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“You spend so much of your life at work. . . . You’ve just go to keep looking and looking until you can find something that you enjoy doing.”
--Water Utility Dispatcher
“As a machinist you’re constantly learning and doing different set-ups, different jobs, using different gauging equipment.”
--Machinist
“I never found an office job or a profession in an office that felt like more than doing dishes. . . . it just didn’t have the satisfaction of seeing something happen.”
--Police Officer
“When I was a kid, I always enjoyed drawing; I could always visualize things; I enjoyed taking things apart.”
--Test and Development Engineer
“I’ve tried, you know, secretarial; I’ve done it all. Did shipping and receiving, printing, and I just thought it would be a good job, good-paying job. So I thought, what the heck, try it. And I like it.”
--Welder and Forklift Driver
“I think the biggest thing to overcome was lack of confidence.”
--Mold-Maker
“Your base salary is going to be higher generally speaking than it’s going to be if you go into any kind of liberal-arts type of field. And those opportunities continue to grow as you advance in your career.”
--Mechanical Engineer
“I enjoy the challenges.”
--Captain, Wisconsin National Guard and Helicopter Pilot
“You have to be willing to learn along the way. Obviously, you don’t go into anything, whether it’s career teaching or coaching, knowing everything.”
--Head Track Coach
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