So, what do you do for a living?

[Firebird21]

I was just curious about what y’all do for a living. Past, present, and future.


Myself, I went to Vocational school for Auto Body and got a job at a Body Shop during my senior year, and worked there for just over 4 years.
It was good work, it was gratifying, and low stress. But the pay wasn’t that great on the high end. I was doing rather well for my age at the time. But I wasn’t too fond of the “Bondo-Buggers” and other health risks (Like sterilization) and I got greedy. A $7.00/hr. (49%) pay increase over 4 years wasn’t good enough for me… What was I thinking?!

Currently I am an Independent Auto Damage Insurance Appraiser.
I basically write appraisals for damaged vehicles and argue with Body Shops all day.

I hate it, it sux, but I usually get home at 11:00-12:00 everyday and make more than my wife who leaves at 8:00 and gets home at 7:00. And she went to collage! lol Oh, but wait... She likes her job...

I am patiently looking for another career. Maybe something in construction. I have talked to my boss about getting into the Home and Property end of the buisness, but I'm not too sure that will solve my problem with this job.

I am taking a Bartending class right now and hope to get into a nice bar soon to pick up some extra cash. And who knows, maybe it will be lucrative enough to support us with. Some bartenders in the Boston area make 6 figures! So you never know.


So what do you do?


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[james3]

Short version is I am an electronic technician that couldn't stand being couped up so I took my talents to the electronic security industry. I used to put in really top notch, custom stuff in residential, commercial, and industrial applications. Back in 98 I hurt my back pretty bad and ended up getting some surgery, healed up went back in the field, moved up to management did that but ended up back in the field after one of our moves. Hurt my back again and I have been watching the kids ever since. We sat down and did the math and figured out by the time I paid all of my work expenses that on a good week I would bring home enough to cover the daycare on three kids and a bad week we would be paying for me to work in a job that I didn't love anymore since everything has gone to the “free” slap it in alarm equipment. I am doing the online classes to finish off my degree now and I figure one the youngest goes off to school I will head out on a new career.

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[Do-Clo]

What haven't I done:

1) worked in a fast food resturant
2) worked in a gas station full service
3) worked in a outboard motor repair shop
4) worked in a frozen food warehouse
5) worked in construction
6) ran my own paint and body service (gave up for health reasons)
7) security guard (while working on my first degree)
8) mechanic
9) microwave technician for a defense contractor (top secret work)
10) communication technician / general manager (present)
11) youth pastor
12) pastor to senior adults (present)
13) sith lord

two degrees A.S. Electronics, A.A Theology, working on B.A. Theology
(in my spare time)

One day I plan to take a vacation[:D]

Do-Clo
Sith Lord
Brotherhood of the Sith
Give yourself to the Dark Side!!!

[xwingband]

Well... since I'm still in school I don't make a living at it but I can tell you what I hope to do.[:D]

I'm going to complete my bachlors for architecture and I'm hoping to get a masters degree in acoustics. I'm very involved in music so hopefully someday you all will be sitting in a concert hall I designed.[:D]

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[Zhi-don]

Hmmmmmmm....work? I work?

Yeah well lets see:
Fast food [Mikey D's and Taco Bell]
Electronic Parts sorter
Waiter
Paint and Corrosion Specialist [USAF]
Communications Center Specialist [USAF]
Computer inventory for Norwalk State Mental Hospital [No, I wasn't a patient]
Student
Security Guard

Hey Do-Clo....Sith Lord and Pastor?....Interesting....I don't think I want to know what religion. Wait a minute...Isn't the Dark Side a religion?
Computer Operator [Credit Union and Hotel]
Night Auditor [Hotel]
Accounts Receivable Clerk [Hotel - Present but based on my Computer Operators Salary]
Total years at Hotel - 24

Zhi-don Aquintas
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[informalmyx]

i am currently unemployed but have:

School (of course).
Built Adult Entertainemt sites (at the age of 14) for a year.
PC Construcion/Repair/Modding (Since 14).
Automobile Repossesion (Sorta a temp for a freind when he needs help).
Contract Security Guard w/ Secret Clearance from the DoD and have a weapons permit to carry on duty. (i work for them as a temp still but thinking of totally leaving)


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[meiv4]

I work at DOMINOS! hahaha you make many freinds working at a pizza place durring college. yep dominos and collge... except i have no major, since they wont let me declare "Jedi studies" as a major.

hmmm hmmmm whooosh hmmmm whooosh crackel

[Do-Clo]

It is an interesting twist, pastor (southern baptist) and sith lord, but hey it is all fun.[:p][:D][}:)]

Do-Clo
Sith Lord
Brotherhood of the Sith
Give yourself to the Dark Side!!!

[GrimaOllak]

Meh, I haven't done a whole lot.

- Worked at Publix as a bagboy
- Work as a graphic artist for The Salvation Army (present)

Been doing the graphic gig for almost 5 years now, and was promoted to Lead Graphic Artist about 3.5 years ago. Whoo.

Now, though, my wife and I will be moving to North Carolina, so who knows what'll happen next.

Ah, and on the side, I do a lot of freelance commission work for anime artwork.

"The sleeper must awaken."

[cyberjedi]

An unemployed Jedi Knight.



May The Force Be With You. http://x402.putfile.com/2/5822324040.gif

[informalmyx]

I feel for ya Cyber i am outta work to and broke also need a job so i can get my outift made and cash to go to dragoncon

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[naashar]

Wow. Let's see, shall we? *flashback music plays, image gets all blurry..."

1. Busboy at a Catering Hall (only held receptions after 11pm. Who the h#ll gets married at 1030 at night??)

2. Assistant Councellor at a summer camp for the Entitled and Overprivileged (not that I'm biased against the Wealthy, or anything)

3. Lotto Machine Operator at a local Liquor Store (was only 17, so I could only stock the potent potables)

4. Bos'n Mate 3rd Class, USN (as such, I've a strong background in painting, sanding, metal preservation, weapons handling and am a certified Master Helmsman)

5. Model/actor (what can i say? chicks dig scars and dimples![:D] Anyone doing a FanFilm, you got a principle right here!)

6. "Loan" Officer for a Post-Dated Checking Company (I know, I know; it was a shady time of my life..[V])

7. Telemarketer (great for building thick skin!)

8. Account Executive for an advertising agency (Madison Avenue, it wasn't)

9. Copywriter,voice talent for local radio station (but we did manage to reach over a quarter million, thank you)

10. Account Exec, Enterprise Car Sales (3yrs and counting...)


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You don't need to see any identification.

[BenReilly]

Cut castor loss peices in a machine shop at 14-15
Did contract welding at 16
went to work for Sherwin-Williams at 17.
and for the past two years i've been dispatching for a freight company.


ps. i'm 20.

