Do you do the same job your father did?

[jmowreader]

Bruce Springsteen's "The River" opens...

I come from down in the valley, where mister when you're young
They bring you up to do, like your daddy done.

Do you do like your daddy done?

My daddy couldn't have done what I do because it wasn't invented when he was still in the workforce.

[bluesbassman]

1. In a manner of speaking.

Sales. I learned a lot of my skills from him, although totally different products.

[supernova]

2. No, I don't

My dad was a surgical research technician, who tried experimental surgical techniques on lab animals. For those who find this disurbing, he worked for a couple of orthopedic surgeons and among other things they tested different types of suture, and different instruments for what was then the very experimental field of using a microscope for surgery.

My job wasn't invented when he was a working man.

[Symarip]

3. "When I was a kid, I thought my dad was superman..."

"... And then I grew up and realized he was just a drunk who wore a cape."

Dave Attell

[fishwax]

26. .

:rofl:

[hellbound-liberal]

4. No, but I loved what my father did. He was a carpenter and I worked with him often.

Unfortunately, I needed something that offered a regular paycheck for my peace of mind and carpentry didn't have it when I was starting out. I became a teacher instead but I still do carpentry and think of my Dad often when I do.:)

[YellowRubberDuckie]

5. My father was a roughneck and a trucker.

So, no.
Duckie

[Bluzmann57]

6. My dad was a factory worker

So more or less yes. Things have changed since then though. My dad and others like him built this land.
Btw, what do you do?

[jmowreader]

35. I print vehicle wraps, mostly military

And no, we are not wrapping wannabes' penis extensions so they look camouflaged, we're wrapping Army vehicles. The units who have our work say it's far better than paint, and it saves the government money--we can wrap for half the price of a camo paint job.

[Skittles]

7. no, I don't forecast the weather

no INDEED!

[dysfunctional press]

8. i did for awhile- and then i moved on.

nt

[Chan790]

9. Nope.

My father was an parts inspector for Pratt and Whitney. I'm functionally low-numerate...I couldn't do his job if my life depended on it.

I have several sources of income and he couldn't do any of them either...most of them require some sort of talent or artistry, whether culinary, verbal, intellectual or fine-arts. He has none of the above.

[Critters2]

10. My dad designed these for a living:

Apparently, he's WAAAY smarter than me. So, no. I don't do the same job he did.

[NJCher]

11. yup

Cher

[Pale Blue Dot]

12. oooops!

I'm Mrs. Finnfan! :P

[SarahB]

13. Nope.

I'm an RN in high risk ob/gyn. He's an attorney that has worked in planning, zoning, and grant funding for school systems, human services, and municipalities.

[flvegan]

14. He was, as I am, in the real estate biz.

Just different ends. He was in commercial sales and management, I'm in title underwriting and examination, product services, etc.

Thoughts like this make me wish he was still alive. We'd probably have some epic conversations about the business.

[Kali]

15. no, but I do the same job(s) my Grandfather did.

[femmocrat]

16. No.... He had a small business and worked about 16 hrs. a day.

He insisted that we children all get a college education so we could do better.

He was a wonderful father. Thank you, Dad.

[graywarrior]

17. If drinking was a job, hell yeah.

And then, I got another job....being sober. That's harder.

[av8rdave]

18. No....I was the first & only in my immediate family to enter the military....

which led to my civilian career.

I came from a family of salesman. I, however, wouldn't even be capable of selling crack to Ted Haggard.

[leeroysphitz]

19. In the sense that we both pissed our lives away performing mindless, thankless toil

to make another man rich. In that sense I have followed, helplessly and exactly, in my fathers footsteps.

[many a good man]

20. No, but my father, grandfather, and great-grandfather

all worked for the Cleveland Board of Education. Laborer, bricklayer, and custodian.

[SeattleGirl]

21. Yep.

My dad worked part time as a gas jockey, in addition to his part time job. A few years after that, I ended up working full time as a gas jockey for about 18 months.

[PassingFair]

22. Yes, my father was a salesperson and so am I.

We used to work together, after he died,
I just sold different stuff, that's all.

[jobycom]

23. Nope. I do what my maternal grandfather did, before I realized he did it. nt

[Gormy Cuss]

24. No, and none of his children do.

One DID take up his side profession (longshore) as a young guy but didn't stick with it.

[Lady Effingbroke]

25. Nope. He was HR, I'm not.

My jobs have been more physically strenuous - he worked in an office.

Diff'rent strokes and all that...

[TrogL]

27. Tried it for three years

Didn't work out.

[Rhythm]

28. Sort of...

After the Air Force (where my dad was in logistics), he held an assortment of sales/customer service management positions. With the exception of assorted short-lived restaurant jobs, i've done the same thing throughout my working life. What i have found is that i have the same sort of demeanor that he did when working with the general public, and that makes that sort of job really easy for me.

[bigwillq]

29. Yeah, kind of.

I am a sports writer for a daily newspaper.

My father's full-time job was a liquor salesman but he is also the sports editor of a small, weekly paper.

[trof]

30. Nope. He was career Army. I was a pilot.

[MissMillie]

31. my dad worked for his company for 37 years

they made furniture. He was a lumber grader.

The company went bust.

Then he went to work making guns.


sad commentary on this country when the gun companies outlast the furniture companies....

[bikebloke]

32. Nope.

My father was a cop, who regarded me as a lesser clone of himself. And an anti-intellectual to boot. He wanted me to be a cop for his own ego. Thankfully, I was stronger.

[lukasahero]

33. Yes

He was a programmer/analyst as am I (although now they call us "software engineers"). I just work in technologies that hadn't been invented yet when he was programming.

[yellowdogintexas]

34. no. My dad was a Postal Worker. I have done many different things nt