NationStates Jolt Archive

What does everyone do for a living? For the younger ones, what do you want to do? And I'm sure this has been done before, I just wasn't around.

All through high school I wanted to be a physicist and currently am a student at the University of Cincinnati studying physics and working for my professor doing transmission line analysis as prep work for our Single Electron Transisitor research.

Please let me, and everyone else, know.

English teacher and amateur photographer.

I want to be a beaurocrat. :)

EDIT: Amateur photographer.... ^_^

I want to work in the federal area: US Marshal, FBI, etc, etc.

Edit: I also want to do some writing in my time.

I want to work in the federal area: US Marshal, FBI, etc, etc.

O_O

Currently enrolled as a sophomore in a university studying Psychology as Bachelor of Science. I'd like to be a family and/or grief counselor.

To expand on the beaurocrat thing, I want to go into politics. Hopefully Parliament :D

I'd like to be employed.

Currently, I'm a collections agent (read: bill collector) who's also in the middle of starting up my own small freelance graphic design/illustration business. I also knit in my spare time & have done custom knits to order on occasion.

O_O

A little ambitious I know :D

Odds are I might end up becoming a parole officer or some sort of corrections officer. Either way I'm just going to work hard and see what happens.

Currently, I'm a collections agent (read: bill collector) who's also in the middle of starting up my own small freelance graphic design/illustration business. I also knit in my spare time & have done custom knits to order on occasion.

DEMON! CREATURE OF HELL!

I'm also an amateur guitarist, have played a couple of small gigs, but nothing worth quitting my day job.

Studied Philosophy and Scholastic Philosophy at undergraduate level, and then Continental Philosophy at post-grad level, thus, of course and entirely logically, I am now trying to earn my daily crust as a sound engineer. Its something I'd wanted to do since I was about 17, and have been dabbling in it for years now, but only recently started making a couple of shekels off it.

I spent a lot of years in the RAF

A little ambitious I know :D

Odds are I might end up becoming a parole officer or some sort of corrections officer. Either way I'm just going to work hard and see what happens.

You could become a prison officer... You'd get to beat the crap out of people :D

Currently, I'm a collections agent (read: bill collector) who's also in the middle of starting up my own small freelance graphic design/illustration business. I also knit in my spare time & have done custom knits to order on occasion.

Taxation without representation!!1! *tars and feathers*

Wait... I'm represented? Oh...

Sorry, chap. *cookie*

You could become a prison officer... You'd get to beat the crap out of people :D

I'm not going into the Criminal Justice field to beat the hell out of people, but more so to protect people. Although beating a cracked up perp with a nightstick while being videotaped is a personal fantasy of mine ;)

"Amateur masturbation enthusiest, Henry T. Monkeypimpenstein"

I spent a lot of years in the RAF

Red Army Faction? Kewlarama.

I'm currently studying Sound & Image Design in an university. :)

Something along the lines of builder, plumber, electrician, theres a big shortage of them nowadays and they're earning more and more money, and you get to talk like you're of a council estate when in actual fact you live in a detached house in the suburbs.

Red Army Faction? Kewlarama.

Yeah unfortuantly I totally regret those years... :p

Royal Air Force

Something along the lines of builder, plumber, electrician, theres a big shortage of them nowadays and they're earning more and more money, and you get to talk like you're of a council estate when in actual fact you live in a detached house in the suburbs.

I worked for my dad's friend who installs sprinkler systems and I learned quite a bit about plumbing. Also my dad's friend is borderline rich all from a job he started from the ground up.

I have a few jobs...listed in no particular order:

1) Product Support and Development for a company that makes software for Colleges and Universities.

2) Freelance Web Designer/Developer

3) Drummer for daymonthyear (http://www.daymonthyear.net)

4) Dad

5) LaserTron Employee

I think that covers it...I sleep sometimes too, but that is more of a hobby that I do when I have time.

Something along the lines of builder, plumber, electrician, theres a big shortage of them nowadays and they're earning more and more money, and you get to talk like you're of a council estate when in actual fact you live in a detached house in the suburbs.

