Randall Bubb:  

Workplace After retiring from the Navy, I worked for 5 different electrical contractors. That turned out to be pretty unsteady work, and the hassle of looking for a new job every couple months got old real fast. I then went to work in a small family owned shipyard in Norfolk, VA. Every day there was challenge to see if we could make it out alive. Truely an invigorating environment to work in. I currently work for an Alaskan Native Corporation called Amee Bay, LLC in Norfolk, VA. I started out as a marine electrician, then quickly became a Project Manager, then ran our office for a couple years, and now I'm the Planning and Estimating Program Manager. Not really sure if that was a move up or sideways. Our office has grown from 17 to 90 people, and the work is coming in so fast we can barely keep up with it. I don't travel nearly as much as a Program Manager, barely at all actually, but as a field technician, we got to travel the world repairing Navy ships. While I was in the Navy, all of my travel was in Europe. Since then, I've gone the other direction and seen a lot in the Pacific. I spent a lot of time in San Diego, on Oahu, Korea and Japan, and occasionally back to Washington state. I've landed on, and been shot off of an aircraft carrier. All the fun stuff people pay good money for. In the Navy we had a saying for things like that - "all this and a paycheck too". A couple years ago, I decided that I might as well start planning for what I wanted to do when I retired. I definately don't want to stay in this business until I drop over. I'm kind of obsessed with golf, so I thought that might be something I could do when I get "older". I really wanted to get out on the Champi...Expand for more