Prius Owners Poll - What do you do for a living?

Of course, I'm the sort of EE that has no idea what an engineered print is, and probably couldn't understand what they were thinking either.

One of my former coworkers was quick to point out that an Electrical Engineer is nothing like an Electrician after his family laughed at him when he tried measuring voltage on a fluorescent lamp ballast with his multimeter set to the current setting. (Just so nobody tries this at home, doing so results in sparks, smoke, and/or fuse-blowing.)

 

Started out as a Avionics bench tech
Moved onto Over the Road Truck Driver and hurt my back so then onto
Electronics bench tech which eventually led to
Retired home maker
My wife is a banker

I don't own a Prii, but I do rent them every other week. I might own one next spring.

Mike

 

IT technician

 

Electrical Engineer: I design transmitter and receiver systems that are used to study salmon that swim in the Columbia River system.

 

I'm a PC/Network technician/administrator/chef, cook, and bottle washer for a local county government.

 

Retired sculptor, film art director, soccer coach.

 

Cool. Pit tags? We (husband more than I) design habitat restoration, fish passage, diversion structures, etc. for the salmonids on the Columbia River System as part of the mitigation for the dams. I do more of the activity management for those projects. Pleased to meet'cha!

 

Nope, not PIT tags. JSATS (Juvenile Salmon Acoustic Telemetry System) tags (and receivers).

 

Real estate agent and reformed Mercedes, Escalade driver. Never been as pleased than with my Prius. Got my realtor mom one as well! My clients love it and respect it more than any of the flashier vehicles ive owned. These are different times and this vehicle is such a better image.

 

Retired corporate security driver for a Fortune 500 company in So. Calif. Now do private driving for a few clients, working four or five days each month. Enjoy driving their cars such as Rolls Royce, Maybach, Mercedes, etc and then getting into my Prius or Miata for the drive home.

 

Electrical Engineer

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As a degreed EE whose job it was to sell test equipment to other EE's for 30 years in a large geography, I thought I'd list some of the stuff they worked on or at.

Antennas of all kinds
Cell phones
RF/Microwave compoonents
IED Detection devices
Guided Missles
Defense systems
Airplanes
Helicopters
Microprocessor design
Power supply design
Sonar
Radar systems
Long haul telecom systems
Network components
Computers
Lightwave components
Transformers
sensors
detectors
signal integrity testing
EMI test facilities
radios
semiconductors
hall effect devices
cable tv systems
radio stations
tv sataions
set top box design
connectors
superconductors
power conversion devices
high speed interface components
college and universities
error correction/detection systems
satellite communications
data logging
manufacturing test systems

I'm sure I could list a hundred more.

What a diverse group we are.

 

Energy efficiency consultant. I perform energy audits on buildings, and do analysis for the efficiency of building plans.

Software engineer. I wrote the energy analysis program I use in my work above, and write software for websites and other projects.

http://www.greenfret.com/

 

Photo Editor.

 

Engineer and wife is a travel agent 2011 Prius

 

registred architect

 

SAN Analyst

 

Electrical Engineer in the semiconductor industry or semi-insulator industry, the later being more appropriate for the III-V devices I work with.

 

I am a Solar Thermal Engineer. Mostly domestic hot water, radiant heating, pool and spa, and recently got into root-zone heating/hydroponics for greenhouses. All of my systems are custom and range from a single family home to apartment buildings to institutions. This fall i will be opening up shop in Europe as they have some nice Non-reimbursable grants over there unlike here in the US.... I also drive a 2008 Mercedes Sprinter 144" turbo diesel for work.www.SolarH2O.org

 

SAP admin for a steel company. Certainly the only Prius in our lot.
Wife is an office admin for a fire systems company...only Prius in their lot too.