What do you do for a living

[boshobosho]

This is just a general thread to let people know what you do for a living and to rant about it.

I'm a machinist. See a diesel engine vehicle on the road? Something made by the place I work probably had something to do with some of it's components.
Exciting job? God no.
But they leave me alone 99% of the time, which is what I like in an employer.

[Pól Rua]

I work at Ace Comics & Games, which is a comic shop in Brisbane, Australia.
My job rocks, except right now, I should be packing manga into boxes for a big convention this weekend, and I'm slacking off.

[thehod]

I plan engineering works for Britains railways.

Which surprisingly is how the dictionary defines the work suck

Suck
Verb: The task of planning engineering works on the railway

I work at Ace Comics & Games, which is a comic shop in Brisbane, Australia.

I hate you with the heat of 1000 burning suns right now.

[Pól Rua]

I hate you with the heat of 1000 burning suns right now.

You are not alone there, mate.
Great job, great co-workers, an excellent boss who doesn't mind me using the store's internet to goof off occasionally.
And comics.

[thehod]

You are not alone there, mate.
Great job, great co-workers, an excellent boss who doesn't mind me using the store's internet to goof off occasionally.
And comics.

You're not doing a great job of winning me over either!!!

<sticks fingers in ears>

lalalalalalalala, I can't hear how good the munkey's job is, lalalalalala

[Pól Rua]

On the other hand, it's 8:30pm, and I've been packing comics into boxes all day.
I've got thirty full boxes of manga done and I'm up to 'R'.
Plus, I've still got about half to a third of the trades to box up.

The Convention should be great. I'll say hello to Jewel Staite for you, shall I?

shit. My job's back to being awesome again, isn't it?

[thehod]

On the other hand, it's 8:30pm, and I've been packing comics into boxes all day.
I've got thirty full boxes of manga done and I'm up to 'R'.
Plus, I've still got about half to a third of the trades to box up.

The Convention should be great. I'll say hello to Jewel Staite for you, shall I?

shit. My job's back to being awesome again, isn't it?

I swear, if I ever get down under, I'm gonna find your damn store and.... and...

probably buy a load of stuff and end up going for a beer with you.



But I'll be thinking about kicking your butt. Yeah.. I'll be thinking about it.

[Jeff Brady]

I'm a production artist for a small advertising agency. Our clients are primarily underwear & cosmetics companies.

I look at boobs and the occasional banana hammock all day.

[Dennis K]

I'm a Case Manager for a school that works with kids involved in the Department of Juvenile Justice.

[jessecuster3]

I assist developers writing software to trade over a specific exchange.

[Lone Ranger]

I'm a lawyer.

Not the kind of lawyer who can help you with your problems or provide useful advice.

I am general counsel at a large Canadian investment manager.

I spent my days drafting Asset Management Agreements and keeping abreast of securities legislation.

It's pretty dull - I fell asleep twice while typing this post.

There's a reason we haven't seen Law & Order: Investment Advisers Act Unit

All kidding aside, I do try to keep everyone here out of trouble and the money in the pockets of the pension plan participants

[Kody]

I draw comics, also doing some writing on a new creator owned book. I also own and art direct a graphic design studio full time but I've scaled that back quite a bit in the last few months to make room for the comics work.

[Elegance Liberty]

I work at a specialty retail store.

Not much more to it than that.

[Puma]

I'm a librarian.

[Mwahaha]

I tell people to lift weights, yell at them, demand 20 more squats when they say "I'm tired", and sometimes make them vomit.... yeah, I'm a personal trainer.




Nah, it is not as crazy as I'm making it seem. :cool:

[Paradox]

I'm a Night Auditor at a hotel. I spend most of my workday playing City of Heroes.

I always say "My job isn't very fulfilling nor does it pay well, but at least it's nothing resembling work."

[Dom]

I'm a chartered accountant, and I'm in hell.

But at least the pay is good.

[jessecuster3]

I tell people to lift weights, yell at them, demand 20 more squats when they say "I'm tired", and sometimes make them vomit.... yeah, I'm a personal trainer.




Nah, it is not as crazy as I'm making it seem. :cool:

Awesome! How open are you to giving advice as far as working out for some board members here?

