I know this can be a bit of a taboo subject because people dont like being judged on their occupation but I have a natural curiosity for people and I'd just like see the different kinds of people we have here from the different walks of life.

Well I'm a uni student starting a bachelor of Development Studies which involves subjects ranging from History, Economics, Politics, Anthropology and Sociology with the end aim of using development as a means of preventing poverty, opression etc. I'll probably be studying for years as I will have to do postgraduate work. :p

I also work part time in security for a pubilc figure in Australia which fits in well with my study.

Marcus :tucool:

I'm a K-2 art teacher. 450 of the little buggers! :)

Normally I am a programmer but my company was downsizing so they offered everyone who wanted it a fist full of cash to leave voluntarily (sp) so I did.

Now my occupation is looking for another job.

Laziest Job In the WORLD "Software Programmer" :(

I've been a web-designer for eight years, freelance the last four years. I'm currently working at home... Incidentally that's one of the reasons I've been putting on weight the last few years - the way to the kitchen is temptingly short, and I don't bicycle to work for an hour every day like I used to.

I'm a punching bag.

I know this can be a bit of a taboo subject because people dont like being judged on their occupation but I have a natural curiosity for people and I'd just like see the different kinds of people we have here from the different walks of life. I'm a software enginner and student. This is my last semester! w00t! :cool:

I think you'll find a lot of people in the IT business here. John's job is one aspect I found appealing -- he could be the geek in the next cube over. THAT is motivation/inspiration. THAT keeps him real and honest for me, I can relate to choices he makes.

Oh, and I wouldn't say this is the laziest job in the world. I mean, I'm lazy. But I'm lazy-as-virtue ('http://www.cs.uaf.edu/~cs201/progreqs.htm'). Check out that link and scroll down a bit to Laziness, Impatience, and Hubris. I like to think I fit those 3 rather well :)

Yes, I sling Perl ('http://www.perl.org') all day long on FreeBSD ('http://www.freebsd.org'). No, I'm not l33t.

Software/Systems Engineer for Compaq... err... hp.

-CP

-programming
-webmastery
-internet traffic configuration (proxies, content control, caching etc)
-application deployment/debugging/monitoring
-taking the blame when a java-head does sucky resource handling in a new app that just HAD to live before testing it properly, dragging the entire server down with it
-dodging phone-calls
-breking cell phones (2 this week, both accidents. Seriously. They don't respond well to gravity or snow) I work for an insurance company, but we're self-assured on cell phones... :o
-but heck, it beats being a punching bag.

I'm an AVCE student doing Computers. After an AVCE I go to University to do Computer Science, and then onto being a Web Designer, or a Computer Engineer.

Application & Production Supervisor / Videographer for a software company (The Rosetta Stone Language Library). Basically that's a fancy title for "Dude Who Makes Sure CDs Get Made And Tested Properly/ Occasional Video Shooter And Editor". I also do some programming on our installers/autorun. In my spare time I'm a wannabe filmmaker.

Application & Production Supervisor / Videographer for a software company (The Rosetta Stone Language Library). Basically that's a fancy title for "Dude Who Makes Sure CDs Get Made And Tested Properly/ Occasional Video Shooter And Editor". I also do some programming on our installers/autorun. In my spare time I'm a wannabe filmmaker.

Please try to make a MOVIE "Terminator 4" with John :claphigh:

im a network engineer/team lead... looks like a lot of people here have jobs in a technical field. cool! but then again, with technical jobs, a lot of us sit at desks during the day so its easy to grow a nice big gut!

Wow, I will be the first non computer related post in this thread, maybe the entire JSF Forum???
I work for an Independent Power Company, out of Houston, TX.

I talk to the individual plant operators around the west (CA, OR, WA, AZ), to coordinate their operation with our power traders on the trade floor.
But, one thing I have in common with the rest so far....LOTS of time in front of computer monitors, sitting on my arse!

Jerry

I'm a punching bag.


I do some of that on the side also, on my time off from work!

Jerry

Wow, I will be the first non computer related post in this thread, maybe the entire JSF Forum???
I work for an Independent Power Company, out of Houston, TX.

I talk to the individual plant operators around the west (CA, OR, WA, AZ), to coordinate their operation with our power traders on the trade floor.
But, one thing I have in common with the rest so far....LOTS of time in front of computer monitors, sitting on my arse!

Jerry
there is a company in my area that monitors power company output by placing these cell-phone enabled monitoring boxes near the power plant, and measuring their output via electromagnetic pulses. their little boxes dial up a LOT and transmit the output readings on the plant. they have like 400 of these deployed all over the country, collecting data that they in turn resell to the power companies so they can keep tabs on their competitors, and also to traders that speculate in power sales... damn cool stuff!

there is a company in my area that monitors power company output by placing these cell-phone enabled monitoring boxes near the power plant, and measuring their output via electromagnetic pulses. their little boxes dial up a LOT and transmit the output readings on the plant. they have like 400 of these deployed all over the country, collecting data that they in turn resell to the power companies so they can keep tabs on their competitors, and also to traders that speculate in power sales... damn cool stuff!

Nice, must be 'Genscape', I have that site up right now, we keep an eye on competitors plants, and some critical power line flows. I was wondering how they went about it, without directly getting readings from each company. Nice, and it is damn cool!


Jerry

Nice, must be 'Genscape', I have that site up right now, we keep an eye on competitors plants, and some critical power line flows. I was wondering how they went about it, without directly getting readings from each company. Nice, and it is damn cool!


Jerry
hell YES its Genscape! they initially had the damn webserver running off one of their guys home dsl circuit, then moved it to a colo facility local in town. dude, they make BANK, and sell their data for CRAZY fees!

hell YES its Genscape! they initially had the damn webserver running off one of their guys home dsl circuit, then moved it to a colo facility local in town. dude, they make BANK, and sell their data for CRAZY fees!


Yea, our company pays some crazy fees for it too! ha.

It is definately an innovative product and they continue to add more and more power plants making it even more valuable. It can pay for itself pretty quickly, as our traders can use that information to make good decisions.

I enjoy just keeping tabs on the other power plants in the west...they also have a nice temperature/weather overlay on the view, which also gives great info.


Small world I guess, as they say

Jerry

I was hired as a geologist to perform environmental assessement but my work has primarily been that of a Industiral Hygienist. Most folks don't know what an IH is so here is a little blurb from the net about what I do.

IHs still work to prevent illness or injury from hazards in industrial settings. They may also be found working to prevent ergonomic injuries in the office; measuring noise levels at an airport; supervising the safe removal of lead, mold or asbestos; and in thousands of other settings. Industrial hygienists may sample air, soil or water to determine if there are harmful substances present. They may fit test a respirator to ensure that a worker is breathing cleaner air.

The fun days are when I don the full haz-mat suit and SCBA which is rare. Most of the time I'm breathing down the backs of corner cutting contractors. :rolleyes:

The fun days are when I don the full haz-mat suit and SCBA which is rare. Most of the time I'm breathing down the backs of corner cutting contractors. :rolleyes:


Full haz-mat suits and SCBA's are NOT fun, nor Bunker Gear and SCBA's....especially in HOT environments (Texas in summer)...and especially when I'm fat!!!!
ha

Jerry

I'm a graduate student in applied physics in Boston.:read: But I worked for a few years in industry as an engineer so I know what's it like spending all your time behind a desk. :rolleyes: There is a lot of computer work at my current job but I get to do lab work, which gets me off my "arse". Hopefully I'll graduate before 2007. :cool:

I'm a freelance musician. Mostly a hired gun for different peoples projects live and studio, but also have my own project started a couple of months ago, hopefully we'll have our record out in not to long. I'm working out hard now partly because we'll have a photo shoot in a couple of months! hahaha..

I work in the Development Department of a rock and roll Museum and handle the accounts of 13,000 members. No, not EMP. The other one. The non-profit one.

OUR MISSION STATEMENT:
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum exists to educate its visitors, fans and scholars from around the world about the history and significance of rock and roll music. The Museum carries out this mission through its efforts to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret this art form.

The job sounds MUCH cooler than it really is....

Currently I am a Computer Technician for a University in CT and in this last year I started my own production/videography business which has just taken off - I do your normal weddings/corp events and also I have done some work with the WWE - I was in a few of their commercials and did some production work on them and have done a little with MTV - I was credited in the last "True Life" :claplow: hehe

I hope one day to just do my business - but although tiring and time consuming (I easily put in 90-100 hours some weeks) the money between the two jobs is nice...

Being the first female to post here, I'll ad with a very feminine - however hard and "intensive" - occupation... I'm an intensive care nurse at a large hospital. No need to tell that I'm way much better in keeping multi traumatized or seriously ill people alive, or even rescuing them (in a tream with the others at work, that is) than weightlifting or anything that has to do with computers. :o I'd love to learn, though......

