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anyone care to share what you do for a living?
i'm just curious to see what the diversity of our jobs might be.

i'll start-

i'm a group facilitator. i usually work for small social service agencies, not for profit.
for the past 5 years, i have been working with women who have survived spousal abuse.
i facilitate several modules, including, personal development and one called 'the dynamics of abuse'.
it's very satisfying work and i love what i do for a living.

next...

joe
 
I teach anthropology at a state university. I also do field research on native communities in Latin America. It's rewarding and enjoyable. I'm nearing retirement age and looking forward to continuing my writing and research without the demands of a university schedule.
 
Another prof... not old yet, but longing for retirement. I teach Spanish language and Latin American literature at a state university in the Midwest, not too far from Chicago. I'm untenured but I really like my job, and enjoy the demands and challenges it poses. And hanging out with young people is a plus! :)
 
Born and bred in Europe. Worked for a larger company that insisted on sending me to quite a few countries. Left Europe in 1996 for what was supposed to be a year in the states. Now it's 2003 and still here. Worked in a number of states and lived in several.
Now in San Francisco. Joined a company as a 'full time employee' in 2001. Working in IT as a Senior Project Manager.

Hmm...and I wanted to be a cartoonist....
 
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A computer engineer wannabe (a bit more than a year to go) that works in the computer support area of a catalan university, mainly giving support to professors doing research there.

BTW, don't worry rsilfverberg, I wanted to be a biologist... :)
 
Hello Everyone! I am a Gerontology Nurse Consultant for a group of hospitals and community healthcare resources in Singapore. I am a registered nurse trained in Australia and photography is my way of de-stressing.

By the way, I wanted to be a photo-journalist when I was young.

:p
 
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Up till about a month ago I studied at the university - linguistics, sociology & literary history - right now I'm kind of wondering what I'm gonna do next, I'm really fed up with the academical sphere these days, so the future will probably more practical.

BTW I still haven't found out what I want to be when I grow up, and I'm 52.

Jacques.
 
Jacques, stay in the academic world, the real world sucks.

I have spent the last 15 years in the once insurance capital of the world, Hartford, CT. I have been an Underwriter for the past 8. It has offered me a lot good experience, and is now forcing me to be grown up as my company is closing it's doors.
 
Hi -- Interesting to see the wide range of career types here. I had a former life in Mechanical Engineering at Boeing. For the past 30+ years I've managed my own apartments... during which time I've "moonlighted" as a police officer, computer type & publication designer and Mac support consultant.

I hear that more people now than ever before transition through more than one career in their working lives.
 
Sounds like I'm perhaps the only blue collar worker in the group. Twenty Six years in the pulp and paper industry. Currently in pulp sector. If you've ever used Kodak paper, Bounty paper towel, Charmin toilet paper or read the Enquirer, you've used some of our product. Not exactly designing a better mousetrap, but I like to think at the very least I provide the daily necessities we've come to take for granted. :>)
 
wierdcollector said:
Sounds like I'm perhaps the only blue collar worker in the group ...
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Absolutely nothing wrong with that. And you're right ... I use your products! :)
 
Retired corporate burnout. I currently work part time in a camera store. That is if you can call standing around and talking photography all day working.

Gerry
 
I'm an electrical lawyer. I put together deals and help build projects involving high voltage electrical transmission systems.

I woke up recently, realized that I was over 50 and concluded that it was too late to try an grow up.

-Paul
 
I have been hired in my last two jobs because I can spell computer correctly (at least 2 our of 3 times). But I am actually in a physical security related position now, and have been in police or security related positions for over 30 years. Now and in my investigator positions, I used photography in my job sometimes. I have been into photography as a hobby, more or less (sometimes much less), for over 50 years.
 
I have done financial analysis is a wide diversity of industries, including oil field services, long haul trucking, advertising, and now aerospace industries.

I'd like to follow my bliss, which would be to open a chain of franchises called:

"Bikini Waxers to the Stars"

If you wanna get in on the ground floor, please call...
 
on the staff of a dental school for the past 12 years. prior to that was self employed in dental field. school doesn't pay as well but has amazing benifites and the working enviorment is second to none. i agree with francisco that hanging around young people is a real plus (wish i was a little bit younger).
 
Software CM Consultant

Software CM Consultant

I'm a consultant for a software company that makes configuration management software (CM). I travel for a living, flying over 125,000 miles a year - I'm typically only home one day a week! I mostly travel inside the USA, but sometimes I go overseas, to places such as Beijing, Germany, South Korea, and Brazil. I collect vintage American wristwatches and rangefinder cameras from the 1940's, 50's, 60's, and 70's. I'm 43 years old.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks
 
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