My job is..?(Read ENTIRE thread before responding!)

[Czarcasm]

I would like to get an idea of how many different professions are represented by the Doper community. I would like you to state your profession, but only if someone else hasn't posted that profession previously. This will require you to read the whole thread first to make sure you aren't posting a previously picked job. You may post twice if
1. You have a question about this thread and/or
2. You have two jobs, and neither of them have been listed yet.

I am the head of security at a trucking firm.

[Ferret Herder]

Research coordinator working in human subjects research at a hospital.

[Sateryn76]

Paralegal for a Bankruptcy Trustee

[PaulParkhead]

Call centre adviser for a UK cellphone network

[Oredigger77]

Drilling Engineer (Horizontal CBM wells depending how specific you want to get)

[ENugent]

Patent attorney

[enipla]

GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Programmer/Systems Analyst.

[ZipperJJ]

Web designer*

*(at the small Web application firm I own, so I do much more than just design Web sites since we're so small but let's just leave it at that)

[Paintcharge]

Design and fabricate interactive exhibits.

[CrazyCatLady]

veterinary technician

[Munch]

Grant writer

Question: Is "patent attorney" a profession, or is "attorney"? How specialized do you want to go for the purposes of this thread?

[CrazyCatLady]

cafe manager at an arts-oriented non-profit

[Balthisar]

Body-in-White Manufacturing Engineer (in order to distinguish from other manufacturing engineers, which I supposed are still allowed to post).

[Giles]

Do you want general or specific? My general profession is librarian. I'm not going to say what my specific kind of work is within librarianship, because that would identify me: there are only about 10 people doing this in the English-speaking world, and I suspect there would only be 2 or 3 in other languages, so saying my specific kind of work would let you work out who I am in real life.

[markdash]

Research chemist at a small agrochemical research lab

[Enginerd]

Research Hydrogeologist at a large university

[Knorf]

I am a college professor.

[KinkiNipponTourist]

Conference interpreter (English/Japanese) specializing in medical devices.

[FriarTed]

Customer service manager in a big-box-retail store

[Haunted Pasta]

Environmental consultant.

[Czarcasm]

Grant writer

Question: Is "patent attorney" a profession, or is "attorney"? How specialized do you want to go for the purposes of this thread?Be as specific as you think you need to be.

[Aro]

Project Architect in private practice.

[Snickers]

Technical writer for a laser systems manufacturer, meaning I write documentation for both hardware and software.

[SecondJudith]

Deputy editor on a business/financial publication.

[Mines Mystique]

Project Engineer for an AV integrator

[Crafter_Man]

Rodeo clown.

[howye]

Staff counsel tasked with writing administrative rules and seeing them through the legislative process.

[neofishboy]

Voice actor.

[Crowbar of Irony +3]

Web application software developer

[blondebear]

Data Center Technician

[Dung Beetle]

Generic unskilled office worker, aka clerk, at a medical laboratory.

[Musicat]

Realtor (real estate sales broker)
Videographer
Graphic artist, author & editor
Program Director for a small public access cable TV station
ex-Professional Musican and audio recording engineer
Computer Consultant

(I know that's a lot, but in this small town it's not unusual for the more esoteric occupations to be shared and not full-time.)

[robby]

Civil/environmental engineer at a public water/sewer utility.

Environmental consultant.
That was my last job. ;)

[Simmerdown]

Art Director and Designer of courtroom graphics.

[runner pat]

High school cross country/track coach.

Previously, truck driver-local area beverage delivery.

[Czarcasm]

Note to all: Any previously held jobs listed don't count, and are still open for posting.

[Small Clanger]

Software Tester*

*Profession, as in trained for and spent most time as would be Application/Database programmer, but since I'm not currently doing that I'll leave it for someone else.

[Alessan]

Freelance translator (Hebrew to English).

[Crotalus]

Applications programmer (thanks, Small Clanger).

aka applications software developer

[DCnDC]

Database analyst

[Chum]

Communications manager at a nonprofit

[CalMeacham]

Optical Engineer

Also (in my copious spare time) Visiting Scientist, Contributing Editor, and Writer

[Ike Witt]

Dog Groomer.

[Ike Witt]

Body-in-White Manufacturing Engineer

I have to ask, what does Body-in-White mean exactly? Is there a Body-in-Green engineer?

[Gagundathar]

Robotics / Industrial Automation System Architect

[JohnT]

Business Development Executive at a distribution company.

