# One-Syllable Challenge: What Do You Do For A Living? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 26, 2004, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-syllable-challenge-what-do-you-do-for-a-living/236610 "2004-03-26T18:54:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-syllable-challenge-what-do-you-do-for-a-living/236610/61 "2004-03-27T00:38:57Z")
**little\*bit** Why would you :eek: if we figure out that you appear to do video post-production and editing? As for me: I work for a big bank with an old west theme and a stage coach or two. I find and keep ways to keep the bank bits and bytes, and your bucks, safe. When bank staff goof their word to pass when they log in, they call me to help with their frame of the main type or for the big box. Not the beige or black box on their desk, (they call a group which I am not in for that) but the big, and I mean big, fast box that runs on not DOS nor MAC, nor frame of main, but a thing whose name starts with a you and ends in nix. And the odd one starts with lie (or linn, if you like) and ends in nicks and has an ice bird with the name Tux on it. ---
**Author:** ![Draknek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@Draknek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draknek)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-syllable-challenge-what-do-you-do-for-a-living/236610/62 "2004-03-27T00:41:05Z")
> [@](#): > > or that I do not lose it at the penultimate word. Good for you, as you did not lose it at that point - you did so when you spoke about your school. ---
**Author:** ![jkusters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/fbc32d/32.png) [@jkusters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jkusters)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-syllable-challenge-what-do-you-do-for-a-living/236610/63 "2004-03-27T00:53:53Z")
I test code. Lots of code. Each day I test new code and old code. (Red code and blue code.) It can be fun, but it can be a pain too. Most days it is fun. When you work with good folks, you can get a lot done and still have a good time. I currently temp, but I hope not for long. I hope to go full time and have them hire me. šŸ™‚ Fun! JOhn. ---
**Author:** ![jkusters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/fbc32d/32.png) [@jkusters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jkusters)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-syllable-challenge-what-do-you-do-for-a-living/236610/64 "2004-03-27T00:57:37Z")
> [@jkusters](#): > > I currently temp :rolleyes: Boo on me. ā€œI temp now,ā€¦ā€ JOhn. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-syllable-challenge-what-do-you-do-for-a-living/236610/65 "2004-03-27T00:58:52Z")
> [@Cajun Man](#): > > Since this is basically a poll, Iā€™ll move it to [**In My Humble Opinion**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=12) for you. > > **Cajun Man** > for the SDMB Are all of you as sad as I that he did not just say ā€œI move threadsā€? ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-syllable-challenge-what-do-you-do-for-a-living/236610/66 "2004-03-27T01:04:35Z")
I write and I teach kids (big kids) how to write, then I grade them as to how they write. In June, and in the next two months, I donā€™t have to teach, so I stay home and write all the time (tales and verse) but when I spend way too much time here, too, I donā€™t get to write as much as I would like to. Days that I come here for hours on end, and get no real work done, piss me off but still Iā€™m here a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecc23a/32.png) [@Uncle\_Dragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Dragon)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-syllable-challenge-what-do-you-do-for-a-living/236610/67 "2004-03-27T01:33:47Z")
I test blood from those who have just been born to make sure they are not sick in a rare way that you could not tell when you just look at the kid. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-syllable-challenge-what-do-you-do-for-a-living/236610/68 "2004-03-27T02:37:00Z")
I go to school and read books so I can write tests and do well. I will be a med lab tech soon. Then I will poke you to get blood in a tube so I can look at it to see why you are sick (or be sure that you are well). When they make you pee in a cup, I will look at that too. When the doc cuts bits out of you, he will send them to me so I can slice them and stain them and look at them through the scope. But I have two more years to go first. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-syllable-challenge-what-do-you-do-for-a-living/236610/69 "2004-03-27T02:49:58Z")
