Pal’s jobs and skateboarding

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 45 Carpenter. Had a young buck showed up with a wrist brace and One stars said he'd be ready for real work when he healed up, we had him sort wood and clean up. Another guy on the crew is an ex pro snow boarder and rad skater and one of the guys who left and started a drywall business on his own skates on the regular. I broke my ankle last week in a bowl just got whipped too fast I guess. Maybe I'll get back to some small ledge sessions before the snow comes back.

[arrbee]

Provide captions on a special telephone for elderly, deaf, and hard of hearing people.

Fuck yeah! My daughter is deaf, not sure what provider you're with but thanks!

I work at a foreign car repair shop. Mostly German and Japanese. Started as a  detailer (glorified car washer) and now do basic repairs like headlights and oil changes. It’s located near that rail pat Duffy skated in the rain.

Skated to work my first week. boss and co workers all think skating is pretty rad, one of the mechanics  skates as well. Test driving fancy German automobiles is pretty fun too.  You hit the gas one time and realize “ohh this is why this car costs over 100k”

I used to valet for a high end restaurant, loved driving the cars and not having to make the payments.

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I work a 9-5 office job for a major bank. Great work life balance for skating but at the same time sitting down all day takes its toll.

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I just graduated in accounting/finance recently and I'm looking for something similar. What type of position are you in? the work-life balance is definitely a huge factor for me.

I work in account recovery so I mostly get yelled at all day by people who don't pay their bills on time hahah

[headtowall]

when i was in college back in the the mid 2000's i roofed houses and my boss was this man. He was the best, still ripped. kept a box on the truck

[McBrandt]

Software Engineer for a non-profit in downtown SF. Work/life balance is pretty chill with work from home days and such, I live out in the east bay 'burbs. The only time i get to skate is when my 3 year old busts out her scooter, or the odd days I used to commute into the office quicker, which isn't frequent. pretty sad as my younger self would be insanely stoked to commute via skateboard through the SF financial district. A lot of millennials work here but I don't think anyone skates apart from the odd person that might just use it as a commuter device.

[RossDailey]

35 / Systems Administrator

Nobody I work with skates, thank fucking gawd…. would not want to be bumping into coworkers at the skate park / spots.

[Crack Whore]

i havent had a job since 07, im a full time turd

[Andmoreagain]

30, Marketing Manager. No one else skates. I go skate on lunch breaks sometimes, it's chill

[thebacker]

IT for a hospital system

this is my first IT job and that mf slap tab is ALWAYS open

[BayZ]

20, full Time Arthur Murray Ballroom instructor, kinda sick job to dance all day..but my hours are 1-10 everyday which fucking sucks, basically have become a weekend warrior...no one else skates, one dude ripstiks full time lol

[iKobrakai]

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I work a 9-5 office job for a major bank. Great work life balance for skating but at the same time sitting down all day takes its toll.

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I just graduated in accounting/finance recently and I'm looking for something similar. What type of position are you in? the work-life balance is definitely a huge factor for me.

I started on a three months contract in a large insurance company doing nothing special, got another 6, then full time employed in accounting (pension). I'm switching to Mutual Fund Exchange unit, in a couple of weeks.

Get your foot in a door, show what you're made of, then apply within the company. Don't be one of those cock suckers that think a degree from a mediocre college will directly lead you to 100k/year manager position. Too many shmucks have a degree these days.

Be humble and hard working and get involved into projects and other things.

[euro tm]

Provide captions on a special telephone for elderly, deaf, and hard of hearing people.

what city?

[mooraga]

30. Dentist specialist in oral rehabilitation (crowns, dentures, that stuff). As you can imagine I'm the only skater in the whole Hospital. I work from 8 till 5 and then go out and skate as much as I can.
 
I have a few other friends who are also dentist and skate, when we were studying we used to call out team #SKATEDENTAL   

[PlugSkullcandy]

I’m a freelance graphic designer / art director (that’s what they say haha) in Paris. I mostly work in the French music industry and there are a few good skateboarders in the bands I work with. Some of actually made me want to skate more and motivated me to do so. I’m 29.

My skateboarding / work ratio is not like I want but i’m happy to make a living from one of my passion and as a freelancer no work means no money.

