What Kinda Jobs do u guys have?

[JACK]

Well it seems like a lot of u can afford super nice guns no prob. I was wondering wat kinda jobs yall have and how u can afford endless amounts of paintball stuff?

[LaW]

some of us can afford them like for example my scenario:

I'm 19 pay for everything, have a loan on a 20k car, go to college, I also however get money by doing the 2 job thing... i am a manager at a mcdonalds and will be a manager at a target.

I appreciate my stuff so much more knowing i pay for it all and work hard for what i have

[IceCool32]

Right now, I am a bagger/cart-getter at my local grocery store Hy-Vee. I work 5 hours a day(since I am under 16 for the time being) and make around $100 every 2 weeks. Right now I'm in the process of saving for a new Matrix and nitro tank($900) or an E-Mag and 88/3k nitro tank(used for $850).

It pays well for my age, $5.50 a hour is alot better than $0.00/hour sitting at home.

[jah871]

im 14 and with my 2 jobs i get $140 a week. i mow my neighbors lawn for 40 bucks a week and get paid 100 for working for my dads lawn care and landscaping buissness. $140 a week isnt bad at all. this summer i plan to get some more lawns to mow.

[shartley]

Been asked before, but interesting reading....

http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=983

And here is another great one:
http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9065

[oneshot]

I can afford them because

I am just about 19, I work at walmart when I am at home, I have bought everything I have like Law. I work like a beast during the summers so that I can pay for paint, and not have to work during school.

you also have to control all your expenses, and just stop spending money on useless stuff, by doing that I have made
almost have enough money for angel now, only three months of saving

p.s. fun fact: walmart is the greatest slacker job around:D

[SGTKennedy]

i am a PV2 in the Army Reserve, 120 something a month, and i also have a $10/hr part time job for my dads company. and i still cant afford paintball, car and a girlfriend at the same time.... question for the older guys, How do you do it?

[joeyjoe367]

I recently got a "job" at my school.

My "Job" is sitting around and helping the brain-dead people who don't know how to save Word Documents to a disk. Technically, I'm called a "lab monitor" but, really I just sit around.

It's great since I get $8.50 an hour for it :D :D

[ronron2112]

right now im a sporting clay trapper. it pays real good for a under the table job. its across the street from my neighbor hood, and my dad and i are members, so it works. its about 80-110m for 6 hrs :):)

im looking for a 2nd job, so i'll probably end up being a snowboarding instructor at Nashoba.. 10 min from my house..

YUCK,2 jobs.. but i need the money

[FooTemps]

Right now I'm paying for my paintball from my christmas savings... I only work summers. I do odd jobs like lawn mowing and running errands for neighbors.

[wimag]

Quality Assurance Manager for a plating company. I make sure that we make nasty, dirty, oily, steel parts nice and pretty and shiny. As well as making sure our company poilicies and practices conform to all applicable customer requirements. Big Three headache technical crap.

[Shaft]

I'm an electrical engineer for an automotive OEM. Since I got done with school I'm able to buy the gear I've always dreamed of.

When I was in highschool I had hopes of buying a Splatmaster or a Rapide (but was never able to) back then I was airbrushing T-shirts, out of my basement, for $15 a pop and repairing movie projectors at school.

[spacemanspiff]

I do the 2 job thing. UPS in the morning and an electricians helper in the afternoon. I put in like 60-70hrs a week. Best thing is I have weekends off:D Can spend all my money on my toys. paintball, truck, quad, snowboard, hockey. Plus I have a small loan for my truck but the left over will help pay for upgrades on everything.

[DYE-BaLLeR]

im a paintball ref, i have no idea how i get my guns

[brett]

my dad is in the bakery/restraunt/store supplying industry and carries basically everything that has to do with food its just a small business with only 4 trucks running wich 3 are 10 wheelers.
Every summer break i work my *** off from 7a.m.-12p.m. and then from 12p.m.-3p.m. i just sweep or clean walls( and 200,000 lbs of flour doesnt help any)
well the good thing about it is i get paid 400$ every 2 weeks but half of that has to go toward car and college(a long way off yet)so i still get a good amount for pball.

[manike]

/me runs a CAD/CAM company but currently wishes he worked in a chalet/bar somewhere snowy with mountains where he could 'board every day... (can you tell I miss my holiday already!)

I think I'll move to Cali... Snow and Surf ;)

manike

[KamikazePenguin]

i can afford my e-mag/cocker because i'm 15 (so ALL of my income is disposable) and have a 20hour/week part time job at a local skating rink that i've been holding 6+ months...after my e-mag the only money i'm going to spend from my account will be for tourneys, i'm going to start saving up.

