Reefers! What is Your Profession?!

[Idech]

I was a translator but mainly an office manager/director in a large telecoms company.

 

[zoomonster]

36 years software engineering currently working space program. The way I spend money, especially on aquariums, I'll probably work until I go belly up or my brain goes whichever one comes first

 

[Aquariumaddictuk]

Hospitality consultant.
I spend most of my time trying to steer new, overtly naive restaurant owners away from incredibly niche, loss making decisions in obscure geographical locations

 

[SPSDomination]

Animal Control Officer.

 

[jabberwock]

Animal Control Officer.

That's a nice Buck you got control of!

 

[Brandont21]

Production supervisor printing and laminating flexible packaging.

 

[musel101]

Superintendent

 

[RockBox13]

I grow things. Including coral. As above, so below

 

[ekandler]

Aerospace engineer working in flight test

 

[crazyfishmom]

So it essentially seems like a bunch of us, no matter what the profession, are just Coral and fish fans that have all found ourselves in the same forum and THAT is beautiful.

 

[ryanjohn1]

Lots of really smart people here !!
For my day job specialized heavy equipment mechanic. That includes hydraulic and electrical systems. Unbelievably fits well with the majority of gear we use in our reef tanks.

 

[SPSDomination]

That's a nice Buck you got control of!

Haha thanks. My November 2021 buck.

 

[A Young Reefer]

A broke medical school student

 

[klc]

35 years as an auto mechanic, I hate it and I'm out in a few more. My abilities to problem solve help me with maintaining my reef tank. Interesting to see there are so many different professions here.

I consider my skills as an expert coral killer to be my second career path lol.

 

[Om84]

I am a cardiologist and have been practicing for about 20 years now. I currently have a 120 gallon mixed reef with a lot of automation since I’m never home!

I’m a cardiologist as well specializing in advanced heart failure and transplant. Good to see cardiologists with some extra time for this hobby! Agree automation is so important for when we are not around. Also very pleased to see medical students here. I got in this hobby on my psych rotation in med school many years ago. Reefing has kept my sanity during all these years!

 

[Trent H]

Boiler and chiller operator at a NHL arena

 

[Red_Beard]

Really neat seeing the professional aspect of your lives
I am in telecommunications for a few rural telcos. Used to build/maintain communications towers, but now i am a full time desk jocky managing all the core servers/routers for 4g, 5g and the voice switch. Anytime i go into any more detail than that peoples's eyes glaze over.

Between the phone in your hand and the world wide web, signals will need to go through at least 10 different servers, not including routers, and all within about half a second in order for it all to work. Getting systems to play nice with eachother at work parallels the reef, getting different fish and other organisms playing well together to create a thriving tank.

I do also have to spend a lot of time reading technical documentation. Ever need help falling asleep at night? Read an IEEE RFC, or 3GPP TS spec. That makes reef reseach both fun and easy, especially in contrast.

my window to the world:

 

[kevgib67]

Chiropractor for over 30 years. I have no clue how it helps me with reefing but man it is nice to sit down in front of my tank after a 9 hour day!

 

[Markdickenschwanz]

What’s up Reefers!
We can’t all be Marine Biologists or Oceanographers, our lives take us on different paths sometimes. I’m a Journeyman Millwright of 20 years, basically an industrial mechanic. My super power is the ability to look at mechanical things that fail or need servicing, and figure out how to do so.

This ability and training allows me to diagnose and rectify many mechanical issues with reef tanks. I am also conditioned to perform regular maintenance routines on my tanks as well.

So my question to you is, what is YOUR profession, and how does it help you with reefing?

USED to be a bread baker. Do kitchens and baths now. Reefing is a great stress reliever. Allows me to have a little bit of science in an otherwise hohum proffession.

 

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Currently a high school student, trying to get a job at a local LFS