[suit_man]

i have been working for my family's business in the summer for around 8 years. we make concrete septic tanks and a few other things like sidewalk blocks. pay is not too bad, since i started, my pay has multiplied by over 20 times [8D]

i am a nerd, if you don't like it, i will cut you with my lightsaber

[Mi Gin Gonn]

first job: hired "under the table" at age 14 to work in a gun store (fun! free box of ammo on fridays to let off steam on the firing range)

other jobs:

pizza delivery

"office space"-type job (all 3 months i could stand of it)

gas station clerk

recording studio owner (sold all the gear since)

background extra in movies/tv (BH90210, My So-called life, Strange Days, a Nintendo commercial, etc)

current job: auto parts delivery and play in 2 bands




"Loyal minions, ATTACK!"
"uhh, who?"
"You, you idiots! You're our loyal minions! SO START ATTACKING!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!"

[supertrogdor]

jobs during and pre highschool cater primarilly to grunt work... landscaping and such. Spent a couple years doing volunteer work in Korea, came back and went to college where i got a job manning computer labs, they seemed to like me there and i was promoted to lab manager. Did the managering thing for a couple years then moved on post degree to my current location where i see myself retiring working as a computer technician for a local school district. Mostly it involves hardware repair and software maintenance... but i love it and i work with great people. Who could ask for more, i even have enough cash to build a saber every now and again.

[987654321a]

i get hurt when i do everything...heck today i got uppercutted by a friend and sliced my tongue, chipped a tooth, and messed up my inner cheek! we were trying to box tho, lesson learned wear a mouthgaurd

I DONT KNOW WHAT WE'RE YELLING ABOUT!!....LOUD NOISES!!!
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[informalmyx]

Countdown nice to know someone tryed to kill ya but what is you job i am guessing Student

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[987654321a]

yes and i got my ass kicked at PE lol

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[shiky]

currently i work at pathmark, cashier. Used to work customer service, but they kicked me out of there for losing money.

My favorite job was working at the local skating rink. I was a DJ and a floorguard... gave out skates, made sure the rules were followed... and i got to dress up as a dinosaur called the Skato-saurus. it was alot of fun. Currently i'm working on a B.S. in Civil Engineering.

A Jedi feels the Force flowing through him..

[Darth Poo Head]

I'm a restaurant General Manager for the world's largest casino company.

Try not. Do or do not, you Rebel scum.

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[LAN-ED-TUL]

well, as most already know by now, i learned how to weld when i was 10 yrs old from my dad, one of the best i ever seen. not braggin, around here he was regarded the best.

worked at his weld shops thru summer vacations. graduated high school went to work full time at his shop he worked at. moved around to different places of work over the years, all welding places.

then in 1980 i went to work at worthington cylinders claremore. was there for 19 years, it was a fast paced assembly weld line that built the freon cylinders the air guy comes to yer house and adds freon with. we did several other products. in wal-mart and k-mart and toyr us, you see the cylinders we made we put helium in and made a party pack set in a box. also black bart and lil red charcoal grills. i seen they were goin down hill and left them back in 2001

i made a complete career change and went to work with my wife at bama frozen dough in tulsa. we make all the dough for the PIZZA HUT chain. and a few other things, like pies for mc'donalds.and such. some dough for papa johns pizza. so on ansd so forth.




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You dont know the POWER, of the dark side...

[GFORCE13]

I am a Professional Mechanic I was also trained from a young age and spent many of my summers working in my Dad's Shop.[:)]

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[Daj Nallig]

Jobs.. lets see- I'll try to get them in the right order. Apologies in advance if I don't.[8]
Grocery store bagboy
Fast food flunky (Mickey D's)
Dishwasher(Elk's Lodge)
Factories (automotive products)
Warehouse (Wally World)
Radio Shack
Jewelry sales
Machine Shop (manufactured Bridgestone tire molds)
Factory (more automotive products)
Auto detailer
Factory (hydraulic tubes)
Factory (bicycles)
Hospital maintenance
and finally...(drum roll, please)
Factory (supplier for auto manufacturer)
Whew!
And all I really want to do is open a music store.......

[Mi Gin Gonn]

sounds like you're a fellow job-hopper, lol


"Loyal minions, ATTACK!"
"uhh, who?"
"You, you idiots! You're our loyal minions! SO START ATTACKING!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!"

[Ambo]

Unites States Navy, 11 years and counting........[:D]

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Albert Einstein

[saber417]

First job was a italian resterant called provinos. Second job was a kfc. Third was remodeling houses and i did that for about fourteen years. I am now self employed and the best boss ever.[:D]

[Jedi-Loreen]

<font size="3"><font color="blue">The first place I worked was my dad's Dental office. I didn't go to school for it, but with OJT (On the Job Training, if you don't know [;)]), I did everything a dental assistant would do. I've seen some pretty awful things that happen to people's mouths, mostly from neglect.[xx(] http://media.ign.com/boardfaces/26.gif

Then I went to technical school to become a computer tech (this was in the 80s and there weren't too many PCs around yet).

I got a job as a Field Tech, working for a company that maintained mainframes and wrote software for welding companies. (Our Bay Area office had a welding company that had Skywalker Ranch as a customer, they bought welding gases from them. I had to fly up there one week and take calls when that branch's Field Tech quit and happened to see Skywalker Ranch on someone's monitor when on a call. [:D])

Then I worked for many years for Bank of America as an in-house ATM technician. (And it really bugs me when people say "ATM machine". What do you think the M stands for? You're saying "Automated Teller Machine machine", does that make any sense? People obviously don't think about that. http://media.ign.com/boardfaces/25.gif I guess our society is so used to acronyms that we don't bother to find out what they really mean.http://media.ign.com/boardfaces/33.gif )

I used to be able to completely tear down an entire ATM and rebuild it. AND train other people how to do it.http://media.ign.com/boardfaces/14.gif I was the only woman they had at the time that could do all that in that much depth and detail. http://media.ign.com/boardfaces/5.gif

Then I lost that job, not a happy story.http://media.ign.com/boardfaces/28.gif

I worked as a temp, for a company that built lasers for various applications, mostly for grocery store scanners and mundane things like that. They had a big lay off and had to let me go right before they were about to hire me full time.http://media.ign.com/boardfaces/15.gif

I was out of work for a year.http://media.ign.com/boardfaces/51.gif

I currently work for this company, M-Flex: http://www.mflex.com
http://www.mflex.com/Images/amt.gif

It's a manufacturing company that makes flexible circuit boards that go into things like Cell phones (Motorola is one of our biggest customers), PDAs and Bar Code Scanners.http://media.ign.com/boardfaces/20.gif

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(The pink panels on the above pic are actually white EL panels. I, personally, did the heat bonding for the connections on thousands of these panels a couple of years ago)

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I do solder inspection and touch up, and some hand assembly. I sit and solder under a microscope for 8-10 hours a day. http://media.ign.com/boardfaces/52.gif

I often take my smaller soldering projects to work and do them on my breaks, that way, I don't have to get out my soldering iron at home and I can use my microscope to inspect my own work. [:p]

I just did some soldering on LED saber parts this past week on my breaks Monday and Tuesday.</font id="blue"> </font id="size3"> http://media.ign.com/boardfaces/3.gif

In order to see the Light, you must sometimes risk the Dark.

