what do you guys do for living?

[yoyao]

are you guys all professional dancers or having another job as well?

[Swing Kitten]

Me? I'm a professional grad student studying set design. I say I'm a professional because it pays my rent and some expenses. During the summers I earn the savings that gets me through by carving foam, sculpting and painting (and whatever else I'm told to do) working for my mentor on some of the county displays at the CA state fair. Fun atmosphere, pays well, extremely flexible.

I got a little distracted this summer so I didn't earn quite what I was anticipating... but I'd do it again in half a heartbeat!! and I'll end up fine financially.

It's my goal to graduate without taking out any student loans... so far so good!!

[MissAlyssa]

Dance instructor, but I'm going to realty school.

[SDsalsaguy]

I take out student loans for a living...that plus work as a teaching assistant while I'm working on my Ph.D.

[pygmalion]

Amen to the loans for a living. Being a student really stinks sometimes, doesn't it?

I'm an engineer, but looking for ways to fit into the dance "business" on the side.

[SDsalsaguy]

Amen to the loans for a living. Being a student really stinks sometimes, doesn't it?
You know I'm not going to argue on this one!

(And yes, I know, if I was the mercurial/pragmatic type I'd put a link here in HUGE neon letters, not little plain ones. :wink: )

[youngsta]

Almost 14 years in the Air Force now. I'm an electronic intelligence specialist that has flown on various special aircraft and now helps to spend millions on new technology.

[yoyao]

I'm an engineer, but looking for ways to fit into the dance "business" on the side.

a chick with brain :shock: what area of engineer?

[dancersdreamland]

Definately not a professional dancer...but it's a dream!

I work as a communication associate for a major broker/dealer. I help setup conferences and develop advertising for magazines.

My ultimate goal is to go back to school and get my bachelor degree in business administration with a major in marketing and a minor in dance. Then I plan to open my own dance studio specializing in adult dance education and instruction. It's a dream and a long ways away, but it gives me something to hopefully look forward to.

[MissAlyssa]

Hey that's my dream also. I want to open my own dance studio, most likely a franchised Fred Astaire. I also want to have a small nightclub (very expensive though). 8)

[dancersdreamland]

MissAlyssa - All the best to you! Keep the dream alive and never say never!!!!

[MissAlyssa]

Oh it's still a living breathing dream alright! :)

[peachexploration]

I'm a computer geek in denial. :D

[ballroomboilergirl]

I'm working on my bachelor's in chemistry with minors in management and dance...as to what I'm going to do with it professionally...your guess is as good as mine :lol: I also work part-time as a makeup artist (sort of :? ) at the MAC cosmetics counter near my college, which is nice because I get really good deals on competition makeup :D

[lindy jihad]

Student (going for a BA in visual journalism)
i want to do war photography. James Nachtwey is my hero, i would love to do what he does.

[salsachinita]

I am a fashion designer by trade, but now I teach patchwork quilts 8) .
I am trying to be financially sustainable by publishing my patterns and securing more teaching hours. It would help if I win competitions (kinda works like dance comps :roll: )

I am also working on a few projects in the salsa community here, hosted teachers, travelled with show groups, promoted clubs/events. Basically having a blast :D (though not a living :roll: )!

[danceguy]

Computer Tech here. Macintosh, PC, monitors, printers, broken hard drives, etc etc, you name it, I can fix it. And if not, I can certainly break it worse and offer a shoulder to cry on if you lose all of your files. :)

I only came upon this line of work by accident...its just something that comes easy to me and it pays the bills (barely)...but every ounce of my free time is devoted towards my other hobbies and interests. 8)

Hoping to change careers one day soon if my other endeavors pay off...but I also think of going back to school to get my Masters...now that family responsibilities have changed...I may do just that!

SG

[mhgroove]

I'm a mortgage loan officer for Wells Fargo. I work mostly with first-time homebuyers. Anyone looking to buy a house? E-mail me at hillm312000@yahoo.com and I will be happy to give you an idea on what it takes to buy a home!

[SDsalsaguy]

Anyone looking to buy a house? E-mail me at hillm312000@yahoo.com and I will be happy to give you an idea on what it takes to buy a home!
But I already know the answer... and it's something I don't have! :wink: :oops: :( :?

[NeoDevin]

I'm gonna join the student loans club here. I get a full time job doing whatever I can find over the summers, and take out student loans to pay for school. I'm in my second year of Honours Mathematical Physics at the University of Alberta, though hopefully that'll be Cornell next year. :)

[ShyDancer]

Im waiting to enter the police academy here :D
Come July I sit my exam and off I go to serve the public.
Until then I am at home with my 2 kiddies, Zac 4 and Jemma 3. Hubby is a Chef so I have to thank him for supporting my dance addiction :D

[mhgroove]

Anyone looking to buy a house? E-mail me at hillm312000@yahoo.com and I will be happy to give you an idea on what it takes to buy a home!
But I already know the answer... and it's something I don't have! :wink: :oops: :( :?


SD Salsaguy...it's a lot easier to get house these days. I know your California and unfortunately housing is extremely high there. But come to Texas and it would be lot easier to buy a home.

[pygmalion]

Stay away from Austin, though. My twin lives there, and the housing prices have skyrocketed in the past decade or so, since the high tech boom in Austin really started to take off.

[Bronzestudent]

I graduated with a degree in Environmental Engineering Technology, and work for my local utility company. Potentially, I could see myself moving to a bigger city and working for an engineering firm, but it would take more than a desire for changing jobs for me to get up and actually do it.

[yoyao]

Stay away from Austin, though. My twin lives there, and the housing prices have skyrocketed in the past decade or so, since the high tech boom in Austin really started to take off.

wait a sec! you have a twin sister? :twisted:

[pygmalion]

Yup. I'm the evil twin, though, so don't get any bright ideas. LOL. :wink: :lol:

[dnquark]

Neo - w00t for physics! And Cornell... well... sort of... On a positive side, there are more Canadians here than I've ever seen in my entire life. They are weird, they talk in this funny-sounding language, and ice-skate really well. :P

Oh yeah, I am doing a PhD in physics. Although if someone offers me a good paying engineering job somewhere in Boston or CA, I'll quit in an instant.

[pygmalion]

Intel is hiring.

[Sagitta]

Yup. I'm the evil twin, though, so don't get any bright ideas. LOL. :wink: :lol:

Which reminds me...where is the photo? Jenn????

[Pacion]

Stay away from Austin, though. My twin lives there, and the housing prices have skyrocketed in the past decade or so, since the high tech boom in Austin really started to take off.

wait a sec! you have a twin sister? :twisted:

:lol: :lol: My thoughts exactly when I read Pygmalion has a twin. :wink: Although, I wouldn't have called her the "evil twin" :lol:

So Pygmalion, are you identical?

[danceguy]

Pygmalion promises a lot of pictures, but I think she's a bit shy. :wink:

[dancin_feet]

I work in computer support. Desperately want to get out, but nothing else I could just pick up now would be able to pay the bills and enable me to continue my dancing addiction. So here I stay, for the time being at least. Also thinking about doing some contract cleaning on the weekends for some extra cash.

