# My job is..?(Read ENTIRE thread before responding!) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 3, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-job-is-read-entire-thread-before-responding/573363 "2011-03-03T15:55:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-job-is-read-entire-thread-before-responding/573363/1 "2011-03-03T15:55:18Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-job-is-read-entire-thread-before-responding/573363/2 "2011-03-03T15:58:49Z")
Research coordinator working in human subjects research at a hospital. ---
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-job-is-read-entire-thread-before-responding/573363/3 "2011-03-03T16:01:38Z")
Paralegal for a Bankruptcy Trustee ---
**Author:** ![PaulParkhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PaulParkhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulParkhead)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-job-is-read-entire-thread-before-responding/573363/4 "2011-03-03T16:02:38Z")
Call centre adviser for a UK cellphone network ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-job-is-read-entire-thread-before-responding/573363/5 "2011-03-03T16:02:53Z")
Drilling Engineer (Horizontal CBM wells depending how specific you want to get) ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-job-is-read-entire-thread-before-responding/573363/6 "2011-03-03T16:04:11Z")
Patent attorney ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-job-is-read-entire-thread-before-responding/573363/7 "2011-03-03T16:04:45Z")
GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Programmer/Systems Analyst. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-job-is-read-entire-thread-before-responding/573363/8 "2011-03-03T16:05:03Z")
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) ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-job-is-read-entire-thread-before-responding/573363/9 "2011-03-03T16:05:15Z")
Design and fabricate interactive exhibits. ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-job-is-read-entire-thread-before-responding/573363/10 "2011-03-03T16:06:26Z")
veterinary technician ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-job-is-read-entire-thread-before-responding/573363/11 "2011-03-03T16:07:25Z")
Grant writer Question: Is “patent attorney” a profession, or is “attorney”? How specialized do you want to go for the purposes of this thread? ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-job-is-read-entire-thread-before-responding/573363/12 "2011-03-03T16:07:33Z")
cafe manager at an arts-oriented non-profit ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-job-is-read-entire-thread-before-responding/573363/13 "2011-03-03T16:08:39Z")
Body-in-White Manufacturing Engineer (in order to distinguish from other manufacturing engineers, which I supposed are still allowed to post). ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-job-is-read-entire-thread-before-responding/573363/14 "2011-03-03T16:09:59Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![markdash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@markdash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markdash)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-job-is-read-entire-thread-before-responding/573363/15 "2011-03-03T16:10:05Z")
Research chemist at a small agrochemical research lab ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-job-is-read-entire-thread-before-responding/573363/16 "2011-03-03T16:10:27Z")
Research Hydrogeologist at a large university ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-job-is-read-entire-thread-before-responding/573363/17 "2011-03-03T16:10:52Z")
I am a college professor. ---
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-job-is-read-entire-thread-before-responding/573363/18 "2011-03-03T16:10:57Z")
Conference interpreter (English/Japanese) specializing in medical devices. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-job-is-read-entire-thread-before-responding/573363/19 "2011-03-03T16:10:57Z")
Customer service manager in a big-box-retail store ---
**Author:** ![Haunted\_Pasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/94ad74/32.png) [@Haunted\_Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Haunted_Pasta)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-job-is-read-entire-thread-before-responding/573363/20 "2011-03-03T16:12:44Z")
Environmental consultant. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-job-is-read-entire-thread-before-responding/573363.md?page=2)