I am a High School student starting university in September, studying economics, business and computer science (if i get in). I am hoping to have some kind of career in IT related to wargaming in the future.

What is your career?

I'm a meth kingpin Chemistry teacher.

I'm a student, me and a couple of friendsaid are doing our own star up of diversity training company. We will see I alive in going to companies to help themaybe be more sensitive to needs and requirements to of creating a diverse employee base.
Or go into the fbi program........

I am an unemployed High School Student.

Retired from the US Army and now working on my second retirement working for the US Government

I sell motorcycle/ATV/Personal Watercraft parts and accessories. Its easy and sometimes fun, pay is decent depending on the season, but if you want an idea of a good portion of my current clientele, watch the "12 O'Clock Boys" documentary...

I steal from the poor and give to the rich!

I am a mid-level executive at a Fortune 50 company. I.e. expendable.

I'm an ex RAF Airframe Fitter, now a Technical Trainer in Saudi Arabia.
Working on a Mech Eng degree too.

Ex despatch rider - now a Service Desk monkey in IT.

I don't actually have a career anymore due to the way Helpdesk/Service Desk is now run.

Last of the neanderthals, part time canine chauffeur and snack treat procurement specialist.

Forgot "Lawn Guard" there Frazz

Super Villain. My evil lair is hidden in Mount Rushmore - Lincoln's nose to be precise. . My plan is too brain wash politicians and make them incompetent and corrupt, then flood congress and the senate with them. The chaos will bring the USA to its knees, and Britain will rule the world again. Evil laugh

Keeping an eye out for a certain MI6 agent

Edit: just noticed a flaw in my plan to make politicians incompetent

 Jihadin wrote:
Forgot "Lawn Guard" there Frazz

Mmmm yes good point. I invented the crotchety neighbor stereotype.




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 Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:
Super Villain. My evil lair is hidden in Mount Rushmore - Lincoln's nose to be precise. . My plan is too brain wash politicians and make them incompetent and corrupt, then flood congress and the senate with them. The chaos will bring the USA to its knees, and Britain will rule the world again. Evil laugh

Keeping an eye out for a certain MI6 agent

Edit: just noticed a flaw in my plan to make politicians incompetent

Looks like your plan is working perfectly.

I'm a Marine, cripple and presently unemployed individual who's planning on opening a gun store with a buddy.

I'm a Chemical Engineer that worked 15 years in manufacturing focused primarily on process improvement and Lean Six Sigma projects . I now work for my companies R&D department, trialing new equipment, raw materials, and products at our various plants.

Edit: I are spell not well.

That kronk has spent most of his life being exposed to industrial chemicals explains a lot.

Engineering - for now!

(Currently designing ceramic to metal feedthrus for active medical implants!)

I grow bacteria.

A Tattooist.

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:
That kronk has spent most of his life being exposed to industrial chemicals explains a lot.

Sometimes I mix different acids and metals to see what melts what! We call it "Can you melt it?" Sometimes we even remember to turn on the hood!


(Not really)

So you...

...don't ever remember to turn on the hood?!?

A research scientist here (Genetics/Molecular Biology)

 Alpharius wrote:
So you...

...don't ever remember to turn on the hood?!?

It's a wacky place to work in a lab!

 Alpharius wrote:
Engineering - for now!

(Currently designing ceramic to metal feedthrus for active medical implants!)

Interesting! I am a Clinical Scientist working in Rehabilitation Engineering.

I teach the mentally ill life skills in a home setting to rehabilitate them back in to the community.

Union steamfitter for 15 years and I currently work in a huge ass data center in Northern Virginia. I also taught trade school for five years.

Dreadwinter: That is an important job, fair play to you.

I'm a biology/physics/mathematics teacher, depending on what the school needs at the time.

How do you guys with jobs in science/engineering let the hobby co-exist with your career? What's your social group? More than one group? Mostly gamers? Mostly co-workers?
Also, do you like your jobs? (Rate 1-10) maybe? (1 is depression causing and 10 is you enjoy it as much as the hobby

I am a game designer

I design games and I am basically a freelancer, though I am currently studying as well. But that doesn't mean I won't take a job in the industry.

At times I wonder if anyone ever read the MSDS concerning chemicals......forgot I did a brief stint as a Certified Surg Tech my brief time I got out the Army......and dragged back in to the mayhem

My job, increasingly, seems to be locating *literally* millions of dollars when idiotic fund managers have accidentally misplaced them. It literally takes something as stupid as an incorrect digit in one field of a SWIFT and *poof*, half a billion dollars temporarily disappears. I get free coffee though.



It's awful.

I also forgot to mention that in addition to being a corporate wage slave, I own a small business. It is a bakery.

And for the entrepreneurs: how do you find time for hobby stuff?
Does your business run your life?

I am feel incarnate.

I also write and do odd jobs part time while going back to college to prepare for Medical School.

MaxZ wrote:
And for the entrepreneurs: how do you find time for hobby stuff?
Does your business run your life?

