What do we do in our "Real Life". - Page 5

skyfox · Jul 02, 2008, 07:33 AM

Process Control Engineer at an Alumina Refinery
Been flying RC since I was about 5yo, now have my full sized pilots licence and aerobatic rating! FPV is the most fun I've had with a model.

JonM · Jul 02, 2008, 09:13 AM

16 years in IT, currently working as Data Center Engineer. We build the physical layer for high availability computer environments for about 90 customers from all around the globe. Flew gliders for a few years and also hold a commercial pilot license.

My other full time job is keeping the world safe from a little 6 year old miniature weapon of mass destruction in pig tails.

Paul_BB · Jul 02, 2008, 10:02 AM

System Control Engineer. I've worked in aerospace, metallurgical processes and now in automotive in a US company in France. I am also canadian but I left Alberta at the age of 15 so lost some of my english.
I started flying RC at age 13 but stopped for a long time. I am discovering FPV.
I also have a mass destruction weapon 10 years old.

Domoson · Jul 02, 2008, 10:17 AM

I have one of those too, she's 18months

Paul_BB · Jul 02, 2008, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Domoson

I have one of those too, she's 18months

They become more dangerous as they grow up ! Look out !

drex · Jul 02, 2008, 10:23 PM

theres a real life???

dayyummm i knew i was missing something!!

ummm in real life i sit and be quiet while my wife yells at me.

its a full time job.

sometimes she beats me.

but hey u know that song by Buckcherry?

yah...

oh yah i have a portable flash bang too hes 10 months.

he can yell like nothing i have ever seen.

i lost my hearing longer from his yelling than the time i rode in a chinook without plugs.. (yah that was stupid too but oh well..)

drex · Jul 03, 2008, 12:04 AM

okay this was very bad to say and i have to ammend she doesnt beat me..... that much anymore...

workshop · Jul 03, 2008, 12:29 AM

Special Effects Director
kVA Effects, Hollywood CA

My company makes the world's largest Tesla coils; devices that throw electrical arcs. www.teslacoil.com

gundamnitpete · Jul 03, 2008, 01:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by drex

okay this was very bad to say and i have to ammend she doesnt beat me..... that much anymore...

sounds like you left your window up and she read.....

drex · Jul 03, 2008, 09:42 AM

ooops.

bad content.

::edit::

sorry guys!

wep · Jul 03, 2008, 10:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by drex

no sex for 2 weeks.

$##@$#

zzzzzzzzz

jlepinske · Jul 03, 2008, 11:28 AM

I'm an industrial designer with a German based multi-national design consultancy. We are one of the worlds oldest (since '56) but still small enough in numbers as to totally avoid that "corporate" feel. We have 5 offices spanning the globe and have amassed more than 1,000 design awards.

I have been scratch building model planes since I was 8 or 9 (im 31), and flew guillow's gliders before that. I always thought I wanted to be an engineer but discovered how rare true creative opportunities are in that field so I switched to product design. Now I get to blue-sky new products, hand build mechanical prototypes, then pass it along to a team of engineers. Someone of historical significance once said that to conceive of a new idea is divine, but to carry it to fruition is servile. I'm not sure I agree but it certainly is more interesting to spend your time innovating.

j

damian123 · Jul 03, 2008, 11:37 AM

im still in High school I will be in my junior year after the summer break..

Paul_BB · Jul 03, 2008, 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jlepinske

I have been scratch building model planes since I was 8 or 9 (im 31), and flew guillow's gliders before that. I always thought I wanted to be an engineer but discovered how rare true creative opportunities are in that field so I switched to product design. Now I get to blue-sky new products, hand build mechanical prototypes, then pass it along to a team of engineers. Someone of historical significance once said that to conceive of a new idea is divine, but to carry it to fruition is servile. I'm not sure I agree but it certainly is more interesting to spend your time innovating.

