What kind of jobs do you folks have?
 

Im just curious, never asked this on a forum before, just thought it might spur some interesting conversation.

I'm a 911 operator, (Cant be a cop, Im color blind:()in the great state of Nevada, it pays really well, and its a great job. What about you guys?

I'm the Team Manager of Dispute Resolution for AT&T Emerging Services. We handle billing disputes for all AT&T Broadband business services.

The pay isn't that great, nor are the benefits, but I work with some really great people.

I sell steel. :D

Huge steel coils like these:

http://www.dapc.ca/graphics/shop4.jpg

I sell to people who make office furniture, appliances, electronics, etc. Most of my contacts and customers are yearly contract buyers, so it's more about building relationships and servicing their needs than anything else. It's not a bad job to have, and some of my perks (basically unlimited budget to entertain clients, lots of free trips, free tickets to sporting events, etc.) are very, very cool.

Thats pretty cool, my perks are listening to people kill themselves...lol

Corrections Officer in a maximum security prison.

I work for Dell selling home and home office systems at the moment. Its not a bad job as they go, more advising people on what they need for what they want to do than actually selling. The people that call me already know they want a computer they just need a push in the right direction.

In the summer I work at a YMCA Camp in the kitchen. During the year I work as a computer lab operator that helps people learn why their sound won't work (muted).

-Lasereth

I'm a fifth year college student and a part time network security consultant/administrator :thumbsup:

Granted, I still don't have the slightest idea what to do when I graduate, but there's plenty of time between now and May.

I'm a freshman in college, studying Electrical Engineering.

This summer I worked as a cashier and bagger at a supermarket. Very interesting learning experience.

I'm a senior in college and a part time backroom stocker at Target.

Retired Navy Surface (ship driver) Officer. Currently working as a defense contractor building training courses for junior officers.

I work for a cabinet company specializing in custom commercial cabinets (schools, jails, hospitals, etc.). the majority of our work is in the bay area of northern california. My title is Production Engineer, I figure out material and hardware requirements for a each project, and resolve any design conflicts. I then generate the necessary paperwork and cut lists for the shop to manufacture the cabinets, and insure that the installers understand what goes where.

Cool idea for a thread! I have two jobs and one career.

First job is working part-time (3 or 4 days a week) at the Royal Conservatory of Music bookstore. I sell scores and sheet music to the students and faculty there. It's open to the public so we get a lot of music afficionadi and wannabe American Idol contestants buying opera or pop-music song sheets. It's been good to me and has supported my living costs while at the same time taught me much important music trivia (important trivia?).

By night I am a jazz musician and even this has two sides to it. There's the side that will one day become all of what I am: composer, performer who plays what I want and hopefully can develop an interesting and vital body of work. I call this side the "artist." The other side is the guy that's slowly learning hundreds of the old standards, who plays in a quartet here, a trio there. This side of the musician (the "jobber") is how I make the rest of my living and over the last two years, this has grown to cover about %30 of my living costs. Hardly enough yet, but it's not like there's a shortage of professional piano players.

Right now I'm on leave from the bookstore and the "jobber" is dominating as I am doing a well-paying hotel gig in Hong Kong. In November I go back and the "artist" is going to start making his mark...

Part time coach. I coach students in a wide age group. Anywhere from 6-40+

Datamonkie and research assistant/senior semester student for my university by day, hotel Night Auditor by night.

I'm in private practice as a Chinese herbalist and auriculotherapist. I also work part-time in a tearoom/herbal apothecary.

Correctional Officer - I've worked in State Jails, Treatment Facilities, and Medium & Maximum Security units. While still a CO, I am now a Transfer Officer hauling convicts between state prison units, and inmates coming to prison from county jails. We also do extraditions, special escorts, and court escorts. Pay is not great, but there is excellent job security, a few perks, and great medical & retirement benefits.

I was working at a Wendy's... and I hope that college will ensure that I never have to go back. Seriously, never work there ever.

Here's a thread which delves into our daily work routines:

http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthr...hlight=day+job

I work in Theatre as a Lighting Designer. However, in October I'm starting a new job at a software company. Their flagship application is a CAD/Simulation tool for Concert and Theatre Lighting Designers. I'll still be working on actual shows to keep me sane.

