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What do/did you do for a living?

With the increasingly high priced items people own and are selling, I'm curious about the line of work people do or have done. I thought my $5k integrated was a massive investment, but seeing users searching for $100k speakers or $75k SET amplifiers has me curious about the varying lines of work people do to afford these items. 
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captelee
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Professional boat-washer....aka private Superyacht Captain, typically on yachts 131’ to 205’. Currently running a new 154’ for a three year lap of the planet.
My time at home is very limited, averages around 45 days a year. Investment in my systems isn’t as critical as having it ready to roll when I am home. My tinkering is minimal these days after a home renovation, and blasting remastered Grateful Dead in high definition audio is the goal for maximum enjoyment when I do finally get home.Active ATCs in the office and McIntosh 601s / B&W 802D2 (dual REL G1 MKII subs) on the main system keep me quite content currently.
meiatflask
141 posts
 
Metallurgical/materials Engineer, retired 5 years. I spent most of my career determining the best material/metal/polymer to make things out of.  I get a chuckle from many of the materials related items in audio, especially tweaks, isolation, and of course, cables.  
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mantaman
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Small business owner (salvage work) govt. ins companies etc etc, never spent more than 10K on Audio past 50 years......
nitrobob
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Worked for Ralston Foods ( Previously Ralston Purina) for 36 years as a electrical maintenance man in a huge plant making breakfast cereal. The previous 8 years I worked as a forklift technician for United Technologies making electro-mechanical switches before it moved to Mexico. The last ten years at Ralston, I was also the Union President of UE Local 718 ( United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America )

43 years in a factory was enough for me. The Union had an early buyout that included free health coverage for myself and wife, so I exited a little early ...

discnik
145 posts
 
Professional buyer of used audio equipment due to congenital condition that got out of control.
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