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| I am a quality assurance manager for cattle feed.
I have my bachelor's in Animal Science and a master's in Food Safety.
I have spent 7 years in the industry and worked my way into a position to have "horse money" and "horse time". LOL
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 Am I really the Weirdo?
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Location: Kansas | I'm about to start my third year of teaching high school. This year I'll have 9th-12th grade special education students after teaching English for two years. Summers off is a huge perk, and honestly, since I don't live an extravagant lifestyle (other than horses), I am able to survive without being totally paycheck to paycheck. Once I get my last college classes paid off, it will be better and I think I'll be able to have some extra cash each month. |
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Location: LaBelle, Florida | I work at one of the largest green houses in my area. I am (on paper) a Scouting Supervisor but I have a laundry list of things I do that are surely not on the 'job description' page that was given to me when I started the position.
Not a lot of job selection in my area without having to drive over an hour to get to it. I'm 'over qualified' for most jobs that are close by or they want to pay minimum wage for them. |
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Industrial Srength Barrel Racer
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| I'm an Industrial Engineer for a large aircraft manufacturer. My degree is in Journalism - Ha!
My main job is to provide estimates on aircraft repairs for our Repair Station - such as when a baggage cart hits a plane or a pilot lands too hard, etc. Other duties include tracking repair turn times, costs, shop floor layout and work capacity planning. The pay is VERY good (but I have been in this biz for almost 30 years). I have weekends off and normally have a pretty set shift. The downside of this job is that aircraft production is VERY cyclical so I worry about job security all the time. |
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 Bulls Eye
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Location: Oklahoma | I have some college. I currently work for a horse trailer manufacturer. Job title is customer service, but we don't sell factory direct, so dealer support would be a better title. Once a dealer gets a customer that wants to order a custom trailer, I draw it up on a production order and price it out. I also get to follow them through the build process. I know how trailers are made and it makes for sitting on my hands A LOT when people talk about trailers. |
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Location: MN | Currently I am an Account Rep for a big wire and cable company that makes products for GE Healthcare, Cummins, Volvo, New York Air Brake systems, you name it. Pay is pretty darn decent for where I live since there isnt much to choose from around here. I have no college, just a lot of customer service experience. 40 hour weeks but I can kinda make my own schedule. Work four, 9 hour days and work a half day on Friday to leave for rodeos is pretty darn nice! I like how flexible they are with that.
Honestly, it is not my favorite job. Might sound silly but waitressing and bartending is what I LOVE to do besides ride horses. Actaully, when I was a full time waitress and bartender, I made more money than I am now and had more time for my horse with less hours worked in a week! Plus, being new to a town, made most of my friends that way and met a lot of amazing people.
A fractured foot in 4 places forced me to get a desk job LOL 
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Location: "...way down south in the Everglades..." | NoNoBadGirl - 2017-08-01 6:24 PM I am a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). I have worked a whole second career with the overtime I've put in for 30 years and it has had a very negative impact on my ability to do things in the horse world. That said, it has paid my bills well over the years. I get to buy things........I just never have the time to enjoy them.
I'll second this. I don't have my CPA but have my BS in accounting and am a Finance Manager for a manufacturing corp. Finance/accounting world is okay for entry level, but if you aspire to climb further up the ladder the hours can be quite grueling.
I actually think Rodeowithjoker has a good gig..teaching is probably one of the most flexible careers in terms of having summers off and holidays.
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| Im a project manager for a pharmaceutical company. I have a bachelors in Animal Science and Masters in Management. Been with the company for 8 years. There are 2 perks I love, I get to work from home when my kid is sick or bad weather, and an ice cream truck comes every Wednesday for free. |
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| spitzh - 2017-08-02 9:18 AM
Im a project manager for a pharmaceutical company. I have a bachelors in Animal Science and Masters in Management. Been with the company for 8 years. There are 2 perks I love, I get to work from home when my kid is sick or bad weather, and an ice cream truck comes every Wednesday for free.
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Location: Bandera, TX | spitzh - 2017-08-02 9:18 AM Im a project manager for a pharmaceutical company. I have a bachelors in Animal Science and Masters in Management. Been with the company for 8 years. There are 2 perks I love, I get to work from home when my kid is sick or bad weather, and an ice cream truck comes every Wednesday for free.
What company do you work for? |
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Married to a Louie Lover
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| TwistedK - 2017-08-02 7:08 AM
I have some college. I currently work for a horse trailer manufacturer. Job title is customer service, but we don't sell factory direct, so dealer support would be a better title. Once a dealer gets a customer that wants to order a custom trailer, I draw it up on a production order and price it out. I also get to follow them through the build process. I know how trailers are made and it makes for sitting on my hands A LOT when people talk about trailers.
Well know that in a few years when we are ready to design and buy our forever trailer we're going to request you design it :) |
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Location: Willows, CA | I farmed rice and specialty seed crops for 20 years after college. Degrees are in Biology and Chemistry. In the 1980's we were hauling cutting horses and became frustrated with the commercially available feeds and decided to look at fitting the horses body better. My wife and I started a company to develop the use of stabilization of rice bran to allow full nutrient value and usable shelf life of that ingredient with the products Natural Glo, Satin Finish and Equine Shine. At the same time we took our new approach to other equine supplementation and ended up consulting and formulating for a number of national feed companies. Sold that company in 2005 with a non-compete agreement for five years. Spent that time consulting and formulation for other companies. Started feed trials on the concept of Renew Gold in 2012. Today, that is my job and I love it. |
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| I'm also in the aviation industry, I'm a program manager for a company that makes the seats you sit in when you fly airlines all over the world. I have a degree in Animal Science, but ultimately I've been very blessed as common sense seems to be a hot commodity here, and I worked my way up from entry level. Need to figure out what my master's plan is etc. Great money (many make 6 figs), and overall many manufacuring salary jobs(not hourly) are great hours. We shut down over Christmas for a week due to Union agreements. I can work from home, and usually leave work by 2:30 on Fridays:)
A lot of manufacturing places, esp airlines, do "9/80s", meaning you work 1 40 hour week and then the next Friday off!