Definately, you probably make a shitton (official unit of dark matter as described by four drunken physics majors). That and the world nowadays need them more than ever.

right now i'm working in tesco's and in college i'm studying byzantine studies, philosophy and ancient history

Yeah unfortuantly I totally regret those years... :p

Royal Air Force

I thought RAF was Really Awesome Fraction

My mistake

Ideally, I'd be a writer and/or play in a band. Unfortunately, it's difficult to make a living doing these things. More unfortunately, there isn't anything that would give me a regular paycheck that I'd want to do.

However, I do have a job working nights in a grocery store. And I currently attend classes at a local community college, though the plan is to move up to a better university after a while.

I'm a teacher. I've taught elementary and secondary, but currently I'm a high school Spanish teacher.

I'm a teacher. I've taught elementary and secondary, but currently I'm a Spanish teacher.

Who would have guessed ;)

I don't currently do anything (still a High School student), though I have plenty of options.

I could be a game designer (you should see some of the things I've come up with), a sound engineer/producer, or I could play in a band. Those are just my top three... There's plenty more.

Computing Science student

Who would have guessed ;)
Smart ass. ;)

hmm...right now i'm working as an aide to a botonical taxonimist in an herbarium, and just random jobs in a greenhouse.

i want to get into cladistics though, probably of poaceae, cycadophyta, porifera or something that has been very successful as a group and that's taken for granted or something. i have very much respect for them.

Computing Science student
Oh and I work in a laptop helpdesk and as a gardener.

And the fun part is making music (keys, bass, washboard and vocals), drink beer, smoke a little now and then and some other random stuff.

Oh and General. Of course

Smart ass. ;)

I know, even my ass is smart ;)

Well smarter than most standards :D

I'm an English teacher 1/2 a week and a Special Needs teacher 1/2 a week.

Well, I'm a freshman in college at the moment, majoring in Agribusiness. Before that I was, and still am, a farmer, farming several thousand acres of the beautiful Red River Valley here in North Dakota. Hell yeah.

I'm an English teacher 1/2 a week and a Special Needs teacher 1/2 a week.

*applauds*

Secretary.

What do I do in life?
Stagger through it, confused and bereft of direction occassionally with forebodings that I should be doing something more important. I cover up this complete lack of understanding of the absolute basics of how to live with facetiousness and sarcasm.

Oh, you meant what do I do for a job?
In that case, English teacher. And forget everything above.

Have PhD in Computational Physics. Do disease modeling (i.e. computer simulations in medical research) for a living. Work from home - that's the best part ;)

I'm also an amateur guitarist, have played a couple of small gigs, but nothing worth quitting my day job.
Ditto.

At least, not while I'm still raising kids!

"Amateur masturbation enthusiest, Henry T. Monkeypimpenstein"
Aren't we all?

Aren't we all?
No. Some of us are pros.

Well, I'm a freshman in college at the moment, majoring in Agribusiness. Before that I was, and still am, a farmer, farming several thousand acres of the beautiful Red River Valley here in North Dakota. Hell yeah.
Lol and me here in Minnesota :)

But what I do now is large network design and implementation and administration

Also a do a fair amount of network /computer security (both public and private sector along with military) evaluation

Got a masters in each area's going for PHD in network modeling

No. Some of us are pros.


I'm still searching for someone to pay me to do it so I can go pro :(

Ahh, nice, yeah, its nice to find other people from up and around here...

No. Some of us are pros.
No one told me that pro leagues were forming!!!

I'm a mental health and adult learning disability support worker right now, trying to get experience so I can move into clinical psychology. It's very interesting, hard work though.

I intend to someday be RULER OF THE WORLD! But, right now I'm into animation.

No. Some of us are pros.

I have my Masters in Ambidexterous Studies ;)

I intend to someday be RULER OF THE WORLD! But, right now I'm into animation.

Buy, Evil Genius. Its good prep work!