[LindyQuest]

I teach 6th, 7th and 8th grade special ed. I really enjoy it, but the weeks are usually pretty stressful so I really look forward to dancing on Fridays! In the summer I type curriculum, not too bad, but it means sitting in front of a computer for eight hours a day.
This is my seventh year teaching - I used to teach Kindergarten through eighth grade, but thankfully they've hired another teacher for K-5. I've occassionally thought about trying out a new career, but for now, I'm happy to be where I'm at! :D

[Swing Kitten]

Pygmalion promises a lot of pictures, but I think she's a bit shy. :wink:

I think she's just a tease!! :twisted:

[KevinL]

I'm a masters level scientist. I worked at Pfizer at the time that ****** was put out on the market, then at a biotech startup in California, now at the University here.

But I want to be a full-time dance instructor. I'm working on it.

Kevin

[TemptressToo]

Finished one Bachelor's in business (minor in Marketing), considering a Master's in Business or Marketing OR Law School...and presently a Paralegal. Surprised?

[Pacion]

I'm a masters level scientist.

What is that?

I worked at Pfizer at the time that ****** was put out on the market,

Wow! Any interesting stories that you can share - keeping it G-rated? :lol:

[Sagitta]

Masters level means he has his masters degree, that is his academic qualifications. :) I think?

[KevinL]

I'm a masters level scientist.

What is that?

I've got a masters degree in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, not a PhD. That means that I do whatever the PhD in charge tells me to do.


I worked at Pfizer at the time that ****** was put out on the market,

Wow! Any interesting stories that you can share - keeping it G-rated? :lol:

Two stories that I'll share. (I'm not sure either of them is true, but they were widely told at the time.)

The first has to do with how the plant that produced ****** was set up. Because the security on the whole building was very good, few of the internal rooms had locks. One of the managers came to work one day and found his office completely full of bags and bags of the powdered Sildanafil Citrate (chemical name for ******) that was to be used to make the pills. Since his office was one of the few rooms in the complex with a door that would actually lock, when the shipment came in someone decided to use his office as a more-secure storeroom for the drug. Can you imagine coming to work and finding your office stuffed full of ******? (Ok, so maybe if you are a phamacist or chemist it wouldn't be that suprising, but for the rest of you?)

The second story was told by someone high up in the company at one of the year-end presentations. Apparently security wasn't quite as good at one of the warehouses in some third-world country because as soon as a shipment of ****** had arrived, criminals broke in and stole the entire shipment. The guy giving the presentation wasn't very worried about the loss, though, because he said that the local authorities were close to finding who had stolen the shipment. They knew just who to look for: a bunch of hardened criminals.

Kevin

[SDsalsaguy]

Regarding story #2... :doh: :lol:

[Pacion]

:lol: ditto what SD said :lol:

[Swing Kitten]

:shakes head sadly:

[mhgroove]

Stay away from Austin, though. My twin lives there, and the housing prices have skyrocketed in the past decade or so, since the high tech boom in Austin really started to take off.

Pygmalion, I have heard that housing in Austin is quite expensive. I would imagine that would be the same in Dallas and Houston, however in San Antonio you can find good housing at affordable prices. Unfortunately..city/county taxes are bad here!

[salsachinita]

I've got a masters degree in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, not a PhD. That means that I do whatever the PhD in charge tells me to do.

Ok. That means you might one day come across CapricornDancer (who is heading back to the States end of this month) who happens to be a PhD in Molecular Biology........

Small world :? .

[Spitfire]

I'm just going to say that I'm in the process of trying to change jobs. :wink:

[pygmalion]

It's a lot easier to do that now than even a few months ago. 8) I'm doing the same thing. Same profession, different company.

Try blasting your resume -- for $50 to $100, various services will send your resume to thousands of employers and recruiters. Helped me a lot. :wink: :D

[yoyao]

so where is the pic of you and your twin sis? :?:

[suek]

I'm expanding what I do. In addition to be a graphic designer/project manager, I'm launching The Money Dance, coaching/mentoring individuals on personal money matters (recordkeeping, debt, dealing with creditors, visioning, goal setting, time management, impeccable life skills). My website for this venture will launch in May: moneydance.org.

I'm also doing an art business: creating planters and plantings grouping succulents which I will show and sell. I'll also teach workshops on succulents growing and container planting.

I'm also now a columnist! I've been given a column in a local lifestyle magazine (10,000 circulation) on money management. First column will be out in August (which means it's due soon, eek!).

What a wonderful feeling to have a portfolio career (yes there's even a name for it). I'm excited.

[Swing Kitten]

impeccable life skills

ooh oooohh oooooh sign me up! :lol:

you're awesome sue... surely I've mentioned this before

Wow... you certainly are expanding! Remind me when your site is up... it sound interesting and beneficial!

[SDsalsaguy]

impeccable life skills
ooh oooohh oooooh sign me up! :lol:
Yeah, where can I order some???

[danceguy]

Yeah, where can I order some???

Wot you want brother? I have what you need! I do special price for you. :mrgreen:

$19.95 will get you all the skills amigo...well plus the extra charge of $199.00 for shipping and handling. 8)

And if you aren't completely satisfied, I will have a drink in your honor (with your money of course) to express my deepest *hic* sympathies. :cheers:

By the way, can I also interest you in one of my very fine and slightly used bridges??? :tongue:

(hmm...must be the sleep deprivation talking here...)

[suek]

impeccable life skillsooh oooohh oooooh sign me up! :lol:
Yeah, where can I order some???
Wot you want brother? I have what you need! I do special price for you. :mrgreen: $19.95 will get you all the skills amigo...well plus the extra charge of $199.00 for shipping and handling. 8) And if you aren't completely satisfied, I will have a drink in your honor (with your money of course) to express my deepest *hic* sympathies. By the way, can I also interest you in one of my very fine and slightly used bridges???(hmm...must be the sleep deprivation talking here...)okay i'm trying really hard not to take this personally. Right?

[SDsalsaguy]

okay i'm trying really hard not to take this personally. Right?
Right Sue! SG was just teasing me... it was entirely directed at me, not at you!

...and he was just trying to be cute & funny... that was entirely tongue in cheeck!

[danceguy]

No personal offense meant Sue! I just saw an opportunity to make a little fun at SD. He's knows I'm full of it. :P

[Swing Kitten]

I didn't mean to tease Sue. Playful? Yes. Tease? No. It sounds like a good site

[Soñador]

I'm a secondary five student (in Quebec, dunno what it is in the US or anywhere else...)... I'm working part time as a computer technician, programmer and a sales representative... Pays really well but it's only a part time/summer job, I plan to continue my studies but don't know yet waht I'm going to do later... I'm 17, it's been 7 years I'm working with computers, I'm kinda fed up soooo... I love dancing but it's only for pleasure, hope I'll be good one day but don't plan making a career out of it! That's pretty much all!

[MapleLeaf Salsero]

I have a degree in engineering but I´m currently working as a product manager in a telecommunications company. Kind of strange because having a technical background I´m in a commercial/marketing area. :shock: Life is very strange...

[Vince A]

I'm retired from the Air Force, have degrees in Political Science, English, Aeronautical Engineering, and Law . . . I work for the government . . . guaranteed employment!!! . . . do a little teaching of dance . . . have another business on the side . . . and play in a blues band just in case I get bored!

