I'm doing embedded software. For the last 5 years my field is robotics. Almost 20 years prior to that I was doing embedded stuff for railroads.
Yes, our cars have embedded software. I'd like to be able to modify it to meet my needs and understanding - I really-really don't like the "Grade Logic Control" - good idea - bad implementation.
What are you doing?

doing as in job field, right? :dunno:

Yep!

Who is who?

I is me..

Sorry, I got nothin....

navy meteorologist here.... :)

Air Force Flight Test Engineer on the T-38, F-15, F-16, and the C-12J.

ahhh, I get what you are asking for..

Corporate Quality Engineer for a fortune 500 automotive supplier (Full Time)

Detailer (Part Time)

Electronic dance music "underground" DJ (Part Time)

Dad (Full Time)

Interesting folks on here...

Business Manager for testing services at a scientific instrumentation company (MRI, NMR, XRF technologies, etc)

Hey Stiller...I'm jealous...I was going to go into meteorology when first going to school until I found out about all that pesky math. So I went into polymer science instead...go figure. Hey Steven...when can we all go for a ride on an F-16?

Project Engineer for a Large General Contractor... Building Water treatment plants. (By large I mean in 37 States) (Full time +++)

I'm doing embedded software. For the last 5 years my field is robotics. Almost 20 years prior to that I was doing embedded stuff for railroads.
Yes, our cars have embedded software. I'd like to be able to modify it to meet my needs and understanding - I really-really don't like the "Grade Logic Control" - good idea - bad implementation.
What are you doing?

Hey Pitt...Have you heard of Hanson Robotics out of Texas? They're doing some amazing things over there.

Retired Idiot and part time auto detailer.

rick,

you can't be that stupid. i mean, you had enough smarts to make it a career in the navy, correct me if i'm wrong, right?

Hey Pitt...Have you heard of Hanson Robotics out of Texas? They're doing some amazing things over there.
Artificial intelligence...in the hot weather state...Sorry it is not what i like.
The stuff I'm doing fits into tiny micro(2k SRAM) and does its job in real time:
motion control, position control and a lot of other controls...
In the mid 80s I was involved into design antiskid control for FWD vehicle. Basically you need to determine skid conditions and... to disable braking. At that time nobody could even think about disabling braking, ABS was pretty young and project has been closed. I didn't here anything about antiskid since...

Technician for Union Pacific.

Finance for the local County.

Such a cake job..:naughty:

rick,

you can't be that stupid. i mean, you had enough smarts to make it a career in the navy, correct me if i'm wrong, right?

I was a radar ground control approach specialist in the Navy. My Navy career was 3 years, 10 months, and 21 days long. A few of us got out a month early cause Viet Nam was over.....and I STILL don't like getting my frikkin' hair cut!

VP for a development stage advanced materials company. One of our products is a ceramic composite brake rotor for racing motorcycles (today - tomorrow for four wheelers).

And another polymer science major.:thmsup:

And a Steelers fan:thmsup::thmsup:

I'm the idiot that plays with nazi-mobiles all day.............................

I'm a software engineer for a telecommunications company.

Heavy Aircraft Mechanic in a Contingency Response Group.........we open up airbases at austere fields.

Wow...we have a wikipedia blurp:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/621st_Contingency_Response_Wing

Not much there but the mission statement says a bit.

woa, DA apparently likes aviation! i'm a freight pilot at heart but currently working for a charter company flying small business jets. it was an opportunity i wanted to try but can see myself pushing boxes again soon.

stillerfan, my dad is a meteorologist and has been working up here in the northeast for the past 30 odd years and loves it when things get ugly! his old license plate was BAD WX

I'm an x-ray tech for a large hospital in Cleveland working mostly in the operating rooms.

Materials Manager and part owner with my brother and brother-in-law of a contract packaging company. Business is good!:thmsup:

Shelf Stocker at Cub Foods! (Part of SuperValu chain)

Junior in high school but taking college classes, want to get my bachelors in software/computer engineering. And get my MBA after that so I can bring in the $$ :thmsup:

Product Manager for virtualizaton management software at HP

I am a barista and a student. I have one degree down, and now I'm working on another one in Business. When I have that one, I will transfer to a University and work towards another one. I'm thinking about taking on substitute teaching once I have enough units.

diabetes research assistant/ student trying to get into med..

An Electrical Engineer at a shipyard. I work on controls systems for the Arleigh Burke Class destroyer.