Freelance concert photographer.

I'm still searching for someone to pay me to do it so I can go pro :(
Make it a home business. Or integrate it into your other duties:).

Make it a home business. Or integrate it into your other duties:).

Alright as long as you don't work for a sticky note company.

I study arts (politics, history, etc.) at Monash University and I bag groceries at a local supermarket.

I'd like to get a band off the ground, but that probably won't happen 'till I finish my degree or quit my job.

I will begin in october with the work for my Ph.D. thesis in biology.

I study arts (politics, history, etc.) at Monash University and I bag groceries at a local supermarket.

I'd like to get a band off the ground, but that probably won't happen 'till I finish my degree or quit my job.

I started playing bass guitar about 3 weeks ago, and I've almost completely nailed 'happy birthday'. Move to New Zealand and start your band here :p

I started playing bass guitar about 3 weeks ago, and I've almost completely nailed 'happy birthday'. Move to New Zealand and start your band here :p
Go Monkeypimp!

A week from now I will be starting my Master's Degree in International Affairs. Although I am but a lowly student at present, my hope is to be a diplomat in the Canadian foreign service eventually. Ambassador to Turkey, Germany, or High Commissioner to Singapore might be nice... [Drifts off into a daydream]

I started playing bass guitar about 3 weeks ago, and I've almost completely nailed 'happy birthday'. Move to New Zealand and start your band here :p

Pfff, I can play the bassline of Newest Industry (6--7-6-7-6-7-9--7--6-7-6-7^--6--7-6-7-6-7-7-------) on my dad's Classical Acoustic :p.

I want to become a curator or public programmer in an art museum. I am currently studying art history at the university of queensland

I just finished my bachelor of science in public administration and social science, and in just two more years i'll have a masters degree in international relations and development studies... if all goes well :)

I am a physical comedian.

I also deal blackjack at the local native american casino(mostly to even the bumps in the feast-or-famine industry of physical comedy).

I am a physical comedian.

I also deal blackjack at the local native american casino(mostly to even the bumps in the feast-or-famine industry of physical comedy).

PHYSICAL COMEDY IS NOT FUNNY.

CASE IN POINT: Lee Evans. 'The King of physical comedy'. He just makes stupid noises and wierd movements. Bloody hilarious.

PHYSICAL COMEDY IS NOT FUNNY.
Nyuk-nyuk-nyuk! *pokes him in the eye*

Nyuk-nyuk-nyuk! *pokes him in the eye*

-_-
Do it again and I belt you in the virtual face.

PHYSICAL COMEDY IS NOT FUNNY.

CASE IN POINT: Lee Evans. 'The King of physical comedy'. He just makes stupid noises and wierd movements. Bloody hilarious.

*stuffs a banana peel up your nose* :D

Well, back after lunch guys

I started playing bass guitar about 3 weeks ago, and I've almost completely nailed 'happy birthday'. Move to New Zealand and start your band here :p

Hehehehe. I already have a bassist friend, though. Learn drums, and you might have a deal. :p

*stuffs a banana peel up your nose* :D

Ahem:

BASTARD!

BASTARD!

BASTARD!

BASTARD!

I'm done. You may carry on abusing my nose with banana peel.

Ahem:

BASTARD!

BASTARD!

BASTARD!

BASTARD!

I'm done. You may carry on abusing my nose with banana peel.

YAY! :D

*pulls out a crate*

YAY! :D

*pulls out a crate*

*kicks lunatic goofballs in the.... Goofballs*

Hah.

I just started my new job as producer/journalist/editor in a very small AV(audiovisual) production company. YAY! I try to finish my diploma and continue as freelance photographer and layout artist.

Radiological Technologist, Computer Imaging Specialist (cat scans) in a Major Level 1 Trauma center. The only one in a 5 state area.

the grokdoc

*kicks lunatic goofballs in the.... Goofballs*

Hah.

*drops like a...crate of banana peels*

*drops like a...crate of banana peels*

*continues kicking*

Pulpy.