Second female to post! Edit- make that 3rd. I voice and produce radio commercials for Clear Channel Communications' 6 radio stations and 2 networks in Atlanta. I work 5pm to 1am. :mad: I've been doing radio for 11 years, mostly doing commercials but also some time on air. Before moving to Atlanta I worked for just about every single radio station in San Diego.

I also do freelance web design on the side, but my sites are SUPER basic. I would love to get into web design more permanently. Actually let me rephrase that. I'd love to have my own fulltime business doing just about anything just so long as I could do it at home!

Sorry, Persephone.. Seems like you sent your post while I started writing mine..

I'm an IT Manager / Programmer / Web Designer / Network Engineer / Database Administrator / Communications Specialist

Can you say "downsize" or "added responsibility" :D

Not complaining.... Keeps my days interesting.

I also go to school at night (undecided major :confused: )

Second female to post! Edit- make that 3rd. I voice and produce radio commercials for Clear Channel Communications' 6 radio stations and 2 networks in Atlanta. I work 5pm to 1am. :mad: I've been doing radio for 11 years, mostly doing commercials but also some time on air. Before moving to Atlanta I worked for just about every single radio station in San Diego.

I also do freelance web design on the side, but my sites are SUPER basic. I would love to get into web design more permanently. Actually let me rephrase that. I'd love to have my own fulltime business doing just about anything just so long as I could do it at home!
so you are the one to PM for the hook-up on tickets to clear channel concerts when they come to my area! COOL!

I'm a full time single dad. With the little girl living with me, it's hard to find an employer that will hire me, when they know I have to just up and leave if the little one is hurt.

Summer, I'll be studying Autocad Draughting and Design for a couple of years and then hopefully onto a degree in 3d design.

;-)

Whilst at home though, I've studied web design (over saturated market now...) media design and I've worked with kids running projects in under privaledged areas of the town.

:tu:

Mindless drone... I mean Business Analyst, sorry I get the two confused from time to time.

Used to be an Army Officer, then I bacame a software engineer.

I now cause every software engineer great pains and I love it. I am now SCM. ClearCase is my specialty.

Student at Uppsala university http://info.uu.se/fakta.nsf/sidor/uppsala.university.id5D.html

http://info.uu.se/fakta.nsf/sidor/history.id83.html

http://info.uu.se/fakta.nsf/sidor/campus.areas.id91.html

Hoping to get in to a post-graduate program within a year or so.

Retired physician (radiologist).

I was hired as a geologist to perform environmental assessement but my work has primarily been that of a Industiral Hygienist. Most folks don't know what an IH is so here is a little blurb from the net about what I do.

IHs still work to prevent illness or injury from hazards in industrial settings. They may also be found working to prevent ergonomic injuries in the office; measuring noise levels at an airport; supervising the safe removal of lead, mold or asbestos; and in thousands of other settings. Industrial hygienists may sample air, soil or water to determine if there are harmful substances present. They may fit test a respirator to ensure that a worker is breathing cleaner air.

The fun days are when I don the full haz-mat suit and SCBA which is rare. Most of the time I'm breathing down the backs of corner cutting contractors. :rolleyes:



I am a Safety Coordinator for a foundry in Minnesota, so I can relate to Rockman I do much the same in my line of work. In addition I am also a volunteer firefighter for my little community. so SCBA's and turnout gear + my fat butt = no fun :(

SpR in Cardiothoracic surgery.

(Don't know the US equivalent - I complete my training in 5 years.)

Andrew.

Audio/Video engineer.

Software Engineer in the IT dept. of a large investment bank

I'm in college...

Occupation = Whatever it takes to pay the bills...

For a couple of years I was an admin assistant for a travel company, but I've gone back to working outside in the last six months as contracts manager for a small civil engineering company.

I'm a student...

Next year I'll probably get my one year obligatory military service over with ( not a big fan of obligatory military service, though :mad: )

Ah well.. I'll surivive... I guess...

After that I'll probably continue my studies at a university... probably going to study programming, etc (been doing programming on my own for many years now)

I work for a video game company. My official title is "Counterexploitation Lead," which is a complicated way of saying I get paid to break our games then work with our programmers to find ways to patch the holes.

I work for a video game company. My official title is "Counterexploitation Lead," which is a complicated way of saying I get paid to break our games then work with our programmers to find ways to patch the holes.

Hey I worked for a video game company for a short time! Remotely. They were in Russia. I did the English voice production for one of their games and tried to negotiate some advertising in US magazines for them. Unfortunately they only had a Russian budget to work with, so it kinda fizzled. But it was fun while it lasted, and my voice is out there on a PC game somewhere...

I'm currently working as an analyst in a microbiology lab. I test all sorts of things like drinking water, food, vitamins, etc. for bacterial contamination. Sometimes, we test supplements and when they are clean we can keep them! So at least there is one perk.

I'm a soon to be University of Texas student working towards my BS in Aerospace Engineering, specializing in atmospheric flight.

I'm a pharmacist, but I'd rather be something cool. Like a fighter pilot or race car driver, or any other movie character Tom Cruise has played. Or a ninja.

I'm a pharmacist, but I'd rather be something cool. Like a fighter pilot or race car driver, or any other movie character Tom Cruise has played.Even Frank T.J. Mackey? ;)

Even Frank T.J. Mackey? ;)

Got me there. :D

I supposedly develop Client/Server applications for a bank, however I have no work at the moment so I mostly pretend to look busy whilst thinking about how cool dinosaurs are.

I talk all day on the phone. I talk to young, adult, or senior individuals that are any of the following characteristics "smart, friendly, co-operative, understanding, greedy, angry, monotone, stupid, and ignorant". I may have missed a few, in other words.. that is the life of a tech support rep. I especially love the angry ones, they always seem to make my day even better :tu:

I look at websites, product catalogues, advertisements, exhibition panels, souvenirs, product specifications, product drawings, product flyers (and any other things that they can put their products or logo on)

I have to update them, make them attractive so that people will bother to take a 2nd look at them. And eventually, to but the products. In short, I am working in Marketing for an electrical component company.

Sit in office all day long from morning 8.30am to 5.30pm for full 5 days.... Not easy to keep the fat gut away from you though... :p

These forums seems to attract a lot of webmasters/designers/networking/it personell.... :confused:

Personally, Im the manager of the development dept. at www.hipercom.no

really cool place to work at for sure :tu:

I know this can be a bit of a taboo subject because people dont like being judged on their occupation but I have a natural curiosity for people and I'd just like see the different kinds of people we have here from the different walks of life.

Well I'm a uni student starting a bachelor of Development Studies which involves subjects ranging from History, Economics, Politics, Anthropology and Sociology with the end aim of using development as a means of preventing poverty, opression etc. I'll probably be studying for years as I will have to do postgraduate work. :p

I also work part time in security for a pubilc figure in Australia which fits in well with my study.

Marcus :tucool:
I own a company called Generations. It is the largest hair replacement center in Naples, FL. I've also been a musician all my life and currently have a CD out that went to #2 in Eastern Europe. You can see my site at www.bobbyleemiller.com. That is why I need to get back in shape. Too many burgers and fries in the late hours.

High School is where Im at :cool:

During the summer we go on vacation in Maryland. When we are down there I work at a Marina for charter boats. Fun, fun, fun. :D

I teach middle school kids in Japan to say stuff like

'naisu tsu mee choo' (sound it out!)

And learning about all the responsibilities of a teacher...

I'll be out of this in July, anybody's place of work looking for someone fluent in Japanese and interest in media work, namely TV and film? :D

I own a company called Generations. It is the largest hair replacement center in Naples, FL. I've also been a musician all my life and currently have a CD out that went to #2 in Eastern Europe. You can see my site at www.bobbyleemiller.com. That is why I need to get back in shape. Too many burgers and fries in the late hours.

Hi Bobby Lee,

I checked out your site, its pretty well put together. I listened to some of your tracks and they are actually quite good. A while ago my uncle (i'm originally from the country) brought out a country album for fun but yours is a lot better. :tu:

How is your daughter (or stepdaughter?) Chelsey doing? When I studied medicine for a short time I did some research on CF and its pretty rough. At least a lot of sufferers are living a lot longer these days but its a tough life. At least with the advancement in treatment they can live somewhat of a normal life Send her my best wishes.

Marcus

Marcus

I work for a Dept of Transportation e-commerce website. Basically make sure the website is up and running and keep the database clean (yes, it's boring). For the most part I do 30 minutes of work in the morning and then spend the next 7.5 hours surfing the web.

