What does your baby daddy do?

My DH was a chemist once-upon-a-time, but thanks to redundancy is now in IT quality & security. We try to encourage both skills with our son, Alex. He loves doing science experiments, naturally the messier the better, and at 6, really has excellent computer skills.

He likes to 'help' his daddy with stuff when DH occasionally brings work home - once Alex very helpfully picked off all the letters from DH's laptop so that he could put them into alphabetical order to make daddy's work easier :thumbup:

It was one of those situations you mustn't laugh at, even though you find it very funny and rather sweet in a way - after all he was only trying to help, honestly! ...but DH went a very interesting shade of green and then purple, and then, well you can imagine the incoherant yelling.

BTW, when he was 3, I asked Alex what he wanted to be when he grew up. His most excellent, dead-pan answer: Taller.
 
Darik is a heavy machinery operator (Local 150). He normally drives a backhoe but he really just does whatever they need him to do. He started working for a company around here that gets all the big interstate/shopping mall jobs so he'll hopefully never be out of work. We were getting worried a couple years ago when the subdivision jobs started dying down. Emma's too much of a girly-girl to even have any interest in pretending to be like Daddy. She does like to drive to where he's working and watch him do stuff though. She thinks it's really cool to watch him "on the big machine." Madelyn's too little to even really care LOL
 
My dh is an electrician, but really only does big commercial jobs. He worked on the Microsoft campus for many many years, mainly doing all the security work...making sure that Bill Gates was safe no matter where he was on the grounds!

My dh and all his brothers are electricians. Several have had or have their own business, and one is an electrical engineer too. Their dad was also an electrician.

Not one of my boys has any interest of going into this field. I have two boys that are color blind, so they don't have any choice...they can't see the different colors of some of the wires, and that could be very dangerous :)

My oldest son is in retail management, but I really wish he'd go back to school and get his degree.

My second son is learning every part of the business for a family member that owns a spa factory. He has been office manager, and now he is the shipping manager. He is so talented though, and really will do well if he ends up taking over the business someday. He's got a great business mind, and is such a hard worker.

My third son does nothing...LOL. He has learning difficulties, and is also bipolar. He's tried college, would like to be a welder (he's one that is color blind) but the colleges that offer it are too far from us.

My fourth son will graduate this year. He is my creative one, and will be going to college. He really wants to be a writer, and it is really an area he is gifted in, but who knows. Once he starts studying in college, all that can change!

All my boys were different. Some loved sports and wanted to play professionally, others loved playing cars and trucks and were going to be truck drivers...funny that no one wanted to do what their dad did. Maybe it wasn't glamorous enough!
 
My hubby is an accountant and does governmental auditing for towns/cities/counties all over the state. He has to deal with all of the political stuff, which can be a huge pain for him, but overall, he likes his work. He gets to meet lots of interesting people and has a few awesome "perk" jobs. Thrilling, huh? :p
 
Hubby works as a division operations manager for a company called ISS International (provides services for events, venues, stadiums, arenas, etc) worldwide. Baseball season is a busy time for him, so during spring training we took our daughter to her first baseball game. Now, we play baseball in the yard, every sport on T.V is baseball, and everytime we drive by the fields she either says "baseball game" or "daddy's work".
 
My DH is a 4th grade teacher, my girls do like to "play school" quite a bit but I don't think either have expressed an interest in being a teacher like Daddy yet. Kaylie is 7 and has said for a couple of years now she wants to be a vet, and she loves animals so I could totally see her doing that. Kelsie is 5 and I don't think she's ever really said what she wants to do when she gets bigger but of the two girls I think she would be the one to follow in Daddy's footsteps and be a teacher.
 
My husband is in Graduate School...getting a Ph. D. in History. Prior to that, he was a software engineer...writing miles and miles of custom software for companies. Both my kids are interested in computers. My youngest just asked yesterday how to create a web page. Dan told him that when he's a little older (he's 8) he'll teach him how. LOL! My oldest has interest in other things: Sports & Animals LOL!
 
