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[airart1]

iron worker/welder for a few years, then did a stint in the air force/ my father was a commercial artist working civil service at ft campbell doing all there artwork so i grew up a sign painter with him and when i got out of the service i went to work with a chain store doing there airbrush artwork, seen that i was only going to be able to make a living being on the owner end of the deal and opened retail t-shirt shops and airbrush shops, painted signs, bikes, and cars with custom paint, then after accident i was blessed that i didnt loose the use of my hands and noodle so i kept the stores running and airbrushed until i over did it after 12 years and got laid up with the good old butt sore, so i retired and just paint for myself and enjoy life for a change, instead of living in a mall 14 hours a day, 7 days a week.......thinking of going back to school and finishing my art degree.......

[cas]

Solicitor before- until I had my gorgeous children- now I'm full time mum- and I wouldn't swap it for the world!!!

[AC83]

Before my injury I worked in outdoor centres, teaching climbing, kayaking, hill walking etc. Now I teach in a classroom in a school. Kids and young adults are great to work with, they are refreshinlgy direct when they ask about your disabilities, or anything else.

[eyelookok2blindgurls]

I have always been a professional creative lunatic

[mugsy]

I was a Project Manager for a large cabinet manufacturer (20 years). I dealt primarily with companies who built upper end subdivisions and custom homes. I had so much freedom and was always on the go. I loved my job. Due to the economy had I not been injured I probably would have been unemployed by now.

[Faith_Bynum]

I'm in High School but plan on becoming a Psychiatrist.

[airart1]

hey faith, i'll be your first patient.....i'm afraid we can all keep u busy!!!

[goose]

i was a regional manager for a durable medical supply co. just a week before my accident, i was trying out a new wheelchair and made the comment " i don't think i'd be a good wheelchair person" i was referring to me not having enough upper body strenght. it did prepare me for all the equipment i would need. plus i'd had lots of experience fighting insurance co. all that has come in handy.
















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[goose]

i was a regional manager for a durable medical supply co. just a week before my accident, i was trying out a new wheelchair and made the comment " i don't think i'd be a good wheelchair person" i was referring to me not having enough upper body strenght. it did prepare me for all the equipment i would need. plus i'd had lots of experience fighting insurance co. all that has come in handy.
















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[andycm]

Had been IT network manager. Had started career change to teaching Maths to 11-18 year olds. Also did voluntary coaching in advanced motorcycling, was a football (that's soccer to you people over the pond) referee, and did the odd bit of rock-climbing instruction.

Now doing voluntary IT work at my church, and voluntary classroom assistant in adult education - numeracy class.

[paul1404]

1971-1975 Market Stall Portabollo Road (West Indian Foods)

1974-1975 Private Debt Collector (pre accident)

1977- 1981 Importer of Tropical foods
1981-1989 Import / Export Colombia South America (medical Products)
1988-1992 House Builder (went bust , thank you Mrs Thatcher)
1992 to present Isolvencey Consultant
1996-2006 National Night Club & pub chain
1999 -2004 Beer Wholesaler
2003 -2006 Car Body Shop
2006 to Present Chauffeur Company
Present launching charity "Just a Chance"

[greybeard]

No occupation. Content in my retirement.

Remaining Ambition - - To draw pension until I'm 110.

[sh1wn]

I was a heavy equipment operator. It was a small company, we mostly did asphalt paving/patching and we had mostly small machines so we also specialized in backyards and other tight places. It was usually only 3 guys, sometimes a 4th so you ended up switching machines a lot during the day and I liked that because I didn't get bored. It was a great place to work and I miss it a lot.

[Eric T]

Civil engineering draughtsman using AutoCAD (computer draughting)

[Boudica]

civil servant

[NegativeEntropy]

I was injured at 16 so just simple jobs before that (retail, lawn mowing, farm hand, etc). Now I'm a computer graphics programmer at a video game company (Rockstar San Diego).

[Zack]

Euthanasist some time soon I hope. Why work?

[gimpguy]

I was working in a factory when I had my accident. I went back to college, got my degree, and have been working in banking for 27 years now.

[Canuck Jason]

I worked in the oil and gas industry, offshore drilling, before my accident. Went back to trade school and now I own my own small engine repair shop.

[JohnQ]

Second year student at the Technical University of Moldova, studying IT.

[munkypoop]

Before my accident, I was a supervisor at a place that makes fishing and sporting nets of many shapes and sizes and needs. I specialized in batting cages, very tall golf nets that surround golf courses to keep the balls off the road or that surround garbage dumps so trash don't blow off the property. Also the nets you see on baseball fields, like I made the ones at Yankee Stadium. Also I made a net that is in the space station. Also fish traps. And in the fall we made Christmas wreaths.

[Ratticis]

vigilante

[Edinburgh Colin]

Ratticis, on 19 March 2012 - 12:09 AM, said:

vigilante

Like it Chris!

[brockit79]

wasn't sure how to answer this. I am employed by the skin of my teeth from being off for a long time but I am not back at work just yet. Podiatrist.

[Wobbly]

Commercial underwriting manager - no one ever knows what that is.