What do you do for a living? - Page 6 - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

water_boy1999 · 07-27-2004, 01:02 PM

full-time: Senior Account Executive for a Technical Staff Augmentation and Project Management Consulting firm.

part-time: Disc Golf Junkee and outdoor enthusiast

billege · 07-27-2004, 09:28 PM

Computer Tech. at fortune 100 distribution center.

Play with toys. Get paid. Cool.

theusername · 07-27-2004, 09:39 PM

Proofreader, Typesetter, and shipping clerk for a business card business. How exciting. This bides me over until I start at Un of Pitt as a frosh this year.

Rodney · 07-27-2004, 10:52 PM

Ustabe -- technical writer, 20 years, everything from mainframe apps to word processing how to install a 200-pound rack server without the rack toppling forward and crushing your skull (not that any of you CEs every READ THE F*CKING INSTALLATION MANUAL!)

Just finished -- grad school, in an MA Education/teaching credential program.

Upcoming -- either an elementary school teaching job in the next week or two, or the Wonderful World of Substitute Teaching for a year or so. I'm not complaining -- yeah I am, subbing's not great, but I'll see a lot of local schools and maybe get my food in the door.

bermuDa · 07-27-2004, 11:07 PM

full time student,
part time salesman,
free lance computer/network setup and repair,
freelance graphic designer

The Phenomenon · 07-27-2004, 11:15 PM

C Programmer for a huge international freight forwarding company. I work on their UNIX backends.

dogzilla · 07-28-2004, 02:03 AM

Software engineer, C, C++ and Java applications for huge Unix systems

The Phenomenon · 07-28-2004, 02:13 AM

wohoo join the club

Currently maintaining a program with more than 500000 lines of code

Plan9Senior · 07-28-2004, 02:28 AM

Personal Trainer/ Student

happymaan · 07-28-2004, 02:52 AM

Cinematographer

warrrreagl · 07-28-2004, 04:28 AM

Full Time money: Director of Music and Theatre Department at small college.

Extra time money: Guitar player, piano tuner.

No money, just fun: Movie reviewer, gardener, husband.

THGL · 07-28-2004, 04:34 AM

Creative Director for small (but multi-national) ad/marketing firm.

The problem with the title is there's no one to "direct" as the Creative Dept. is just me and whatever designs I come up with still have to get the OK from the company's owner (who's a egomaniac with the maturity level of a 5 yr. old who always gets his way).

Iliftrocks · 07-28-2004, 04:48 AM

You call this living?

Systems Admn, general all around computer jerk

Jam · 07-28-2004, 05:30 AM

dish pig for 2 weeks then i need a new job....

free time.. paying for my car, surfing the net, internet shizzat, etc

DDDDave · 07-28-2004, 11:19 AM

Full Time Non-Paying: Father, husband, son, brother, friend

Full Time Paying: Real Estate (Developer, owner, investor, appraiser, broker, contractor, you get the idea...)

Aletheia · 07-28-2004, 01:15 PM

Full-time: Student, getting an international business degree and a philosophy minor

Part-time: Chair of the board of directors of my Student Union

Nazggul · 07-28-2004, 02:29 PM

Business owner, CTO, Market Research Analyst, etc.
Part time Triathlete.

Carno · 07-28-2004, 02:37 PM

Full time student

Part time cook at a bbq restaurant

cartmen34 · 07-28-2004, 07:16 PM

software QA (Quality Assurance) w/ a dash of software automation/scripting

k1ng · 07-28-2004, 07:49 PM

Full Time: Student
Part Time during school: Gap
Full Time during summer: Misc temp jobs.

Nancy · 07-29-2004, 04:50 AM

I'm a student for the next three years and then I'll become a Media Graphic Artist. It's what I've always wanted to be

PDOUBLEOP · 07-29-2004, 05:00 AM

delusion: Adult film star
actual: Mechanical Design

ariekitten · 07-30-2004, 09:07 PM

Technical Support! w00t!

JumpinJesus · 07-31-2004, 12:41 PM

I teach for Chicago Public Schools.

DEI37 · 07-31-2004, 01:04 PM

Me? I work here in the parts department. If you browse around in there, you'll see a picture of the three parts people. I like it there well enough. Could be better. Could be worse, mind you. The people there are easy enough to get along with, and that's worth a ton.

WarriorBuddha · 07-31-2004, 01:20 PM

English language teacher at Japanese elementary school. They pay me to be a kid for a few hours a day. How cool is that?

440sixpack · 08-01-2004, 10:52 AM

I'm an engineer in the consumer products testing field. I develop the test protocols/methods for my company and do regulatory research, among myriad other functions.