I'm a near super senior at college who works in hell (the campus dining hall.)
I spend my days cleaning up after kids whos life mission seems to be making as big a mess as is humanly possable....for minimum wage......shoot me.

Machinist in one of the biggest adhesive and laminates company in the world. How exciting! :|

wow, 2 corrections officer, and I used to work in them too. Prison is a good time lol

Program Counselor at a Behavioral Health Hospital. I work with alcoholics, bi-polar, border-lines, drug addicts, crazy people, nuts, looneys, etc... and then there are the patients....

I've had some very interesting times working at that place, you wouldn't believe some of the things that people will believe, or say, or want to do.

Middle school teacher, teaching humanities and family planning.

I also teach an evening course at the local branch of the state University.

I have a job offer on the table from a university on the other side of the country that I'm currently considering, but have made no decision about yet.

Gilda

Second year student (History, Business, Computer Info Systems, Human Heredity, and Statistics), have been a Starbucks barista for a year and a month. Job duties include: lots of cleaning, cashier, drink maker, and knowledge of coffee and products.

Janitor at a college.

Debt collector. To all those people that bounce checks and don't want to pay for them I give a big F U !

jusst started as machine operator,before that I was looking for work as a machine operator

aah, achieving goals is always good ;)


I work as a sys admin/programmer/netwerk admin for a small company,

which means that if anything breaks, it's my fault. really, ask anyone around here :rolleyes:

It's interesting reading about everyone's jobs...

I'm in my sixth teaching, but my duties included so much more. I'm a teacher, a nurse, a social worker, a guidance counselor, a correctional officer, and a jumper through many hoops. I enjoy working with the kids however the paperwork aspect of the job can be overwhelming. Politics is a pain...

I'm an artist, and currently work as the Assistant Curator at an Art Gallery here in Lisbon, Portugal.

Same here, except I work mostly with large credit defaults. There's no end of people who don't realize that 37% PA interest does add up substantially.

My perpetually unhappy father-in-law (career wise) has made a bucket load of money being a facilities manager, and in less than half a year, selling real estate. He wants to work at a 911 call center (he also used to be an EMT and cop) because it's the only place that everybody seems to enjoy their work. I'd probably go crazy.

Until October 28th, I am a program director/journalist at a regional public radio network on the southeast coast. After October 28th I will either be a talk show producer or a manager of news/talk programming at a public radio station in a much bigger city and will be starting work on an M.A. in journalism.

Good thread idea! I'm amazed at some of the fun jobs. This one --><I>First job is working part-time (3 or 4 days a week) at the Royal Conservatory of Music bookstore.</i> would thrill me to no end. I love music bookstores. My favorite in college was Brodt (linky) which is now owned by one of my former classmates.

Professional Couch Potato PhD

I work in the Technical Services Department in the library at a state university. Although, that's really a bit misleading as I don't mess too much with anything 'technical.' My days are usually spent at the Circulation desk, basic clerical work, or the occasional odd job.

I have to say that that, sir, is very, very cool. I wish I had the chops, or the confidence for that matter, to be even a poorly paid professional musician.

I am the Executive Director of a United Way. (I love saying Executive Director, because it is not who I am, if you know what I mean. I am so laid back and non-bossy that my staff loves me... at least thats what they tell me.) Before that I was a Juvenile Prison Guard, (There seems to be a theme) then i worked with Parenting & pregnant teens, then I worked with children birth to 3 with disabilities, then community education on Child abuse, now United Way. I plan on staying here as long as they will have me...

I am a platoon commander in the Canadian Army.

Before that I was a section commander.

Before that I was a Section 2 i/c.

Before that I was a machine gunner.

Before that I was a radio operator.

Before that I think I was human, who enjoyed music, food, and the finer things in life. Today, if you give me a beer and a cold field ration, I am happy.

ima electrician apprentice currently remodeling all safeways in the washington state area.
and it sucks. but the people are fun so it makes it better and one day ill have a very good skill.