[Pacion]

Psst Vince! You forgot to add: "telling the security guys' where your wife works that the two of you are making out amongst the servers she looks after, from time to time" :wink:

I have a degree in engineering but I´m currently working as a product manager in a telecommunications company. Kind of strange because having a technical background I´m in a commercial/marketing area. :shock: Life is very strange...

There is a saying MapleLeaf that engineers rarely make good managers :wink: seems that the way engineers think is different from the "people management" managers. Just means that you are unique and your brain should be donated to science :wink: :lol:

[Vince A]

Psst Vince! You forgot to add: "telling the security guys' where your wife works that the two of you are making out amongst the servers she looks after, from time to time" :wink:
Now . . . how did you know that. I often go in with her on the weekends.
Besides "fooling around" :oops: . . . we did WCS, Waltz, and the 2 Step around those 400 servers!

[Pacion]

lol Vince! I read it on the internet :wink: :lol:

Seriously, you mentioned it on the "Where do you practice" thread and I remembered :oops: :lol:

[Vince A]

lol Vince! I read it on the internet :wink: :lol:
Is she advertising again????????

Seriously, you mentioned it on the "Where do you practice" thread and I remembered :oops: :lol:
Wow . . . I'm impressed. Good memory . . .

[Vince A]

Ah, ha . . . I just remembered that post . . .

[Pacion]

lol Vince! I read it on the internet :wink: :lol:
Is she advertising again????????

Actually, it was you :wink:

Seriously, you mentioned it on the "Where do you practice" thread and I remembered :oops: :lol:
Wow . . . I'm impressed. Good memory . . .

Thanks :D Not bad though, considering that I remember the post/thread a few days ago but you posted it in October 2003

Where do you practice (http://www.dance-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=1001&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0)

[Vince A]

No kidding . . . I just finished re-reading it . . . I had forgotten al about it. My wife chuckled when she read it . . . remembering the incident!

[Genesius Redux]

Day job at a university, where I teach poetry and drama, supplemented by my work as an actor (working on making this my permanent gig), and on occasion training dogs.

[Vin]

Another Geek here, finishing up a phd in mathematical physics this year(provided I get a job, it's a tough year.)
NeoDevin-what areas of mathematical physics do you want to study, I can probably give you a good idea of the best places to apply to grad school.

[NeoDevin]

NeoDevin-what areas of mathematical physics do you want to study, I can probably give you a good idea of the best places to apply to grad school.

I'm thinking probably string theory, or subatomic physics... Provided I decide to go to grad school at all. (who knows, I could end up a professional dancer :P)

[MapleLeaf Salsero]

There is a saying MapleLeaf that engineers rarely make good managers :wink: seems that the way engineers think is different from the "people management" managers. Just means that you are unique and your brain should be donated to science :wink: :lol:

Pacion, thanks! You just brought a big smile to my face. :D :D You made my day!

[MapleLeaf Salsero]

I'm retired from the Air Force, have degrees in Political Science, English, Aeronautical Engineering, and Law . . . I work for the government . . . guaranteed employment!!! . . . do a little teaching of dance . . . have another business on the side . . . and play in a blues band just in case I get bored!

And you still have time to post here in the DF? You must plan your day down to the microsecond... Have you ever thought about reserving some free time just to vegetate? I like vegetating, it´s good for the brain.

[Vin]

NeoDevin-what areas of mathematical physics do you want to study, I can probably give you a good idea of the best places to apply to grad school.

I'm thinking probably string theory, or subatomic physics... Provided I decide to go to grad school at all. (who knows, I could end up a professional dancer :P)
Whoa that stuffs way beyond me, good luck with that. I am thinking about opening up my own salsa club.
String theory is pretty much all algebra and topology and I know little about it. As for sub-atomic physics, I know even less. I am not sure that either theory is on a sound mathematical footing yet. That means lots of good results to be proven, good luck.
I do know that Cornell has a great Chaos group and theoretical mechanics if that interests you. Lots of good open questions in quantum chaos.

[SDsalsaguy]

I'm not sure about "quantum," but "chaos" is certainly a good place for ND! :wink:

[Christina75]

I'm a technical writer/researcher. I write courses on emergency preparedness for first responders. I really love my job.

Oh and on the subject of string theory...I once had a quasi-celebrity crush on physicist Brian Greene. :| I really need to get a life.

LOL,
Christina :)

[Sabor]

i'm a liquid investments portfolio analyst (cash, equity, debt, funds and other securities products).. work for a local investment company that invests its liquidity in local, regional and international financial markets..

in other words.. i'm a profound idiot [batting eyelashes] :mrgreen: ..

:lol:

[mambo_munkey]

I currently work at Arizona Public Service which is the bigger Electric Company around here. I'm going to school for massage therapy and hope to open up my own practice. It will tie in well with dancing because I'll specialize in dance therapy. I also am a huge fan of music and the arts so I'll find some way to tie that all in too.

I suppose I've been a performer from birth... :D

[DanceMentor]

I do web development and dance instruction. About a year ago I was able to quit my job and work from home on a permanent basis, but I do work about 20 hours per week at the studio too. It's a nice balance for me.

[motardmom]

Currently I'm a wife and mom, supporting my husband as he does what his co-workers call "riding the tiger." (Aka moving up in the business world really quickly and hopefully w/o giving himself an ulcer or heart attack.) I'm trained as a dental tech. When we return to the States, my kids will be going to school, and I have decided to make it a family affair and go back to school as well, perhaps dental hygiene, or massage therapy, or perhaps even graphic design something or other.

[squirrel]

Reinsurance underwriter... I graduated University of Economics. I have a degree in Business Administration.
And I have a Salsa school.

[Bob]

Technical Writer/web developer

[Sagitta]

Hippie? :wink:

[tj]

Hippie? :wink:

But are you "Sassy"?

:wink:

[Sagitta]

Hippie? :wink:

But are you "Sassy"?

:wink:

Put on a cha cha cha and you can see.

[Purr]

:D

[Laura]

I worked as an engineer for a variety of software firms for thirteen years. Then I retired (well, my last company started firing people to cover up a corporate accounting scandal, and I was in the first group to be let go...the perpetrators got it in the end -- officers went to jail, etc.). Post-retirement, I'm a housewife and I sew ballgowns to cover my dance expenses.

[michelledoreen]

PhD in electrical engineering who's going to leave with her M.S. in May 2005 and work for Boeing Satellite Systems.

[jenn]

im only one of two teachers here? :shock:
thats rather surprising... :lol:


i teach 4th grade. taught 5th one year, and i have to say, i love my job! im also contemplating of getting my masters in travel. :lol:

[SDsalsaguy]

im only one of two teachers here? :shock:
thats rather surprising... :lol:
Well, depends how you count me. At themoment I work as a TA for undergrad classes at UCSD, but this summer I'm teaching my own class for 9-12 graders who'll be in residence on campus.

[jenn]

cool. that makes 3. 8)

[danceguy]

Funny how things have changed since this thread started! I quit my 9-5 techie job and am now working to develop my own business in tech support. Oh yes, and also studying bodywork and self-publishing my own novel...although I've been talking about it for years, it will be done one day soon! :lol:

[DancePoet]

What do I do for a living?

Work of course! ;)

[dancin_feet]

What do I do for a living?