[SUPERECWFAN1]

I work in construction....mostly that nice hot asphalt type work. The kind you on a hot day wouldn't wish on an enemy. Its a decent job I suppose. But if I won the Mega Million or Powerball Jackpot I wouldn't be mad.

[Mwahaha]

Awesome! How open are you to giving advice as far as working out for some board members here?

I'm open to give any advice to anyone. I like to help whenever I can :]

[stealthwise]

I work in real estate appraisal, which, so far as I can tell, consists of measuring houses, punching data into a computer, and having people yell at you that their house's taxable value is too high.

[thespianphryne]

I act. And I help manage an acting school.

Which is how the dictionary defines being broke.


-Das

[streator]

i sell machinery and equipment to window and glass manufacturers throughout america and canada. myself and a partner took over the business about six months ago and things have been going well thus far. here's our website, if anyone's interested:

www.wakefieldequip.com

[Merey]

I'm a lawyer.

Not the kind of lawyer who can help you with your problems or provide useful advice.

I am general counsel at a large Canadian investment manager.

I spent my days drafting Asset Management Agreements and keeping abreast of securities legislation.

It's pretty dull - I fell asleep twice while typing this post.

There's a reason we haven't seen Law & Order: Investment Advisers Act Unit

All kidding aside, I do try to keep everyone here out of trouble and the money in the pockets of the pension plan participants

Need a paralegal? I'm willing to relocate. Plus, I'm already step-Canadian as my Mom married a Canadian and lives in Ottawa.

I'm a corporate paralegal for a specialty finance company. Half of our business is dead due to a blow-up in our industry, i.e. the reason for this (upcoming) recession.

My job mostly entails all things corporate governance. It can be interesting, but right now it's downright depressing. I really need to find a new job in a stable company.

:(

[Kevin Vetter]

I always say "My job isn't very fulfilling nor does it pay well, but at least it's nothing resembling work."

That perfectly describes my job. I'm a security guard at a factory. I work 3rd shift and weekends so most of the time there isn't anyone there but me and my day is pretty much doing crossword puzzles for 8 hours and occasionally pressing a button to let people into the building.

[howyadoin]

The Convention should be great. I'll say hello to Jewel Staite for you, shall I?Tell her Bret says hello. Haven't seen her in a few months.

[macul]

I do system adminstration (Exchange, Citrix, Cisco, telephony, et cetera) at a medical clinic.

[howyadoin]

Oh, and I'm a graphic artist.

[Sir Tim Drake]

I'm a graduate student in English.

[Rattlehead]

I make advertising and other signs for the local Budweiser distributer.

[DoctorDoom]

After-school sports with kids, work in the school lab, recently finished my MTV internship, and trying to decide what I'll do once I graduate next month (the door's open there and thher places).

[howyadoin]

... MTV internshipWhat's this, now?

[DoctorDoom]

What's this, now?
MTV? You know, the station... Music Television?

They have TRL, The Real World, The Hills, etc....

[howyadoin]

MTV? You know, the station... Music Television?

They have TRL, The Real World, The Hills, etc....Oh, I know what it is. I just didn't know you worked there.

[Slam_Bradley]

I'm another lawyer-type guy.

I recently became the Chief Deputy Public Defender for the P.D.'s office in our county. Which means I defend most of the felonies.

I still have a small private practice as well.

[DoctorDoom]

Oh, I know what it is. I just didn't know you worked there.
I made mention of it a few times, but that internship's over. It's why you never saw me until a few months ago. It was in the Times Square offices.

I'm looking to get a full time job either there or a science lab/facility in California.

[Dom]

That perfectly describes my job. I'm a security guard at a factory. I work 3rd shift and weekends so most of the time there isn't anyone there but me and my day is pretty much doing crossword puzzles for 8 hours and occasionally pressing a button to let people into the building.

I would stay alert if I were you. You never know when Magneto will attack.

[i_mmmchocolate]

By the end of July, I'll be a librarian.

Until then, I'm a librarian-trainee.

[cactusmaac]

Chartered accountant and tax adviser. I really enjoy the work.

[Michael P]

I kill people. For money.

[Chino]

I "work" at my brothers game store. Mostly I sit here watching baseball and trolling forums.:D

[Jeff Brady]

I kill people. For money.

"Lord Vader has arrived!"