I'm a "Software Test Engineer," ensuring that Document Retention software for the US Dept. of Defense actually retains and secures the documents that it should.

shouldn't you be happy people bounce checks? if everyone did would you not be out of a job?



as for moi, Well i have the best job in the world at the moment, a stay at home dad! I love it and do not want to go back to work! I'm taking some time off to watch our 18 month old while the wife went back to work. Come the winter, I am going to head back to work as a lowly tech for a large faceless company.....

I used to *want* to be an actress... I still love acting and will do it when I can, but I hate the !@$!@#@! business of it. Soooo....

I'm the Immigration Coordinator for a swanky ortho hospital on the east coast. We have a big research division, and we want the best... and the best aren't always American. So they need visas. Voila! Job!

At night, I'm taking prereqs so I can go to a Master's Physician Assistant program. The first BA was Theater and Spanish... so clearly I have a few to take. I figured if I can't be rich, I may as well be useful. I want to work in an ER.

On the prison CO's... my mom used to teach at several min and med security prisions. Ah, grown men who don't know the alphabet. *sigh*

I've got a BA in sociology and study for an MA in national security. I'm a manager for a mostly online ad agency. I coordinate projects, supervise them being put together, and listen to crap from my bosses and customers every time someone fails to communicate. Sigh. It's a great job, but sometimes very taxing.

Right now, unemployed. Yuck.

Im a technical designer.....I design partitions (the seperators inside a box) for a packaging company. Im the only female in my division...very cool perk lol another cool perk is that we get to keep the samples companies send us to design for.

did I mention I design for just about every major (and some not so major) alcohol company in the US? Liquor companies, beer companies, wineries....you name them, I probably work with them.

Assistant Network Administrator, business name must be censored sorry :(

Retail Manager....truly, the cusp of all that is worthwhile.

I am a Loan Officer for a local Mortgage Company. If you live in Wisconsin or Michigan I would love to help you with that refinance, construction or purchase. Can you tell that I am a salesman? I love the people I work with, and I love helping people out, which I get to do everyday. There is nothing like pulling someone out of debt, and making them feel whole again.

I also get my own business cards, (I consider this a great thing seeing as I used to work in nothing but factory jobs before this...third shift) and I get to be on the TFP anytime I want to at work. Life is good. :D

I'm a respiratory therapist. Or...as our state licensure says- a Respiratory Care Practioner. It's pretty cool. I work weekend nights at a small hospital and spend the majority of my time playing video games and reading. Of course, flirting with cute nurses is a plus.

IT Administrator, I can sack people! So I never have I thank you.
I fix broken things, point out what's not broken and thrill people with my skillz :D

I fly little jets for USAir, United, and American all around the midwest and northeast. Before that I taught flying and was a network administrator for a while. This is way more fun and the perks (free travel) are awesome. Pay sucks though, but it's worth it.

Not a damn thing today, but the money's running out

Well, I've been a receptionist in a doctor's office, worked at a bakery, worked as an after care supervisor, worked at a music camp as music director and counselor, worked at a restaurant waiting tables, and worked as a teller at a bank, I got paid to be in a show once but most of my stage work has been "volunteer." And been a student through all of that. :p

Currently I'm unemployed and looking, unless you count the fact that the bank will take me back over Chirstmas Break if I'm in town then. :p

Hopefully I'll have one of those "real" jobs in a year once school is over. But for me that would be playing the lead role in a major theatre, so we'll see. :hmm:

Sophomore in college majoring in Telecommunications

Cashier at Kroger (or Ralph's for all you California people)

By day I'm a technical editor/database manager/technical document producer/systems integration analyst. Heh, writing all that out makes me want a raise!
So I edit technical documentation for one of the largest defense contractors in the world for one of the oldest still-working aircraft in the US fleet (U-2, the Dragonlady). I help get the books out to the field, I make sure the database is doing all that it should (which is a lot), and make different software programs work together properly to make it all happen. It's not as creative as working for magazines and whatnot (which I've done in the past), but it's a great steady job for a great company, and I like the key people I work with. We're a little overworked and things rarely come together like they should, but we make it happen.

