Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

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.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
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!


Automatically Appended Next Post:

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