Work of course! ;)

Professional flirt?? :lol:

[jenn]

Funny how things have changed since this thread started! I quit my 9-5 techie job and am now working to develop my own business in tech support. Oh yes, and also studying bodywork and self-publishing my own novel...although I've been talking about it for years, it will be done one day soon! :lol:

wow, self publishing,huh? very cool. let us know when youre published (and perhaps some tips? :oops: ).

good luck to you! 8)

[DancePoet]

What do I do for a living?

Work of course! ;)

Professional flirt?? :lol:

:lol: :lol: :lol:

You mean I can get paid to do this? :shock: Why didn't some one say something before! :wink:

And dancin_feet ... I'm willing to do it free for you! :D

[tacad]

im only one of two teachers here? :shock:
thats rather surprising... :lol:
Well, depends how you count me. At themoment I work as a TA for undergrad classes at UCSD, but this summer I'm teaching my own class for 9-12 graders who'll be in residence on campus.
cool. that makes 3. :Cool:

Cool! 8)

[dancin_feet]

You mean I can get paid to do this? :shock: Why didn't some one say something before! :wink:

And dancin_feet ... I'm willing to do it free for you! :D

You can get paid to do anything, you just have to find someone to cough up the money! :wink:

A freebie for me - awwww shucks! :oops: :kissme:

[GalacticDancer44M]

I'm an Auto Design Engineer working in the Styling Studios. I work on both the production vehicles that are sold to the public and the concept (show) cars.

[BrookeErin]

mental health therapist

[dsprtn87]

wow everyoen here seems pretty smart.......... well seeing as how im only 17.... I've worked since i was 9. I work at a shipyard. I plan on going into chemical engineering or write and try to publish. I am going to get certified for weilding this summer, ive been doing it since i was 12. I also board animals for my moms grooming buisness. My grandpaw owns the shipyard and wants me to take over...idk if i willor no. I'm smart enough, but its a family buisness. And my fasmily is mean. the only reason id want it is to keep it famiyl buisness. and buy out my cousin and uncle who officialy hate me. Once i bought em ou...or at leas became their boss....................... yea. Mean as well, but when im motivated its scary what i can do. as well for nyone i guess :wink:

[Phil Owl]

Administrative Assistant with a psychiatric staffing firm by day, guitarist/composer/independent recording artist and recreational social dancer by night.

[Vince A]

I'm an Auto Design Engineer working in the Styling Studios. I work on both the production vehicles that are sold to the public and the concept (show) cars.
WOW. What a dream job. I'm addicted to cars. Always have been.

[dadutchdancer]

im a truck mechanic(mecomic more likely:P:P)

[Vince A]

im a truck mechanic(mecomic more likely:P:P)
A comic, eh? One of my life's little ambitions is to do stand up comedy . . . at least one time! . . . mecomic . . . nice new word to use!!!

[Patapouf]

I'm a professional slave. :shock: :lol:

(Hint: in my dictionary, slave and graduate student are the same) :roll:

[tacad]

I'm a professional slave. :shock: :lol:

(Hint: in my dictionary, slave and graduate student are the same) :roll: :lol:

What do you study?

[Patapouf]

Chemical Engineering.

Since I'm close to finishing, I might have been promoted to professional slave master, working for the master of master.... :roll:

[tacad]

:lol:

Are you washing your advisor's car? Giving free dance lessons?

[DancePoet]

You mean I can get paid to do this? :shock: Why didn't some one say something before! :wink:

And dancin_feet ... I'm willing to do it free for you! :D

You can get paid to do anything, you just have to find someone to cough up the money! :wink:

A freebie for me - awwww shucks! :oops: :kissme:
And I'm very selective, too. ;)

[DWise1]

Hmm, could have sworn that I had replied to this one.

Software engineer. Mostly embedded software written in C.

[pygmalion]

Ah ha!!! That explains a lot. :wink: :roll:

Was it you who talked about assembly language programming? I thought that language was dead and gone -- I did it in college -- but I thought it was dead. Then, several months back, I saw a job posting looking for an assembly language programmer. :shock: :?

What's up with that? :?

[DWise1]

Ah ha!!! That explains a lot. :wink: :roll:

Hmm. I'm not sure how I'm supposed to take that.

Was it you who talked about assembly language programming? I thought that language was dead and gone -- I did it in college -- but I thought it was dead. Then, several months back, I saw a job posting looking for an assembly language programmer. :shock: :?

What's up with that? :?

Oh, assembly language is very much alive and well. That is, afer all, the only language that the computer understands natively; all the programs written in any of the other programming languages has to be translated or interpreted into assembly for the computer to understand it. OK, so actually assembly is the human-readable form of the machine code which is the only language that the computer understands, but you get the idea.

Although most programming is done in higher-level languages instead of in assembly, there are still projects that require assembly, such as device drivers and really-time-critical operations like computer-game graphics (though I wouldn't be surprised if there weren't some highly optimized special compilers for those graphics). And we do have some very low-level functionality in our projects that we could only have accomplished in assembly.

[Keith & Rita]

I am part owner of a metal fabrication business and Rita is a civilian employee of our county's Sheriff Dept.

[squirrel]

Welcome to the Dance Forums, Keith and Rita!

[Keith & Rita]

Thank you Raluca! :D :D

[luh]

high school student - living still at home - i can tell you - it s*cks :evil:
luh

[kansas49er]

For a living, I am a design engineer for an aircraft company. For life,
I am a volunteer firefighter and EMT, a part time antiques dealer, grandfather, and a learning dancer.

[Leah]

Hmmm. I study people's brains? (Or I procrastinate on-line when I should be studying their brains?) But that's OK they're post-mortem so they're not going anywhere ;)

[ArmySwingMan]

I have been a Criminal/Intelligence Analyst for the US Army. That's been the first 10 years of my career and now I'm adjusting to a new area of study that involves flight and a ton of electronics.

The whole dance thing doesn't go over very well with extremely conservative soldiers that don't want more than to drink and . . to drink more!

[Sagitta]

I have been a Criminal/Intelligence Analyst for the US Army. That's been the first 10 years of my career and now I'm adjusting to a new area of study that involves flight and a ton of electronics.

The whole dance thing doesn't go over very well with extremely conservative soldiers that don't want more than to drink and . . to drink more! And you are in the right position to do a little influencing? Welcome ASM. :)

[ArmySwingMan]

Influence exists for those who want to exert it on other people. I'm a more laid-back soldier that does a lot of listening and doesn't brag about nightly exploits or praying to porcelain gods. There is a way to be a cool character but there are definitely more high-speed people than me who exert what they think they know.

[Tenshi_no_Pocky]

I am a student at a local community college with no certain direction. Basically, I am like a chicken with its head cut off. I hope to figure out what I am going to major in soon. I used to work part-time at a Taco Bell but, I no longer work there. I hope to hold another part-time job soon outside the fast food industry. (not career, PART-TIME) lol

[lynn]

I'm a wannabe accountant. Accidentally got into the professional because it was the only job available when the stock market crashed (just so happen to be the year i graduated, grrr!!) Now I can't jump ship until i get my designation....sighs....

