NationStates Jolt Archive

What do you do for a living? What's it like?

And if you're still studying, what do you want to do for a living? Why do you want to do it?

I'm still studying, but I'm hoping to become a writer, because everything else seems far complicated :P

I'm a software developer.

Used to be a mechanic.

exciting, huh? Do you have any idea how often people call me to fix their stuff? cars, trucks, PCs...

Eat, drink, sleep, and studentify.

Currently I'm a freshman at college, studying to become a nurse.

When all is said and done, I'd like to find a career in either ER nursing, psychiatric nursing (or better yet, psychiatric nurse practitioner), or nurse anesthesia.

I'm a software developer.

Used to be a mechanic.

exciting, huh? Do you have any idea how often people call me to fix their stuff? cars, trucks, PCs...

What kind of software do you develop?

Second year in medical school. Want to become a pathologist, specifically a forensic pathologist. 'cause the dead are easier to deal with than the living.

Customer Service/Order Management. Studied librarianship, though, and worked in libraries for a while.

Senior editor in a PC games magazine, 14 years and counting.

Manage a library, run a mailing list, and edit a directory (which I have almost finished for this year - proof reading indexes is a nightmare).

Dispatcher for a mid sized trucking company out of southern Indiana.

I'm a physical comedian.

I just posted about this in another thread, but oh well...

I'm a set crew worker in film and television. And a playwright. So, you know, 'broke.'

What kind of software do you develop?

Mostly .NET based web applications and plugins.

I just posted about this in another thread, but oh well...

I'm a set crew worker in film and television. And a playwright. So, you know, 'broke.'

If you're in America, how's the strike effecting you?

i'm at college studying media and graphic design.
as for what career i want, either animation or comics.

Software engineer/developer here as well.

Nice relaxed place to work. Highly flexible. The best job in the world :D

If you're in America, how's the strike effecting you?

More work. I don't live in LA so my work doesn't come from narrative TV and only a handful of movies are shot here, but reality shows and documentaries come through here all the time, plus we're like an epicenter for car ads.

Software engineer/developer here as well.

Nice relaxed place to work. Highly flexible. The best job in the world :D

Where I'm working now is the best. Prior to this I worked in the burning pits of hell. Problem was, it was the first non-military contract job I'd ever worked so I just tried my best to deal with it because I thought that's just how it was... But now that I'm in this new place I realize what I was missing.

At my old job I was hired despite it being well known that some of the skills they wanted were skills I didn't have. "We'll train you. Don't worry about it." They said. Their idea of training is like if you went to a college to take a course and the professor said "OK here's the text. Read it. Midterm next week." and left the room.

I could go on and on. :/

OP, do you want to write novels?

OP, do you want to write novels?

Yes, hopefully funny ones. I really wouldn't mind writing plays either.

Yes, hopefully funny ones. I really wouldn't mind writing plays either.

Are you writing anything at the moment?

I stopped attending university since yesterday and am now looking for a job.

Are you writing anything at the moment?

I've been *starting* something for a few months now, but that's about it. There's been alot of stuff on lately and I haven't really had time to write as much as I'd like to.

Still in High School...no idea what I want to do after...

I've been *starting* something for a few months now, but that's about it. There's been alot of stuff on lately and I haven't really had time to write as much as I'd like to.

When people tell me they want to write (and a lot of people do) "what have you written?" is the first question I ask. Most people give an answer like that. If you want to be a writer then you have to write.

When people tell me they want to write (and a lot of people do) "what have you written?" is the first question I ask. Most people give an answer like that. If you want to be a writer then you have to write.

Touché. In fairness though, going out to work in India was pretty time comsuming :P

Touché. In fairness though, going out to work in India was pretty time comsuming :P

No time like the present. As far as I can tell all you'd be doing instead is posting on here.

I work in a records management centre- I process incoming filing and fulfill information requests for the staff in other branches. It is basically a library-sort of job (I have a bit of experience in that, so it was an easy switch). Right now we just merged with another company and have absorbed thier files into our centre. They are a mess of poor standards, so one of my big tasks at the moment is getting things in tip-top shape to maximise efficiency.

I graduated just over a year ago with an MA in international trade, which is only slightly related to what my current company does, so I am looking for a job within that field. Perhaps something with more research, or something that actually takes me to other places to do my work. I have some promising government leads, but their hiring process is a very slow one. It typically takes between six months and a year from applying to one's first day, so I am actually right on track. Until then, I am making the most of creating organisational systems and databases, and munching on the cakes and squares that my coworkers keep baking.

I'm a teacher

I'm retired.

It's boring. It also means I don't have quite enough money.

I'm looking for a job.