[gary bolt]

I'm a fish monger. I sell fish, I cut fish, I order fish. I don't make a whole lot of money but I make as much as I ever did when I was an artist for twenty years. Plus I have a great benefits package. I figure I'll be managing the fish department in one of our stores by year end and then I'll be making double what I ever made as an artist. The work is not that engaging but my days are busy, they only last 8 hours and I don't have to think about it when I'm not there.

[Serik]

Still in college

Do part time work with an IT department.

[jessecuster3]

I'm a fish monger. I sell fish, I cut fish, I order fish. I don't make a whole lot of money but I make as much as I ever did when I was an artist for twenty years. Plus I have a great benefits package. I figure I'll be managing the fish department in one of our stores by year end and then I'll be making double what I ever made as an artist. The work is not that engaging but my days are busy, they only last 8 hours and I don't have to think about it when I'm not there.

I bet you smell nice when you get home, also.

[gary bolt]

I bet you smell nice when you get home, also.

We handle fresh fish, not rotten fish. Plus in this era it's all gloves and no contact.

[mattx110]

I believe my skills can be reduced to simple terms.

I kvetch.

[Joe Acro]

I work at a Help Desk.

I mean, Service Desk. Sorry, we're not supposed to call it the other thing.

I listen to university people complain about problems that, more often than not, I can't fix.

[DoctorDoom]

To add to before, Still in college.... for a little bit at least. May's graduation!

[mattx110]

To add to before, Still in college.... for a little bit at least. May's graduation!
I'll drink to this day. And be there in spirit.

But I might just be in France in body.

[Typo Lad]

You know the Jews who control the media people talk about?

Hi. Nice to meet you.

[mattx110]

You know the Jews who control the media people talk about?

Hi. Nice to meet you.
And Typo will be written by David Mamet.

[StoneGold]

What do I do?


Yo mamma.

[BYC]

I used to do IT work. Help desk, mainfram operator, network admin. But then I burnt out on it and quit. A friend of mine started his own business selling storage devices for CCGs and CMGs. I wore all sorts of different hats in that. IT, sales, accounting, collections, warehouse manager, office manager. Basically anything a small 2-4 person business requires. Business ran out of steam eventually, and I didn't want to go back into IT. Now I'm property manager of that friend's family's houses in the area. Another words, I'm a slum lord right now. I used to do some daytrading in the stock market before my dad lost too much in his trades to do so. I used the family money, and did okay (fairly even overall, but I did trade on a small scale, only a few thousand dollars). My dad traded on a tens of thousands of scale, and did poorly eventually. He still does options trading since it's a better way of living off of money as opposed to the bank interest rates, but since the market is currently bad, it's not doing too much.

[Typo Lad]

No really! It's what I do! I work for a company that shall remain nameless that provides the news to all the major media points world wide. I'd say 80% of anything you see in the paper or on the web originated with us in one form or another, if not more.

I cna't say more without violating my NDAs. Sounds far cooler than it is.

[Typo Lad]

I work at a Help Desk.

I mean, Service Desk. Sorry, we're not supposed to call it the other thing.

I listen to university people complain about problems that, more often than not, I can't fix.
I used to do that for a college. Hell. Absolute hell.

I bet you have some good stories though. Collegiate types refuse to accept that the problem may originate with the chair-to-keyboard interface unit.

[schwamp]

I'm an original equipment manufacturer. We build servo driven shaker systems, stress testing equip., hip and knee wear testing machines, and pretty much anything customers want. We also build hardware for tours, Madonna, Kanye West, ...anybody who wants their stage to do something motion based. I spend about 50% of my time doing machinist related things. The rest I spend assembling, testing, or doing field service or installations. Some travel, so it can be kinda nice because there is always something different going on.

[Mac Danny]

I'm a graduate student in English.

So, your a Barista...


:D traditional smilie




I swear I've made this joke before.

[StoneGold]

No really! It's what I do! I work for a company that shall remain nameless that provides the news to all the major media points world wide. I'd say 80% of anything you see in the paper or on the web originated with us in one form or another, if not more.

I cna't say more without violating my NDAs. Sounds far cooler than it is.