Your tax dollars at work! :tu:

Full time student (Business Administration - Marketing at Algonquin College) and part time Commissionaire (fancy word for security guard) on the weekend.

I just graduated this fall with a BS in Digital Media Arts (web design, cd-rom, dvd, video production, modeling/animation etc) and an AS in Construction Management (just what it sounds like). I'm the artsy geek as opposed to all you IT guys, although IT stuff comes naturally with it. I'm going to be in India this fall for 4 months on a service trip, so I'm not looking for a long term job yet. I'm currently just doing some freelance stuff, and I might go back to bartending.

Full time student (Business Administration - Marketing at Algonquin College) and part time Commissionaire (fancy word for security guard) on the weekend.

lol, I work in security part-time while I'm studying and from now on when anyone asks me what I do I'm gonna use Commissionaire :) :tucool:

Marcus

Hi Bobby Lee,

I checked out your site, its pretty well put together. I listened to some of your tracks and they are actually quite good. A while ago my uncle (i'm originally from the country) brought out a country album for fun but yours is a lot better. :tu:

How is your daughter (or stepdaughter?) Chelsey doing? When I studied medicine for a short time I did some research on CF and its pretty rough. At least a lot of sufferers are living a lot longer these days but its a tough life. At least with the advancement in treatment they can live somewhat of a normal life Send her my best wishes.

Marcus

Marcus
Chelsey is doing fine. Thank you. It's a rough road sometimes. She looks healthy as a horse. Not many people realize it is a terminal disease. She is in her stages where it gets really hairy. Thank you for your sincerity. We are hoping for a longer life for her. Make A Wish foundation has done wonderful things for her. Talk to you soon.

Part-time webdesigner and all around CG person, full-time student at local college, Double Majoring in Physics and English :flex:

web designer/entrepreneur. started my first business in 98 and looking to start more in 2004. i buy low and sell high in everything i do :)

UNIX Systems Administrator for the company that sent the worlds first email, created the first router ( no not cisco ) and also spun out a company that made "You can do anything with a Black Rocket" popular. BTW "anything" includes go belly up and get bought out by level 3 ;)

Can any geeks guess the company?

UNIX Systems Administrator for the company that sent the worlds first email, created the first router ( no not cisco ) and also spun out a company that made "You can do anything with a Black Rocket" popular. BTW "anything" includes go belly up and get bought out by level 3 ;)

Can any geeks guess the company?
Genuity.

At the moment, I'm waiting for my Air Force ship date. That's July 20th. Until then, I'm unemployed. Previously, I worked as a bagger and cashier for a combined 2 3/4 years.

UNIX Systems Administrator for the company that sent the worlds first email, created the first router ( no not cisco ) and also spun out a company that made "You can do anything with a Black Rocket" popular. BTW "anything" includes go belly up and get bought out by level 3 ;)

Can any geeks guess the company?
AS1, better known as BBN from the OLDE DAYS, then kinda GTE Internetworking, and then Genuity, and then shuttered by L3.... yay!

AS1, better known as BBN from the OLDE DAYS, then kinda GTE Internetworking, and then Genuity, and then shuttered by L3.... yay!
Nerd. ;)

Nerd. ;)
to get really in depth, they actually started out owning an NSFNet regional network called NEARnet, which expanded, bought SURAnet, and BARRnet, formed BBNPlanet, then bought GTE and became GTE Internetworking, then Verizon bought GTE Inet so they were spun off as Genuity, which was the name of a company they actually bought back in the BBN Planet or GTEi days.

here is an interesting link... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolt,_Beranek_and_Newman

apparently, they initially started as an acoustical consulting company... hrm, cool!

AS1, better known as BBN from the OLDE DAYS, then kinda GTE Internetworking, and then Genuity, and then shuttered by L3.... yay!


haha you win...John gets an honorable mention...the black rocket thing was kind of a give away since for a short time everywhere you went you were bombarded with those stupid ads.

BBN is where I work.

haha you win...John gets an honorable mention...the black rocket thing was kind of a give away since for a short time everywhere you went you were bombarded with those stupid ads.

BBN is where I work.
GENU had this funnnnnny video of their Noc on their website once, where they are screaming "SEV ZERO" because of some router outage. very funny!

Right now I am starting a business installing Structured Wiring into residential homes. After buying my home here and not being able to find any companies here to cable my home up to my standards, I did it myself and decided to go into business doing it. Got kind of burnt out on the computer thing in my last business.

My old business partners think I am nuts because my last business I sold out to them was a consulting company and we sold local and wide area network design and maintenance. I hated cabling and never did it unless we were short handed. I've done NT network administration, some web site design, computer building troubleshooting, a software programming a long time ago, and my crowning achievement I played a drunk in a computer game.

I work for a bank as a Loan Services Analyst. Basically I design databases and serve as the Systems Administrator for them. I also wirte the user manuals for them as well as write procedures for everything anyone in the Loan Dept. does. In short, I sit behind a desk in my cubicle and play with a computer all day....at least when I am not in meetings!!!

Foundry Engineer for a large plant in N.E. Ohio. Get plenty of exercise of body and mind, with pay.

I'm a Purchaser for a large Garden and Hydroponic Supply Wholesaler. Kind of fell ass backwards into this though, as my degree is in History, and I didn't even know what a Purchaser was before I started.

See my avatar. And don't ask me any legal questions, because it's probably different in your state anyways.

I'm a programmer for Thr*ewave Software. (I would rather not have people google and find me here if at all possible.) I'm also one of the founders of the company.

Primarily, we work on multiplayer addons for people's games. We've done work for Quake 3, Soldier of Fortune 2, Return to Castle Wolfenstein (PS2, Xbox), Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, and something that we just can't talk about yet. :)

I can work whatever hours I like, as long as The Job Gets Done. This is very convenient for my workout schedule, except at the times when getting the job done takes up 16-17 hours a day. (This happens every few months for a few days.)

I also double as 1/2 of the company's project management team, and administrate our Unix servers, three of 'em.

Tattooist, 12 years and counting.

I'm a programmer for Thr*ewave Software. (I would rather not have people google and find me here if at all possible.) I'm also one of the founders of the company.

Primarily, we work on multiplayer addons for people's games. We've done work for Quake 3, Soldier of Fortune 2, Return to Castle Wolfenstein (PS2, Xbox), Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, and something that we just can't talk about yet. :)

I can work whatever hours I like, as long as The Job Gets Done. This is very convenient for my workout schedule, except at the times when getting the job done takes up 16-17 hours a day. (This happens every few months for a few days.)

I also double as 1/2 of the company's project management team, and administrate our Unix servers, three of 'em.

Awesome man...I probably should have changed my name too since the gaming community knows me fairly well and not everyone is my friend ;)

Anyway I'm a member of Wicked Mojo a Q3 osp ctf clan....I've enjoyed your product :claplow:

Don't worry I won't get telling everyone ;)

Anyway I'm a member of Wicked Mojo a Q3 osp ctf clan....I've enjoyed your product :claplow:


Heh - it's a small Internet.

I'm an Enrolled Agent. I'd like to fast forward 45 days....

Russ

Software/Systems Engineer for STRATUS, Im from Buenos Aires, Argentina working here in my country :confused: thinking to move to another country.
www.stratus.com

I'm studying my third year of Informatics and Computer Science at the University of Lund, Sweden. I've also studied some courses in economics and behavioural science.
During summer I work at a bank with international transactions.

Though I haven't really figured out what it is that I want to work with when I'm done with my education. :confused:

Aah well, maybe I'm going to travel for a while if I don't get a job when I'm done.

Currently in business school earning my MBA.

Studying neuroscience and psychology

Unix System Administrator

I'm a mechanical engineer. I work as a sub-contractor to the US Air Force at Maxwell Air force Base.

I design Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems for buildings.

I work for the FAA doing photography of Airplane parts for a website.

I'm a programmer for Thr*ewave Software. (I would rather not have people google and find me here if at all possible.) I'm also one of the founders of the company.

That is TOO cool. I was on DOOM when it first came out, testing Quake, huge Threewave fan when it started as Zoid and was public, etc. In fact, during the first Quake, I was involved with a freeware project (total conversion) called S.W.A.T. for Quake. I went by the name of NiKoDeMoS (still do, when I play Urban Terror). Ever heard of it? How about MidnightCTF? I wrote that as well, along with Zion of Quake and TAO-E (The Age of Elementals).

Jeremy

Software developer

and endomorph

Gees, talk about a recipe for disaster...

I´m a worthless economics student, spending all my time in this forum rather then getting any work done... :p

In Oct. I´m off to Canberra, Australia to work at my friends café. :)

I am a physician--radiologist with subspecialty training in MRI. I spend my day interpreting MRI scans.