By night (and on weekends) I'm a professional belly dancer. I've been studying Middle Eastern dance for over 10 years, and in a few days will be leaving on a trip to Egypt, where among other more touristy things I'll be studying with some of the best master teachers of this art form in the world!

*hyperventilates with excitement, passes out*

Software engineer for a large computer company. My manager also told me I'm the team lead responsible for a team of four other guys. The last year has been a mad scramble managing to work on three different projects all somewhat related to high performance computing (formerly known as supercomputers) . Over the past year I have been involved in software design, testing the software, fixing bugs, customer support, training the other guys about new software, working with another team in our research division to move a piece of software from research to development, keep my manager aware of what in the world is going on, working with tech writers, and co-ordinating all kinds of nonsense with the project management teams. Oh, once in a while I actually get to write some software too.

i also and a correctional officer but not in a max security prison...its a great job

i also am a junior at north dakota state majoring in Criminal Justice

That sucks, I'm colour blind too and I hate the job limitations. I wanted to be a cop when I was a kid.

But anyways, I'm a junior in college, taking a co-op mechanical engineering(CAD) course.

I also have a dream of being a professional Musician, but everyone needs a day job.

It's funny how everyone tries to make their job sound really, really important. Maybe it is, I don't know. I just find it funny though :)

Forcefully unemployed at the moment (it sounds like a bad thing but it's really not)

My "official" title is System Analyst. Basically, I write software programs to help my colleagues do their jobs easier and better. I like it. Can't think of anything else I'd rather do except for maybe play softball every day.

I'm a land surveyor tech/net admin at a small surveying company in Colorado. The tech part at the end pretty much means that I can survey stuff, I just don't have the licensure to make it legal, so my bosses do that :D

I started at the firm in April, and learned throughout the summer... now I'm the residing master of our GPS equipment, and I've learned a good deal of how the surveying system works and how to legally describe land...

It's been a great college job, though the aforementioned bosses need to work out a schedule for me already, as I've been "on break" since I started my freshman year at CSM (and no, I don't have any idea wtf I wanna do yet. Just not petroleum engineering, pleaaaaseee).

It sucks. I hate the job, but it pays well and has good benefits and a good retirement, so I'll stay. I have 10 years in with 17 more to walk off to retire at the age of 50. :thumbsup:

Basically I work in a retail section at a supermarket - though this job is only temporary, as I am heading to university next year to do a course in medical imaging, it's great as in the mean time I am allowed a lot of free days to surf and socialise.

Police here

hmm...no ones a hitman here?

im in final year college...no jobs as of yet...jobs arnt a popular thing till uve completed your education

I don't think it's people trying make their jobs sound so important. Maybe just a little pride in what they do is coming through in their descriptions. I can't speak for everyone who has posted here, but I can speak for myself. The pay isn't great for my job, and I'll never get the recognition I believe is deserved in my field, but I enjoy my job. Unlike other jobs I have had in the past, I feel like I am contributing something, and doing something that a lot of people either are not able, or not willing to do.

Hearing what people do for a living adds a little insight as to who we all are, and I thought it was a great idea for a thread. :)

Police Officer here :)

Is there an echo in here? :lol:

I'm a full time marketing director and part time artist/illustrator. Hopefully my part time job will soon become my full time job.

My title is Tech Support Assistant. My company is based out of Vancouver, but I am pretty much the main person that is On-site here in Minneapolis. I do desktop support (leaving most of the server side alone). I have good customer service skills, which helps me when telling people things they dont' want to hear, lol.

I am officially a Pediatric Social Service Generalist I. I used to be a Social Service Specialist II. Not quite sure what happened to that job description, they just wanted to bump me down a notch. Basically, I'm a social worker with families who have a child living with a life-threatening illness via pediatric palliative and hospice care. I love what I do. I can't stand the "superiors" I do it for.

I would agree that it is probably just pride in there jobs. But on the other hand, sometimes....for example in a thread about credit cards and there use, i bet that there were 50 posts, and 45 out of those 50 people had no credit card debit or paid it off immediately. Made me wonder how credit card companies stay in business with so many people paying the off.
:hmm:


not suggesting that anyone was lying or meaning to imply.

