To put it simply, I enjoy my contacts with you. But it makes me wonder what y’all do every day. Some of you have given hints, but fill in the blanks; what is it you DO?
For the record, I am a contract grease-hunter (since I realize industry jargon doesn’t travel far I’ll say I am an oil & gas exploration consulting geophysicist).
Phil_d - some kind of media thing
PB - always anticipate your input w/thoughts of things to come, but we know you teach (rule) H.S.
Manager for the retail part of a large landscaping contractor company. But I think I’ve said that before.
“I guess it is possible for one person to make a difference, although most of the time they probably shouldn’t.”
I’m a hairstylist, but if I want to be a snob then i’m a “cosmetologist”. 
MaryAnn
Sometimes life is so great you just gotta muss up your hair and quack like a duck!
Unix-head, C Guru, SQL Goddess
And Belly Dancer Extrordinaire in my free time.
Oh, and beatle - I work for Burlington Resources, used to be in the petrotechnical group - will you tell me who you work for? I bet I know someone you know.
well-fed by starving nonetheless aspiring musician.
I have a profile somewhere that lists my occupation as “Professional Abuse-taker”, meaning, of course, I’m in customer service.
I work for a tutoring/SAT prep company in So. Cal. Right now my days are filled with teaching SAT verbal classes, making materials, wanting to scream at employees that can’t even address envelopes right (she’s canned; that’s the decision as of today), and writing homework and quizzes for vocabulary lists. We’re doing the 60+ hour week.
Well, I am going to school for fitness studies/cardiac rehabilitation. But I have a job offer as a regional sales manager I will probably take instead. And I’m working on my racing career too. (just racing karts this summer, hopefully Barber Dodge Formula next summer).
Anyone wanna sponsor an unknown future racing legend???
College student working on degree in physics (the last time I checked, anyway).
– Sylence
“A friend of mine once sent me a post card with a picture of the entire planet Earth taken from space. On the back it said, ‘Wish you were here’.” - Steven Wright
Pornographer specializing in vintage images.
Stoidela
Thesaurus: An ancient reptile with an excellent vocabulary
I work as the shop manager for Elbe USA, which is the American division of Elbe & Sohn, GmbH in Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany.
We assemble and ship universal joints manufactured in Germany to John Deere and other companies.
Sounds more impressive than it is, we have 8 people, 4 of which I supervise. (one of which is my wife)
Chemist.
I think everyone knows what I do already-emergency veterinary technician (nurse).
beatle, pretty much. I work for a company called Business Wire (www.businesswire.com), one of the two leading distributors of full-text news releases to the media. We take our clients’ news and distribute it electronically to print and broadcast media in the geographical area of their choice (including global media), as well as to online services, databases, trade media, analysts, etc.
I’m a facility manager. And, before you ask, a facility manager is responsible for “coordinating the physical workplace with the people and the work of the organization.” Visit www.ifma.org for more info.
Video game designer and occasional martial arts instructor.
Administrative Assistant…okay,okay…I’m a secretary(same thing)! But I’m a darn GOOD one! 
Hey, Guy, wanna job in MI? I work for a company that handles relocations, strategic planning, technology upgrades, etc for other companies. We have quite a few facilities managers on our staff: work for Ford, GM, State of MIchigan, etc. If you get tired of the East Coast, let me know 
Stoidela, like the new sig. Of course, I liked the old one too.
…it has never been my way to bother much about things which you can’t cure.
Currently I am a computer geek. In the past I have done the following: fund raising for a private college, crocheted, read Tarot/palms, composed music, played guitar (classical, jazz, rock, punk, hardcore, and folk), and a body piercer. I think that about covers it. I have a degree in music with an emphasis on composition and classical guitar. I am currently composing a lot now but I have not published anything.
S.C.
College student with a little over a year left in an English degree, but I make money by working as a lab assistant in a computer lab.