I just went to a job interview yesterday and tried to explain what I do... its not easy... I'll just say corporate monkey for a large telcom.

Regular Full Time Job- Computer systems engineer for a govt. contractor specilizing in XP Embedded thin client technology for the DOD and Intelligence comunities.

Dad- Full Time

Engine builder/Fabricator/Tuner - Part Time, but building my own buisness with my wife to transition to full time hopefully.

^^^ How could I forget, Father of a 5 1/2 month old. Working 60+ hours a week (2nd trick 3pm-?) really sucks, but pays the bills.

Just found:Electronic stability control senses when a driver may lose control of the vehicle and automatically applies brakes to individual wheels to help keep it stable and avoid a rollover. The technology helps motorists avoid skidding across icy or slick roads or keep control of their car when swerving to avoid an unexpected object in the road. Ha-ha...I was doing that 1985-1986(!!!) with Intel 8085 micro.

Financial Advisor, full-time.
College instructor, part-time.
Poet, part-time.
Go figure. :wave:


I'm doing embedded software. For the last 5 years my field is robotics. Almost 20 years prior to that I was doing embedded stuff for railroads.
Yes, our cars have embedded software. I'd like to be able to modify it to meet my needs and understanding - I really-really don't like the "Grade Logic Control" - good idea - bad implementation.
What are you doing?

My title is Sr Demand Planning Analyst for a large CE retailer based in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. I am responsible for forecasting and replenishing televisions for our stores.

IT support for an international language software firm here.

Chemical engineer having worked in a chemical plant, automotive mfg, industrial sales as an application engineer, and a government contractor.

I sit on my butt & eat bon-bons all day.................:D


I used to be a professional shopper.... meaning I got paid to shop, I was a secret shopper.

Now I just do it for fun!:lmao:


I had nearly 18 years of doctor mom, taxi driver, chef, maid, gardener, carpet cleaner, financial planner, handy-person, technician's helper, service writer, dog walker, pool "girl", painter, roofer, fence builder, designer, counselor, tile layer, artist, activity planner, vacation planner, etc.


The kids grew up & I got a couple of years reprieve.....then the grandkids came.....


Many of the jobs seem to come back with them!!:paranoid:


Ah, ain't life grand?!


My prince went to college full time at night while doing his 4 years in the USAF (playing with U-2s) AND he also had a "part time" job as a "mechanic" (36hrs. per week) at a small shop for 2 years, then at an airport for a bit longer. He was getting by on about 4 hours sleep per night for most of those 4 years.

Now he's been fixing Hondas since 1981. And puttin' up with me since 1975.

projectionist:naughty:

i'm a college student slowly becoming a mechanical engineer:thmsup:

Still injection molding plastic

stillerfan, my dad is a meteorologist and has been working up here in the northeast for the past 30 odd years and loves it when things get ugly! his old license plate was BAD WX

does he work for the national weather service, or one of the local news stations???? :)

I sit on my butt & eat bon-bons all day.................:D


I used to be a professional shopper.... meaning I got paid to shop, I was a secret shopper.

Now I just do it for fun!:lmao:


I had nearly 18 years of doctor mom, taxi driver, chef, maid, gardener, carpet cleaner, financial planner, handy-person, technician's helper, service writer, dog walker, pool "girl", painter, roofer, fence builder, designer, counselor, tile layer, artist, activity planner, vacation planner, etc.


The kids grew up & I got a couple of years reprieve.....then the grandkids came.....


Many of the jobs seem to come back with them!!:paranoid:


Ah, ain't life grand?!


My prince went to college full time at night while doing his 4 years in the USAF (playing with U-2s) AND he also had a "part time" job as a "mechanic" (36hrs. per week) at a small shop for 2 years, then at an airport for a bit longer. He was getting by on about 4 hours sleep per night for most of those 4 years.

Now he's been fixing Hondas since 1981. And puttin' up with me since 1975.

Doesn't exactly sound like putting up with you from your job lists, sounds like a good partnership:thmsup: Gotta get my wife on here with you, sounds like you too would have good conversations, she is a full time colldge student getting her masters in education, Mom of 2 (which of course encompases so many other jobs it is not funny:D), mechanics helper, parts prep and finisher (yes she loves her media blast cabinet), and damn near full time teacher, she currently subs almost every school day while studying for her licensure exams.

trade settlement specialist for a small awesome company. used to be a "service delivery representative" for an annoying huge bank. the term meant nothing when it came to the job. i was essentially doing alot of what i do now, just a different party in the process for a different sort of beast in the financial world....

also mom to a 14 month old, wife to another da'r-we actually met here :thmsup:, and a steelers fan in packers territory.