Kalnaur · 08-01-2004, 12:04 PM

I'm a slacker, erm, artist.

You wouldn't have even heard of me. Especially since I haven't really done any work for anyone. Heck, I have yet to get my BA. but in about 2 years . . . . (so sad that I'm 24).

Baldrick · 08-01-2004, 12:14 PM

Eastern VP of Sales and Marketing for a movie studio - home video division. In reality, a great team of 14 sales managers and 6 marketing managers make me look good.

aurigus · 08-02-2004, 11:57 AM

Web Hosting Tech Support; and all around Renaissance man. Meaning I do some Sales, Programming, and definately other things outside my Job description.

cameroncrazy822 · 08-02-2004, 12:31 PM

Me: Cancer Research Study Coordinator

tingly · 08-04-2004, 08:07 AM

it seems like a lot of you work with television/movie production/distribution. that's odd to see here in the midwest.

as for me..................mortgage broker.

roachboy · 08-04-2004, 10:03 AM

i teach modern european history flextime/sometimes at a university in philadelphia.
my real life is wrapped round a piano.

Captain Nemo · 08-04-2004, 12:50 PM

Tax/Regulatory/Compliance Director for a top 10 CPA firm

viejo gringo · 08-04-2004, 07:01 PM

Full time: Retiree

part time: same

tangledweb · 08-04-2004, 07:12 PM

Use to be the Sys-Admin/Systems designer for a cable television software development firm.

Quit the rat-race 9 years ago to sell funny-books for a living. Not as much money at first, but I call the shots and see my family every day.

Blackthorn · 08-04-2004, 07:22 PM

Me? I work in technology. Hate to be vague about it but if you happen to really want to know more I'll tell you. PM me....

brandon11983 · 08-04-2004, 09:11 PM

by day: full time student at DePaul University
by rest of day: part times at deciBel Audio
by night: rollerblader of the Lake

Cedar · 08-04-2004, 09:19 PM

Librarian, writer, professional book reviewer

wannabe: novelist, opera singer

joeb1 · 08-05-2004, 07:44 AM

I work as a Network and Communications Admin. for a company that makes and sells surface mount components.

07-27-2004, 01:02 PM	#201 (permalink)
water_boy1999 Fly em straight! Location: Above and Beyond	full-time: Senior Account Executive for a Technical Staff Augmentation and Project Management Consulting firm. part-time: Disc Golf Junkee and outdoor enthusiast __________________ Doh!!!! -Homer Simpson

07-27-2004, 09:28 PM	#202 (permalink)
billege Watcher Location: Ohio	Computer Tech. at fortune 100 distribution center. Play with toys. Get paid. Cool. __________________ I can sum up the clash of religion in one sentence: "My Invisible Friend is better than your Invisible Friend." Last edited by billege; 07-28-2004 at 12:28 AM..

07-27-2004, 09:39 PM	#203 (permalink)
theusername Insane	Proofreader, Typesetter, and shipping clerk for a business card business. How exciting. This bides me over until I start at Un of Pitt as a frosh this year. __________________ ?

07-27-2004, 11:07 PM	#205 (permalink)
bermuDa don't ignore this--> Location: CA	full time student, part time salesman, free lance computer/network setup and repair, freelance graphic designer __________________ I am the very model of a moderator gentleman.

07-27-2004, 11:15 PM	#206 (permalink)
The Phenomenon Psycho Location: I think my horns are coming out	C Programmer for a huge international freight forwarding company. I work on their UNIX backends. __________________ Do not confuse altruism with kindness, good will or respect for the rights of others. These are not primaries, but consequences, which, in fact, altruism makes impossible. The irreducible primary of altruism, the basic absolute, is self-sacrifice - which means: self-immolation, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-destruction - which means: the self as a standard of evil, the selfless as a standard of the good.

07-27-2004, 10:52 PM	#204 (permalink)
Rodney Observant Ruminant Location: Rich Wannabe Hippie Town	Ustabe -- technical writer, 20 years, everything from mainframe apps to word processing how to install a 200-pound rack server without the rack toppling forward and crushing your skull (not that any of you CEs every READ THE F*CKING INSTALLATION MANUAL!) Just finished -- grad school, in an MA Education/teaching credential program. Upcoming -- either an elementary school teaching job in the next week or two, or the Wonderful World of Substitute Teaching for a year or so. I'm not complaining -- yeah I am, subbing's not great, but I'll see a lot of local schools and maybe get my food in the door.

