And philanthropist.... :hug:Turbo-machinery/ Rotating equipment service engineer. Travel and work on sites all around Australia, currently in Melbourne working at Exxon Mobil supervising the overhaul of a wet gas compressor.
It's crazy isn't it. I don't know a single non-riding engineer, but of all the people I know through mtb, 10-20% are mech engineers. When shuttling with randoms its almost to be expected that at least one person will be an engineer. Heck, I've been out doing shuttles and been the only person in the car that WASN'T an engineer.TBH I thought there would be more engineers in this thread. For some reasons mountain biking seems to attract a lot of them!
Mech Engineer here :wave:. Hit or shit? It has it's moments; I get to do plenty of design work, it varies and it's challenging, so I like that. Best of all they let me do 4 day weeks so I can spend a day with my kid and have a 3 day weekend, which is pretty awesome.It's crazy isn't it. I don't know a single non-riding engineer, but of all the people I know through mtb, 10-20% are mech engineers. When shuttling with randoms its almost to be expected that at least one person will be an engineer. Heck, I've been out doing shuttles and been the only person in the car that WASN'T an engineer.
Nice - looked long and hard at this this year when they were recruiting. Didn't end up applying as I was worried about some of the posting locations around the country.Air traffic controller. Pretty good gig most of the time. 5 weeks a year leave but usually we get our RDO's during leave so it goes a long way. Lots of time midweek to ride/surf etc. and I never take work home.
Yeah it's something you need to think about. Generally speaking the best way to get posted where you want is to pick the place geographically furthest from where you want to end up.Nice - looked long and hard at this this year when they were recruiting. Didn't end up applying as I was worried about some of the posting locations around the country.
Dunno if there's any overlap here with mech eng, but a couple of mates are fire engineers and don't seem to have any issues with employment. Both have moved around a bit the last few years on their own terms. Sounds like the workload can get crazy busy from time to time though.Unemployed Mech Engineer here. Can't say I ever really liked it. Money was the only good thing. Was flat out from 2008-2013, then the last 2.5 years have been a stressful time just trying to keep employed! Discovered that boom and bust industries aren't my cup of tea.
I'm keenly reading this thread for new career ideas.
Yeah, it's probably best to keep quiet about the little voices in your head telling you to kill and kill again... Apparently it's not a good thing when you're stuck thousands of miles from help with an axe murderer in your midst.yeah, i had a go at getting in...failed the psych tests.:noidea:...................:crazy:
plenty of penguins..just jump in the Hagglund and go mow a few hundred down :evil:Yeah, it's probably best to keep quiet about the little voices in your head telling you to kill and kill again... Apparently it's not a good thing when you're stuck thousands of miles from help with an axe murderer in your midst.
While hatch would say she hit the shit, and Jarrod got hit with the shit.So is it hit or shit, I would have to say hit.