I, on the other hand, can explain a little more. Really, you could too. He works for a newswire. Basically, when companies want to disseminate information to news organizations, they put press releases "up on the wire." Basically, it's a system that in some ways should be outdated by the Internet, but it does serve as a handy agregator of information. It's also important for public companies posting their earnings, but again, the Internet could in theory have made the system somewhat obsolete. But it is handy having it all in one place. And then lazy journalists copy and paste the releases, maybe changing a line or two, and that's how you get your news.

There's some other stuff too, but that's the broad overview.

[Mac Danny]

I design toy guns and swords for a living. Which is cooler than other jobs I've held.

[Typo Lad]

I, of course, can't thank you for that, but yes.

I'd also like to correct some things, but I can't. Aside from derailing the thread, I could really get in trouble.

I will say that Sun talked about doing the internet earnings thing, and it was a disaster. There's no way to handle Disclosure.

We are, simply put, the kings of Disclosure.

I also take exception at our patented system being called obsolete. We're actually a good decade ahead of the dinosaurs out there still using ASCII based systems and faxes. The internet and internet technologies are a large part of what we do.

[Lone Ranger]

I recently became the Chief Deputy Public Defender for the P.D.'s office in our county. Which means I defend most of the felonies.


This is the first I've heard of the appointment.

Heartfelt congrats from the Great White North, my friend.

Now, Slam's a lawyer who can give you folks practical advice. I'm your man if you're trying to amend your mutual fund propspectus.

[Lone Ranger]

Need a paralegal?

:(

Need? Yes.

Can I convince my company to give me the additional budget? No

They see legal and compliance as being about as important as the guy who replaces printer toner.

[Slam_Bradley]

This is the first I've heard of the appointment.

Heartfelt congrats from the Great White North, my friend.

Now, Slam's a lawyer who can give you folks practical advice. I'm your man if you're trying to amend your mutual fund propspectus.


I talked about it in Rita's...but you have pretty spotty attendance in there.

The offer came up (I was really the only person they considered) and the money was about what I was doing in private practice plus government bennies. And I can still do private work when I have the time.

Frankly, I'm too damn lazy to be in private practice. And I'm a damn good criminal lawyer. Civil work...not so much.

[Agent Helix]

I'm just an admin assistant, occasional freelance artist.

[StoneGold]

I, of course, can't thank you for that, but yes.

I'd also like to correct some things, but I can't. Aside from derailing the thread, I could really get in trouble.

I will say that Sun talked about doing the internet earnings thing, and it was a disaster. There's no way to handle Disclosure.

We are, simply put, the kings of Disclosure.

I also take exception at our patented system being called obsolete. We're actually a good decade ahead of the dinosaurs out there still using ASCII based systems and faxes. The internet and internet technologies are a large part of what we do.

Like I said, internet should make it obsolete, but it hasn't. Also, hugely simplified version, and leaving out a bunch of other tools and features for both PR practitioners and journalists.

[Lone Ranger]

I talked about it in Rita's...but you have pretty spotty attendance in there.

The offer came up (I was really the only person they considered) and the money was about what I was doing in private practice plus government bennies. And I can still do private work when I have the time.

Frankly, I'm too damn lazy to be in private practice. And I'm a damn good criminal lawyer. Civil work...not so much.

It sounds like a great fit.

Next stop, the Attorny-General's office!

Just stay away from hookers.

[Mysterio]

I am the Creative Director for the marketing department at a Fortune 500 company.

[Typo Lad]

Like I said, internet should make it obsolete, but it hasn't. Also, hugely simplified version, and leaving out a bunch of other tools and features for both PR practitioners and journalists.
I wanted you to know I'm not ignoring this, just going to take it to IM and stop derailing the thread.

[mattx110]

I am the Creative Director for the marketing department at a Fortune 500 company.
Do you have a magazine under your purvey, or some advertizing campaign that could use a cheap illustrator? I'll stop using smilies for a trial job.

:eek: :o :rolleyes: ;)

[howyadoin]

I'm a fish monger. I sell fish, I cut fish, I order fish. I don't make a whole lot of money but I make as much as I ever did when I was an artist for twenty years. Plus I have a great benefits package.Nobody wants to hear about your package, gary.

[Cei-U!]

At one time or another, I've been a buyer for an art gallery, an artist for Marvel Comics, a computer programmer, a methodologies analyst, and the Data Administrator for the Washington State Attorney General's Office. These days I live on Social Security, occasionally supplementing my income as a writer and editorial assistant for Roy Thomas.