You could basically change that to anyone in any field especially tech fields. Where we don't get paid overtime. Most designers I know put in more hours than they should and don't get paid for that extra work they put into their games. I am a fulltime student with several several.. Several. Several projects running at the same time, sometimes for clients and I only find maybe two hours a day for freetime. Though that is only because I have a 'light load' compared to my compatriots.

On the enjoyment thing: I hated being a researcher (my previous career) due to the workload, crappy pay and terrible job security.

I love being a teacher because interacting with teenagers is pretty entertaining, I get to have a captive audience to rant at, and the holidays are fantastic. Also, sometimes I feel like I did some good.
I give it a solid 8 out of 10, it's only not a 10 out of 10 because marking sucks.

I wipe the poop of people's butts.

 Da Boss wrote:
Dreadwinter: That is an important job, fair play to you.

I get that a lot. Then I tell people I make $8.25(Illinois Minimum Wage) an hour and get no benefits. Eyes widen.

 Ahtman wrote:
I am feel incarnate.

I also write and do odd jobs part time while going back to college to prepare for Medical School.

Oh, no way! Congrats mate! I had no idea..


incidentally, I meant the coffee was awful, not my job. I actually love it.






The job I mean, not the coffee. That remains awful.

 d-usa wrote:
I wipe the poop off people's butts.

That's a lot like working the Lost Luggage desk at the airport.

You pretty much catch gak all day.

 Albatross wrote:

 Ahtman wrote:
I am feel incarnate.

I also write and do odd jobs part time while going back to college to prepare for Medical School.

Oh, no way! Congrats mate! I had no idea..


incidentally, I meant the coffee was awful, not my job. I actually love it.






The job I mean, not the coffee. That remains awful.

Got it.

The job's awful, but the cofee is good. Check.

Good coffee is a good perk. Too bad about the job though.

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:
I'm a Marine, cripple and presently unemployed individual who's planning on opening a gun store with a buddy.

A gun store? In America? There must be ten billion of them

No disrespect, but I think you'd have more chance of selling rice to China or sand to Saudi Arabia

Best of luck with it.

MaxZ wrote:
How do you guys with jobs in science/engineering let the hobby co-exist with your career? What's your social group? More than one group? Mostly gamers? Mostly co-workers?
Also, do you like your jobs? (Rate 1-10) maybe? (1 is depression causing and 10 is you enjoy it as much as the hobby

It's varied over time,

sometimes I've had fellow gamers within the lab or department which is cool (if not there are often clubs/societies if your working at a university), sometimes you're just relying on gaming friends from outside work

I've tended to end up with 2 social groups, long term friends (often no longer in the same city/country) and friends/aquentences you get on with on a day to day basis and are up for going out/hanging out or whatever on a more regular basis

when everything is working the jobs easily a 9 or 10, when it's not (and with basic research that's not uncommon, if we knew what the results were going to be we wouldn't have to do the experments) it might be a 5 or 6 as it really sucks to. realise the past 6 months work were for nothing

University research especially comes with the bonus of pretty much being in charge of your own time (as long as the work gets done) so late/early starts, days off without lots of planning/formal notice etc, on the minus side you tend to end up doing loads of what is effectively unpaid overtime.... sort of a halfway house between having your own business and working in an office

 Albatross wrote:

 Ahtman wrote:
I am feel incarnate.

I also write and do odd jobs part time while going back to college to prepare for Medical School.

Oh, no way! Congrats mate! I had no idea..

I want to be able to give people injections with impunity, which is what a Medical Degree allows I believe. POKE POKE POKE

 Ahtman wrote:

 Albatross wrote:

 Ahtman wrote:
I am feel incarnate.

I also write and do odd jobs part time while going back to college to prepare for Medical School.

Oh, no way! Congrats mate! I had no idea..

I want to be able to give people injections with impunity, which is what a Medical Degree allows I believe. POKE POKE POKE

The contents of this thread are going to feature heavily in a future malpractice lawsuit, aren't they...

Used to work in investment consulting. Now I am a marine to be in just over 32 weeks!

Meteorologist for the US Air Force.

Also a currently a student with aspirations to become a History Teacher after retirement.

 Ahtman wrote:

 Albatross wrote:

 Ahtman wrote:
I am feel incarnate.

I also write and do odd jobs part time while going back to college to prepare for Medical School.

Oh, no way! Congrats mate! I had no idea..

I want to be able to give people injections with impunity, which is what a Medical Degree allows I believe. POKE POKE POKE

Are we still tallking about injections?

 Ahtman wrote:

 Albatross wrote:

 Ahtman wrote:
I am feel incarnate.

I also write and do odd jobs part time while going back to college to prepare for Medical School.

Oh, no way! Congrats mate! I had no idea..

I want to be able to give people injections with impunity, which is what a Medical Degree allows I believe. POKE POKE POKE

If I had a dollar for every time the nurses wanted to practice IV lines on me, I'd no longer need a career.

I work in Global Security Operations.

I'm a Senior Systems Engineer.