I think the truth lies in between. Carrying an idea to fruition is a good experience because it'll give you the real life constraints. It depends also on the type of the product. Engineers are practical: they like to see their ideas work. The motion of the machine is amazing by itself. Its the embodiment of an idea. The machine is the link to a more spiritual reality. Now, as a senior engineer I surely would'nt be happy to develop something I did not design.

tvdude310 · Jul 03, 2008, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by drex

no sex for 2 weeks.

$##@$#

Yikes!
I'd be climbing the walls after two DAYS...

Jul 02, 2008, 10:02 AM	#63
Paul_BB Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sully-sur-Loire / France Posts: 136	System Control Engineer. I've worked in aerospace, metallurgical processes and now in automotive in a US company in France. I am also canadian but I left Alberta at the age of 15 so lost some of my english. I started flying RC at age 13 but stopped for a long time. I am discovering FPV. I also have a mass destruction weapon 10 years old. Last edited by Paul_BB; Jul 02, 2008 at 10:09 AM.

Jul 03, 2008, 09:42 AM	#70
drex Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 269	ooops. bad content. ::edit:: sorry guys! Last edited by drex; Jul 27, 2008 at 02:01 PM.

Jul 03, 2008, 11:28 AM	#72
jlepinske Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Stuttgart, Germany Posts: 484	I'm an industrial designer with a German based multi-national design consultancy. We are one of the worlds oldest (since '56) but still small enough in numbers as to totally avoid that "corporate" feel. We have 5 offices spanning the globe and have amassed more than 1,000 design awards. I have been scratch building model planes since I was 8 or 9 (im 31), and flew guillow's gliders before that. I always thought I wanted to be an engineer but discovered how rare true creative opportunities are in that field so I switched to product design. Now I get to blue-sky new products, hand build mechanical prototypes, then pass it along to a team of engineers. Someone of historical significance once said that to conceive of a new idea is divine, but to carry it to fruition is servile. I'm not sure I agree but it certainly is more interesting to spend your time innovating. j Last edited by jlepinske; Jul 03, 2008 at 11:34 AM.

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Jul 02, 2008, 07:33 AM	#61
skyfox Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Mandurah, WA, Australia Posts: 73	Process Control Engineer at an Alumina Refinery Been flying RC since I was about 5yo, now have my full sized pilots licence and aerobatic rating! FPV is the most fun I've had with a model.

Jul 02, 2008, 09:13 AM	#62
JonM Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Lost in the smog... Posts: 288	16 years in IT, currently working as Data Center Engineer. We build the physical layer for high availability computer environments for about 90 customers from all around the globe. Flew gliders for a few years and also hold a commercial pilot license. My other full time job is keeping the world safe from a little 6 year old miniature weapon of mass destruction in pig tails.

Jul 02, 2008, 10:17 AM	#64
Domoson Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 487	I have one of those too, she's 18months

Jul 02, 2008, 10:23 PM	#66
drex Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 269	theres a real life??? dayyummm i knew i was missing something!! ummm in real life i sit and be quiet while my wife yells at me. its a full time job. sometimes she beats me. but hey u know that song by Buckcherry? yah... oh yah i have a portable flash bang too hes 10 months. he can yell like nothing i have ever seen. i lost my hearing longer from his yelling than the time i rode in a chinook without plugs.. (yah that was stupid too but oh well..)

Jul 03, 2008, 12:04 AM	#67
drex Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 269	okay this was very bad to say and i have to ammend she doesnt beat me..... that much anymore...

Jul 03, 2008, 12:29 AM	#68
workshop Tesla's Workshop Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Torrance, California Posts: 726	Special Effects Director kVA Effects, Hollywood CA My company makes the world's largest Tesla coils; devices that throw electrical arcs. www.teslacoil.com

Jul 03, 2008, 11:37 AM	#73
damian123 UNREGISTERED USER :) Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New York Posts: 772	im still in High school I will be in my junior year after the summer break..