# What do you do for a living? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 27, 2003, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/191307 "2003-07-27T20:54:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![neisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4bbf92/32.png) [@neisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neisha)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/191307/1 "2003-07-27T20:54:35Z")
I’ll start…I’m unemployed. ---
**Author:** ![homercles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ed8c4c/32.png) [@homercles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/homercles)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/191307/2 "2003-07-27T21:12:04Z")
postdoctoral fellow/neuroscientist ---
**Author:** ![CharlesW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/87869e/32.png) [@CharlesW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CharlesW)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/191307/3 "2003-07-27T21:16:17Z")
Official Title - Network Support Specialist I Real Title - User Abuse Tech. Duties - Fix computers while user explains why it is my fault it dosen’t work. ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/191307/4 "2003-07-27T21:25:50Z")
Currently I’m writing a user manual for software I don’t understand. It involves a lot of sitting and pondering. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/191307/5 "2003-07-27T21:31:27Z")
Professional web software developer, and in my spare time I say “I bet this thread’s going to get moved to IMHO.” ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/191307/6 "2003-07-27T21:36:46Z")
Not too much. Living off a _very_ generous severance package. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/191307/7 "2003-07-27T21:42:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Steve Wright \* > \*\* and in my spare time I say “I bet this thread’s going to get moved to IMHO.” \*\* How about that? In my spare time I post things to the right forum (usually, anyway). But I’m a grad student. That’s what I do with most of my time. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/191307/8 "2003-07-27T21:47:09Z")
Maximum security prison physician. God, the glamour just rolls off _that_ job title! ---
**Author:** ![dragongirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@dragongirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragongirl)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/191307/9 "2003-07-27T21:49:45Z")
I’m a mommy. ---
**Author:** ![lightweight\_traveller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ab097/32.png) [@lightweight\_traveller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lightweight_traveller)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/191307/10 "2003-07-27T21:53:44Z")
I used to kill pigs…but I just got laid off…I miss waking up in the morning and killing a pig…😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/191307/11 "2003-07-27T21:54:00Z")
Geophysicist - oil & gas exploration. ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/191307/12 "2003-07-27T21:58:10Z")
**neisha** , polls belong in the IMHO forum. Please read the forum descriptions carefully before you post your next question. I’ll move this for you. - **xash** General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/191307/13 "2003-07-27T21:59:06Z")
I’m a dependent for tax purposes, which I believe translates roughly to “student”. ---
**Author:** ![kurie-chan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@kurie-chan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kurie-chan)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/191307/14 "2003-07-27T22:00:09Z")
Official Title: Clerk (Reader assistant) Unoffical: Government wage slave i work at the social security administration as a reader to a blind worker. ---
**Author:** ![mala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@mala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mala)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/191307/15 "2003-07-27T22:17:29Z")
Working towards a Masters in social work. I have an interview tomorrow for an internship. Go me. ---
**Author:** ![arachnidlove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@arachnidlove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/arachnidlove)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/191307/16 "2003-07-27T22:17:35Z")
Delivery driver for a pizza place. ---
**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/191307/17 "2003-07-27T22:41:56Z")
Postgrad (ie, unemployed) ---
**Author:** ![dead0man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@dead0man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dead0man)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/191307/18 "2003-07-27T22:43:11Z")
I maintain secure voice communications computer equipment for the Air Force/DOD. ---
**Author:** ![mmhkay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b38774/32.png) [@mmhkay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mmhkay)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/191307/19 "2003-07-27T23:08:52Z")
Optician (I sell eyeglasses-woohoo!) ---
**Author:** ![bizzwire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/958977/32.png) [@bizzwire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizzwire)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/191307/20 "2003-07-27T23:10:28Z")
Analytical chemist. A not very good analytical chemist. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/191307.md?page=2)