[pielcanela]

software engineer

[alemana]

project manager

[WRhythm]

Leech off my parents...i.e. I'm doing my undergraduate work

[ACtenDance]

grad student in aerospace engineering... attempting to study for finals, but you guys make it too easy to get distracted, ha

[Spitfire]

In the paint business as of today; new job.

[Medira]

In the paint business as of today; new job.
Congratulations on the job! How was the first day?


I'm a software engineer. I'm working QA for a bank.

[Spitfire]

Congratulations on the job! How was the first day?

Good.

I'm a software engineer. I'm working QA for a bank.

I used to work QA for National Semiconductor.

[Medira]

Good.

I used to work QA for National Semiconductor.
What sort of QA work?

[Ms_Sunlight]

I'm a tribunal clerk! Hooray!

[RhumbaWaltz]

I'm an administrative assistant at a bank, and just finished my graduate degree in business. I also tutor English and writing on the side (to help pay for private dance lessons).

[Spitfire]

What sort of QA work?

Test and inspection of integrated circuits.

[DavidL]

I'm an industrial engineer for American Express. I teach dance (Argentine Tango) on the side ... ~4-5 hours per week.

[Katarzyna]

Ad sales research...

[Twilight_Elena]

Undergrad student in Physics, slowly (excruciatingly slow!) becoming a dance teacher, if all goes well.

Twilight Elena

[geoffbjcn]

Translator/Interpreter for a small IT service company, Project-Manager-to-be :-)

[tanya_the_dancer]

Programming.

[SalseraLaura]

dance teacher, but im doing a degree in interior architecture right now..

[fascination]

grief counselor and chaplain for hospice...BA in sociology MA in pastoral studies

[gusmahler]

Attorney

[Burton Finch]

I work at Giant Eagle as a lot attendant, maintenance personnel, and a cashier. When I turn 18 I'll be learning other locations in the store and on weekend nights I perform at two local lakeshore clubs and I perform at party centers for certain occasions, non-profit, of course.

[dTas]

software engineer by day, dance instructor by night.

actually i've cut back on my teaching since i got married.

[Lesh]

Add another one to the software engineer pile =]

[hepcat]

Computational Biologist

[lynn]

what's a computational biologist?? remind me of a friend of mine who had her degree in stats & biology....

[hepcat]

To put it in layman's terms, I mainly write programs to analyze DNA, although there are other focuses, such as determining protein structure, phylogenetic (i.e. "family") tree analyses, metabolism pathways, data mining, etc. Right now, I'm helping design laboratory experiments involving short DNA sequences used in microbe detection. Fun stuff.

[lynn]

wow, so many terms i haven't seen since my last biology class :shock: :oops: !!

[diputs]

I am an idiot by trade, at least thats what my co-workers constantly tell me I am supposed to be. Our motto is, "Neck down!"

I work backstage in theater, primarily doing lighting. Trying to save up some money to get out.

[salsachinita]

I am a fashion designer by trade, but now I teach patchwork quilts.
I am trying to be financially sustainable by publishing my patterns and securing more teaching hours.

I am also working on a few projects in the salsa community here, hosted instructors, travelled with show groups, promoted clubs/events. Basically having a blast (though not making a living :roll: )!

Looking back at my own post, life has changed quite a bit......

Now I'm making a living as a Customer Service Consultant at a call centre. It's a job, not a career.....but I must say I am pretty good at it ;) .

Of course, the trade-off is the lack of time/energy needed for salsa & other creative pursuits :roll:.......

[Ultima]

I am a computer support engineer / network systems administrator

[fascination]

okay its an old thread so I will repeat myself...I am a hospice chaplain and grief counselor...and I also do marriage preparation for engaged couples...and I sing for weddings alot

[tanya_the_dancer]

I am yet another programmer, aka software developer.

[amiko]

Marketing for Architectural Professional Services for Public Sector

Partner is aerospace mechanical engineering nerd.

Wow there seems to be a lot of nerds...err smart people on here: IT nerds, engineering nerds, laboratory nerds, forensic nerds, chemist nerds, teaching nerds, designer nerds, counseling nerds, researching nerds...you name it!!

Maybe nerdiness is the way to pay for dancing...it's the secret!! :rolleyes:

[lcdancesport]

okay its an old thread so I will repeat myself...I am a hospice chaplain and grief counselor...and I also do marriage preparation for engaged couples...and I sing for weddings alot

I didn't know you sing, that's awesome.

[lcdancesport]

My official title is Interactive Director, which is basically web/flash design. At night I magically transform into a dance instructor.

[etp777]

New DF rule. ANy time one of us sees Fasc in real life now we have to make her sing. :D

And I'm in the IT nerds group.

[LucyDiamond]

Technical Writer/Instructional Designer

[samina]

computer validation manager in pharma industry. nothing glazes people's eyes over more quickly than to elaborate... lol

[lcdancesport]

My my we're all just a bunch of:

http://www.shopatmoxie.com/mm5/graphics/00000001/smarties350.jpg

[fascination]

computer validation manager in pharma industry. nothing glazes people's eyes over more quickly than to elaborate... lol
yea well...try telling them that your'e a grief counselor...a major conversation stopper:rolleyes:

[Stagekat]

I'm in Human Resources. I help employees of a VERY large company choose benefits, and retire with pensions. I also help them deal with the big bad insurance companies when things just aren't going right. Looking to move on... but for the time being...that's what pays the bills!

[NURDRMS]

"I am an American Airman. I am a warrior. I have answered my nation's call..." - first part of the Airman's Creed. I'm an Air Force officer stationed at Air Force Space Command headquarters.

[Peaches]

yea well...try telling them that your'e a grief counselor...a major conversation stopper:rolleyes:I love watching people start to censor themselves or backtrack when I tell them who I work for. Even better when they start edging away from me. LOL.

[samina]

I love watching people start to censor themselves or backtrack when I tell them who I work for. Even better when they start edging away from me. LOL.

rofl... yep.

[samina]

yea well...try telling them that your'e a grief counselor...a major conversation stopper:rolleyes:

true. but at least they can wrap their minds around what you do. every couple years my kids still ask me... "what do you do again?" even had to give them a short memorized statement they could repeat, but... i think they've given up trying to understand. usually nobody even tries, lol.

[Sagitta]

I love watching people start to censor themselves or backtrack when I tell them who I work for. Even better when they start edging away from me. LOL.I wouldn't. :p

[samina]

do you know who she works for?

[jennyisdancing]

do you know who she works for?

I was wondering that too.

I'm a press officer for a gov't agency in my state. Informal title: flack. ;)
Used to be on the other side, i.e. a journalist.

[Peaches]

I work for The Man, himself.

[samina]

sounds so ominous... lol.

well, actually... it is!

[Peaches]

Oh yeah, very ominous. Hah.

I've been reading a calc textbook I have lying around my khuube for the last two days b/c otherwise I'd have to resort to clawing out my eyeballs or knawing on my chair armrests for entertainment.

[Indiana_Jay]

Oh yeah, very ominous. Hah.

I've been reading a calc textbook I have lying around my khuube for the last two days b/c otherwise I'd have to resort to clawing out my eyeballs or knawing on my chair armrests for entertainment.

You're the first person I've ever known who considers calculus to be entertainment!

[Angelo]

I work for The Man, himself.


You work for Shaft? John Shaft?

