I used to work on a survey crew, because my dad was an engineer, but he was also a surveyor.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I come from a line of railroad men. My great-grandfather was a surveyor for the Burlington Railroad.
My background is in physics, so I was the mission specialist, who is sort of like the flight engineer on an airplane.
My dad worked all sorts of jobs when I was growing up and finally ended up as a surveyor; my mum delivers meals to old folk around where we live. We didn't have much money when I was growing up, but I had a very happy childhood.
When I was young I had an apprenticeship as an engineer.
My mother's a secretary; my father's an electrician in a mining company.
As I mentioned, I was a carpenter for a time.
Ninety percent of my best friends back home are plumbers, electricians, builders, or landscapers. Most of our dads worked in trades.
My dad, he was a construction worker. He was a butcher. He was a deep sea fisherman.
My father was a construction engineer, and my mother was a production engineer.
I've been an engineer, barman, skip lorry driver, coalman, boat window manufacturer, contract grass cutter and builder.