I´m a worthless economics student, spending all my time in this forum rather then getting any work done... :p

In Oct. I´m off to Canberra, Australia to work at my friends café. :)

Are you familiar with the Austrian school (Mises et al.)? Just wondering if they teach that over your way as opposed to the Neo-Keynesian garbage that gets taught here. (I'm not in the econ field, I just read a lot, esp. at mises.org.)

Licensed Massage therapist and Licensed Nail tech. Work in a day spa making hands and feet beautiful.. :tu:

I'm in my last year of college and work as a cashier at Nike. Nothing is more fun than spending every weekend working 1pm-10:30pm :mad: .

Biologist working at Amgen. Love it! :jumping:

That is TOO cool. I was on DOOM when it first came out, testing Quake, huge Threewave fan when it started as Zoid and was public, etc. In fact, during the first Quake, I was involved with a freeware project (total conversion) called S.W.A.T. for Quake. I went by the name of NiKoDeMoS (still do, when I play Urban Terror). Ever heard of it? How about MidnightCTF? I wrote that as well, along with Zion of Quake and TAO-E (The Age of Elementals).

Jeremy

Aye, you're a longtime community guy then! I played Qtest back in the day, as I was a huge Doom freak waiting for The Next Big Thing. I had a reputation in the 604 for my fragging skills. (I suck now, relatively.) Remember the quaketalk faq?

I recall Midnight CTF. We give props to Urban Terror in the Threewave voting portal - the logo's on the wall in the minigame rooms. :)

Zoid lived not that far away from us when he was in the Vancouver area. My business partner used to hang out at his place for days on end, making maps, which is how we ended up getting entangled in the Threewave name when starting the company years ago. Now we're eight full-time people working on some pretty cutting edge game tech in Vancouver, BC.

*sniffle* ahh, the good ole days, when I thought I would be a games programmer spending my days eating Doritos and sucking down cans of Jolt Cola ...


Jeremy

Biologist working at Amgen. Love it! :jumping:


I have two cousins that work for Amgen.

I have two cousins that work for Amgen.

Serious, what's their names? Are they in Colorado or at headquarters in California??

Serious, what's their names? Are they in Colorado or at headquarters in California??

They are in CA.

MY cousin's name is Kelly Smith, Phd. But I can't remember her husband's last name.....

i am a sheetrock taper have been for 24 yrs

This thread is back...

Anyways, I changed jobs... I'm a security officer now, all I do is sit and open a gate...

This thread is back...

Anyways, I changed jobs... I'm a security officer now, all I do is sit and open a gate...
Cool!, hehe :) do you get to push a button or do you actually get the privilage to open the gate by hand, speaking through a fitness perspective :)

Cool!, hehe :) do you get to push a button or do you actually get the privilage to open the gate by hand, speaking through a fitness perspective :)

I get to push a button... and it closes by itself :p

EFL Teacher In Seoul, South Korea

So this is the existing thread? It's a damn year old! :lol:

Civil site development engineer and project manager, about to become a part time student again heading towards some sort of degree in music.

-R

IT Admin. for a window and door company. I am the IT department. It can be frustrating at times but I love it.

I may start bouncing questions off some of you techies if that's OK. I've got three years help desk experience and about 2 1/2 years system admin. experience.

Currently in school to finish my bachelor's in Business Admin.

So this is the existing thread? It's a damn year old! :lol:

Civil site development engineer and project manager, about to become a part time student again heading towards some sort of degree in music.

-R
hah, yea i had to look through every post to see if i was already in here.

i type all day for a living. i used to love software engineering, but now that i'm forced to do it all day, i kinda lost the taste for it.

Edit: here is where i work: http://www.cognex.com/

I'm a professional artist (I sell my paintings/other art through my online website, and through galleries and shows), a mommy, I'm writing a novel and have written a couple children's books (not published nationally, just a little local thing), and I am studying for my personal training certification.

And I'm really freakin' tired! :eek:

Hospital chaplain.

My hospital's employee wellness office had a program to help people get exercise. You could enroll and receive a pedometer. You're supposed to try to walk 10,000 steps each day. I did not change a thing, and I was doing more than 10,000 each day. I walk all over this huge hospital and visit patients, I listen to their stories and pray with them. I guess I work about 4 or 5 deaths each week. It's good work, I enjoy it, mostly.

I'm a software engineer. I've had a computer since I was 11 (TI-99 4A in 1982) and knew back then that that was what I'd be doing forever. Geeky, huh? I just have a true passion for it, go figure. I also do black and white photography (I have a drakroom at home) and would love to do that professionally someday.

Hospital chaplain.

My hospital's employee wellness office had a program to help people get exercise. You could enroll and receive a pedometer. You're supposed to try to walk 10,000 steps each day. I did not change a thing, and I was doing more than 10,000 each day. I walk all over this huge hospital and visit patients, I listen to their stories and pray with them. I guess I work about 4 or 5 deaths each week. It's good work, I enjoy it, mostly.

That sounds really fufulling, not because of religion (I'm an atheist) but because of the connections you would have with people at their darkest hour. It sounds like the kind of job where you come home and feel like you've done something worthwhile and benefitial (instead of worthwhile in the sense of generating more money for some company like most of us). :tu:

Slush, I was just a few years younger (7) when I had my TI-994A. I still remember the day I got burned really bad at the beach and had to stay home for 3 days with these huge blisters all over. Both my parents worked, and we didn't have games, so I busted out the manual and got to it - within 3 days I had coded a few games and a new passion was born. I moved from that to the Commodore 64, Amiga, then then into PC-land. Spent 10 years in the IT industry before I realized my family deserved for me to be with them and that I had more passion for fitness and wellness than writing corporate software code, so I joined a network marketing company and the rest, as they, was history!

Great to hear that blast from the past. Remember Hunt the Wumpus?

I'm a software engineer. I've had a computer since I was 11 (TI-99 4A in 1982) and knew back then that that was what I'd be doing forever. Geeky, huh? I just have a true passion for it, go figure. I also do black and white photography (I have a drakroom at home) and would love to do that professionally someday.

Great to hear that blast from the past. Remember Hunt the Wumpus?
LOL, cool! I used to get Compute! magazine back then and type in all the programs and save them through some interface to my Dad's casette recorder... the good old days. I knew that machine inside and out, same with my 8088. And yes, I definitely remember Hunt the Wumpus... that and Alpiner really stick out in my memory.

I work for a window and door manufacturer. My official title is Senior Programmer Analyst. I'm a senior at 25 years old lol.

Since there are a lot of techy people here I'll explain a bit more.

I'm pretty much a utility programmer. I have my hands in everything. I've done everything from writing code that control machines in our factory, to payroll systems, to my current project which is implementing a web portal for our employees and customers.

There's a total of twelve developers here of which I'm the youngest but yet have the broadest skill set. Kinda nice but they really need to get my pay more relative to my skills. It's an extremely stable job though so leaving would take a very good offer.

That sounds really fufulling, not because of religion (I'm an atheist) but because of the connections you would have with people at their darkest hour. It sounds like the kind of job where you come home and feel like you've done something worthwhile and benefitial (instead of worthwhile in the sense of generating more money for some company like most of us). :tu:

It is usually quite fulfilling. Sometimes it is hard because I'm with people at their darkest hour in one room, they are literally dying. Then, when I go into the next room, they are rejoicing because they just found out the chemotherapy worked and the cancer is gone. Always very emotional, but sometimes the contrast is difficult for me.

However, I always remember that even on the toughest cases, it is always easier for me to be there than for the people I'm ministering to.

Overall, I love my job.

I'm a tech support slave.

But I do work for the richest man in the world . . . wish he'd pay me like it. ;)

I support MS Clustering/Datacenter stuff.

Some days its fun and challenging - other days after you ask the same "Do you have Broadcom gigabit nics installed in these servers - and are seriously wondering why you're having communication issues?" question 14 times to 12 different people - yeah - you want to kill yourself.

I was a bouncer in nightclubs for about thirteen years,
now I'm an unemployed graphic designer! YAY!

I'm a really GOOD graphic designer who lives in a really small,
WACK part of California, where even MORE wack graphic
design companies control the market.

My over-weightness (is that a real word!?) and my stress
at my previous design firm are what caused my high blood
pressure, leading me to go on disability, then unemployment
insurance and now just unemployment - it's literally impossible
to find a design job here on the central coast that pays more
than $12 an hour. I just bought a home before I went on
temporary disability and now I can't find work! How fun is
that? lol

Ahh, being a grown-up.

... another IT person here. :tu: I am an iSeries (AS/400) system programmer for a bank in the midwest.

