Pretty offbeat.
Why, got photos of any samples?
Pretty offbeat.
Why, got photos of any samples?
I know we have other electronics techs and programmers on the board. How about locksmiths? Buskers?
I can cover “freelance security consultant”, if no one else has it. It’s been a while, though.
I can represent the union campaign organizer crowd of one here.
I worked as a job trainer type for a while and unrelatedly had told my co-trainer about how our family often ate turkey roll for Thanksgiving. She refused to believe there was such a thing. Until we were looking through the job title book and saw “turkey roll maker”. Told her!
Also, one from the U.S.:[
I’m a postal worker
](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8338915&postcount=2)
We have no zookeepers!!
We have no zookeepers!!
Yes we do. Zoogirl is a zookeeper or at least was in '04.
I paint murals.
I’m guessing we don’t have any televangelists.
I’ve wrestled in jello, but that was more of an avocation than a job.
Do we have any missionaries?
An excellent source of Doper professions is Idle Thoughts’ The “Ask the…” Anthology Version 2.0 thread. There was serious work put into that thread. From it, we have:
Not-for-profit employee
Artist
Children’s Book Editor
Environmental Psychologist
Guy who just finished writing a book
Guy who works with marine mammals
Service Dog Handler/Trainer
(big chain) Video Store Clerk
Barista… (Coffee girl, to you)
Bartender
Bookseller
Bra Professional
Cab Driver
Car salesman
Direct Marketing (Call Center, Telemarketing, Junk Mail) Professional
Ex phone sex operator
Fast food manager
Former Phone Psychic
LensCrafters eyeglasses consultant
Person who works in the adult industry thread.
Pest Control Guy
(former) Professional “Psychic”
Remodeler
Server
Sunglass Consultant
Termite and Pest Control Guy
Theme Park Character
Underwear Sales Girl
Hotel Night Clerk
Waiter
Waitress
Starving Opera Singer
(word) puzzle editor
Aging rock star
Ballerina
Blackjack Dealer
Broadcast Professional
Former news reporter
Poker Dealer
Pornographer
Pro-Wrestler
Professional Belly Dancer
Radio Host
Technical theatre guy
TV News Guy
Former prison guard
911 Dispatcher
Air Force Guy
Cop
Debt Collector
Draft Board member
Firefighter!
Future Peace Corps volunteer
Internet Abuse/Fraud Investigator
Lawyer
Maximum security prison physician
Militia Guy
Murder trial juror
Newbie Politician
Private Investigator
Reformed debt collector
Tax lawyer
Doctor with first-hand SARS experience
Emergency vet tech
Forensic pathologist
Guy who makes Adult Spaces FUN
Medical Billing Specialist
Student
Optician
Drummer. aka Ask a semi-successful musician.
Singer
Copy Editor
Graphic Designer
IT Guy
Product Standards and ISO Guy
Software Engineer/Developer
Structural Engineer
Sex therapist
(student) Vet
Anime Student
Biologist
Virologist
Culinary School Student
English teacher
Exhausted grad student
Middle School Teacher
Peace Corps Volunteer/TEFL teacher in Bulgaria.
Airline Pilot who just switched from Passengers to Cargo
Fed-Ex guy
Freight train conductor
Guy who works on an oil rig
High-performance driving instructor
Small airplane pilot
Trainee traindriver
There’s also a girl who grew up on a dairy farm; she had an "Ask The … " thread a while back.
Ha ha, that was me. I suppose you could count me twice, if you wanted to.
I was a clown for a little while.
C’mon, you can’t make a wild claim like that without posting photos!
I’ve wrestled in jello, but that was more of an avocation than a job.
C’mon, you can’t make a wild claim like that without posting photos!
Well, we have established that we have at least two bassonists.
You can never have too many bassonists.
Do we have any missionaries?
And if we don’t, does that mean the position is available?
One of the most interesting things about the SDMB, to me, is the diversity of member backgrounds. We have people from many countries, who speak many languages, and who work in many fields. It’s the last that will be the focus of this thread.
We have airline pilots, doctors, active-duty military, technogeeks, veterinarians, journalists, musicians, scientists, authors, at least one cinematographer, and of course a handful of professional dipsticks, among many others. Ask a question on virtually any subject, and there’s a pretty good chance that somebody will come along sooner or later to say, “Yes, my first job was programming binary load lifters,” and then offer their fascinating first-hand knowledge on the subject.
I was reminded yet again of the breadth of expertise represented on the boards in this thread, which features the following:And I thought: cool.
So my question is, which fields are under-represented, or have no representation at all? I’m trying to think of examples, jobs I don’t remember anyone claiming: do we have any tattoo artists? dentists? long-haul truckers? Any others?
politician-I used to serve on the local school board. That was an elected position. I lost re-election to my best friend on the board-by one vote. It was a redistricting thing. And I was the board representative to the group that redrew the lines. The expression on the consultant’s face when I told him he had just put the board president and myself in the same district was priceless. But any other configuration would have been gerrymandering so we went with it.
Farmer. Well I spent ten years looking at the wrong end of cows . Now I’m a part time agricultural contractor - silage, hay, fencing, ground work, fertiliser etc. Also qualifed quarry shot firer, rural construction and land blaster.
Do we have any missionaries?
I’ll be taking the missionary position tonight.
I was a clown for a little while.
You didn’t, by any chance, write a novel based on that experience … did you?
I’ve wrestled in jello, but that was more of an avocation than a job.
I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.