Something that I always find interesting about LEGO, is that it seems to bring people from all walk's of life together, I often wonder what other's on here do to pay for this fantastic hobby of ours, so i thought to start this topic.

So I am 24 year's old and married with one beautiful daughter (13 months old) living in the state of Victoria in Australia, I've just recently gotten back into lego after about 12-13 year's.

I'm a Boilermaker by trade, I started my apprenticeship at age 15, and completed iit just after my 18th birthday, around the same time i met my now wife.

from that start I've progressed through to working as a coded pipe welder in the oil and gas industry, so far it's taken me far around my country, I make a good wage to support my family, but I often work very long hours in extremely unpleasant conditions, in fact in January of next year I will be starting a job near Onslow Western Australia (if anyone is familiar, it is HOT there) working a 4 to 1 fly in fly out roster, so I will spend 4 weeks living in a company supplied camp in the middle of no where, then 1 week at home with my family.

Here's a few photo's of what i do for a living, some of them are of my father, as we often work together (we are both pipe welders)

so what do you do for a living?

Edited December 20, 20159 yr by ttoks

Right now a horticulture tech (working in garden/greenhouses), but it's not much of a living. I'm trained as a Geoscientist, however the oil+gas and minerals industries are garbage right now. I'm applying to do another master's degree, this time in Public Administration, so that I can get a government job in a year and start getting paid well. *sigh*.

Edited December 20, 20159 yr by Iria

I'm actually driving things like this

and this

Now take a guess what I do for a living

I'm actually driving things like this

and this

Now take a guess what I do for a living

I'm guessing train driver!

I'm disabled. Before that, I was a debt collector on a government contract. I studied philosophy, literature and politics in college and graduated 6th in my class with a 3.956 GPA. I also enjoy science.

Fashion photographer and product photographer it's a blast also means I can take sweet pictures of lego in my studio

I'm an IT Programme Manager. I decided to re-ignite my interest in Lego so as to give me something completely different to do away from computer screens, tablets, phones, etc.

I'm an English teacher in China :)

@ttoks,

That is awesome,. Nice clean smooth welds,.. always something i envy!

@connyx, Cool :D

ok, my turn,.

for a living i drive one of these,.

but i am also busy getting my license to drive one of these,.

Soo,. In my spare time i can keep driving this,.

Yep yep,.. they pay me to drive haha!

Edited January 16, 20169 yr by Sylvian

I'm a manufacturing engineer for a large firearms manufacturer.

33 year old IT manager here. Engaged, no children (ever). I also build and race fast Japanese compact cars.

Edited January 17, 20169 yr by technical

33 year old IT manager here. Engaged, no children (ever). I also build and race fast Japanese compact cars.

This i want to see! Do you have a thread about it somewhere? Are you a Kcar racer,.. or should i think EG6, b16,.. or b18? Sr20det? No? :P

This i want to see! Do you have a thread about it somewhere? Are you a Kcar racer,.. or should i think EG6, b16,.. or b18? Sr20det? No? :P

Haha, yes, I've owned many of those engines. My current car is an FG2 Civic, K20 2 liter with a big supercharger on it. Finished up this project over the summer. Hit 340whp, now I've got traction problems and need more tires :-) I'll post up some photos here soon.

I'm currently going to university studying physics, which doesn't give me much spare time for building now :/

for a living i drive one of these,.

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but i am also busy getting my license to drive one of these,.

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So you live in Zwolle too?

Haha, yes, I've owned many of those engines. My current car is an FG2 Civic, K20 2 liter with a big supercharger on it. Finished up this project over the summer. Hit 340whp, now I've got traction problems and need more tires :-) I'll post up some photos here soon.

Awesome! 340 whp on the frontwheels,... insane haha! Please do show the beast haha. I only swapped my 1.2 for a old cast iron 2.0 which make an insane 90hp now lol. (60 hp before) but after installing LeJetronic injection i should have a whopping 110hp,.. of which some should find its way to the wheels haha.

So you live in Zwolle too?

What gave it away? Haha.

What gave it away? Haha.

The fact that the van says TCZ (Taxi Centrale Zwolle) which made it pretty obvious, especially when the other coach says AA-landen.

Met vriendelijke groet,

een mede Blauwvinger

I'm a video game writer and text designer - a weird creature that, great many times, does not belong. Without going into too much detail, I treat game dev as an abusive girlfriend - she hurts me, yet I still come back.

I'm also a worldbuilder by heart and an aspiring writer, trying to create his own retro-futuristic SF universe. But that's not "for living", at least - not yet. And that's my goal!

I am a Shipwright by trade, did many years as an Marine Engineer in the Navy, now I am a Facilities and Projects Officer.

Edited January 18, 20169 yr by Hogfather

Awesome! 340 whp on the frontwheels,... insane haha! Please do show the beast

I tried to teach myself to weld. I welded my muffler back on my car and it broke off again. I guess I won't be doing that for a living.

We have a Car Talk thread on EB: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=29558

I'm an Assistant Manager at one of the biggest grocery chains.

Means I'm able to build with super-sized beer filled blocks each day...

I take care of 500+ women everyday... by that I mean I am maintenance director/project coordinator of a 97'000sq.ft. office building

I'm automation engineer. Programming the paper machines. I was playing very long LEGO, but later I found RC so there was no time/money for LEGO. Last year I return to my old hobby, after I saw 42009 in the LEGO store

No i'm trying to combine LEGO and RC, there are so much advantages when using RC compare to LEGO PF IR

Retired Sailor, currently working as the night custodian at my wife's school. Whatever pays for the LEGO... :)

Mortgage Banking! - Guess which piece I bought Jan 1st!