# What is your profession? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 2, 2004, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-profession/262685 "2004-09-02T01:05:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-profession/262685/1 "2004-09-02T01:05:59Z")
Inspired by a discussion started by Qadgop the Mercotan (MD), what is your profession, job, career? I’ll start. I work in a hospital pharmacy, packaging drugs for use within a McKesson Automation robot. The robot picks drugs for patient use, rather than the pharmacy techs having to do so. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-profession/262685/2 "2004-09-02T01:10:21Z")
I read and write emails and go to meetings. Somehow, this makes software. ---
**Author:** ![St.Urho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@St.Urho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St.Urho)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-profession/262685/3 "2004-09-02T01:34:06Z")
I’m a paramedic. I work 24-hour shifts in a good sized city and average about 11-12 calls per shift. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-profession/262685/4 "2004-09-02T01:35:30Z")
Full-time college student. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-profession/262685/5 "2004-09-02T01:37:20Z")
Sales of two-way radio equipment and CCTV systems. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-profession/262685/6 "2004-09-02T01:39:11Z")
Actuary ---
**Author:** ![tanookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@tanookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanookie)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-profession/262685/7 "2004-09-02T01:41:42Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > I read and write emails and go to meetings. Somehow, this makes software. You must work at my husband’s company! I am a mom, teach ceramics and am a creative memories consultant. ---
**Author:** ![J.Me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f04885/32.png) [@J.Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J.Me)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-profession/262685/8 "2004-09-02T01:44:07Z")
I’m the GM of a local (not a chain) restaurant. I’ve found that being a “general” manager means that I don’t manage anything “specific”, I’m just everyone else’s b\*\*ch. But the pay’s good! ---
**Author:** ![JayElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@JayElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JayElle)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-profession/262685/9 "2004-09-02T01:51:36Z")
I’m a retail buyer for a large museum. ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-profession/262685/10 "2004-09-02T01:53:55Z")
I am a stay at home mom - which means I am a cop, a baker, a taxi driver, a teacher, a chef, a life guard, a clothing consultant, a maid, a seamstress, a personal groomer, a nurse, and all the other things a sahm includes. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-profession/262685/11 "2004-09-02T02:01:12Z")
I’m a full time student looking for a part time job. I also intern (non paying, of course) at my city’s Department of Cultural Affairs doing PR and general editor stuff for two of the larger events the Department puts on every year. ---
**Author:** ![Wallflower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Wallflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallflower)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-profession/262685/12 "2004-09-02T02:01:13Z")
Retail drone ---
**Author:** ![raindog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@raindog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raindog)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-profession/262685/13 "2004-09-02T02:03:43Z")
HVAC/Electrical Contractor. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-profession/262685/14 "2004-09-02T02:06:32Z")
In the past six months or so, I have (in decreasing order of frequency)… - Filled out paperwork; - Attended meetings; - Repaired communications equipment (encryptors and optical network components); - Pulled wires under the floor; - Carried boxes too heavy for the techs twenty years my junior; - Solved math problems for the programmers going to night school; - Picked up carryout for lunch (I knew the owner, so I got a discount). In other words, my profession is… **engineering**. PS: My career goal is homeless musician – _when I retire!_ ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-profession/262685/15 "2004-09-02T02:10:15Z")
I’m a book editor and publishing executive, and have promoted and worked over manuscripts with the likes of Ed McBain, James Ellroy, Joe R. Lansdale, Ross Thomas, Ruth Rendell, K.C. Constantine, Peter Dickinson, Eric Ambler, and Donald E. Westlake, between 1985 and 2001. At the moment, I’m a produce buyer and organic hippie communist grocer for the Park Slope Food Coop. I owe my recent meteoric rise to the Bush Economic Boom. ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-profession/262685/16 "2004-09-02T02:15:49Z")
I’m a technical writer for a biomedical research institution. If you prefer you may use my alternative job title, English Major Adrift. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-profession/262685/17 "2004-09-02T02:15:51Z")
I’m a reference librarian, and I start my first professional librarian job (post-master’s) in less than two weeks. I’m scared to death and excited as hell. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Doubt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df705f/32.png) [@Peter\_Doubt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Doubt)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-profession/262685/18 "2004-09-02T02:16:30Z")
I am also a paramedic, but have moved from field work to answering 911 calls. I am a part-time student working on prerequisites for nursing school. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-profession/262685/19 "2004-09-02T02:18:19Z")
Retired, but formerly in the brokerage industry. ---
**Author:** ![bat312](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c77e96/32.png) [@bat312](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bat312)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-profession/262685/20 "2004-09-02T02:19:31Z")
I a Chef Concierge! That does not mean that I cook and act as a concierge. I am friendly, solve proublems and give excellent advice. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-profession/262685.md?page=2)