Just curious as the title says.
I'm a software engineer with a multinational consulting company. I work with a Human resource information (HIRS) system called Workday.
What do you do?
Used to be a industrial plumber/welder. Work accident killed my career. So now I'm back in school studying Asia.
Studying Asia for a career of some kind or just for fun?
New career. Try to get on with the State Department. I feel in love with Thailand and want to move there. So any job that will get me there.
You could teach English and move to Thailand pretty easily.
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I troll Paizo for revolutionary socialism and in my off hours, I load trucks.
Data Entry Clerk for an accounting firm.
Amateur author in the works.
I do nothing but play games.
Been trying desperately to try and find a job (who knew Walmart's interview was WAY harder than computer testing.)
Substitute teacher until the district hiring freezes stop. Retail on the side because subbing isn't steady. Both because amateur authors don't appease the student debt demons.
Assistant professor at a Portuguese university. I teach Maths to future engineers.
I study Office Administration at Trapper Creek Job Corps.
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Just finished my 3 year apprenticeship as an insurance salesman top of my class and still work for the same insurance broaker. Before that I worked a couple of years as temp in a number of companies (hard bone breaking way ^^) and before that 3 years learning to be a correspondet / translator for english and french.
Obviously my skills have degraded.. ^^
I do Telcom work for a multi-national customer service company.
I've done time in plethora of low paying jobs over the last several years, from menial work in a soybean bagging factory to almost 10 years as a radio dj. From 1994 to early 2007 I did data entry for various firms until I suffered a total mental and emotional breakdown, which combined with some physical injuries I'd sustained a couple years earlier in an auto accident, have made me permanently disabled. So I draw a meager check from the government, which is ok for the moment. However, once my divorce become final... well, we'll live under that bridge when we come to it.
I've done:
Human resources
Office management
Warehouse manager
Stable hand
Fire fighter
Museum interpreter
Nanny
Military recruiter
Scholarship fund management (quality control on apps)
Event planner
Janitor
Unemployed at the moment though.
Started working as a bike shop monkey, and mtb instructor.
Did photoshop/webdesign for about 15 years.
Worked as an outdoor educator (kids and adults) for a little while.
After that I worked for a couple of winters developing suspension downhill skis called Anton Gliders. They work amazingly well. I thought they would be the biggest thing since the snowboard, and I was in on the ground floor. Didn't take off however.
Now I'm pounding nails for the family home improvement and carpentry business. It is harder, dirtier, and much more dangerous, but at least it pays about half of what I used to make. Yay progress!
Working for the local city government in the historic monuments protection authority. I´m responsible for the "Neustadt" area of the City of Dresden, Germany.
Middle management with the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (after doing project/program management in healthcare software development work for them for a decade, and systems engineer/project management stuff in IT before that), so I do budgets, HR, work planning, etc. I'm seven levels down from the president in a purely org-chart consideration (of course, in practical terms there's about a bazillion layers).
For those with State Department aspirations--that's a real dang hard organization to get into! Most foreign jobs are going to go to those that have already proven themselves working stateside, so you might try getting in local before shooting for Asia.
I'm finishing up my masters degree.
In?
Mechanical Engineer working for the U.S. Navy.
Nice
I'm currently a pharmacy technician at Target. I've done a wide variety of jobs and this is the best one I've ever had. I can't think of a better way for me to use my skills and help the community while still paying bills.
Currently the executive director of a small charitable organization in Canada. Will start a new job as an employment standards appeal officer with the provincial government in the next two months.
Concierge.
I'm currently a pharmacy technician at Target. I've done a wide variety of jobs and this is the best one I've ever had. I can't think of a better way for me to use my skills and help the community while still paying bills.
You wouldn't by chance work at one in Conway, AR would you? Because if so, you're the first person there I probably wouldn't punch in the neck. I've never dealt with anyone there who wasn't a completely incompetent dick.
Satellite operations - specifically orbit maintenance/knowledge.
Greg
On-Premise/peddle route sales man for AB-InBev wholesaler.
I'm a Bud man.
International tax law.I'm finishing up my masters degree.In?
I imagine you left that out for the same reason I did. Sounds boring. My masters is in Industrial organizational psychology.
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Fairly standard career path:
Uni dropout
Juggler/acrobat
Rigger
Mathematician
Bridge Teacher (the card game)
Poker Player
Book-keeper
Accountant
IT manager
Im a in home care provider that cares for patients during there end of life struggles..pretty burned out..dont know whats next
I've just begun my seventh year as a high school engineering and technology teacher.
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I'm currently a pharmacy technician at Target. I've done a wide variety of jobs and this is the best one I've ever had. I can't think of a better way for me to use my skills and help the community while still paying bills.You wouldn't by chance work at one in Conway, AR would you? Because if so, you're the first person there I probably wouldn't punch in the neck. I've never dealt with anyone there who wasn't a completely incompetent dick.
I don't. I work in Lynnwood, Washington. I'm glad you wouldn't want to punch me in the neck. I like to think that I'm not a completely incompetent dick. I try to be nice and I have been nominated for technician of the year so I hope that means I'm competent. I didn't win, but I was nominated by district team leads (we don't call them managers) and operations managers.
I thought about it. It's been very tempting. My ideal situation would to work for the State Dept., live in Thailand and get my PhD in Thai history. My soon-to-be-ex wants me to be an economic major. Right now I'm an Asian Studies major with a minor in International Relations. But I am toying with the idea of swapping. There's a lot of overlap so...
So this is eerie.
I'm transferring to university hopefully for spring semester.I'm double-majoring in History (specializing in East Asian history) and Economics, with a certificate (my university doesn't offer minors) in East Asian Studies.
My dream at the moment is to teach ESL in Japan, China or Korea for a couple years, maybe returning to get my teaching certification and teach Economics in High School. Preferably home economics and personal finance, since I think economics is a very important lens with which to learn to see the world, and because I think learning personal finance and budgeting would help learn to adapt to the Real World (TM). And start a games club.
When I went to HS we were sort of allowed to stay after school and play board/RPG/CCG type games, but we never got any official support or encouragement from the establishment. I think my life would be different if someone had once said "it's okay to play games" let alone helping channel that creative energy.
For money I caption telephone calls for the deaf and hard of hearing (CapTel). At least once during every shift I daydream about bludgeoning a "client" to death with a crowbar. It pays bad, the work is bad, and the company treats me like refuse. But I'm very good at it and there's not a lot of jobs around that are as scheduling flexible as CapTel and/or pay anything close to a living wage.