I’m lucky to have a skatepark in my neighborhood, so when I needed a break i went there one morning. It became my little routine.

But yeah sometimes miss the 16yo me who was riding a bike in my small French city or 20 kilometers in the countryside to find a ditch between an highway and vineyards...

[Sidewalk Funk.]

Used to be a middle school history teacher years ago. None of my co-workers skated, but a lot of my students did and I'd see them at the skatepark all the time. Some of them would hang out in my class during lunch and just talk skating/watch skate videos. That was super fun. Loved being a teacher.

Now I'm an occupational therapist working with kids that have special needs (vision impairments, autism, cognitive impairments, etc). No one at my company skates and I've just kept it to myself my entire time there.

[nonickname]

Environmental inspector for large municipal projects in Ontario (highway expansion/bridge works etc). Some days its amazing as you get paid to walk in the woods and some days I'm waking in construction boots all day over broken ground looking for a spill and am so dead by the time I get home I'm done (mid 40s). It has in the past got me to Alaska/Washington State for fisheries work which was amazing.
No one else skates but lots of dedicated mtn bikers who are kinda knowledgeable about skating.
Re- habbing meniscus tear/muscle damage so skating is on a mini hiatus but still use my cruiser to get places.

[Filip]

Im in rental bussines. I work for the biggest LED screens rental company in my country, maybe in central Europe. My official job title is logistics coordinator, but we are a small team so Im also a LED technnician and whatever needs to be done. But yeah, slowly transfering from events to a office job.
Its great, good money, and really interesting, Ive been part of amazing projects, but the downsize is that I really have to be at work alert prettty much all time. But yeah, I can skate maybe 3-4 times a week, that is good.

[feedmeseymour]

https://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?topic=40108.0

[Noble Experiment]

I work for an insurance company as a claims agent; full time, nine hour days. I know a couple people who skate that work there; been out skating with them a couple times too.

[HugeBodBoyle]

I'm still a network engineer.

[mynameisnotjeff]

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Just graduated college with a degree in business management. I've always worked as a bartender during the past few years. Applying for anything marketing/mgmt related. I always dreamed of working for crailtap or sole tech or vans.

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Have you looked at Malakye? That's where all of the industry jobs get posted. They're always looking for freelancers and inhouse.

Damn, I've been emailing companies all this time asking. Wow.

[TwisT]

Professional development, training and support for higher ed.

still trying to go pro but I can't find a program that has a plan for me.

[Hmmmm Nice Bike]

I've been tailoring since I was like fourteen, it's a family business and I'm still doing it in my twenties. I'll have to find something else to do eventually however.

[5teve.0h]

Im in construction, formwork and concrete sometimes a bit of steal fixing. It’s hard on the body so mainly skate on the weekend or if I have a day off. It’s handy but because I have access to plenty of materials and tools for helping out at the local diy

[CrappyChan]

I was just selling tv's and headphones, fitbits and all that stupid shit at target but I just quit because it sucked. Now my life is fucked

[Chim Richalds]

I was just selling tv's and headphones, fitbits and all that stupid shit at target but I just quit because it sucked. Now my life is fucked

You are now free from a job you hated, plenty of other opportunities out there. Nothing is fucked here.

[FrigidSofa]

24, quit my job as an IT security install guy, waiting to hear back on a robotic process automation dev role, and otherwise will probably start doing software sales if all else fails. Skate like 2 times a week in the evenings, and then try to never miss a saturday street filming session.

[streetsoup]

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what city?

Salt Lake

[guest1]

Full time accountant.  No one in my office skates but this one dude that’s around my age used to play THPS all the time and we were chatting about Jamie Thomas for a little bit.

[tom]

29, work full time in Hollywood on movies, tv shows, and occasionally commercials as a motion motion picture studio grip. I’ve been on a tv show for the past three months that’s wrapping up in three weeks. Working 5-6 days a week 10-12 hours a day. 12 is usually a standard day, but 16+ hours aren’t unheard of. I skate when I can, so lately it’s weekends. Sometimes it’s 3-5 days a week. In three weeks I should have a month off till all of the network tv shows start coming back in. Some of the people I work with skate or used to skate, a lot of people surf, and a lot of people are interested to hear about/see skating