[Telemark]

Software engineering project manager

[jz78817]

audio engineer for a supplier to one of the domestic automakers.

I have to ask, what does Body-in-White mean exactly? Is there a Body-in-Green engineer?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_in_white

[WordMan]

- Senior Business Executive/C-Suite Officer of a company
- Head of Strategy

[zeldarae]

Property accountant for a commercial real estate company

[fachverwirrt]

Classical voice teacher, mostly university level.

[SanVito]

Self-employed brand consultant and graphic designer.

[Double Foolscap]

Senior account executive at a business-to-business telemarketing firm.

(I call people for other people, lest my job title makes me actually sound important or interesting.)

[Little Nemo]

Note to all: Any previously held jobs listed don't count, and are still open for posting.Does that mean I can't post? I'm retired.

[Lord Ashtar]

Tech support for a financial software company.

[Czarcasm]

Does that mean I can't post? I'm retired.Note to all: Retired has now been taken. :D
Housewife and/or househusband is still open.

[Turble]

Poker player.

[Skammer]

Rodeo clown. Really?

Generally: Human Resources Manager
Specifically: Leave of Absence Administration Manager for a large retailer.

[Misnomer]

Business development technical writer. Which means that I support proposal work, but am not an actual proposal writer. Yet.

(I've only been in this job for a month and am new to the business development side of things, but I was an IT technical writer for 13 years.)

[Agent Foxtrot]

Full-time executive assistant/office manager and part-time university student.

[JohnnyMac]

ESL teacher.

[wmulax93]

High school English literature/composition teacher

[Waxwinged]

Oh, what the heck.

Writer.

[maplekiwi]

Merchandiiser

[SeldomSeen]

Farmer

[Edward The Head]

Cartographer, specifically aeronautical charts.

[Dead Cat]

Pensions Consultant (in the UK - I know nothing about US (or any other country's) pension rules, unfortunately).

[USCDiver]

Emergency Physician

[WordMan]

Farmer

A-ha! You have been in demand: I think folks were wondering if we had any Farmer Dopers here (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=598481), and a Farmer "Ask the..." thread has been asked for here (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=599192).

[The Why Bird]

Independent Domestic Abuse Advocate

and on evenings/weekends

Youth Theatre Practitioner

[Colibri]

Ornithologist
Exhibition Curator
(also a science and proposal writer, but "writer" has been taken.)

[HeyHomie]

Official Job Title: Auditor

What My Job Title Means: Dude who opens up boxes of merchandise in the warehouse and gets them ready for distribution, checks for damage, etc.

[Ol'Gaffer]

Archaeologist (prehistoric - as in that's my specialty, not that I myself am prehistoric) with a private consulting practice.

[meflin]

Unix Systems Administrator / Arcitect
Network Administrator / Architect
CTO

[antonio107]

Though I have but a lowly M.A., I'm going to say Musicologist.

[Freddy the Pig]

Insurance actuary

[Doctor]

Security systems engineer. (Design, develop and deploy security systems for a large multi-site company.)

[CalMeacham]

Archaeologist (prehistoric - as in that's my specialty, not that I myself am prehistoric) with a private consulting practice.



I have to ask who an archaeologist privately consults for. I have visions of Holmes saying to Watson "I am the last court of appeal, a private consulting .... archaeologist."



Do you have people desperate for information bringing in their Jovitos golden birthing idols and the like?

[silenus]

High School teacher - American Government, Economics, AP European History, Speech & Debate

[Jack Batty]

Information Analyst -- for a pretty big bank.

This is a bit of a cheat. I'd say what I do falls somewhere between Project Manager and Database Analyst (both of which have already been posted), but no one specifically mentioned "Information Analyst" yet.

Chalk me up as "Banker" if you feel like it.

[tumbleddown]

(Now freelance) developer of policy documentation for consumer-level retail operations of a national petroleum company.

[tumbleddown]

Under the post twice if you have two jobs rule...

Labor and post-partum doula and breastfeeding consultant

[Apollyon]

Technical Business Analyst specialising in UX.

[Ol'Gaffer]

I have to ask who an archaeologist privately consults for. I have visions of Holmes saying to Watson "I am the last court of appeal, a private consulting .... archaeologist."



Do you have people desperate for information bringing in their Jovitos golden birthing idols and the like?

