# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![seriousart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@seriousart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seriousart)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-occupation-here/26942/142 "2000-07-28T04:02:41Z")
I draw funny. (I look funny too, but that’s my parents’ fault) I’m a full time greeting card artist for a tiny division of a great big company. I also do freelance art for magazines, newspapers, design firms, etc. I spent 8 years in full time college to earn my MFA degree in illustration, teaching for the last two of them. May go back to teaching, once I feel I’ve made more of a name for myself. Mostly, I spend my days doodling and writing jokes under tight deadlines. Not bad work if you can find it. ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-occupation-here/26942/143 "2000-07-28T07:31:28Z")
My occupations: Stamper out of evil! Overgrown Boy Scout! Cyber Flirt! Eternally Kind to Women, Children and Small Animals! Full Time Fantasy Sports Champion (specialty: Scoresheet Baseball)! [sub]\*\* unfortunately, my only _paying_ job is as a paralegal, which sucks[/sub]\*\* ☹ ---
**Author:** ![tatertot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@tatertot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tatertot)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-occupation-here/26942/144 "2000-07-28T07:34:21Z")
> [@](#): > > 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. OMG! Me and SoMoMom have the **exact same job**! Right down to the on line business. I feel like I’ve found a new soul mate. ---
**Author:** ![VaHermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ed655f/32.png) [@VaHermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VaHermit)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-occupation-here/26942/145 "2000-07-28T08:40:21Z")
Ten years ago I would have been called a mechanic, but that doesn’t cut it anymore. Today I am an “Industrial maintainence technician” at a sheet metal manufacturing plant. I do everything from trouble shooting circuit boards to patching holes in the floor. Sometimes I think I spend more time in classes and siminars than I do actually working. But hell, I enjoy it, when you quit learning, you quit living. ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-occupation-here/26942/146 "2000-07-28T09:27:12Z")
I am a full-time student at the California School of Culinary Arts, which is hard work, but the result is usually quite tasty. I sometimes work at the school on Saturdays helping out at the cooking courses offered to the general public–doing things like assisting those who have never come face-to-face with a grater (this really happened), chopping onions for the faint of heart, etc. I’m hoping that I can get into one of the top restaurants here in L.A. for my externship, but I won’t know for a few months. ---
**Author:** ![goaheadcaller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5f9b8f/32.png) [@goaheadcaller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goaheadcaller)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-occupation-here/26942/147 "2000-07-28T10:12:57Z")
I’m a program director for an American not for profit in Siberia. We do academic exchanges between Russia and the US. ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-occupation-here/26942/148 "2000-07-28T10:54:06Z")
Hired Killer. I think that’s self-explanatory. ---
**Author:** ![irish\_bill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ac91a4/32.png) [@irish\_bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irish_bill)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-occupation-here/26942/149 "2000-07-28T11:06:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bill H. \* > \*\*CEO of an exciting high-tech startup. If you’re smart, friendly, hard-working and write code, please call me. \*\* didn’t you forget something, bill? HONEST! ---
**Author:** ![redbeerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c0e974/32.png) [@redbeerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/redbeerd)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-occupation-here/26942/150 "2000-07-28T11:20:12Z")
Sr. Network Engineer. Currently on hour 20 of a 30+ hour workday. As much as I enjoy what I do, I wish I didn’t work for a company too cheap to replace their failing P133 file server before it completely failed. **Techchick:** I couldn’t agree more. At my last job, I was the I.S. manager and got to plan and oversee the installation of everything electrical when we moved. I would jump at the chance to do it again. ---
**Author:** ![Feynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Feynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feynn)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-occupation-here/26942/151 "2000-07-28T13:38:32Z")
My current designation is Rehabilitation Worker, I care for those with developmental and physical disabilities. I think that until I win the lottery this is what I will be doing. I worked in the hospitality industry for too long doing just about everything. I have often thought of opening my own restaurant but that lottery thing hasn’t paid off yet. Coolest job I ever had was as a Trustee’s agent. Imagine being paid to travel to exotic locales for long periods and you will get the idea… ---