Technically, I'm a "Nutrition Clerk", but it's just a glorified term for shelf stocker - I work for a Kroger company. I hate it, but the health care benefits are good, which is the main reason I stay there. I'm going back to school in January if things work out (woot!) so I can leave the retail biz behind.

I work for Kroger as well, I started out as a bagger working during school, worked my way up to cashier then onto the grocery crew stocking shelves etc. Did that for a couple years after high school then made my way onto the night stock crew as an Asst. Head Grocery clerk (backup for you Kroger people who know the lingo). Did that for a few years but got sick of working nights and the fact that just about everyone who worked on the stock crew was a castoff from society and just got on my last nerve, so I stepped down and started running the dock which I still do now. I basically yell and bitch at everyone who comes back and leaves a pallet in the middle of the floor or fills the cardboard baler up but does not think they should have to empty it, but my job duties include checking in all the beer, wine, bread, chips, pop (or soda depending on where you live). Been there 12 years total.

Looking at getting a new job currently though with a friend of mine who I actually met at Kroger we both started a few weeks apart. He is trying to get me a job at the local newspaper with him running the printing presses, it too, like Kroger, is a union job, but the pay scale is soooooooo much more, benefits are similar, really good perks too and I know everyone who works there since I have been playing softball with them the last 5 years or so.

Product Manager for a software company. All the responsibility and none of the authority....good times. Seriously, I really like the people I work with and the company itself is pretty good. Just wish there was more time in the day to do the things that need doing.

I own a Comic, Game, and Anime store which really sounds like more fun than it is.

My official pre-funnybook career was Sys-admin/PC Data systems/Tech Support for a small Software company. I loved the job, but wanted to see my kids grow up in person instead of in photos.

I'm a professional hitman.







Really.













Aw, sorry to burst your bubble. I'm a senior software engineer.

Who knows...maybe you're right. But, I operate on the premise that folks are telling the truth, unless proven otherwise. Now, at work I use the exact opposite approach.... When I am dealing with convicts I can tell when they're lying, and that's when their mouths are open.

I don't think this is that deep of a thread though.... so I am not really concerned if anybody inflates their own description of what they do. IMO it's just a light hearted thread meant to give people a chance to blow their own horns a little I guess, not a thread where we have to wonder if people are telling the truth or not. It really doesn't matter what we do, but it's still interesting to hear.

Does PA DOC have it's own transportation dept, or does PA use contractors to handle transfers, etc?

The reason I ask is I just started in transportation in June with TDCJ, and compared to working in a regular unit, it's like night and day. I actually like going to work now, and that's a huge improvement over my mental state prior to transfering to trans.

Each jail has their own transport teams. We have two where I work; a bus for the big trips, and a van for things like outside hospital trips.

I have been holding back my really, really important job so I wouldn't cause anyone else to be beyond envious. Ya never know what will drive some people to violence or mad cow behavior.

My hubby and I own a service franchise that is dedicated to sucking rug. :D

I said F U to all those people that don't want to pay for them. I can understand a mistake, but trying to track down someone who wrote 10-50 checks on a closed account and then claim that they did not know the account was closed can get a little un-nerving at times.

That is my job with the company. I have to get the people that don't want to pay to pay.

Sounds like a hard job. Well, I am a freelance writer...

What / who for do you write? Advertising? Journalism?

scumbag roofer here.............


wanna beer?

is prison a job? I mean living there not working there.

you get internet access in prision?

Yeah right...

I install internet service in prisons. :D :eek:

Nah....after contracting for 15 years, I'm now an empoyee for the local electrical utility. I'll miss the perks of self-emloyment, but I'll welcome the pension, vacation pay, company vehicle etc.