MaxZ wrote:
How do you guys with jobs in science/engineering let the hobby co-exist with your career? What's your social group? More than one group? Mostly gamers? Mostly co-workers?
Also, do you like your jobs? (Rate 1-10) maybe? (1 is depression causing and 10 is you enjoy it as much as the hobby

Baring one exception, my table top gaming group is made up of fellow military members. Infantry, EOD, Helo Pilot, and Helo Mechanic. We also have a civilian civil engineer in our crew.

With one exception, I haven't made friends with actual coworkers that I see day to day in about 11 years.

As for how I rate my job? Probably a 7-8. I really enjoy it, even the suck factor (usually after the fact...). I don't want to do it forever though, hence my current track with college.

 gunslingerpro wrote:

 Ahtman wrote:

 Albatross wrote:

 Ahtman wrote:
I am feel incarnate.

I also write and do odd jobs part time while going back to college to prepare for Medical School.

Oh, no way! Congrats mate! I had no idea..

I want to be able to give people injections with impunity, which is what a Medical Degree allows I believe. POKE POKE POKE

If I had a dollar for every time the nurses wanted to practice IV lines on me, I'd no longer need a career.

I work in Global Security Operations.

Sit through a course of Combat Lifetak....Lifesaver when the average guy/gal learn how to stick a IV into each other.

I find that becoming a parent will do more to wreck your hobby time than a job will - usually!

At least for oh, say 10 years or so!

 Alpharius wrote:
I find that becoming a parent will do more to wreck your hobby time than a job will - usually!

At least for oh, say 10 years or so!

Seriously hacked into my time.

 Alpharius wrote:
I find that becoming a parent will do more to wreck your hobby time than a job will - usually!

At least for oh, say 10 years or so!

Isn't that the truth...

MaxZ wrote:
I am a High School student starting university in September, studying economics, business and computer science (if i get in). I am hoping to have some kind of career in IT related to wargaming in the future.

What is your career?

Forensic Psychologist/Psych PhD student.

MaxZ wrote:
How do you guys with jobs in science/engineering let the hobby co-exist with your career? What's your social group? More than one group? Mostly gamers? Mostly co-workers?
Also, do you like your jobs? (Rate 1-10) maybe? (1 is depression causing and 10 is you enjoy it as much as the hobby

I don't game with anyone I work with although at my last job we had a longstanding RPG group. Generally speaking I play with toy soldiers at public gaming clubs and their membership tends to be completely random.

I would rate my job an 8 although some of it is pretty tedious.

I'm currently the warehouse manager at the delivery company I work for. I don't love it, but I can certainly tolerate it with no problems

If I had to rate school, a 3. It's fun, but the boredom of classes and out of class is tough.

I work in QA for news delivery software. I've done everything from "Geek Squad" type work to programming to phone based software support.

Eventually I'd like to pave a way into professional beer-brewing, but I don't have the startup capital for that yet.

I am an exotic dancer.

In my dreams. In the real world, I'm a scientist. I do HIV epidemiology in Africa.

It can be hard to balance the hobby with life (In addition to a demanding job, I have a wife and a kid), so I tend to only paint and collect. I play boardgames a fair bit, but get a table top wargame to the table maybe a half dozen times a year. Particularly if it's one that is time consuming to set up and take down.


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My job is an 8 or 9. Great job, good pay. Sometimes long hours, and can get tedious.

I'm an ex-paralegal turned Chief Estimator and Business Development Manager at a construction industry manufacturer. The chances are excellent you've walked in building that has heat, cooling, or electricity due to my company's products if you are in the US, Western Europe. If you're in America, then the chances are excellent that you've walked in a building that has elec / heat / cooling because I was the guy that figured out what was needed in that building. Your apartment building or house might have hot water or heat systems because of me.

 Easy E wrote:
I steal from the poor and give to the rich!

I am a mid-level executive at a Fortune 50 company. I.e. expendable.

Looks like you and I are in the same boat, Easy E.

I make and manufacture Prince Albert in a can. Seriously




In actuality I make Black & Mild cigars. I like the job, hate all of my co-workers, and will probably have lung issues in 20 years. But I have better pay and benifits then all of my friends who did actually finish college (though I am going back for mechanical engineering)

 Haight wrote:
I'm an ex-paralegal turned Chief Estimator and Business Development Manager at a construction industry manufacturer. The chances are excellent you've walked in building that has heat, cooling, or electricity due to my company's products if you are in the US, Western Europe. If you're in America, then the chances are excellent that you've walked in a building that has elec / heat / cooling because I was the guy that figured out what was needed in that building. Your apartment building or house might have hot water or heat systems because of me.

So its your fault I always get the hottest room in the house. I knew it was a conspiracy!

I work for a Civil Engineering company,

We operate all over the UK and among over things we are working on Britain's first Tungsten mine for 50 years and the "super quarry" Europe's biggest quarry off the coast of Oban in Scotland. We were on the BBC "One Show" twice in the past year concerning those things.

We help put up wind turbines, hopefully we'll be working on HS2 if it goes ahead.

I'm in the IT department which includes 1 other person.