07-28-2004, 02:03 AM	#207 (permalink)
dogzilla Junkie Location: New York	Software engineer, C, C++ and Java applications for huge Unix systems

07-28-2004, 02:13 AM	#208 (permalink)
The Phenomenon Psycho Location: I think my horns are coming out	wohoo join the club Currently maintaining a program with more than 500000 lines of code __________________ Do not confuse altruism with kindness, good will or respect for the rights of others. These are not primaries, but consequences, which, in fact, altruism makes impossible. The irreducible primary of altruism, the basic absolute, is self-sacrifice - which means: self-immolation, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-destruction - which means: the self as a standard of evil, the selfless as a standard of the good.

07-28-2004, 02:28 AM	#209 (permalink)
Plan9Senior Banned Location: Orange County, California	Personal Trainer/ Student

07-28-2004, 02:52 AM	#210 (permalink)
happymaan Insane Location: los angeles	Cinematographer

07-28-2004, 04:28 AM	#211 (permalink)
warrrreagl pinche vato Location: backwater, Third World, land of cotton	Full Time money: Director of Music and Theatre Department at small college. Extra time money: Guitar player, piano tuner. No money, just fun: Movie reviewer, gardener, husband. __________________ Living is easy with eyes closed. Last edited by warrrreagl; 08-04-2004 at 08:10 AM..

07-28-2004, 04:34 AM	#212 (permalink)
THGL Psycho Location: Louisville, KY	Creative Director for small (but multi-national) ad/marketing firm. The problem with the title is there's no one to "direct" as the Creative Dept. is just me and whatever designs I come up with still have to get the OK from the company's owner (who's a egomaniac with the maturity level of a 5 yr. old who always gets his way). __________________ "The truth is merely an excuse for lack of imagination." - Garak

07-28-2004, 04:48 AM	#213 (permalink)
Iliftrocks Junkie Location: Near Raleigh, NC	You call this living? Systems Admn, general all around computer jerk __________________ bill hicks - "I don't mean to sound bitter, cold, or cruel, but I am, so that's how it comes out."

07-28-2004, 05:30 AM	#214 (permalink)
Jam Junkie	dish pig for 2 weeks then i need a new job.... free time.. paying for my car, surfing the net, internet shizzat, etc

07-28-2004, 11:19 AM	#215 (permalink)
DDDDave Addict Location: Sarasota	Full Time Non-Paying: Father, husband, son, brother, friend Full Time Paying: Real Estate (Developer, owner, investor, appraiser, broker, contractor, you get the idea...) __________________ I am just a simple man trying to make my way in the universe... "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." - Thoreau "Nothing great was ever accomplished without enthusiasm" - Emerson

07-29-2004, 04:50 AM	#221 (permalink)
Nancy Femme Fatale Location: Elysium	I'm a student for the next three years and then I'll become a Media Graphic Artist. It's what I've always wanted to be __________________ I have all the characteristics of a human being: blood, flesh, skin, hair; but not a single, clear, identifiable emotion, except for greed and disgust. Something horrible is happening inside of me and I don't know why. My nightly bloodlust has overflown into my days. I feel lethal, on the verge of frenzy. I think my mask of sanity is about to slip.

07-30-2004, 09:07 PM	#223 (permalink)
ariekitten bAck iN aCtiOn! Location: in my imagination	Technical Support! w00t! __________________ I am known as Valentinez Alkalinella Xifax Sicidabohertz Gombigobilla Blue Stradivari Talentrent Pierre Andri Charton-Haymoss Ivanovici Baldeus George Doitzel Kaiser III. Don't hesitate to call. ~Vash, Trigun >'.'< kitty kitty, meow ^..^~

08-01-2004, 10:52 AM	#227 (permalink)
440sixpack Lord of All Fevers and Plagues Location: Brockton, MA	I'm an engineer in the consumer products testing field. I develop the test protocols/methods for my company and do regulatory research, among myriad other functions. __________________ Be a victor, or be a victim - David Vincent My Toys: 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T 440SIXPACK 2003 Dodge Ram 1500 SLT QuadCab 4x4 5.7L Hemi Magnum

07-28-2004, 01:15 PM	#216 (permalink)
Aletheia Psycho	Full-time: Student, getting an international business degree and a philosophy minor Part-time: Chair of the board of directors of my Student Union

07-28-2004, 02:29 PM	#217 (permalink)
Nazggul Psycho Location: San Francisco	Business owner, CTO, Market Research Analyst, etc. Part time Triathlete. __________________ "If something has to give then it always will." -- Editors

07-28-2004, 02:37 PM	#218 (permalink)
Carno Junkie	Full time student Part time cook at a bbq restaurant __________________ http://how-to-spell-ridiculous.com/