**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 31, 2000, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-occupation-here/26942/152 "2000-07-31T18:45:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lolagranola \* > \*\*Xizor and Vash, I need to talk to you!!! So many people have recommended an engineering program for me, that I’m seriously starting to think about it. > > So… what’s it like? Give me the down and dirty. \*\* Well, school wise it starts out hard and mathy but by the end of the program it is very fun and you are in the labs building all kinds of cool stuff. In the real world, depending on the employer you get, you start out with the crappy tasks like technical documentation & test procedures but in about 1-2 years you get to do the cool stuff and if you are in a company that is not all engineers than you are looked up to as a smart person who can fix anything that is wrong with a computer. Your friends and family might also take up this attitude, which can cause problems. (sample telephone conversation with my mom) ‘Hi, Mom’ ‘Hi son, my VCR is broken again, do you think you could fix it? And the cordless phone, It’s not working right. Plus your father has deleted some stuff off of our computer I need you too get back for me. I bought a new scanner I would like you to hook up too’ ‘I’m fine, thanks for asking’ But overall it is a real fun field to be in. I highly recommend it. ---
**Author:** ![fredicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/779978/32.png) [@fredicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fredicus)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-occupation-here/26942/153 "2000-07-31T20:03:29Z")
F/T internet porn peddler 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-occupation-here/26942/154 "2000-07-31T21:26:43Z")
Credit Manager for A Very Large Book Distributor. I spend most of my time posting at the Bronze (The Buffy the Vampire Slayer site) and shuffling papers. StG ---
**Author:** ![astrangefish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bbce88/32.png) [@astrangefish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astrangefish)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-occupation-here/26942/155 "2000-07-31T23:23:26Z")
Full time Graphic Artist. I design layouts, and custom graphics for magazines/book covers and that sort of thing. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-occupation-here/26942/156 "2000-07-31T23:37:32Z")
I’m a bookseller. I work for an independent bookstore in Northern California. However, I still consider myself to be a student, as this is my year off before I go to grad school. I recieved my BA in Anthropology in March, and will head off to grad school to study Near East Studies & Anthro in Fall 2001. ---
**Author:** ![dragonlady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@dragonlady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragonlady)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-occupation-here/26942/157 "2000-08-01T01:31:41Z")
I’ve mentioned before that I am a postal worker. I’m technically a Rural Carrier Associate. (Read Substitute) I work one scheduled day each week on a specific route. Unless the regular carrier needs time off. Or someone elses sub is unavailable. Sometimes I deliver mail in an area I’ve never seen before. So don’t blame me when your mail is late, or you get stuff for people who moved last year. I sort and deliver several thousand pieces of mail for over 600 addresses every day. By memory. In all sorts of weather, without air conditioning. I’m not disgruntled yet, only because I need to be “gruntled” first!!! ---
**Author:** ![Xgemina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/b5e925/32.png) [@Xgemina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xgemina)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-occupation-here/26942/158 "2000-08-01T01:55:32Z")
I’m a paralegal and a full time student studying Sociology and History. I work in a small firm so I do everything from research and drafting to making sure we have enough paper clips. I spent a summer as an intern with the South Dakota Supreme Court mostly doing research and had a blast. Hope to land a job one day with a state’s attorney office (Hey Jodi, need an assistant?) or with the feds. ---
**Author:** ![lovelee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@lovelee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lovelee)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-occupation-here/26942/159 "2000-08-01T03:19:40Z")
Unix Defect Management - specifically AIX system administration/configuration/fixing/fiddlingwith. It’s a grand time. I love AIX. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-occupation-here/26942/160 "2000-08-01T12:51:43Z")
A Cartographer. I get to get you people lost! don’t go to sea as I’ve made charts and don’t try driving on the road. but if you do get lost it’s not my fault. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-occupation-here/26942/161 "2000-08-01T13:13:46Z")
I’m a bookkeeper for a small CPA firm. I was working in a 17 person accounting department for an investment firm, but now I’m in an office of 3 people and love what I do! No office politics, no gossip, no backbiting. It’s wonderful! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-occupation-here/26942.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-occupation-here/26942.md?page=9)