetrain related stuff. However we do absolutely everything related to a vehicle from pulling and rebuilding a motor to putting an ash tray in. I go to school for diesel. I figure all the experience i can get will help.
 
I fix undeground telephone cables all day working in manholes.Most people dont know that underground phone cables are continously pressureized with dry airto keep water out.I get to fix everything from the compressor/dryers that supply the air,the pipes and manifolds that distribute the air to the leaky cables that need the air.Of couse my group is called the "Air Gang".We use an electronic system to monitor the pressure in the cables and the flow and pressure from the manifolds using pressure and flow transucers that set off alarms when the cables go below 5 psi,the manifold go below 7 psi,or the manifolds exceed the specified flow rate.Then I go out into the field pulling manhole lids,reading the pressure on the leaky cable{s} and caculate the location of the leak using pnumatic resistance formulas based on flow rate,cable size,gauge and insulation type.I get to do lots of lea wipng{just like the old bodymen} on the old lead sheathed cables that crack or corrode which is just as much a dying art in telecommunications as it is in bodywork,but if you can do it{few guys can} you can be the go to guy on the big cable failures that usually require these kinds of repairs.My boss gets rated on how low he can get his alarm percentages and how few cables fail under his watch.He doesnt really tell us what to do.He gives us{a team of 2 guys)an area {town} to work in.We walk in the office every morning and pull up an alarm report for our area and fax him a sheet with where we are going,and unless he has something more imporant,thats how the day is gonna go.If we get the alarm rate down to acceptable levels(typically takes months to do)and keep the cabes from failing he doesnt want to know we exist.If I want overtime and my area is up to snuff,I will go pull up alarm reports for other areas that are being neglected and mop up the mess there.Since our gang is mostly old timers looking to mozy thru their final years,and only handfull of us younger guys really want the work,the overtime is ripe for the pickin.It truly a job where once you learn the science of how to calculate where the troubles are you can really write your own ticket.

So now you know.
Around here what you do has been reduced to bottle changing... Instead of trouble shooting and fixing the leaks they strap green bottles to poles and run around replacing the bottles...
 
9-5:30 as an electronics technician repairing video and redemption games,batting cages and Laser Tag vests in a FEC. Oh, and dealing with kids who have no respect or try to scam you, parents who think a redemption ticket or token for the cheap Chinese crap we give away is worth gold, or the ones who; if anything goes wrong it is" ruining their experience" and it's my fault. ****ty managers who can't and won't control the young teens we hire, who won't delegate responsibility, who won't do anything about the F$%%ing cell phone usage by said teens, who hire back people who quit,who put unqualified people in management positions. A corporate office that, while buying up more stores, haven't given a raise to anyone in 3 years,refuses to administer drug testing to avoid the cost. Oh yes. This is my hell.
Working on my Camaro helps keep me sane.
Anyone need a good tech in Dallas? Seriously?
 
OMG you guys have awesome hrs...

How about 5:30am to whenever the majority of the clowns go home around 6... then as soon as my southerm hemisphere customers wake up.....back at it

so how about I sometimes get between 6 and 8 pm free....
 
I hear ya DJD.There is a lot of that around here.We use white tanks though.It sounds like they are using Hydrogen tanks which are really only a small part hydrogen.Thats a pretty good idea.We use smaller Nitrogen tanks which only start out at 200 psi and wont last all night if you leave them set at 5psi pumping into a leaking cable.Hydrogen tanks are bigger and have 2000 psi in them,the should be good for an entire week.Why change the tank everyday when you can do it once a week and just tell the boss you are doing it very day:) Scam artists,all of them.
 
Rich I thought the green was for non-flamable gas, I'm fairly sure they use Nitrogen too. You're right, our guys used the tall bottles... Funny once the old pressure guys took a package or retired they were replaced with middle age techs and the Loc Mgr decided it was less expensive to bottle sit than get the guys training on chatlos and trouble shooting. That's the way it was told to me anyway, I supported engineers until I was layed off in 2008...
 
