Your Occupations

007 · 07-18-2007, 01:29 AM

I know this is a touchy subject for some (including myself) so you can be vague if you'd like to. I was curious what kind of working classes and types of work people did on the forum, and i figured I'd start off, somewhat vaguely.

I help fix problems.

(Edited by 007)

Machinery and radios and such, electronical equipment.

last_dance_rodeo · 07-18-2007, 01:31 AM

so you're an assasin now?

007 · 07-18-2007, 01:35 AM

An assasin, no, too much Dalton movies gone wrong in my court I think, I fix mechanical things like electronics, and when they don't work, I ship them to the yards to be destroyed. Parts and such, dude, you read into a bit of wit too much. SMile, it's good humour.

artistindisguise · 07-18-2007, 01:37 AM

my occupation is... bleghk. high school student.

last_dance_rodeo · 07-18-2007, 01:39 AM

i work with the mentally disabled and love it

007 · 07-18-2007, 01:46 AM

Really, so you volunteer at, what, hospitals? How long have you been doing that.

Technically, my daytime official business is economics, but it sucks and I've been trying to find a way of getting out of it for a while, I work on machinery a lot at night and I find and repair things for people, it teaches me a trade if this whole economical activity thing should fall through.

last_dance_rodeo · 07-18-2007, 02:28 AM

it's not volunteer it's my career but i volunteer a lot to do overtime

ROBARE · 07-18-2007, 04:49 AM

last_dance_rodeo I tip my hat to you,I have over 6000 hours of volunteer at the childrens center,not my real job!!!

Webbed · 07-18-2007, 04:56 AM

I'm a finance exec. My bio is on http://www.macusight.com/about_macus...ement_team.php

It's fun to work at a pharmaceutical. It's rewarding, especially if the clinical trials make a difference for people.

Little Bird · 07-18-2007, 07:07 AM

I was in IT Support for nearly 7 years and gave it up last year to move into commercial merchandise planning for a retailer here in Ireland. I specifically work in the clothing department in Head Office. I manage all the sales and stocks reports, manage all the markdowns, forecasts, control with suppliers of delivery. All very boring but I've actually learned a great deal from it and certainly don't regret the move.

I do miss the IT side. Getting the hands dirty and tracing cables, building machines, lugging equipment around and being like a mechanic for computer equipment. It had many pluses but too many cons and I needed a change.

I'll most likely be doing a completely different job when I come back from maternity leave so watch this space.

never.alone · 07-18-2007, 08:48 AM

im with artistindisguise...just surviving high school, i wont get a job until i graduate. i'm excited though!

Eibhlin · 07-18-2007, 01:24 PM

I am a professional child chaser, feeder of horses, gardener and an occasional artist

007 · 07-18-2007, 01:31 PM

Let me rephrase, I work for a stock broker, whom I shall not name for their privacy. I started there on internship when I was 19 and loved the market and the economy so much I put in over 100 letters requesting permanent stationing here in the local office in Charleston, SC.

I served one year in the Navy under a corps training op program learning the skills of salvage. I almost didn't get in because of a visiual impairment, but with my MOS, they let me in under certain conditions. I went all around but mainly home was in Norfolk, VA Naval Base. Spent a while there.

DOn't feel bad aobut being in high shcool, we all went htere, bmost of us came out alive. WHen I was your age I ws in the military, I had twelve dollars in my pocket and a bus pass to Norfolk. Be happy you are where you are, and live it up while you can.
I recently acquired a workshop space with a bunch of tools and machines, and with the help of an older guy, he's teaching me some basic machinery and how to work and reapir certain tools. SO I'm an economist by day, machinist by night. SOme of this stuff is so cool, I've got sewing machines from teh 1940's and typewriters, a plehtora of antiques that aren't quite perfectly working but I can fix them all, and i get to keep all of it in the ned. SO i"m happy, although I'd also be happy not to get my fingers chopped off, some of this stuff is dangerous. SO I've got a guy teaching me some things. You can't call it an occupation, more of a hobby that could turn into one.

Webbed · 07-18-2007, 01:58 PM

Keira,

After you have your baby, your primary responsibility is to patiently (and boy do they test your patience) hold the baby except for when you change the diaper or get ready to make milk. Your other responsibility is to get sleep whenever the baby does (as you hold the baby in your arms, probably, because not long after you put the baby down, the baby cries...). And your final responsibility is to sing Jewel songs to the baby until Jewel releases a lullaby CD.

It's otherwise not too different from the jobs that you've had: you check the diaper, wet wipes and clothing inventory and forecast how long they will last and arrange timely delivery of those supplies. You manage the product placement location so that you can get to them quickly enough to minimize the time to changing the baby diapers before the baby pees on the changing table.