[dave p]

wow, my account is still active!, been a while. anyway im 33 married house 2kids so on. im a foreman for a tree company, have a CDL, all types of spray licenses and im their mechanic at night for time and a half. all winter i climb or run an arealift, all summer i do IPM on manicured estates. i make 22.75 +50cents per hour for my chainsaws(2). i put in between 55-60 hours a week(do the math) i can afford any gun i want. so what do i use? a bone stock minimag with a rev and a 3000# 110ci nitroduck. why? cuz it is made so well it will last me forever and it does all i need to keep me competitive. i also have a certificate in computer programming and am working on a computer science degree. from time to time i make some extra scratch as a musician.

[Load SM5]

Signpainter- Not a huge amount of money but the car and house still get paid for. I also have a chunk of money invested and get a big healthy dividend check occasionally. The wife, who's an art teacher, does'nt care that I use some of our cash to buy a part every now and then and a case of paint around 2 times a month. She gets her hair done so it all evens out.;)

[Scorch]

Originally posted by manike
/me runs a CAD/CAM company but currently wishes he worked in a chalet/bar somewhere snowy with mountains where he could 'board every day... (can you tell I miss my holiday already!)

I think I'll move to Cali... Snow and Surf ;)

manike

I ran away to Colorado for 10 years and snowboard raced(Telluride/Vail) up to Pro level (LaCroix & Oxygen sponsorships). I payed for it as a CAD Consultant (Civil Eng/Arch). *edit... I got 90+ days in during my first year in T'ride. If you go... go big.:)

Now I'm back in the real world and fund my paintball addiction with an IT Manager's paycheck. I hope he never finds out ;)

Scorch

[[FE]Memnock]

Network Administrator for a bank.

-Mem

[manike]

Hey Sorch, when at the World Cup I got invited out to Colorado by two different people. I'm thinking about trying to make it out towards the end of the ski season... When is that for you guys? Where in Colorado should I aim to be. My invites are from totally different places (can't remember where exactly off the top of my head).

manike

[Scorch]

If your bank roll needs a band of sherpas to be moved... go to Telluride and hook up with some locals for the most extreme experience.

If you just want to have fun (night life) and any level of boarding... Vail is unmatched.

If you time it right Steamboat has insane powder... maybe a little overwhelming even :) Bring your snorkel.

Scorch

[Dubstar112]

Manike, if you ever come to the NE states to ski/board bring ice skates instead.. thats what its like pretty much :)

[bornl33t]

im 23 and work in a warehouse and load semi trucks. at least that's what my job is now. my take home veries on how much I work since I don't usually work my full hours. Once the job is done I'm done and so 40 hours a week are kinda hard. I make about 10$ a hour take home after taxes. so If I work my full 40 hours my paychecks are around 400$. But then you have to figure in rent, phone bills, gas, inshurance, etc. So I'm not really rich.
But for a side job I work at a "semi fancy" dinner as a waiter. usually about 1-2 days a week and one night on the weekend. The one night on the weekend tips vary between 80-150$ in one 8 hour shift. Just depens on how busy we are and how moody I am. But for hte most part.... I'M da BOMB!

[DaXtremeist]

WALMART LOL yah its true i work at walmart but so does some of my other team members. all of us cary mags (i just got an impy but still got my beloved mag)

[tazman]

I am an automotive service technician.

I make good money but it is flat rate so no work no money!
(lately it has been slow so I am making only 3 to 4 hours a day).

But I enjoy the work and our slow period is almost over.

[FeelTheRT]

I work at a local field. Pay is great; i get free sodas, snacks, hotdogs, and air; and I get to work whenever and not work whenever i want.

[nutz]

i caddie over the summer and thats about it

[pumpamatic]

I've been holding my job at a pizza place coming up to my 3rd summer. I started as a bus boy, then changed to a host over this past summer, and now I'm back to a bus boy. I'm probably going to switch over to the kitchen and cook the food sometime soon. This coming summer I will probably spend most my time working with my old man on construction sites, but I still will work at the pizza place. I'm not really spending much on paintball, my gun has cost nearly 400, and only in the summer do I play seriously, so over the year I might spend 200 on paint and air. I just spent about 550 buying a PS2 and games.

[Restola]

credit customer service rep.

[unseenunheard]

i'm a commercial fisherman, what this means is that i catch seafood such as shrimp, crabs, and oysters. that is what we are dealing in right now oysters, my father, brother, and i own a couple of boats along with a small seafood shop. its nice to work outside and it paid for my E-mag

[Spaceman613]

contract engineer for a heavy equipment manufacturer. Designing, detailing, maintaining air cleaners.