-Mike

Family owned restaurant for 23 yrs. And musician.
Head cook, head bottle washer, network admin. (by default, graphics designer soon to be web master, all this by no other choice than necessity(sp?) :p

full time student at hoggard highschool
part-time worker at lowes foods as a "front customer service rep." AKA: Bagger! :-)

Full time Service Manager / Part time Personal Trainer. In my heart and mind, it's Full time Trainer / Part time Service Manager.
I'm waiting for my company to close it's doors so that I can swap those two rolls in reality, sooner rather than later. :nod:

I am a financial planner. I knew I wanted to do something to make people's lives better and I had narrowed it down to two the three categories that drive most people in some way shape or form:

Religion - thought about doing something in the pastoral vein, I am a musician so the thought of being a music pastor for a church intrigued me. Did not go that route, but I do lead worship on regular occassion and love it!

Health - Considered the PT, Chiropractic or therapist vocations...ruled them out for various reasons. However, I am still very much into fitness and most of my friends come to me first for any questions they have relating to the topic...it has been great to see some of their transformations over time! The first thing I always do is direct them to this site of course.

Money - I chose to go into this arena due to the catastrophe amongst the American Majority of low/no savings, incredible debt, insufficient protection of income and improper investment planning. All these issues have resulted in many people thinking for decades they were on track to reach goals only to discover too late that they had not planned properly. Financial planning has brought a great deal of success first and foremost to my clients and also to my family. There is a solution to every financial problem if it is properly broken down into pieces and put back together with the right "glue". My passion is to help the younger generation (though I work with many who are in the older demographic) because I have seen the 50,55,60 year olds who want to retire in 5 years and there is just no way, because they did not become disciplined early enough in life to begin PROPERLY planning. (nonetheless, there is still hope in many cases for folks in the older years) Its awesome when I can show someone in their younger years how they can accumulate sizeable portions toward financial related goals just by being disciplined to save a small portion of their income, and also how to plan to provide for their family if something happens to them or their income. When I am done with them my goal is to take the way they view their potential in life from just good to GREAT! I honestly see my abilities being used for good, money is at the core of so many family/marital issues...perhaps I can help prevent these problems for many!

Whew, so thats the scoop on me!

FYI - This certainly is not an advertisement, but for anyone considering a complete career change, my company is hiring nationwide and internationally and have a great training program...PM if you care to look into it.

I work part-time sorting the mail for a finance company. Basically I'm so tight with money that I can afford to only work five scheduled hours a day, plus any overtime I fancy. I'll probably go full-time over the summer, but for now I'm just doing my stint in the mornings and working out in the afternoons.

I am a in-house loan officer for a GMAC Real Estate branch. So I do mortgages. Surprised not to see any others in this profession with the housing boom we have experienced over the past couple of years....Seems like everyone and there brother jumped on the bandwagon after rates plummeted with 9/11...

I am a traffic manager for radio and TV stations. In case anyone doesn't know, or cares to...I take products such as radio and/or news stories or commercials and either air them locally or send them out to be aired world wide. I love my job, even if they work me to death. :nod:

teacher/tutor for The Princeton Review (SAT and will be teaching MCAT stuff soon). Biding my time until I enter pharmacy school in the fall.

Professional Harpist - freelance (weddings, corporate parties, receptions, funerals... You name it!)

And I teach harp and piano lessons privately.

Oh, and full time mom

I'm a CPA-this is a rough time of year. :d_redface

Oh, and full time mom

And don't forget boxer-in-training! ;)

Professional Ice Cream Tester......I wish :p

I said it in the wrong thread, so I'll repeat it here where it will live for longer.

I'm a physics researcher about to get my Ph. D. I work here (http://www.ph.rhul.ac.uk/) and want to switch career toward quantitative finance. I give myself 10 years before financial independence.

Professional Harpist - freelance (weddings, corporate parties, receptions, funerals... You name it!)

And I teach harp and piano lessons privately.

Oh, and full time mom
Do you worry about your fingers and hands when boxing, since your livelihood depends on them?

English Major.

I really don't know what I want to do. I think I'm going to try and get into an Ivy League School for an MBA and then do whatever comes my way.

I'm a physics researcher about to get my Ph. D. I work here (http://www.ph.rhul.ac.uk/)...

I nearly went there to do my undergrad, but went to Cardiff instead. I grew up in that part of Surrey, how do you find it?

I have been retired for 11 years. :cool:

... another IT person here. :tu: I am an iSeries (AS/400) system programmer for a bank in the midwest.

-Mike

Sup AS/400 buddy? I'm a night shift computer operator for a local hospital. And it is most definitely NOT a living. I checked job listings for the Dallas area and the pay is on average $5 more per hour than where I'm at.

I'm a nurse working in labor and delivery. Any other nurses out there?

I have been retired for 11 years. :cool:

You retired nice and early, good work :tu: I'm curious, if you dont mind me asking, what you did prior to retiring?

I'm another IT/AS400 guy. I work at a major electronics distribution warehouse.

I nearly went there to do my undergrad, but went to Cardiff instead. I grew up in that part of Surrey, how do you find it?

It's a campus for rich kids, basically. You see amazing (and I mean, AMAZING) chicks, science-fiction cars, everybody is well dressed (well, except for the physics department people :D ) and students are happy as long as they stay on campus. The village is booooooooooooooooooooring.

I'm not very into social life here. I want to get my work done as fast as I can and fly away to central London.

I work in marine engineering, we basically take care of repairs on the ship, plumbing, HVAC, and electrical, can't stand it even though the pay is good and the time off is great, I'm trying to get with the sheriff's department. THis is something I have wanted to do for a long time and after talking with my wife, now is the time. That was my primary reason for working out, I've got my 1.5 time down to 12:31. I was 265 in 2001, now I'm down to 220, have a little more to lose before I bulk up. This is a great site that I visit daily. Great work John.

IT - manning the help desk for a county government entity with around 1500 PC's in north Texas. My wife is a court reporter and works one building away.

I'm in London from New Zealand on a 2 year working Visa. I contract over here as a Financial Analyst. The money I earn here, when sent back home to NZ is amazing. I have 4 rentals back in NZ and I have then at about 45% equity. I could cut back to a 3 day working week when I return - at age 30! that blows my mind!... :tucool:

A lot of people here seem to be into the financial independence thing. Interesting... it was noted in the book "A millionaire next door" (a study of habits, lifestyles etc) that deca (10 mil +) millionaires are very likely to engage in regular exercise.

You retired nice and early, good work :tu: I'm curious, if you dont mind me asking, what you did prior to retiring?

Air Force Officer and State Government.

I'm in London from New Zealand on a 2 year working Visa. I contract over here as a Financial Analyst. The money I earn here, when sent back home to NZ is amazing. I have 4 rentals back in NZ and I have then at about 45% equity. I could cut back to a 3 day working week when I return - at age 30! that blows my mind!... :tucool:

A lot of people here seem to be into the financial independence thing. Interesting... it was noted in the book "A millionaire next door" (a study of habits, lifestyles etc) that deca (10 mil +) millionaires are very likely to engage in regular exercise.


Hey! I'm also trying to move into the financial thing in London after I'm done with my physics Ph. D. !

Was it tough to get a job in the city?

I>T> Monkey, Network Admin, Computer Tech, main job is working for a reseller of MultiFunctional Printers...those big friggin office copy machines that copy/print/scan/fax, i think we even have a model that will give you a hummer. The whole Gestetner/Ricoh/Lanier/Savin line and Kyocera Mitas, I network 'em for clients.

I'm also building my free lance client list at the moment.

It's a campus for rich kids, basically. You see amazing (and I mean, AMAZING) chicks, science-fiction cars, everybody is well dressed (well, except for the physics department people :D ) and students are happy as long as they stay on campus. The village is booooooooooooooooooooring.

I'm not very into social life here. I want to get my work done as fast as I can and fly away to central London.

It gave me that impression when I looked around in '95. I'm a pretty quiet chap myself, and even I looked at the place and thought "yep, I'm going to be bored here".

Ironically enough, an awful lot of people working in the city end up living in Surrey and commuting in. They're the only people who can afford the houses...

I purchase 3rd party software for a data center. My company makes billing and rating software for telecommunications companies.

I help the Government cope with its own red tape. All the more amazing, what one can do for (pretty good) pay... -Martin

...college student and occasional martial arts instructor.

Supa

I was a sous chef for 3 years, line cook for a couple and before that, I worked in accounting...

My post-kitchen jobs include bartender, waiter, day-trader and personal trainer, still looking for my niche

Artist by trade and lifestyle.

Graphic arts work for income and Fine art painting because im passionate about it. I hope to get to a point where I can live off of my paintings but arent most artists striving for this. I'm also in graduate school getting my masters in art. Will go off to another school to get another graduate degree in art because I love this stuff.

college student involved in the fast food industry :eat:

Hey! I'm also trying to move into the financial thing in London after I'm done with my physics Ph. D. !