[tetmatek]

I started working in High School at a Dinner/Theater then went on to Mickey D's. Then after Graduation and a short College career at East Carolina studying Music I became a Volkswagon Mechanic. I got tired of the grease so i went to work in a Body Shop that specialized in Corvettes then on to collision repair. After 15 years of working for others I decidied to torture myself with openning my own shop. So i Spend the day arguing with Firebird LOL (just kidding). I know how you feel man. Insurers have such tight guidlines these days it's really hard to make everybody happy. Body shop pay does sounds low in that area. Come on down south firebird most body men make 60g's plus here and there is a shortage of them. I have a couple of freinds doing the appraisal thing and they tell me they get $100 a claim but the catch is they don't get paid to write supplements (SUCKS). I Am trying to get into the real estate game alittle but it is super cut throat. It can be frustrating dealing with people when you're in a business that is based on people having some bad luck getting into an accident so guys like firebird and me get to be there whipping post. I 've painted so long now i'm probably going to do it for the duration. Although it is gratifying when you can help sombody out in a jam or get to do a custom paint job on a cool ride. That's enough about work

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[UltraSWG]

I work at a company called Ultra Sabers. I build lightsabers for a living.

http://www.ultrasabers.com
Corbin|Strydur|Ultra
The Holy Luxeon Trinity
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[Do-Clo]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by UltraSWG

I work at a company called Ultra Sabers. I build lightsabers for a living.

http://www.ultrasabers.com
Corbin|Strydur|Ultra
The Holy Luxeon Trinity
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Lucky Bum[:p]

Do-Clo
Darth Technous Sith Lord
Brotherhood of the Sith
Give yourself to the Dark Side!!!

[xwingband]

Yes, rub it in our faces Ultra.[;)]

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[NooB1Kenobi]

I don't work. Currently looking for a job. Anyone hiring.. How much can I get for a kidney on the black market??

Female Twi'leks are so Hot! I want one. =0)~

[UltraSWG]

I'm actually looking for an extra hand in the shop. It gets rather busy and it's going to get even busier later in the year. August is going to be busy with people getting sabers for Dragon Con, and after that it's Halloween fever, then Christmas.

If you in the Valley of AZ, have reliable transpo, don't do drugs, and you know how to solder and build sabers, hit me up.

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[Zhi-don]

Hey Daj Nallig,

My waiter job was at the Long Beach Elks Lodge. My mom was a catering manager there and got the job for me. Waitering sucks!

What Jedi-Loreen didn't mention as a job was building EL blades for everyone in creation. IMHO she created the standard by which all EL wire based blades are built. I have 4 of her blades currently and although she is not doing orders anymore since she is tired of it and since others have borrowed [stolen] her process, they are still pretty much my favorites. Apologies to Tim, gentleman that he is, you are one of the few who either found out how to do it independently or at least give her credit for being a major developer.

Hey Alex;

I wish I lived closer and that my hands worked better, I would love to work with you. Since I can't I guess I will just have to recommend you to anyone who can't or doesn't want to build thier own hilts. Wanna move to SOCAL? I can get you loads of help [a lot of us would work for free] and there is a major market here for lightsabers....

Zhi-don Aquintas
XO RL Sunrider Base
Treasurer/Head Instructor
Lightsaber training OCSWS

[NooB1Kenobi]

Hey Ultra! I can move there to help you out. Just give me a weather proof 10 foot square box with an internet connection and an outlet for a mini fridge and my lappy and i'll work for free just to bsay I worked with Ultra....

Female Twi'leks are so Hot! I want one. =0)~

[Mi Gin Gonn]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Jedi-Loreen
(And it really bugs me when people say "ATM machine". What do you think the M stands for? You're saying "Automated Teller Machine machine", does that make any sense? People obviously don't think about that. http://media.ign.com/boardfaces/25.gif I guess our society is so used to acronyms that we don't bother to find out what they really mean.
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well, m'kay, if you're gonna be the spelling and grammar nazi, then i'm gonna be the acronym nazi. using initials for a word does not necessarily make it an acronym...an acronym has to be pronouncable as a stand-alone word. for example: PETA, FEMA, NATO...those are true acronyms. FBI, CIA, IRS are not...they're just d****s.

"Nothing's over until we decide it is...was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?!!!!"

[xwingband]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by NooB1Kenobi

Hey Ultra! I can move there to help you out. Just give me a weather proof 10 foot square box with an internet connection and an outlet for a mini fridge and my lappy and i'll work for free just to bsay I worked with Ultra....

Female Twi'leks are so Hot! I want one. =0)~
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Yes, for sure! If I had known this earlier I'd have picked a plane to AZ. House me and I'd be your saber lackey.[:D] Did I mention I need a job?[:p]

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[Mi Gin Gonn]

actually, i think Tim should pay you a modest rate for all the hard work you do here, xwing...at least enough for a Taco Bell run, lol...

"Nothing's over until we decide it is...was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?!!!!"

[xwingband]

My compensation for moderating is fine already.[;)] I don't get paid but I didn't ask to get payed either.

Edit: JLo can't do anything if I erase the evidence.[:D]

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[Zhi-don]

Hey Xwingband;

You posted: "I don't get paid but I didn't ask to get payed either."

That should be "paid." I would run if I were you. I can hear JLO coming now! After your post about her not following the rules, she's been itching to catch doing something wrong.

"Erase the evidence?" Man, you just admitted to accessory after the fact, I would really run now......[:0]



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Treasurer/Head Instructor
Lightsaber training OCSWS

[Jedi-Loreen]

<font size="3"><font color="blue">You know what? I'm not going be correcting everyone's spelling all the time, only if I see them write the name of a product incorrectly (sometimes it's hard to find what you're looking for, if it's not spelled right), or spell someone's name wrong (which I can consider disrespectful if not done accidently with a missed typo). [:(]

I already have enough of a reputation as it is, and don't need to make it seem like I'm nothing but a Royal B***h who thinks she spells perfectly all the time herself, though I do try. [B)]

And I don't want to be hurting people's feelings. [:I] I don't want people to be afraid to post something because they aren't the best speller, or typist, in the world, because they think I might call them on it.

Besides, it would be too much work to comment on all the misspellings I see around here! [:p]



I might only do it when it's funny. [;)] </font id="blue"> </font id="size3"> [}:)]

In order to see the Light, you must sometimes risk the Dark.

[xwingband]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Zhi-don

Hey Xwingband;

You posted: "I don't get paid but I didn't ask to get payed either."

That should be "paid." I would run if I were you. I can hear JLO coming now! After your post about her not following the rules, she's been itching to catch doing something wrong.

"Erase the evidence?" Man, you just admitted to accessory after the fact, I would really run now......[:0]



Zhi-don Aquintas
XO RL Sunrider Base
Treasurer/Head Instructor
Lightsaber training OCSWS
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You're no fun.[:p]

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[Mi Gin Gonn]

holy bjeebuz, loreen, settle down.

i take it that was aimed at me...so i busted you on bad acronym usage. big whoop-te-do deal. let's don't turn this into a flame war or anything
[}:)]





"Nothing's over until we decide it is...was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?!!!!"