Archaeology (or "cultural resources") is part of the environmental compliance process. Nobody does it because they want to, they do it because the law requires it. We do contract work for utility companies, state and federal agencies, the military, etc. Most working archaeologists in the U.S. do consulting work as opposed to academia.

[FrancisCastle]

Receptionist at a family practice clinic

[FrancisCastle]

Second job:

Barista

[Ol'Gaffer]

I have to ask who an archaeologist privately consults for. I have visions of Holmes saying to Watson "I am the last court of appeal, a private consulting .... archaeologist."



Do you have people desperate for information bringing in their Jovitos golden birthing idols and the like?

But we are in the yellow pages under Archaeologists so about once a month or so I get somebody coming in who has a box of "treasures" and wants to know how old they are and much they're worth.

[FrancisCastle]

Third job:

Security at a hospital
(Not as glamorous as it sounds) :)

[vix]

Stay at home mom.

I work part-time for a small non-profit, as their Social Media and PR Manager.

[Noelq]

Information Technology - Computer/Network Support.

Means: I fix the computers when they break, and help people with their computer problems.

[zoid]

IT Project/Program manager for a very large multi-national telecommunications company

[maisoui]

QA for medical transcription at a multi-site hospital system.

(I get all the stories and don't have to deal with all the blood.)

[LavenderBlue]

Freelance translator (Hebrew to English).

A good friend is Israeli and originally from Brooklyn. She said her son was having trouble in school because he spoke Hebrew with an American accent. Is English widely spoken in Israel?

As for me I am a standardized writing test grader. I work at home grading tests testing students as young as third grade and as advanced as two years of college. I'm also a professional writer and occasional writing tutor but that's been mentioned already.

[Dallas Jones]

Residential Advisor at a training facility for young adults.

[Daerlyn]

VoIP and Hosted PBX Implementation specialist.

[llcoolbj77]

Public Defender
((or as some inmates like to joke, a public pretender))

I had one very nice young man tell me I really should go to law school because he thought I would be an awesome, "real attorney." :)

[Pyper]

Applied behavior analyst (aka behavior therapist).

[Dread Pirate Jimbo]

Health, Safety, and Environmental Supervisor for a multi-national construction management firm. Also known as "Safety Guy."

[madmonk28]

Foreign aid worker, currently in Afghainistan.

[Waldelfe]

I'm a medical technical assistant in a state veterinary laboratory.

[Strainger]

Computer Aided Engineer (CAE) support engineer.

[Tapioca Dextrin]

Wellsite Geologist for any oil company foolish enough to want me.

[kenobi 65]

Market research director for an advertising agency.

[Rafe Hollister]

Environmental Public Health Specialist--Primarily, I do health inspections of various types: Restaurants, schools, lodging, swimming pools, mosquito & rodent abatement, and a ton of other things that are needed to assist in public health.

[NinetyWt]

Civil Engineer specializing in hydrology & hydraulics, currently in business for myself (private consulting practice).

[Darth Sensitive]

Student
Intramural sports supervisor
Sports official (intramurals, Umpire some football)

[olivesmarch4th]

Social worker. More specifically, program developer and evaluator.

[Tess Trueheart]

Elementary/general music teacher.

[Czarcasm]

Over 100 posts in, and it looks like every single one of you followed the instructions to read the entire thread before posting, because I'm not seeing any duplicates. Well done!

[NinetyWt]

i'm not seeing any duplicates.


...

[Darth Sensitive]

Crazy multi post deleted

[Renee]

Artist

[Crown Prince of Irony]

Sales Operations - CRM Specialist

[maggenpye]

Agency & volunteer coordinator for a Non-Profit.

Admin assist for same.

[needscoffee]

Court Advisor to a Juvenile Diversion board, sentencing teens who've committed certain misdemeanor crimes to alternative punishments.

[Left Hand of Dorkness]

Second grade teacher. Posted without reading the entire thread, just to be ornery, but with a quick Ctrl+F.

[JCorre]

Software Product Manager

Specialize in web and SaaS applications specifically in the area of Anti-Fraud and Security

[SeldomSeen]

A-ha! You have been in demand: I think folks were wondering if we had any Farmer Dopers here (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=598481), and a Farmer "Ask the..." thread has been asked for here (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=599192).

Thanks WordMan for the heads-up. I'd missed both those threads.
An "ask the farmer" thread is in the works;)
Come to think of it....I'm pretty sure there's at least one other here, maybe involved in ranching in MT or WY?....can't remember their name.