No idea how I pay for my toys :cool:

[kenshinkandon]

Work for Vector marketing in the Accounting Dept, which basically means I put off everything I should be doing and actually cruise around the AO and pbnation, while dreaming about playing paintball. Instead of staring at spreadsheets. :D

[cphilip]

I'm a homeless person. Out on the streets. People feel sorry for me and give me Paintball equipment. GO FIGURE!!!

:D

No seriously...I am the Environmental Compliance Officer for Clemson University. Involves Hazardous Waste and such, EPA & DOT compliance type of stuff. Been here 21 years only 7 in this postition. Used to run all the Animal Research Facilities and then was in Health Physics (Radiation Safety) for a bit before this. It is an upper mid level state job so it is taxing for me to scrape enough together to play but I manage to about once a month. Every once in a while twice. Have to come up with enough for the kid too. I budget $100 a month for it. One case of paint at $55 and the rest saves up for parts and such plus my other hobbies have to come out of that.

[udtseal]

ha! Im a 21 year old poor 3rd year college student. I pay for my paintball equipment with extra money from College Loans! I dont live on campus so I can save lots of money. I work at my schools Recreation Center (Gym) at the Juice Bar. Yup. I make protien shakes, smoothies, veggie juices etc. all day long. But I love it. I live in the gym, seriously, sometimes I go two-three times a day. Swim for an hour, go do a quick 3 mile run, go to class, go back to some lifting, etc... very very fun!!! Plus its free! :)

[PsychoMag]

I fund my $200-300 a month addiction as a CAD Designer for Sun Oil Refinery. I am in college now for digital illustration and computer graphics/web design. I have a swwet gun, sweeter Honda Prelude, and the best girl.

[Grey_Goose]

I'm the Director of Information Systems for a mid-sized architecture firm... and quitting.

Previously, I was a energy trader, efficiency analyst, network engineer, & security specialist & then muddled through several years as a NOC manager before 'settling down' and taking the DIS job. After evaluating the current economy, Houston's sad state of affairs (Enron, Continental, & Compaq have laid off ~ 11,000 people in the last 6 months), I have decided to jump off the CIO/CTO track.

Within two months I will be transitioning into the automobile wholesale business. From a professional IT position to used car salesman? Ah, but triple the pay :)

Aside from other expensive hobbies, a wife, house, & two car payments, I use aggressive trading to offset the cost of paintball equipment.

[DarkRipper]

I'm a second level tech support dude. I'm also the IT coordinator for my company's production facility.

:)

Hey, it's a step up to Director.

It pays VERY well, almost too well for what I do. They do that to keep us happy and snug and not wanting to leave for "greener pastures".

I can't complain, my wallet's fat.

DR

[Grey_Goose]

Yes, it is. Be very careful about that "overpaid" thing. It'll bite you in the @ss if business goes sour. Make sure you don't stagnate & lock yourself into your job (i.e. unable to find another job at the same pay scale). Always, always, work to improve your worth to the company and marketability to prospects.

I know too many guys that I came up with that got left behind because they kept waiting for their company to pick up the tab on training or didn't finish their degrees.

[DarkRipper]

Originally posted by Grey_Goose
Yes, it is. Be very careful about that "overpaid" thing. It'll bite you in the @ss if business goes sour. Make sure you don't stagnate & lock yourself into your job (i.e. unable to find another job at the same pay scale). Always, always, work to improve your worth to the company and marketability to prospects.

I know too many guys that I came up with that got left behind because they kept waiting for their company to pick up the tab on training or didn't finish their degrees.

Thanks G_G. :) I have my degree, and I'm working on my 2k MCSE. I gave up on my NT one, hey I'm an MCP anyway. ;)

My department's pretty small, we all have specialties. I am the best hardware guy, but that doesn't keep me out of the servers. We cross-train and pump each other for info as much as possible.

My short-term goal is to pay off my debts, get a house, then start working on some Router config and LAN administration. That is, if I don't end up in a management position.

/edit I forgot... I work for a French conglomerate... if a division starts to not make as much profit, the other divisions pay more to balance it. We have few layoffs, where I work the skilled laborers make 2/3rds what I do... and aren't exactly loitering on the street corner waiting for employment.



:)
DR

[Cliffio]

<---college student

when i turned 16 i worked at Mcdonalds till i graduated highschool, i made 10.50 an hour and in the summers i go back and work it cause its easy money, and i can get my job back easy (my dad owns the place)

and i work at target at the moment, just to pay for habits i have:) drinking and playing games

but i bought all of my equipment and i treat it like its a baby

[Sledgehammer]

Police officer, used to be Lieutenant in the German air force.