Cei-U!
I summon the tight budget!

[Jared_Humpherys]

I work for a web hosting and design company. I do a lot of different things there. Currently, I'm working towards management.

[howyadoin]

I work for a web hosting and design company. I do a lot of different things there. Currently, I'm working towards management.What are they like? Somebody you'd recommend doin' business with?

[Jared_Humpherys]

What are they like? Somebody you'd recommend doin' business with?

Our hosting is top notch, both shared and dedicated. Like a 99.9% uptime, last I heard.

And yeah, I like the folks there.

[howyadoin]

Our hosting is top notch, both shared and dedicated. Like a 99.9% uptime, last I heard.

And yeah, I like the folks there.I may keep this in mind for future reference.

[Jared_Humpherys]

I may keep this in mind for future reference.

PM me if you need any contact info or anything.

[PunkMC]

I used to make money programming websites...but then i thought to myself why not get you salary cut in half and become a radio DJ. So thats what I do now. 90% more fun being on the radio :)

[MarvelKnight]

I work in managing community risk. My job description says I suppress rapid oxidation. However, I find that more than 80% of the time, I provide care to the sick and injured. I love the pay, $76,000 a year. My colleagues are the best and I get great benefits. Though, I sometimes don't get much free time with my family. There have been occasions where I've had to work 3-7 days straight. The is past October, I was lucky, I didn't get called to work any of the fires. The downside, my job is responding to calls for help. Usually, the people in need of help are either dying or losing all they have in the world.

[COMIC GEEK]

electrician.

[Rob Allen]

I'm a tier-3 tech support specialist for a company that supplies computer hardware and software for car dealers (also truck, motorcycle, farm equipment etc. dealers). My specialty for the last 10 years has been our archiving subsystem, which, when it works right, automatically stores electronic copies of the dealer's invoices, checks, receipts and other documents, and reprints them when needed. When it doesn't work right, the problem goes to tier-1 support. If they can't solve it, they send it to tier-2. If they can't solve it, it gets to me.

By the way, the company I work for is large and has offices in most major cities around the world. If you're looking for a job, PM or email me and I'll help you find out if we have anything you'd be interested in.

[Gilda Dent]

I'm a community college literature instructor. I teach intro level courses in prose literature, poetry, children's lit, and adolescent lit, along with a remedial basic skills class. Despite it being college level courses, most of my students come to me reading at roughly the seventh to eighth grade level.

[Diablito]

I'm a professional high school student.

[mattx110]

I'm a community college literature instructor. I teach intro level courses in prose literature, poetry, children's lit, and adolescent lit, along with a remedial basic skills class. Despite it being college level courses, most of my students come to me reading at roughly the seventh to eighth grade level.
How do you get 'em involved without talking down to them or being too much of a peer?

I've had a few teacher's get fed up with students not paying attention and not reading (excluding myself of course), especially with humanities requirements that don't have pre-requisites. It seems like an unsolvable equation, "get everyone in a college class to care=?". Just curious. I'm undergrad still, but thinking of doing grad, and then eventually teaching, if just till my hip hop career formulates. Art classes are also kinda random with people who go "art is easy, you just have to act like you're trying" and then the "This is part 136 of this series of sculptures I'm working on outside of class, I thought it fit with the theme of last week's assignment" people who make me feel inadaquete. And I so rarely feel that way, I never bothered to learn to spell the word!

Sorry if this is not the place to ask. But the OP indicated some "ranting" could take place. This might qualify...

[Pól Rua]

Tell her Bret says hello. Haven't seen her in a few months.

Definitely one of my plans.

[FunkyGreenJerusalem]

I'm a promo producer for a foreign film channel (World Movies).
Which means I cut trailers for the films we're showing and work on other odds and ends that we use to promote the channel.
I've got some links to trailers I've done in my sig, but I haven't updated that in ages.

[Pól Rua]

I'm a promo producer for a foreign film channel (World Movies).
Which means I cut trailers for the films we're showing and work on other odds and ends that we use to promote the channel.
I've got some links to trailers I've done in my sig, but I haven't updated that in ages.

Kick arse. That's super cool.

[Ben Morgan]

How do you get 'em involved without talking down to them or being too much of a peer?

