The life without paintball aka what do you do?

[Carbon]

This about the life outside of paintball. Some would argue paintball is part of their lives. True enough.

What do you do for a living?

This is not a how much money you make question, as there is no shame in an honest living. I just would like to know how different your weekday lives are compared to your paintball lives. Some of us are students, some of are graduates but almost all of us are player of the game.

Official title: PCD (page composition/designer) AKA glorified typesetter/layout guy
I work for a publishing company and do layouts for testbooks and textsbooks for school districts.

I pull a 9 to 5.
i wear buttondown shirt, slacks and dark shoes. My cubicle is littered with paintball stickers, mags and other paraphenalia. I have a co worker that plays paintball as well. Its quite around here, a stark comaparison to what life is like on the field. I suppose its is like that with everybody.

I like my job.

[mag88888]

im a high school student. most likely i will have a job next year at the Vermont Tent Company, as my bro workds theer and can get me a job next year. thats all i have to say.

[rkjunior303]

I'm an account manager for Nextel/Sprint. I manage a portfolio of corporate accounts based out of the New England market -- roughly about 8000 units total. I'm salary and work 8-5, I have a good size desk and I really enjoy my job. It gets me on the road more often than I'm in the office - which is nice. I've been working at the company for 5 years but I've been in wireless for almost 9.

[ojhspyro89]

Well, im a high school student most the time.

My job is drilling PDS for bkos and bushmasters.... still paintball!

[hockeynoodles020]

Im in 10th grade, and all i do is, play hockey and go to school. Except for in the summers when im online all the time

[Webby]

High School Student/Warehouse Technician (aka load/unload trucks)

A world without paintball wouldn't be too horrific, we still got beer, woman, and sports.

[68magOwner]

I am a high school student, with college just around the corner *eek*, so, looking at schools/getting applications. My job besides school is teaching young kids how to play soccer at the local YMCA, dosent make tons of cash, but, supports my paintball (just barely, cut grass on the side as well) but, its enjoyable and i can get exercise chasing those little buggers. Also lead a fairly active social life, if im not balling can be found out and about (espicially since the lady friend left for college in kansas, back on the prowl per-say).

[Bear_Claw]

IM a apprentice Truck/Bus mehcanic.

Currently (for one more week LOL) i repair school buses. I like it as its constantly challening me and is always intresting. My current place i have my own bay with a drive on hoist. It seems i have more invested in tools than i have made in the last few years LOL but i still enjoy the work for the most part. My tool box is RIDLED with CAT, Detroit Diesel, Ford, GMC, Powerstroke, and veariouse other Diesel automotive badges (maybe i outa toss on some paintball ones ).


ON september 6th Start my new job at Ryder truck rentals repairing their fleet of trucks from gas job f150's to the big gun frightliners and Internationals. I look forward to working on the big stuff AGAIN but at the same time going to miss my old work.

Paint ball is an EXTREAMLY minute part of my life as i rarly play anymore ( been over a year). My main hobbies are Diesel Truck performance (still working on getting my OLD 7.3 Turbo Diesel ford to smoke my buddies 03 dodge cummins) But more recently iv fallen for the motorcycle bug and am currently looking for a nice used bike of my own (tired of rideing my mothers bike LOL).

[cuttydiamond]

I work for a wholesale jewelry manufacturer. I am the diamond and gemstone buyer as well as being the designer of our lines of jewelry. I do all of my design work with the computer so i pretty much sit at a desk all day long. Sounds Like more fun than it is.

[Maggot6]

Well, I am in highschool, but I work on exhaust for vehicles of all shapes and sizes.

If I didn't have paintball, I'd probably just keep on working. I have tried most things, trains(the sets...) model cars, trading cards, soccer, basketball, etc etc and then the only thing that I ever got interested in enough to keep on doing it, was making money in some shape way or form. So, if I didn't have paintball, I'd probably have a job that had alot more hours to offer, and maybe another hobby,.

[JimmyBeam]

im a civilian contractor for the Army. and i have a rather wierd work schedule. a month or two of doing absolutely nothing but surfing the net. followed by a month or two of testing, which involves 12-15 hour workdays, 7 days a week. i did a 100 hour work week not to long ago. man, it was hard, but the paycheck made up for it.

[zackzel]

I'm still in College, I'm going for education, now I just have to pick a subject.

I work for Pepsi part time, I am basically a glorified shelf stocker, I go to 5 different stores and take the Pepsi from the back room and put it on the shelves and build displays (so when all you people see those big Pepsi displays in your local supermarket appreciate them a bit more because they are a pain), it sucks but hey its money to pay the bills.

[Evil Bob]

Used to be in middle management doing IT/Customer Support/Anything computer/Internet related in Silicon Valley until my job potential were pretty much all outsourced to India. Add to that 3 layoffs in 2 years, I called it quits on high tech 2 years ago this coming October. Now days I work early AM's at UPS and teach martial arts in the evenings, decidedly low tech carreer path at this point.

-Evil Bob

[Lohman446]

I manage an auto repair shop. I sell cars on the side and rent U-hauls as well. Basically I sit at my desk and hope everything goes right and panic when it doesn't

[Creative Mayhem]

My life other than paintball is relatively uneventful. I work the nightshift at a local supermarket stocking the shelves for all you people to come and mess up Aside from work I try to sleep during the day(usually unsuccessfully), SCUBA/help teach SCUBA, and spend time with my little brother and lil sister. Other than that, there is of course,.. beer. HOORAY BEER!