[Grey_Goose]

Originally posted by DarkRipper
/edit I forgot... I work for a French conglomerate...

:)
DR
I love saying "Air Lickwide" instead of "Air Likkeed"

:D

[govols]

no kidding

[hitech]

I am a software engineer working on IBM AS/400s (renamed iSeries). The pay is good, but I am supporting a family of 4 and an ex wife. I really couldn't afford the new 68 automag classic my wife got me for Christmas. When I stop paying alimony I would have more than enough for an extreme emag with just two months alimony payments. :mad:

[paintball8869]

College student right now. I work part time delivering pizzas 2 days a week (makes me about $250 cash every weekend).

During the summer, i still do the pizza job as well as various differnt jobs. 2 summers ago i worked at a golf course at $10 an hour. Last summer i worked at a paper mill making $9.50 an hour (only 4 days a week instead of 5, which was nice). Both brought in teh same amount of money though. So over the summer, i spend my pizza money on paintball ($200 a weekend or so) and i don't play much if at all during teh school year because i have to pay over $500 a month for my car (includes $250 insurance).

[Muzikman]

I'm 25...work for a business consulting firm and am contracted out to a company called Bombardier Transportation. They make light rail and people movers. I'm a network analyst and support 21 of their field site all over the world. It's interesting work, get to do everything from network analysis, network administrating, LAN/WAN design, CISCO configs, etc... I just do not get paid what I am worth. I wish they would just hire me!

Let see, I own an 82 Camaro and a 97 Intrepid that has been paid off for 2 years, lots of paintball gear, and about $40K in music equipment...how do I afford all this? I have no girlfriend that's how!!!:)

[Spaceman613]

No girlfriend??? YOU FOUND THE SECRET


darn, Ill have to get rid of a couple of mine.

[Arman/XPM]

Used to work for a Telemarketing firm.
Made about $35 an hour - then got fed up with the Job. New Management came in, and I could not adapt - my fault.
Now, I sit in front of the computer all day, and read History, News and Paintball.
- Arman:D

[Fullmetalstraitjacket]

Environmental lawyer and, like cphilip, focusing on hazardous waste. I like my Minimag but I hope to convince my wife how much I need an Angel next year. I'm not holding my breath...

BTW, cphilip, Region 4 had a great RCRA seminar in Atlanta back in December. You weren't there were you?

[50 cal]

Can't remember if I replied in the other topic.

But, I work at Barrett Firearms. I shoot .50 cal rifles all day. All day, every day. Best part about it, someone else has to clean them.:D

No kidding.

[SlipknotX556]

Well im only 13 turnin 14 in november... i get my money from my allowance which is 10 a week... when i turn 14 the day after my b day im goin out to PUBLIX and gettin a job or i will work at Army Navy paintball if they will higher a 14 year old to do anything. Also maybe i can get a job at the Crab House in Jupiter Flordia.

[PigSweat]

McBi@tch

[Cardinal_Biggles]

What is this thing you call "Job"? The word is foreign to me. I'm a very poor little boy, which is why I only have a standard feed mag, with only performance upgrades (Which are very few). I did pay for all my stuff on my own though, by mowing lawns for a year, and really looking for good deals. I got my 114 ci tuffskin for $100 and my dye stainless (unported) for $50:cool: . Blood, sweat, and lawn-clippings went into my mag. Unforutnately, I can't get them back out:D .

[Maui PFB]

I am 29 semi retired and I own my own web design company with my wife. Accually her company Wahineweb.net .I repair dell computers on this island when they break. Mass Driver pays me to be his friend. I can then buy my 200 rounds of wal mart paintballs and hunt down angels with my stock class phantom. :D

[DarkRipper]

Originally posted by Grey_Goose

I love saying "Air Lickwide" instead of "Air Likkeed"

:D

You lost me there.


:)

Company name is Alstom.

DR

[Grey_Goose]

There's a very large French conglomerate under the name Air Liquide. The employees get VERY upset if you mispronounce the company name, as most people do.

Looking at it, most people say "Air Lickwide", whereas the correct pronunciation "Air Likkeed". When I was a consultant, I used to have fun w/ the whole Texan schtick & say "Ayer Lickwide" just to rattle cages.

...and yes, Texans say "ayer" instead of "air", just like we pronounce "five" as "fyyvuh. Want to confuse a Texan? Challenge them to say "five" in just one syllable.