[nucat78]

You work for Shaft? John Shaft?

Heck no, James Brown's estate. Puh! Oooooo-wuh! Huh!

I was in telecom for many, many years as a software engineer and then a program manager. But the bubble went *poot* and I am now doing grants management and accounting for a medical school. Department of Psychiatry actually. "They" think you're all quite interesting... :lol:

[Peaches]

You're the first person I've ever known who considers calculus to be entertainment!That should tell you something about the excitement level of my job of late.

In the saner moments of my life, I don't, either. But I was getting tired of reading the stats text I have, and it was either the calc text, the huge book of processing codes used by The Man, the functional specs package for a particular database...or clawing out my eyeballs or chewing on my chair armrests. I opted for the calc text.

[fascination]

man...I could SO NOT do your job....

[Peaches]

Oh, hell. There are many times when I so can't do my job.

But there are times when I actually like it. Sometimes a lot. But it's feast or famine around here, and right now it's a very long famine.

[NURDRMS]

three years, three months, and six days until I RETIRE!!! There's something to be said for getting old.

[Peaches]

Oh, rub it in, why don't you? ;-)

Lessee...this June it will be 27 years (or maybe it's 27.5, now?) until I can. And I've already got almost 9 years in.

[fascination]

Oh, hell. There are many times when I so can't do my job.

But there are times when I actually like it. Sometimes a lot. But it's feast or famine around here, and right now it's a very long famine.
I would DIE in a khube with only numbers to keep me company...

[NURDRMS]

I know...it's funny. I used to talk to area high schoolers about the USAF Academy. I'd tell them what a great place to get an education but that they'd owe the Air Force five years upon graduation and they'd all say, "FIVE YEARS!!!" like it was an absolute lifetime. I've been in almost 27 years and the time has just flown by.

[bootscoot147]

for me dancin is just for fun, at the moment im a student

[danceronice]

I'm a teacher, mostly for an afterschool program, part-time in museums. If I get the museum ed job I interviewed for today and the one that called to set up an interview while I was in the first interview, between the three I could probably quit the afterschool. I definitely need at least one more job as the skating teaching is seasonal and coming to an end. (Weekends? What weekends?)

I *wish* I danced for a living, but by the time I'm anywhere near that good my IRAs will probably be available without an early-withdrawal penalty.

[elisedance]

Funny, never come accross this thread before! Amazing the things that lurk in DF...

Me? I'm a full time ballroom dancer :)

However, since no one seems willing to pay me to do that I also have to have an income paying occupation. I'm a brain scientist interested in how nerve cells communicate information with each other. Basically, one nerve cell extends a short or very loooooooong process (it can be several meters) termed an axon or nerve fiber that contacts the next nerve cell or a target cell such as a muscle fiber. Electrical pulses, or 'action potentials' pass down the nerve fiber but (generally) they can not jump accross from one cell to the next. What happens is that at these contact points or 'synapses' the impulse triggers the secretion of a small quantity of 'neurotransmitter', a specific biochemical, that binds to the target cell and either activates or inhibits it.

My work is to understand the molecular mechanisms of how the electrical impulse triggers neurotransmitter secretion. We use an array of methods in this. Most notably, an electrophysiological recording method - patch clamping - that allows us to monitor the activity of cell surface proteins, ion channels, in real time. These channels can open to admit specific ion types (most interested in calcium ions) virtually instantaneously and are key to the gating of nerve (and other) cell activity. But complementary methods include staining of individual protein types and imaging in high-resolution microscopes: biochemistry to analyze the proteins and their binding; molecular biology to alter their relationships and test the outcome and many other methods such as tissue culture and electron microscopy.

I'm also a professor of physiology, hold a couple of chairs, and do a little teaching.

[MissBallroomBear]

Wow.. A few too many big words in there..:confused:


Me? I'm successfully holding down a job as a full time student. Sure, the pay's not great (non existent) but we do learn a lot (not).:bouncy:

[elisedance]

Wow.. A few too many big words in there..:confused:


Me? I'm successfully holding down a job as a full time student. Sure, the pay's not great (non existent) but we do learn a lot (not).:bouncy:

Durn, I was trying to explain it so that the 'laystudent' could get it. Obviously I need work on my teaching method! :(

[Angelo]

Intergalactic Bounty Hunter

[noobster]

I keep switchbacking between science and medicine. For a while I was a medical student, then I was a graduate student (also working on synapses, weirdly - more of the biochemistry side rather than the electrophysiology side, though I'm now curious about who elisedance is in real life and whether I know her work), then I was a med student again for a bit. Right now I'm a resident physician so the research is pretty much on hold for the nonce; but I plan to get back to it later on, at which point my job description will again change drastically.

[elisedance]

I keep switchbacking between science and medicine. For a while I was a medical student, then I was a graduate student (also working on synapses, weirdly - more of the biochemistry side rather than the electrophysiology side, though I'm now curious about who elisedance is in real life and whether I know her work), then I was a med student again for a bit. Right now I'm a resident physician so the research is pretty much on hold for the nonce; but I plan to get back to it later on, at which point my job description will again change drastically.

wanna job?

[elisedance]

wait a minute - whatcha mean 'in real lfe'? Don't tell me DF isn't real life and all the other stuff is???? I may just check out...........

[Peaches]

Durn, I was trying to explain it so that the 'laystudent' could get it. Obviously I need work on my teaching method! :(I thought it was a pretty good explanation, myself.

That's one thing I've got to give my FIL credit for...he's absolutely amazing when it comes to explaining things. He's an electrical engineer and has dabbled in tons of different things, none of which generally make one iota of sense to me, but he can explain things so incredibly well that even the most complex of things makes absolute sense. Truly an admirable skill.

[ThisIsNotMe]

Well, at the moment I'm a "project updater" which basically means I sit in front of a computer and update a company's database day in and day out. But that's just something to do in my year off, before going to uni. Next year I'll be a full time student again, studying psych and bio, and hopefully after that I'll go into postgrad medicine. Or then again, I might have changed my mind by the end of the psych/bio degree.

[elisedance]

I thought it was a pretty good explanation, myself.

thanks :)

That's one thing I've got to give my FIL credit for...

er, whats an FIL? :|

[fascination]

father in law?

[elisedance]

I bet thats right.

[Chiron]

Funny, never come accross this thread before! Amazing the things that lurk in DF...

Me? I'm a full time ballroom dancer :)

However, since no one seems willing to pay me to do that I also have to have an income paying occupation. I'm a brain scientist interested in how nerve cells communicate information with each other. Basically, one nerve cell extends a short or very loooooooong process (it can be several meters) termed an axon or nerve fiber that contacts the next nerve cell or a target cell such as a muscle fiber. Electrical pulses, or 'action potentials' pass down the nerve fiber but (generally) they can not jump accross from one cell to the next. What happens is that at these contact points or 'synapses' the impulse triggers the secretion of a small quantity of 'neurotransmitter', a specific biochemical, that binds to the target cell and either activates or inhibits it.