Then there's the getting your hands dirty thing, but I won't get into that. You'll be building swaddles (the burrito making using baby blankets), tracing the whereabouts of pacifiers that disappear, lugging around enough gear to fill a car trunk and be a mechanic as you take care of the occasional leaks.

The good news is that after a few months, the baby will start smiling, will start to sleep through the night (but DO NOT sleep in the same room as the baby), and your days will start to look less hazy/blurry and you'll once again have a social life (sort of). But everything else remains the same, except that this time, they learn to manipulate you with their crying and tantrums.

The first three months are tough, but eventually, you'll love it all. We look back at the scrap books for the last 9 months and we see how our baby has changed from month to month. And time flies!

So enjoy being pregnant, enjoy being a new mom, and if you start to leave incomprehensible posts, we understand.... provided that you forgive me for posting my own set of illogical posts.

Best wishes for you and your baby!

- Shu

Webbed · 07-18-2007, 02:05 PM

I agree with 007: 20 years from now, you'll look back at high school and college and think about how good you had it. As a working adult, there's no such thing as summer, winter and spring break, and everyday is like taking a test.

My only comment is that I suggest that you make good friends now and continue to build friendships, because in the real world, it's all about who you know (or who know you).

07-18-2007, 01:29 AM	#1
007 Banned Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Staring at four gray walls that surround me.... Posts: 692 Rep Power: 0	Your Occupations I know this is a touchy subject for some (including myself) so you can be vague if you'd like to. I was curious what kind of working classes and types of work people did on the forum, and i figured I'd start off, somewhat vaguely. I help fix problems. (Edited by 007) Machinery and radios and such, electronical equipment.

07-18-2007, 01:31 AM	#2
last_dance_rodeo Temporarily Absent Mod Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: South Dakota Posts: 2,212 Rep Power: 251	so you're an assasin now? __________________ Her face is moonworn and thin, she's been wishing on too many stars again.

07-18-2007, 01:37 AM	#4
artistindisguise JKF Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Earth Posts: 170 Rep Power: 207	my occupation is... bleghk. high school student. __________________ . . . [[smocks are smexy]] . . . pieces of us die everyday . . . Eat the flesh Spit out the seeds

07-18-2007, 01:39 AM	#5
last_dance_rodeo Temporarily Absent Mod Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: South Dakota Posts: 2,212 Rep Power: 251	i work with the mentally disabled and love it __________________ Her face is moonworn and thin, she's been wishing on too many stars again.

07-18-2007, 02:28 AM	#7
last_dance_rodeo Temporarily Absent Mod Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: South Dakota Posts: 2,212 Rep Power: 251	it's not volunteer it's my career but i volunteer a lot to do overtime __________________ Her face is moonworn and thin, she's been wishing on too many stars again.

07-18-2007, 01:35 AM	#3
007 Banned Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Staring at four gray walls that surround me.... Posts: 692 Rep Power: 0	An assasin, no, too much Dalton movies gone wrong in my court I think, I fix mechanical things like electronics, and when they don't work, I ship them to the yards to be destroyed. Parts and such, dude, you read into a bit of wit too much. SMile, it's good humour.

07-18-2007, 01:46 AM	#6
007 Banned Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Staring at four gray walls that surround me.... Posts: 692 Rep Power: 0	Really, so you volunteer at, what, hospitals? How long have you been doing that. Technically, my daytime official business is economics, but it sucks and I've been trying to find a way of getting out of it for a while, I work on machinery a lot at night and I find and repair things for people, it teaches me a trade if this whole economical activity thing should fall through.

07-18-2007, 04:49 AM	#8
ROBARE JKF Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: lake FL Posts: 226 Rep Power: 227	last_dance_rodeo I tip my hat to you,I have over 6000 hours of volunteer at the childrens center,not my real job!!!

07-18-2007, 04:56 AM	#9
Webbed JKF Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Bay Area, California Posts: 170 Rep Power: 212	I'm a finance exec. My bio is on http://www.macusight.com/about_macus...ement_team.php It's fun to work at a pharmaceutical. It's rewarding, especially if the clinical trials make a difference for people.