[Zhi-don]

Fun! Buddy....you've gotta nerve saying that after what you've pulled.

[:D]

Zhi-don Aquintas
XO RL Sunrider Base
Treasurer/Head Instructor
Lightsaber training OCSWS

[naashar]

Ok, let's all calm down, before I make e'rybody hug...

Besides, I've said it before, and I'll say it again:

We Flame because we Love. [:D]

You don't need to see any identification.

[Zhi-don]

Mi Gin Gonn;

She was refering to Xwingband. This is all in fun. She does the same thing on the RL boards and the OC boards too.

Xwingband makes those same kinda comments when you post without reading the info section first or checking to see if someone else posted the question before.

Please don't take it seriously....we're all here to have a good time.
[:)]

Zhi-don Aquintas
XO RL Sunrider Base
Treasurer/Head Instructor
Lightsaber training OCSWS

[Jedi-Loreen]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Mi Gin Gonn

holy bjeebuz, loreen, settle down.

i take it that was aimed at me...so i busted you on bad acronym usage. big whoop-te-do deal. let's don't turn this into a flame war or anything
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<font color="blue"><font size="3">You're taking my post the wrong way, which wasn't aimed at anyone in particular, more at myself.

Apparently you don't know of me from other message boards.</font id="size3"></font id="blue"> [:p]






In order to see the Light, you must sometimes risk the Dark.

[Mi Gin Gonn]

eh, i guess not. no prob

"Nothing's over until we decide it is...was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?!!!!"

[Jedi_Niklus]

Getting things back on track here..[;)] I'm a PT Operations Tech at the local ABC station, and have been there about 3 years now.

[vadeblade]

Yes, back on track...

* First, helped my dad with his restaurant. (teen yrs)
* Worked for Medical equipment company assembling $50K and $100K machines (teen yrs)
* department store clerk
* computers sales at CompUSA
* US Army as a Parachute Rigger / airdrop tech, was also trained to pack HALO (that's a real acronym [:D] ) rigs and maintenance of ARR devices.
* QA clerk and data entry for a package delivery company (to pass the time while I worked on my IT degree)
* Unix admin for Sun Microsystems
* Unix Server Ops for a major ISP (now gone, like the dodo)
* Technical Account Manager (TAM, yet another acronym) for a wireless Telecom company (present)

My dream is to open a Paintball/Airsoft/Custom Lightsaber store and be my own boss. I would have my lathe and mill right there in the store...

Lightsaber Warning Label: "CAUTION: Do NOT attempt to sharpen blade."

[ti-el_terall]

At McDonalds for my second week. Including training last week and this coming week im making $488. I finally can build some sabers!

[virus692]

Lets see:
Landscaper
Strip mall,retail
Evil arch(Mc D) :evil:
Best Buy(stock person)
Thermo Neslab(make deep freezers {sub zero-40C})FUN! :D
Evil Empire(Wal-Mart) :evil:
Cleaned carpets :?
Security in New York
Gas Station (Irving Blue Canoe)
Ford Shop(parts driver)
NAVY[B)]({SR}hoo raa )Go Ambo
Temp Labor(shipping,manufacturing,sorting,computer scanning) :roll:
And now Security(Securitas). :lol: Update:11/25/06 Management
Looking for a job with more fun / human interaction



VIrus 692- http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/j/jedi.gif
Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of in·san·i·ty!
Voila` In View, A humble vaudevillian veteran cast as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a bygone vexation stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. the only verdict is vengeance, a vendetta held as a votive not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose. So let me simply add that it's my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V.
Are you, like, a crazy person?

[Jonitus]

I can't believe I haven't replied to this topic before. Up until my current job I was:

A stable hand at a horse boarding facility
An 0351 in the USMC
An oilfield downhole tool mechanic
A sheetrocker
A student

Currently, I am a Safety Specialist for Iowa State University. I am in charge of the accident investigations for incidents on campus, as well as development of a couple new safety programs I hope to have online by the end of the year. I work with a bunch of other people, and together, we handle EVERY aspect of safety, health and environmental for the University, including dealing with all the Federal regulations, Federal agencies (OSHA, EPA, USDA, etc).

When not doing that, I am a contract-employee to the highest bidder. I usually take on jobs where I need to set up computer networks or test the security of computer networks or audit code for different programs.

When not doing either of those jobs, I used to build lightsabers for people. I'm out of the business, as I think I reached my personal level of accomplishment and I get no more enjoyment out of it. I need to build my own personal saber as well as a saber for my girlfriend.

[Lord Maul]

go to school, mow lawns
pretty much a relaxed life

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[Mor-El Kesav]

Retired US Army. I do occassional computer work, occassional webmastering, and up until just recently I was working in a Physican's office as I'm a Nurse. Right now I'm just retired and working on the house and my Lightsaber skills.

"Destroy the Sith we must!"
Master Yoda

http://www.theclanmuir.org/Small_Jedi_Starfighter.jpg

http://www.theclanmuir.org/CSA.jpg

[xwingband]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by ti-el_terall

At McDonalds for my second week. Including training last week and this coming week im making $488. I finally can build some sabers!
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lol, not when they take out taxes.[:p] 15% for you youngin' plus other stuff...

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[ti-el_terall]

Darn forgot about that. Imjust glad i live relativly close to Tim. A couple days drive. Not to bad for shipping.

[Lord Maul]

i live a couple hours from tim so i get my stuff next day no matter what [:D]

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[Erik]

OK The big list since I turn 33 in a few weeks
1 at age 15 began fueling small airplanes in Westerly RI
2 Age 17 joined USMCR and was trained in Nuclear Biological Chemical Defense
3 Back to the airport while in the reserves and going to school for Aircraft Mechanics
4 Aircraft Mechanic at same airport.
5 More experienced IA Mechanic brought in, back to fueling birds
6 Began as a security officer with the opening of Mohegan Sun...Still there today!

"They told me they fixed it!!! It's not my fault!"

[Eclipse]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Do-Clo

It is an interesting twist, pastor (southern baptist) and sith lord, but hey it is all fun.[:p][:D][}:)]

Do-Clo
Sith Lord
Brotherhood of the Sith
Give yourself to the Dark Side!!!
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yeah that got me chuckling too.. but its all good he builds spirits by day and destroys jedi by night lol

[Madcow]

Welcome ti-el!
Canadians RULE!

BTW - I am an odained minister called to work with youth and young adults.
I figure this is pretty close to being a real life Jedi. I fight for Truth, Justice, Love and Holiness (God's identity), I get to work with super-natural power, and I get to mentor apprentices! plus I carry with me everywhere a weapon that describes itself as both "Light", and as a "sword".
It's a hard life - but I wouldn't trade it for the world!

MC


http://rpetkau.photosite.com/~photos/tn/88_348.ts1141004694072.jpg
You want to go home and re-think your life

[JediMcD]

Well I have yet to tell everyone about me so here goes.