Was it tough to get a job in the city?

I am currently in my first job (In IT) after finishing University, working in West London. I didnt find it hard at all getting a job after University, although I am very driven and managed to get my job sorted before getting my results - It really took the pressure off me when I went to get them and saw I only got a 2:2. Although my present employers have never asked what i got and i wont be saying :D

When starting off job hunting anywhere you need to read a book called What color is your parachute, its an amazing job hunting bible and really helps out.

Do you worry about your fingers and hands when boxing, since your livelihood depends on them?

Yes, actually. I used to not worry so much about it. But about 6 weeks ago I hit my trainer with my right hand on his forehead, during a sparring session. I had hands wrapped up ands was wearing some 16oz. sparring gloves. Well, I hit it wrong and the most excruciating pain shot up through my index finger. It was quite swollen for days after. I couldn't close my hand for a week. Well, since then the knuckle is ALWAYS a bit swollen and I do experience some pain there on a daily basis. Typing, practicing and even just writing seem to aggravate it. I have learned to ignore it and work around it. Most heavy bag work I do, I just focus on my jab for the most part and save my right hand for sparring sessions. I have never suffered any hand injuries from bag work, only in a sparring session.

I have sparring tomorrow morning and a wedding to play for tomorrow evening... odd, I know.

I do realize I am constantly taking a risk. But I also realize that you can get injured in just about any sport. My dad has had his nose broken twice from playing basketball. My mom and sister, were both avid runners and have had knee surgery.

4 years ago before I was ever a boxer, I hurt my left shoulder badly- rotator cuff injury, lost full mobility in my arm for 3 months - just from lifting my daughter. It kind of put me out of comission of playing for a couple of months because of the pain. So I guess what I am trying to say is you just never know, there are all sorts of risks in life.

Some of my family just shakes their head at the boxing....LOL

Yes, actually. I used to not worry so much about it. But about 6 weeks ago I hit my trainer with my right hand on his forehead, during a sparring session. I had hands wrapped up ands was wearing some 16oz. sparring gloves. Well, I hit it wrong and the most excruciating pain shot up through my index finger. It was quite swollen for days after. I couldn't close my hand for a week. Well, since then the knuckle is ALWAYS a bit swollen and I do experience some pain there on a daily basis. Typing, practicing and even just writing seem to aggravate it. I have learned to ignore it and work around it. Most heavy bag work I do, I just focus on my jab for the most part and save my right hand for sparring sessions. I have never suffered any hand injuries from bag work, only in a sparring session.

I have sparring tomorrow morning and a wedding to play for tomorrow evening... odd, I know.

I do realize I am constantly taking a risk. But I also realize that you can get injured in just about any sport. My dad has had his nose broken twice from playing basketball. My mom and sister, were both avid runners and have had knee surgery.

4 years ago before I was ever a boxer, I hurt my left shoulder badly- rotator cuff injury, lost full mobility in my arm for 3 months - just from lifting my daughter. It kind of put me out of comission of playing for a couple of months because of the pain. So I guess what I am trying to say is you just never know, there are all sorts of risks in life.

Some of my family just shakes their head at the boxing....LOL

You're probably very tired of people giving you a hard time about it. A few years back Ernie Els (famous golfer) hurt his wrist working out with a heavy bag and he was crucified in the media-he ended up promising everybody he'd never do it again.

The thing that differentiates boxing from other sport is the smashing of your hand against somewhat solid objects-but you know your body better than anyone else so hopefully being taped up takes a lot of pressure off the wrists and helps protect the knuckles from most bruising.

:gl:

and good for you for doing something that you're passionate
about in the face of skepticism from family and friends. :)

and good for you for doing something that you're passionate
about in the face of skepticism from family and friends. :)

Thanks! :tu:

I'm a college student and works as an usherring staff :cool:
But I'm really interested in job related to fitness, I even dreamed of becoming a male-model :lol: Being a nutritionist or a fitness trainer is the work I would want to have in the future.

I am a realtor in Austin Texas....one of the greatest cities around! ;)

Not only do I love my job, but Real Estate has given me the flexibility to really concentrate on my health with time to go to the gym, getting me out of the office chair and spending a lot of time out in the city and on my feet.

If there is anyone out there looking to buy or rent in Austin...give me a holler! :)

Carrie

Surprised not to see any others in this profession with the housing boom we have experienced over the past couple of years....Seems like everyone and there brother jumped on the bandwagon after rates plummeted with 9/11...

Count me is as someone in a simialr profession (Realtor). Though the housing market in my area has, luckily, always been pretty high. You live in a college town and the seat of government for the state and you tend to get a pretty mobile market...lots of movement here.

Currently, I do about 2/3 of the positions in the company:

Delphi Programming, Tech support manager, Tech support, QA, Shipping, Some sales...

Count me is as someone in a simialr profession (Realtor). Though the housing market in my area has, luckily, always been pretty high. You live in a college town and the seat of government for the state and you tend to get a pretty mobile market...lots of movement here.
Austin is a kick ass city. I would move there but I love the bay area so I'll probably never leave here. But if one of my friends who can't afford a house here (everyone) decides to move to Austin I'll give them your link. :tucool:

Yes, actually. I used to not worry so much about it. But about 6 weeks ago I hit my trainer with my right hand on his forehead, during a sparring session. I had hands wrapped up ands was wearing some 16oz. sparring gloves. Well, I hit it wrong and the most excruciating pain shot up through my index finger. It was quite swollen for days after. I couldn't close my hand for a week. Well, since then the knuckle is ALWAYS a bit swollen and I do experience some pain there on a daily basis. Typing, practicing and even just writing seem to aggravate it. I have learned to ignore it and work around it. Most heavy bag work I do, I just focus on my jab for the most part and save my right hand for sparring sessions. I have never suffered any hand injuries from bag work, only in a sparring session.

I have sparring tomorrow morning and a wedding to play for tomorrow evening... odd, I know.


Some of my family just shakes their head at the boxing....LOL

Just tell them that you want to be the best pianist/harpist alive among female boxers and that you want to be the best boxer in the world among all professional harpists OR pianists male or female!

My brother is a concert pianist and I believe you could probably stop him in the second round. :lol:

Austin is a kick ass city. I would move there but I love the bay area so I'll probably never leave here. But if one of my friends who can't afford a house here (everyone) decides to move to Austin I'll give them your link. :tucool:

Thanks Much! :D

Since it is SXSW this week, it seems half the country has hit town! We had major traffic jams all weekend (bumper to bumper on a Saturday! :eek: ) But, the more the merrier!

Hey! I'm also trying to move into the financial thing in London after I'm done with my physics Ph. D. !

Was it tough to get a job in the city?

Nah its been easy. I am kinda like you in that I moved into finance from a non Financial backround. I did Maths.
My first job in New Zealand I worked for as a financial analyst at an internet company for 3 years, so I picked up alot of acconting skills there.

You will probably end up going for financial analyst / modelling jobs rather than accounting type ones.
To seperate yourself from the accounting backround guys, you will have to be:
- good at maths, quick with numbers etc (I assume you are)
- Good with excel, to macro + visual basic level. (like me you probably did some comp sci supporting papers so visual basic is not to hard to pick up - this is a huge edge I have over accounting people).
- good commercial / business mindset. I got this from my first job and all the business/finance/investing books I read.

Your PHD will help alot. You could eaily pick up some £25+ contract jobs analysing and making models etc.. (imho)

I'm an Adult webmaster and photographer.

But in common with some others who have replied so far, I come from a computer programming background.

- Philph

I run a website hosting company.

i'm a broke law student. :)

I was a police officer...then I moved to a different city.

Now I do Hospital Security while applying for other law enforcement agencies.

I am a video game level scripter at a small developer in Orlando. I also freelance part-time as a fantasy/RPG illustrator and costume designer/maker. From 1996-2000, I was enlisted in the U.S. Army on active duty as a 31F, network switching systems op/maint.

I do research on arts and cultural organizational management and governance and write about it. I also edit and publish what other people research and write in this same field. I work for a company that specializes in regional professional theatre in the United States.

If you have the same job as I do and you're reading this, I should probably be worried, because that almost certainly means I left my browser window open when I went to the bathroom.

I post on JSF for a living.


Jason

I post on JSF for a living.