[Catfood Purrito]

Medical transcriptionist.

[Panurge]

Research librarian at a national library aka cultural heritage collector & caretaker.

[TravisFromOR]

Vermin Control Technician

[Winston Smith]

Enterprise Administrator (Systems, Infrastructure) for an international software company.

[kambuckta]

Home-based telefundraiser, employed by a private company to raise money for nationally-recognised medical charities.

[Shakes]

Process engineer for a semiconductor company.

(For those of you who don't know what a semiconductor is: computer chips. <<shivers>>, I HATE saying it like that.)

I love this thread. What a diverse group we have.

[Roderick Femm]

Operations Manager
at a newspaper
for the advertising department

What I actually do: 30% low level system support for advertising systems, 20% consulting and working on projects on those systems, 50% report writing for sales managers and executives.


Roddy

[Skammer]

Independent Domestic Abuse Advocate
That's awful! We should be fighting against domestic abuse, not encouraging it!

;)

[fluiddruid]

Technical Support Manager. This isn't an IT position as another user posted - we service commercial software.

[Gleena]

Generalist Project Manager (Telecommunications Company)

Part time law student

[Alessan]

A good friend is Israeli and originally from Brooklyn. She said her son was having trouble in school because he spoke Hebrew with an American accent. Is English widely spoken in Israel?


I've been there - believe me, I've been there. The problem isn't that it's an accent, the problem is that its an American accent; I don't know if it's the vowels or the consonents or what, but nothing sounds dorkier than an American speaking Hebrew. Whenever I hear an American accent I feel the urge to punch the speaker in the face, and I used to have one myself (it still comes out occasionally when I'm nervous).

Everyone here speaks English, so you're friend's son won't have a problem communicating if he really needs to. But he can't live his life here without speaking the language. Sorry I can't really help.

[choie]

Hmm. Well, someone's already said "web design" and someone else said "writer," but since the latter is awfully unspecific -- s/he could be a nonfiction/academic writer for all I know -- I'll pipe in with:

Author (romance novels).

Or, if that does count as a repeat, then:

Book editor (fiction).

[flyboy]

Naval Flight Officer, Director of Operations, Training, and IT for a Naval Reserve Component Command. Didn't read the whole thread because I'm fairly sure no one here has this job. Also pretty sure no one here understands what my job is. Including me.

[smaje1]

Lots of writers!

I'm a video game localization writer/editor.

[TheChileanBlob]

Housewife! (Not stay-home mom, my kids are grown)

Second job: Typist-editor-research assistant-proofreader-for-my-husband-who-is-writing-his-master's-thesis.

[msmith537]

Combination data whisperer / nerd wrangler.

[nocturnal chewing gum]

Mail carrier - US Postal Svc

[Heckity]

Director, Systems and Services at a large college.

Since I can't say I used to be a stripper - that's still open ;)

[Dangerosa]

IT Portfolio Management

[Icarus]

Package Application Functional Implementation Consultant

[faithfool]

Program director for Meals on Wheels.

[Ca3799]

Registered Nurse

[BurnMeUp]

IT Program Manager for a large software development company

[Superdude]

Emergency Medical Technician

[Soliloquy]

LEO

[Lo-Slung Denim]

Manager - mental health housing projects
and
Counsellor/therapist - person-centred/existential

[wevets]

Marine biologist - in one hat I work for a whale watching company, and in another hat as technical assistant (not teaching/academic) at a local university.

[Angua]

Space weather physicist.

[drachillix]

Computer shop owner. Since I rarely hide http://www.pcsearchandrescue.com

Interview video on main page is me.

[sitchensis]

Forester / Logging Systems Engineer

[3:20:59 or bust]

Buyer/Purchasing for a university.

[Rushgeekgirl]

Stay at home mom.

I work part-time for a small non-profit, as their Social Media and PR Manager.

I am a stay at home mom who doesn't work part-time anywhere.

I think that difference makes me not cheating.

[interface2x]

Pricing Strategy Analyst for a national retailer.

[Drain Bead]

Juvenile Public Defender. I saw llcoolbj's post, but I work specifically with juvenile court.

[The Hamster King]

Videogame designer.

[faithfool]

Rodeo clown.

Independent Domestic Abuse Advocate

Labor and post-partum doula and breastfeeding consultant

Applied behavior analyst (aka behavior therapist).

Foreign aid worker, currently in Afghainistan.

Court Advisor to a Juvenile Diversion board, sentencing teens who've committed certain misdemeanor crimes to alternative punishments.

I meant to post this earlier and got side-tracked, but you guys all ought to do an "Ask the" thread. They'd be incredibly interesting.

[Digital is the new Analog]

SW engineer working on low level design and drivers for cell phones

[moejoe]

Registrar for a small private school.

[Arnold Winkelried]

Database Administrator
(I didn't read every post in the thread, but I searched for the word "database" on every page and didn't see another database administrator)

[not what you'd expect]

I am a bookkeeper at an automotive dealership. I work the contracts desk.

[Ludy]

Technical Director for a professional theatre company

[RickJay]

ISO 9001 auditor.

[MsWhatsit]

Indexer.

(I do back-of-the-book indexes, primarily for books but also for training materials and other assorted stuff.)

[Martin Hyde]

Real Estate Developer (primary)
U.S. Army, Retired (only mentioned because I do draw a pension so it is an income source)

[Lord Mondegreen]

ISO 9001 auditor.

I'm on the other side of the fence.

ISO 9001 Quality Manager (although I have been an auditor too).

[SpectBrain]

Medical imaging field engineer. Nuclear medicine and PET scanners.

[glowacks]

"Full-time Homemaker."

At least, that's a job I found listed on a consumer survey that describes my current occupation best. I'm not female, so I can't be a stay-at-home-mom as others mentioned. I don't have any children or even a spouse. I'm otherwise unemployed and "earn my living" such as it is by doing everything a family member (who would otherwise live alone) needs to have done outside of their job much as any "housewife" would. I can't say what my job would be if I were employed, because I've not held a job since getting my college degree and my degree was not taken with prospects of any particular job.

[Gary "Wombat" Robson]

Children's book author (http://robson.org/gary/whopooped.php)
Freelance magazine writer (http://robson.org/gary/articles.php)
Bookseller (http://redlodgebooks.com/) (I own an indie bookstore. Forgive the website, it's a new design and I'm still working on it.)

Oh, what the heck.

Writer.You'll have to be more specific than that, since we've had a bunch of different kinds of writers in this thread.

Thanks WordMan for the heads-up. I'd missed both those threads.
An "ask the farmer" thread is in the works;)
Come to think of it....I'm pretty sure there's at least one other here, maybe involved in ranching in MT or WY?....can't remember their name.That was probably me. I used to raise Corriente cattle in Montana. Watch the May issue of Acres U.S.A. magazine for an article I just finished about the breed if you're not familiar with them. I grew alfalfa, too.

[Rand Rover]

Tax lawyer.

(And I beat Damuri Ajashi to the thread--woot!)

[StarsApart]

Library clerk (not librarian).

[Hokkaido Brit]

EFL Teacher (not ESL!) and owner of a small independent English school.

[Patty O'Furniture]

We've had a program director post but not in the government, so that's me.

In case that's a duplicate, my second hat is Change Manager for the city of DC. And that has nothing to do with vending machines.

[Pyper]

I meant to post this earlier and got side-tracked, but you guys all ought to do an "Ask the" thread. They'd be incredibly interesting.

Aw, thanks, but I'm too afraid. I've mentioned my job here and there on the boards and gotten quite a few backlash posts. Applied behavior analysis can be a touchy subject.

[JpnDude]

Editor and writer for a major Japanese publisher.

[Snowboarder Bo]

Generally speaking I am a stagehand.

More specifically, I am in lighting.

More specifically still, depending on the gig I may be a lighting designer, a lighting console programmer, a theatrical production electrician, or just a wrench. I could list about a dozen other jobs that I do, but I'd hate for a real rigger, audio guy or technical director to miss out on their chance to post.

[pravnik]

Sex crimes prosecutor.

[Autolycus]

I am an ALT (Assistant Language Teacher) of English at the elementary and middle-school level.

[Mr Downtown]

Mapmaker

[Omi no Kami]

Lab administrator.

[RetroVertigo]

Research Assistant for a biochemical lab.

[loshan]

Job 1: Independent Licensed Home Inspector

Job 2: In home care for adult with severe autism (no relation, friend's daughter)

Weird combo, but it works for me.

[loshan]

Foreign aid worker, currently in Afghainistan.

Although there are quite a few other I wouldn't mind seeing, I would really like an "Ask the...." thread from you.

I have had an obsession with Afghanistan for a LOT longer than we have been in a war over there. I would even be interested in short term (month or two?) volunteerism if I knew how to go about it.

[loshan]

One more for me, though I will not elaborate.

Mid-scale medical grower.

[Lacunae Matata]

Hotel night auditor.

[Philliam]

Professional Licensed Surveyor

Professional Musician

[DMC]

I manage and consult on various Business Intelligence (yes, I've heard it all before) projects. My last name is neither Kimball nor Inmon.

[gotpasswords]

Information security analyst for a mega-bank.

While several IBM System z10's and a gaggle of *nix servers are my playground, my main function seems to be to say "NO" a lot. As in, "I don't really care if it's easier for you - you can't have root access..."

[Una Persson]

Licensed Professional Engineer (yes, a real one)

[rjk]

The sig says it all, really. The title is "Food-service clerk" in a high-end supermarket: cutting, wrapping and advising customers on cheese, making salads, serving hot food, sometimes cleaning the dining room, and whatever else.

[chacoguy]

Photographer.

Did I miss a post? I can't be the only one.

[TravisFromOR]

The sig says it all, really. The title is "Food-service clerk" in a high-end supermarket: cutting, wrapping and advising customers...

:dubious:

Actually, though, I'd love to be a cheese monger in a high-end supermarket.

[Fugazi]

Telecom Provisioning, transport and data circuits. Specifically, infrastructure grooms. I don't do new turn-ups, but instead do network changes and redesigns at night.

[ColdPhoenix]

Financial regulator

[Jennyrosity]

Senior HR Advisor. Yes I know Scammer had HR Manager, but there is a difference.

[Nava]

Official Job Title: Auditor

What My Job Title Means: Dude who opens up boxes of merchandise in the warehouse and gets them ready for distribution, checks for damage, etc.

I'm always amazed by how many different job descriptions can get that particular job title.




ERP Consultant, specifically Functional Analyst. I get paid to learn what do my clients do, how do they do it, then prep one of the biggest ERP software packages out there for them to use, write the courses and manuals and train the people who need to use the new system.
If there are any forms which need tweaking or any patches that need writing (I avoid these like the plague), I explain what's needed in terms that the end users can understand, then a Technical Analyst translates that into terms the programmers can understand.

In a shorter version, "I get paid to tell people how to do their jobs."

[madmonk28]

Although there are quite a few other I wouldn't mind seeing, I would really like an "Ask the...." thread from you.

I have had an obsession with Afghanistan for a LOT longer than we have been in a war over there. I would even be interested in short term (month or two?) volunteerism if I knew how to go about it. If you are interested, here are some I've done in the past from Baghdad and I think Kabul over the years:
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=365124
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=247567
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=173313

There is also a thread somewhere in which I describe running into Geraldo Rivera at the Kabul airport in 2003.

[HazelNutCoffee]

Researcher at an ESL institute (developing content for adult learners).

[Gyrate]

Risk analysis and internal compliance for a financial regulator

[cards]

Marketing analysis and strategy.

This means I run statistical/mathematical models to predict what consumers are most likely to buy a product and then advise how best to get them to respond to an offer.

[WordMan]

Professional Musician

Cool - What instrument(s), type(s) of music, setting(s)?

And chacoguy - pulykamell is a photog but not on the thread yet...

[Lightnin']

Lead Special Effects Artist for an MMO.

[Czarcasm]

Lead Special Effects Artist for an MMO.Less blood-more body parts, o.k.?

[KCB615]

Firefighter. Rank of Captain, but it's still firefighting either way you look at it.

[Jonathan Chance]

Publisher - Mainly a magazines and newspapers. Specializing in launch and retool.

Lately...

Politician - No one is more surprised than I.

[Galwegian]

GP / Family physician

[dalej42]

Job 1. Stockbroker (full time)
Job 2. Standardized test scorer (seasonal/part time)

[willthekittensurvive?]

Spare parts logistical analyst/ material manager for a Dutch train Repair Company

[Glass Joe]

Taxi cab owner operator.

[ugly ripe tomato]

Tax collector (property taxes)

[Misnomer]

LEOI think you should be more specific: there's lots of different types, and other LEOs should be able to post. Are you a county sheriff? State trooper? FBI agent? Director Mueller?? :eek: ;)

In case that's a duplicate, my second hat is Change Manager for the city of DC. And that has nothing to do with vending machines.Does it mean that you can help me with my impending move to DC? It's a change that affects the city... :D

[pseudotriton ruber ruber]

I am a college professor.

Me, too (cue Zoe to enter and begin yammering how my illiterate posts clearly reveal me to be a liar about this claim) but not sure if you want a specific field within "professor." Mine is English (sub-specialties in writing, journalism and film), but I also work (half my job) as an editor of our University Press, and I've earned money (and continue to) as a pubished author of literary criticism, mostly, and some fiction.

Likewise with "artist"--I'm an oil painter. If you want my opinion, I'd judge that you overlap if you could easily be retrained to do another job. IOW, I think an oil painter is essentially the same things as a painter in acrylics, but I could no more be a sculptor than an astronaut, so I'm NOT repeating "artist" here, nor "college professor" with "English Professor," because I couldn't teach accounting without serious retooling (plus a brain transplant).

[LVBoPeep]

During the week, practice manager for three veterinary hospitals. On weekends, sheepdog trainer/instructor and shepherdess ;).

[shellofmyformerself]

Course director/instructor at an Air Force schoolhouse

[Ellen Cherry]

One of many writers, I realize, but I write for educational/public television, both scripts for television and marketing and promotional materials.

[limegreen]

Junior high and freshman English teacher
German teacher
Junior high and high school science teacher (life science, food science)

[Prelude to Fascination]

Inside sales rep for a major manufacturer. I sell our products to resellers, including catalogs and online stores.

[Crescend]

Medical Student
Postdoctoral Researcher (Computational Biology)
Software Architect and Dev Team Leader

[Barkis is Willin']

electrical engineer - research and development project coordinator

[NinetyWt]

Tax lawyer.

So you gave up on snowmobiles?

;)

Licensed Professional Engineer

Your specialy is coal energy though, right?

[liberty3701]

Linguist, specifically a sociophonetician.

[Ichini Sanshigo]

Not sure if this counts as a duplicate, but

Office manager for a general dentistry practice.

[gwendee]

Custom picture framer/small business owner

[kapri]

Course Director in English department at a university

[Foxy40]

Ambulatory Care Center Executive Administrator

[Really Not All That Bright]

Workers' compensation and liability defense paralegal.
I had one very nice young man tell me I really should go to law school because he thought I would be an awesome, "real attorney." :)
Well, you would.
Part time law student
Damn!
Ambulatory Care Center Executive Administrator
IIRC, you own the place. I think entrepreneur is still available.

[manila]

Onshore, offshore and overseas production operations start up superintendent for oil. gas and LNG facilities. Worked also on Pipelines and Terminals as well as as well testing in remote locations. Just finished a short term gig in Kuala lumpur writing start up and operations procedures for a huge Shell offshore facility. Shortly heading off to Tunisia as Shutdown Coordinator on an onshore gas treatment facilty ( unless I get a confirmed offer for tech author for BP in Azerbaijan by the end of the weekend)

Apart from that I am a landlord and marketer for some properties I own here in phils and in my spare time professional idiot!!

[RTFirefly]

Statistician, employed by Uncle Sam.

[Noelq]

Linguist, specifically a sociophonetician.

Sociophonetician - That's the COOLEST word I've heard today!

[VernWinterbottom]

Director, and sole paid employee, of my town's Office of Tourism.

[smithsb]

Quality Assurance Specialist Ammunition Surveillance - QASAS - actual job title. I play with bullets and explosives from .22cal to nuke weapons spanning R&D to demolition. (One time bangup amatuer golfer - 0.9 handicap:D).

Other Explosive Guys

We also have santo rugger who is an explosive technician recovering from a severe motorcycle accident. His mom posts updates on his condition. GO Rugger.

Trippler is an EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) tech - I believe currently deployed.


We actually try to keep our job as dull as possible - loud noises and people screaming mean something has gone terribly wrong.

[Charley]

Education Learning Architect. I work with organisations to identify and work towards their learning objectives. Or at least that's the plan - the job started on Tuesday and we're still mapping out the job description!

[Jackmannii]

Pathologist.

[romansperson]

Distance learning specialist (which means help students and faculty learn to use our distance learning applications and do troubleshooting on those applications).

I'm also the department webmaster and digital copyright guidelines specialist.

[Evil Captor]

Professional dishwasher. OK, I bus tables to, but it was mostly dishwashing. And yeah, I don't do that now, I did it when I first started out working after I left college. But no one has claimed it yet, and I HAVE done it, and this is a liberal board goddamit and it would be nice if SOMEBODY held a low-prestige blue collar job.

[Roland Orzabal]

E-learning technologist for a nonprofit institute.

[tattman40]

Nexpress Digital press operator.

[Really Not All That Bright]

We actually try to keep our job as dull as possible - loud noises and people screaming mean something has gone terribly wrong.
I think that applies to pretty much every job. ;)

[Superdude]

Firefighter. Rank of Captain, but it's still firefighting either way you look at it.

Thank you for your service. My late father and late grandfather were both career firefighters, and I have to work alongside firefighters in my job. I appreciate how difficult your job must be. My grandfather retired as a captain after 39 years on the force.

[ENugent]

I realized that I have one other "certification," although I haven't practiced for eight or nine years, so maybe it doesn't count for purposes of this thread:

Ballroom scrutineer (that's the person who compiles all the judges' marks that are collected on little slips of paper and applies the skating system (http://www.worldsalsafederation.com/Skating%20System.html) to determine the result).

Nowadays this is mostly done by computer, and the scrutineer just presides over it all. Back when I started, it was entirely paper-based, and involved lots of transferring columns of numbers from judges' sheets to my score sheets, which sounds simple, but is incredibly fatiguing when you do it for 16 hours straight without a break. As a result of doing this for a while, I can now check off in a column a list of numbers being read to me (in or out of order), getting "behind" by as much as 5 or 6 numbers but continuing to remember what's in the queue while locating each one, while someone else reads a different list of numbers over a microphone in the room.

[congodwarf]

Pathologist.


What kind?




I know we've had a few students but I think I'm the first:

Full time community college student who is dying to graduate and start on a REAL major (..grumble..grumble..friggen liberal arts..grumble..grumble..)

In my spare time, I am an ESOL tutor (English for speakers of other languages) though I don't get paid for that. I don't get paid for being a college student either actually.

[Ike Witt]

Linguist, specifically a sociophonetician.

Is that studying something like why some people say 'axe' instead of 'ask'?

[StephenG]

Technical support engineer for desktop virtualization software.

I also do a lot of technical writing for the same, but that post has some competition!

[StephenG]

Linguist, specifically a sociophonetician.
My degree is in Linguistics, and this sounds fascinating. I'd love to hear more about what you do/study...

[Katriona]

Technical editor for medical software certification.

[Czarcasm]

My apologies to all those that read all the way through this just to find out that someone posted with their job description just two or three posts from the end.
:D

[liberty3701]

Sociophonetician - That's the COOLEST word I've heard today!Oh, agreed, glad to brighten your day. I could have left it at linguist, or said sociolinguist and phonetician.

Is that studying something like why some people say 'axe' instead of 'ask'?That's sort of what I do, though it's more like who says what and when, with a smattering of why that relies on social and articulatory/acoustic facts. Though I work more on vowels and prosody rather than consonants.

My degree is in Linguistics, and this sounds fascinating. I'd love to hear more about what you do/study...Yeah, I think it's pretty cool. I mostly do work on varieties of American English, particularly those associated with people of particular ethnicities and/or regions. For instance, I've done work on regional varieties of African American English in North Carolina and New York City, looking primarily at variation in the vowel systems and, to a lesser extent, pitch slope.

[Rand Rover]

So you gave up on snowmobiles?

;)



Had to, what with the global warming and all.

[longhair75]

Fire alarm technician

[CanvasShoes]

Environmental Scientist/Technician

[Colibri]

But no one has claimed it yet, and I HAVE done it, and this is a liberal board goddamit and it would be nice if SOMEBODY held a low-prestige blue collar job.

I suspect most of us have, at one point or another. I've also been a doorman, porter, elevator operator, cashier, keypunch operator, and deliveryman.

[TravisFromOR]

Professional dishwasher. OK, I bus tables to, but it was mostly dishwashing. And yeah, I don't do that now, I did it when I first started out working after I left college. But no one has claimed it yet, and I HAVE done it, and this is a liberal board goddamit and it would be nice if SOMEBODY held a low-prestige blue collar job.

Vermin Control Technician (exterminator) isn't low-prestige or blue collar?

:dubious:

[Cub Mistress]

I'm a home health nurse (RN.) Ca3799 said Registered Nurse, but that's way too general.