First job from the time I could push a mower and drive a tractor which was like 7 or 8 until I got a real job was indentured servitude for my parents. They owned 5 acres where we permanently lived which was Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. We kept it manicured which meant mowing it every week or more when needed. We also ranched something like 500 acres in the town where my parents were born. So I got to do all kinds of fun chores like rounding up cattle, administering shots and medicine, and turning young male cows into steers. Let's not get to far into that one. Between all of this I had little time for anything else.

From the approximate age of 17 till 18 I cleaned cars for Enterprise Rent-A-Car. I could vacuum, clean the windows, check the fluids, wipe down all the inside, gas it up, and fuel it in less than 10 minutes. It was all outside on asphalt, and I can remember weighing myself at the start and close of the day and there being a 10 pound weight loss from all of the sweating.

From 18 till 20 I worked for Sherwin Williams Paint Company in a local store. This was the greatest job ever, and I would still be there if it wasn't for the large money difference. We sold paint, wallpaper, and flooring. We had a great time inventing new games to play in the warehouse.

I graduated college at the age of 20 with a Bachelors degree in ultrasound. I have worked for several hospitals in Oklahoma City perfoming all manner of ultrasound exams. I currently work in a high risk obstetric clinic for the University of Oklahoma. I perfom ultrasounds for mothers with problems. The problems can be affecting the mother, the baby, or both. Needless to say I have seen my share of grief and sorrow when I have to deliver bad news about a mother's pregnancy. I know most people do not see a man doing ultasound, but I find it very rewarding and interesting. Also, the pay isn't that bad.

Well that is me. I hope I never sounded like I was boasting or anything like that. I just wanted everyone to know a little about background. I am enjoying getting to know everyone here, and I look forward to hearing about others on this forum.


Sabers are cool and stuff

[LizardJedi]

My job is a total nerd job. (http://www.howies.com)

I work as a computer tech at a LAN center. They're billing it as the biggest LAN center in the country. 203 PCs, 45 Xboxes.
As I said. Total nerd job.

I'm also a full time student, thinking between Computer and Areospace Engineering for a major. Prob. going for Computers, since it seems more likely I can get a job there.

[shiky]

Update: Quitting Pathmark after they moved me into the deli department, but now i have experience cutting coldcuts and such and can get a job anywhere i want. I'm getting a Shift Leader position at Blockbuster, and cant wait to start. All my money this summer has been going to airsoft, and now i have to buy textbooks. [:(] Sucks.

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A Jedi feels the Force flowing through him..

[Jedi Belinos]

ok well here goes my real world work

high school - various grocery stores everything from bagging to cashiering

college first time - buss boy one semester, more grocery store work this time seafood, meat, deli departments

after college - worked for a full service music instrument retail store. started in a call center in the school music devision, then they moved me into inventory management in a couple of the stores. that company went bankrupt because of corporate mess.

I also run my own live sound company. Mainly now I just do some freelance mixing and coordinating of events when I can get the work.

Back in school full time as a single father this time so I am trying to not "work" as much as possible.

[vortextwist]

well right now I am in the Maintenance Dept. of a company that Makes Concrete Pipe. I also play bass for a band called Vaxxine. We have some original stuff but mostly me make money off of covers.

[Lord Maul]

what kind of music does your band play vortex?

[vortextwist]

well cover wise we place anything from kiss to prong,helmet,stp, godsmack and deftones. for originals check these out

http://www.myspace.com/thebandvaxxine

[Ryma Mara]

^ Word yo

[jjshumpert]

im currently employed by a casing crew, we go out and put pipe in the ground for oil/gas rigs, and im waiting on a call to get a new position for halliburton oil field services in the concrete division. its about a 45% raise to start with great benifits and insurance, not to mention way more petty cash for saber projects

[Ryma Mara]

Meh I do just about anything, Iam currently unimployed at the moment do to lack of wheels but as soon as I get rid of a fe wthings I should be abel to get some pos to get me somewhere.

Iam usually working in a carnival, just depends on what brother gets ahold of me.

Ive worked for richards amusments and blues amusments which used be be called sams amusments but that was a mess, litterally, the owners (husband and wife), the wife was cheating on the husband and were plotting to "get rid of him" well he found out about it and took care of them both and finished himself off.

Yeah, money will do strange things to ppl.

[jjshumpert]

NEVER TRUST CARNY FOLK!!!!

small hands, smell like cabbage...

[Ryma Mara]

NEVER TRUST CARNY FOLK!!!!

small hands, smell like cabbage...

And thats the most bull**** line I have ever heard of.

[Ronin]

I am a BFA student in my senior year, and currently I work for the university's food services. Other work includes: OSPIRG, search & rescue for the local sheriff's dept., RA @ my school, camp couselor in Sandy OR., construction and wrecking,... I think thats about it.

[GFORCE13]

Just got back to work last Monday after a extended vacation now working for a Forging and Fabrication Shop, I was promised to be taught to Mill and Lathe and weld. I visualize some really cool Hilt Designs to be made. :D

[Delmustator]

Primary Occupation: Network Engineer
Secondary Occupation: Cult Leader

Note: I'm working on Senior Cult Leader III position at the moment.

[Charmaynard]

I've done a little of this & that:

Did a Few Years in the Army
Then Waited Tables,
Then Managed Retail
Then Waited Tables Again
Then I got planted in a Cube Farm


When I finish my education, I'll be Teaching English in Japan or Korea.

[TimeRender]

What's with all the living dead threads lately?

[mihunai]

Its ok as long as you contribute to the topic, in this case,
saying what you do for a living like Charmaynard did.

I deliver newspapers for a living.

Now you try :D

mTm

[$tarkiller]

I'm a professional Mixed Martial Arts fighter. I also do Massage Therapy s a side job.

[X]

I'm a school bus driver. (at least another 6 months till they decide if they going to lay us off.)

[Rhyen Skytracker]

I am an Energy Analyst at the 3rd largest College in Georgia. Don't ask me what an energy analyst does, it is so top secret that even I don't know. LOL Other than that I make lightsabers and other sci-Fi prop parts.

[noslenpar]

Well, since this thread has been resurrected, and I'm new here, I'll put in my 2 cents. I'm sure there's a lot of people who joined after 11/2006 (last time this thread was active) who haven't contributed.

Architect for the last 10 1/2 years
Pizza delivery before that while going to school.

Hey Rhyen, have you ever built any Ghostbusters props? I almost got into that last year for Holloween and that's how I stumbled upon lightsaber building and thought lightsabers were so much cooler.

[Dakarn]

I'm a Professor teaching Business Law at Full Sail University in Orlando, FL and I'm an attorney as well for the last 12 years.

Been a Star Wars fan since I was 8 years old in 1977 but never really got into the fan things beyond reading the novels and watching the movies. Stumbled into reading about creating lightsabers and now I have 1 done, 1 almost done and the pieces for a third waiting to get crafted and assembled.

[cardcollector]

Right now...

I fix houses...
I fix cars...
I have a vending route that I run every month...

[tullfan81]

A few of you know this already, but I work with special needs adults and children. I work as a job coach, mentor, advocate and friend for these individuals. I help them perform tasks that they would otherwise not be able to accomplish and I expose them to the community at large.

