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The older I get, the more I become interested in the way people make their way in the world. Here's your chance to talk about your livelihood, the IV that feeds your hobby. Love it? Hate it? What would you rather be doing, if not the job you're in? Is it your job? Is it your career? Is it a stepping stone to where you want to be?

So, dakkanauts the world round: What do YOU do?

I'm a Mountie here in Kelowna, BC. It's a career. I love it, best job I've ever had, and the long laborious process it took to get to where I put on my serge for the first time was worth all the sacrifice and training. I work with great people, and even though I took a big pay cut to get where I am, the return on job satisfaction isn't quantifiable in dollars. I get to be a role model for my sons and other kids, help people out, try to solve problems and use an enormous amount of judgement and discretion in how I execute my duties.

I used to make frothy, espresso-based beverages for upper-middle class suburban housewives. Now, thankfully, I don't.

I cook on a grill, The guy there has worked in big kitchens, he is teaching me how to run a kitchen by myself and how to head one, I can cook anything from burgers to Reubans. I can empty a fryer, clean a grill. Anything to work in a kitchen.
Atleast i hope he isnt just telling me this so he doesnt have to do it.
Best Two moments was someone asking if the hot dog would make them fat, and someone wanting a burger with cheese, i told her to get a Cheeseburder, but she said she wanted a Hamburder with cheese on it. In the end she got a hamburger with extra cheese that cost her 5$ while the cheeseburger is 4.50.

Well if I go into detail...I make people either jealous, scared, worried, reinforce their perception of me, hate me, love me, envy me, cry, laugh, impress, and/or consider me lucky. In a nutshell. I'm just an average guy doing a Hero job

I fly robot spy planes.
While Im on an educational sabbatical I'm starting a business selling classically styled hardwood furniture.

I work in the IT field for a local Hospital System.

I don't wanna tell you guys what I do
But I have written for magazines in the past.

Got out of the Marines about two years ago, I'm a full time College student and an apprentice to a local gunsmith.


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I have worked as a barista, a book seller and a security guard. The first job was terrible, the second job allowed me to be a proper biblophile constantly and the last job made me personally despise wealthy people and never want to be an employee to any primarily civilian background organization again.

I'm an HVAC apprentice for now, not sure if i want to stick with it or join the Canadian armed Forces (would go Armored soldier). I like my job but i feel like i could be doing something better with my life so that's why i would switch over to the military.

 whembly wrote:
I work in the IT field for a local Hospital System.

Oh... used to work at Movie Theater as projectionist. Awesome job....

 Tazz Azrael wrote:
I'm an HVAC apprentice for now, not sure if i want to stick with it or join the Canadian armed Forces (would go Armored soldier). I like my job but i feel like i could be doing something better with my life so that's why i would switch over to the military.

I don't think I could ever do a job where I get paid to kill people.

Student for now, going to college soon with ROTC. Hopefully after that I can maintain a job as an engineering officer in the Army

I have had a very odd bunch of jobs

dish washer
working with severely disabled children
making neon signs, twice at the same place
making furniture
installing carpet
cashiering at a co-op and a book store
salesman for a logistics company
now I'm working on my dream. I'm gonna own a bar and something else next to it that a lot of people need. I also want to own a food cart or a few of them really, all different cuisines

Tazz. One of the things you come to know real well. Is "camaderie". My advice though. Don't go combat arms unless you make a career of it. Learn a tech trade that transfer into the civilian world and get a security clearence. Higher pay then a Joe Average

 Jihadin wrote:
Tazz. One of the things you come to know real well. Is "camaderie". My advice though. Don't go combat arms unless you make a career of it. Learn a tech trade that transfer into the civilian world and get a security clearence. Higher pay then a Joe Average

Thanks for the Info Jihadin, and if i do join the forces id plan on making it a career

I'm a third year College student. Studying for an Ag Business degree.

 Tazz Azrael wrote:

 Jihadin wrote:
Tazz. One of the things you come to know real well. Is "camaderie". My advice though. Don't go combat arms unless you make a career of it. Learn a tech trade that transfer into the civilian world and get a security clearence. Higher pay then a Joe Average

Thanks for the Info Jihadin, and if i do join the forces id plan on making it a career

Tazz a good mate of mine is a senior infantry officer in the Canadian Forces, I can put you in touch with him if you'd like.

Been a paper boy, fast-food worker at Wendy's, odd jobs in the summer, not working at the moment cause I'm in university.

I punch bad guys and kiss girls.

I punch bad guys and kiss girls.

Bromsy

its

"I kick down walls and smash through doors. I terminate bad guys and make love to women Dos Equis style"

Teachur.

 Cheesecat wrote:
Been a paper boy, fast-food worker at Wendy's, odd jobs in the summer, not working at the moment cause I'm in university.

yep, I do that

I'm a stay at home dad

Before that I was a cop, and before that I was a bouncer.

I used to be Forensic DNA analyst before doing a PhD.

I'm the Budget Manager for a vocational college.

Basically I create people's budgets by consulting with them and the executive team, and then sit down with managers to explain to them that the amount they spent is more than the amount they budgeted, and that's bad thing. It's very boring but they pay me to do it, so you know, whatever.

Currently I travel the country driving a mobile dental clinic that visits national guard bases to fix soldiers' teeth. Up for promotion soon though that will bring me to a desk job in the company in NYC. Before I started this I was a substitute teacher, dishwasher, worked in a hobby store (all at the same time), and have also been employed in KB toys and various college jobs as a youth.

Currently I'm an advanced remote support IT technician that supports 5 different companies at once. They're all multinationals, and my regional coverage usually goes from Australia to South Africa to the UK to US as my night, and their days, progress. I've done this for about 6 years.

However, I'm a week into my 2 week notice on that job. I'm switching to a new position which only supports one company (and hence only has one boss, instead of my current 8 bosses and pseudobosses) and I'll no longer talk to end users ever. It's strictly mainframe babysitting - when jobs on the mainframe abend, I restart them, and if they abend again, I wake up an analyst (or increasingly, an Indian). It's much different, and my average 10 hour shift will now entail about 45 minutes of actual work in it. I'll miss talking to the UK and Australian people though, but it looks like this new gig will allow me to work from home sometimes, which will be nice.

My other hobbies include smoking meats, eating them, and keeping fish. I have koi in a pond in my yard, and african ciclids in the house. I also play a lot of video games. I love RTS, and also play a lot of shooters. Playing Borderlands 2 right now.

I'm a GIS consultant - its a niche part of the IT industry that involves mapping software.

I'm not called Mr.Science for nothing.

 MrScience wrote:


I'm not called Mr.Science for nothing.

I thought science looked more like this.