[cphilip]

Originally posted by Fullmetalstraitjacket
BTW, cphilip, Region 4 had a great RCRA seminar in Atlanta back in December. You weren't there were you?

No full I was off the entire month of December. Us old timers have to use it or lose it with leave time. I thought one of my cohorts went. Not sure though as I was out of touch during that month. Hey if you need anything let me know. I am real into the technical hands on regulatory side of it and how to comply in a diverse waste stream environment.

[Rahman]

Well I'm a film production student at the New School in New York City so money is a bit tight I have school loans pending plus rent ain't cheap on this little, island but I make straight money working at a swanky restaurant...but who cares it's enough to hook up my Mags and some ARRi Cams..

[lopxtc]

Unix programmer for the Worlds leading Telecommunications customer billing/customer relations software provider.

Wow big title *L*

Aaron

[Nitroduck]

Lets see.......


I run a small PB store .....That helps pay for paint.

Writer for PGI Magazine (love it!)

And I do flash design.

[DarkRipper]

Originally posted by Grey_Goose
There's a very large French conglomerate under the name Air Liquide. The employees get VERY upset if you mispronounce the company name, as most people do.

Looking at it, most people say "Air Lickwide", whereas the correct pronunciation "Air Likkeed". When I was a consultant, I used to have fun w/ the whole Texan schtick & say "Ayer Lickwide" just to rattle cages.

...and yes, Texans say "ayer" instead of "air", just like we pronounce "five" as "fyyvuh. Want to confuse a Texan? Challenge them to say "five" in just one syllable.

ROFL

That is funny. Yes, there are some people in my company with large wooden poles up their....

You know.

:)
DR

[meanelvis]

I'm a webmaster for a medium-sized manufacturing company. Pay's not quite up to par but it's allowed me to get started right in paintball.

Most recently got a girlfriend (uh oh) and a part time job saturdays working at my local paintball field as a ref. I figure it's a decent way to feed my need and get paid to do it.

[Tom Sparkman]

Sr. SAP Technical Consultant, which means I usually fly out Monday morning and back Thurs. or Friday. I'm lucky, the current client has let me telecommute since last August (contract is good until May1). Pay is pretty good, but rates are way off in the last 2 years. So, you CIO and IT managers, install SAP now instead of waiting for the rates to go back up to the $200+ range. :)

Tom

[magmonkey]

I am a machinist but i got layed off 5 days before christmas
then I was hired as a quality control supervisor for the east coasts largest plating shop but because of a strange woman in their employment office I have not been able to start yet :)
but for now I am just helping my family out at their auto shop and doing bad things to paintball markers with a bridgeport after work

[DarkRipper]

Originally posted by Tom Sparkman
Sr. SAP Technical Consultant, which means I usually fly out Monday morning and back Thurs. or Friday. I'm lucky, the current client has let me telecommute since last August (contract is good until May1). Pay is pretty good, but rates are way off in the last 2 years. So, you CIO and IT managers, install SAP now instead of waiting for the rates to go back up to the $200+ range. :)

Tom

200 hundred dollars!! That's not bad AT ALL for SAP.

;)

J/K

DR

[XspyX]

Burger King!

[MajorDamage]

I work at TacoBell(:D lol) and I am a ref at my local paintball field.

ENDO!

[Webmaster]

My official title is Art Director, but I am the lead designer and developer for a small company who does web sites, ecommerce, etc etc. As well as collateral material such as catalogs etc.

[DarkRipper]

Originally posted by XspyX
Burger King!


Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard,
It seems to me most strange that men should fear;
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.

Julius Caesar II, Shakespeare


:)
DR

[XspyX]

I'm reading the play in English right now! I kinda liked that quote, but just that part, it sounds the coolest! :cool:


I thought you were going to transform that quote into something to do with Burger King. The valiant never Taste of death....mmmm....Flame broiled....mmmm...

:D

[fenris69]

Tech support for an ISP (island.net) in canada. pays 10CAD/hr , pretty decent for the easiest job ive ever had...how else could i sit here in front of automags.org all day?? :)

sometime in the next year i have to get righteously poor and go to school...so i imagine i wont be playing much pball for a bit, but for now i try every week, i have a gf and a paintball budget. we do what we must eh?

[deded]

I work at 510 skateboarding in berkeley CA.

It rules. I just watch skate videos, make fun of employees/customers/bosses, and get paid.

$8 an hour isn't that bad when you get cheap boards, shoes, and clothes.

I'm also an artist... but that doesn't pay well, so it doesn't count.

:D

[mercury]

I'm a Marine and the wife's a nurse so I make enough to play. Income tax returns really help though. :)