# Post your occupation... here! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 26, 2000, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-occupation-here/26942 "2000-07-26T18:02:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MadHatter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@MadHatter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadHatter)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-occupation-here/26942/1 "2000-07-26T18:02:47Z")
just post what your occupation is, and a brief description of what your job involves. Me first! Full Time University Student. This involves drinking a lot of beer, which is sometimes interrupted with study. ---
**Author:** ![Tymp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Tymp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tymp)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-occupation-here/26942/2 "2000-07-26T18:13:38Z")
You mean to say that you are not actually a hatter? I feel so betrayed. Please tell me that you, at least, plan to become a haberdasher of some sort! ---
**Author:** ![lolagranola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-occupation-here/26942/3 "2000-07-26T18:17:01Z")
Full time student, finishing upgrading so I can start my University courses in January. Which reminds me, I need advice on whether I should change my major, but I’ll save that for another thread… What are you taking, MadHatter? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-occupation-here/26942/4 "2000-07-26T18:17:57Z")
I’m a Physicist. I take up Time and Space. ---
**Author:** ![wacky\_ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/58956e/32.png) [@wacky\_ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wacky_ninja)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-occupation-here/26942/5 "2000-07-26T18:18:27Z")
Full time student here at this loverly university. also a computer lab manager here, a radio techie, and a cutomer service chic at Pep Boys. ---
**Author:** ![mblackwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@mblackwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mblackwell)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-occupation-here/26942/6 "2000-07-26T18:22:20Z")
I’m a soon-to-be college student. The only job I ever had was at Dairy Queen. ---
**Author:** ![SoMoMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@SoMoMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoMoMom)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-occupation-here/26942/7 "2000-07-26T18:24:04Z")
I’m a mom. Been doing that for 7 years now. Recently hubby and I have started creating an on-line business. I hope running it is a lot less work than developing it. This was supposed to be part-time work. So, I’m in flux right now. ---
**Author:** ![rundogrun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@rundogrun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rundogrun)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-occupation-here/26942/8 "2000-07-26T18:24:14Z")
I’m in advertising. Apparently my job consists of spending WAY to much time reading these boards. ---
**Author:** ![Michi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@Michi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michi)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-occupation-here/26942/9 "2000-07-26T18:26:13Z")
Emergency Veterinary Nurse it would take way too much time to describe my job! ---
**Author:** ![MadHatter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@MadHatter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadHatter)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-occupation-here/26942/10 "2000-07-26T18:27:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lolagranola \* > \*\*Full time student, finishing upgrading so I can start my University courses in January. > > Which reminds me, I need advice on whether I should change my major, but I’ll save that for another thread… > > What are you taking, MadHatter? \*\* First semester I did Information Technology (yawn), so now I’m doing Arts for a semester. This is a desperate bid to get good enough grades so I can wave them in the faces of the people at the university which I DIDN’T GET INTO BUT STILL WANT TO, and study e-commerce. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-occupation-here/26942/11 "2000-07-26T18:28:05Z")
I am a computer engineer. I design motherboards and write BIOSes. Most of my work day is spent running around fixing everybody else’s workstation problems. ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-occupation-here/26942/12 "2000-07-26T18:28:45Z")
Full time man-whore. Part time sailor. ---
**Author:** ![h\_thur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/db5fbb/32.png) [@h\_thur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h_thur)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-occupation-here/26942/13 "2000-07-26T18:29:48Z")
Single Mom Technical Writer Office Manager for a non-profit organization Slave Driver who cracks the whip upon the backs of student workers Commuter (102 miles minimum a day) etc… ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-occupation-here/26942/14 "2000-07-26T18:32:24Z")
Newspaper reporter. You can find my stuff sometimes at [http://www.record-eagle.com](http://www.record-eagle.com) ---
**Author:** ![KimKatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@KimKatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KimKatt)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-occupation-here/26942/15 "2000-07-26T18:34:44Z")
Network Engineer It would seem that my job description changes daily at the whim of my supervisor, who in reality has no idea what it is that I do all day. I keep the servers up and running, primarily. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-occupation-here/26942/16 "2000-07-26T18:35:12Z")
Nuclear Medicine I administer radioactive isotopes to people for imaging and therapy of different organs/diseases/conditions. Any questions? ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-occupation-here/26942/17 "2000-07-26T18:36:42Z")
I am a secretary. I schedule your meetings. I tell you when you may use the conference room. I decide whether or not you get donuts with that coffee in your morning meeting. I keep YOUR boss of YOUR back. I am just this side of a deity. Do not forget it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-occupation-here/26942/18 "2000-07-26T18:38:01Z")
I’m a monkey washer. You’ve seen my work in _Any Which Way But Loose._ Technically, Clyde’s an orangutan, but I’m cross-trained. ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-occupation-here/26942/19 "2000-07-26T18:38:04Z")
Senior Writer/Editor at a trade association. This entails researching and writing a daily newsletter with an estimated readership of over 10,000 people, longer articles for our monthly marketing kits, publications about our industry, etc. Also LOTS of editing of things written by others to elevate them to my demanding standards. By the way, Tymp, the correct word for someone who makes hats is a _milliner._ _wink_ I know, I know. You’re thinking, "so why not call yourself _Editor Troy_? Cuisine is my passion, unsullied by commerce (these days… I used to be a caterer). Besides, _Editor Troy_ just doesn’t have the right flow. ---
**Author:** ![TomH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90db22/32.png) [@TomH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TomH)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-occupation-here/26942/20 "2000-07-26T18:39:15Z")
Saggar maker’s bottom knocker. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-occupation-here/26942.md?page=2)