Jason


lol... wouldn't THAT be nice :lol:

I'm a marketing coordinator for the water division of an international civil engineering firm... I know.. it's a mouthfull. unfortunately it means that I am usually stuck in my cubical all day behind a computer trying to make sense of engineering jargon :p

Former Marine 98-02 supply clerk/Military Police. Now i am a co-owner of CDX Unlimited, a business inside the mall that makes custom decals and graphics for cars.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v731/Pinoyfitness_com/DSC03191.jpg

going to school full-time and i think i want to be a fitness trainer in the future. Hopefully have my own Gym.

mechanical engineering student

Compared to a lot of these jobs, I'm in a miserable, boring existence. Stuck in my job because it pays so well, but hate it with a passion. No private sector equivalent, so I'm doomed to die a long slow death here.

I'm a supervisor for a federal agency and babysit, ahem, I mean supervise 50 employees.

I'm a pharmacutical rep for Eli Lilly.

Basically travel around and coach doctors on how to diagnose ADHD, Depression, and Erectile Dysfunction -- how and when to use the different drugs and when not to use them.

And deliver samples.

Head of IT development for a small dot com out here in SoCal. Go to school full time as well as a double major @ csulb: Industrial Design & Business Management.

Also working on a new web startup.

Dave (wishes his job had more activity)

I'm going to a prep. school and will start studying economy this year. But my dream is to be an animator and work for Disney someday :eek: and perhaps be a part of the team that would create "Gargoyles - the animated film" :spaz:
:o

I'm a pharmacutical rep for Eli Lilly.

Basically travel around and coach doctors on how to diagnose ADHD, Depression, and Erectile Dysfunction -- how and when to use the different drugs and when not to use them.

And deliver samples.
My wife is a Physician's Assistant--the drug reps always come around and bring good grub which she takes home for me to eat. It messes with my nutritional goals but it's free so I have to eat it.

She says the drugs are so expensive mainly because the drug companies pay for so many sweet dinners for the doc's.

Is Prozac still your #1 drug or did the patent run out?

Was thinking of starting a thread about people's professions and found this one...

I'm an IT Manager for a regional campus of Edith Cowan University in Western Australia. I, like many people here, have a background in software development. I spent 13 years with a manufacturing company developing their factory management system.

I still enjoy a bit of coding and I spend my "spare" time developing web based databases for a couple of local businesses.

Cheers,
Groomy....

My two very glamorous jobs...yeah right...

I'm a chemical engineer at one of the many chemicals plant down here along the cancer belt...

And I park cars on the weekend at the racetrack just outside of Texas...

Sometimes I think the money (and excercise) from parking cars is better than my couch potato job at the plant (lot of time staring at the computer)...only when things go wrong do I get to take a stroll outside...

I'm a field service engineer for a UAV company . I travel 9 months of the year, mostly in the mideast. Also provide training and support to pilots and technicians in the field. Been banging around Italy and Iraq for the last 7 months. 2 more years and I will be done, will be starting my own cabinet and furniture business. :jumping:

I'm a field service engineer for a UAV company . I travel 9 months of the year, mostly in the mideast. Also provide training and support to pilots and technicians in the field. Been banging around Italy and Iraq for the last 7 months. 2 more years and I will be done, will be starting my own cabinet and furniture business. :jumping:
Be careful out there. Cabinetry and furniture sound much more relaxing than kidnappings and ambushes.

So... I'm just curious what everybody's occupation is. Please, let's not get fancy and start telling everybody what you are making unless you are willing to share some of it, in which case let me know and I'll send you my paypal information. :claphigh:

I'll start:

I work in IT (Information Technology) and used to be a network engineer. I am now an IT Auditor for a financial organization. I live in Los Angeles now, but recently just moved from Boston!

My second job is lifting heavy iron plates. :bb:

I work as a human tape recorder, um, I mean assistant English teacher in a public junior high school in Osaka.

My second job is as a real teacher at a small private language school, also in Osaka.

You can see that I'm making excellent use of my software engineering degree.

My third job is the same as contradictum's second job. The pay sucks, but the benefits are excellent!

is nothing considered a job?:lol: last week i was a collections manager/CSR for a small company here in cadillac..............this week im an unemployed stay at home mom who hates cooking and laundry.....the pay sucks but i get to see my kids more so the benefits are awesome!

I'm an entrenrepenur, a health coach, a fitness trainer, a nutrition specialist, an author, a motivational speaker, a programmer, a network technician, a technology consultant and manager. My current project is consulting for a company that provides turn-key Wi-Fi hotspots for various businesses. I also partner with a network marketing company in the health sciences industry and invest in real estate.

Jeremy

Civil engineer in private land development, specialized in underground utility design/permitting, environmental systems modeling/design, and environmental resource permitting.

-R

I am a system programmer for a bank. I mostly write in-house software on an iSeries machine using RPG IV, CL, SQL, and DB2.

This is only for another 6 months, then I go back to school for my Masters of Science in Information Systems.

-Mike

I'm a Web Developer during the day (ColdFusion/Perl/SQL). I also run my own Web Dev. business in which I plan to go at fulltime soon. Just have to get 1 or 2 more contracts locked down and I'm good to go!

IT Manger for my wife's families business which basically means I am in charge of everything with a plug (phone, fax, 'puters, copy machine) and anything related to the internet. Since we are a small company I also handle other tasks when things aren't falling apart.

I am also in the process of starting a web based business with a couple of buddies.

In a former life I was a full time web developer.

-- Jeremy

Love it! Got my start using RPG III then later the ILE. iSeries are great systems, I started my writing career with the News/400 (now iSeries) magazine. Interesting how so many banks and insurance companies still use those specific platforms. Have you tried any of the Java on the iSeries?

Jeremy

I am a system programmer for a bank. I mostly write in-house software on an iSeries machine using RPG IV, CL, SQL, and DB2.

This is only for another 6 months, then I go back to school for my Masters of Science in Information Systems.

-Mike

Ahhh being a stay-at-home mom is an AWESOME opportunity! I know, not only is my wife one, but I am a stay-at-home dad. I know so many at-home moms who have really stepped out and created some awesome opportunities ... one teamed up with other moms in her neighborhood and started a real estate investment business, my own wife started a network marketing business with children's books and did really well (this is how I got my start as an entrepreneur, she told me if I could find a health and wellness company I was passionate about that network marketing would be my ticket), and not a few best-selling authors started writing to pass the time between diaper changes and laundry swaps.

Congratulations! We appreciate your job and know you can go wherever you want to be.

Jeremy

is nothing considered a job?:lol: last week i was a collections manager/CSR for a small company here in cadillac..............this week im an unemployed stay at home mom who hates cooking and laundry.....the pay sucks but i get to see my kids more so the benefits are awesome!

Love it! Got my start using RPG III then later the ILE. iSeries are great systems, I started my writing career with the News/400 (now iSeries) magazine. Interesting how so many banks and insurance companies still use those specific platforms. Have you tried any of the Java on the iSeries? Yeah, I read iSeries NEWS, if that's the same magazine you're talking about. Maybe I'll go see if I can find the archives somewhere and find your articles. It seems like everytime I tell somebody what I work on, their response is something along the lines: "they're still using that?!" Of course most people who say that have never seen RPG IV or ILE and probably would not even recongize it as the same language (especially if it's in free-format).

And no Java here, unfortunately. I work in a shope of 3 programmers and I am the only one who seems to embrace change and learn new things. I can't get the senior programmer to start using ILE, sub-procedures, SQL, stop using indicators, etc., which I feel like holds me back. Oh well, I'm moving on soon.

-Mike

I'm a Macromedia Flash developer/designer working for Kerzner International (the holding company for Atlantis in the Bahamas).

Yes, that's the same one. Some of the articles are protected, but here are the links:

iSeries Articles by Jeremy Likness (http://www.iseriesnetwork.com/artarchive/index.cfm?fuseaction=ListArticlesByAuthor&ID=286)

Jeremy

Yeah, I read iSeries NEWS, if that's the same magazine you're talking about. Maybe I'll go see if I can find the archives somewhere and find your articles. It seems like everytime I tell somebody what I work on, their response is something along the lines: "they're still using that?!" Of course most people who say that have never seen RPG IV or ILE and probably would not even recongize it as the same language (especially if it's in free-format).

And no Java here, unfortunately. I work in a shope of 3 programmers and I am the only one who seems to embrace change and learn new things. I can't get the senior programmer to start using ILE, sub-procedures, SQL, stop using indicators, etc., which I feel like holds me back. Oh well, I'm moving on soon.

-Mike

I publish an employment magazine, hired!, in Philadelphia.

http://www.hiredonline.com

I'm also studying to become a personal trainer/nutrition coach.