07-28-2004, 07:16 PM	#219 (permalink)
cartmen34 Psycho Location: the hills of aquafina.	software QA (Quality Assurance) w/ a dash of software automation/scripting __________________ "The problem with quick and dirty, as some people have said, is that the dirty remains long after the quick has been forgotten" - Steve McConnell

07-28-2004, 07:49 PM	#220 (permalink)
k1ng Nothing Location: Atlanta, GA	Full Time: Student Part Time during school: Gap Full Time during summer: Misc temp jobs. __________________ "Delight in excellence is easily confused with snobbery by the ignorant." -Joseph Epstein

07-29-2004, 05:00 AM	#222 (permalink)
PDOUBLEOP Insane	delusion: Adult film star actual: Mechanical Design __________________ ef you-you effing ef

07-31-2004, 12:41 PM	#224 (permalink)
JumpinJesus Junkie Location: Chicago	I teach for Chicago Public Schools. __________________ "I can normally tell how intelligent a man is by how stupid he thinks I am" - Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses

07-31-2004, 01:04 PM	#225 (permalink)
DEI37 Go faster! Location: Wisconsin	Me? I work here in the parts department. If you browse around in there, you'll see a picture of the three parts people. I like it there well enough. Could be better. Could be worse, mind you. The people there are easy enough to get along with, and that's worth a ton. __________________ Generally speaking, if you were to get what you really deserve, you might be unpleasantly surprised.

07-31-2004, 01:20 PM	#226 (permalink)
WarriorBuddha Crazy Location: Japan	English language teacher at Japanese elementary school. They pay me to be a kid for a few hours a day. How cool is that? __________________ Thockmorton knew if he were ever to break wind in the echo chamber, he would never hear the end of it.

08-01-2004, 12:04 PM	#228 (permalink)
Kalnaur Psycho Location: Portland, Oregon	I'm a slacker, erm, artist. You wouldn't have even heard of me. Especially since I haven't really done any work for anyone. Heck, I have yet to get my BA. but in about 2 years . . . . (so sad that I'm 24). __________________ PC: Can you help me out here HK? HK-47: I'm 98% percent sure this miniature organic meatbag wants you to help find his fellow miniature organic meatbags. PC: And the other 2 percent? HK-47: The other 2 percent is that he is just looking for trouble and needs to be blasted, but that might be wishful thinking on my part. Last edited by Kalnaur; 08-01-2004 at 12:08 PM..

08-01-2004, 12:14 PM	#229 (permalink)
Baldrick We are everywhere... Location: Barrie, Ontario	Eastern VP of Sales and Marketing for a movie studio - home video division. In reality, a great team of 14 sales managers and 6 marketing managers make me look good. __________________ You can be young only once, but you can be immature for the rest of your life...

08-02-2004, 11:57 AM	#230 (permalink)
aurigus Insane	Web Hosting Tech Support; and all around Renaissance man. Meaning I do some Sales, Programming, and definately other things outside my Job description.

08-02-2004, 12:31 PM	#231 (permalink)
cameroncrazy822 Junkie Location: MD	Me: Cancer Research Study Coordinator

08-04-2004, 08:07 AM	#232 (permalink)
tingly Upright Location: St. Louis, MO	it seems like a lot of you work with television/movie production/distribution. that's odd to see here in the midwest. as for me..................mortgage broker.

08-04-2004, 10:03 AM	#233 (permalink)
roachboy Super Moderator Location: essex ma	i teach modern european history flextime/sometimes at a university in philadelphia. my real life is wrapped round a piano. __________________ a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear it make you sick. -kamau brathwaite

08-04-2004, 12:50 PM	#234 (permalink)
Captain Nemo Insane Location: In a forest of red tape (but hey, I have scissors)	Tax/Regulatory/Compliance Director for a top 10 CPA firm

08-04-2004, 07:01 PM	#235 (permalink)
viejo gringo Registered User Location: Deep South Texas	Full time: Retiree part time: same

08-04-2004, 07:12 PM	#236 (permalink)
tangledweb slightly impaired Location: Down South	Use to be the Sys-Admin/Systems designer for a cable television software development firm. Quit the rat-race 9 years ago to sell funny-books for a living. Not as much money at first, but I call the shots and see my family every day.

08-04-2004, 07:22 PM	#237 (permalink)
Blackthorn Beware the Mad Irish Location: Wish I was on the N17...	Me? I work in technology. Hate to be vague about it but if you happen to really want to know more I'll tell you. PM me.... __________________ What are you willing to give up in order to get what you want?

08-04-2004, 09:11 PM	#238 (permalink)
brandon11983 Stereophonic Location: Chitown!!	by day: full time student at DePaul University by rest of day: part times at deciBel Audio by night: rollerblader of the Lake __________________ Well behaved women rarely make history.