5 years in the USAF as an Avionics Repair Tech and Automated Test Equipment Tech.

1 more year, and then I'll either be getting out or crosstraining into the Med-ho field.

*continues kicking*

Pulpy.

*twitches*

*spasms*

*gags*

*wheezes*

((Fortunately, Goofball's Goofballs are indestructible. Unfortunately, that doesn't prevent pain. :( ))

I'm currently part-timing as a swim instructor, and I hope to be a physicist.

My school screwed up big time though, and I will have to retake final year, along with a few friends, despite the fact I know more in my subjects than the vast majority of the year level. This will probably look bad on my record, and I won't get in to Monash :(

*twitches*

*spasms*

*gags*

*wheezes*

((Fortunately, Goofball's Goofballs are indestructible. Unfortunately, that doesn't prevent pain. :( ))

*switches to a hydraulic jackhammer*

FOOL!

*switches to a hydraulic jackhammer*

FOOL!

*gets camcorder*

*gets camcorder*

*gets a momentary respite when the jackhammer overheats*

*lolls*

I'm a librarian, which is why I have so much time to post on forums during working hours. :)

Kanabia has some kind of jackhammer fetish.

*returns to hammering Goofballs' nuts*

EDIT:Errrrr......That sounded odd.....

I am currently in high school and work at a welsh pony farm, a convienience store and a lawn maintenance company. I would love to work in theatre, but that is just a dream. I'd love to study chemistry and biology though and do something with DNA, etc.

I'm a proof reader and editor. [joke] As I'm free-lance, I have a lot of time on my hands.

i'm a sales assistant in a crappy home furnishings shop, but only for 2 more weeks (yay!) then I'm off to uni to study to become a nurse

I do large-scale Enterprise Asset Management implementations. What do you mean what does that mean? I'm a professional geek. Good enough?

hunting Little Red Riding Hood...

hunting Little Red Riding Hood...

*dresses up like Little Red Riding Hood*

At the moment for work I'm the lot guy/slave bitch at the local Home Depot, but I'm going to school for video game design.

I am

I'm a librarian, which is why I have so much time to post on forums during working hours. :)

I spent the last year librarian-ing part-time. After twelve months battling with Inmagic I am happy to get back to my "regular" life.

Well, I am 14, so I don't have a full time job. Although I will be studying to be an Orthopaedic surgeon.

Anyways, I am a dishwasher at the Club in my town, earning $10 an hour. I work 1-2 nights a week for about 2 and a half hours. I don't get taxed.
I am a cleaner at Wild Game Resources and I am earning $1.00 a minute. :) I work every second week for 5 days for about 30 minutes. I have to pay $12 tax.
Now, I am possibly going to work at the check-out at our local supermarket, earning $7.00 an hour. I have to go and see them in 4 and a half hours. ;)

*dresses up like Little Red Riding Hood*


Uuuhh..you are aware that I'm a large, viscious, hairy male, right?

Currently I'm in training to be a nuclear submarine officer in the USN. Nuclear power school bites hard. Imagine a master's program in six months and you get the idea... but I hope it will all be worth it.

Sculpture Restoration Specialist. I restore bronze and other metal sculptures to their former glory. Mostly this invovlves monuments of variuos types., plus some public art pieces, and peices in private and corporate collections. Usually I just remove dirt and grime, apply a few touch ups of the patina (which gives bronze sculptures their colour) and refinish them with protect coats of various laqeurs and varnishes.

Incredibly interesting and challenging and also incredibly boring and fiendishly difficult. Occassionally comical ("What do you mean it'll cost me 5K?"...."Well, its only going to increase the value by 200%, I can see why your family calls you a cheap ass....Sir.)

EDIT: I also do lost wax casting and sand casting of sculptures and, once every motnh or so, the large the shells/caps of large warheads. Much more excitong, but much more dangerous and filthy/sweaty)

I'm a freelance set PA, the lowest rung on the film ladder. I also do other things, but right now that's the only thing that I get paid anything for. So far it's meant driving people around, writing down a bunch of things and just being 'available.'