I've had a few teacher's get fed up with students not paying attention and not reading (excluding myself of course), especially with humanities requirements that don't have pre-requisites. It seems like an unsolvable equation, "get everyone in a college class to care=?". Just curious. I'm undergrad still, but thinking of doing grad, and then eventually teaching, if just till my hip hop career formulates. Art classes are also kinda random with people who go "art is easy, you just have to act like you're trying" and then the "This is part 136 of this series of sculptures I'm working on outside of class, I thought it fit with the theme of last week's assignment" people who make me feel inadaquete. And I so rarely feel that way, I never bothered to learn to spell the word!

Sorry if this is not the place to ask. But the OP indicated some "ranting" could take place. This might qualify...
mattx110: the next Snoop Dogg

[Gilda Dent]

How do you get 'em involved without talking down to them or being too much of a peer?

I've had a few teacher's get fed up with students not paying attention and not reading (excluding myself of course), especially with humanities requirements that don't have pre-requisites. It seems like an unsolvable equation, "get everyone in a college class to care=?". Just curious. I'm undergrad still, but thinking of doing grad, and then eventually teaching, if just till my hip hop career formulates. Art classes are also kinda random with people who go "art is easy, you just have to act like you're trying" and then the "This is part 136 of this series of sculptures I'm working on outside of class, I thought it fit with the theme of last week's assignment" people who make me feel inadaquete. And I so rarely feel that way, I never bothered to learn to spell the word!

Sorry if this is not the place to ask. But the OP indicated some "ranting" could take place. This might qualify...

Eh, I'm too much older than them to be considered a peer. Most of my students are a decade younger than I am.

To get students involved I used a specific set of questioning techniques that encourage participation and crosstalk among students. For example, I'll ask a question of Student A, then ask Student B whether she agrees with Student A's answer or not, and why. I call on all students to comment or answer questions regardless of whether they're raising their hands, challenge correct answers as often as incorrect answers, ask students to paraphrase or summarize things other students have said, etc.

We do a lot of guided discussion in my classes, and in such discussions, if I'm doing things right, the students are talking more than I am.

I vary activities to keep things from becoming monotonous; a holdover from my days of teaching elementary school.

I try to keep lectures and discussions lively and interesting as much as possible, choose literature that's going to be engaging for the students that will also illustrate whatever idea I'm teaching that day. I pick literature to fit the concept I'm teaching rather than just teaching things because they're commonly taught. I pick examples that I like and can get enthusiastic about.

That said, some students are just there to fulfill a general ed lit/humanities requirement and don't care much out learning the content more than necessary to get the minimal grade they need, whatever that may be. So long as they aren't actively disrupting class, I let them just put in their time to get their credit.

About a third of my students put real effort into all aspects of things, about a third are willing to try if not give their all, and about a third tend to just try to skate by. I teach those who want to learn, and for the rest, well, they're adults, it's their money and time they're wasting. If they don't want to get any value out of their time and money, as long as they're not disrupting things, I let them get what they need and try not to worry about it.

For what it's worth, mommy track students--women in their 30s and 40s coming back to school after raising kids--tend to be those who put in the most effort out of class but at the same time lack confidence in class, while traditional students coming just out of high school are more likely to be either complete slackers or enthusiastic participants in class, but generally have poorer study habits.

[FunkyGreenJerusalem]

Kick arse. That's super cool.

I had a film adapted from a comic last month, that made me happy!*
(It was the film Iznogoud, which is based on the graphic novel series Iznogoud from the creator of Asterix. Speaking of which Asterix And Obelix: Mission Cleopatra is one of the best comic to film adaptations ever).



*And a season of Hammer films coming later in the year!

[mattx110]

Thanks for the answer. I dunno if a decade age distance is enough to create a divide. With all these 30-something teachers dating their high school students... There seems to be a way to break down any barrier.

[Pól Rua]

I had a film adapted from a comic last month, that made me happy!*
(It was the film Iznogoud, which is based on the graphic novel series Iznogoud from the creator of Asterix. Speaking of which Asterix And Obelix: Mission Cleopatra is one of the best comic to film adaptations ever).

*And a season of Hammer films coming later in the year!

Oh yeah, Monica Bellucci for the win. Still, I prefer the Caesar in the first film.

Plus HAMMER FILMS? WOO!

