What's your day job?

[Thea]

part time BA Photography student and a photographer's assistant ( I carry the step ladder!!)

 

[Jamie123]

I'm a student majoring in philosophy but at the moment I'm working at a (swiss) bank. The things we do to fund our gear...

 

[ricpr]

Water / Wastewater / Environmental Chemist

 

[saltyfli]

Retired firefighter from the FDNY , now working security at a local hospital.

 

[MikeL]

My full time job is keeping the wife happy. I'll likely be fired any day now....

 

[pachuco]

Tech Support and Photographer (wedding,event, doc)

 

[daaris]

Plant design and network maintenance for a telecommunications company.

 

[Carolyn-IL]

Small time attorney, but I'm my own boss! Just have a firm with my Dad ... life is good, lots of balance but $$ not so hot!

 

[Silva Lining]

Director of an HR Outsourcing company

 

[Morca007]

Student.
Though I suppose Wiseacre could be an occupation.

 

[NickTrop]

Associate Dean at a small college

 

[MartinL]

Let's choose a list of "job categories/job classifications" for the poll.
e.g. "Arts/Advertising/Media/Entertainment" includes actors, artists, journalists, designers.

Here's the list of 12 (max for a poll) so far.

Accounting, Banking & Finance/Insurance & Superannuation
Arts/Advertising/Media/Entertainment
Building & Construction
Education & Training/Community & Sport
Healthcare & Medical
Information & Technology
Legal/Law Enforcement/Security/Defence
Manufacturing & Primary Industry/Mining, Oil & Gas
Retail & Customer Service/Sales & Marketing/Real Estate & Property/Hospitality & Tourism
Student
Transport & Logistics

Editor, writer, photographer.
IMO, more interesting than generic categories are the the specific job titles that people have offered so far. Let's get even more specific (maybe a separate thread?) For example, today I spent 3 hrs photographing high school-age members of a community-based, grass roots organization that campaigns for quality education, fair treatment of immigrants, etc. The kids were conducting surveys. The photos will be used in their fundraising yearbook.
Martin

 

[cmmak]

Real Estate Developer & Asset Manager by Day Lover (Photography!) by Night!

 

[hofrench@mac.co]

Dreamer about photography; about being able to make a "living" in photography.

Oh, I'm also a journalist who lives in and writes about China.

 

[bibimbap]

Ok. I'm a TV news reporter. Just don't tell my parents, please.

Possible categories:
Blood-Sucking Media Vulture
or
Corporate Media Thug

 

[KM-25]

Photographer, Stock, Advertising, Fine Art and Editorial.

I make my living in a ski town by shooting the mountain lifestyle. That said, I am starting to travel more on assignments..

 

[plummerl]

Embedded software engineer, aerospace...

 

[BillBingham2]

Chief Cat Herder (aka Program Manager/Independant IT Consultant)

Hoping to become an amateur dry cleaner if I get to retire

B2 (;->

 

[gb hill]

My Navy job was alot more exciting, I fueled aircraft on the flight deck of a U.S. warship while floating around the Persian Gulf. But that was many years back. Come to think of it, my job of driving a taxi around Atlanta Ga. was more interesting than that! Especially when I would pick up nurses comming off 2nd shift and change clothes in the back seat to go to work at their 3rd shift job down Buford Hwy. at the strip club. Wish I had my camera back then Now I drive a bulk lubricants truck. Not near as exciting.

 

[landsknechte]

Presently a security executive for a real estate investment trust.

Prior to that, I spent a couple of years as an Assistant Director of Security at a luxury hotel. Fun job where I got to meet a lot of interesting people, including more movie stars and heads of state than you can shake a stick at. Vicious soul-sucking office politics though.

Makes perfect sense for an art school dropout with a B.A. in history...