My dh is a musician and works in the music industry. My son does love to play drums, but he told me the other day he was a fireman. He's only 2.5 though. I can imagine, I will have to endure many years of him trying to play music like Daddy someday though.

It was interesting to read all these jobs. Sheri, I have been considering going back to college when I am closer to being retired from the military to get a degree in teaching to match my Poli Sci one so I can teach Poli Sci and Gov't to high schoolers. Nikki, I am active duty Air Guard, so I understand the explaining that not everyone is traditional Guard thing.
 
My DH is Active Duty Air Force and and even though she's all about Daddy right now,my bugga has no interest whatsoever in any of his job related activities/gear/uniforms, etc. lol... Right now it's all about books and animals for her. She loves, loves, loves them!
 
My husband's official title is behavior specialist. He works at the school at a children's home for troubled kids-- his job is basically what an assistant principal does, which is the discipline/restraints and manages the teachers.
 
SmallMoments said:
My husband's official title is behavior specialist. He works at the school at a children's home for troubled kids-- his job is basically what an assistant principal does, which is the discipline/restraints and manages the teachers.
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Dang-I wish he would come and take over at the program I work out-our principal is a total boob.
 
livelys;456731He likes to 'help' his daddy with stuff when DH occasionally brings work home - once Alex very helpfully picked off all the letters from DH's laptop so that he could put them into alphabetical order to make daddy's work easier :thumbup: [/QUOTE said:
LOL at this! What a cute story.

My DH's job is a little hard to describe, too. He works for the federal government in an agency under Health and Human Services and does a little of everything for them--some personnel, some policy, some budget, lots of meetings.

My oldest likes to pretend he works in an office sometimes. My father is an aeronautical engineer who designs helicopters, and for now that's more exciting to both of the boys. I can see DS1 following in grandpa's footsteps and being an engineer.
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my hubby is the principal of the middle school where we live. Right now he gets the pleasure of having dd#1 going through his school. When she finishes dd#2 will be in 6th grade and ready to survive daddy's school! :) (being the principal's daughter sucks)

My oldest has expressed interest in teaching... but with me being a teacher.. it's all she's seen LOL
 
My DH is military, but aside from the girls seeing him in uniform a few times I don't think they really know what he does. He goes to work in civilian clothes, gets changed into uniform there, and gets changed again at the end of the day to come home, so it's not often they see the uniform except hanging on the washing line.
 
Mark's a health care assitant at the hospital, I really don't think it is something Lukas will ever want to do though since blood makes him ill :p Hugs Crystal xx
 
My hubs is a truck driver and my son LOVES to see the big trucks and all and is always telling daddy that he wants to go to work with him. My DD likes going to see the big trucks but doesn't say that she wants to drive them. I also have a girly-girl and tomboy mixture daughter! LOL!
 
My husband has been the buyer and the managerial accountant for heating/cooling company. Earlier this year he finally finished his bachelor's degree in business management and would be job hunting for a bigger/better job.... except there are no jobs out there right now. :blink:

My oldest is 17 and he loves a good excel spreadsheet like his dad. LOL Jacob does all my business accounting and is excellent at it. He is brilliant in math (only missed ONE question in the math section of the SAT) and plans to be a structural engineer. He'll be going to college with plans to get a double degree in engineering and mathematics.

My youngest is 6 and says he definitely will NOT be growing up to be like daddy. LOL He sees that daddy works super hard around 60+ hours a week and does not want that for his life. :p He wants to build toys or be a train engineer or run a train museum.
 
Dave works for Tmobile as a Network Operation technician. I think that's the name for it. For a few months he was working an hour or so away in New Jersey but currently he is working about 20 min from home.

I don't know exactly what he does but he works more with the cell phone towers and sends engineers out to fix problems and such.
 
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Dave works for Tmobile as a Network Operation technician. I think that's the name for it. For a few months he was working an hour or so away in New Jersey but currently he is working about 20 min from home.

