What is your career background?

[unohuu]

Community Corrections and Social Work, but this was a choice. My school testing showed a strong aptitude for science, engineering, mathematics. I changed majors from Pre-Engineering to Psychology after my freshman year and a trip to Romania.

 

[oftheherd]

That sounds worse than having a job as a mushroom. Kept in the dark and fed poop.

HEY! That's me you are talking about. I think I was a founding member of the 10 percent club; you know, the 10 percent that never get the word.

I'm studying car design. Right now I'm taking an intensive course with some very talented designers. I probably will move to another city (hopefully Tokyo) soon to continue my studies.

Juan - That school sounds pretty hardcore! Props for making it through
oftheherd - Private Investigator sounds very interesting. Any crazy stories?

There used to be a phototographer who frequented PopPhoto who worked for a car manufacterer. A talented man.

As to interesting stories, not really as a PI. Despite novels and TV to the contrary, most PI work is who is cheating on who. There are others who do things beyond that, but not the majority. I didn't stay with it long. From my real investigative career, there were many interesting stories, but I could only ever discuss them in very general terms, and it wouldn't be appropriate here in RFF, unless to discuss a photographic technique I may have used.

 

[ChipMcD]

Government tax lawyer. Is that three strikes?

 

[dexdog]

Practicing soil scientist for 12 years, currently imitation biologist.

 

[unclescarMT]

I'm a Baker.

 

[David R Munson]

Photography is my career and my background in general. Still not my full time day job, but I don't mind.

 

[mynikonf2]

Land Surveying & Cartography, since 1976 using K&E transits and pen & ink on linen, then in the early "90's": Wild T-16's, Laser Rangefinders & CADD, and now, Leica Robotic Total Stations & CADD ver. 2010/11... Technology, what a concept? Reminds me why I prefer film to digital, they both produce an image & neither is intrinsically"right or wrong"but, I became a photographer with film. I know film, to me it is not a trip into nostalgia but a familiar, comfortable home. I can use digital, have used digital, will use digital for its convenience but, prefer the comforts of home during my leisure time.
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[tedwhite]

I have a BA in clinical psychology from San Diego State University and an MA in creative writing from San Francisco State University. To earn money while in school I worked nights as a deputy sheriff, finally as a detective sergeant, a job for which I had no discernible aptitude, other than I was a good listener (see psychology degree).

I started taking pictures at the age of eleven (box brownie and home developing/printing kit).

After I got my MA I quit the cop shop and embarked on a college teaching career. 24 years of that and I retired. Oddly, and with no degree in the field, I started a photography program at two of the colleges where I worked.

 

[gshybrid]

Art director/production designer for film and television... mostly commercials. Sorry to say if you watch any television(commercials) in the US you've probably seen my work.

 

[ibcrewin]

Retired Jul 2010 after 25 years in the thermo-nuclear deterrence world courtesy of Uncle Sam's Flying Circus (USAF) - now a USPS (Post Office) employee. Guess my primary training is in tactics and weapons that go boom.

Seems like your career followed a natural progression 😉

 

[JPresley]

Science and Engineering.

I'm a cell biologist who does a lot of 100% digital microscopy. Digital photography is too much like work . . .


Requiem for Kodachrome by Elvis In Montreal, on Flickr

 

[alistair.o]

I find it easiest if people don't know about my working life and background. Looking back I realise how fruitless it seems and wonder if for all my efforts I made any positive difference - but I tried! I was probably in the wrong place at the wrong time.

jesse

You weren't a politician were you? 😀

 

[eia41]

International Sales and Marketing Director, for an $11billion US corporation.
An EU country national, based in London, where I obtained my BA(Hons) in Business Studies and a Post Grad. Diploma in Management Sciences.

 

[elmer3.5]

First i studied Arts but after a while i had to take care of the family business...

Now i´m a Toy maker, 3rd generation..

Do you know those rubber ducks?

...well i make them and a whole bunch of different rubber figures like that!

bye!

 

[johannielscom]

Studied journalism.

Worked in IT.

Teach ICT in Dutch and am switching over to teaching Social Sciences in Dutch and English.

 

[Vagabond]

Land Surveying & Cartography, since 1976 using K&E transits and pen & ink on linen, then in the early "90's": Wild T-16's, Laser Rangefinders & CADD, and now, Leica Robotic Total Stations & CADD ver. 2010/11...
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Photogrammetrist. Basically making maps from aerial photography for engineering purposes and geographic information systems (GIS). Have also used some of the above Wild, Leica, and K&E equipment for field survey. And I have to admit that I also used pen & ink on linen - way back in the day. Of course, everything is now done digitally using CADD systems.

 

[Tim Gray]

Physicist. I'm assuming that puts me squarely in the 'science' category.

 

[haempe]

Fotografen-Geselle. Not sure, if there is a term for that in english.
15 years large format industry- and architecture-photography on german construction sites. Then backbone problems, 2 years on a digitalising project for a museum, now product photographer since 3 years. Boring, made a bachelor of arts in digital media at evening school. Future unwritten...

 

[svacina]

Motion picture film editor

 

[Sustich]

Retiring after 30 years of research and compliance enforcement at the world's largest wastewater utility, I consider myself a recovering regulator. But I "retired" into academia and a water research center aptly called the "WaterCAMPWS" (Welch spelling).
I was also crazy enough to jump into politics and get elected to the local Village Board.

So how many buttons do I get to push?