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teo · Joined: 07 Sep 2001 Posts: 637 Location: Hungary, Europe

34, database/web programmer with 3 kids (3.5 yrs, 2 yrs, 2 month), so not much time left to work on the car lately.

Just to impress database guys around here, my big shot so far is a database for the National Health Security System in Oracle, collecting the country's outpatient data, running since '98, with over 3.2 billion rows in the biggest table.. and still growing around 45-50 mill. rows/month

andyfranqueira · Joined: 06 Aug 2005 Posts: 61

ideola · Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15550 Location: Spring Lake MI

BA English Lit, minor in French Lit
10 years at UPS (doing a bit of everything...last assignment was UPS.com where I developed the first three versions of the drop-off locator)
3 years with Hayes Lemmerz as web architect (worlds largest wheel producer)
4 years as Chief Technology Officer at Dewpoint, a system integration firm
2 years as Consultant at Burton Group, a research & advisory firm, where I specialize in identity, privacy, and security
2 years (and counting) as Information Security SME at Covisint
Adjunct prof at Michigan State

In addition to collecting and wrenching on water-cooled Porsches, I enjoy wilderness canoe camping, wilderness adventure photography, and composing/performing on piano and sax.
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erstwhile owner of just about every 924 variant ever made

isuras2 · Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 458 Location: Phoenix, AZ

Age: 27
Degree: BS Chemical Engineering

Job: "Nuclear Engineer" for 3.5 years at Nuclear Power Plant in Reliability Engineering Department at a public utility. I find out why stuff breaks (old age, not changing oil, infant mortality, etc.) on the equipment at the plant...mostly paperwork.

Hobbies: tennis, softball and adult (no contact) ice hockey leagues. Starting to do some woodworking.

Car info: about average mechanical ability and am learning fast due to owning my 924 and a '76 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40.
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Rob
'80 931 (sold)
'80 924 NA (sold)
Former Omaha Crew

steeny · Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 10:36 am Post subject:

still a student here

BSc (honors) in microbiology
currently about half way through my PhD in the same field

know a little about mechanicals, mainly from pulling shit apart on my old mazda 323. in fact, that car is the reason i now have porsche, when the second motor dropped a rod and smashed a baseball sized hole in the block i decided it was time for a new car

anyway thats me in a nutshell

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1978 924 N/A
she's gone.....

numbbers · Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 10:41 am Post subject:

Well, I am retired twice. I retired from the USAF in 1984, and retired from Lockheed Martin two and a half years ago.

My first degree was in electronics (a two year technical degree), and I have technical degrees in simulation, and technical education. My bachelors degree is in business, and my masters is a dual major in management, and human relations.

In my first job with Martin Marietta (later Lockheed Martin), I set up and managed the "Manned Spaceflight Engineer" (DoD Payload Specialists on the Space Shuttle) training program for the USAF and USN payload specialists (Astronauts).

I later did technical audits, and then set up the Corprate Environmental Audit program for Lockheed Martin.

Now, I spend my time working out, playing golf, and working on my 931. Either that, or cleaning house, since my wife still works.

My last assignment was finance manager for the Lockheed Martin environmental restoration programs for our closed plants.
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1980 924 Turbo

ESC944 · Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 747 Location: FL

37, My life is mostly government service, military and civilian, more soldier than anything else...

Joined Army at 17, Primarily Combat Arms and Intel Occupations, about every military school I could go to, lots of little bitty ribbons and badges, (woo hoo!) Hoo-rah! Hard Core old school Army, blood ranks and the full 9 of traditions. Airborne! Ranger! Air Assault! Live for it!

Fed (federal - Civilian) since 2001 - as umm, ah... Operations Officer and Analyst, ya that works.

Degrees, yea I have a few...

Primary Occupation (everything else seems like gravy):

PRIMARY HOBBY/SECONDARY OCCUPATION -- BOOST ACTIVIST -- IN THE ARMY WE CALL IT A SKILL IDENTIFIER:
---->Expertise???? In doing and spreading the word on how to, for 23 years and going strong!

Stu2j · Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 12:29 pm Post subject:

BS in Accounting, Masters in Taxation (College of William & Mary) and former US Marine....

Have my own accounting & tax firm specializing in small business.

Hobbies include casino chip collecting, Stephen King books & writings, tennis, and box turtles..... among other things...

Now you know

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-Stu
924 owner since 1988
924S owner since 2002
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MunkPuppy · Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 12:52 pm Post subject:

All you guys and your degrees, yoiks.