Yeah Dennis,we loose a lot of experiance with every buy out.We are loosing a few more in the next few weeks.They dont really train guys anymore.I think if they replace anybody in our gang,they will just bring over some cable splicers and pair them off with air guys to learn or just be "top of the hole guys".
As for non Flammable gas,the hydrogen is classified as non flammable because it is something like .05%.we normally use it for leak locating underground sections by pressurizing the cables with it and running a sniffer around all the bore holes and patches in the ground until we find something.We use Helium for that too.
I still pull up a Chatlos report every day for my areas.It's not too hard to do.In most cases a boss would normally do it,but since we dont have a boss in our office{we remote report} we have to do it on our own.They are always moving people around in the offices and every time we get a new support staff,we have to walk them thru using the monitoring systems.If I am out in the field and want to see if an alarm cleared after I fixed something I have to call in and walk them thru it.My boss doesnt even use the system and I am not sure he knows how{he was an air guy but waayyy back when).he gets a report from 2nd level once a month with the overall numbers for each area.when things look good{warm weather} we get lots of atta boyz,when things tank{cold weather} he leans on some guys a little.It isn't too big a deal.As the old timers tell you when you walk in the door for the first time,"Theres no pressure in air"
 
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9-5 in IT (supporting Peoplesoft Apps, I recognize the Informatica designer! :) ). The work is mostly done in New Dehli, but I manage, oversee and architect :( Wish I was working in a Camaro related field!
Yes, that's Informatica alright! Glad to see more "geek-heads by day and gear-heads by night" out here. I guess I never did say what I really do ... I am a contractor for DOD. Do a lot of health care data warehousing for the US Military. Anytime a US soldier or his spouse/child sees a private or military doctor/hospital a medical claim is submitted and eventually paid by the US government. The systems/applications I build and maintain ultimately validate, process, accept/reject and pay these claims. I move billions or records around various DB2 UDB databases using tools like Informatica, UNIX, Cognos. Few years ago my team wrote an application that finds duplicate claims "accidentally" submitted by private doctors to the DOD multiple times for payment. That application recovers close to 20 million $$$ per year now. Also designed a datamart for fraud and abuse analysis where we found some interesting stuff, like the 80 year old guy that was getting weekly prescriptions for 400 Viagra pills. Turns out the doctor was running a scam and selling the pills himself on the black market.

I used to like my job a whole lot more than I do now as working for the DOD is painful majority of the time. Big ship, changes are very slow or next to impossible and the decision making process is simply unbelievable. You don't know how many times I've been told that 2+2 is 5 and the earth is indeed flat... Good news is that DOD is good client to have as they have deep pockets and not very likely to go out of business anytime soon.
 
7:30 - 4:00 IBEW electrician at Los Alamos National Laboratory. We work on all kinds of equipment and systems.
:cool: - I used to do quite a bit work at that site in several buildings.
Did a lot of 'shut-down' major installations of HazMat distribution and control 'thingies' ...

I work at a little calif oil company as an ‘SR. Asset Developer’(CSOC Certified of course) – Pretty much an 8~5 thing ...
I take the CVX-CBRES/NAFL(downstream) Capital Project Proposals and then formulate and complete the FEL/Engineering for the 1st Phase CPDEP presentations to the DRB.
Then my group develops the project through Phases 2 & 3 CPDEP with ICE support and engineering oversight.
Completion of all supporting OE/BBS/CSOC documentation must then be attached to support the project metrics.
I then construct the final Phase 4 DSP documentation and present it to the CGB to finalize the funding ... then we’re off to the races with contract submission to our CHESM Certified Core GC’s involved. :thumbsup:

It all goes pretty smooth – unless of course you’re ADAIRO presentation doesn’t support the alternative development and choice, or your DSP has an undocumented RR or LL compliance issue :sad:
Then I just "re-align" my team, snake all the 'key' stake-holders again and "recycle" to an alternative for presentation at the next DRB - then we do it again as needed ...
Never hurts to "Coffee Pot" the Decision Executive(s) and the Endorser to get their Value Driver Analysis for items to be included "On the Frame" before your Decision Hierachy is submitted though ;)



Must be why I find cars and boats so simple and relaxing ;)
 
12am-8am weekends, 8am-4pm weekdays
radiologic technologist.
I do xrays on people who come in to the emergency room and tell me they hurt their ankle A WEEK AGO!!! arrgggh!! so much for calling it an emergency room.
so now when people ask me what I do for a living, I just say I'm a population control specialist :D
 
m-f 6am-5pm
internet proctoligist
 
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