What Industry Do You Work In?

[raj]

I'm a reference librarian in a law school.

I only moonlight as a schmuck.

[Rev. Powell]

I'm only a schmuck because I could be so much more in my life, yet I'm too lazy to pull my finger out and apply myself to a career.  So I sit here like schlub every day plugging away at data entry for idiots who get themselves into too much debt for a home.

I'm so jaded I don't even know what I'd like to do instead.  I don't think I ever had any huge dreams as a kid.  It would be so much easier if I had a goal.  I'm good at working towards goals.  But if you have no goal to start with, what then?

My whole philosophy these days is "it's not worth it."  A terrible state of affairs, I know.  But I have trouble remembering what real motivation feels like.

I wasn't really motivated to become a lawyer per se.  I was working as a paralegal and I saw guys who were not as smart as me making more money and doing less busywork.  So, if you have no great desire to pursue any particular career path, you can always do what I did: if you think your boss has it better than you, find out what it takes to get their job and then pursue that track. 

Of course, it's fine if you don't want the extra money and don't mind the work you're currently doing, or you don't want the extra hassle.  It's possible that you're not motivated to pursue a career because you realize it wouldn't bring you anything special that you don't already have.   

[Killer Bees]

My thanks to everyone who've given me words of encouragement.  You've all given me a lot to think about, that's for sure.

I think for me it's just a matter of not really wanting any responsibility.  I had heaps of it growing up and I'm just tired of it.  So instead of rebelling when I was a teenager, I'm doing it now in my 40s  *lol*

I like the idea of heaps of money but the working towards it all is just not appealing.  I've seen people who dedicate their whole lives to their careers and that's all they have.  I never really wanted that for myself.

My 42nd birthday is approaching fast (next Friday) and I always go through a bit of an identity crisis for a few days.  Strange, considering each birthday is just a number to me, or at least, that's what I tell myself.

I'm reading Terry Pratchett's "Night Watch" book right now and I love the fact that the University's librarian is an orangutan.  I'd love to work in library (on good money of course), but without the prospect of having to turn into an orangutan   

[Zapranoth]

Oh, Ulthar -- let me just say, for anyone else who felt the same way I did -- pchem!   oh noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

LOL...are you trying to say PChem is the Manos of Chemistry?   

Troll 2 reference actually.    "He's taken pchem!  And now pchem is gonna take me, too!  Oh noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"   

[Dennis]

Due to lack of planning I am an estimator/order writer for a wholesale custom wood window, door and mill work company, I also do shop drawings for orders, don't have CAD so I do these the old fashioned way with a T-square, scale, compass and pencil. I recently expressed an interest in learning about the glass products we use so now when our glass guy is on vacation or off for a couple days I get to do the glass ordering too. Thanks to talking about Badmovies.org and this forum I also get to respond to all the email inquiries that come into the company website. Last year I couldn't even spell schmuck, now sometime I are one.

[raj]

I'm reading Terry Pratchett's "Night Watch" book right now and I love the fact that the University's librarian is an orangutan.  I'd love to work in library (on good money of course), but without the prospect of having to turn into an orangutan   

Some of us are baboon, others chimps.  And while there is no good money, we do get bananas.

[AndyC]

Does it count to be a schmuck because you have a lot of education, but still like nothing so much as playing a game based in ASCII, or else watching incredibly horrible movies... and because you watch the Starcraft 2 page for updates obsessively, several times a day?    Or does that just make me a geek or a nerd?

It says something that I find it hard to imagine a physician doing that. There aren't many professions left that are as revered. I call my boss by his first name, but never my doctor. I'm just intimidated by the profession. The irony is that my sister is a doctor and I'm still awed.

Still, I suppose it's natural to be intimidated by the only guy on earth who can stick his finger up your rear end with no questions asked.

And I have to admit I was nervous around clergy until I married one 

[Rev. Powell]

And I have to admit I was nervous around clergy until I married one 

AndyC, I warned you that no one must ever know of our forbidden love!

[JJ80]

I work as a Production Journalist at the Horse Racing desk of a major Scottish newspaper. And no, I don't know who's going to win the Kentucky Derby!

[CheezeFlixz]

I work as a Production Journalist at the Horse Racing desk of a major Scottish newspaper. And no, I don't know who's going to win the Kentucky Derby!

Being from Kentucky I do know and I get it right every year ... do you want to know?



Race Spoiler follows ...



It's the horse that comes in first. Bet on it.

[JJ80]

 

[trekgeezer]

I guess you would say that I'm in IT, although that's not what we called it when I started in the business 29 years ago. I work for the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, so I guess you could say I'm also in higher ed.

I manage the Tech Support Call Center and I spec out all the hardware we buy, I also have to come up with solutions for problems or needs that come up in our department. I also support our WAN since we have 80 field offices.

 

[frank]

I'm reading Terry Pratchett's "Night Watch" book right now and I love the fact that the University's librarian is an orangutan.  I'd love to work in library (on good money of course), but without the prospect of having to turn into an orangutan   

Some of us are baboon, others chimps.  And while there is no good money, we do get bananas.

The Librarian also enjoys a trip to the local tavern for a glass or two accompanied by some peanuts from time to time....

[Ed, Ego and Superego]

I'm reading Terry Pratchett's "Night Watch" book right now and I love the fact that the University's librarian is an orangutan.  I'd love to work in library (on good money of course), but without the prospect of having to turn into an orangutan   

Some of us are baboon, others chimps.  And while there is no good money, we do get bananas.

The Librarian also enjoys a trip to the local tavern for a glass or two accompanied by some peanuts from time to time....

OOOOK!
-Ed

[peter johnson]

I work in the Leasing Industry as a Portfolio Administrator --

If you want to lease a b-load of computer equipment & TVs for your hotel chain, I'm the guy who's going to be putting all the documentation together for that, hoping it passes legal muster.  Then, once in place, I monitor your account with us, making sure the insurance is current, etc.

I actually love what I do -- Go figure . . .

Most of you also know I have ongoing showbiz aspirations as well, and have made money (and continue to make money!) as a B-movie actor, radio actor, voice talent, narrator, print model(?!), stage actor, standup comic, sketch comic, skit writer, commercial actor, instructional/industrial film actor, and whatever else there is to do around showbiz in general.

peter johnson/denny hire me!!!