26 years in Local #66 Operating Engineers, currently running a 375 Cat excavator loading 60 ton offroad trucks.

Nuclear engineer with an MBA. Used to work in a nuclear power plant, now working for a large financial services company solving all kinds of problems. We're a couple years from retirement. Both kids are grown with masters degrees in engineering, so I think my wife and I did good in that department.

I'm a Nobel winning prized scholar... Oh wait.

I used to be a Certified Information Systems Auditor, MCSE, MCITP, CCNP and a few other acronyms that goes with a 30 year M.S. degree, but that job went to New Jersey about 7 years ago. So I started up what I really loved doing back in school... I own/operate a landscape/lawn care service that employees a couple of guys and lets me play outside with my "toys" all day. We service about a 60 mile radius and do everything from postage stamp lots to 15+ acre municipal properties.

Oh... I guess in the winter I still play with computers and have been known to do an occasional free lance audit for smaller financial institutions... And I'm Mr. Mom during the winter.

Had my last day of high school today, currently a service technician intern at the local Case IH dealer, work on everything there except Cubs. Ha, Going to school for auto-body and welding this fall.

I worked for CIH right out of college. Worked for them for about a year and a half then went out on my own. What part of Ill are you from? I'm in Crawford County. It's on the lower eastern side below I-70.

For a living? Sit home and cuddle up to the wife :biggrin2:
She brings the check home for me! (yeah right) I used to work for our earth moving company (operating anything from dozer to loader and quad axle Pete. And don't forget the #2 shovel). that grandpa started and incorporated back in 1945.
I was a third generation (started at the age of 16) to work for our family. Then in 1985 I broke my neck in a car crash and ended up paralyzed.
Up until last year I was the official gopher, parts runner, job bidder and lawn mower. And kept the shop organized.
But last year I had to face reality that I couldn't go on like that, using my arms for legs was getting to the point of no return. So with two torn rotator cuffs and elbows that are bone on bone I bowed away from our company. And signed up for disability. I've got a few years of life left (God willing) and I think what I have left, I'd like to keep, maybe painful, but they still work.
So the answer to the question. Nothing

Im up in ogle, north of dixon.

I now teach high school. Been at it 14 years. I've retired from two other careers. 10 years as a petroleum engoineer and management in the oil fields and 15 years in water chemistry both as engineer and management. I have about 5 years left befire I can retire (again!).

I will say this to the younger set here on OCC: you never know what you will end up doing for the rest of your life, so pay attention to everything.

I agree with "you never know what you will end up doing for the rest of your life" :bigeyes:

Started in high school with a dream of car repair.

Due to the military draft I went to technical school for HVAC to avoid the draft for two years.

Got "drafted", but quickly joined the Navy, they sent me to welding school, I had nuclear certification to weld on submarines.

Got out of the Navy, worked on a farm, and thought, "There has to be a better way" :bigthink:

The Navy gave me the GI bill that payed for college, and I was off, to yet another career! :biggrin2:

I am a monitor technician on a Neuro Critical care unit at our local hospital. I watch heart/vital monitors and read EKG strips as well as entering doctors orders into the computer system. I tell people my job is watching people die 1 heart beat at a time. Sometimes it really gets to me and working on these old Cubs helps to give me and outlet.