[Chris Nowlin]

I'm a graduate student. Recently I've had to teach classes to earn money and get my fees paid for. I'll probably have to do that again. But at present, I have a grant which gives me a monthly stipend in exchange for working on my research.

Downside is that I make very little money. Upside is that I don't have a job description and need work only whenever I choose to.

[stealthwise]

I didn't know you taught English at a college, Gilda. Wow, you just got even cooler in my book.

[Gilda Dent]

I didn't know you taught English at a college, Gilda. Wow, you just got even cooler in my book.

Only since the beginning of this semester, so I'm still somewhat new at this. I was an unemployed full time homemaker/mommy for about 18 months before that. The children's and adolescent lit classes I managed to step into pretty easily, and the remedial basic skills class isn't too bad, but I'm still figuring out the intro level adult literature classes.

[FunkyGreenJerusalem]

Oh yeah, Monica Bellucci for the win. Still, I prefer the Caesar in the first film.

Plus HAMMER FILMS? WOO!

You don't like Chabat? That said, I think he got cast as he was the directing as well, but he's quite a funny performer.

I've never made it all the way through the first one - starts well with the village exactly as it should be, then gets to serious and becomes some sort of French pride type film.
Mission Cleopatra has a James Brown dance number, an animated Benny Hill run and an end scene consisting of characters making akward small talk at a party whilst Snood Dog plays.
Perfect.

[Cam63]

I work in a nursing home.

[Adam West]

I worked as an IT Consultant in an international computer company. I'm responsible for maintaining certain applications that my company sold to our client. Right now, I'm responsible to maintain a network monitoring system which is deployed in the largest mobile company in my country. It's a great job if the system works smoothly, but it's pretty shit if the system has problems (which is probably most of the time )

As a side job, I translate subtitles from English to my native language for TV shows. The awesome people of CBR even helped me a bit in this area!

I'm supposed to write a report right now, but unfortunately I spend most of the day trawling around CBR.

[Ta2grrl]

Well...

I can tattoo, teach ice skating, work with the mentally and physically disabled, supervise a warehouse or quality control an oganic food distributor...

However, after 6 months teaching high end 3D animating in India, I am now in Northern Ireland listening to old people complain about how bad my recycling company is and how we should all be taken out and shot for even coming up with such a half-assed idea...

That's right folks...I am destroying the desire to recycle, one person at a time...

Well...that's what I am accused of anyways...

Sigh...thank god Monday I am starting at Lush the stinky soap store...hopefully to be in management in 3 months...

XXX

[Ta2grrl]

As a side note, if anyone here is in the UK and willing to offer me a good job for decent money I would happily take a PM...

I am also willing to sleep my way to the top if required...

Some how it has never come up before though...

;)

XXX

[Deathstroke]

I go to work for a living.

[mattx110]

I go to work for a living.
Really? I breathe and eat and sleep.

[Joe Acro]

I used to do that for a college. Hell. Absolute hell.

I bet you have some good stories though. Collegiate types refuse to accept that the problem may originate with the chair-to-keyboard interface unit.
That I do. Some of which aren't client-related, but more college stupidity.

Like them having someone's birthdate wrong.


...maybe we need a thread devoted to the stories of all these IT guys.
I go to work for a living.
That's better than the alternative.


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[Deathstroke]

That's better than the alternative.



Well, I was going to be a professional stud, but surprisingly enough there isn't a huge call for fat geeky hairy white guys to service women.

[Adam West]

Well, I was going to be a professional stud, but surprisingly enough there isn't a huge call for fat geeky hairy white guys to service women.

Have you tried fat geeky hairy women?

That might just do the trick.

[jessecuster3]

Well, I was going to be a professional stud, but surprisingly enough there isn't a huge call for fat geeky hairy white guys to service women.

DS, you do know that what you look like has nothing to do with whether or not women can be attracted to you?

[DarkBlade]

I'm a reading tutor for elementary school students. (As opposed to a mentor who would more just read books with kids and help them through it, which is also a good thing!) We work on spelling, what letters and pairings make which sound when, reading words, sentences, paragraphs, and drawing information and getting mental images from stories. I see students from all the grade levels.

