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csmcclain

csmcclain

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Very curious what career fields everyone here is in. I know it’s a mix of blue collar and white collar, executive and entry-level. Figured it would be interesting to see the different walks of life in the FE community.

I’ll start by saying that I work in intellectual property protection (anti-counterfeiting & fraud for brands). I’ve worked with hundreds of companies, including firearm brands, pro sports, and more.

Anyone else care to share?
 
csmcclain said:
Very curious what career fields everyone here is in. I know it’s a mix of blue collar and white collar, executive and entry-level. Figured it would be interesting to see the different walks of life in the FE community.

I’ll start by saying that I work in intellectual property protection (anti-counterfeiting & fraud for brands). I’ve worked with hundreds of companies, including firearm brands, pro sports, and more.

Anyone else care to share?
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My job is obvious but I’ve spent almost 20yrs in the firearms industry.
 
I’m an archaeologist. I own a cultural and environmental resource management firm. I have an office in ND and NM. We work a fair amount in the oil fields but also for other sectors of industry who deal with federal permitting. I’ve done it for 30 years. Had my company for 21 years. She’s old enough to drink now!
 
Wade Burns said:
I’m an archaeologist. I own a cultural and environmental resource management firm. I have an office in ND and NM. We work a fair amount in the oil fields but also for other sectors of industry who deal with federal permitting. I’ve done it for 30 years. Had my company for 21 years. She’s old enough to drink now!
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Archaeology was my dream job as a kid. I had to settle for picking up projectile points from creeks while I hunt instead.
 
I've been a jack of all trades, Master of none, LoL 😂... Logger, heavy equipment operator, truck driver, US Marine, retired from Boeing after 9-11... Went into law enforcement SWAT /Special Investigations.. and retired from there two years ago.. now I'm just retired enjoying my best life! Although, I have started my own business as a private investigator and trainer for law enforcement and security companies.
 
Mostly Tourism in Alaska, ranging from Kenai Fjords National Parks, to marine wildlife and glacier tours, Water Taxi, Fish Hatcheries Technician, currently working for the Alaska Marine Highway System and Northern Lights Tour guide in the winters. Waiting on a few more sea days to get my Master 100 ton Near Coastal and AB Seaman Unlimited.
 
I work in the executive transportation industry , worked for the largest company in the US from my early 20's until Covid - which we all got laid off. I work for a company now that is based in the UK and I am an operations manager in the North America office. We transport C-Level execs handle financial roadshows and large corporate groups globally. I been in the industry for 36 Years
 
As little as possible, for the maximum amount of money, so I can spend it with @Tony Caggiano…..

Let’s just say it has been a variegated 40 years of work, not including working a Christmas tree lot when twelve. Most years as a consultant, focused on growth and putting companies together, what I explained to my kids was like “Adult Lego”, most of that in tech, or tech enabled, or medical technology businesses with some level of services attached, some years as an executive, and now running businesses for the dark empire of private equity, presently in cyber, but all that aside, I am still the same kid I was working on the Christmas tree lot, work hard, be smart, have fun.
 
Godfather said:
As little as possible, for the maximum amount of money, so I can spend it with @Tony Caggiano…..

Let’s just say it has been a variegated 40 years of work, not including working a Christmas tree lot when twelve. Most years as a consultant, focused on growth and putting companies together, what I explained to my kids was like “Adult Lego”, most of that in tech, or tech enabled, or medical technology businesses with some level of services attached, some years as an executive, and now running businesses for the dark empire of private equity, presently in cyber, but all that aside, I am still the same kid I was working on the Christmas tree lot, work hard, be smart, have fun.
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Probably around the same time you were working that Christmas tree lot I was working at a Christmas tree farm pruning and shaping trees, spraying brush, cutting and wrapping them for shipment, etc. If we weren't working both sides of the same coin at the same time, then we were certainly doing it at the same point (age 12) in our respective lives.
 
