I was also recently rewarded the Florida franchise for this one step epoxy flooring. We are in the process of getting it rolling now, it is the future in commercial flooring.

well to make a long story short I make saw dust.........well its a little more than that I'm a CNC programmer for Herman Miller (office furniture). The market sucks right now, so you guys do me a favor and go buy a chair or some thing will ya?

Thanks for posting. Sounds like we have two self employed members. Both of you sound like you have no regrets. I would like to do the same some day. I haven't found the market to go into you. It is good to hear we have a finance major that went into home electronics and a restaurant/bar owner that went into tiling. (hope I got that right Cuda.)

AudioFN I was a finance major that went into software...

To everyone else, I know you are reading this. Post! I know its not boating information but you learned something about people you look to for advise/information/killing time with.

Homeless window washer

Tom

Now there is a dedicated person. MissMyMoney2, I'm glad to see you spend the money you earn washing windows to go to an internet cafe and post here.

Well, out of high school, I did the college and snow ski instructor thing. When I got that out of my system, I settled down for more than a decade of working for German car manufacturers at the dealership level with a 3 year stint working on an Indy car race team.
I relocated to NC from upstate NY and started my own business. I am an insurance damage appraiser specializing in automobiles, heavy equipment and boats. Business is good as there are never a shortage of idiots on the road or on the lakes!
Have had my own business for 12 years now and love it. Would never go to work for someone else again.
I boat every weekend on Lake Tillery and occasionally on Lake Norman with an annual trip to Seneca Lake in NY and an occasional trip to FL (between Sarasota and Ft Myers).

I glad to see I'm not the only one working in the commercial construction industry.

I started as a Laborer digging ditches and packing plywood & drywall in 1976. Over the course of years moved up to Assist. Superintendent, Superintendent, Assist. Project Manager and Project Manager.

I am currently working as a consulting Senior Project Manager for a school district here in Southern California.

I am also a licensed General Contractor and RE Broker. I worked for a developer for several years in the late 80s/early 90s. In addition to the construction activities, I used to do some site aquisition on the side.

I find (and have always found) the work to be interesting and challenging.

I caught the boat bug about 6 years ago and am currently on my second boat. I hope to move up to a small twin sometime next year.

Sounds like Venice to me!

My first job out of high school was working for a pipeline construcion outfit. Lot's of ditch digging involved in that too. I really enjoyed the work, I think because at the end of the day, you can look back and see what you have accomplished. I think that is why I also enjoy the tile work. You can actually see what you have done. I never got that pleasure from running bars or restaurants.

Hmmm... just working on my "self review" for work now. Current title is Lead Information Technologist- basically a project lead/programmer/analyst for automotive marketing firm. We've got data on everybody, and the autos generally come to us to find out who their owners are. Ok, it doesn't sound too exciting but it works for me. I give them my time, effort, and 16 years of industry knowledge and they give me gas money. A win-win for everybody.