# What do you do for a living? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 29, 2005, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/296850 "2005-03-29T23:46:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tinkertoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f19dbf/32.png) [@Tinkertoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinkertoy)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/296850/41 "2005-03-31T21:01:05Z")
My official title is Library Classification Specialist, Internet Mentor, Research & Genealogical Specialist, and Systems Administrator. All of which means I catalog materials, look stuff up, and call tech support at a small town library. It also means that my board is long on titles, and short on compensation. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/296850/42 "2005-03-31T23:11:13Z")
Well…I could tell you. But then I’d have to kill you. ---
**Author:** ![Cranky\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Cranky\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cranky_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/296850/43 "2005-04-01T00:03:15Z")
Data network analyst/troubleshooter. ---
**Author:** ![kung\_fu\_lola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@kung\_fu\_lola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kung_fu_lola)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/296850/44 "2005-04-01T00:11:14Z")
I am a customer service rep for a party supply/giftware company. We sell goods to retailers, who sell them to the consumer. With the other two guys in the team, I enter orders for the stores we supply, hand out credits for damaged goods or stuff ordered in error, answer retailer’s questions and help out the regional sales reps. Stuff that I am solely responsible for includes mailing out invoices, sending samples to the reps and assessing claims. Riveting stuff, I know. ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/296850/45 "2005-04-01T00:43:03Z")
Technical writer for developer documentation. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/296850/46 "2005-04-01T00:53:27Z")
Medical lab technologist. In training. ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/296850/47 "2005-04-01T01:05:58Z")
I, er, invest for a living. I’m a high-schooler that hasn’t felt like looking for a job just yet so anytime I have birthdays, holidays, or soda-dispension I ask for money. Oh, and the rates suck so my contribution to the company are matched by approximately .245%. Paltry wages, I’d say. Bring back the '80s! ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/296850/48 "2005-04-01T02:18:43Z")
I’m the right hand of God. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/296850/49 "2005-04-01T02:22:44Z")
Stand-up comedian ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/296850/50 "2005-04-01T02:30:30Z")
I am the right ulna of God. Sure it’s not as glamorous, but they’d be in a pickle without me. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/296850/51 "2005-04-01T02:40:55Z")
I am a secretary by day (my card says “Administrative Assistant”, my property manager refers to me in letters as a “Property Management Administrator”). I photocopy cheques and make and answer a lot of phone calls. By night, I write smut, and get paid for it. ---
**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/296850/52 "2005-04-01T02:42:10Z")
I sell auto parts. I am good at it, or so I’ve been told. Been at it for Sixteen years. Time to move on but to what? ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/296850/53 "2005-04-01T02:50:53Z")
I work for a state wide criminal syndicate, we don’t let a certain group of people work until they’ve paid us, then we turn around and hassle em about how they do it. Nice work if you can get it. ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/296850/54 "2005-04-01T03:33:53Z")
Hi-tech home health RN. Program director/instructor for a dialysis technician program. Math teacher for an LVN program. Proof reader of nursing textbooks. Yeah. It looks like a lot, but where’s the beef? So many hours, so little dough. ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/296850/55 "2005-04-01T04:42:18Z")
I manage part of the operations support team for a major online retailer. I go to meetings, read and write emails and spent a fair amount of time waving my arms and drawing on whiteboards. It’s a pretty good job. The only downside is that 95% of the management of the company has no freaking clue what I do. They do know that I know everything (not that I do, but that doesn’t stop them from “knowing” it), so I spend a lot of time answering questions. ---
**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/296850/56 "2005-04-01T05:03:17Z")
I am a Director of Education for a Unitarian-Universalist congregation. What this means is I schedule teachers for classes, make sure the nursery people get their timesheets signed and turned in on time, buy snacks and supplies, supervise classes…and every Sunday I get to color or play outside and get paid for it. I also am a salesperson for a graphic design company. The boss buys me a free lunch every week, I set my own hours, and I work mostly from home. Oh, and I help my husband deliver newspapers 7 days a week. ---
**Author:** ![serious\_lark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@serious\_lark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/serious_lark)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/296850/57 "2005-04-05T23:21:40Z")
My day job? I treat cancer patients with radiation (if I think it could help and if they’re willing to try it). When I’m not at work, I share parental duties with **trupa** , and have the pleasant job of being **trupa** ’s wife. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/296850/58 "2005-04-06T02:13:59Z")
> [@](#): > > I work for a state wide criminal syndicate, we don’t let a certain group of people work until they’ve paid us, then we turn around and hassle em about how they do it. > > Nice work if you can get it. Look for the union label…blah blah blah blah… ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/296850/59 "2005-04-06T02:26:27Z")
I am running a research lab using mini carbon-based life forms known as \*Spazticus Weaselus \* as my test subjects. Seven years of round the clock work. Everything is ahead of schedule & over budget. Currently, my previous live test performance on the retraining of a rather common variety of carbon-based life form, going on 12 years of rigorous and strenuous testings have proven a failure on the adult male species. The Adult Male that is being tested is of the stubborn breed known as \* Knuckledraggeous Husbandus\*. Very common and difficult to train. The study will continue, despite lack of funding. Science stomps on! The last test is on the species _Canis Major__Canis minor would be yipe yipe ankle biters._ has lasted over nine years on the specific breed of _Halitosis Maximus._ The subject has passed with flying colors by successfully managed to be on the wrong side of the door for nearly a decade and training its owner to open the door on command of a simple bark. Subject also has perfected its _Mind Control_ experiments as well as \*Big Fat Brown Eyes Filled With Wuv \* look. Translation: I live here. ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/296850/60 "2005-04-06T02:39:13Z")
I don’t have an actual JOB, per se, so much as many profitable hobbies. Officially, I’m a professional crafter. To earn money at it, I write product reviews and project instructions for magazines, teach craft classes, and sell my finished work. Somehow, some of that stuff led me into other freelance writing, for which I occasionally get paid. I’m pretty handy with clip art and Photoshop, so I also do some minor desktop publishing for other small businesses (business cards, pamphlets, certificates, etc.) Last but not least, I’m an eBay seller. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/296850.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-for-a-living/296850.md?page=4)