College student at SUNYIT (now SUNY Poly), studying computer and information technology. Occasional daycare worker, tinkerer, and mad scientist.

IT Consultant. Currently I'm working on the R&D department of a Software Engineering company that specializes in call center software solutions.

If you live in South America or Europe and you bank keeps nagging you to pay up those outstanding loans, chances are that I'm partly responsible for it!

Hopefully soon to be an Engineering apprentice. Had an interview the other day and I think it went pretty well so fingers crossed!

PhantomViper wrote:
IT Consultant. Currently I'm working on the R&D department of a Software Engineering company that specializes in call center software solutions.

If you live in South America or Europe and you bank keeps nagging you to pay up those outstanding loans, chances are that I'm partly responsible for it!

But the rest of the blame is your poor decisions

I'm a Network Engineer for a Communication Company. Basically i'm a Big Mek.

I work in the care sector in Scotland. I've worked to rehabilitate adults with brain injuries or additional support needs that have committed serious sexual offences and help them get back into the community and be productive. It's a line of work I'm eager to get back into but I think I'd want to get a degree first if possible.

I've taken a break from that to work with 16 - 25 year olds in Glasgow and help them via various training, teaching and work placement opportunities to get into the career they're looking for, or further education if that's almost their aim. I'm also involved in overseas projects in India, Palestine and Morroco where I help to fundraise and go out to help people with the aforementioned training opportunities and also help them to start up their own businesses.

 Glitcha wrote:
I'm a Network Engineer for a Communication Company. Basically i'm a Big Mek.

Heh...

I'm an IT professional for a large healthcare system in the mid-west, primarily supporting any/all systems related to Pharmacy.

So, I'm a Big Mek crossed dressed with a confused Pain Boy.

Currently failing a PhD in theoretical computer science/mathematics.
Not sure what I will fail when I am finished with failing the PhD.

 Da Boss wrote:
On the enjoyment thing: I hated being a researcher (my previous career) due to the workload, crappy pay and terrible job security.

I love being a teacher because interacting with teenagers is pretty entertaining, I get to have a captive audience to rant at, and the holidays are fantastic. Also, sometimes I feel like I did some good.
I give it a solid 8 out of 10, it's only not a 10 out of 10 because marking sucks.

I never taught to teenagers, but I have taught to young adults as part of my PhD and, while I expected to hate it, it was actually quite enjoyable. I wholeheartedly agree that interacting with students is cool, and that grading sucks. I might fail a career in education after I fail my PhD. I do not feel very optimistic though.

chemicals..lots of chemicals

Active duty Navy. Working on Mech.E.

Prison guard at a state prison. I deal with all the idiots that are locked up.. Not the ideal job but it sure pays the bills. Trying to transfer to a office job... Tired of babysitting for 16 hr shifts with a bunch of people who want to kill you

I'm a central office administrator in a medium-sized school district. I herd cats, I mean principals.

Currently in in school full time but that ends at the end of the semester in which I'm hopefully getting a job in the injection molding industry. Or some sort of manufacturing quality assurance job. Both are boring but pay well and are familiar.

 Da Boss wrote:
On the enjoyment thing: I hated being a researcher (my previous career) due to the workload, crappy pay and terrible job security.

I love being a teacher because interacting with teenagers is pretty entertaining, I get to have a captive audience to rant at, and the holidays are fantastic. Also, sometimes I feel like I did some good.
I give it a solid 8 out of 10, it's only not a 10 out of 10 because marking sucks.

My first actual job, fresh out of college, was a 4-5 month period as a substitute teacher teaching a Introduction to Information Technologies class to 10th graders (and adults in the night period).

Teaching something that 16 and 17 year old kids actually find interesting was probably a bonus and I found the experience much better than I originally feared, but I couldn't imagine myself doing it for any extended period of time since it would become incredibly boring to me due to the sheer repetition alone!

I guess I don't have that whole "forming young minds" calling.

I can see my selection of Battle Buddies from here thinning the Hell out when the Zombie Apocalypse hit.....

I used to be a sales manager with a multi million £ client base.

I now deliver estate agent leaflets whilst I work away in my man cave making resin art toys and figures.

I like my new job much better than my old one.

 Mr. Burning wrote:
I used to be a sales manager with a multi million £ client base.

I now deliver estate agent leaflets whilst I work away in my man cave making resin art toys and figures.

I like my new job much better than my old one.

Here I always thought Nigel Stillman had been an archeologist!


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MaxZ wrote:
And for the entrepreneurs: how do you find time for hobby stuff?
Does your business run your life?

Every Sunday night, I have about 1 to 2 hours of time to do whatever I want without the family. They want to do their thing during that time. That is typically when I get to do Hobby stuff.

I have become very efficient at set-up/breakdown of my hobby area for painting, modeling, and sculpting. I also don't agonize over the results. If it passes the 3 foot check, I'm good.

If it is a game, I will set up the forces and scenario a week in advance during that time, so when my usually opponents show up, everything is ready to roll. When I go to their houses, the same thing applies. You basically walk in, exchange pleasantries, and start playing. Game over, exchange pleasantries and leave. I only get to game about once every three months.

