so..what does everyone do? (for a living)

mfc2006

i have a few minutes to kill, so i thought i'd start a new thread!

so what do you do for a living? if you're a student, what are you studying? is this what you saw yourself doing 5 years ago? what would you rather be doing? i'll start....

current job: Editor for an Oil & Gas publication firm (work from home! woo-hoo!--that's the only perk, by the way) also, i'm a musician that is coming out of hiding from writing/recording. can't wait to play some shows!

student?: yes--in grad school slowly working toward my Ed S degree in Educational Psychology

5 yr plan: not really. i've been w/ my company for about 1.5 yrs and I never thought that i'd be working in O&G. and grad school wasn't on my radar until about a year ago. i thought that i'd be teaching.

i'd rather be...: done w/ school so i can help troubled kids instead of editing articles about rich people getting richer.

k--your turn! 8-)

milarso

current job: Bartender/server. Not what I wanted to be doing, but it's a living I have my degree in journalism, and have worked for several newspapers and still do a lot of freelancing.

student?: Not right now, but I've considered possibly going to get my masters in English and become a teacher at a CC or something. I'd also like to learn a different language. Maybe Spanish.

5 yr plan: Still up in the air. Things have changed so much in the last five years for me, most of the changes unplanned/unexpected, I think I'm just going to let things happen and see where it takes me.

i'd rather be...: Working for a family-owned daily newspaper, preferably covering sports.

Yellow Ledbelly

milarso wrote:

i'd rather be...: Working for a family-owned daily newspaper, preferably covering sports.

Seriously? That is exactly what I do and have been doing for going on eight years.....well except I work at a larger weekly. Paper has been in the same family for around 80 years now and I enjoy it for the most part. I'm smack dab in the middle of basketball playoffs now though and that gets to where it isn't so much fun pretty quick with teams playing from one end of the state to the other.

School: Hell no...I have intention of ever studying for another test as long as I live

5-year: What I want to do more than anything is get into some freelance writing, ideally in music. I have great dreams of having my own regional music magazine...I've got it all worked out in my head

know1

I work at a Marketing Agency primarily serving Medical and Pharmaceutical clients.

Student: NO

5yr Plan: NO

I'd rather be: Working in missions/outreach serving poor/less fortunate people

milarso

Yellow Ledbelly wrote:

milarso wrote:

i'd rather be...: Working for a family-owned daily newspaper, preferably covering sports.

Seriously? That is exactly what I do and have been doing for going on eight years.

I've been on both sides of it, worked for a great family owned paper in Colorado, then took a job with another paper that was corporate owned. It's like night and day. Media conglomerates suck hard. Also- If you need a music writer in the midwest when you get your magazine up and running, let me know

soulsinging

Currently: Law student

Soon to be: Assuming I get my character cleared and can take the bar, working for a big law firm

I used to swear I'd never be a lawyer (my dad is). So I don't know how I feel about it. It's not what I expected to be doing, but I never really had expectations for my future. I partly went to law school to impress a girl, partly because I didn't know what else to do, and partly out of a misguided understanding of where it could take me. I wanted to be doing something international... like the state department or working in a US embassy somewhere. That's kind of out though... my background kinda prohibits me from any federal jobs for another 10 years or so.

In 5 years I hope to have paid off my law school loans. Then I'm thinking of cutting out of the law firm and maybe even the legal field entirely and moving to the west coast. I don't think I have the work ethic to last at a high pressure law firm. Might try to work in college administration or something.

blackredyellow

current job: box office manager at an arena

student?: not in a long time...

5 yr plan: kinda where I thought I'd be 5 years ago

i'd rather be...: like most people, rich and not having to work... But I do like my job, I would just like it better if it was less hours/nights/weekends. Maybe doing the same thing, but on a consultant/part-time basis.

AmentsChick

I'm a nanny. Previously spent 4 years as an insurance agent...then in accounting/bookkeeping.

bee_boy

current job: Auditor/Consultant in Ernst & Young

student?: Not right now, but I'm planning to start my MBA sometime next year, probably in Sydney

5 yr plan: Be done with my MBA and start my own business

i'd rather be...: I love my job, but if I could choose to be anything in the whole world, I'd be both an astrophysicist and a musician, or I'd travel the world surfing the best waves in every country and getting to know hundreds of different cultures... none of which are very profitable, hence I chose to do what I'm doing right now

BinFrog

Job: Sr. Data Analyst for a large healthcare organization

School: Just finished my Masters in IT Management in December.

