What Do Folks Do in the Real World?

[RickyD]

I'm a spring maker.  We make all types of springs, the ones that pull boxes forward on the shelves in stores, medical and surgical springs, and springs that make up the assembly that separates the initial booster from tomahawk missiles launched from submarines.

I enjoy working with my hands, there's a sense of pride that comes with setting up and running machines.

I've never really been able to figure out what I truly wanted to do as a career.  I've devoted countless hours to it, nothing seems to stick out though.  Anybody else ever have that problem?

I kinda lucked into my gig. A buddy was too hungover to go tear down a concert and he asked me to fill in. Little did I know just going and filling out the paperwork would get me called in for another show. Little did I know I'd end up being the one calling in...to my own job. Eventually I quit doing cable and satellite work to be a fulltime stagehand. Something about the way the crowd reacted to the work we do just really made me happy.

My wife hates it as she isn't sure what she wants to do either...well career wise. I find a lot of people stumble into it.