I don't know exactly what he does but he works more with the cell phone towers and sends engineers out to fix problems and such.
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Those guys were always awesome anytime I had dealings with them. I always liked talking with the ones who were out there hands on or who dealt with the technical end of the job, and could help me understand something for a customer. I used to work for Alltel doing sales many years ago. Back before the age of Blackberries when people were still playing with ringtones and voice mail LOL
 
My DH is in the Air Force working with the F-22 (and currently deployed). DS loves airplanes, so they have that in common. DS is only 20 months, but aviation seems to run in the blood around here, so it wouldn't surprise me if he ended up at least having a pilot's license someday...
 
starting September my DH will be an LPN student---which will bridge to an RN while he's working as an LPN! Otherwise, he's worked for Sprint&Dell Computers doing Gold tech support for businesses..ontop of a construction business putting up sunrooms.

DD likes to play "doctor" but has grown up with it around my parents who are a doctor and a nurse and I also finishing my RN working at a labor and delivery Patient care tech...she does like to steal my little pen light and my scope :)
 
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Joel is a Mental and Behavioral Health Specialist / Social Worker. He just lost his job due to budget cuts with the Intensive Learning Program with the DOE here in Hawaii. His job was basically a behavioral specialist working with mentally ill and/or behaviorally challenged high school students (mostly male) who are unable to function on a normal campus, so they are housed at the ILP. He loved that job and in his 4 years with the program had a 90% graduation rate with those kids.

It is NOT a good time to be looking for work in the non-profit / social services fields!!! He does start a new job this week at Aloha House, which is a drug and alcohol treatment center. It will basically be the same type of job he had with the DOE, but with adults. He hates working with adults.

Oh, and he coaches high school wrestling. I love to brag about his wrestling skillz (he hates it when I do that) - but he wrestled for the University of Oklahoma and was a smokin' hot 197-lb Sooner Wrestler.

If our 2.5 yr old son imitates any of those things, it's definitely the wrestling - he has a mean single leg takedown!! LOL! (I'm not really sure how you imitate a behavioral health specialist - to hear Joel talk about it, he's a glorified babysitter)
 
My DH is a data cabling technician (runs network cables and stuff for companies) so no, my girls don't copy him. LOL
 
my hubby is a manager at best buy. my kids don't really immitate him but we love him for getting rockin stuff at a discounted price. :D:D:D however, mason has said in the past that he wants to be a manager at BB like daddy so he can play guitar hero while he's at work. lol!!
 
Lizzy you have a Mason tooo never knew that :o
My dh is a truck driver,his contract is with Macy's and ds totally imitates him and he's so funny b/c when ds is moving his furniture around his room or in the garage moving stuff around he says gosh this is heavy and hard work how does dad do this all day? I don't want his job:p and the he's like gimme some water, which his dad faithfully goes for when he gets home, LOL
DS forever says that he wants to be a Mayor or work in an office, we'll see how that goes. ;)
 
Billy is a Project Manager for a general contractor construction company. He bids the job out, develops the budget and schedule and runs the job site. Most of his work involves looking at plans, fighting with architects and overseeing all the contractors. His current job is a new middle school and he just finished an office park for Marathon Oil.

On most weekends Billy and the boys are at the ranch working cows, building fence and other maintenance. The boys have both shown interest in his work. What boy doesn't like cranes, cement trucks and bulldozers? They are more interested in my dad's work- he is a veterinarian. Lance did tell me the other day that when he grows up he wants to be a baseball player for the Astros.
 
My Doug graduates in 2 weeks as a highschool teacher (technology/craft and design) through uni he's worked as a bike mechanic (mountain not motor LOL). Ava has no interest yet she's 2 so at the moment she wants to be a nemo fish :D xxx
 
My dh manages the airlines opperations budget and dispatches for an airfreight company. My girls don't mimic him, but they love playing like they're pilots and going to Daddy's work and seeing all of the planes.
 
Jeff has two jobs. His regular full time job is a truck driver for an excavating company. JJ wants to drive big trucks like daddy. During the winter, and then evenings and weekends the rest of the year, he works at OReillys Auto Parts. Abby is convinced that every single OReillys we pass is his work.
 
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