What do YOU do?

Im just wondering, what do you mazda heads do for jobs/careers? Do you like doing what you do? And where do you work? What do you see yourself doing in the future?

Me, I bust ass for $9.25/hr in this little shit hole of Thunder Bay, On. I guess you could say im one of the head cooks at this Applebees here. lol. I like cooking, but not for 9.25 haha. Its enough to keep the mazda goin though.

Next year im getting my millright course done, and moving out west.

And also, on another note..Anyone living out west know any jobs where i could get employment for the summer, make some bucks for college...or hey..who knows? maybe even get an apprenticeship?

Im a structural designer. I design residential and commercial buildings and then draw them up in CAD.

I.B.E.W. ELECTRICIAN BY TRADE, BUT I AM A PROCUREMENT FOREMAN THAT ORDERS MATERIALS FOR 100+ ELECTRICIANS ON THE JOB I'M ON RIGHT NOW. BEEN WORKING 6-7 DAYS A WEEK FOR ALMOST 2 YEARS NOW, READY FOR A 40 HR A WEEK JOB. THE MONEY'S GOOD, BUT THE TIME OFF IS MORE VALUABLE! THAT IS MOSTLY THE REASON I DON'T HAVE MY MAZDA RUNNING YET.

Trained as a translator over 15 years ago and worked as one until 4 years ago when I started working for Manitoba Health, the provincial government department that provides non-medical health services to Manitobans (for our US friends, don't forget that we have universal healthcare in Canada). The regional health authorities provide direct health services to the population.

I coordinate all things related to French language services for the francophone population of the province. This means everything from providing advice on French language services to senior management, including the Minister and Deputy, to making sure the French in the latest brochure is correct and error-free, including interviewing and hiring French-speaking employees. There is a lot of "political" stuff as well as "hands-on" stuff to do in this job.

I also represent the department in a province-wide grassroots coalition called the Conseil communauté en santé (community health council), the aim of which is to improve the provision of French health services to the francophone population. It makes for interesting times and travel.

Having said all that, I'm also a freelance translator and recently finished a huge job for a US company involving the translation, into French, of a user manual for a talking blood glucose monitoring system. They also want me to provide the voice for a taped version of the user manual, in both languages. What fun!!

And last but not least... I'm renovating a house with my brothers. We all worked construction to pay for our university years ago and we like to keep our skills current. We hope to sell the house in spring and make a tidy profit given the current real estate boom.

AND I STILL FIND TIME TO SLEEP...

i am a forklift operator in a cold food storage warehouse, i load truck in a -10 degree warehouse, it was a good job until they dropped us from 60 hours a week to 35 with no advance warning

i work at a stereo shop as a seller and installer

i used to manage a champs sports.

now i work at an auto parts wharehouse

i go back to school soon for welding.

I'm a walmart garage tech ($8.60/hr but I like my co-workers) right now but am 3 months away from finishing my marketing degree (with minors in economics and business admin). Durring my university career I built my 323 and bought my B, all this I paid for myself I hate when people get everything for free (though I was allowed to live at my parent's rent free durring school).

I build power seat tracks for Ford, GM and other car manufacturer's. Or thats what I do know Who knows what ill be doing in a few months the company I worked for sold us. And the new company does more than just power seat tracks. but most of it is auto related. Last week I made 16.30 a hour. And this week I make 12.40 a hour which all and all is not bad. If I get 40 hours a week. Over all the new company is being nice they gave us some censority I worked at the other place for 8 years and I got 2.78 years at the new place so thats better than starting at the bottom.

Parts Specialist (automotive)