My work is to understand the molecular mechanisms of how the electrical impulse triggers neurotransmitter secretion. We use an array of methods in this. Most notably, an electrophysiological recording method - patch clamping - that allows us to monitor the activity of cell surface proteins, ion channels, in real time. These channels can open to admit specific ion types (most interested in calcium ions) virtually instantaneously and are key to the gating of nerve (and other) cell activity. But complementary methods include staining of individual protein types and imaging in high-resolution microscopes: biochemistry to analyze the proteins and their binding; molecular biology to alter their relationships and test the outcome and many other methods such as tissue culture and electron microscopy.

I'm also a professor of physiology, hold a couple of chairs, and do a little teaching.

Luckily none of those things sound like they take much time :rolleyes:. I'm "lucky" enough to be a minon for someone like her, only my research is complex fluid flow (i.e. how does peanut butter/silly putty/tar flow). Since you're a neuro scientist any ideas on why grad school has really increased my scatter-brained-ness?

[Me]

I put my MA in English to use as a research assistant for the National Foodservice Management Institute (NFSMI). I assist in data collection and survey-based research and write publications that are (hopefully) easily understood. The main focus is on child nutrition. As I am in Mississippi, you can imagine that much attention is paid to the overweight and obesity epidemic.

My passion is Argentine Tango and I would love to perform and teach full-time one day. I also love ballroom and Latin dance, of course. :)

[and123]

Since you're a neuro scientist any ideas on why grad school has really increased my scatter-brained-ness?

Simple. If you stay in school too long, your brain gets too full and random stuff falls out.

[elisedance]

Since you're a neuro scientist any ideas on why grad school has really increased my scatter-brained-ness?

Fraid thats a bit like asking someone that is an expert on electrical switches to explain how the telephone system works. Tis the other end of the spectrum!

But I think the absent-minded professor is a real phenomenon. You focus so hard on complex problems that what you now designate as day-to-day becomes trivial.

[elisedance]

Simple. If you stay in school too long, your brain gets too full and random stuff falls out.

I think you put that perfectly. I've been loosing random stuff for over 30 years now - there's such an odd assortment thats left :)

[LucyDiamond]

Last day as a Technical Writer. :banana: Last day in an IT department. :banana:

Soon to be (Monday) an Instructional Designer. :banana: :banana:

[Chiron]

Simple. If you stay in school too long, your brain gets too full and random stuff falls out.

Ahh that makes sense, wait that means on learning this something else just popped out. Drat...

[etp777]

Network Administrator now, will go back to a Sr Systems Administrator/engineer job of some sort when I get back, most likely (or anywhere willing to meet the large salary increase I'm looking for ;) )

[elisedance]

Ahh that makes sense, wait that means on learning this something else just popped out. Drat...

I used to enjoy walking through the lecture room after a particularly fact-ridden lesson looking at the random items of previously-owned facts scattered on the floor. Much of it was phone numbers and people's names but there was also some more important stuff that you wondered how the students would cope. These I would gather up and keep in a locker for when the poor brain-overload would panic and come to see if I knew when it was time to change the oil in the Mustang or what their girlfriends birthday was. Occasionally conscience would impel me to look them up and politely remind them to take their anti-schizophrenia drug or submit thier visa papers on time to prevent deportation. I confess, once I found a memory of a planned major stock sale by a well-heeled student's partent. I invested my income that month and made enough to pay for a months worth of dance lessons.....

[chocolatchica]

Prof dancer in the making :-) Until then, I am a bridal consultant (sell wedding dresses) slash paramedic slash student slash mom! Lol. Hey, I gotta pay for my dancing somehow. I wish it could just be dancer slash mommy but unfortunately coaching isn't free. Any teachers here offer lessons if I wash your car or sweep you house??? Lol

[chocolatchica]

Oh I forgot, slash ebay seller. Lol Anyone else here to ebay?

[chocolatchica]

Last day as a Technical Writer. Last day in an IT department. :banana:

Soon to be (Monday) an Instructional Designer. :banana:

Congrats! I'll dance with you:banana::banana:

[elisedance]

everything's going to the bananas round here. Is there no :apple: to counter it?

[elisedance]

Oh I forgot, slash ebay seller. Lol Anyone else here to ebay?

Excepting the occasional wierdness, most things seem to sell for far less on e-bay than in a used or antique shop. Some for rediculously low prices - plus transportation surcharges. Why do people do that?

[samina]

Last day as a Technical Writer. Last day in an IT department.

Soon to be (Monday) an Instructional Designer. :banana: :banana:

:banana: :banana:

[Izzy20]

It's so funny reading this about what peoples (dare i say real jobs?) are. I can join the student crowd (history major) but I also work at a bookstore and an amusement park. I hope to be a writer at come point.

[Twilight_Elena]

Have changed my major since the last time I posted here.
I'm now an undergrad Civil Eng. student. I cut down on everything in order to fund my dancing. Even showers. (Ewww! Not really. But I don't go out often, I try not to eat out, I spend as little as possible on groceries and I pack my own lunches. Heh.)

[LucyDiamond]

everything's going to the bananas round here. Is there no :apple: to counter it?
http://media.bigoo.ws/content/gif/foods/foods_273.gif

[samina]

Cute.

Good luck on the new job tomorrow, luce!

[elisedance]

http://media.bigoo.ws/content/gif/foods/foods_273.gif

thanks LD - I had to quote this!

[chocolatchica]

Excepting the occasional wierdness, most things seem to sell for far less on e-bay than in a used or antique shop. Some for rediculously low prices - plus transportation surcharges. Why do people do that?
I've actually made a lot of money on ebay selling random junk that prob would not have sold elsewhere. I also believe it has a lot to do with the product. Some things would sell for more in an antique shop, but the things that I sell prob would not be found in an antique store.

[chocolatchica]

Have changed my major since the last time I posted here.
I'm now an undergrad Civil Eng. student. I cut down on everything in order to fund my dancing. Even showers. (Ewww! Not really. But I don't go out often, I try not to eat out, I spend as little as possible on groceries and I pack my own lunches. Heh.)
I feel you! I'm cutting down on everything. I'm living off of Ramen soups. Lol 10 soups for a dollar! That's a weeks worth of lunch for a dollar!:D

[Peaches]

Oh, jeez. Not ramen!

Do yourself a favor--bag of pinto beans (or black beans, or lentils, or whatever), an onion, a garlic clove or two, and if you want to get really crazy a slice or two of bacon all cut up. Cook that. It's a bit more than just $1, but it'll last for more than just a week of lunches and you'll get some protein, too. And a ton less sodium and other junk.

[elisedance]

I've actually made a lot of money on ebay selling random junk that prob would not have sold elsewhere. I also believe it has a lot to do with the product. Some things would sell for more in an antique shop, but the things that I sell prob would not be found in an antique store.

Maybe thats it - ebay is more the modern equivalent of the junk shop, not the antique market. You do find occasional real value items but most are useful at best and useless at the worst.

[Sagitta]

Oh, jeez. Not ramen!

Do yourself a favor--bag of pinto beans (or black beans, or lentils, or whatever), an onion, a garlic clove or two, and if you want to get really crazy a slice or two of bacon all cut up. Cook that. It's a bit more than just $1, but it'll last for more than just a week of lunches and you'll get some protein, too. And a ton less sodium and other junk.YOu forgot carbs. She still needs carbs for energy p! ;) Get some flour, yeast...and make your own bread choco. Add another dollar, perhaps, but the overall nutrional value will more than make up for the extra expense.

