I work in Supplier Development for a manufacturing company. My youngest has one more semester to go for his BA, so that will free up more funds for the toys.
Last year's big spend was the trailer, but I don't regret that a bit.
I try to keep some restraint on the drain of $$ into the car, but you all know how that goes. Provided I don't damage the motor over the summer, next winter's project is a 396. Just trying to squeak out a few more ponies from the stock engine for this years campaign.
My wife doesn't mind my "habit", although she is no enthusiast of going fast. She rode with me on one autox run last year and was scared to death. Won't be riding again. She has her own business and works some long hours. She'd rather I was in the garage playing with my toys as opposed to other places I could be.

I work for these fine people:

http://www.holley.com

I've been here for eight years, and my car has been used once or twice for testing.

Current Holley product installed:

• Lunati stroker crank
• Lunati Pro Mod Super Duty rods
• Lunati forged pistons
• Lunati cam (242°/252° @ .502/.512 110°LSA)
• Lunati 1.6RRs
• Lunati springs
• Hooker longtubes, Y pipe, catback
• NOS 58mm billet TB
• NOS nitrous
• Annihilator Pro Strip programmable ignition system
• Annihilator wires
• Holley Commander 950 EFI
• Holley FPR
• NOS fuel pumps

It seems like I'm forgetting something, but who knows. Anyway, It's been a blast to work here. 94Bird (Mike) used to work here a few years back... he's actually the one responsible for getting me away from Mustangs.

But you're still driving Ford trucks. My mission is not complete.

Too many Fords, not enough time. Our work is never complete....

I am the Vice President for a Money Management, Estate Planning and Tax Planning Firm.

The problem is that my habit is not funded too well.

But I am an IS manager for a folding carton manufacturer. We have three plants and I am the only on site IS guy for all three plants.

Mechanical Engineer- I've worked in both the aerospace and medical device fields. Launched rockets and built life saving equipment. I'm looking forward to becoming self-employed, I'm getting tired of working for "the man."

My wife is a "stay at home mom" during the days, full-time student during the evenings. So, that means I take care of all three kids ages 1, 3 and 11 every night buy myself.

Just wondering (other than being racers ) what everyone's profession is. I am a senior at USF (University of South Florida), majoring in civil engineering. I also work part time as an intern at an engineering firm. Thanks.

I am a network engineer at a wireless company. That is a fancy way of saying computer geek. I am basically a UNIX admin whose primary responsibilities are storage, backups, Oracle, Remedy, VCS, and some internal homegrown apps.

http://frrax.com/rrforum/index.php?act=ST&...hl=city+manager

Here's an older thread of the same topic, though I know we've added a lot of members since then.

Thanks for the link, Absolut Speed.
And anyone who didn't post in that thread (or if you want to post again ), please feel free to do so. Thanks.

I'm a PHD student at the University of Maryland studying Mechanical Engineering. I pick up experimental research contract's to make money, just finished with a contract looking at different safety concerns with nuclear reactor's when coolent pipes break and now I'm starting on a contract for the Navy looking into sediment transport in pulsing flow. I'm 25, no kids, and I'm getting married on October 23rd 2004.

That link was a great read, nice to see the diverse backgrounds! Lots of interesting jobs, and some not so interesting, sometimes a job is just a job.

The last 11 years I have run Gecko Ranch - I breed and sell exotic geckos and accessories like books, vitamins and t-shirts. I ship 'em all over the continental USA and Alaska twice now. I do consulting with the UC Davis Veterinary School and write articles for reptile magazines. I also do public speaking about geckos with various slide shows I have produced.

I have a background in counseling psychology at the MA level, decided to give it up at the end of my thesis work. It was not for me. I like that geckos do not tell me about their problems!

I think my Dad is responsible for me liking performance cars as much as I do although he drove nothing sexier than a Chevette during his life. He was an aeronautical engineer who worked for every major company in that business. I was fascinated with his work on the space shuttle control systems as that program was being conducted by Rockwell for NASA. He showed me that tech stuff was kewl!

I work as a 'Device' Engineer at a semiconductor fab in Round Rock, TX.
Basically work on transistor level issues with semiconductors, have a B.S./M.S. Physics background. Its interesting at times but the last 3 years have been tough on the industry.

Julie, your job sounds like fun. I've always been interested in Herpatology.
Anyway, I went ahead and posted in the other thread. Most others have already posted there, might was well keep that one goin'!

I spent a few years working as a tech for Jegs High Performance. Before that I was an avionics technician, I installed weather radar systems, storm scopes, GPS, autopilots, radios, navigation instruments, antennas, transponders, altimeters, did fabrication work, etc. If it had wires, we installed and serviced it.