:lol: That sounds familiar...are you sure you don't work at my store?? ;)

Former teacher turned Mom and Home Day Care provider. I love teaching but I hate dealing with sucky faculty, staff, and the politics that go along with it. So now I've run my own business for 4 years, get to pick and choose who's kids I take in, teach my own daughter Kindergarten, and love it. Even after just having surgery last week I am glad to be back to my routine of caring for the kids. One child I have cared for during the past 3 years and she is only 4, her sister is now 1 1/2 and I started watching her at 2 weeks old. I love seeing them grow up and change and seeing what they learn from me.

I am enjoying reading about everyon'e avocations. It is such a diverse world that we live in.

As one of the older members (45), it causes me to look back on all the jobs I have had over the years. The first paying job I remember was working summers for my Dad's construction company cleaning up job sites for minimum wage. Most of you young guys won't believe me when I tell you that minimum wage then was $1.50/hr.

I had a paper route and worked at Mickey D's in high school. BTW, we used paper menus and added up orders by hand (you actually had to be smart to be a McD's clerk then). There was only one semester of college that I didn't work doing something.
I studied civil engineering so I worked for in a civil engineering office as a draftsman. Pencils and papers and hand lettering and all. Computers were calculators, that was all.

I worked for a couple of engineering firms after school but ultimately couldn't stand the sameness of it all. I was a low income residential property manager (slumlord) for a while. (Now, there's an education you can't get in school). For the next ten years or so, I was a residential home builder. Built about 500 homes. Times were good till the Saddam invaded Kuwait, interest rates went up 2 points overnight and everyone sat at home and watched CNN wondering if the end of the world was coming.

I worked as a residential RE appraiser. Then owned a Pepperidge Farm distributorship. (Worked with Grocery back doors guys ;) ) Answered an ad and went to work at the nation's second largest bank as a VP managing a nationwide real estate portfolio. Learned a lot and realized that once again, i wasn't cut out to work for a big company. Left after five years and went out on my own as a RE broker. My first year I made double what I was making at the bank and never looked back.

So, now I am a commercial real estate developer. I do my own thing developing medium sizel office and retail properties and enjoy every minute if it. My time is basically my own and all I have to deal with is the stress of being a couple million dollars in debt all the time. :)

So for all you guys and gals out there who are doing someting that you don't like or aren't sure you want to continue doing - just read my sig. and hang in there....to quote that eminent statesman, Forrest Gump - life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get.

I work in a kitchen at a restuarant/pub near my home. They are 2 separate places owned by the same person. I do prep cooking, line cooking, and somtimes I just make salads. I love the nights I just make salads, its one giant smoke break lol.

The pay isn't great. The work can be fun or it can be very repetative and boring depending on what I'm doing. The best part of my job are my coworkers, a bunch of stoner type kids and the chef who is an older stoner type. I fit right in.

Pretty cool how many different jobs there are that people have on these boards

I'm a dad. That's my most important job.
I'm also a husband. That's probably important too :P

To make money, I am a Web Developer for a large bank. I create mostly large intranet-based web applications.

I also run a small business with a friend selling RPG (role-playing game) gaming tokens called Monster Tiles. It's mostly for fun, but who knows.. it might lead us down a road toward something more fun than sitting behind desks every day.

I am a career counselor for the United States Air Force. its an interesting job but I like it none the less.

I remember when it was around $2.50/hr and I'm a little younger. It's amazing how much the economy has changed in the past 20 years alone.

Do you work for Thyssen?

I'm sure most convicts have a different term for it. I believe it should be a place they don't want to return to again.... but sadly though the recividism rate still hovers around 50%. Is prison a job? Yeah, it's an adventure.

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I currently work as a Network/Systems Administrator for a large chemical manufacturer. We have offices in Costa Rica, England and Germany. One of our main products is duster, which some of you know more affectionately as "canned air". Anytime you see canned air from Fellowes, Memorex, Radio Shack and about 40 other brands, it's probably ours.

I also part own an IT security and consulting firm. You can see our page at www.axigent.net.

Currently, I am working on my MBA and will start on my Ph.D. in another year and a half or so. I plan on receiving it by the time I'm 29.

I am a technician. I work in the design assurance devision of an electronics company in MN. So, I break stuff for a living. Well, write a plan, present it, break it, then write a report about it. So, I write a lot of reports about how I broke stuff.