I am working on helping one of my clients, a 48 year old man with Downs Syndrome, to learn how to live on his own. He currently lives with his elderly mother.

I've also posted pictures of one of my other clients enjoying Star Wars night a local AAA baseball game.

[Azryel]

Currently I'm working as an animator. But since I'm a freelancer I bounce back and forth between animator and 3D modeler.

[Blue Fox]

Okay, my turn.

My 1st taste of a real job was in high school where in the UK, we had a 1 or 2 week program called work experience. So for my experience I was sent to a local dealership garage called Enterprise. Being a huge Star Trek fan, you can imagine how much I was teased by my classmates about that.

After I graduated I went on to study basic engineering where I learned all the skills shown on the A-Team. (Welding, fabrication, milling, lathes,a little blacksmithing, electronics, technical drafting.) After graduation:

factory job cleaning up and leak testing aluminum parts for Lamborghini.
Machinist for a small engineering company.
Made floor pan carpets for Ford.
Propulsion Mechanic for the RAF.
I almost made team leader when I left the RAF and went to work for Denso UK but I moved to the US.
my 1st job in the US was as a fork lift driver transporting Ball canning jars around the plant.
Road Maintenance Coordinator ( AAA for Celadon trucks, all 1500 across the US and only 2 of us at night to help)
City Park maintenance.
Plastic Molding Specialist for Valeo making headlight assemblies for GM, Chrysler, Toyota, Ford and Honda.
mold setter at a plant making trim panels for Suberu
Freelance graphic designer for Jenn Entertainment. 2D, 3D, whatever, I love it.
and thats about it.

Currently I'm unemployed and still thinking of going to Full Sail in Orlando FL for animation, or the DAVE School also in Orlando FL simply because I use Lightwave which is what the DAVE school uses.

[Charmaynard]

What's with all the living dead threads lately?

Mwa ha ha ha, Charmaynard, the Thread Re-animator!

[ElbE121]

I work for the University of Kentucky. My title is facilities systems management specialist, which is a fancy way of saying that i'm a dispather/ tech for a call center.

[Goltar Bias]

I have been in retail way to long. Here is the breakdown:

Drug store-highschool
Furniture plant and D.O.T. for a couple summers in college
Drug store again(same chian as before)
Then invetory company (doing inventory for retail stores)
Then Target
movie theater (3 years)
Gun store
Now back at Target(better then no job)

[widowmaker]

been restoring and customizing muscle cars since i was 8.
varsity baseball coach.
used to be a mentor
former recon marine 10 years.
used to teach self defence for women
HP refurbishing plant manager(pc, laptop, printers).
NC National Guard
Master Honda Technician

i write music, and in the middle of two books.
i improve existing inventions.
(I sell ideas)

i like fixing and building things on the side.

degrees in business, history, literature, accounting to name a few.

[Sunrider]

Used to work at non profit organizations as well. (Master auto tech at dealers eg, GM, Honda.);) Now I work with black magic as an electro magnetic /acoustic compliance engineer.:)

[eastern57]

I put the little plastic clips on the ends of bread bags. It's a tough job, but at least I get dental... :D

[Jonitus]

I put the little plastic clips on the ends of bread bags. It's a tough job, but at least I get dental... :D

How long did it take you to learn which color tag to put on bread for certain days of the week? That's a cool trick.

[eastern57]

How long did it take you to learn which color tag to put on bread for certain days of the week? That's a cool trick.

There's a chart. ;) But hey, after a few decades of practice, it gets pretty easy...

[Scars Unseen]

OK.

Computer tech support for a couple of years
Aircraft Maintenance for the US Air Force for six years.
If my paperwork goes through I'll be going into the Reserves and cross training as a Paralegal. Aside from that I'll be using my GI Bill to go to college full time.

[cardcollector]

I put the little plastic clips on the ends of bread bags. It's a tough job, but at least I get dental... :D

Those things drive me crazy!

I am amazed...:shock::cool:;)

[Jedi Guardian]

U.S. Army. Airborne Infantry. 8 years today. Every bit of it in the 82nd Airborne Division. Currently in Afghanistan on my fifth deployment. Come to think of it, maybe I just travel for a living.

[sithlordfaust]

I blow Glass in a shop where we make Body Modification jewelry
examples:
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h36/sickboy1138/Saberdesign/th_foil_colors_lrg.jpg (http://s60.photobucket.com/albums/h36/sickboy1138/Saberdesign/?action=view&current=foil_colors_lrg.jpg)http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h36/sickboy1138/Saberdesign/th_galaxy_colors_lrg.jpg (http://s60.photobucket.com/albums/h36/sickboy1138/Saberdesign/?action=view&current=galaxy_colors_lrg.jpg)http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h36/sickboy1138/Saberdesign/th_pebs.jpg (http://s60.photobucket.com/albums/h36/sickboy1138/Saberdesign/?action=view&current=pebs.jpg)

Im able to make a few greeblies like this custom Glass eye
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h36/sickboy1138/th_DSCN7859.jpg (http://s60.photobucket.com/albums/h36/sickboy1138/?action=view&current=DSCN7859.jpg)

and make other props like these vials from Harry Potter
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h36/sickboy1138/th_hpvial.jpg (http://s60.photobucket.com/albums/h36/sickboy1138/?action=view&current=hpvial.jpg)http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h36/sickboy1138/th_memory_aquaglow_lights.jpg (http://s60.photobucket.com/albums/h36/sickboy1138/?action=view&current=memory_aquaglow_lights.jpg)http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h36/sickboy1138/th_memory_aquaglow_dark.jpg (http://s60.photobucket.com/albums/h36/sickboy1138/?action=view&current=memory_aquaglow_dark.jpg)

[Rhyen Skytracker]

That is so awesome SLF. I have always been facinated by glass blowers.

[undescriptive]

currently unemployed...

but I build and maintain custom SAN servers... and do desktop support and the usual IT junk.

Too many years in retail - it's soul destroying!

[Dakarn]

Im able to make a few greeblies like this custom Glass eye
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h36/sickboy1138/th_DSCN7859.jpg (http://s60.photobucket.com/albums/h36/sickboy1138/?action=view&current=DSCN7859.jpg)

and make other props like these vials from Harry Potter
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h36/sickboy1138/th_hpvial.jpg (http://s60.photobucket.com/albums/h36/sickboy1138/?action=view&current=hpvial.jpg)http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h36/sickboy1138/th_memory_aquaglow_lights.jpg (http://s60.photobucket.com/albums/h36/sickboy1138/?action=view&current=memory_aquaglow_lights.jpg)http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h36/sickboy1138/th_memory_aquaglow_dark.jpg (http://s60.photobucket.com/albums/h36/sickboy1138/?action=view&current=memory_aquaglow_dark.jpg)

Wow that's very cool and excellent work!

[Darth_Dadderall]

Good night nurse. Take it outside with your sabers, you kids, and leave the forums clear.

Started as a dishwasher in a diner.
Then a retail sales monkey.
Then a server.
Then a telemarketer (for like a month.)
Then a server again.
Then I went to school and got a degree in Computer Networking. While there, I did an internship with the state as a junior sysadmin.
Now I'm local deskside support for the local branch of a multinational electrical engineering firm.

