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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Fine Art Photographer & Faux Audiophile with Compulsive Gear Lust Syndrome. 
Industry Captain / Forensic Verminologist (Retired) / Neerdowell
Taught high school and elementary school for 25 years.  In between was a National Sales Training Mgr for a large multi-national and a GM/Branch Manager for four different companies.
I have been involved in product development and manufacturing for most of my career. Almost always had at least two jobs. I have been designing and building home audio gear since preteen years. I started Arion Audio in 2004. At first Arion was my second job, now it's my only job. I count my blessings daily (well maybe not when payables outpace receivables) to be working on and doing the things I most enjoys: designing, developing and manufacturing audio products and making great music. I have lots of very unusual speakers in my collection.
Lifelong Audio Engineer, with current focus on acoustics for wearables.
I was lucky enough to be a part of a artist co-op in Worcester, MA back when I was young. Had my first live sound gig at age 15.
Worked in the antiques industry for a while before going back to college. First gig out of college was lead recording engineer for a Hip Hop record label, it was amazing. But collapsed in 2008 with the rest of the music industry.
Got into computer audio, as I didn’t have it in me to try to “make it” as a producer...
Now work as an acoustic test engineer for a smart watch company. And have a super sweet modular synth. Play music anytime I can, and am happy to do a show now and again, will prolly release another album under a new project.
My job/life in a nutshell :)