What do you do for a living?

[mimic]

I'm getting an M.Ed after getting a BS in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. I just started student teaching and so far so good - although my students (10th graders) have a LOT of problems with math. Given a graph they have no idea how to find the slope, and at least one of them can't add. So...yeah. There's a lot of work to do.

It's weird though because I used to be really nervous speaking in public, but that seems to have mostly vanished.

 

[StolenThunder]

If you've never done this you're clearly a charlatan.

I like this personally!

I wonder, was I ever that bright-eyed & bushy-tailed? Probably not.

A couple of years of Foundation training will soon sort things.

Oh I don't know. Income, no more case reports, a break from exams. It's attractive just now.

Sent in my Foundation application today! How exciting!

 

[Zulu Romeo]

I wonder, was I ever that bright-eyed & bushy-tailed? Probably not.

A couple of years of Foundation training will soon sort things.

Oh I don't know. Income, no more case reports, a break from exams.

... Venflons.

 

[Servo]

I sell mobile phones. I hate it.

Me too. You in a call centre or a store?

 

[Arrqh]

I am an artist at a well known subsidiary of a semi-evil megacorporation that creates digital entertainment products.

 

[Kestra]

I'm the manager of the meat department in a chain supermarket. My duties include listening to employees bitch, listen to customers bitch, and listening to upper-management bitch.

No one has to listen to me bitch.

This explains so much.

As to myself, I'm an event planner and part-time psychology student. I'm driving myself crazy trying to decide which degree to pursue at a graduate level, but I talked to a local school psychologist today and that helped a bit. So I'm Kestra, currently crazy, future psychologist! Hmm, that doesn't sound very promising does it?

 

[thestrangequark]

I'm the manager of the meat department in a chain supermarket. My duties include listening to employees bitch, listen to customers bitch, and listening to upper-management bitch.

No one has to listen to me bitch.

This explains so much.

As to myself, I'm an event planner and part-time psychology student. I'm driving myself crazy trying to decide which degree to pursue at a graduate level, but I talked to a local school psychologist today and that helped a bit. So I'm Kestra, currently crazy, future psychologist! Hmm, that doesn't sound very promising does it?

Don't worry. All psychologists are crazy ... at least the good ones; empathy is important in psychology and psychiatry! In all seriousness, I think it I quite common for people who study and/or practice in the field to have personal experience with psychological problems. It what draws them to the field in the first place (though I've no stats to back me up, this is a personal observation).

And yes, I studied psychology too (double major).

 

[Lookingglassman]

I work for the US Army.

 

[Colonel Midnight]

Active duty military, 18 years. Seven years of sea-time, on 4 different ships, including 2 icebreakers, 1 high endurance cutter, and 1 medium endurance cutter.

I work in Acquisition right now, to be exact. Program Management.

Cheers,
-CM-

 

[Ward Fowler]

I **** for a living, so if any of your friends, wives, or daughters (over 18 of course) need ****** then just give me a ring.

 

[Amaris]

Currently unemployed, but I was a Software Download Technician for Dell, Inc. That laptop hard drive that just died on your recently repaired Dell XPS M1730? That was...uh...someone else.


J.

 

[ITL]

Well, I started with being a church musician for around 7 years. Then took a bunch of college music courses (did not graduate, basically from school burnout). Meanwhile expanding instrumental skills and doing a LOT of recording over the years. In the beginning it was just two tape recorders.
There's a lot of ways to go with music if one looks at it broadly, rather than the "popstar" path. I'm finding that its a broader field than I thought, while each niche is relatively small.
There's also the time-honored, skin-building tradition of street performing. I was averaging $25-$30/hour doing that this past summer. (with the help of a Roland Street Cube busking amp - $350 but more than paid for itself)
I think another good starting point would be music for a fan remake of a video game, that sort of thing.
As they say, just keep your day job.

Yeah, the "popstar/rockstar" focus was never viable for me - even getting a foot on that ladder requires so many qualities and skills that I just don't have - and even those who do have the right stuff have the odds against them.

I tried the "local band" thing a few years back - OK, we were crap, but I did learn something - playing live is not for me. Far too much anxiety. But I loved being in the studio.

I'm not very prolific, either. Takes me ages to come up with something new. And as there seems to be untold millions of artists putting their stuff on the InterWebs I'd have to think of an incredible marketing strategy just to get noticed!

But I do love playing and writing, and there's always something new to learn. So it'd be nice to do it for a living. I just have to up my game somewhat...

Must. Use. Brain.

 

[Jetfire]

Currently unemployed, but I was a Software Download Technician for Dell, Inc. That laptop hard drive that just died on your recently repaired Dell XPS M1730? That was...uh...someone else.


J.

I knew it!!!

 

[1001001]

I'm the Clinical Director for a large, regional non-profit serving homeless veterans.

 

[farmkid]

I'm a scientist--a molecular biologist to be exact. I'm currently doing research in cattle reproduction with the goal of fixing one of the major problems that makes cloning so inefficient. The nature of the research involves a lot of molecular biology, genomics, and immunology. That's a little departure from my Ph.D. work, in which I studied how a certain cell type makes cell fate decisions during embryonic development.

 

[RevDMV]

Currently unemployed, but I was a Software Download Technician for Dell, Inc. That laptop hard drive that just died on your recently repaired Dell XPS M1730? That was...uh...someone else.


J.

I'm coming for you with my Inspiron 8500 buddy...

 

[1001001]

So I'm Kestra, currently crazy, future psychologist! Hmm, that doesn't sound very promising does it?

Pretty common profile.

Works for Holdfast and me.

 

[LitmusDragon]

I do technical support on barcode scanners. In my mind though I am a writer, musician, and retired millionaire. Work is just some place I have to go 8 hours a day for some reason I'm not entirely sure of.

 

[Holdfast]

I'm the manager of the meat department in a chain supermarket. My duties include listening to employees bitch, listen to customers bitch, and listening to upper-management bitch.

No one has to listen to me bitch.

I beg to differ.

If you've never done this you're clearly a charlatan.

I like this personally!

I could do with a grand entrance theme every time I walk into work. I do hum the Imperial March occasionally, mind you....

I wonder, was I ever that bright-eyed & bushy-tailed? Probably not.

A couple of years of Foundation training will soon sort things.

Oh I don't know. Income, no more case reports, a break from exams. It's attractive just now.

Sent in my Foundation application today! How exciting!

Good luck! Filled in all the big white boxes with 3 sentences summarising your entire existence, then?

I **** for a living, so if any of your friends, wives, or daughters (over 18 of course) need ****** then just give me a ring.

Tiring job.

So I'm Kestra, currently crazy, future psychologist! Hmm, that doesn't sound very promising does it?

Pretty common profile.

Works for Holdfast and me.

You say "works"...

 

[StolenThunder]

Good luck! Filled in all the big white boxes with 3 sentences summarising your entire existence, then?

Basically! 5 x 200 words, a little space for presentations etc... and that's about it.