I'm the example of what NOT to do with your life

I graduated high school with good grades, but instead of going to college right away, I took "a year off". 10 years later, I've had the following occupations (in chronological order):
7-Eleven clerk, Pizza Hut delivery, Saw mill labourer, Future Shop, making 18-wheeler interiors, Mr. Lube, Computer Technician, Dishwasher, Prep Cook, Satellite Telecommunications SysAdmin, Warehouse, Construction Laborer, HP Notebook Support Agent, then Tech Supervisor, Prefab Home machine operator, Rebuilt Brake Ship & Receive, Turbocharger manufacturing, and CURRENTLY I'm a fabricator for a company that builds exclusively geo-survey drills and core-sampling drills.

The moral of this story is, say no to drugs

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'80 931 FOR SALE

"It's a shame that stupidity isn't painful"
-Anton Szandor LaVey

Joes924Racer · Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 12:55 pm Post subject:

'Well' 7 yrs army reserves, 1 - A. Science degree in building inspection
not currently certified to inspect though. 5 term apprentice as interior
exterior specialist in carpenters union. Journeyman resiedential and light
commercial steel framer drywall hanger. Though I got tired of working in the field so to speak and now collect a paycheck every 2 weeks in a non
union commercial cabinet shop with full bennies paid over time and 10 hour days. I also do maintance on 3 vacation rental properties along the coast
that my girlfriends mother owns. hobbies my porsches 79 924, 81 931,
rc airplanes, bmx bikes, computers.
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1979 porsche 924 Na
1980 porsche Turbo 931GT Replica
Have u ever driven a turbo.

ropndave · Joined: 12 Mar 2004 Posts: 76 Location: Vegas Baby

I'm another of the less educated although I'm the supervisor of an animal control unit responsible for an area the size of the state of New Jersey, or the country of Isreal.

I've worked on a number of Motion Pictures including Casino and Fools Rush In performing inspections for the American Humane Association.

Kenodog · Joined: 25 Jun 2003 Posts: 2669 Location: Vancouver,B.C.

I spent my first years(since I was 20) working in a shop that did repair and overhaul of gas turbines for helicopters,civilian and military.Then on to getting various licenses in non-destructive testing.Magnaflux (MPI),liquid penetrant (LPI),ultrasonic (UT) and finally radiography(RT) using a nuclear source.Have worked for all of the major aviation players here,even did some inspection of the Canada Arm on the space shuttle,then got bored.Did some aviation sheet metal,got bored.Tried to be an aviation processes auditor,got bored.
Today i'm 34 and in an 8 month,full time course to be a machinist.I have a job waiting for me at a small (40 person) shop that does repair and overhauls of gas turbines.I've worked there before doing NDT,great people,great shop,generous employers what else could I ask for and only 7 minutes from home.
For R&R the missus' and I spend our time either riding or walking around this beautiful city and it's surrounding attractions.
Hopefully in the near future some good buddies and I will open our own shop.It's still in the planning stage,the DOT paperwork to be an AMO here is BRUTAL ! but we'll get it done,we always do.
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1979 Euro 931, Olive
1981 931, Sabine
1991 Ford Ranger XLT 4x4, Ricky
1996 Ford E-350 ex-FedEx Van
2014 Mazda CX-5 (Kinderwagon)
2019 KTM 790 Adventure
2024 KLX300
2024 KLX140

gautney · Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 5:05 am Post subject:

Job:
Sr. Investment Real Estate Consultant.

Dream:
Wish I owned a Porsche/VW Junk Yard.
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1998 Boxster
1979 924
1962 356b

jjadczak · Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 346 Location: Accokeek, MD

32, and I hold a degree in Political Science. I started my career working for two Members of Congress in Washington, D.C.. Then went on to become a lobbyist with the housing industry working in governmental affairs with Members of Congress/campaigns/state ballot initiatives, etc.

Now I am an account executive with a cutting edge web-based outbound email company that works with Members of Congress who wish to communicate with their constituents via email, and I love my job although some days I would not mind doing what vaughan's doing

I love Speed Channel, have always been a huge sportscar and racing fan, race 924's with my father, and play goalie on an indoor soccer team. I also spend time reading about history.

As the great Steve McQueen once said in the movie "Lemans": "Racing is life, everything else is just waiting".

JJ
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Jeremy "I'm Faster than My Dad" Jadczak
#53 Porsche 924 (sold '06)
#35 Porsche 924 (R.I.P. '06)
#141 Porsche 944 944 Cup
FLAG Motorsports
"Fast Lucky And Good"

Diesel · Joined: 03 Nov 2002 Posts: 1061 Location: Ellington,CT

Fire truck mechanic, volunteer ambulance driver and MRT.
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Dan Flanagan--2002 VW Jetta TDI, 83 Mercedes 300D,83 Mercedes Euro-240D