 Chute82 wrote:
Prison guard at a state prison. I deal with all the idiots that are locked up.. Not the ideal job but it sure pays the bills. Trying to transfer to a office job... Tired of babysitting for 16 hr shifts with a bunch of people who want to kill you

I used to work in a prison, as a psychologist, and hated it. Hence, I can well understand just how difficult it can be.

I got medical'd out of the army last year, and am currently in school getting a BA and MA in history, so that I can teach high school history/social studies. On top of that, I want to coach sports, mainly football and rugby.

 Haemonculus wrote:

 Chute82 wrote:
Prison guard at a state prison. I deal with all the idiots that are locked up.. Not the ideal job but it sure pays the bills. Trying to transfer to a office job... Tired of babysitting for 16 hr shifts with a bunch of people who want to kill you

I used to work in a prison, as a psychologist, and hated it. Hence, I can well understand just how difficult it can be.

Worked in the mental health unit for a long time then got moved to watch the sex offenders. The sex offenders really creep you out most are there for child rape.

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:
I got medical'd out of the army last year, and am currently in school getting a BA and MA in history, so that I can teach high school history/social studies. On top of that, I want to coach sports, mainly football and rugby.

My high school history teachers were coaches first, teachers second.

Please don't be that guy.

My job is two (or maybe three)-fold.

I'm the fleet manager for a mobile dental company: the largest fleet in the US. I maintain the working order of our vehicles, make sure they get problems fixed, chassis work, etc etc.

I work at local programs such as prisons, rehab facilities, and children adoption agencies: we go to them. When I work at these places, I run the computer work and keep the doctors on track.

On weekends we go to national guard bases and do work for the military. I'm one of the few people in the company allowed/able to handle going solo, as I can literally do everything possible within the company other than actually doing the dentist's job.

 djones520 wrote:

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:
I got medical'd out of the army last year, and am currently in school getting a BA and MA in history, so that I can teach high school history/social studies. On top of that, I want to coach sports, mainly football and rugby.

My high school history teachers were coaches first, teachers second.

Please don't be that guy.

Definitely... My history teachers in high school were history first (actually one was civics/US gov't) and sports second, including the coach who created and taught a class called "The History of Sport in America". That class was only green lighted by the principle because the syllabus and class was so history oriented, rather than "let's let students sit in class and BS about sports for an hour, for eight weeks"

I teach your kids

Granted Ouze has dibs in the clock tower with a scope sniper rifle screaming about how I wouldn't let him play second base....I'm sure your kids can achieve better

 Jihadin wrote:
I teach your kids

Granted Ouze has dibs in the clock tower with a scope sniper rifle screaming about how I wouldn't let him play second base....I'm sure your kids can achieve better

Sorry Ouze, that you didn't get to play second base.... But you see, What had already secured the starting job there, and we couldn't really move him because Hu was on first, and I-Dunno is really amazing at third.

 Frazzled wrote:

 Haight wrote:
I'm an ex-paralegal turned Chief Estimator and Business Development Manager at a construction industry manufacturer. The chances are excellent you've walked in building that has heat, cooling, or electricity due to my company's products if you are in the US, Western Europe. If you're in America, then the chances are excellent that you've walked in a building that has elec / heat / cooling because I was the guy that figured out what was needed in that building. Your apartment building or house might have hot water or heat systems because of me.

So its your fault I always get the hottest room in the house. I knew it was a conspiracy!

Hah! More true than you know. I'd say probably 90% of bid-spec jobs are over-engineered for the worst design degree day imaginable by 20% or more. Which is a huge run up in project costs due to materials, etc.

We try to educate our clients, but ultimately if he / she insists on putting in 3000 mbh for an objective that 1000 mbh will cover adequately, give 'em what they ax' fo'.


So if the Weiner Dogs are toasty, blame your engineer!

Some really cool jobs you guys have.

I'm an RCAF helo pilot. Going to be flying the Sea King in hopefully a month.

 Blacksails wrote:
Some really cool jobs you guys have.

I'm an RCAF helo pilot. Going to be flying the Sea King in hopefully a month.

I find it ironic the Helo Pilot tells others they have cool jobs.

 Haight wrote:


I find it ironic the Helo Pilot tells others they have cool jobs.

Grass is always greener, eh.

In fairness, being a government employee and in a department particularly subject to the whims of the people in a country that doesn't exactly prioritize military spending comes with its own drawbacks for the job.

The flying is dope though and the benefits are excellent. My wife is a bridge watch-keeper in the RCN on board the frigates, so we have conversations that we get tired of, but others find fascinating. Its weird.

Always remember......the crew chief has the last words.....if not the Pilot Attitude Adjuster tool is located near the crew chief (crash axe)

 Jihadin wrote:
Always remember......the crew chief has the last words.....if not the Pilot Attitude Adjuster tool is located near the crew chief (crash axe)

We don't have crew chiefs.

Occasionally we'll have a crusty Master Warrant for a sonar operator. Then we just do autos until he's complacent again.

