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Apdl · 08-14-2006, 01:45 AM

I am very curious as to the jobs/careers of some of the members
I have seen many fancy toys on the forum and frankly, I am damn jealous!
So just wondering how you guys make money

Those are all the options i can come up with
Can any mods edit my poll to add student? and change ect to etc b/c i am a dumb ass

mike98t · 08-14-2006, 05:11 AM

Why no spot for us fine union autoworkers in the poll? We got a few people from the motorcity on the site

j2fast · 08-14-2006, 08:16 AM

Check out the PDF document in this link, these folks did a big survey of the folks that shoot USPSA ( http://www.uspsa.org ) late last year. Lots of good insight into income bracket, education, job/career segments, etc.

Pages 4-7 have the majority of the survey results, its some interesting information.

http://www.uspsa.org/nssf/industry_i...ce_reports.pdf

UtahConcealer · 08-14-2006, 09:00 AM

I put business / accounting - I'm in real estate, didn't know where that would fit in otherwise...

tec · 08-14-2006, 09:17 AM

Very limited with your selections.

Apdl · 08-14-2006, 12:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tec

Very limited with your selections.

yea i know it was all i could come up with
but ill give you props you have one uped me
Your profession, age, marital status, # of kids

tec · 08-14-2006, 12:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Apdl

yea i know it was all i could come up with
but ill give you props you have one uped me
Your profession, age, marital status, # of kids

No offense, I have done them before and have participated in some on other forums, got my ideas from them.

dave_in_delaware · 08-17-2006, 01:33 PM

I wasn't exactly sure where to put my vote.

I'm actually an architect by education and early career, but now I'm working in an engineering firm as their CAD/GIS Technician.

Typically I've seen my career categorized under "professional" so that's what I leaned towards, although technically my job title is a Technician.

But don't get me wrong, I don't make near as much money as a doctor would. I wish I did, but then again, my Ex-wife would get even more money from me that way. Grrrr...

**PackerfanXD** · 08-17-2006, 02:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tec

Very limited with your selections.

Yeah, where's the Trades?

KP Ling · 08-23-2006, 02:21 PM

I have a college degree but I have never had a white collar job in my life: Taco Bell in high school, then the Army, started college and dropped out for two years to work for a pipeline company, layed-off and started back to college and worked as an electrician's apprentice in the summers or weekends and nights during long semesters, graduated college and now work on an assembly line.

I actually made more money at the pipeline company than anywhere else. It took me all across the country so I got per diem and claimed everything on taxes. It was seasonal so for working 6-9 months out of the year I still would bring home $55K and up. I saved a lot of it and also I would divert my G.I. Bill money to pay for "toys."

View Poll Results: careers/jobs
Engineer, Professional Scientist, or Doctor	18	28.13%
LEO any level including Federal etc	10	15.63%
Business, Accounting, or Economist etc	12	18.75%
Tech position including Medical and Science etc	15	23.44%
Education and level	4	6.25%
Student	5	7.81%
Voters: 64. You may not vote on this poll

08-14-2006, 01:45 AM	#1
Apdl XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Burnsville, MN Posts: 2,381	Career or Job Poll I am very curious as to the jobs/careers of some of the members I have seen many fancy toys on the forum and frankly, I am damn jealous! So just wondering how you guys make money Those are all the options i can come up with Can any mods edit my poll to add student? and change ect to etc b/c i am a dumb ass __________________ "He took off running, and we caught him, and he just kept resisting. So we just kept whipping his ass." -HulkXD "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." -Albert Einstein Springfield XD-9 TOTAL COUNT 8206 Daily Carry Springfield 1911 Loaded Target 9mm Walther P22... needs bigger mag Ruger 10/22 Carbine Remington 700 SPS Tactical .308 Win Bushmaster M4A3 EBR Build in progress Last edited by Apdl; 08-14-2006 at 02:47 AM.

08-14-2006, 05:11 AM	#2
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08-14-2006, 08:16 AM	#3
j2fast XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Northern WV Posts: 456	Check out the PDF document in this link, these folks did a big survey of the folks that shoot USPSA ( http://www.uspsa.org ) late last year. Lots of good insight into income bracket, education, job/career segments, etc. Pages 4-7 have the majority of the survey results, its some interesting information. http://www.uspsa.org/nssf/industry_i...ce_reports.pdf __________________ ----The trick lies in firing at the earliest moment in which the bullet will hit the target - not in trying to make the bullet hit the target in a specific place. Brian Enos

08-14-2006, 09:00 AM	#4
UtahConcealer XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: So. Ut Posts: 3,654 Blog Entries: 4	I put business / accounting - I'm in real estate, didn't know where that would fit in otherwise... __________________ UtahConcealer Husband, Father, and LEO Classics, not textbooks Mentors, not professors Inspire, not require Structure time, not content Quality, not conformity Simplicity, not complexity You, not them -unknown

08-14-2006, 09:17 AM	#5
tec XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Holland Ohio Posts: 8,707 Blog Entries: 1	Very limited with your selections.

08-17-2006, 01:33 PM	#8
dave_in_delaware XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Wilmington, DE Posts: 6,191	I wasn't exactly sure where to put my vote. I'm actually an architect by education and early career, but now I'm working in an engineering firm as their CAD/GIS Technician. Typically I've seen my career categorized under "professional" so that's what I leaned towards, although technically my job title is a Technician. But don't get me wrong, I don't make near as much money as a doctor would. I wish I did, but then again, my Ex-wife would get even more money from me that way. Grrrr... __________________ Dave Daily carry = XD-9 service in a Blackhawk CQC SERPA holster, a Spyderco Native, and a Streamlight Scorpion. "Everything matters... unless it's antimatter." “A person has the right to keep and bear arms for the defense of self, family, home and State, and for hunting and recreational use.” [Delaware Constitution, Article I, § 20 Right to keep and bear arms]

08-23-2006, 02:21 PM	#10
KP Ling XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: College Station, Texas Posts: 480	I have a college degree but I have never had a white collar job in my life: Taco Bell in high school, then the Army, started college and dropped out for two years to work for a pipeline company, layed-off and started back to college and worked as an electrician's apprentice in the summers or weekends and nights during long semesters, graduated college and now work on an assembly line. I actually made more money at the pipeline company than anywhere else. It took me all across the country so I got per diem and claimed everything on taxes. It was seasonal so for working 6-9 months out of the year I still would bring home $55K and up. I saved a lot of it and also I would divert my G.I. Bill money to pay for "toys." __________________ "If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy." - James Madison

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