I am currently employed by SBC (Ameritech) and work as a support person for our customer service reps. When they have an order that "won't go", I help them fix it. Before that I did circuit design work. I designed ATM networks, digital data circuits, alarm circuits, and about anything else you can think of. Before that, I tested the circuits that I later designed.

I've got part of a Psychology degree started (why?).

I've always been interested in engineering but somehow ended up in medicine. I'm an anesthesiologist mainly at a freestanding outpatient surgery center.

It would be fair to call myself a rocket scientist.

I'm a systems engineer on a cruise missile program at Raytheon Missile Systems. I work with pretty much every group except the software coding - materials, mechanical, some avionics, little bit of low observables. Lots of project management work mostly.

I'm also one of the few engineers who is allowed to go out and bang on the hardware - I've done body work restoring dented missiles, fixed dinged wings and fins, and currently developing procedures to fix damaged aluminum honeycomb structures.

-Jeff

Sounds like most of you have some pretty interesting jobs. Mine is boring. Support tech for a very large school district in SoCal. I think it's one of the biggest in the state. Been there for 5 years but I really do not like it anymore. Currently I'm trying to get my own web design/hosting business going, and I also build and fix computers for people as side work. I don't currently race because I can't afford a second car right now, and I will not race the SS as long as it's a daily driver. Actually I probably could get a second car, but I've been putting most of my free money into my house. I've been in this house for just over a year and I'm just now getting my backyard done.

just a service tech, if you bought anything from a major retail store(except walmart) bike, BBQ, fitness ....... nation wide my CO. did it

how you doing i960? WOW 2 from b-town

I am an Environmental Meteorologist for a private meteorological consulting firm. The majority of my work focuses on radiological dispersion and release from nuclear power plants (this is a routine thing...) But I also do work on thermal models for the reactor cooling ponds. I also do dispersion modeling for coal-fired power plants. Oh yeah, I am also the an IT assistant and an operational forecaster when I have time.

hehe, never thought I'd find anyone from Bakersfield on this or any board! Wanna come over this weekend and help me turn wrenches? I have a craptacular amount of stuff planned. I'm going to be taking some pics of all the stuff I've been accumulating over the past 2 weeks and I'll post em up soon. Because of my work schedule I've had very little time to do anything to my car, so I'm trying to cram in as much as possible this weekend.

Do you happen to know anyone in town that can weld in some SFC's for me? I've had a set of Hotchkis SFC's since I bought the car almost 2 years ago, and they still aren't installed.

Active Duty Navy - Chief Yeoman going over 20 years this November. Will finish up with 22 years in December 2006, then have to get a real job. Majority of career has been serving aboard submarines or assigned to support components.

I also work for SBC, in Dallas. 6 years this past March.

software configuration management for Autodesk... or computer geek, for some.

I work for Fifth Third Bank as a Third Shift Operations Manager. I manage a department called Network Control. Pretty boring really.

http://www.michigangage.com/

I manage the design department, 10 guys at this time.

Steve

I also fall into the geek catagory.

I am in Unix Support.

There's some truth to that. When I first started autocrossing, I was having trouble with not driving hard enough. I just couldn't make myself get aggressive enough. I was wondering if I had really gotten THAT old, because when I was younger ....

Then one Memorial Day, as I was making my third trip to Home Depot that day pulling a heavy trailer behind a truck that was too small for it, it all became clear

For several months I avoided pulling a trailer for the last day or two before an event.

Of course now I pull a trailer TO the autocrosses

I once had to tell a musician friend that he really shouldn't listen to Bob Dillan in the week before a performance

I'm surprised at the number of nuke related jobs ...

Telcommunication Engineer For a Financial Company. Been in Telecom for 20 years.

Im a Univ. of Dayton co-op at GE Aircraft Engines in Cincy doing grunt work for the project manager. My other co-op job (during the year) is J2EE programming for a GEAE subsidiary (sp?). They're both great jobs for a college kid.

I'm a high school teacher : 10th grade biology, 11-12th grade honors anatomy and physiology and 11-12th grade biotechnology. Yeah, I'm corrupting the youth of America, and proud of it!

As for "supporting my habit," I have a second job at Howard Community College, where I'm an adjunct professor teaching anatomy and physiology lecture and lab. I call that one my "Hoosier job," 'cause I took it so that I could afford Hoosiers.

Karen

Mechanical Engineer.

I'm a consulting mechanical engineer. I design HVAC sytems for commercial and industrial buildings. Everything from small office remodels to new buildings and data centers. Currently I'm working on a concourse expansion at Denver International Airport.

Network Architect for a Healthcare company here in Tulsa that manages a long term in home healthcare plan for the state. Basically I design, build and maintain all of our network infrastructure (servers, networks, telecommunications, etc).