Al Shifty Schultz said:
Probably around the same time you were working that Christmas tree lot I was working at a Christmas tree farm pruning and shaping trees, spraying brush, cutting and wrapping them for shipment, etc. If we weren't working both sides of the same coin at the same time, then we were certainly doing it at the same point (age 12) in our respective lives.
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I wouldn’t change or alter it in any way, shape or form - bet you would say the same @Al "Shifty" Schultz. The guy who ran the lot was an Italian guy, with rumored and questionable links. Small time, in any event. I was 12. His night time security guy quit, or was fired, and I convinced him, and my parents, to let me sleep at the lot and be security - what was I thinking! He paid me for the hours, and the days. I lost track of the number of trees I hoisted and tied to cars. On the last day, my mom came to pick me up, and he made a point of coming over to meet her, and praise me for my work ethic, and in a priceless move, gave us a tip on a horse at Santa Anita. My mom took me to the track, where I would later work during High School as part of the marketing department, that’s a story for another time, and I put $24 bucks on the horse to win, place and show, and he went off at 26 to 1, and won the race. Back then, $24 was a lot of money, too much for an 12 year old to illegally bet through his mom, for sure, and the winnings were even more. We were not a wealthy family, I think there were months the ends didn’t meet or barely if they did, and I am certain my mom looked at that pile with a degree of desire. I bought her flowers, thanking her for the experience - a huge luxury for that day and age. My parents had also started dropping me at the local range to shoot .22’s and learn, with some old crusty dudes, and so my winnings bought my first Browning .22, and yes, I still have it, will never get rid of it. Good times.
 
Spent time as an Army Officer. After leaving the force did some academic style research work and then went into corporate America (big tech/logistics/healthcare). Now currently shifting away from that world with the intent of doing something that's a more "natural" fit.
 
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I've been working since I was 12 too. My first job was a paper route in my neighborhood. I rode my bike up and down the hills in the wee hours of the morning, rain or shine. I worked all through school and through college. After college I enlisted in the Marines and served as an 0311 at Camp Pendleton in the early 90's. After that I went to law school and have been an attorney ever since. Right now my practice focuses on the defense of Emergency Room docs. It's fascinating work and every case is different and I learn new medicine with every case. Through the years I have represented just about every kind of doctor there is. I have 2-3 years until "retirement" where I will spend more time outdoors than I can currently. The only time in my life I didn't work was my first year of law school when we were not allowed to work and they were very strict about it.
 
I work for a 300+ year-old manufacturing company that started out building muskets and now produces everything from chainsaws to robotics for the outdoor world. Been here about 10 years. My job’s less “project manager” and more “send him where it’s messy and figure it out”, usually somewhere between product, supply chain, and sales across a few continents.

Spent the 6 years before that in tobacco sales and global accounts. Before that I was just figuring life out and taking whatever work I could get.

Spend the day mostly with good people, well-built equipment, and an employee discount that doesn’t hurt and keeps me the envy of the neighbors.
 
Logan G. said:
I work for a 300+ year-old manufacturing company that started out building muskets and now produces everything from chainsaws to robotics for the outdoor world. Been here about 10 years. My job’s less “project manager” and more “send him where it’s messy and figure it out”, usually somewhere between product, supply chain, and sales across a few continents.

Spent the 6 years before that in tobacco sales and global accounts. Before that I was just figuring life out and taking whatever work I could get.

Spend the day mostly with good people, well-built equipment, and an employee discount that doesn’t hurt and keeps me the envy of the neighbors.
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“send him where it’s messy and figure it out” - it would not shock me if many people here in the "FE sphere" are that "type" of person...
 
Steven Donovan said:
“send him where it’s messy and figure it out” - it would not shock me if many people here in the "FE sphere" are that "type" of person...
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I would agree @Steven Donovan, whether it be the staff at FE, or the members of the society, I'm sure it's part of the "Ethos"... People able to "get it done"...
Sometimes the system fails, no matter what "system" we are referring to... i.e., business, corporate, factory production, sales, government, politics, the courts, law enforcement.. sometimes "the system" fails and the job can't be completed following "the rules".. that's when there needs to be a fourth option...
 

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