It's still fun though, and beats the shit out of the job I just left to do it.

Uuuhh..you are aware that I'm a large, viscious, hairy male, right?

I'm aware. But it made you laugh, didn't it? Since you can't actually catch me, it was worth it.

I'm aware. But it made you laugh, didn't it? Since you can't actually catch me, it was worth it.

Yeah-I laughed. But dont tempt me...you've already supplied some important clues.

Studying to be a Foreign Service Officer for the US State Department

Just about to start my A-levels. I think there the equivilent of a college course for Americans but not sure.
I'm taking

Physics, Maths, History and Economics

Kanabia has some kind of jackhammer fetish.

*returns to hammering Goofballs' nuts*

EDIT:Errrrr......That sounded odd.....

Not me personally, but I have to make a living somehow. :p

Yeah-I laughed. But dont tempt me...you've already supplied some important clues.

Yes, actually. If one searched out all my posts and looked at the information I've given about my life it would relatively easy to discover my identity. That's where that self-defense training comes in handy.

Yes, actually. If one searched out all my posts and looked at the information I've given about my life it would relatively easy to discover my identity. That's where that self-defense training comes in handy.

Ha! Dont get nervous-I like you in a friendly way. Besides-I've never had any problem with people that thought they knew what they were doing.

Ha! Dont get nervous-I like you in a friendly way. Besides-I've never had any problem with people that thought they knew what they were doing.

Ha, I noticed how you worded that and I've also noticed in other threads that you know how to defend yourself. Since this is true, I'll bet you don't make a habit of underestimating opponents. I know I don't. If some we should end up 'opponents' I should hope you don't underestimate me, as that is a common mistake others have made.

I guess someone has to make the jackhammer fetish films the worlds enjoys so much.

Ha, I noticed how you worded that and I've also noticed in other threads that you know how to defend yourself. Since this is true, I'll bet you don't make a habit of underestimating opponents. I know I don't. If some we should end up 'opponents' I should hope you don't underestimate me, as that is a common mistake others have made.


Jocabia-I'd probably buy you a beer. I've no beef with you and probably never will. You seem like a decent, affable guy with a good sense of humor. I never look for trouble anyway.

Jocabia-I'd probably buy you a beer. I've no beef with you and probably never will. You seem like a decent, affable guy with a good sense of humor. I never look for trouble anyway.

I reflect the whole thing right back at you. It's my experience that the guys who know what to do are rarely out there looking to do it. I'd definitely buy you a couple of beers. We could swap stories about what Sinuhue whispers to us in Telegrams.

I hold a Master's Degree in Political Science. I have worked on many provincial and federal elections for the Liberal Party of Canada.

I was going for my Ph.D, however Zeppistan got me pregnant and so that has been put on hold as I raise my children and work for the business that Zep owns and because we're married I own too by default. Which is an IT consultant firm. I hold the title at the moment of "Director of Marketing" as well I do web based consulting within the firm that my husband owns.

One day I would like to retire. Or rule the world. Either would be kewl. ;)

I'm a student who's goal is to spread the words of Marx and Buddha.

I reflect the whole thing right back at you. It's my experience that the guys who know what to do are rarely out there looking to do it. I'd definitely buy you a couple of beers. We could swap stories about what Sinuhue whispers to us in Telegrams.


I'd be making it all up. She isnt the filthy heathen that she'd have us believe...she's probably a prude!

I guess someone has to make the jackhammer fetish films the worlds enjoys so much.

Indeed! Not just jackhammers, mind you. All sorts of power tools and machinery, from your piston to your humble screwdriver.

I'd be making it all up. She isnt the filthy heathen that she'd have us believe...she's probably a prude!

Definitely. She always balks when it comes down to it, but then, so do I.

