New Career
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New Career
I retired as Senior Vice President of engineering from a major corporation in 2018 but soon found I wasn't happy not working. So, I took a position as the sporting clays range manager for an Arizona Game and Fish Department owned shooting range and enjoyed that for almost three years but grew bored with that. So recently I took a position as manufacturing engineer for Berger Bullets, Lapua, Vitavhiori, and SK. I'm really excited to work in an industry I love and to work along side of Brian Litz. I consider it good fortune to be able to use my skills in and industry I am passionate about. I've been reluctant to say much about that for fear of bias towards the products, I help produce. But as I think about it logically, I used a Hornady 168 ELDM to take my Coues Whitetail Deer, and an Apex TSS shot shell to take my turkey this month so even though I work for those brands, I will use and recommend others as the case warrants. Just thought I should make it public, at least on this forum.
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Re: New Career
Congratulations Bob, it sounds like a great opportunity with someone of your skills.
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Re: New Career
Congratulations and well done
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Re: New Career
Kudos to you for finding a way to may buck doing the things you love to do.
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Re: New Career
Congratulations Bob, that is great,
keeping busy while you can in a job you love.
With that said ,send more projectiles our way
Down under
Lol
keeping busy while you can in a job you love.
With that said ,send more projectiles our way
Down under
Lol
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Re: New Career
Bob, Great you can do work you enjoy.
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I hope it makes you happy! . . .
I'm a retired engineer and program manager from an aerospace company . . . and I had absolutely no problem (not) working anymore. Working was cutting in on my shooting, hunting, and fishing time. Different strokes for different folks!
Regards,
I'm a retired engineer and program manager from an aerospace company . . . and I had absolutely no problem (not) working anymore. Working was cutting in on my shooting, hunting, and fishing time. Different strokes for different folks!
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Re: New Career
Bob
Congratulations on the new job/ career. I think you will enjoy it so much it won’t even feel like work and give you more opportunity to experiment. I hope to learn more from you.
Matt
Congratulations on the new job/ career. I think you will enjoy it so much it won’t even feel like work and give you more opportunity to experiment. I hope to learn more from you.
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Congratulations I hope your work is enjoyable. I think those brands are the better having you on their team.
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Re: New Career
I do cordially request an extended and immediate run of 6.5 140 Hybrids. Had them on order since first of August last year.
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Re: New Career
Yeah, that’s part of my job to get production up. The backlog is huge.
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Re: New Career
Good luck with the new job, should be a great company to work with.
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Sounds great Bob. Is the wife pressuring you to get out more 

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Re: New Career
Congratulations! Must be great to work in a field that you so enjoy.
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