Your Job

[Gerry]

I'm the whole damn Communications Department right now.  Usually I'm the Publications Coordinator but the Graphic Designer got fired so I'm doing that job too...I'm really hoping we get somebody hired next week.

[brawl67]

Hello Susan!!!

I know exactly what you're saying about how few people work in a field they really like. I wish I had more enthousiasm for my job, but essentially it's a paycheck (nothing more nothing less) that allows me to do the things I love in my free time...that's pretty much the way I look at it.  The money's good...

I'll check you that website you mentioned... So you say you personally know a few weather gurus? Care to namedrop some? Just curious :)

[Susan]

Well that site is my brother, his wife is also into meteorology. They know alot of people in the weather community (including chasers like Tim marshall and gene rhoden). But I have yet to have met someone in the weather business that didn't really enjoy their job and find it exciting. Until I met you guess. ;-)

I guess over time we just end up somewhere, we aren't sure how we got there either. Too many people i know thew away money on college and didn't put those degree's to any use, aren't even in the field they planned on being. And the job market these days limits that as well. I guess i always imagined myself doing something more freelance (hey, i tried taking up photography, i'm more of a create soul) but ultimately and alas i'm not skilled enough something like that to actually make a descent living off of it. So it's the 9-5. But i guess ther eis some satisfaction in knowing my job provides people with medical insurance. I know how gerry feels, right now my department is so new we have a handful of people doing the job of what 10 departments should be doing. We hope to hire more...

or throw ourselves out the window

[Dave:Blackeye15]

Unemployed but I am curently making my own comic book sereis (not being published yet but I plan on trying it soon) and I'm taking care of my Grandma while her leg heals up, I recieve about 6-10 dollars a week for helping, which i'm happy with.

-the first rule of fat club-

[jmc]

God, I'd kill for a 9-5 job right now, or even one with weekends off.  Also, a job where you can sit down at a desk.  

Of course, I imagine a year from now I'll probably have both of those and still be complaining.   I don't really think I would like any job that I had, regardless of what it was.  It's just a matter of how much the job affects the rest of my life.  This job affects it way too much in that the schedule keeps me from being able to do anything.  Gotta go, almost time for work!

[Chopper]

hey i'm in the Military. i wish i came in under a different job too.

[Apostic]

For the past five years, I've worked for an outsourcer as a network security analyst/engineer.  The job title says "INFOSEC Engineer," but when I started that was more of a DoD hardware thing than it is today.

Like a lot of other people, I've got a quirky resume, too..  Farm hand.  Cook .  Disk jocky (classical listening).  Bartender.  Ditch digger.  Teacher.  Did some enlisted hitches in a couple of branches of the military, so that's two grab bag of other jobs, too.  Then I got smart and focused on finishing a BS in computer science; it only took twenty off-and-on years.

Ah, well.  Like the man said in Raiders of the Lost Ark, "It's not the years; it's the milage."

regards,

Apostic

[Pete B6K]

I work for the RSPCA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) in the kennels of a rehoming centre. I look after a kennel block of 14 dogs, cleaning, feeding, bathing, basic medical treatments, exercising, that sort of thing.

[BlackAngel]

Well, I am a conductor in the New York City Transit system.  First good job I've had in my life (most was security).  Been at this job for over a year and a half.  I'm also currently in the army (hey Chopper, what branch?).  My dream is too also draw and write for Marvel (or DC) although, I would like to keep both jobs.  My current job has benefits.
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Bulls**t, I still can't hear you, sound off like you got a pair.

[Mofo Rising]

I currently work as a page for the Phoenix Public Library.  That translates to sorting and shelving books all day, among other numerous yet mundane tasks.

I'm also attending the community college full time to gain my Associate of Science, which I will then use to transfer to ASU for a Bachelor's in Anthropology.  
I just got back from a 2-week field school in Cortez, CO digging up an Ancestral Puebloan ("Anasazi") pithouse and kiva.  This has convinced me to seek employment in the field, although I may go the 9-to-5 route and get a Master's in Library Science.

I have been a data entry clerk, janitor, pizza maker, telephone reservationist and a video store clerk.

Dream job: Comic book writer.  Sorry, though.  No superheros for me.

[Chopper]

Black Angel i'm active duty in the Air Force. so do u like being in the Army?

[Chopper]

anthropology is very interesting. i was gonna try and get my degree in cultural anthropology, but now i'm leaning more towards criminal justice.

[Newt]

I 'break' and train horses - from the first ride on up.

Did Anthro at University - Archaeology specialist., with a minor in Physical Anth.

Painted houses, worked on the cleaning staff of a hospital (ew!), and at an equipment rental store in the summer while at school.

Then worked for two software developer/publishers as office manager/whatever needed doing.  Got to test drive some interesting programs, did some copy editing, wrote trivia questions, designed fonts, drew clipart, manned the phones, looked after the advertising, accounts, customer service, shipping, etc etc

Worked at several farms, teaching people to ride (some for film/tv roles) and shovelling the 'good stuff' and training horses.  Am now self-employed.

Oh - and just to really break the pattern, I am female. Wanna armwrestle?

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[BlackAngel]

Yeah but next year maybe my last (I'm in the reserves)
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Bulls**t, I still can't hear you sound off like you got a pair