I am the destroyer of worlds. In my spare time though I am the front house manager of an LGS.

I take pictures people give me and embroider them onto clothing or fabric using my very large, aggressive machine. Consequently I spend a lot of my day wearing ear-protectors.
Also sewing. I create bespoke stuffed animals and small clothing items for folks.

I don't know what the job title is. If I say "Machinist" people assume I make pipes.

 Chute82 wrote:

 Haemonculus wrote:

 Chute82 wrote:
Prison guard at a state prison. I deal with all the idiots that are locked up.. Not the ideal job but it sure pays the bills. Trying to transfer to a office job... Tired of babysitting for 16 hr shifts with a bunch of people who want to kill you

I used to work in a prison, as a psychologist, and hated it. Hence, I can well understand just how difficult it can be.

Worked in the mental health unit for a long time then got moved to watch the sex offenders. The sex offenders really creep you out most are there for child rape.

Actually, my PhD is on sex offenders! And yes, they are creepy.

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:

 Jihadin wrote:
I teach your kids

Granted Ouze has dibs in the clock tower with a scope sniper rifle screaming about how I wouldn't let him play second base....I'm sure your kids can achieve better

Sorry Ouze, that you didn't get to play second base.... But you see, What had already secured the starting job there, and we couldn't really move him because Hu was on first, and I-Dunno is really amazing at third.

If I played second base, it would be a pretty terrible game. I have all the athleticism that you'e expect from a career spent in IT

I'm a software trials engineer in the RAF, seems to be a few military chaps in here then!

 Buttery Commissar wrote:
I take pictures people give me and embroider them onto clothing or fabric using my very large, aggressive machine. Consequently I spend a lot of my day wearing ear-protectors.
Also sewing. I create bespoke stuffed animals and small clothing items for folks.

I don't know what the job title is. If I say "Machinist" people assume I make pipes.

Textile Engineer?

Seamster?

Chief Designer?

Sewing Machinist?

Tailor?

Tailor?

Tinker?

Soldier?

Spy?

Software Engineer, currently working at a Software House, working on SSIS.

Before this, I worked for 4 years as a "consultant" (meh, kind of ) and worked as an external for a big bank and then a brief trip of around 5 months to an insurance company in Denmark.

Had to switch jobs before I decided it was better to throw myself from a bridge or something.

I've learnt that although the Software House life really suits me more (FRAK SUITS TO HELL. FRAK THEM AND THE FRAKING TIES), I'm still kinda "meh" with computer science. Programming is not my life passion, is what I understand.

Thankfully I have plenty of hobby time and gaming time with friends to balance everything out. And learning Japanese because I sure would love to translate stuff, both for me or as a side job.

And here I thought you worshiped Satsuki full time.

 Co'tor Shas wrote:
And here I thought you worshiped Satsuki full time.

Nah, painting an army inspired by Satsuki and (at the same time) dedicated to Satsuki is enough, I feel

That and body pillows

I work in insurance.... it sucks

 zombiekila707 wrote:
I work in insurance.... it sucks

Embrace it

I work as an R&D chemist, inventing new products for a global company. My contract forbids me from naming them, but they're generally a very cool company to work for.

Plus, I get to play with chemicals.

In a previous job I invented the '30-atmospheres-of-pressurised-gas' powered popgun.

I go to school. After that I am going to study linguistics and politics in university. After that I want to become a politician and eventually become president of Russia

 Chute82 wrote:
Prison guard at a state prison. I deal with all the idiots that are locked up.. Not the ideal job but it sure pays the bills. Trying to transfer to a office job... Tired of babysitting for 16 hr shifts with a bunch of people who want to kill you

Have you considered public school. They still want to kill you but the hours are less.

 Haemonculus wrote:

 Chute82 wrote:

 Haemonculus wrote:

 Chute82 wrote:
Prison guard at a state prison. I deal with all the idiots that are locked up.. Not the ideal job but it sure pays the bills. Trying to transfer to a office job... Tired of babysitting for 16 hr shifts with a bunch of people who want to kill you

I used to work in a prison, as a psychologist, and hated it. Hence, I can well understand just how difficult it can be.

Worked in the mental health unit for a long time then got moved to watch the sex offenders. The sex offenders really creep you out most are there for child rape.

Actually, my PhD is on sex offenders! And yes, they are creepy.

Hey come on, guys. We have feelings y'know...

 Albatross wrote:

 Haemonculus wrote:

 Chute82 wrote:

 Haemonculus wrote:

 Chute82 wrote:
Prison guard at a state prison. I deal with all the idiots that are locked up.. Not the ideal job but it sure pays the bills. Trying to transfer to a office job... Tired of babysitting for 16 hr shifts with a bunch of people who want to kill you

I used to work in a prison, as a psychologist, and hated it. Hence, I can well understand just how difficult it can be.

Worked in the mental health unit for a long time then got moved to watch the sex offenders. The sex offenders really creep you out most are there for child rape.

Actually, my PhD is on sex offenders! And yes, they are creepy.

