Well, I started off as a janitor in a state employment office, spent 4 years in the USAF, 9 years as an auto mechanic (Early years with both NATCB and ASE Certs) survived almost 2 years on an auto assembly line, and for the last 26+ years, been in product development engineering for a tier one supplier to the truck manufacturers. This current job includes holding a CDL, so I get to sometimes drive a rig around the country, or scare myself silly on a test track.