[etp777]

Salt pork, not bacon. Keep a chunk in freezer and just pull a couple slices off for each batch.

[SwingWaltz]

Well just thought this may be interesting, I found out a whole lot of science people at my studio. I can so relate to them better now cause I am a science nerd myself. LoL

So what job(s) do you have?

Start from me, I'm a full time Biomedicine student. I tutor highschool kids and during uni break I work full time for a Patent Attorney (BioTech) firm as a files clerk.

[ThisIsNotMe]

At the moment I have the most boring job in the world. Data entry. I hate it so much....looking for a new one actually. Though it is only for a year, until I go to uni to study....wait for it....science! Bio, and psych. Followed by post grad medicine, if all goes to plan.

[fascination]

and to repeat myself from many moons ago...I have a master's in theology specializing in pastoral counseling (BA in sociology as well)...I facilitate a grief group, give inservices and grief counseling , I also do pre-marital counseling for a parish...and I teach aerobics and kickboxing along with some personal training

[quixotedlm]

and to repeat myself from many moons ago...I have a master's in theology specializing in pastoral counseling (BA in sociology as well)...I facilitate a grief group, give inservices and grief counseling , I also do pre-marital counseling for a parish...and I teach aerobics and kickboxing along with some personal training

are you single? ;)

[DWise1]

Computer geek: software engineer doing embedded software in C.

And a CPO in the Navy Reserve, currently serving as unit CO.

-----------------

Reservists' Jody Call (beginning):
Active Duty, who are you?
You have one job; I have two.

[fascination]

THIS is the thread

[etp777]

Figured you meant this thread. Now I have to go back a page to see why the hell I was talking about salt pork on the job thread though. :D

[Laura]

I was a computer programmer for a while. Now I do a little of this and a little of that, including photography, sewing, web site maintenance, working at events such as trade shows and dance competitions, and I was on a documentary film crew for a while last year.

[etp777]

Oh, and I'm still acomputer nerd. :) Systems engineer/network administrator/Systems Administrator/programmer/Network Engineer/etc. Depends on what day you catch me. :)

[Laura]

Figured you meant this thread. Now I have to go back a page to see why the hell I was talking about salt pork on the job thread though. :D
And about the salt pork?

[etp777]

Hahha Laura, we were helping someone eat cheap, and I said they should use salt pork rather than bacon when making pinto beans. :)

[SPratt74]

I'm a Regional Dispatcher. I can't really break down what I do. But basically, it's something like this:

1. Handle any given situation regarding techs, collection departments, customer service representatives, contractors, direct sales staff, and other outside agencies in mainly 6 different states. However, we get calls from all over the U.S. as well though.
2. Route techs and sometimes contractors (depending if I leave before the supervisor gets to the office, but unfortunately... I've only gotten lucky doing that maybe like once or twice lol) routes on a daily and hourly basis.
3. Answer phone calls from different departments all over the U.S.
4. Answer instant messages from techs.
5. Check for outages and production reports on an hourly basis.
6. Answer and report to leads, supervisors, managers on an hourly basis.
7. Ensure safety for everyone in the field (you would be surprised at what I could tell you lol).
8. Work with storm damage and other damages in different areas.
9. Check for failures within the system on a hourly basis (different from outages and storm damage etc.).
10. And anything else that comes our way including paperwork etc., which is a major pain. But it's all part of the job.

Oh and all of this is done by 13 dispatchers, and that's minus one or two with those that take off during the week, or that call in sick. It's a tough and stressful job, but it pays really well. And the benefits and perks are worth it. Plus my department is like a dysfunctional family. We get along really well even when we argue, which is great with all of the work that we do. If you think about it, you would be surprised at how well we actually do to get things done, because of the fact we get along, which is why we were made a regional office to begin with. There are no other dispatchers in the six other states that we mainly watch. (There are other regional offices as well.) But we are it for six states.

And you either love it or not, and if you don't... you won't make it. It's that simple. Thank goodness I love it as I must say no day is the same! It's always interesting and kind of fun in a way! Especially during storms to where we are on call 24/7 (I really don't like ice storms lol). However, the pay is worth it, and you feel as though you are helping people in your own small way. I can't explain it! Love it!

[QPO]

one half of QPO is a student doing a BA in applied science and the other half is a PA for a University

[sambanada]

I am in accounting

[bordertangoman]

A pirate. Harr harr!

[Kassia]

I was a dental assistant and my dh is a commercial truck mechanic buy trade. But now he trains the other mechanics to fix the aerial equiptment( lift trucks) that fix the power lines... No all mechanics can fix the equipment too.. Most do the mechanical repairs to keep the trucks running and on the road..

[LucyDiamond]

Last day as a Technical Writer. :banana: Last day in an IT department. :banana:

Soon to be (Monday) an Instructional Designer. :banana: :banana:

Update: Being an Instructional Designer is great. I really enjoy the work and the people are great. And, as an added benefit, I'm only 5 miles from my studio. All good these days!

[lcdancesport]

By day- Interactive Developer- aka- web designer, media person.

By night- dance instructor.

In between- professional sleeper.

[and123]

In between- professional sleeper.

Awesome! You found someone who will PAY you to sleep?!?

[LucyDiamond]

In between- professional sleeper.
Awesome! You found someone who will PAY you to sleep?!?
More important question - are there any openings and where do I apply? :lol:

[Standarddancer]

accounting/finance related...

[lcdancesport]

Awesome! You found someone who will PAY you to sleep?!?

Psh, yeah! How else can I afford dance shoes and dresses?? Girls gotta work around the clock! :p

[SwingWaltz]

one half of QPO is a student doing a BA in applied science and the other half is a PA for a University

Did you just say you are doing a Bachelor of Art majoring in Applied Science?

[SPratt74]

Psh, yeah! How else can I afford dance shoes and dresses?? Girls gotta work around the clock! :p

That's what I'm saying! I love overtime, so I can buy the extra stuff... including more dance lessons, dance shoes etc.! I know some people that don't, because they want to spend time with their kids etc., but I don't have any kid's right now, so it's perfect timing for me. Lol... actually my instructor just laughed when I told him this at my lesson the other day, because we got into the same conversation. ;)

[lcdancesport]

:p I just put money down on three dresses. Dresses trump food this week!

[nucat78]

:p I just put money down on three dresses. Dresses trump food this week!

Cheapskate Monthly says that potatoes are really an excellent food. And cheap. Not sure what all that starch would do to a person, but...

I found some really good Chinese sauces that I mix with some rice and some veges. Quite good, inexpensive and tasty. And I can always toss in a few shrimp or maybe some chicken.

[nucat78]

Hahha Laura, we were helping someone eat cheap, and I said they should use salt pork rather than bacon when making pinto beans. :)

Hoppin' John - salt pork, blackeyed peas, garlic, onion, and red pepper. Good stuff!

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[SPratt74]

:p I just put money down on three dresses. Dresses trump food this week!

Oh how fun! Yeah I have my competition stuff to buy first, but I saw some other dresses and practice clothes that I want to buy. I'm trying not to get carried away though... there is rent to pay lol.

[Kits]

I work at Disney World as a Front Desk Clerk at one of thier resorts. Its nice although I hope to be doing something else within the company in 6 months.