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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Computer Geek & Photographer

After HS in a small town, spent a decade in the RDu/RTP NC area; then several decades in DC Metro. Computer & network guru/consultant to a number of major law firms, associations, governmental departments and a few VIPs. Special events photographer on contract to a number of embassies in the DC area. Got to socialize with all the right people and the food was out-of-this-world. Now back in the small town and bored to tears twiddling thumbs.
Most of my life I worked at Taco Bell as a service professional. Last few years I've been a hit man for... I can't say who? Wayy better money and I can finally afford the finer things in life! Good times.. 
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.