# What do y'all do? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 23, 1999, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-yall-do/8163 "1999-07-23T03:40:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 1999, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-yall-do/8163/21 "1999-07-23T13:52:00Z")
Elementary School teacher–5th grade…just finished my Master’s in Technology in Education…Yay! * * * Gail “Any major dude with half a heart surely will tell you, my friend– Any minor world that breaks apart falls together again…” -Steely Dan ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 1999, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-yall-do/8163/22 "1999-07-23T14:17:00Z")
Support technician for Netcom, and Internet Service Provider. I handle calls from people who have commercial websites on our servers. The part I like best are the porno sites. Not for the material, but because for some reason, the owners of porno sites are much more relaxed, intelligent, and courteous than my other callers. * * * “Knowing others is wisdom. Knowing yourself is enlightenment.” - Lao-tzu, Chinese philosopher ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 1999, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-yall-do/8163/23 "1999-07-23T14:31:00Z")
Computer Instructor (or trainer) for business people. Companies buy training hours, ship their computer ignorant people to me, and I ensure that when they return they are clicking, double clicking, and even right clicking. And most importantly, they know why. Lots of fun- I think I was born to do this job 🙂 * * * If at first you don’t succeed, redefine success. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 1999, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-yall-do/8163/24 "1999-07-23T15:14:00Z")
Housewife/Mother/Student. If I ever finish under-graduate and graduate school I will be a librarian. * * * ``` Jess ``` Full of 'satiable curtiosity ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 1999, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-yall-do/8163/25 "1999-07-23T16:18:00Z")
beatle - Perhaps I should clarify. I’m not, at present, a classroom teacher (although I have been). I work with 60 -70 “at-risk” 9-12th graders, and try to help them finish High School through independent study. My students run the gamut from young mothers, to convicted felons, to social outcasts, to children living with their mothers in battered women shelters. Keep in mind that none of these kids are over 18 years old and few come from English speaking households! This job is both the most rewarding and the most depressing one I’ve ever had. The first thing I learned here is that you can’t win them all! No matter how hard you try, you win some and you lose some. One real advantage is that I only have to deal with my students one at a time. If you see me posting a lot in one day it’s usually because most of my students have flaked on their appointments that day. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 1999, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-yall-do/8163/26 "1999-07-23T16:36:00Z")
Picture Editor for a celebrity photo agency. If you read People or any of those type magazines or tabloids, you see what I work on. And yes, we did kill Princess Di! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 1999, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-yall-do/8163/27 "1999-07-23T16:42:00Z")
I’m the project manager for a small (but growing) software company. We do business software - secure, legally binding forms that can be delivered and submitted over the internet. It doesn’t sound all that exciting but our stuff is pretty cool (you’d be surprised what you can do with “business” forms software - we have sample games on our website :)). If you’re interested: [www.uwi.com](http://www.uwi.com) I’ve just started at project management, so my job is still evolving a bit - mostly it’s timelining and tracking the development projects and coordinating communications with other departments. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 1999, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-yall-do/8163/28 "1999-07-24T05:28:00Z")
Director of Staffing for a $500M marketing info/research company. * * * The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who don’t have it. George Bernard Shaw ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 1999, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-yall-do/8163/29 "1999-07-23T19:07:00Z")
Grad student (English Renaissance lit) and part-time toy store clerk. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 1999, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-yall-do/8163/30 "1999-07-23T19:10:00Z")
Television graphic artist. * * * Tim “My hovercraft is full of eels.” ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 1999, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-yall-do/8163/31 "1999-07-23T19:20:00Z")
Mehndi Artist and Internet Pornographer (LOL … let me tell you, this one shuts up nosy people on airplanes). I work for a women’s erotica magazine as fiction editor. Stoidela, we should talk. * * * Suze – what AM I doing? – anne * * * The Burning Begins Anew at [http://www.second-troy.com/](http://www.second-troy.com/) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 1999, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-yall-do/8163/32 "1999-07-23T20:12:00Z")
I work for a largest (or second largest depending on what you count) bank in the US. I haven’t played with peoples’ money in years, though. I work in operations standardizing our systems and procedures nationwide. * * * The overwhelming majority of people have more than the average (mean) number of legs. – E. Grebenik ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 1999, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-yall-do/8163/33 "1999-07-23T20:57:00Z")
Disabled veterans counselor specializing as the homeless veteran coordinator. A few years ago we cross-trained and combined career fields with our adjudicators so I added claims processor to my resume. It is a very satisfying career field if you can get over the abuse. 🙂 * * * \>^,^\< KITTEN Coarse and violent nudity. Occasional language. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 1999, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-yall-do/8163/34 "1999-07-23T21:38:00Z")
Systems analyst. Yawn! I offer technical support, install systems, networks, blah, blah and blah for a few engineering firms in the Detroit area. I also teach drums at a local music store three days each week. The money’s not so great but I love to see kids “get it”. And, yes, drums are a “learned” instrument. This vocation satiates my love of music and a long lost dream of being a teacher. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 1999, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-yall-do/8163/35 "1999-07-23T22:23:00Z")
I’m a software engineer specializing in Java. Right now I’m working on a way to deliver scrambled, multicast data over an IP network. Ooh, neat huh? I’ve also taught Java at UCSD Extension, and may again some day. * * * They were at once her reason for life and her reason for despair. – Eris, on programmers. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 1999, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-yall-do/8163/36 "1999-07-23T22:29:00Z")
I do stress, force/deflection, heat transfer, and thermal expansion analyses for a “probe card” (semi-conductor test interface) manufacturer. Until a few months ago, I was doing stress, fatigue, and vibration analyses on aircraft, launch vehicle, and space station components. Project engineers have made the remark that I do (engineering) homework for a living. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 1999, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-yall-do/8163/37 "1999-07-24T00:07:00Z")
Formerly a moronic, otherwise unemployable telemarketer (see: telemarketers, how to stop them in the GQ forum)I somehow managed to land a position as the Exec. Asst. to the President of a fairly large finance company. Either I’m the most intelligent person to have ever worked in the field of telesales, or the general public has no idea what they’re talking about when they make assumptions as to the intellectual levels of telemarketers. I’m going to have to go with the latter (although sometimes I’m inclined to believe the former.) Anyway, be nice to me… it may make the difference between an “approved” or a “denied” stamp on your loan application. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 1999, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-yall-do/8163/38 "1999-07-24T00:21:00Z")
Retail buyer for a drug store chain. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 1999, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-yall-do/8163/39 "1999-07-24T00:22:00Z")
I have been a teller with Chase Manhattan Bank for the last five years. I will be quittting on September 17th, because I am getting married and will be moving from New York City to Fall River Mass. I don’t have a job lined up there, so I will be unemployed for a little bit 🙂 Yay! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 1999, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-yall-do/8163/40 "1999-07-24T00:24:00Z")
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