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Old 03-03-2011, 09:55 AM
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My job is..?(Read ENTIRE thread before responding!)
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.
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Old 03-03-2011, 09:58 AM
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Old 03-03-2011, 10:01 AM
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Old 03-03-2011, 10:02 AM
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Old 03-03-2011, 10:02 AM
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Old 03-03-2011, 10:04 AM
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Old 03-03-2011, 10:04 AM
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Old 03-03-2011, 10:05 AM
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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)
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Old 03-03-2011, 10:05 AM
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Old 03-03-2011, 10:06 AM
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Old 03-03-2011, 10:07 AM
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Grant writer

Question: Is "patent attorney" a profession, or is "attorney"? How specialized do you want to go for the purposes of this thread?
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Old 03-03-2011, 10:07 AM
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Old 03-03-2011, 10:08 AM
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Body-in-White Manufacturing Engineer (in order to distinguish from other manufacturing engineers, which I supposed are still allowed to post).
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Old 03-03-2011, 10:09 AM
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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.
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Old 03-03-2011, 10:10 AM
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Old 03-03-2011, 10:10 AM
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Old 03-03-2011, 10:10 AM
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I am a college professor.
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Old 03-03-2011, 10:10 AM
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Old 03-03-2011, 10:10 AM
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Old 03-03-2011, 10:12 AM
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Environmental consultant.
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Old 03-03-2011, 10:15 AM
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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.
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Old 03-03-2011, 10:15 AM
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Old 03-03-2011, 10:17 AM
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Old 03-03-2011, 10:20 AM
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Old 03-03-2011, 10:23 AM
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Old 03-03-2011, 10:24 AM
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Old 03-03-2011, 10:28 AM
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Old 03-03-2011, 10:28 AM
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Old 03-03-2011, 10:29 AM
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Old 03-03-2011, 10:30 AM
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Old 03-03-2011, 10:33 AM
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Old 03-03-2011, 10:35 AM
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Realtor (real estate sales broker)
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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.)
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Old 03-03-2011, 10:39 AM
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Civil/environmental engineer at a public water/sewer utility.

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Environmental consultant.
That was my last job.
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Old 03-03-2011, 10:45 AM
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Old 03-03-2011, 10:45 AM
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Old 03-03-2011, 10:47 AM
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Note to all: Any previously held jobs listed don't count, and are still open for posting.
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Old 03-03-2011, 10:47 AM
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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.
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Old 03-03-2011, 10:50 AM
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Old 03-03-2011, 10:54 AM
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Applications programmer (thanks, Small Clanger).

aka applications software developer
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Old 03-03-2011, 10:54 AM
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Old 03-03-2011, 10:55 AM
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Old 03-03-2011, 10:57 AM
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Old 03-03-2011, 10:59 AM
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Old 03-03-2011, 11:02 AM
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Body-in-White Manufacturing Engineer
I have to ask, what does Body-in-White mean exactly? Is there a Body-in-Green engineer?
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Old 03-03-2011, 11:04 AM
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Old 03-03-2011, 11:04 AM
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Old 03-03-2011, 11:05 AM
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Old 03-03-2011, 11:09 AM
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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
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Old 03-03-2011, 11:12 AM
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Old 03-03-2011, 11:17 AM
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