What job do you have

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  1. Steve terry

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    I thought it would be cool to see what jobs prius owners have. I have seen a thread on age but not job.
    The reason it poped in my head was that I live in a milatary town and normally see camaro's and other muscle cars. But yesterday I saw a solider driving a prius.
     
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    I just retired from the Fire Department after 24 years. Was in the Marine Corps in my younger days. Now I am an Emergency Medical Technician. I drive a 2013 Prius III
     
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    I am a security guard right now, but in Dec I'm starting a new job as a Coca-Cola merchandiser, driving around to stores and stocking soda products.... hence the need for a Prius.



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    Also, thank you for your service, sir.



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    I did 20+ years in the Navy, mostly on submarines. After I retired, we got land in the woods on a river, where I have built a house. Now I am an organic farmer, producing an assortment of veggies, honey, maple, pork, eggs, poultry, herbs, etc. We are in the process of going off-grid [photo-voltaic for our electric and solar-thermal for our heat].

    My wife commutes to a job in the city. We want to reduce our consumption of petroleum and lower our monthly cost-of-living. So the Prius made sense for us.
     
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    Procurement Manager for an IT/Data Center.
     
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    Your welcome :)
     
  8. jdcollins5

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    E/I Reliability Engineer at a paper mill with a 52 mile RT commute so the need for the Prius.
     
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    As a firefighter, I have made many many runs to Republic paper plant here in Okla. Always a 24 hour or more fire. Did not like it at all. Missed more then a meal or 2.
     
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    I work at a casino 36 miles from my home. So 72 miles a day.
     
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    When you work for a 24/7 industrial operation you are going to miss a few meals :)
     
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    Technology specialist in a large school district. We have 90+ locations to keep up and running so my car is my office.
     
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    Retired from being an electronics bench tech. My Prius is my pleasure use summer only car ;-)

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    Now , people say I'm a dreamer ....... Loving my 2012 BP ,
     
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    Biological laboratory technician. And hobbyist adventurer and photographer primarily pursuing backcountry (esp. technical backcountry) and urbex photography. Those trips are far and long.

    Something of interest: the parking lot of our research facility is packed full of Prii, mostly 2nd and 3rd-gen Liftbacks. They are rounded out by a couple of PiP's, V's, C's, and even the odd Insight. They comprise about 1/4 of the cars, which is fairly amazing given the wide-ranging makes of cars available, not to mention the wide range in vintages (i.e. a lot of people tool around in older cars, even jalopies). There is currently no Volt nor Tesla (no recharging facilities). The facility-mobiles are Ford Escape Hybrids.

    Yes, the fact that many scientists (who I would characterize-as-a-whole as rational technophiles) chose Prii was one big reason I decided to consider it. (The other reason was job-practical: I didn't want to scream "Look at me and my flashier car!") Doing my research, and now living with it has revealed that it was a supremely wise choice.

    If that's "smug", I'll opt for "smug" any day of the week.
     
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    ^^ lol..
    I bought a Prii for one reason.. to save money on gas, i have a 100 mile round trip commute daily to work.

    What i ended up with is a car that i actually like and appreciate. I love tuning heads with a few mods i have done (i cant wait till summer when i do wheels and drop it) its just fun to think i spend a lot less money then the average Joe driving around and pollute less. It suites me for what i need from it and more. Very happy!
     
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    Freelance photographer in LA (honda element) getting his real estate license hence the prius. The car should hold a fair amount of gear and gets 2.5X+ the gas mileage. It looks sharp and the perfect car I think!


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    I was trained as a Petroleum Geologist and Exploration Engineer, went back and got a Masters in Mechanical Structural Engineering, got a job in Customs as an engineering specialist, worked as a consultant in aircraft and spacecraft air frame and space frame construction specializing in stress and aging.

    For the next 23 years, I became an engineering "legal technical analyst" with the US Department of Justice in Patent and Trademark litigation as well as warranty and accident analysis.

    Retired in 2000, I opened and operated a specialty scientific and engineering development firm specializing in prototyping, which I would down in 2008 to become more of a hobby than a business.

    I made small and short run specialty products in my personal machine shop.
     
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