Hey come on, guys. We have feelings y'know...

Exalted, because I laughed aloud.

 Easy E wrote:
Textile Engineer?

Seamster?

Chief Designer?

Sewing Machinist?

Tailor?

All of the above.
Maybe I should just have a "delete as applicable" business card? Usually people find me through my business name, so it's pretty damn clear what I do, but there are times such as 3am in a New York airport immigration control booth, it becomes challenging.

"What is your job, please?"
"Textile Design and Embroidery."
[Blank stare] "And what does that involve?"

Just finished my PhD in human factors engineering (in no small part due to subject matter contributions by certain members of Dakka's former military mafia) and accepted a full time industry research position. Not sure if this needs an update but I'm happy about it.

I am a federal security officer for... a place... Can't go into specifics of what I do other than I am armed security with good pay, great benefits, terrible hours, even worse management and crappy working conditions. I have continuous drug tests, background checks and every couple years I am ran in the federal and Interpol computers. Although while I'm at work I have all the time in the world to surf Dakka and built/painted models.

I want to go to school for lock smiting and maybe get a job installing home security systems. With the background I have from my current job it should not be too hard to get hired on working with security systems as long as I get some know how.

Air Traffic controller in the RAF.
I have the good fortune to spend my days talking to Lancasters, Spitfires, Hurricanes and Typhoons over the skies of Lincolnshire.

I'm currently an IT Business Analyst, but my heart will always be in Software Testing (which I did before that)

Currently in uni, but training to become a fulltime professional circus artist. Also a street performer (magician) and a waiter to help pay that student loan.

Environmental work for a large food manufacturer.

I am a GIS consultant for the market leader in GIS software. In practice, in means travelling around the place sorting out problems and advising people on how to set up their systems and architecture as well as showing them how to run the damn thing.

I'm a farmer. Hardest and best job in the world.

After I left university I worked for a large agricultural firm and now I run the family farm. We can trace the family back on this farm to the early 1700's and it's amazingly humbling to be tasked with driving the business into the 21st century.

Go farmers! 'Feeding the world since Adam was a boy!'

NDT specialising in AUT inspection of pipeline girth welds.

I invented the "you don't have to be crazy to work here...but it helps!" line and the folding desktop calendar.

I now mostly spend my time by the pool surrounded by blow and hookers while waiting for lightning to strike for a second time.

 Ruberu wrote:
I am a federal security officer for... a place... Can't go into specifics of what I do other than I am armed security with good pay, great benefits, terrible hours, even worse management and crappy working conditions. I have continuous drug tests, background checks and every couple years I am ran in the federal and Interpol computers. Although while I'm at work I have all the time in the world to surf Dakka and built/painted models.

I want to go to school for lock smiting and maybe get a job installing home security systems. With the background I have from my current job it should not be too hard to get hired on working with security systems as long as I get some know how.

I thought you meant teacher until I read "good pay"

Former US army and now a novelist.

 cincydooley wrote:

 Ruberu wrote:
I am a federal security officer for... a place... Can't go into specifics of what I do other than I am armed security with good pay, great benefits, terrible hours, even worse management and crappy working conditions. I have continuous drug tests, background checks and every couple years I am ran in the federal and Interpol computers. Although while I'm at work I have all the time in the world to surf Dakka and built/painted models.

I want to go to school for lock smiting and maybe get a job installing home security systems. With the background I have from my current job it should not be too hard to get hired on working with security systems as long as I get some know how.

I thought you meant teacher until I read "good pay"

To be fair, some teachers are paid pretty well. It is highly dependent on what district they work for. It can vary widely.

 Hordini wrote:

 cincydooley wrote:

 Ruberu wrote:
I am a federal security officer for... a place... Can't go into specifics of what I do other than I am armed security with good pay, great benefits, terrible hours, even worse management and crappy working conditions. I have continuous drug tests, background checks and every couple years I am ran in the federal and Interpol computers. Although while I'm at work I have all the time in the world to surf Dakka and built/painted models.

I want to go to school for lock smiting and maybe get a job installing home security systems. With the background I have from my current job it should not be too hard to get hired on working with security systems as long as I get some know how.

I thought you meant teacher until I read "good pay"

To be fair, some teachers are paid pretty well. It is highly dependent on what district they work for. It can vary widely.

Yup... one of the most higher paying Teacher's job in MO... is in St. Louis.

http://www.slps.org/cms/lib03/MO01001157/Centricity/Domain/97/Teacher%20Salary%20Schedule%202014-2015.pdf

$90 grand doesn't seem exorbitant for a PHD. Maybe it's just me?

It isn't just you, though you don't really need a PhD to teach; especially at that level.

 dogma wrote:
It isn't just you, though you don't really need a PhD to teach; especially at that level.

Here in the state of Washington, most schools have gone to a one year Masters program just to teach high school... and it isn't even because there's a real need for that level of learning, it's all down to extremely high state "standards" and required courses

 Co'tor Shas wrote:
$90 grand doesn't seem exorbitant for a PHD. Maybe it's just me?