5 year: Would like to be a working team leader in the not too distant future. No further school thoughts yet. That may change.

Rather be: Who knows? I like what I do, but I suppose I always have dreams of being in a band or doing something more creative like being an author (I really need to get back to working on my book). I'm realistic though, and my career suits me just fine.

JOEJOEJOE

Current: CPA/business manager for music acts, actors, etc.

Student: Just don't have it in me anymore....studied hard for the CPA exam and did ok, but when I started taking classes for my masters in taxation a few summers ago, I found it too difficult to focus for 3 hours at night after working a full day.

5 Year plan: same profession, yet more focused on handling the entire careers of just a few clients.

Rather Be: Co-owner (with my girlfriend) of a successful restaurant (hopefully without any conflict between the servers and chefs!:) )

AmentsChick

JOEJOEJOE wrote:

Rather Be: Co-owner (with my girlfriend) of a successful restaurant (hopefully without any conflict between the servers and chefs!:) )

Are you going to have the new celeb hang-out??! What's going to be your policy on papps?

Yellow Ledbelly

milarso wrote:

Yellow Ledbelly wrote:

milarso wrote:

i'd rather be...: Working for a family-owned daily newspaper, preferably covering sports.

Seriously? That is exactly what I do and have been doing for going on eight years.

I've been on both sides of it, worked for a great family owned paper in Colorado, then took a job with another paper that was corporate owned. It's like night and day. Media conglomerates suck hard. Also- If you need a music writer in the midwest when you get your magazine up and running, let me know

Conglomerates to suck. Just recently down here in Mizzip the company that owned the paper in a neighboring county shut it down after refusing to listen to any offers to purchase it, just shut the doors. I suppose it was worth more to them a write-off.

Ok...I've got my midwest guy so now all I need are funds and a little know-how

prytocorduroy

current job: cancer research interviewer at Johns Hopkins.

student?: thank Christ no.

5 yr plan: people plan this far ahead?

i'd rather be...: with an animal.

deadmosquito

current job: bank teller

student: yes, am working on master's to teach social studies for middle/high school

5 yr plan: basically i'm about where i thought i'd be 5 years ago. if not, it's only because i thought i'd go straight through and get my master's without taking any time off. as for my 5 yr plan now, hopefully i'll be teaching at a middle or high school in a state that pays more starting out than WV does... but even if not, that's OK too. probably take a year after grad school to do americorps or something to help out some less fortunate folks before entering the workforce.

rather be: i wish i had the discipline and talent to be a musician. i like to sing and play guitar and whatever other instruments i pick up and learn a little on, but i'm nowhere near good enough. it's a fun hobby sometimes though.

JOEJOEJOE

AmentsChick wrote:

JOEJOEJOE wrote:

Rather Be: Co-owner (with my girlfriend) of a successful restaurant (hopefully without any conflict between the servers and chefs!:) )

Are you going to have the new celeb hang-out??! What's going to be your policy on papps?

Of course...gotta invite the celebs, which will draw-out the papps...great advertising!

FoxyMop

current job: Mom

student?: Already got my BFA in Communication Arts/Marketing back in the day, but I'd love to go back to school for...something.....crafty

5 yr plan: I have many! All of them involve running my own business, as I've done in the past. Depends on what pans out first

i'd rather be...: a gazillionaire with enough money to make a positive impact on the environment, cancer research studies and animal welfare (just to name a few)

Sian-of-the-dead

IT support/helpdesk for a tachograph analysis company.

kevinbeetle

engineer for the us army. in 6 months or so you'll find out what i do.

vedder_soup

Currently - IT Desktop Support/ Network admin for the Sydney office of a Global entertainment arm of a global media giant!

Study - no thanks, haven't been there for 6 plus years, no plans too!

5 Year plan - who knows, i dont have one, i just role and see what happens

CHANGEinWAVES

I'm an unemployed loaf who posts on a message board and fills out applications daily :roll:

school: I was a year away from graduating with a bachelors of science in interior design, but all hell broke loose in my divorce and financial situation.

5 year plan: transfer my credits and graduate with a BFA in art education, and be teaching little kids to love art... and have a savings so I'm never faced with times like this again.