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

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  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,342
    I work in Clinical Cancer Research
  • Porchsitter
    Porchsitter Loganville, GA Posts: 1,092
    Full-Time Resume Writer/Job Seeker

    Part-Time Cafe Barista


    It was better when I could say I was a broke college student. At least I had a decent reason to be broke.
    We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.--Bill Hicks
  • pretext
    pretext Posts: 1,294
    Current Work: Social Worker

    School: Finished my MSW this past summer.

    5 Years: 5 years ago I was finishing an Americorps year and still planning to go get my PhD in History. I stayed in social services after the Americorps thing, had all manner of personal situations, and decided to keep working on the ground. I got to know a lot of social workers, and it felt like a good way to practice activism. Still, I mostly assume I'll go back to history one day.

    I'd rather be: Hmm, I'm pretty happy with my job/career. And I damn well better be, as I paid a lot for that graduate degree. I could use a pay bump to pay off those loans, but given the budget cuts coming to social services in NY, I'll settle for keeping my job.
  • kenny olav
    kenny olav Posts: 3,319
    current job: currently a regulation 60 specialist for a financial services provider. Maybe I'm paranoid, but I don't like to give out the name the company I work for, but it's one of the world's largest. what's regulation 60? If you know something about insurance in the state of New York, you'd know, but otherwise, i wouldn't bother finding out. :D it's just a lot of paperwork, really. i had no ambition to have this job, it's basically a step on the corporate ladder anyway, but i'm not sure yet what step to take next, and I know in my heart I want to take a step out of finance ASAP, but my head tells me to play it safe and secure until the economy recovers. although there are a few steps within my company that i plan to take, that are no more interesting, but do pay more.

    student?: i have a bachelor's. that's it. i'm done. i never want to write another paper ever again.

    5 yr plan: get a better job, get a better girlfriend than the last one, have a wedding and have a child whom I will guide into this world.

    i'd rather be...: working in either film/visual arts or music, or preferably both. i started off college as a film major while minoring in audio production. at first i wanted to make music videos, although i grew to not like music videos so much, but i also wanted to edit sound for films. fuck why didn't i keep at that? other shit was going on during college, and i basically gave up. left school for a few years, went back to another school and completed my BA in... philosophy??? why did i fucking do that? and i've been working in finance since... what the fuck? but my dream to something creative lives on. dream job? a roadie for pearl jam! or play bass in my own band. and shoot music videos for my own band. yeah, that sounds about right! :mrgreen:
  • All5horizons1991
    All5horizons1991 Posts: 138
    current job: compliance manager at an investments firm.

    student?: a long time ago in a galaxy far far away.

    5 yr plan: get to what i'd rather be.

    i'd rather be...: a stay at home dad.
    I can't teach common sense.
  • smithnic
    smithnic Posts: 1,565
    edited February 2009
    Current job (in two weeks): social worker on an ACT team. Good times
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    Go Get 'Em Tigers!
  • _
    _ Posts: 6,657
    Current job: I coordinate a reproductive health program at a university hospital/medical school. We train docs, see patients, and do research.

    Student?: Just applied for grad school, so wish me luck that I'm accepted! Going for a Masters in Public Health. Have a bachelors in Women Studies.

    5-year plan: 5 years ago I was working at my current job already. I guess I figured I'd still be here by default. It's not that I want to be here forever, but I'm not what you'd call very ambitious. We'll see what happens in 5 more years, after I finish my masters.

    I'd rather be... on tour with Pearl Jam. Or I wouldn't mind being Warren Buffett or Bill Gates and traveling the world and giving away all my money to good causes. :)
  • _Crazy_Mary_
    _Crazy_Mary_ Posts: 1,299
    Current Job: a waitress! Yes! I wait tables and make buckets of money doing so!

    5 Year Plan: 5 years ago, I figured I'd be waiting tables in 5 years...

    I'd Rather Be: On a catamaran sailing around the world. Hopefully, when I set sail, I can find jobs on tropical islands waiting tables :D
    I really screwed that up. I really Schruted it.
  • Whizbang
    Whizbang Posts: 1,314
    I'm an insurance geek.
    believe it or not, we don't "need" anything. that is only the spoiled brat in us trying to fill some temporary solution to an emptyness that does not exist.

    I have eaten so much gold I crapped excellence - drtyfrnk29

    Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all!
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Current Job: Customer Service Representative for one of the biggest global manufacturer of flow control equipment for the oil & gas industry.

    5 years: Climb up the ladder and to a higher paying position.

    I'd rather be: In a band, recording music, touring.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • MB_Angel10
    MB_Angel10 Posts: 43
    Current Job: Director of Compliance for a chain of Day Care centers.

    Student: Never again

    5 years: I've got next week planned out but anything past that is all up in the air.... I'll ride the wave where it takes me. :)
  • xavier mcdaniel
    xavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,464
    work in the sports media industry, an industry that is being decimated by lay-offs and significant cutbacks, so I'm looking at other things.
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  • petrocs
    petrocs Posts: 4,342
    Current Job: Market Anaylst

    Student: Going for my master then my PhD

    5 years: I want to rule the world
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  • 12345AGNST1
    12345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    Used to work at Quiznos for like 5 years(!!!)

    Current: Security at an all girls high school hahaha. MUCH better pay.

    Student at BCC, just liberal arts. Im still not sure.
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,045
    i am a transportation engineer........
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • peacegirl
    peacegirl Posts: 841
    real estate secretary at law firm
  • 1inhiding
    1inhiding Posts: 14
    Currently working at Nordstrom - Internal IT Help Desk - fixing computers and registers. It's a good job, and Nordstrom is a rockin' company, and will weather the economic downturn...
  • Arcticangel
    Arcticangel Posts: 1,443
    current job: phlebotomist in the pathology lab of a hospital in the mayo health system.

    student?: senior in college with two semesters left (counting the one I'm in right now) studying biology...then off to grad school to become a physician assistant.

    5 yr plan: finished with grad school living somewhere beautiful (the further west the better) working as a cardiovascular physician assistant.
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    EV: Los Angeles 4.12.2008, Los Angeles 4.13.2008, Nashville 6.17.2009, Nashville 6.18.2009, Memphis 6.20.2009
  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    current job: IT Documentation/Trainer for a large HVAC corporation. Been here for 5 years. I write instructor guides, Help files and user manuals for SAP and a number of other software solutions. Sometimes train classes. Some travel although not as much as there used to be. Work from home one day a week. I like my job, but there are parts I hate too.

    student?: No. I have a BA. History and anthropology. Graduated in 1996.

    5 yr plan: Due to current economic conditions, my 5 year plan is just to stay employed. I’ve been laid off before, but I think if it happens now it will be very difficult to find something similar for the same money. A layoff would probably mean a complete career change for me.

    i'd rather be...: Flying. I got a private pilot license and an instrument rating several years ago but decided not to pursue a career. No military experience and school would have been astronomical as far as cost goes. Plus you can make more at Taco Bell than as a new pilot fresh out of school. Also, this job can be boring so I think I may try something completely different next time I get the chance. Another major hobby is cooking, but probably would not be able to hack culinary school.
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  • megatron
    megatron Posts: 3,420
    well i was a line cook for like ten years..nightly domination underappreciated by all but my 2 counter parts who also hated their jobs and were jaded by awful ex's usually ending dinner rush with a polished off bottle of three olives and a motionless moment with wasted reprise playing full blast for the entire restaurant to hear our dissapointment in our lives...

    but now im a purchasing mngr at a succesful industrial company lovin life..hope i dont mess it up

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