The primary reason to get a PhD is if you are pursuing an academic position at a university. It isn't the only reason, or the only job you can get with a PhD, obviously, but that is usually the goal. I agree that $90,000 doesn't seem exorbitant for a PhD either, but it also depends on the field. A lot of tenure track professors with PhDs make less than $90k a year, especially in the humanities (although that's not exclusive to the humanities by any stretch).

I'm a management accountant. I basically make graphs and charts in excel all day.

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:

Here in the state of Washington, most schools have gone to a one year Masters program just to teach high school... and it isn't even because there's a real need for that level of learning, it's all down to extremely high state "standards" and required courses

I believe that's how it works in Illinois too, at least if you didn't study education during undergrad.

 sebster wrote:
I'm a management accountant. I basically make graphs and charts in excel all day.

One step away from being a Power Point Ranger

 dogma wrote:

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:

Here in the state of Washington, most schools have gone to a one year Masters program just to teach high school... and it isn't even because there's a real need for that level of learning, it's all down to extremely high state "standards" and required courses

I believe that's how it works in Illinois too, at least if you didn't study education during undergrad.

According to the VA's Vocational Rehab counselor that I was assigned, if you're going for elementary education (k-6 or so) you need a BA/BS (whatever it is) in education with like 3 particular classes completed. Middle school is quite hazy as I think you can get by with either an Education degree, or a subject degree, with the caveat being that if you are trying to teach math, you must have completed 2 courses above the level you teach, plus the same 3 classes elementary teachers had. High school requires a BA/BS in the subject as applicable, however in HS you are required to have endorsements for each subject you wish to teach once you've passed the "West-B" exam. On top of the same three or so classes elementary teachers have, HS teachers are required certain credits in local, NW history courses and additional life cycle psychology courses.

I know that U. of Washington-Tacoma has created a BA in [science] for people who wish to teach science at the middle school/high school level, as opposed to a BS in [science] and work in the field of science... For the life of me, I cannot really tell what the difference is between the two.

Communication Technician... had my company service anniversary this past March... 16 years so far.

 Co'tor Shas wrote:
$90 grand doesn't seem exorbitant for a PHD. Maybe it's just me?

Very, very few teachers get their PhD and still teaches.

It's mainly for those who want to get into the administrative positions, like the Regional Board of Education.

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:

I know that U. of Washington-Tacoma has created a BA in [science] for people who wish to teach science at the middle school/high school level, as opposed to a BS in [science] and work in the field of science... For the life of me, I cannot really tell what the difference is between the two.

I imagine the BA requires fewer lab hours.

Nothing. I was born to a wealthy, property and business owning family. I spend my days lounging around our pool, cruising in my mustang and getting C's in the expensive private college I'm enrolled in while waiting for my Dad to die so that I can inherent all his stuff.

#bootstraps #startedfromthebottom

 BlaxicanX wrote:
Nothing. I was born to a wealthy, property owning and business owning family. I spend my days lounging around our pool, cruising in my mustang and getting C's in the expensive private college I'm enrolled in while waiting for my Dad to die so that I can inherent all his stuff.

#bootstraps #startedfromthebottom

That Inheritance Tax is going to ruin your day

Quality Engineer
We make things that destroy stuff... it is glorious.

Almost lost my mind in automotive... they will never take me back alive.

 BlaxicanX wrote:
Nothing. I was born to a wealthy, property owning and business owning family. I spend my days lounging around our pool, cruising in my mustang and getting C's in the expensive private college I'm enrolled in while waiting for my Dad to die so that I can inherent all his stuff.

#bootstraps #startedfromthebottom

A true #bootstraps guy wouldn't just sit there and wait for his dad to die, they would do what it takes to get that money

That's the part I can't talk about online.

 Jihadin wrote:

 BlaxicanX wrote:
Nothing. I was born to a wealthy, property owning and business owning family. I spend my days lounging around our pool, cruising in my mustang and getting C's in the expensive private college I'm enrolled in while waiting for my Dad to die so that I can inherent all his stuff.

#bootstraps #startedfromthebottom

That Inheritance Tax is going to ruin your day

You've got to make sure you pay your fair share of taxes.

 Jihadin wrote:

 BlaxicanX wrote:
Nothing. I was born to a wealthy, property owning and business owning family. I spend my days lounging around our pool, cruising in my mustang and getting C's in the expensive private college I'm enrolled in while waiting for my Dad to die so that I can inherent all his stuff.

#bootstraps #startedfromthebottom

That Inheritance Tax is going to ruin your day

That is one of the reasons why God invented offshores.

I'm a Workers' Compensation Claims Examiner. If you've ever been hurt on the job then you've probably spoke to one.

I don't love it, but I don't hate it. It's the same thing I say about all things that require focus on the same thing for eight hours: who wants to do the same thing for eight hours straight, whether job or hobby (sleep excluded)? Eight hours straight doing the same thing is too long. I can do the same amount of work in six, probably more effectively, while being happier (and actually, I do, but I still have to hang around for the full eight).