[Lord Dottore Matto]

LDM does surgery on Beaver's beavers...and applies the plastic pieces to the tips of shoelaces...no medical though. Or, I guess I could be the Chief of Staff at one of them hospital-a-ma-jiggy places.:rolleyes: Oh yeah, I also have 9 letters after my name..dang that is a lotza letterzez :lol:

[Dakarn]

LDM does surgery on Beaver's beavers...and applies the plastic pieces to the tips of shoelaces...no medical though. Or, I guess I could be the Chief of Staff at one of them hospital-a-ma-jiggy places.:rolleyes: Oh yeah, I also have 9 letters after my name..dang that is a lotza letterzez :lol:

You attach Aglets? A noble profession.

[Jasten Skywalker]

I run a wholesale picture frame moulding manufacturing warehouse. We make the frames and the custom frame shops buy them from us, then mark them up like crazy and sell them to you folks.

I also go to school in the evenings and am working on a degree in molecular biology with aspirations of eventually becoming a genetic engineer.

[Lord Dottore Matto]

You attach Aglets? A noble profession.

Well, LeBron needs to be able to tie his shoes after all. :lol:

[Jedi-Loreen]

This thread isn't really about hobbies that you might make money doing, DJ. Or part-time jobs that let you afford to buy a car.

It's about the job you do that pays your rent and buys your food and clothes, pays for your child care and buys your saber parts.

I guess you wanted to feel like you were part of this thread.

[DJMoonbass]

oh i thought we were talking about jobs. lol silly me. ill delete my post. sorry. ;)

[Darth Midian]

Lets see. My brother calls me a jack of all trades a master of none. After high school I joined the army. I was stationed at Schoefield Barracks, HI. I was an anti tank gunner. I was trained at the time to fire a TOW missle system and blow up blow up a tank at 1750 meters. But what I really did was drive a hummvee for 3 years. After the army I got married and became a sub contractor. I worked for my father in law. I installed custom kitchen cabinets, custom closet selving, ceiling fans, storm doors, and custom window treatments. I then went to school for audio and recording engineering, my wife at the time didn't want to move so there went that idea. There's not a lot of big recording studios in Columbus Ohio. We got divorced I started welding at a plant. I then found a job at a live sound company. They did sound for corporate events. That wasn't fun. I sat behind a 36 channel mixing board to use 4 channels. 3 mics and cd player. There was actually more to it than that. I really enjoyed setting up. The events were lame. But that was basically it. I then started cooking for Hooters. I did that for about 6 years. I got married again, not to a Hooter Girl. Then I became a manager of Hooters. I did that for almost 2 years. That became very taxing on my family. I had to quit. While cooking and managing Hooters, I started tattooing partime. I quit Hooters and started cooking at Applebees. Hated that job. Very unprofessional. DON'T EAT THERE! My wife received a promotion at her job. So now I'm a full time Domestic Engineer, and tattoo privately part time.

P.S. Wow this long. I'm sorry.

[MasterStoddard]

I currently have 4 part time jobs; first which pays regularly is Safeway as a weigher-wrapper in the meat dept.:confused:, second is working for a friend who owns his own audio recording business recording school concerts and lectures (on an as needed basis), third is for my mother's video and desktop publishing business (on an as needed basis), and the fourth is sound tech for Woodbridge Community Choir (on an as needed basis).

[strengthofrage]

I own and operate an auto repair garage in the village :)

[jjshumpert]

I own a detail and auto customs shop, im a mechanic, and an industrial electrician

[Tyhm]

Wow that's very cool and excellent work!

Hear hear! I'm sure you don't custom for free (OR cheap), but it's amazing that you're able to do it at all, and it's a boon to the community, having a glassblower. :-)

Started out doing some volunteer work in high school working at the summer camps
Went to work at a portrait studio at 17
Got hired by my old high school as a (later as The) Network Tech
Had to quit to go to school in Indiana, got my BA in CompSci. Then of course the bubble burst...moved to Spokane.
Unable to get into my old job anymore, I worked online for a few months as a manager for an online game...the pay was only decent, but it was low stress...too low stress, I never left the house...
Finally got a car, after nagging every week for 3 months AND knowing someone on the inside managed to get a job shoveling popcorn at a movie theater...
Went on to drive as a logistics courier, it's a sweet job...get paid by the mile to drive computer parts to shops in trouble as fast as possible. But of course that was the summer gas hit $4 a gallon, and since you cover all your own expenses and use your own car...and you're on-call 24/7...no kind of social life, no kind of diet when you're in a seat all day with nothing but fast food for 300 miles...
Now I'm a security guard. Funny, the degree's only made it Harder to find work; the kinds of places that want it also want experience, and the kinds of places that will hire me without experience are scared I'll get a tech job and leave. -_-;
In my free time I sew, solder and mold (Alumilite is wonderful stuff), but I can't make any money on it. Alas, so say we all...;-D

[Causa]

Worked for a furniture moving company at 15, then at Outback steakhouse.

In college I worked for the maintenance crew, the library, the book store, the paint crew, and pizza hut.

Also did graphic design for local businesses who were forming a sort of small town cross promotion thing for the tourism bureau. that was good for one summer to pay rent.

got my BA in history (European concentration) and my minor in Anthropology. Got to do some really cool Archaeological digs over a few summers.

After college I got hired doing background checking and records keeping, which paid pretty well but I couldn't stand the work structure....no talking, eyes on the monitor, fingers moving...clock out at 12:30 exactly, clock in at 1:30 exactly. You can't keep working to finish up a project, and take a late lunch, you can't work through lunch to get a project turned in, then leave early. you can't stay late to finish an assignment. You can't send emails or chat, no matter how much work you get done.

They had a board showing how many files you get done in a day. Most people got 12-14 done in a day. I never had less than 25, and I still couldn't take a break or talk or do anything but keep working.

I left after a year.

Started working for the airline, taking a 3 dollar pay cut, but I've earned that back now, and then some, and I'm actually happy to come to work. Plus the Union guarantees our raises twice a year. That office job they "will try to give a raise based on performance and if the company can afford it."

Love my job now, but I am working on a second degree...BA in criminal justice. Looking at becoming a private investigator.

[Shadar Al'Niende]

i work for one of the fastest growing Insurance Clearinghouses in the US (we deal in EDI, electronic data interchange transmissions of medical and dental claims between providers offices and the insurance.) I manage roughly 600 accounts and growing. My job is to do tech/customer support for each account (getting to know them personally, fix their problems, make sure they get paid etc.) I am over the entire western region which pretty much means anything west of the Mississippi. :cool:

[cannibal869]

All right, I'll bite...

My first "job" was as a summer camp counselor - I think I made like $1500 for the summer...
Then during college at MIT, I worked both in the campus health center autoclaving and sterilizing medical equipment and also in the business school's computer lab as tech support.
I spent a summer working at a deep discount investment firm.
I think that was the last job I had before I hit med school.
After that came internship (aka indentured servitude - if you count all the hours spent on call, the pay is actually less than minimum wage), residency (much better than internship, but still on call all the time), and finally fellowship (much nicer, but the pay still kinda sucked).