Iā€™m a bug geek, but Iā€™m a woods geek, too. I look at how the ranges of the types of bugs that live in the woods change when you rip all plants, seeds, trees, and rich dirt out of part of the woods. If Iā€™m in luck, when I get done weā€™ll have learned more of what we do to the small spots some bugs live in when we cut down swaths of trees in the woods to build roads and malls. While I do this, I help teach a group of kids in a big class that all first years must take if they want to go to med school, do work with cells, or learn more of what makes live things tick. I take more than one class each term while I do both my main work and teach, too. Iā€™d like to be done by the end of next fall, but I think thatā€™s a pipe dream at this point. But, oh, wellā€“I think itā€™s best to do things in a way thatā€™s sane, though it might have to be slow. If I tried to go to fast, I think Iā€™d croak from stress. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-syllable-challenge-what-do-you-do-for-a-living/236610/70 "2004-03-27T02:51:15Z")
Oh, crapā€“I used the word ā€œranges.ā€ Thatā€™s not good. ---
**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-syllable-challenge-what-do-you-do-for-a-living/236610/71 "2004-03-27T04:15:26Z")
If you work for a big place, I might take care of your health care (and things of that type) for you. Our team works long and hard, since this is tough to do. Iā€™m the head of the guys (and girls) that code for the team. But itā€™s not just tech stuff all the time - I have to know a lot of laws. ---
**Author:** ![Tamarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tamarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamarin)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-syllable-challenge-what-do-you-do-for-a-living/236610/72 "2004-03-27T04:56:42Z")
I work at a help desk for a place that sells things to vets. Not vets that have been to war, but the kind that help your pets. I take calls and fix Dells for our reps. (We have more kinds than Dell too, but their names are too long.) I work at night so I have time to read the Straight Dope and still get lots done. I love my job! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![kalex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dfb087/32.png) [@kalex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kalex)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-syllable-challenge-what-do-you-do-for-a-living/236610/73 "2004-03-27T05:07:45Z")
'Kayā€¦ I talk on the air, I say where the cars and trucks are, and if you will be late to get home. (hee!) I sit at my desk at XM (two words?) all day and yap. Will you be late? I think that you will! ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-syllable-challenge-what-do-you-do-for-a-living/236610/74 "2004-03-27T05:07:48Z")
I trade stocks. I try to buy low and sell high. Most days I stare at charts and graphs, then I get bored and go to the beach. So itā€™s like weeks and weeks of grim angst with a few days of sheer fright mixed in here and there. The hair is thin on the top of my head. I drink beer. I donā€™t put clothes on to go to work. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-syllable-challenge-what-do-you-do-for-a-living/236610/75 "2004-03-27T05:25:24Z")
I go to court. I talk law. I hear friend talk law. I hear judge talk law to us. I go back to place where I work. I say ā€œwe wonā€ and go home. Or, I say, ā€œwe lostā€ and go to bar and drink. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-syllable-challenge-what-do-you-do-for-a-living/236610/76 "2004-03-27T13:39:04Z")
> [@Shade](#): > > Learn. > > Doh. My bad. I see you say one per word not just one at all. This is then not as hard as I did guess. But it is lots of fun. In life I learn at **uni** and boss guys lend me dough to eat (no pun meant) but soon I will have learnt all I need and then I will get a job. I think I will code then. Iā€™m sad that I guess I will, but I hope I have not gone to more than one in a word yet, or that I do not lose it at the penultimate word. \*\* Your bad\*\*. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-syllable-challenge-what-do-you-do-for-a-living/236610/77 "2004-03-27T13:43:29Z")
I make ads that fill your mail. Most are dumb, but I like some. I cry for tree pulp that is paper. Sorry Tree - Buy One Get One Free. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-syllable-challenge-what-do-you-do-for-a-living/236610/78 "2004-03-27T13:48:33Z")
> [@Evil Captor](#): > > I make ads that fill your mail. Most are dumb, but I like some. I cry for tree pulp that is **paper. Sorry** Tree - Buy One Get One Free. **Your bad twice**. Jeez, this is _fun_. ---
**Author:** ![Suse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Suse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suse)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-syllable-challenge-what-do-you-do-for-a-living/236610/79 "2004-03-27T13:49:52Z")
I count cash and check bills for folks who canā€™t do it on their own. I help them get free or low cost stuff. I help them get bills paid with help from the state. I check to be sure that house staff does not use the folksā€™ cash for what staff wants to buy. I like my job most of the time but I hate when house staff takes cash and goods from folks we are there to help. ---
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-syllable-challenge-what-do-you-do-for-a-living/236610/80 "2004-03-27T13:54:09Z")
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