What do you do for a living?

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

Ha!  Nope, none of my handiwork.  I could write an encyclopedia on things I've seen.  Typically, the older the building, the more creative things are.  50 years of a maintenance man that fancies himself an electrician.

 

[Jcurl02]

I'm an automotive (mechanical) engineer and started or visited factories in nearly every region of the world.  I wish I had pictures of some of the crazy wiring jobs I've seen!!!  Not just wall outlets but for huge welders etc. 

I'm scared of electricity~ :binkybaby:  (unless if is a guitar) arty07:

 

[Mor Paul]

Ha, I just remembered walking around best buy, and you were pointing at the electrical conduits in the ceiling. Tell us some stories, Papa STDC!

 

[Rickgrxbass]

Nuclear pharmacist, I guess that's medical, non-doctor (Assuming "doctor" means "traditional MD", my sheepskin does say "doctor" on it...)

 

[AprioriMark]

I was disappointed that there was no "your mom" option.

-Mark

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

Your mom is disappointed there's not a your mom option.

:icon_jokercolor:

 

[cmalidore]

I'm an illustrator - I paint things that go bump in the night. And penguins.

 

[erogenousjones17]

I'm a translator, specifically legal and fiscal (I work for the taxman). So I chose "Office" and "Writer." And "Other," just for the hell of it.  :icon_biggrin:

 

[fdesalvo]

I'm an IT/HR consultant.  In my current role, I'm managing IT vendors supplying contingent labor for a global capital investment firm's IT infrastructre.  Talk nerdy to me.  ccasion14:

 

[dsorber]

I train scent detection dogs.

 

[JCizzle]

Great poll, nice to see what some of you folks do for a living, you all have some interesting careers.

I work in logistics for a private military contractor, so I picked "Civil Worker."  :toothy10: I've been doing that for a year and a half. Before that I was a bartender, go figure. I also have a BA in music comp and an MA in literature, go figure. I played music for a living, briefly, if you can call it that, I didn't make much money but boy did I have a good time doing it.

 

[Tipperman]

Currently unemployed. Somehow managing to build a tonar-finished Jaguar and not starve. Priorities? What the hell are those?  :dontknow:

 

[TBurst Std]

Still nothing appropriate for me to check.
I used to describe it as "I think so you don't have to"
Now added is "I find broken things and fix them"
In the course of the last week, a business unit I was told not to worry about (1st flag) led me to investigate it. We are losing 21% monthly on Net Profit (last 2 months). Almost at the end of redesigning it so it is a profitable unit and generating 23% monthly Net Profit by the end of April.

I view myself as a Business Analyst. But there were 3 "business analysts" that constructed this business unit. Thus why I do not to use the term. It is WAY overused and miss-understood.

PS: Those 3 business analysts have never even seen a P&L or understand the concept of risk evaluation.

 

[mayfly]

Still nothing appropriate for me to check.
I used to describe it as "I think so you don't have to"
Now added is "I find broken things and fix them"
In the course of the last week, a business unit I was told not to worry about (1st flag) led me to investigate it. We are losing 21% monthly on Net Profit (last 2 months). Almost at the end of redesigning it so it is a profitable unit and generating 23% monthly Net Profit by the end of April.

I view myself as a Business Analyst. But there were 3 "business analysts" that constructed this business unit. Thus why I do not to use the term. It is WAY overused and miss-understood.

PS: Those 3 business analysts have never even seen a P&L or understand the concept of risk evaluation.

I'd say those guys are not business analysts.  more like business hacks. 

BTW - do you get in trouble doing this kinda stuff?  Must really piss off the business hacks...

 

[TBurst Std]

I piss off people all the time. 
Yes I bark up 3 pay grades pretty regularly.. The 1st time with someone sometimes elicits a response from them such as "you can't talk to me like that" which I reply with my pat answer "obviously I can, I just did".

For there it actually gets better, and they realize their job can be much easier and more profitable with my involvement.

 

[deajo]

accountant...office / admin is close enough...meh, we all push paper...voted  :headbang1:

 

[TonyFlyingSquirrel]

Paid Superhero. Literally.

 

[riverbluff]

US Air Force Chief Master Sgt.  Originally I was an aircraft maintenance troop but now I am just a paper pusher.  Still have between 14 and 26 months till I retire and move to the next phase of life.

My hope is to get a job teaching management and business classes at a local community college.

I also teach motorcycle safety classes.  Once I return to the states, I will begin teaching for Harley Davidson again.

Bill

 

[vic108]

Worked at a beer/wine wholesaler for 17 years as the Operations Manager. Didn't get a vacation for 9.5 years. Always too busy to enjoy summer and holidays. Only 3 days off a year. Now and then would have to work a Saturday too. Worked my tail off and was always called in to do the 'dirty work' that the boss didn't want to deal with, like reprimands and firings.

April 1st 2011 got laid off by the new owners. They split my job up between 4 people. Since I got laid off, they fired 2 people in a row that were hired to do just one aspect of the job I had.

I've put out 120 resumes and have only had 1 interview since. No one is hiring these days. I hope and pray I get SOMETHING soon or else I might lose my home and everything I've worked for. Money that I saved up is almost gone. Virginia gives a meager amout for unemployment. This is the longest that I've ever been unemployed in my life and it's depressing... am now on meds to prove it

 

[JCizzle]

Worked at a beer/wine wholesaler for 17 years as the Operations Manager. Didn't get a vacation for 9.5 years. Always too busy to enjoy summer and holidays. Only 3 days off a year. Now and then would have to work a Saturday too. Worked my tail off and was always called in to do the 'dirty work' that the boss didn't want to deal with, like reprimands and firings.

April 1st 2011 got laid off by the new owners. They split my job up between 4 people. Since I got laid off, they fired 2 people in a row that were hired to do just one aspect of the job I had.

I've put out 120 resumes and have only had 1 interview since. No one is hiring these days. I hope and pray I get SOMETHING soon or else I might lose my home and everything I've worked for. Money that I saved up is almost gone. Virginia gives a meager amout for unemployment. This is the longest that I've ever been unemployed in my life and it's depressing... am now on meds to prove it

Hope you get something really soon, man. We're here for ya!