-Started mowing lawns at age 10. Dad let me use his mower the first summer--I managed to get 11 accounts by age 11, and was pulling in nearly 200 bucks a week. He shut that down, drove me around to garbage pick a mower and told me to get her running or pay him for using his! Lots of lessons learned at such a young age. I owe my dad so much and know my love of tinkering came from him and that experience alone.
-worked as a parts runner for NAPA at age 16.
-continued to mow lawns all along until present day actually...I still hold 8 regular mowing jobs!! Great parts funding there...
-high end mountain bike shop mechanic
-pizza hut delivery
-went to CSU for a BSME
-got married to my pizza hut sweet heart
-co-oped at a gas fired burner manufacturer as a process engineer
-first salaried engineering job was in product development and applications engineer lab tech for Osborn Manufacturing (Brush manufacturer)
-consultant engineer in mechanical, electrical, and section 8 boiler inspection work for a loss prevention insurance company FM Global
-applications & technical sales engineer at an instrumentation company Meriam Instrument
-project manager for an engineering company Clarke Reliance
-at present project manager of the nuclear group at AT&F, supplying heavy wall components for nuclear power plants.
odds & ends, I like to fabricate and do some light machining in my shop.