Name:
Location: Birmingham, Alabama, United States

I'm a telecommunications engineer who has recently once again taken a shine to the notion of finding an outlet for his thoughts, and all too frequent encounters with the strange.

Tuesday, September 06, 2005

Truck driver, Tire specialist or Insurance salesman

......Oh yeah, and the Navy is offering exciting careers in technology too!

I went to a couple of those wonderful job finder websites today, so far my career search and application process has been pretty much analog in nature, but I figured I might give it a goose in the caboose with the power of the Almighty Internet......

Won't try that again anytime soon, I only found one job that matched both my qualifications and documented experience.....TV repairman, and in Tuscaloosa no less.

I have a pretty wide range of experience in various and sundry other things, but... not a lot of documentation, formal employment history, or certification to back it up, besides that, which of these skills/trades do I choose, if any, if I want to shift to another field? Here's a list of examples:

Plumbing (installation and maintanence, but no certs.)
Electrical (Domestic and commercial installation incl. conduit and
breaker panels....even have my own bender and fishtape, but no
certs.)
Welding (Mig and flux....but that was just for hobby)
Auto collision repair (again, hobby)
Industrial controls (limited)
Automotive Mechanics (mostly hobby, but very extensive)
Carpentry and cabinate installation
Refrigeration/HVAC (limited. no certs.)
Custom Audiovisual installation/design
Satellite installation (C,Ku and DSS, receiver and dish)
Technical Education/Teaching (yup..ITT)
RF Communications (hobby, but I do have a couple of FCC licenses)
Business Management
Pneumatics and Hydrolics
Radio DJ (for a college station)
Broadcast equipment maintanence
Billing and Accounts
Sales (consumer)
Technical Writing
Research (the kind you do in a library...not a lab)
Custom tile installation
Painting (Cars and walls...but that's not special and it was hobby)
Computer programming (Basic, C++, Fortran, Assembly....But that shit
is just too tedious to be enjoyable and it's been over 10 years)
Design and prototyping (Mechanical,Electrical,Electronic....hobby and
contract)
Drafting (Schematics and Blueprints, but no CAD experience)
Contract Negotiation
Accounting (no certs here, just when necessary)
Landscaping
Staging, Sound and Lighting (2 years experience)
Commercial Video/Data projection
Floor maintenance
Clock repair (hobby)
Photography (hobby)
Sheetrock intallation and repair (limited)
Telephone repair (consumer and payphone)
Medical electronic equipment repair (endoscope, fetal heart monitor)
Jukebox Restoration
Guitar Amp repair
Custom shutter and Blind sales and installations
CCTV installation and maintanence
Alarm installation
CATV installation
Bartending (once, when drunk)
.......and I once delivered a baby goat(!)

I've never been fired from a job, and I'm a little tired of self-employment and side jobbing in addition to my main job. I just want a standard 5 day a week 9-5 job that pays well and has benefits other than back aches and the need to pop antacids like m&m's.

And I want to decide what I want to do for a living other than TV repair..... that won't require going back to school for what I already know.

2 Comments:

Blogger Zipdot said...

Do you have a gmail account? Do you want one?

6:21 PM  
Blogger Solderjunkie said...

I have an email account
Hierbahl@Yahoo.com
Watsa difference?

7:38 PM  

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