Reefers! What is Your Profession?!

[Lbrdsoxfan]

Its amazing how many jobs the computers and internet created when it showed up. I was in my mid 20's when it did

Also how many it killed.

 

[ShakeyGizzard]

Also how many it killed.

If you can't stay with it. I do Alan Bradley PLC programming and Kawasaki Robot programing. Along with pneumatic, hydraulic and electrical repairs in the section of the plant I work in.

 

[Cool tangs]

If you can't stay with it. I do Alan Bradley PLC programming and Kawasaki Robot programing. Along with pneumatic, hydraulic and electrical repairs in the section of the plant I work in.

Yup you don't get into the tech industry to get comfortable. You do it because you enjoy the challenges and you don't want to do the same old boring thing your entire life lol. I get it though, everyone has there thing and it's great! We need diversity to grow as a society. Imagine how boring life would be if we all liked the same things (other then reef aquariums, obviously )

 

[Frags 2 Fishes]

My name is John and I am a LFS store owner!

That wasn't always my career. I have a history of working for electronics retailers such as Best Buy and Circuit City. I worked at a car dealership for a few years as well then did a long stretch managing hotels.

After some careful consideration I decided to leave my career in hotels and persue the aquarium trade. I'm about 8ish years in now.

 

[Tamberav]

Registered Nurse but have taken time away to do the stay at home parent thing. I thought long shifts as charge nurse with a heavy patient load were tiring but being a parent is so much more exhausting Definitely blessed to be in a financial situation where I can do that though.

 

[BristleWormHater]

Window cleaner

I bet the glass on your tank is pretty clean, right?

 

[motortrendz]

For me, i was an dealership technician for almost 20 years on and off, split between Chrysler and chevrolet. I also spent the last 20 years as a volunteer firefighter/emt. Recently I left the profession to pursue a new venture in day trading after spending the last few years studying and learning the futures market. Best decision I've ever made. I work less hours, have more time with my family and even make a little more money.(bonus, I'm able to get a bigger setup!) I've been able now to spend alot more time in my woodshop turning my hobby into something more.

 

[TheMetalReefs]

Food service director for a private school.

 

[cromburger]

I am a wildland firefighter of 20years for the feds. So i am under funded and over worked . This has built my DIY skills to a level that keeps me efficiently reefing on a budget. Oh and my job also trained me to delegate out duties to feed and maintain the tank to my kids when i am gone. It has also givin me a heightened sense of situational awareness so i can always be on top of when a piece falls over or gets damaged or if some piece of equipment isn’t working.

 

[Bruttall]

Heavy Equipment Logistics Tech. I drive a lowboy semi and haul real life tonka's. Also do side dump work, dump truck work, and operate the equipment when needed. I'm 56 with roughly 42 years experience. Most of what I do now is dirt work, prep for new buildings, but when I started working at age 13 or so for my Dad's company, we installed sewers and water mains. The Big Ones under the streets and such. Talk about Large Scale Plumbing. I once was part of installing a 120inch inside diameter Storm Sewer. Rain Water gotta go somewhere. A sump for a fish tank is just a recycling septic/sediment system.

 

[Nick S.]

Professional Beekeeper

 

[Nick S.]

Professional Beekeeper

 

[Crabs McJones]

What’s up Reefers!
We can’t all be Marine Biologists or Oceanographers, our lives take us on different paths sometimes. I’m a Journeyman Millwright of 20 years, basically an industrial mechanic. My super power is the ability to look at mechanical things that fail or need servicing, and figure out how to do so.

This ability and training allows me to diagnose and rectify many mechanical issues with reef tanks. I am also conditioned to perform regular maintenance routines on my tanks as well.

So my question to you is, what is YOUR profession, and how does it help you with reefing?

Mechanic/Service Advisor
Doesn't help me with reefing, but it pays the bills

 

[Coldcloud]

Staff manager for a team of anti-money laundering analysts for a bank. I’ve been in the banking sector over 9 years.

 

[GARRIGA]

Day trader that consults on Business Intelligence, Strategic Panning, advanced data modeling and solving complex financial problems.

 

[Jekyl]

My company rehabs foreclosure homes throughout South East Michigan to get them ready for sale again. Pretty much anything you can find wrong with an abandoned home we fix.

 

[Devilfish]

I'm an Emergency Manager. Basically a doomsday prepper for my city. In a prior life, I was a Chief Fire Controlman for the US Navy. I went from working to blow things up, to working to save them.

 

[Texasreef]

Welder/iron worker

 

[fish_freak_jess]

I am an aquarium maintenance professional with a degree in fish biology and chemistry. I own my own aquarium maintenance business and have commercial and residential clients out of southern Oregon! Been in the business for about 10 years.

 

[MissionShrimpossible]

I'm a Fire Protection Technician and a Sprinkler fitter. Safe to say i can do all my own plumbing lol .