I conducted a search, and while I am sure it's been a thread in the past, here goes a new one. I know we all would rather hunt or be outdoors 24/7 but how do you pay your bills? I have spent my entire career in food/beverage manufacturing, mostly as a operations leader in some capacity. The largest tenure being in milk processing or beverage processing plants. The past six years I have worked for a Engineering company where we design/build process control systems for these same types of plants. We design and build process solutions for milk/juice/sauce or wine/beer/alcohol/bourbon. Smaller company based out of upstate NY, however I work remote and travel to all of these facilities to help them with various issues/opportunities/projects. Neat part is, we build all of our own panels, weld all of our own systems, and program all of our own software. Absolutely love what I do, only job I feel I would have liked more is MAYBE a Conservation Officer but that ship has sailed. HAHA
What's your job
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Park maintenance for the last eleven years. Worked factories most my life last was General Motors. The district I am in consists of two parks. One is 1000 acres of wetlands the other is 660 acres of half of which is some of the last stand of the Great Black Swamp the other half is wetlands and woods combined. For being a outdoorsman it is an awesome job. Working in a factory is a death sentence.
Couldn't agree more, my plants held me hostage and I wasn't even aware of it. 24/7 on call, especially as plant management, never stopped. Now I get the best of both worlds, get to interface with tons of plants but not work within them, just support them. Your gig sounds like a perfect job and likely get a lot of scouting in while "working" LOL
Retiree from the US postal service having almost 38 years with them. I’m now in the beer and bourbon tasting profession on a part time basis and folks say I have potential as long as I keep it in moderation and stay away from the overtime. 
Seriously though, I am enjoying retirement and staying busy mixing family time, work projects and daily chores around the house to fulfill my daily routine. When it comes to hunting and fishing I no longer feel pressed or stressed about things popping up during the fall rut cuz I have plenty of time cuz work schedule no longer controls me and my obsessions.
Seriously though, I am enjoying retirement and staying busy mixing family time, work projects and daily chores around the house to fulfill my daily routine. When it comes to hunting and fishing I no longer feel pressed or stressed about things popping up during the fall rut cuz I have plenty of time cuz work schedule no longer controls me and my obsessions.
Scouting for sure lol. Check out the mushroom thread. Yeah I wish I knew or even thought about it a long time ago. I would be retiring this October but will go a few more years. It’s hard work but the Doctor says it’s good for me lol. Right now we are in the middle of a 1600 ton of screenings trail resurfacing job.
I am an equipment operator for lineman. Specifically, right now, I run a hydrovac truck. I HATE IT! Most worthless feeling job I've ever had. But it is busy work and it pays pretty well. I'd rather be in an excavator moving dirt.
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Union Ironworker. I started out working in the rebar patch, did some structural steel and bridge work and now I'm the general foreman at at steel plant and the president of our local.