Electrical Engineer for the Federal Government. I design electronic circuitry used in aircraft test stands. The test stands are used to debug and verify the flight programs for the F-16 fighter jets. I've been doing this for almost 20 years now, but before that I worked for Thiokol Corp. as an Electronics Tech while earning my engineering degree. At Thiokol I repaired and rebuilt electronic control systems after rocket motor propellant mixing buildings got blown up!

My wife comes from a "car" familly and has her own fbody, a '93 T/A. Her father raised her right with an appreication for fast cars. He has a Lambhorgini Countach, a Detomaso Mongusta, a Corvette, and a '94 T/A.

Rob, I am surprised by how many performance car enthusiasts also like reptiles! You are right, it is a lot of fun! I also like the creative aspect of having an e-based business. It is really rewarding to see your idea turn into money, and equally as dissappointing to see your idea turn into a bust.

With the geckos, it is always Comedy Central. They are some of the funniest creatures on the earth! They have the ability to vocalize (part of what makes a gecko) and right now there is a lot of that going on with the mating season going full blast! Then there is the reaction to my geckos from other people, When I go to the grocery store and purchase fruit babyfood for some of them often I get asked "How is the baby doing?" I reply "The little green children are doing just fine!"

Daddy! I've finally found you!

I work in Sat a light Commune i ka shuns as a Field Support Engineer for Hughes Network Systems.
How things are installed, how they work, new install techniques, beta test new equipment and procedures, write specs, finding the right 'bird' in the sky, transponders and freq's, etc.

Tire and wheel pusher. Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier groomer , Jazz trombonist. Jeeze, after looking at all these posts, now I know why I feel stupid on this board. Half you guys ARE rocket scientists or engineers.

I guess I didn't realize we were the same age.

BTW congrats.

Nursery Growing Gounds Superviser/Manager "The Boss".
18 employees (that drive me nuts,well some).After I decided City work was too boring working with people who just want to screw off and waste tax payers money I moved on. Then I was hired by a multi-divisional industry that has a Reno NV. based retail nursery.To grow their product at their California(Redding) location where they had just purchased 100 acres for the purpose of being self sufficiant.And better grow conditions,and cheap land to boot.
I started to build and run the growing grounds for them 5.5 yrs. ago.I have grown it to 33 developed and irrigated acres presently.With long rows after rows of trees to vast shrub fields,entire areas of just flowers beaming at you all gridded with roadways. The last inventory showed a bit over 4 million in nursery stock.Everything from small bedding plants and veggies in my 4- 30'x100' green houses,1gallon perennials to all sizes of trees 5gallon to 30 gallon size. I have on an annual basis 6,800 rose bushes bareroot put into cans.And raised there, I have won many 1st prizes for my roses,Better homes,rose society and such with them over the yrs.
I see/load (well my people do) approx. 2.5 -48' tractor trailer rigs a week completely stuffed to Reno.Where not just plants for the nursery are on there we have Landscape installation crews doing everything from peoples front yards to public works projects and housing development to provide for also. Multi tasking is a must and planning is everything approached w/ drive and ambition there is lots to do and oversee. My Quad gets a work out
Chances are if you have been to Reno you have seen my plants Everywhere you look.I don't see myself ever leaving this venture,it is my baby I created it.I am paid very well my future is takin care of and I enjoy being "The Boss".
I think I might have control issues Julie

Tony

Project manager with an architectural firm. Currently lending a hand to the Phoenix Civic Center expansion team. Hoping to be kicked loose soon on the Tucson airport expansion. It may sound glamorous but it doesn't support the habit.

Architect..own my own small firm. Zero extra time for cars normally..

I am a prisoner in Iraq for the last 400plus days, really though I am in the army ,employed as a maintenance officer , deployed to Iraq for 400 plus days.

I operate SMT placement machines for a large Industrial Automation supplier (aka a button pusher). Been there almost 7 years (since i was 18). I have an AAS in EET and very recently started on a BS in Mech E, but that may change to Industrial Manufacturing Engineering if Mech E starts to get too tough. I'm only 25, but i've been out of school long enough to lose the necessary academic skills to be able to get by while working full time.

I wouldnt have any money for the car/driving if I still didnt live at home, need to milk that as much as I can.

Miki

And I thank you for doing just that.

If you are ever in Texas, let me know.
I have a 6 pack of Irish Creme Ale I brewed myself with your name on it.

I am a pee-on at a Ford dealership, and a Junior in college. I'm quitting the dealership to work at the speedway next semester part time (as a flagger).

To add to the rest of the engineers here... I'm a mechanical engineering student at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. I used to work as a CAD operator for a small place that builds explosion proof forklifts, (I never drove them so I can't use that as an excuse for my driving). My first go at college was at GMI in Michigan where I was first introduced to autocrossing by the school’s car club. Maybe one day I’ll actually finish my education, I’m supposed to be done by December of 2005. In the meantime I’m working with a general contractor.