I am really starting to dislike schwa. It's not so hard to teach for reading, but spelling words with it? Raaagggh. (Schwa is a lazy vowel. e.g. wagon, we say wag-un, not wag-on. Basket, we say bask-it, not bask-et. Mitten, we pretty much drop the e ENTIRELY, saying "mit-n.")

I am also a full time college student. Going for a history major, though I'm not entirely certain what I will do with it beyond fulfill the "bachelor's degree required or strongly suggested" for jobs.

[schwamp]

I'm a reading tutor for elementary school students. (As opposed to a mentor who would more just read books with kids and help them through it, which is also a good thing!) We work on spelling, what letters and pairings make which sound when, reading words, sentences, paragraphs, and drawing information and getting mental images from stories. I see students from all the grade levels.

:confused: :confused: . It's not so hard to teach for reading, but spelling words with it? Raaagggh. (Schwa is a lazy vowel. e.g. wagon, we say wag-un, not wag-on. Basket, we say bask-it, not bask-et. Mitten, we pretty much drop the e ENTIRELY, saying "mit-n.")

I am also a full time college student. Going for a history major, though I'm not entirely certain what I will do with it beyond fulfill the "bachelor's degree required or strongly suggested" for jobs.

Geez..............

[mattx110]

DS, you do know that what you look like has nothing to do with whether or not women can be attracted to you?
I don't get it. Do you know the ways of the force?

[Joe Acro]

Well, I was going to be a professional stud, but surprisingly enough there isn't a huge call for fat geeky hairy white guys to service women.Maybe it's just the culture you live in.


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[zilch]

I never come off good in these things....

I stack boxes. Of sunflower seeds. And sunflower kernel.

I work at David Sunflower seeds as a Material Handler II, i can work the shrinkwrapper (when it works), taper, thread the packing machines. Forklift, make LPNs (shipping tickets).

*sigh*

All of her brother-in-laws are professional sorts and im just a factory grunt.

The only good point is that when i clock out thats the last time i think about the job until i clock back in.

[mattx110]

nothing! Someone help me find a job. I have no references, no applicable skills, and I can't dance.

[Hellbaby]

I am a student. I don't have a job (too young). I get an allowance for doing certain chores, so I do make some money.

I also build stuff for plays at school, so I guess I am carpenter/painter for an hour after school each day.

[Slappy san]

I type stuff.

Hopefully I will make more money typing stuff when I move to Austin (?).

[Expletive Deleted]

I'm in library school. It's like real grad school, only much, much easier. I also do basic web development and digital publishing for my university library's digital library and scholarly publishing divisions.

After graduation, I've got a fellowship lined up at another university to work with digital library technology (among other things).

[Gilda Dent]

I never come off good in these things....

I stack boxes. Of sunflower seeds. And sunflower kernel.

I work at David Sunflower seeds as a Material Handler II, i can work the shrinkwrapper (when it works), taper, thread the packing machines. Forklift, make LPNs (shipping tickets).

*sigh*

All of her brother-in-laws are professional sorts and im just a factory grunt.

The only good point is that when i clock out thats the last time i think about the job until i clock back in.

You don't come off badly. Stacking boxes is hard, honest work for not a lot of pay. This country runs on the backs of people like you.

[Ben Morgan]

nothing! Someone help me find a job. I have no references, no applicable skills, and I can't dance.You can be SuperE's assistant

[Gingold]

I teach high school English. I also do some work with a program that helps adult high school dropouts get their diplomas.

[Gilda Dent]

I teach high school English. I also do some work with a program that helps adult high school dropouts get their diplomas.

We have students that are part of a diploma program. The college has connections with high schools in the area. When they have juniors and seniors who've had problems such that they're not going to be able to get enough credits for graduation, but want to do the work necessary, they get sent to us to complete their requirements. About half my basic skills class are in the diploma program. They're generally pretty good kids who made some mistakes early on in high school, not realizing that this was a good way to start a domino effect that could potentially screw up their entire lives and want to get back on track.

Those who just slacked off and aren't really interested in doing the work don't last long.

[Ben Morgan]

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[Josh S]

ahaha

Tobias Funke wins.

"I know you're the big marriage expert - oh, I'm sorry, I forgot, your wife is dead!"

Analrapist, indeed.

[Pinnacle]

I'm a former high school teacher who taught various Social Studies classes and English.

I've returned to college, and I am currently a graduate teaching assistant in English.