What do/did you do for a living?


With the increasingly high priced items people own and are selling, I'm curious about the line of work people do or have done. I thought my $5k integrated was a massive investment, but seeing users searching for $100k speakers or $75k SET amplifiers has me curious about the varying lines of work people do to afford these items. 
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I’m a quality technician for a blood analyzer company. My audio budget has always been fairly modest, but I’m very proud of what I consider to be a very respectable poor man’s high end system for the grand total of $2300 over 30 year span (not counting errors!). I’m happy every single time I fire that system up now (not always the case!)  Having a couple of world class mentors, some fortunate purchases, some wheeling and dealing, and a lot of DIY projects have helped me get more bang for the money spent than I would have ever thought possible. 

Fascinating thread. I would have thought there would be some trends in employment...
Overeducated/underqualified software architect.

At least, that's what I'm supposed to be.  I seem to spend most of my time just being the problem-solver of last resort.