Video editor for a real-estate marketing company.

A few different hats in the IT field ranging from c++ coder to project manager back to java then to business intelligence then to... oh well, you get the picture.

Like stillerfan and donutlimo's dad, I am also a meteorologist, with a bachelors, a Masters specialization in northeastern snowstorms, and soon to be Ph.D! :banana:

It's the only career where you can be wrong and still keep your job! :D:lmao:

I'm also a professional motivational speaker (18 U.S. states) and author.

you can lie to everyone everyday, and still be well-liked..... :lmao:

granted, you'll be the but end of everyone's jokes, but isn't that to be expected already???

they call us weather guessers for a reason: we are professionally trained to assume, guess, procrastinate, assimilate, and agitate the general public..... :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

And no one ever congratulates us for a GOOD forecast, like predicting snowfall from a major storm when all the computer models are giving us slightly different forecast tracks up the East Coast!! :thmsup: :lmao:

:yes:

been there, done/seen that so many times.... :nerd:

50 miles = forecast killer for nor'easters.... :paranoid:

At least you meteorologists aren't economists. Harry Truman famously asked for a one-armed economist: "They're always saying, 'On the other hand. . . .'"

I heard Hugh Johnson, a rather well-known economist and financial show commentator, say that he attended a panel discussion of economists on the impact of the French Revolution on the Western World. Their consensus? It's too soon to tell.

I minored in economics, BTW.

I have a lot of respect for meteorologists, but in every place I've lived - western PA, NE Ohio, Houston, and upstate NY - I've read an interview with a new TV weather person, and EVERY ONE of them said something like "This is one of the most difficult places to forecast weather. It's so unpredictable because of the flat terrain/hilly terrain/Gulf/Lake/river valley/extreme heat/extreme cold/jet stream/Gulf Stream." Makes me wonder if every place ties for first.

it's not hard if you know the area.....

for instance, i know that pittsburgh and the surrounding western PA area gets lake effect snow ever winter after a frontal passage. sometimes, a cut-off low sits over ontario and sends upper level short-wave troughs and vorticity maxes to stir up snow showers.

philly: known for their nor'easters. not known for their lake-effect snow tho. main reason is with the NW wind flow, the snow and clouds dry out before it gets here due to the appalachian mtns....

norfolk: very hard to forecast, cause heavy influence by the gulf stream. plus, the navy weather station is surrounded by water, so you really never know how cold it is going to get. rules for snow (540 thickness line) go out the window down there due to the microclimate.

:)

Our local weather people get bored....

The news comes from SF..... foggy in the AM, MAYBE some sun in the afternoon, foggy in the PM.:D

We have 3 basic "micro climates".

Warmer inland, "eastbay" about 10-15 degrees warmer than SF. More inland wamer than that....by another 10-15 degrees.

If it's rainy....it comes down from the north or up from the south...
If it's Winter....it's colder at night inland....


We have wet or dry.....:lmao:

I wonder why I insist on watching the weather every night & every morning.:dunno:

We get very excited about extra wind, rain, fog, etc.!!:D

It's worse down south....:yes:

Remember that cyclogenesis generally occurs in the Outer Banks, not too far from Norfolk, stiller, as the primary fills in over the Ohio Valley. With all this talk about vorticity and other terms that seem alien to the rest of them ... :lmao::lmao::lmao:

But we have a very serious profession. We want to make sure YOU don't lose your life to the weather, and that you don't lose valuable property (such as the Accords we all drive). We keep you informed. :thmsup:

Anyone would also find the weather to be the #1 topic of conversation. Fascinating! :blah:

oh yeah..... love those hatteras lows that dump snow on the east coast during the wintertime!!!!! :banana:

in fact, once i leave philly for navy meteorology forecasting school, one of the case studies is "superstorm '93".....

ah!, the memories.... :D

Remember that cyclogenesis generally occurs in the Outer Banks, not too far from Norfolk, stiller, as the primary fills in over the Ohio Valley. With all this talk about vorticity and other terms that seem alien to the rest of them ... :lmao::lmao::lmao:

But we have a very serious profession. We want to make sure YOU don't lose your life to the weather, and that you don't lose valuable property (such as the Accords we all drive). We keep you informed. :thmsup:

Anyone would also find the weather to be the #1 topic of conversation. Fascinating! :blah:

oh, almost forgot....

we help to plan your accord meets too!!! you don't want to be meeting in january in the middle of an icestorm, do ya???? :naughty:

another thing: you don't want to meet with a cat 3 hurricane bearing down on your area either..... :eek:

see?, we weather prognosticators are more important than most people think...... :yes: :)

Asst. distribution center manager for Walt Disney World.

