What do you do for a living?

[Koalaologist]

Hi.

Hopeful future owner of a Blackwing here. I would have to buy used tho. Can’t afford a 100k car.

I work in the natural gas field. I make about $115k a year, I calculate that I can afford one once they dip into the low 80’s or 70’s.

Just wondering what the demographics are for Blackwing owners.

 

[rubberduck]

I’m an engineer. Surprisingly. quite a few members are macroeconomic professors.

 

[Koalaologist]

I’m an engineer. Surprisingly. quite a few members are macroeconomic professors.

I had to google what that is. Big money.

 

[Yalferd]

Principal threat analyst for a large cyber security company.

 

[jcsperson]

Retired teacher.

 

[blackeneth]

Retired Electrical Engineer

 

[FLYARMY]

Retired after 28 years 8 months and 13 days of being a cop. First 11 years in NYC Transit/NYPD and then 17 years in my hometown Village that paid way better than NYPD. My 2022 CT5-V BW was my retirement gift to myself. I believe I earned it.

 

[Butterbean]

Firefighter/Paramedic.

 

[Koalaologist]

Retired after 28 years 8 months and 13 days of being a cop. First 11 years in NYC Transit/NYPD and then 17 years in my hometown Village that paid way better than NYPD. My 2022 CT5-V BW was my retirement gift to myself. I believe I earned it.

Lol. Love the picture.

 

[Everest]

Operations Manager for logistics/moving company.

 

[bloominguez]

Electrical engineer. I design and build "the cloud." Pretty good gig nowadays, I made the right call to go in that direction in 2008, before it was obvious.

 

[shbox]

Retired telephone company broadband maintenance engineer.

 

[KatyTxCT5V]

VP Global Services and Engineer for a global engineered equipment manufacturer

 

[Tuna]

My signature block says this, but I'll resay it now.
Retired fighter pilot - USAF.
Retired technical writer for the FAA.
42-years total service to the US Government.
I also tried writing mystery novels. I have 5 on Amazon but nobody is buying them so I'm not making any money from that!

 

[obeykube]

mechanical engineer for commercial nuclear applications

 

[Roadhawk]

Like Tuna I'm a retired Fed - in my case 34 1/2 years mostly as a DOD civilian and I retired over 10 years ago at 53. For the last 20-25 years of employment I worked primarily in direct support of the J-3 (operations) doing operational assessments (think wargames) and certification (of 3 & 4 star generals and their battlestaffs & operations teams). I also wrote policy and developed high level requirements and operational plans (for the Chairman JCS). Additionally, for several years I served directly on the Chairman's (wartime) battlestaff and used to refer to myself as America's #1 official assassin. I'm likely the only pure civilian (non-reservist at the very least) to have served that role (not my actual job title BTW). So yeah....now I own and drive a Blackwing.

 

[raneil86]

Small business owner. Two kids in college, so retirement is not yet in the discussion.

 

[ngoni]

I've been pulling my hair out trying to get folks to care about cybersecurity both in uniform and as a fed. Most people say they care until you hit them with what it really requires then they don't want to talk to you anymore.

 

[Roadhawk]

I've been pulling my hair out trying to get folks to care about cybersecurity both in uniform and as a fed. Most people say they care until you hit them with what it really requires then they don't want to talk to you anymore.

I feel your pain. I was concerned with EMP threats back in the day which often elicited similar response. And while I was not a Cyber guy by any means I wrote some very specific Cyber protection requirements very early on (1990s) that probably led to (perhaps) billions in spending over the last few decades - likely not on Cyber alone (and it probably wasn't even called that at the time) but in the overall system protection. I used to be involved with a lot of very important stuff in my career and was honored to have the responsibilities. But I have to say as rewarding as it was it doesn't beat retirement (or necessarily even driving fast carts)

 

[dizz81]

Retired from the Navy after 24yrs as an IT.
Now doing Cyber as a contractor for the government
It's funny how similar the civilian sector is to the military when it comes to dealing with people in decision making positions. It's like I never left lol.