I am a Licensed Massage Therapist. I used to work at a day spa where I specialized in Deep Tissue Massage therapy. Basically I got paid nearly $40 an hour to make grown men realize someone my size can make them cry. :D I later started my own business doing seated massage in offices. I had two offices I was working in, in Seattle when I got pregnant and now I'm staying home taking care of kids and trying to raise them to not be little punks. I'm probably not going to go back to work...massage is very hard on the body, and for the amount of money I make since I can really only do it part time, I'd be spending it all on childcare.

I am a Licensed Massage Therapist. I used to work at a day spa where I specialized in Deep Tissue Massage therapy. Basically I got paid nearly $40 an hour to make grown men realize someone my size can make them cry. :D I later started my own business doing seated massage in offices. I had two offices I was working in, in Seattle when I got pregnant and now I'm staying home taking care of kids and trying to raise them to not be little punks. I'm probably not going to go back to work...massage is very hard on the body, and for the amount of money I make since I can really only do it part time, I'd be spending it all on childcare.

Oh my God.

You can massage me and I'll watch your children while you do it.

Can you wear thigh high black leather boots and walk on me?

Indeed! Not just jackhammers, mind you. All sorts of power tools and machinery, from your piston to your humble screwdriver.

What about alan keys? And the potential for bolts and washers is massive.

Studying to be a Foreign Service Officer for the US State Department

Cool. Maybe we'll meet up in an embassy someday... And with any luck whatever issue we have to deal with will have a nice multiple choice format a la nationstates.

Oh my God.

You can massage me and I'll watch your children while you do it.

Can you wear thigh high black leather boots and walk on me?


Absolutely not! But I'll hand you a hanky when I get that spasm out of your left
Levator Scapulae.

Absolutely not! But I'll hand you a hanky when I get that spasm out of your left
Levator Scapulae.

It may take you a bit more than that for me to shed a tear...like say you were leaving too.

Women that know anatomy and physiology make me hot...

Civil servant. Not going to tell you which function... but don't worry it's not the Tax Authority !!

I live in a land downunder
in the wild wild west
Trading stocks and options on the US market
ie i make money going up down and sideways
Life is SWEET
VOLITILITY is the secret
luv yawl

student on a year's leave of absence, doing website, graphic design, and other assorted techincal work for a national trade association in the mean time :)

It may take you a bit more than that for me to shed a tear...like say you were leaving too.

Women that know anatomy and physiology make me hot...

Maybe that's not what the hanky was for.

I'm a vet tech cleaning up bloody tumours off of stainless steel pans and cleaning up fecal material in cages.

I get paid pretty good though.

Maybe that's not what the hanky was for.

Well-thats where she wanted you to go with that, but she'd be two feet away on the wrong side- I dont have a "hair trigger" like that....

I am currently an auditor. The job is fairly boring (hence the time I spend on here...) but when I go home at night, I feel like I've put in an honest day's work.

what I want to do: professional singer/writer (i have time...)

I teach children with severe emotional and behavioral disabilities. Next job I'll go for something less stressful like the bomb squad. Actually, the kids are usually Ok so long as you remember that they’re mentally ill. Loose sight of that fact and you'll be banging your head against the wall just like your students.

Well-thats where she wanted you to go with that, but she'd be two feet away on the wrong side- I dont have a "hair trigger" like that....


Nope, the hanky is definitely for tears...

See I always had guys like you come in and think I couldn't give them a good massage because I'm so small. They always ended up being the ones to tip me really well because they left the spa feeling like boneless chickens.

Believe me, when I put my elbow in your back (which is where your Levator Scapulae is) if you don't cry, you'll want to.

By the way, I also know the trigger point to deflate an erection. So I can giveth, AND I can taketh away as necessary.

I seriously hope that you don't consider my former profession to allow things like wearing thigh high boots... :rolleyes:

I had to go to school, I had to pass exams from my school and from the state health department and I have to be regulated now by said health department and by associations for my profession. I have to carry a current state license in order to practice and I'm required to do continuing education every year. All so I can have people come in and ask if I do genital massage. Grrrrrrr. :mad: