What do y'all do?

To put it simply, I enjoy my contacts with you. But it makes me wonder what y'all do every day. Some of you have given hints, but fill in the blanks; what is it you DO?

For the record, I am a contract grease-hunter (since I realize industry jargon doesn't travel far I'll say I am an oil & gas exploration consulting geophysicist).

Phil_d - some kind of media thing
PB - always anticipate your input w/thoughts of things to come, but we know you teach (rule) H.S.

Manager for the retail part of a large landscaping contractor company. But I think I've said that before.

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"I guess it is possible for one person to make a difference, although most of the time they probably shouldn't."

I'm a hairstylist, but if I want to be a snob then i'm a "cosmetologist".

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MaryAnn
Sometimes life is so great you just gotta muss up your hair and quack like a duck!

Unix-head, C Guru, SQL Goddess

And Belly Dancer Extrordinaire in my free time.

Oh, and beatle - I work for Burlington Resources, used to be in the petrotechnical group - will you tell me who you work for? I bet I know someone you know.

well-fed by starving nonetheless aspiring musician.

I have a profile somewhere that lists my occupation as "Professional Abuse-taker", meaning, of course, I'm in customer service.

I work for a tutoring/SAT prep company in So. Cal. Right now my days are filled with teaching SAT verbal classes, making materials, wanting to scream at employees that can't even address envelopes right (she's canned; that's the decision as of today), and writing homework and quizzes for vocabulary lists. We're doing the 60+ hour week.

Well, I am going to school for fitness studies/cardiac rehabilitation. But I have a job offer as a regional sales manager I will probably take instead. And I'm working on my racing career too. (just racing karts this summer, hopefully Barber Dodge Formula next summer).
Anyone wanna sponsor an unknown future racing legend???

College student working on degree in physics (the last time I checked, anyway).

-- Sylence

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"A friend of mine once sent me a post card with a picture of the entire planet Earth taken from space. On the back it said, 'Wish you were here'." - Steven Wright

Pornographer specializing in vintage images.



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Stoidela

******Thesaurus: An ancient reptile with an excellent vocabulary******

I work as the shop manager for Elbe USA, which is the American division of Elbe & Sohn, GmbH in Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany.

We assemble and ship universal joints manufactured in Germany to John Deere and other companies.

Sounds more impressive than it is, we have 8 people, 4 of which I supervise. (one of which is my wife)

Chemist.

I think everyone knows what I do already-emergency veterinary technician (nurse).

beatle, pretty much. I work for a company called Business Wire (www.businesswire.com), one of the two leading distributors of full-text news releases to the media. We take our clients' news and distribute it electronically to print and broadcast media in the geographical area of their choice (including global media), as well as to online services, databases, trade media, analysts, etc.

I'm a facility manager. And, before you ask, a facility manager is responsible for "coordinating the physical workplace with the people and the work of the organization." Visit www.ifma.org for more info.

Video game designer and occasional martial arts instructor.

Administrative Assistant....okay,okay....I'm a secretary(same thing)! But I'm a darn GOOD one!

Hey, Guy, wanna job in MI? I work for a company that handles relocations, strategic planning, technology upgrades, etc for other companies. We have quite a few facilities managers on our staff: work for Ford, GM, State of MIchigan, etc. If you get tired of the East Coast, let me know

Stoidela, like the new sig. Of course, I liked the old one too.

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...it has never been my way to bother much about things which you can't cure.
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court-Mark Twain

Currently I am a computer geek. In the past I have done the following: fund raising for a private college, crocheted, read Tarot/palms, composed music, played guitar (classical, jazz, rock, punk, hardcore, and folk), and a body piercer. I think that about covers it. I have a degree in music with an emphasis on composition and classical guitar. I am currently composing a lot now but I have not published anything.

S.C.

College student with a little over a year left in an English degree, but I make money by working as a lab assistant in a computer lab.

Elementary School teacher--5th grade...just finished my Master's in Technology in Education...Yay!

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Gail
"Any major dude with half a heart surely will tell you, my friend--
Any minor world that breaks apart falls together again...."
-Steely Dan

Support technician for Netcom, and Internet Service Provider. I handle calls from people who have commercial websites on our servers.

The part I like best are the porno sites. Not for the material, but because for some reason, the owners of porno sites are much more relaxed, intelligent, and courteous than my other callers.

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"Knowing others is wisdom. Knowing yourself is enlightenment." - Lao-tzu, Chinese philosopher

Computer Instructor (or trainer) for business people. Companies buy training hours, ship their computer ignorant people to me, and I ensure that when they return they are clicking, double clicking, and even right clicking. And most importantly, they know why. Lots of fun- I think I was born to do this job

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If at first you don't succeed, redefine success.

Housewife/Mother/Student. If I ever finish under-graduate and graduate school I will be a librarian.

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Jess
Full of 'satiable curtiosity

beatle - Perhaps I should clarify.

I'm not, at present, a classroom teacher (although I have been). I work with 60 -70 "at-risk" 9-12th graders, and try to help them finish High School through independent study. My students run the gamut from young mothers, to convicted felons, to social outcasts, to children living with their mothers in battered women shelters. Keep in mind that none of these kids are over 18 years old and few come from English speaking households!

This job is both the most rewarding and the most depressing one I've ever had. The first thing I learned here is that you can't win them all! No matter how hard you try, you win some and you lose some.

One real advantage is that I only have to deal with my students one at a time. If you see me posting a lot in one day it's usually because most of my students have flaked on their appointments that day.

Picture Editor for a celebrity photo agency. If you read People or any of those type magazines or tabloids, you see what I work on. And yes, we did kill Princess Di!

I'm the project manager for a small (but growing) software company. We do business software - secure, legally binding forms that can be delivered and submitted over the internet. It doesn't sound all that exciting but our stuff is pretty cool (you'd be surprised what you can do with "business" forms software - we have sample games on our website ). If you're interested: www.uwi.com

I've just started at project management, so my job is still evolving a bit - mostly it's timelining and tracking the development projects and coordinating communications with other departments.

Grad student (English Renaissance lit) and part-time toy store clerk.

Television graphic artist.

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Tim
"My hovercraft is full of eels."

Mehndi Artist and Internet Pornographer (LOL ... let me tell you, this one shuts up nosy people on airplanes). I work for a women's erotica magazine as fiction editor.

Stoidela, we should talk.

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Suze -- what AM I doing? -- anne
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The Burning Begins Anew at
http://www.second-troy.com/

I work for a largest (or second largest depending on what you count) bank in the US. I haven't played with peoples' money in years, though. I work in operations standardizing our systems and procedures nationwide.

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The overwhelming majority of people have more than the average (mean) number of legs. -- E. Grebenik

Disabled veterans counselor specializing as the homeless veteran coordinator.

A few years ago we cross-trained and combined career fields with our adjudicators so I added claims processor to my resume.

It is a very satisfying career field if you can get over the abuse.

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KITTEN

Coarse and violent nudity. Occasional language.

Systems analyst. Yawn! I offer technical support, install systems, networks, blah, blah and blah for a few engineering firms in the Detroit area.

I also teach drums at a local music store three days each week. The money's not so great but I love to see kids "get it". And, yes, drums are a "learned" instrument. This vocation satiates my love of music and a long lost dream of being a teacher.

I'm a software engineer specializing in Java. Right now I'm working on a way to deliver scrambled, multicast data over an IP network. Ooh, neat huh?

I've also taught Java at UCSD Extension, and may again some day.

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They were at once her reason for life and her reason for despair.
-- Eris, on programmers.

I do stress, force/deflection, heat transfer, and thermal expansion analyses for a "probe card" (semi-conductor test interface) manufacturer. Until a few months ago, I was doing stress, fatigue, and vibration analyses on aircraft, launch vehicle, and space station components. Project engineers have made the remark that I do (engineering) homework for a living.

Formerly a moronic, otherwise unemployable telemarketer (see: telemarketers, how to stop them in the GQ forum)I somehow managed to land a position as the Exec. Asst. to the President of a fairly large finance company. Either I'm the most intelligent person to have ever worked in the field of telesales, or the general public has no idea what they're talking about when they make assumptions as to the intellectual levels of telemarketers. I'm going to have to go with the latter (although sometimes I'm inclined to believe the former.) Anyway, be nice to me... it may make the difference between an "approved" or a "denied" stamp on your loan application.

Retail buyer for a drug store chain.

I have been a teller with Chase Manhattan Bank for the last five years. I will be quittting on September 17th, because I am getting married and will be moving from New York City to Fall River Mass. I don't have a job lined up there, so I will be unemployed for a little bit Yay!

Legal editor

I'm an environmental policy analyst. Which is a glorified title for running data reports, making presentations, and writing up teleconference minutes. However, if any of you happenned to see the announcement that EPA made today on redeveloping Superfund sites - I help support that initiative.

RETIRED!

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Zymurgist

i'm a student working towards a degree in languages (Spanish), and thinking of studying to be a paralegal after i graduate .Or maybe just continute on to get a masters... Ahh, i have so many dreams......we'll see which one pans out...

Well, I'm a salesperson for an internet company right now but I'm gone in September. Going to pursue my PhD in Sociology.

So far, my favorite job that I've had was framing pictures.

I kill dreams.
Illusions.
I'm a dream-killer.
Mostly my own, but sometimes my services are needed elsewhere.
It doesn't pay well, but, whatever.
If you're dreaming, call.

Recently went back to grad school -- Master's/PhD program (it's kind of running together) in applied math. Specifically, numerical analysis (coming up with numerical algorithms to solve problems encountered in engineering/physics type settings.) Even more specifically, currently researching a new method for solving immersed element problems with discontinuous boundary conditions. For example, heat conduction and thermal expansion in objects composed of different types of material (like, oh, I don't know, semiconductors)...Strainger, if you ever have the time and inclination, please, please tell me exactly what it is that you do!!! I understand the mathemathics behind what I'm working on, but I'm often a little fuzzy on what precise physical things the various variables represent. And I might be dreaming up the code right now for the software package you end up with two years down the road!

I play French horn semi-professionally with the Huntington Symphony and the Valley Brass Quintet. I also teach (also semi-professionally) for a local high school band.

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Carpe hoc!

ESL teacher.

Director of Staffing for a $500M marketing info/research company.

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The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who don't have it.
George Bernard Shaw

Simple question, but very American. How do I make money? I assure you it's legal. No, wait...I am a man of leisure. And, if Stoidela and Suzeanne talk, I want to listen.

Construction. To be precise, truss building. I worked my way up to coordinator but resigned and ended up at a competitor plant. I have also done some concrete work, roofing, and built simple framing such as garages from start to finish. I have more time in truss construction than anyone should have so a new line of work is really starting to appeal to me... I just need to find out what that is... but on a good note, if anyone ever asks a truss related question, I can answer!