Back when we were in a bad time a few years ago it was tons of OT and 60 hour weeks, now its great hours and I kinda set my schedule.
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  That's White "Man" to You
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| lopnaround - 2017-08-02 12:02 PM I'm also in the aviation industry, I'm a program manager for a company that makes the seats you sit in when you fly airlines all over the world. I have a degree in Animal Science, but ultimately I've been very blessed as common sense seems to be a hot commodity here, and I worked my way up from entry level. Need to figure out what my master's plan is etc. Great money (many make 6 figs), and overall many manufacuring salary jobs(not hourly) are great hours. We shut down over Christmas for a week due to Union agreements. I can work from home, and usually leave work by 2:30 on Fridays:)
A lot of manufacturing places, esp airlines, do "9/80s", meaning you work 1 40 hour week and then the next Friday off!
Back when we were in a bad time a few years ago it was tons of OT and 60 hour weeks, now its great hours and I kinda set my schedule.
I have a few recomendations about those seats...lol |
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Bulls Eye
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Location: Oklahoma | OhMax - 2017-08-02 10:07 AM
TwistedK - 2017-08-02 7:08 AM
I have some college. I currently work for a horse trailer manufacturer. Job title is customer service, but we don't sell factory direct, so dealer support would be a better title. Once a dealer gets a customer that wants to order a custom trailer, I draw it up on a production order and price it out. I also get to follow them through the build process. I know how trailers are made and it makes for sitting on my hands A LOT when people talk about trailers.
Well know that in a few years when we are ready to design and buy our forever trailer we're going to request you design it : )
I would be more than happy to! |
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| Whiteboy - 2017-08-02 12:12 PM lopnaround - 2017-08-02 12:02 PM I'm also in the aviation industry, I'm a program manager for a company that makes the seats you sit in when you fly airlines all over the world. I have a degree in Animal Science, but ultimately I've been very blessed as common sense seems to be a hot commodity here, and I worked my way up from entry level. Need to figure out what my master's plan is etc. Great money (many make 6 figs), and overall many manufacuring salary jobs(not hourly) are great hours. We shut down over Christmas for a week due to Union agreements. I can work from home, and usually leave work by 2:30 on Fridays:)
A lot of manufacturing places, esp airlines, do "9/80s", meaning you work 1 40 hour week and then the next Friday off!
Back when we were in a bad time a few years ago it was tons of OT and 60 hour weeks, now its great hours and I kinda set my schedule.
I have a few recomendations about those seats...lol
Bahaha most people do! It's so funny how some airlines come in with customer comfort as #1, others are all about cheap cheap and weight savings!! |
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Location: On My Horse! | I'm a police officer. I have been for about 4 years now. The schedule is tough. I work Friday - Monday, 9PM to 7AM. I sold off my open horses and just have my 3 year old filly I bop around on until I send her off. Schedule is not flexible, and sometimes you have court when your off duty. Education wise, I have an AA is Criminal Justice Admin. AS is Criminal Justice Technology and I'm about 3 classes short of my BS degree. Once I finish that, I want to look into Elementary education and teaching.. |
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| Speedy Buckeye Girl - 2017-08-02 9:13 AM
NoNoBadGirl - 2017-08-01 6:24 PM I am a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). I have worked a whole second career with the overtime I've put in for 30 years and it has had a very negative impact on my ability to do things in the horse world. That said, it has paid my bills well over the years. I get to buy things........I just never have the time to enjoy them.
I'll second this. I don't have my CPA but have my BS in accounting and am a Finance Manager for a manufacturing corp. Finance/accounting world is okay for entry level, but if you aspire to climb further up the ladder the hours can be quite grueling.
I actually think Rodeowithjoker has a good gig..teaching is probably one of the most flexible careers in terms of having summers off and holidays.
What most people do not understand about teaching is that you put money into a fund other than SOCIAL SECURITY. Unless your school district takes out social security also, you can only draw about 30% of your social security that you normally would each month (provided you paid in 40 quarters). That means that people who worked years doing one thing then decided to be a teacher have ruined any chance of drawing social security. This includes social security from your spouse also. This is something that young people need to understand because if you put money into teacher retirement for 10 or 12 years then quit teaching you can get your money out of teacher retirement but it will be about half of what was put in with no interest. We do not get any paid holidays. One other thing you need to know and this is true in Texas, I have no idea about other states, after 19 years, you never get another raise unless the state raises the minimum salary. Last year everyone in our district got a raise except the teachers who had a lot of years. |
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 You get what you give
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Location: Texas | I'm an equine veterinarian. I have a BS in Biology and then completed my DVM this spring. I get every other weekend and about three nights a week on call. The weekends I work means I work two weeks straight, but its not too bad...the weekends are more of a come in and check on patients and be available for emergencies. A lot of you probably make more than I do with less student loan debt. LOL.
This is probably not the best job for flexibility and family time. We all make it work.. I don't compete as much as I used to but I live in an area with weeknight barrel races almost every day so that makes it possible for me to go places. I do get 2 weeks of vacation so I can use that to go to some bigger shows. |
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| I work in ordering/materials/inventory for a large oil company. It's a good job and I enjoy it, but looking into going back to school. Sitting at a desk for 8+ hours a day is killing me, but so is the thought of going back to classes.... |
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