working for leupold

[taliv]

this might be only barely gun-related, but i know there are a lot of network geeks on this board, and i happened to notice, while surfing for info for a new scope, that leupold is looking for a network admin. 7 or 8 years ago, that would have been my perfect job. living in oregon, hanging out with scope geeks, collecting any 'factory seconds' that might happen to be lying around...

i still can't help wondering what their employee discount is. i know when i worked for victoria's secret catalogue, having a wife and a 40% employee discount almost put me in the poor house.

it's too bad there's not a firearms industry job board.

 

[SnWnMe]

Dang, that would be a nice job for a rifle guy. Leupold makes the best glass IMO.

 

[Flyboy]

i know when i worked for victoria's secret catalogue, having a wife and a 40% employee discount almost put me in the poor house.

Yeah, but what a way to go!

 

[Fly320s]

Just as an FYI, Thompson/Center (a.k.a. Smith & Wesson) is also hiring computer savvy people. Saw an ad in a local paper.

 

[dmftoy1]

I'll tell you what . .in 6-7 years I'd really like to find a second career in the firearms industry. I don't know if there are any opportunities to make a decent wage but I'd sure like to switch into an Industry where it seemed more like a hobby than a job.

 

[Run&Shoot]

My office is just about two blocks from their main office in Beaverton. It is at the end of a office park cul-de-sac, nicely landscaped with lots of trees. They seem to retain people with little turnover so it must be a pretty decent place to work. I walk and jog by there all the time often thinking, "Hmmmm, how much of a pay cut would it be worth?"

You could really take pride in your products from factory floor to sales office.

 

[Owen]

Finding a job related to your hobby quickly turns your hobby into a job.

 

[spacejunkiehsv]

I've heard that too. If you do your hobby ALL the time, it becomes no fun anymore.

 

[gezzer]

Finding a job related to your hobby quickly turns your hobby into a job.

Yep

 

[jeepmor]

I'd sure like to switch into an Industry where it seemed more like a hobby than a job.

Careful what you wish for, hobbies lose a lot of personal luster when they are done as a job. I did this as a cabinetmaker when younger and it did not offer the same personal reward. But applications you enjoy does make the crummy parts quite a bit more bearable. You have to love it. If you're a person who spend 20+ hours a week around firearms just as a hobby, I suppose it would fit well. It is probably corporate like all too many jobs nowadays though, and I already have one.

I think the engineering of any firearms related would be interesting. Crimson Trace had some openings in Beaverton, Oregon recently. That's the Portland area. Since we're mentioning job opportunities in the industry.

 

[taliv]

well, i personally think it would suck to be a gunsmith or run a gun store as a job, because that does turn your hobby into work and it would quickly take all the fun out of it. kind of like if your job is shooting people in iraq. in this instance though, if you're going to be an IT guy, why not do it for a gun-related employer? to me, that's all goodness, because i'd get to hang around folks who really know what they're talking about, and learn a lot from them, while getting paid of course.

 

[bogie]

Guys, glad I saw this... They've got my ideal job posted.

I wonder how much I'll have to pay 'em to work there...