Now I'm a partner radiologist at a major healthcare system in SoCal, finally making a decent (and thankfully stable) living with decent working hours - allows me to do other things on the side like make sabers in my spare time and give Tim a good chunk of my $$$... ;)

[The Grey Elf]

I am an administrative assistant and grant administrator at the University of Pittsburgh. I exist mostly for our new lazy, micromanaging departmental administrator to decide what parts of HIS job he doesn't like and dump them on me, while funding my position through soft money from a project upon which I do not work. I do the work of a $60,000 job for $32,000 a year.

It's a pretty miserable job.

However, Pitt covers 50% of my tuition for graduate school, and I am currently in the MLIS program here, so hopefully by next July (July 2011) I'll be primed for work either in a library or IT position somewhere and can get out of here and never look back.

[Tyhm]

However, Pitt covers 50% of my tuition for graduate school, and I am currently in the MLIS program here, so hopefully by next July (July 2011) I'll be primed for work either in a library or IT position somewhere and can get out of here and never look back.

Put out serious applications now. Intern if you can. It sucks but it beats getting out and finding all the jobs want experience, and they can get it. -_-;
usajobs.gov seems like a good site, I haven't had any luck...but if you can make a resume there, you can make it anywhere.

[The Grey Elf]

Put out serious applications now. Intern if you can. It sucks but it beats getting out and finding all the jobs want experience, and they can get it. -_-;
usajobs.gov seems like a good site, I haven't had any luck...but if you can make a resume there, you can make it anywhere.

I have lots of experience. When putting my portfolio together last semester, one of my instructors was blown away by my breadth of work experience, a great deal of which is applicable to the IS field.

Interning, unfortunately, isn't an option as for my program internships are all unpaid and my wife and I count on both salaries to pay the bills.

Did I mention I'm 35 and have been working full-time since I was 18? ;).

[Enolmano]

High-school.
Building stuff. Stuff that glows...

Oh, and I am a professional fire artist. Fire-sword fighting anyone?

[HAVOK]

Graphic Designer, Digital Media Artist here!

http://s167.photobucket.com/albums/u157/x360graphicsx/

[KuroChou]

I work in the Prop-shops/Scene-shops at a lot of local performing arts theatres both, hourly and commission;
and I'm usually one of the lighting technicians at any one of the aforementioned theatres at any given point in time.
I'm also a freelance graphic artist/photograper/web coder with an internship for web design/network administration at the high school.
Other than that, I do whatever jobs I can land.

As a hobbyist I do a little software engineering, robotics, mechanical/structural engineering (i.e. inventing useless crap, because I can), ceramics, pyrotechnics, and audio/video production.
I'm currently wrapping up high school (in days), and moving on to certifications in EMT, General Contracting, Electrical, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP.
With those done I'll be getting my Gen. Ed. taken care of to go to school for Graphic Design or Culinary.

It would seem that the only continuity in my interests, is that I do everything, and enjoy it.

[je-rel drood]

I've been a cube farmer for longer than I'd like to admit.

Everything I've done can be boiled down to Customer Service, or as the Irish like to say, "Telling someone to go to Hades in such a way as they'll look forward to the trip."


thanks to my job history I now know:
- designer eyeglass manufacture and distribution
- the contruction industry
- how to get someone passed out drunk in 2 drinks
- that modeling for art classes is both harder and easier than expected
- children's parties are really gatherings for hellspawn
- disposible circumcision kits come with instructions FOR A REASON
- what to do when a tanker of cyanide spills all over the highway
- OSHA (shudder)
- copier parts
- "that book about the bunny. I think the cover was blue"
- The reason why a certain car company is #1. And it might have something to do with checking your soul in a cubby before you get to your desk in the morning.
- clinical trials on toenails and homeless people
- just exactly why no matter how busy or BIG of a person you are, never have your secretary read ALL of your emails (or you get a ***ual harassment suit)
- the pros/cons of having a unionized job

And now in my spare time I'm going to school for medical billing/coding. because I'd like to do something normal for a living.

[RevengeoftheSeth]

Just got out of the Marine Corps after 8 years as a Staff Sergeant (E-6) due to disability caused by a deployment in 2004.

I now work at the Joint Operational Support Airlift Center (JOSAC) on Scott Air Force Base in Illinois. I schedule mission essential and executive Department of Defense (DoD) air travel for the Continental United States (CONUS). I worked here as the IT/Project Manager for 3 years (during my final 3 years in the Marine Corps) before transitioning to a civilian career as an executive scheduler. I was unable to retain my previous position due to the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) program that 'attempts' to save the government money by eliminating all 'non-essential' positions. You may have recently heard that the Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) is being closed down by Secretary Gates. This is as a result of the BRAC program. Saving tax-payers money, one destitute family at a time.

[Matt Thorn]

Anybody notice that this thread was started in 2006? :shock:
Then again, it's not a topic that gets old, is it?

I've worked as:


a dishwasher (high school)
a "quality control inspector" (high school)
a dishwasher again (college)
an English tutor (briefly, as an exchange student)
a babysitter (junior high through college)
a translator of manga (Japanese comics, since 1990)
a T.A. in anthropology and Asian studies (grad. school)
a freelance writer/columnist (mostly about manga, in both English and Japanese)
a university Japanese instructor (after finishing by my M.A. in Asian Studies)
a university instructor (pop culture, Japanese society, manga--sometimes in English but mostly in Japanese)
a third-rate sabersmith, trying to advance to second-rate

It's incredible what a diverse bunch of people we have here, all joined by a common interest in a majorly geeky hobby that most people don't even know exists.

[DJMoonbass]

i was a machinist for FOOdesign. but then i was transferred because they got a "proffesional" in.... whatever. so i was transferred over to superior Metal Finishing. where i am learning to electroplate stuff. and its quite fun. i can wait to do a zinc coated saber. that and a little of blue chromate. that would be AWESOME!!!! so yeah learning to be an electroplater, trying to produce more songs and get more gigs, and building more sabers to bump up my sabersmith level from intermediate to whatever. i need a lathe of my own :( well saving is good! so thats what im doing. but ive had a build on hold all summer because i have had no way of mounting these claws i have until im back in the sheenshop.

[Mikerulz]

I am like a few others, A journeyman autobody technician and have been for 13 years. I work in a busy shop and part time teach at a trade school.

[m270spll]

I am a combat medic in the US Army in the 82nd Airborne stationed at lovely Ft Bragg

[dj2rbo]

AirGuard and Diesel mechanic.

[cooky069]

All aspects of plumbing, heating and gas work right from little house bashing jobs up to heavy industrial.

[Vazan Maceu]

IT is my field of expertise. My current job is trying to cram all that experience and knowledge into young minds close to or halfway into "the dark side". I´m also the system administrator for a couple of small businesses.

[Dieuos]

I am currently a student at the University of Texas at Arlington, and I can't find a side job for the life of me.