07-18-2007, 07:07 AM	#10
Little Bird Administrator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wicklow, Ireland Posts: 6,178 Rep Power: 10	I was in IT Support for nearly 7 years and gave it up last year to move into commercial merchandise planning for a retailer here in Ireland. I specifically work in the clothing department in Head Office. I manage all the sales and stocks reports, manage all the markdowns, forecasts, control with suppliers of delivery. All very boring but I've actually learned a great deal from it and certainly don't regret the move. I do miss the IT side. Getting the hands dirty and tracing cables, building machines, lugging equipment around and being like a mechanic for computer equipment. It had many pluses but too many cons and I needed a change. I'll most likely be doing a completely different job when I come back from maternity leave so watch this space. __________________ In the end...only kindness matters MysteriousWisdom

07-18-2007, 08:48 AM	#11
never.alone Jessica Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: TN Posts: 472 Rep Power: 0	im with artistindisguise...just surviving high school, i wont get a job until i graduate. i'm excited though! __________________ alone. always. alone. never. alone.... Come away O human child To the waters and the wild With a fairy hand in hand For the world's more full of weeping Than you can understand. http://blog.myspace.com/butiwannaplay

07-18-2007, 01:24 PM	#12
Eibhlin Oscillating Fan Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: North Cackalacky Posts: 2,044 Rep Power: 254	I am a professional child chaser, feeder of horses, gardener and an occasional artist __________________ I'd like to call you my wild horse and feed you silver sage Andrea an eye for an eye makes the world blind

07-18-2007, 01:31 PM	#13
007 Banned Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Staring at four gray walls that surround me.... Posts: 692 Rep Power: 0	Let me rephrase, I work for a stock broker, whom I shall not name for their privacy. I started there on internship when I was 19 and loved the market and the economy so much I put in over 100 letters requesting permanent stationing here in the local office in Charleston, SC. I served one year in the Navy under a corps training op program learning the skills of salvage. I almost didn't get in because of a visiual impairment, but with my MOS, they let me in under certain conditions. I went all around but mainly home was in Norfolk, VA Naval Base. Spent a while there. DOn't feel bad aobut being in high shcool, we all went htere, bmost of us came out alive. WHen I was your age I ws in the military, I had twelve dollars in my pocket and a bus pass to Norfolk. Be happy you are where you are, and live it up while you can. I recently acquired a workshop space with a bunch of tools and machines, and with the help of an older guy, he's teaching me some basic machinery and how to work and reapir certain tools. SO I'm an economist by day, machinist by night. SOme of this stuff is so cool, I've got sewing machines from teh 1940's and typewriters, a plehtora of antiques that aren't quite perfectly working but I can fix them all, and i get to keep all of it in the ned. SO i"m happy, although I'd also be happy not to get my fingers chopped off, some of this stuff is dangerous. SO I've got a guy teaching me some things. You can't call it an occupation, more of a hobby that could turn into one.

07-18-2007, 01:58 PM	#14
Webbed JKF Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Bay Area, California Posts: 170 Rep Power: 212	Keira, After you have your baby, your primary responsibility is to patiently (and boy do they test your patience) hold the baby except for when you change the diaper or get ready to make milk. Your other responsibility is to get sleep whenever the baby does (as you hold the baby in your arms, probably, because not long after you put the baby down, the baby cries...). And your final responsibility is to sing Jewel songs to the baby until Jewel releases a lullaby CD. It's otherwise not too different from the jobs that you've had: you check the diaper, wet wipes and clothing inventory and forecast how long they will last and arrange timely delivery of those supplies. You manage the product placement location so that you can get to them quickly enough to minimize the time to changing the baby diapers before the baby pees on the changing table. Then there's the getting your hands dirty thing, but I won't get into that. You'll be building swaddles (the burrito making using baby blankets), tracing the whereabouts of pacifiers that disappear, lugging around enough gear to fill a car trunk and be a mechanic as you take care of the occasional leaks. The good news is that after a few months, the baby will start smiling, will start to sleep through the night (but DO NOT sleep in the same room as the baby), and your days will start to look less hazy/blurry and you'll once again have a social life (sort of). But everything else remains the same, except that this time, they learn to manipulate you with their crying and tantrums. The first three months are tough, but eventually, you'll love it all. We look back at the scrap books for the last 9 months and we see how our baby has changed from month to month. And time flies! So enjoy being pregnant, enjoy being a new mom, and if you start to leave incomprehensible posts, we understand.... provided that you forgive me for posting my own set of illogical posts. Best wishes for you and your baby! - Shu

07-18-2007, 02:05 PM	#15
Webbed JKF Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Bay Area, California Posts: 170 Rep Power: 212	I agree with 007: 20 years from now, you'll look back at high school and college and think about how good you had it. As a working adult, there's no such thing as summer, winter and spring break, and everyday is like taking a test. My only comment is that I suggest that you make good friends now and continue to build friendships, because in the real world, it's all about who you know (or who know you).