You meteorologist dudes are funny to listen to. :thmsup: I've been an avid nor'easter buff since moving to NH as a kid in 1967, and actually took a few meteorology classes at UNH just to learn a bit more about how things work. The funny thing that I remember as a kid was that they had weather buoys keeping track of barometric pressure and wind speed, and even a ship off of long island sound to predict which direction the winter storms would go. Now THOSE were the days of forecasting. :notworthy

andy

Wow! Very Interesting people here......... I am a scientist working on brain diseases (Our group works on immune system effects on brain) and modding my car is my part time hobby.
I really enjoy it here.

Wow, this is turning into the meteorology thread! LOL Nobody ever pays attention to weather forecasts in CA. You can just look outside and tell if it's gonna rain and dress appropriately. Rain never lasts more than a day at a time, and it only comes a few times a year.

Rain never lasts more than a day at a time, and it only comes a few times a year.

Except the time I fly out and rent a convertible to drive the coastal highways for a week... Whats up with that?

I work for the world's most loved (and hated) 24 hour news channel. :paranoid:

As for what I do here? I make sure that foxnews.com and foxbusiness.com keeps running, and also planning for future system upgrades and enhancements.

the world's most loved (and hated) 24 hour news channel.
thats right! I do like some hosts as well as hate some others! As the channel itself I like its conservativeness.

I work for a company that reconditions/remanufactures rail transit traction motors and related components, (ie. air conditioning systems and power generating systems). Our maket penetration includes but is not limited to New York, Philly Atlanta, and Cleveland. We keep your subway trains running as well as comfortable to ride on.

I'm a student who works part time as an assistant for a sales rep of O.P.I. cosmetics.

Also working toward a career in Residential Architecture, Remodel, and new construction.

Majoring in Electrical Engineering [STUDENT]

High school band director.

We still love YOU, Ryan!!!:D

I think ALL "news" is spun. So you just listen to the ones you agree with.....:lmao:

High school band director.

lol for which high school?

I'm the Transportation Compliance Supervisor at one of two distribution centers for a rapidly growing deli restaurant called Jason's Deli. Responsible for handling all the taxes and permits needed to keep the equipment on the road, payroll for around 30 drivers, and keeping all the Excel spreadsheets in the transportation department up to date. I also have to help solve problems on a daily basis that the drivers have or create. :lmao:

Information Technology Director for a fixed telephone company

I just finished nursing school. I took a job as a Registered Nurse in an Intensive Care Unit.

Software engineer (not much else i can really say without boring people with irrelevant and boring details :))

We still love YOU, Ryan!!!:D

I think ALL "news" is spun. So you just listen to the ones you agree with.....:lmao:
Thanks, Princess. You know I love YOU (and everyone else here) too!

I'm middle of the road really but some issues I am conservative on, such as immigration.

However, I didn't take this job because I want to support any particular "side." It was just an opportunity to advance myself in terms of money, benefits and also career growth.

I do get to meet some famous people though!

Electrical engineer. I design flexographic presses used to print on label, cardboard and so.

I work for the world's most loved (and hated) 24 hour news channel. :paranoid:

As for what I do here? I make sure that foxnews.com and foxbusiness.com keeps running, and also planning for future system upgrades and enhancements.

That really sounds like a fun job. We tune all 8 flat screens at work to Fox News:)

Other than local, Fox news is the only one to grace our TV's. You work at a great place!

I get lucky. I went there and sometimes they would tune to CNN...but the Director of Operations and I stopped that behavior. :) I haven't seen a complaint yet with the Fox News up.

It's kinda funny - I had the choice of this job at FNC, a contract job at the UN or one at Omgeo (partnership between DTTC and Thomson Financial). All pay really well but somehow I chose this one. There was also one at NYK shipping in Seacaucus but the commute would be a killer.

The UN would have been interesting but it's way across town and also I'm scared of the building not having good fire safety.

The reason I left AIG (my last job) was because my boss got moved and our department was basically being sliced and diced up, so like a rat I deserted a sinking ship. Glad I got out of there though. Fox is MUCH better in terms of cool people.

I also get free admission to a few museums and a few other perks!