I'm a post whore.:D ..............:whistle:
(and I live to terrorize Guava)

Ahhh being a stay-at-home mom is an AWESOME opportunity! I know, not only is my wife one, but I am a stay-at-home dad. I know so many at-home moms who have really stepped out and created some awesome opportunities ... one teamed up with other moms in her neighborhood and started a real estate investment business, my own wife started a network marketing business with children's books and did really well (this is how I got my start as an entrepreneur, she told me if I could find a health and wellness company I was passionate about that network marketing would be my ticket), and not a few best-selling authors started writing to pass the time between diaper changes and laundry swaps.

Congratulations! We appreciate your job and know you can go wherever you want to be.

Jeremy

i love to write! have been writing for years (actually have a finished book that just needs some editing). i was a stay at home mom for years and did daycare for extra money. but i am a huge people person and i start missing the adult interaction.

there was actually an add in my newpaper today looking for women to join a small group of women in developing a business......now that i read your post, im going to call and check into it, see what they have and i can offer:D

when i quit my job last week it was because the stress had finally taken a toll on me, i dislike 'working' for others and never benefiting from my time or effort. it really started having a negative affect on family..so here i am, looking for new work...........thanks for the ideas, they're the best i've heard all week!

In-House Graphic Designer fot the AT&T Yellow Pages Directory (Formerly SBC).

Translation: I put pretty pictures in the phone book...

In-House Graphic Designer fot the AT&T Yellow Pages Directory (Formerly SBC).

Translation: I put pretty pictures in the phone book...

in St Louis or elsewhere? I have a friend that works for the Yellow Pages in St Louis.

I still run a website hosting company :)

Currently: IT "guru" for a small office. Networking, troubleshooting, web programming, database admin, desktop app developer, etc

Just accepted my new job starting in a few weeks as a software engineer, with some additional responsibilities involving running demoes of our software for clients and training them. I enjoy developing, but I'm really excited over my new opportunities in working with clients and seeing what doors that opens for me.

Also, I work part time as a poker player. I make more hourly playin cards than I do working :madpimp:

in St Louis or elsewhere? I have a friend that works for the Yellow Pages in St Louis.

Naw, I'm in California. Stockton area.
Cool! Our "base of operations" is in St. Louis somewhere... What does your friend do?

I created the same thread last night and must not have tried this obvious line in my search.

I work in Information Technology as an IT Auditor for a financial organization. I live in LA.

My second job is lifting heavy metal plates. :bb:

Ahhh Stockton, the stomping grounds of one of my great business mentors, Jeffery Combs of www.goldenmastermind.com ... he used to be in phone book sales, too! Now he has several companies. Awesome coach, helped take me from the 40-40-40 plan to living my dreams.

Jeremy

Naw, I'm in California. Stockton area.
Cool! Our "base of operations" is in St. Louis somewhere... What does your friend do?

Marketing manager and school board member.

Like a lot of people around here I'm in IT. My job is working for the National Center for Health Statistics outside of Washington, DC. Mostly I program in SAS with somem PL/I and a language called TPL which probably no one ever heard of.

I work for a family owned asphalt paving business. I grew up with the SOB and worked with them during the summers-they've become my family now.) I was a high school social studies teacher for 4 years out of college.

P.S.- SOB is son of boss:nono:

I'm a history grad student at Ohio University.

I guess that makes me a historian.

I'm a salesman. They are moving me into marketing this quarter and I'll have to move to Miami. (from the Bahamas...:cry: ) Marketing will be cool I guess. I don't know if I can handle office life after 7 years on the road. At least my job will handle marketing for the entire caribbean. (and entail lots of travel all over the caribbean, travel kinda sucks after a while but the islands are cool so it should be allright)

Active duty Air Force stationed at Eglin AFB, FL. I am a Meteorological/Navigation Systems Technician. I maintain all weather measuring equipment and air navigation/instrument landing systems. Also a part-time college student at OWC working for my bachelor's in business. And since I discovered this site, fitness has turned into a full-time job in itself haha

Ahhh Stockton, the stomping grounds of one of my great business mentors, Jeffery Combs of www.goldenmastermind.com ... he used to be in phone book sales, too! Now he has several companies. Awesome coach, helped take me from the 40-40-40 plan to living my dreams.

Jeremy

Hey Jeremy, I read that you grew up in Sturgis. I was up there a few years ago when I was visiting family in Rapid City. My dad's cousin lives in Sturgis. One of my uncles lives in Spearfish, too.

The Black Hills is such an AWESOME place! Also the Alpine Inn in Hill City is great. Two items on the menu, small filet mignon or a large filet mignon haha.

I was very young in Sturgis, and recently lived in Lead (in the Black Hills) for a year. Fun place, very beautiful ... yes, the Alpine is awesome. Love the wedge of lettuce with dressing.

Then they pull out the dessert menu ...

Jeremy

Hey Jeremy, I read that you grew up in Sturgis. I was up there a few years ago when I was visiting family in Rapid City. My dad's cousin lives in Sturgis. One of my uncles lives in Spearfish, too.

The Black Hills is such an AWESOME place! Also the Alpine Inn in Hill City is great. Two items on the menu, small filet mignon or a large filet mignon haha.

I am a Captain/Bridal/Host Attendant in Catering.

I love my job! :claphigh: I greet & schmooze with the host( bride & groom, bridal party including parents, grandparents; birthday party host; bar mitzvah child & parents; CEO for corporate parties; fundraiser host; politicians and a few celebs, etc.... ) from the moment they arrive to make sure their every need is met.I get to meet different people every party and hear good music most of the time. I also have a staff( wait staff, bus boys, bartenders, valet etc... ) of 10 to 25 people (depending on the size of the party) that I have to delegate tasks to, make sure eveything is done and on time. Dealing with the staff alone is a bit hectic( who is late, who called in sick, who is hung over, who is having a bad day, who hurt themselves playing soccer and can't stand for too many hours, who has a test the next day and wants to go home and study, who needs time for for vacation, who is copping an attitude with another co-worker, who broke up with thier BF or GF, who is getting divorced, who is chewing gum on the floor, on thier phone, forgot thier work pants, dog ran away:rolleyes: etc...) From the ceremony to cocktail hour to dinner to desert and much more in between..... I must be on top of it all and on my toes at every second of the party. No mistakes! This is someones WEDDING/Bar Mitzvah/40th Birthday -- thier special day. From the placecards to the florist to the DJ to the favors, I am on top of it all. I am on my feet for many many hours at time... I walk 4 to 5 miles every night and long shifts, usually 30 hours in 3 days.

I am easy going and do not get stressed out so anyone high-strung is sent my way. I don't let anything or anyone get to me. I comfort the hurt, bustle wedding gowns, fix zippers, sew buttons, squeeze two more guests in at a table, find your camera, cut and serve your cake, find a 2 yr olds teddy bear, and calm all the nervous brides ( plus soooo much more...) Nothing EVER goes as planned and I must come up with a solutions at the drop of a hat. :eek: I need to be there with something they need before they know they need it. And I definitly have to make sure all the hosts & guests are supplied with plenty of food & liquer! :tucool: I must smile:) all night no matter what -- even if I am ill:cry: or had a tough work out:bb: where my hams are on fire. I have to suck it up. Nothing is ever a problem. Even if the kitchen is on fire and half the staff left... everything is fine! :D The hosts pay $$$$$ for thier day and I make sure it is the best day/best party/best time of thier life! Then I walk them to their car/limo and bid them farewell with good luck wishes and hugs good bye.:gl:

I never was a 9-5 person. I doubt I ever will be. I just sold my art busniess I had for 5 years. I created an entire 26 page website without any prior knowledge of html.:bang: Banged my head on the keyboard a lot. So I learned photoshop, graphic design and html all on my own ( of course I still don't know everything, but enough to get by.) I was sad to see it go but it was time to move on from that, though of course I still create art. If I ever start my own journal here I will insert some of my art into my logs... It is much more fun creating art itself than running an art busniess. I have been published a few times as well.

My DH has his own business so I keep the books for him too. And we have two children. Whew!

Lawschool! :tucool:

I'm a pawnbroker. That's P-A-W-N, not P-O-R-N, though people do bring in the odd blue movie every now and then (which I don't buy). AFAIK, there's some licencing laws about that stuff.

I often get asked, "what's the strangest thing someone has tried to sell you?", and it's a prosthetic leg.


I'm also a mother- I have five year old twin girls who have just started school.

And I'm just about to start uni, in a few weeks.

At the moment I'm a self-employed Mechanical Engineer, but I'm in the process of negotiating a direct position with one of my customers. I'll still operate my biz on the side though for extra cash.:D

I'm a Software Engineer/IT Director here in Houston. A lot of computer nerds/IT folk here - must be the sterotypical sitting, snacking, soda, sweets, pizza, skipping meals, sleeping, stress, late nights associated with the IT field. Glad to see so many of us motivated to get pimp tight though...