out of curiosity

[IGMeanwell]

I earn money from photography .... but its a very small amount

so yes I am an office/cubical manager type ... but not a lumberg type

 

[Pherdinand]

Out of curiosity...why don't you give the thread a proper title?😀

My mama still handles me as a student. I guess, for her there are only 2 possibilities if someone spends his time at a university: Either he's a professor or a student.

I'm doing research in nanophysics, currently post-doc contract.
You can find my happy face and other details here.

 

[FrankS]

Pherdinand, are you the bearded guy in the middle of the back row?

 

[Puisin]

Mild mannered public servant (or agent of satan, depending on your feelings towards the govt) by day, photo junkie on weekends.

 

[Pherdinand]

Pherdinand, are you the bearded guy in the middle of the back row?

yep that's me🙂

 

[Socke]

More or less selfemployed, i.e. I own 40% of the company which employs me.

We're consulting on document management and workflow systems, my part is the backends backend, i.E. RDBMSs like Informix, DB2 and Oracle running on Linux and Unix systems as well as conectivty and firewalls.

Used to be MCSE and SCO ACE, but am not proud of it 🙂

 

[Pherdinand]

Used to be MCSE and SCO ACE, but am not proud of it 🙂

Don't worry about it... (I have no clue what those stand for 😀 )

 

[Socke]

Don't worry about it... (I have no clue what those stand for 😀 )

Minesweeper Consultant and Solitair Expert, or was it Microsoft certified engineer? Never mind, more or less the same skillevel 😀

SCO Advanced Certified Engineer used to be harder, you had to be able to get a network card driver up and running from sourcecode, read kernel dumps and develope enough skills to actualy earn your salery without the help of powerpoint and excel.

 

[wlewisiii]

Driving a semi hauling freight, shooting when able along the way.

Edit: Used to do the IT thing. It was fun being an admin on Data General Unix, turned to h*ll with Windows. I don't miss it.

William

 

[Sailor Ted]

I design a line of High End Audio and Home Theater cables. All our products are manufactured in the USA for domestic sale and international export to Europe, Asia, the Middle East and various markets in the northern and southern hemispheres. Being part of a high end, low volume niche company I feel I have insight and empathy for Leica’s situation and the DRF format in general.

 

[amateriat]

so where do you fall in this poll?

Between the cracks, so to speak: formerly eked out a living entirely from photography, working for a stock photo agency until shortly after 9/11 (I think a lot of folks' full-time employment ended at roughly the same time). The full-time universe seemed not to want me anymore, so since then I've done freelance computer tech work and taken on the occasional photo-shoot gig – I guess it's a 70/30 formula. The going's a bit bumpy from time to time, but the crazy thing is I'm happier.


- Barrett

 

[dadsm3]

Self-employed exporting sub-contracted fabricated architectural metal components like desks, trim, counters, panels ( in stainless, brass, bronze etc) to the US.
I'm joining a bigger firm in Jan to concentrate on sales, quoting, and project management...the jobs are just getting too big for me to feel comfortable underwriting. But mainly because I want to get the hell out of my basement office....home businesses ain't all they're cracked up to be.

 

[popstar]

You know, reading through all these responses we (the collective 'we') have some interesting jobs, at least they sound that way. I'm sure the day-to-day grind is somewhat less glamourous, but some of these sound very specialized and not the sort of occupation one would run across on a daily basis.

Thanks to all for sharing a bit of insight into your professions.

 

[fishtek]

I'm an itinerant T'ai Chi Ch'uan Instructor. I retired a few years ago from owning a one-man company supplying equipment and service for the sport-fishing industry. (I owned a tackle shop.) Specialized in custom fishing rods and reel repair/restoration. Before that, Museum Director/Anthropologist. Woulda stayed in THAT gig except that I was coerced into being a Director, and got fed up with a Board of Directors and walked away to buy the tackle shop. I now teach several fitness/self-defense classes each week, and play with my toys and grandkids.

Don

 

[pvdhaar]

My day time job keeps the body fed, and photography (as a hobby) nurtures the soul..

 

[Graham Line]

Interesting responses. I'm a copy editor for a daily newspaper. Used to work as a reporter and editor and was up to about half-time as a photographer for a couple years. Now the working hours are much shorter and the photography is a nice relief from working with words and writers.

 

[SolaresLarrave]

I'm a college professor, which means intense days during the semester, and not so intense in between terms.

BTW, I teach Spanish language and Spanish American literature. Sometimes I use my own photos as props in my classes, sometimes not. I love my job because it allows me to support my photography and cats.

 

[Trius]

Used to be MCSE and SCO ACE, but am not proud of it 🙂

If you'd been a CNE, you'd be proud ... but unemployed. 😉

 

[Pherdinand]

BTW, I teach Spanish language and Spanish American literature.

Hola Francisco,
Estudio espanol, pero soy empezador?(beginner?) y mi espanol esta un poco mal, ahora mismo. Espanol esta una lingua muy interesanta y muy facil.

adios
phe

 

[Pherdinand]

Except the ser-estar issue, as you probably have noticed from the mistake(s) i have made above.