what do you guys do for living?

[Ray Sison]

Interesting thread that I did not know existed! Thanks, Kits, for finding it...

:cool:

[Kits]

oh yeah I found the link to this thread in one of the "noobie" topic threads. :p

[Peaches]

Cuz my job has changed...sorta...since the last time I was posting around here...

I am the economist in charge of data collection, cleaning and dissemenation for statistical modeling use (as opposed to compliance modeling, which is a strictly prohibited use of the data we produce) by other government agencies. It involves writing data entry manuals, overseeing the data entry process (from a distance, thank god), making sure that the data entry program meets technical and legal requirements, cleaning the data, delivering files to customers, publishing tables and articles, and generally be knowledgeable about the law, changes to it, and its general use in the wider community. I am responsible for this process in two distinct areas, as well as taking on smaller, related projects from time to time.

Yes, I know I'm being vague.

This was, more or less, the same job I took straight out of college. Same section, same job description, different focus area. I left that job after about 5 years and took a job doing compliance modeling, and hated it...for 4.5 years. I went back to my original division, to my original section, doing my original job about 1.5 years ago.

[flashdance]

I work with computers in education... trying my best not to have a nervous breakdown.

Secretly wishes he could live in America, visit Heart Attack Grill, do a DF tour and spend evenings watching Broadway shows.

[wonderwoman]

I'm an ultrasound technologist. At my current job I'm specifically working in ob/gyn.. we get a lot of crazy stuff because we're level 2. It's new to me and I don't know if I like it, we deal with a lot of perinatal morbidity and mortality.. Its going to be a challenging position. Suddenly looking at kidneys and gallbladders all day doesn't seem so bad!

[dcharmd1]

i'm a civil servant, my coworkers tell other people they have the right to remain silent

[Sagitta]

It has been a while, so perhaps some of our new members who haven't contributed to thsi thread would like to chime in?

[sambanada]

accountant

[wonderwoman]

Hehe. I'm kicking myself for posting that I didn't like my job, I've been out of work for a year now. Tomorrow I interview for a general ultrasound position, and it's a working interview and I'm oh so excited to get back in to the field. It's cool and I miss doing it.

[Phil Owl]

Self employed, Media Production/Media Conversion

http://4theboids.wordpress.com

[mindputtee]

Undergrad student in microbiology!

[3wishes]

Emergency Preparedness Coordinator, prepares/plans for, responds, recovery and executes hazard mitigation to man-made and natural disasters (all hazards format) civil servant - and responds to requests for mutual aid from other jurisdictions.
Sideline - Adaptive Snow Sport(Ski/Boarding) instructor and adaptive snow sport (ski and board) racing clinic instructor for snow sports.

[Spitfire]

Unemployed unfortunately, before I moved back here I was a delivery driver for Sherwin Williams. Been searching for a like position here.

[nucat78]

Getting back into research grant accounting and management.

See also:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars_a021_2004

I keep telling DP that I'm too pretty to work, but she's not buying into being my sugar momma...

[pygmalion]

Emergency Preparedness Coordinator, prepares/plans for, responds, recovery and executes hazard mitigation to man-made and natural disasters (all hazards format) civil servant - and responds to requests for mutual aid from other jurisdictions.
Sideline - Adaptive Snow Sport(Ski/Boarding) instructor and adaptive snow sport (ski and board) racing clinic instructor for snow sports.


Adaptive = for people with physical challenges?

The more I know about you, the more I like. You rock. I can hardly wait until you get your well -deserved respite in Hawaii. I admire you. I am not kidding. :cool:

[chomsky]

I have been a language teacher for most of my life teaching people english and french. After my MA in linguistics I started proofreading PhDs and law books.
Having specialised in law and history I did a lot of proofreading without getting actually paid for it or being able to support myself.
So, I ended up with this PA position in a legal service of the Ministry of Culture. I enjoyed it a lot for the first couple of years, cos I got to do a lot of translation work. Unfortunately, no more time or energy for language teaching. I miss that grately. I did try to have a career change but I didn't make it.
Now, I'm having a "life change" if one can say that. I'm not a dancer, but I'm dancing. At the moment, I'm not making my living out of my current job because I'm not paid. I hope to be soon!

[yagottabelieve]

When I have work, I'm a software engineer. My specialty is computer networking/Internet infrastructure. Dance, particularly swing dance, is an avocation, but not something I'd try to do professionally. My main concern is whether I will have enough time to spend on swing dancing to get good enough at it to become a fun, yet skilled dancer, especially after I start working. I'm also trying to decide whether I want to compete at comps or continue to do choreographed routines, as I've done in the past at the ballroom studio I currently take lessons at.

[Nina22]

Taxes, numbers, people and the owner of a big club simply because I couldn't find a good enough place to go out dancing...

Lots of dancing yes but truth is that it's the most expensive dancing I've ever done!