Just got a new job and I'm really excited...what do you do?

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**Evil_Toast**

Laboratory manager for a soils and construction materials company. It sounds fancier than what it actually involves.

**notprop**

timetowaste85 wrote:
I! Am! BATMAN!!!

Ok, no, seriously. I'm the maintenance manager/overseer of the company vehicles for a mobile dental outfit that services the national guard and welfare/Medicaid communities in the New York area.

But really...I'm Batman.

The first rule about being Batman, is that you don't talk about being Batman.

Sorry about the folks by the way, that can be tough on a kid but it explains the interest in dentistry.......being Batman!

**Nevelon**

I have a couple of jobs.

I’m the executive chef at an exclusive restaurant. I am also the head groundskeeper, and manage the facilities. But most importantly, I own and operate a premier child care facility.

In other words: I’m a stay-at-home Dad.

**kronk**

I am now a Researcher for my company's R&D Department, north of Chicago.

I find ways to make our products cheaper to make, better, or any combination of the above. I get to run production trials at our plants, so I get to travel across the USA and sometimes Canada.

**Gitkikka**

Gentleman Adventurer.

**Ensis Ferrae**

My job is very similar in nature to Batman... We both hide out until dire emergencies threaten to overwhelm the good populace. I swoop in out of no where, solve the problem, and disappear before anyone can properly thank me.

Im actually in the army, and I fix electronics and computers... but it usually works like above. Somethin breaks, people start running around like chickens with their heads off, I appear with my ninja skills, save the day and pop smoke, back to my hole.

**kronk**

Also, ladies man.

**Azza007**

I'm a Health Care Assistant working on 2 orthopaedic wards, switching every few months. Though in September I leave to start my degree in Adult Nursing.

**Nocturn**

Used to be an aircraft mechanic, but now I work as an investigator for a security company, as well as being a cop.

**Chancetragedy**

Machinist making surgical cutting tools and hypodermic needles by day, engineering student by night.

**Seaward**

djones520 wrote:
Weather Forecaster in the Air Force. Currently working in one of the largest Air Operation Centers in the world. Will soon be working with the 101st Airborne.

Gonna jump?

**djphranq**

I work for The Telephone Company

**djones520**

Seaward wrote:
djones520 wrote:
Weather Forecaster in the Air Force. Currently working in one of the largest Air Operation Centers in the world. Will soon be working with the 101st Airborne.

Gonna jump?

I hope to get the chance. I will be attending Air Assault School at the very least.

**Doctadeth**

Making Bacon. No seriously though. I work for one of the premier smallgoods factories in Western Australia. We do stuff like major supermarket chain ham and bacon, and orders for major fast food companies..

I like it.

**Leigen_Zero**

Doctadeth wrote:
Making Bacon. No seriously though. I work for one of the premier smallgoods factories in Western Australia. We do stuff like major supermarket chain ham and bacon, and orders for major fast food companies..

I like it.

So you make your bacon by making bacon?

I feel a Leonardo Dicaprio meme coming on...

**Frazzled**

starhawks wrote:
Hello everyone. I'm bored, but I'm also really excited because I recently got a job on campus (I'm a junior in college) working with a professor in the physics department. We're designing a new detector for the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at the Brookhaven lab in NY. It's a huge collaboration whose purpose is to study the properties of the quark gluon plasma, a recently discovered form of matter. So what do you all do to pay the bills?

My boy is getting a minor in physics. He was taking chemical engineering but got bored because there wasn't enough math.

My job? Reminding others that the wheel is just a fad.

**chaos0xomega**

Construction Estimator and Project Manager. What does it have to do with my degree? Nothing.

**Stuebi**

IT-Guy.

I have NO idea what thats correctly called in English. I fix computer problems and people swear at me a lot.

**ScootyPuffJunior**

Union steamfitter.

I spent 12 years on the construction side of things and now I currently work as a mechanical technician in one of the largest data centers in Northern Virginia; easiest job I've ever had.

**vim_the_good**

Video game animation monkey by day...

**hotsauceman1**

Stuebi wrote:
IT-Guy.

I have NO idea what thats correctly called in English. I fix computer problems and people swear at me a lot.

In america IT guys are called Wizards.

**gossipmeng**

Human Capital Management Consultant

**Leigen_Zero**

vim_the_good wrote:
Video game animation monkey by day...

For some reason, I read that as you are actually some sort of video game graphic that is a monkey, and you get hired to appear as a monkey in people's video games

**Nick Ellingworth**

I'm a laminator for a carbon fibre manufacturer. Mostly I make automotive/motorsport parts (Aston Martin, Caterham F1, Toyota LMP etc) plus occasional aerospace, communication system, military and space (not that anything I've made is up there, I've only made stuff for testing) parts to keep things interesting.

After nearly 2 1/2 years carbon fibre has definitely lost it's appeal though. It's now just a reminder of having to go to work on a daily basis. Being able to say that I've made parts for several very high end cars (the Aston One-77 and Zagato) and racing cars is quite cool though.

**Crablezworth**

Scientist, photographer.

**Leigen_Zero**

Crablezworth wrote:
Scientist, photographer.

I realise that I may need to start taking regular breaks from looking at computer monitors, as I didn't see the comma in your post at first and thought your job was 'scientist photographer'

**Glaiceana**

General game artist (3d modelling/texturing)

**Frank&Stein**

Unemployed physical anthropologist.

Woking as a part-time garbageman to pay the bills.
On the plus side: I've never been fitter.

**Crablezworth**

Leigen_Zero wrote:
Crablezworth wrote:
Scientist, photographer.

I realise that I may need to start taking regular breaks from looking at computer monitors, as I didn't see the comma in your post at first and thought your job was 'scientist photographer'

lol, well I do photograph scientists.

**sparkywtf**

I am a product development technician and product specialist (depending on the business card) for the main company I work at. Basically I work in the lab a few days a month, and answer phones all the other times.

I am also the National Product Manager for a new division of the same company. Basically that is just sales. It is slow going though, my marketing guy is slow at getting jobs down so its hard to get the word out.