Real estate title examiner. I've done that for a pretty long time at this point, and done it in a wide range of counties in my area. My experience is significant compared to others who do this, but I'm not sure I still want to do this. The real estate industry in this area is somewhat bat-crap crazy.
Still think the best job I ever had was running the rental shop at a marina. The pay sucked, but I was in the business of selling a day of fun to people, I was on the water, nobody screwed with me, it was a good life. Damn shame the owners drove that place into the ground.
It is percentage. Ugh. Too much work. I need a break.
Josh Coray
J4 Paintball
Lead Design
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Man, fuck compaction testing.
I'm working on a landfill right now, and we're installing a layer of compacted clay to reduce the chance of substances permeating the topsoil. For me that means following a vibratory compactor around with a nuclear gauge, sticking a radioactive specimen in the ground and measuring the counts to get an idea of the soil density.
Working on a 7 acre slab of dirt in 90 degrees dehydrates you in half a second.
That doesn't sound like a job they need a physicist to do, as long as they know what numbers to look for.
They don't, but it kinda pays the bills for now.
#underemployed
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What kind of job would you be passionate about, Steve? I have had pretty good luck networking into circles and then waiting for that to spawn opportunities. You don't seem the type to be strongly motivated by money (within reason).
I enjoy doing things with a big workspace. With a fairly well-defined end goal, but not a lot of constraints on how to get there. I work better with other people interacting on a project than alone.
I do really enjoy optics and electronics, if you're looking for subject matter. That's the current goal, to eventually get back into that.
How do people move cross country without first flying there to see places? Holy hell this is frustrating.