Whats your real job?

I co-own a company that helps companies relocate their employees.

Business Data Analyst managing and tracking global sales operations systems oriented stuff.  Identify and troubleshoot problems like account manager conflicts and data discrepancies.  I have lots of maitnence on a 50+ year old house as well as the parental oblications of two elementary aged kids.  I can usually only get away to ski (or do anything else without the whole family) about once or twice a month.

Dare I say dentist?

Retired band teacher and Christmas tree farmer. 

The tree farm is the perfect part time job for a skier.  Our major work begins in June and goes mostly non-stop until Christmas with some time off in September.  I have to work about 8- 10 days total from Christmas through the end of April.  Needless to say, I have time to ski a lot.

I'm also a musician, but this thread's about real jobs.

Internet entrepreneur/consultant

FIXED IT....
 

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Originally Posted by Posaune 

Retired band teacher and Christmas tree farmer. 

 

The tree farm is the perfect part time job for a skier.  Our major work begins in June and goes mostly non-stop until Christmas with some time off in September.  I have to work about 8- 10 days total from Christmas through the end of April.  Needle less to say, I have time to ski a lot.

 

I'm also a musician, but this thread's about real jobs.

Professional Ski Bum

you have a full-time job, don't sleep in your car.... don't consider crackers and catsup a meal AND ski Kastles, how are you a ski-bum?

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Professional Ski Bum

Retired floor broker from the NYSE (25yrs).

Now I help take care of a family boat mariner. Don't work much in the dead of winter. To dam cold out.

glad to know part of my retirement made your retirement possible......

Oh, no! This thread looks like it's about to branch out into sappy jokes and needling of others.  Finndog barks, then what?  The next thing you know, someone will open up their trunk of dumb puns. We'll all be pining for the days when posts were spruced up by complaining about gapers with fir lined boots.  In the grand and noble tradition of my true Scotch bud, Douglas Nordmann, I shall refrain from aspersion, though I hope that someone will become a leader and root out the dumb jokes, or at least make a stand and trim this problem.  They would be an ornament to Epic, lighting the way to sober, reasoned discussion. 

you win  [/]

Steve2ski i'm sorry but i must ask how you can be semi retired, work at a small local hill and only manage to get 40-50 days?
 

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What do you do, to support your family and your skiing (habit)? Or is it just a annual few vacation days to the mountians?

I am semi-retired, pick up a few odd jobs to suppliment retirement income, usually ski a few long weekends at the (larger?) midwestern ski areas, 6 or 7 days in the western mountains, and patrol a couple of days a week at the local small hill. Around 40 to 50 days per season total, counting the the patrol days.

I own a small business selling foodservice equipment & supplies that supports my family and am a part time ski instructor that supports my habit. Business slows down a bit in the winter months don't know if that's cause or effect.

I own a Pepperidge Farm Biscuit Distributorship.  I sell cookies/crackers to the local stores

Resort whore

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Professional Ski Bum

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Originally Posted by Finndog 

you have a full-time job, don't sleep in your car.... don't consider crackers and catsup a meal AND ski Kastles, how are you a ski-bum?

 

I did say "Professional". Oh. and a nice chipolte catsup on Carr's water crackers do make a nice appetizer. 

Because he's a "Professional"..... what you described is the amateur way!
 

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Originally Posted by Finndog 

you have a full-time job, don't sleep in your car.... don't consider crackers and catsup a meal AND ski Kastles, how are you a ski-bum?

 

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Originally Posted by Finndog 

I co-own a company that helps companies relocate their employees.

Sick! 

Help my company relocate me to Revelstoke! 

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Originally Posted by iWill 

Dare I say dentist?

Wrong forum...

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Originally Posted by spknmike 

Internet entrepreneur/consultant

I do virtually the same thing. Allows me to work from home, travel a lot, and live my life the way I want to. Even if I weren't making any money, I'm not sure if I could do it any other way.

This abuse from the man who thought enough to quote me????  (I am honored BTW)
 

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Originally Posted by ramzee 

Because he's a "Professional"..... what you described is the amateur way!
 

 

Hey, I am working on getting myself relocated to Steamboat....
 

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Originally Posted by Do Work 

Sick! 

 

Help my company relocate me to Revelstoke! 

PHil - Touche' and well done, the points go to the chipotle infused condiments- this makes you a neuvo' riche' ski bum.....

I minister unto the maimed, the lame, and the blind, but not before three o'clock in the afternoon. I ski at least 110 days a year.

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Originally Posted by ScubaSkiier 

I do virtually the same thing. Allows me to work from home, travel a lot, and live my life the way I want to. Even if I weren't making any money, I'm not sure if I could do it any other way.

Your current location sure blows mine away.  How's the weather?

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Originally Posted by volantaddict 

I minister unto the maimed, the lame, and the blind, but not before three o'clock in the afternoon. I ski at least 110 days a year.

Hey bartender - one bourbon, one scotch, and one beer......

Chemical engineer, making fertilizer.  Counting the days until retirement ( only 5,840 days to go).
 

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Your current location sure blows mine away. " vbsmilies="" width="1" />" class="bbcode_smiley" height="1" src="/img/vbsmilies/smilies//smile.gif" title="" class="bbcode_smiley" height="1" src="/img/vbsmilies/smilies//smile.gif" title="" width="1" />" width="1" />  How's the weather?

Tropical storm passed/formed over us last night. I don't think I slept more than 3 hours, mostly concerned about my boat. Thankfully... no damage!

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Hey bartender - one bourbon, one scotch, and one beer.....

 

 

Chemical engineer, making fertilizer.  Counting the days until retirement ( only 5,840 days to go).
 

That was an odd leap. I'm not a bartender.
 

I work in the customer strategy group for a large financial services firm.  One of the reasons I took the job is we have a large office in SLC, which I could take a position in tomorrow if I wanted, but we are headquartered in NYC, and I'm trying to climb the corporate ladder, so instead, here I sit, in a cube, in lower Manhattan, staring at a computer screen instead of the mountains.  Lots of life choices to make...

<the above stream-of-consciousness run-on with 8 commas was done purposefully for effect>

I cut people open then put them back together better than they were...if all goes according to plan.

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Wrong forum...

Someone had to balance out the data analysts.