Im currently learning ICT, History, Mandarin and Vietnamese. Im aiming for an intelligence job in MI5, but I'm currently working in an iCafe.

Im currently learning ICT, History, Mandarin and Vietnamese. Im aiming for an intelligence job in MI5, but I'm currently working in an iCafe.

My daughter studied Mandarin and was, for a time, an intelligence analyst in the Navy. Spent the whole time glued to a computer screen.

My daughter studied Mandarin and was, for a time, an intelligence analyst in the Navy. Spent the whole time glued to a computer screen.

They like their pranks in the navy.

Second year Russian Studies student. I fancy work with the EU. That or I'll open a lifestyle shop.

I worked in a laboratory during summer, other than that I live of my parents. I also study medicine.

What do you do for a living?

I'm a speculator--I trade stocks.

What's it like?

Fairly enjoyable.

And if you're still studying, what do you want to do for a living?

Write.

Why do you want to do it?

I love the idea of ruining (fictional) people's lives and getting paid for it.

I'm still studying, but I'm hoping to become a writer, because everything else seems far complicated :P

Indeed.

No time like the present. As far as I can tell all you'd be doing instead is posting on here.

And learning the causes/results of the Russian Revolution. When I get of for Christmas (22nd onwards, if you're interested) I'll be doing naught but writing. Maybe I can show you some of the stuff I come out with? :P

But I do appreciate the very sound advice.

I design video games.

I design video games.

Anything we would have heard of?

I do a lot of stuff. Right now I am a balloon artist.

What do you do for a living?

Security. Alarm control and response.

What's it like?

Pay could be better. I do a lot of hours. Night-shift most of the time. Time pressure. Lots of exposure to weather. Potentially dangerous (e.g. encounters with "bad guys"). Long shifts (10 to 14 hours). Lots of responsibility. I need to think and act fast. Use modern technology. Comradine is okay, could be better though.

My unusual work shedule and the personal commitment involved has pretty much ruined my personal life.

I'm a PCD, or more commonly referred to as a dental nurse.
I used to be an ice cream man.

I'm in my 2nd year of medicine and have no clue at all what I want to do specifically when I finish.

As soon as I can find a way to make skydiving pay the same though i'm out of there :p

I'm in my last year of high school now and I want to be a chemical engineer or do research in nanoscience someday.

i'm not really anything in particular; that is, i have many jobs here. i'm the IT/tech guy, the webmaster, the creative director, the graphics artist, the data analyst, a speaker/presenter, and the photographer, amongst other things. i'll be getting my projects up and running in the next month or two, so i'll be a manager then as well :eek:

it's..... stressful.

currently studying... Want's to be a police officer...

Still studying and am looking to become a I.T consaultant

Reading history at Ba level, fully intend to then get an Oxbridge Ma, and perhaps either teach (private education or selective, naturally), or go into sports journalism.

Studying an archaeology BA at Reading.

Reading history at Ba level, fully intend to then get an Oxbridge Ma, and perhaps either teach (private education or selective, naturally), or go into sports journalism.

With your mind boggling over-estimation of the England team and laboured writing style I think you would be a natural.

With your mind boggling over-estimation of the England team and laboured writing style I think you would be a natural.

Once more, you are who exactly? Another slightly tedious literary ascetic?

I really am sorry, but quite why you feel the need to insult anybody with an opinion divergent from your own is beyond me. Immaturity or insecurity I suspect, perhaps both.

Once more, you are who exactly? Another slightly tedious literary ascetic?

I really am sorry, but quite why you feel the need to insult anybody with an opinion divergent from your own is beyond me. Immaturity or insecurity I suspect, perhaps both.

I just find it hilarious that you consider yourself so superior and routinely use the word "mediocre" to describe anyone who has an "opinion divergent from your own" has career ambitions that are so... meh.

I just find it hilarious that you consider yourself so superior and routinely use the word "mediocre" to describe anyone who has an "opinion divergent from your own" has career ambitions that are so... meh.

Not in the slightest. A headteacher of a decent private or public school earns a staggering wage, and sports journalism is a passion. Shockingly, success is not, for those who are not materialistic, defined purely by status and money.

Not in the slightest. A headteacher of a decent private or public school earns a staggering wage, and sports journalism is a passion. Shockingly, success is not, for those who are not materialistic, defined purely by status and money.

Which is why you give "staggering wage" as your sole reason to teach. And sports journalists are hacks.

I'm a software developer.

Used to be a mechanic.

exciting, huh? Do you have any idea how often people call me to fix their stuff? cars, trucks, PCs...
Reminds me of a commercial that used to run on late night TV...
Guy is standing in front of some sort of computer...
"Just six weeks ago, I used to be a forklift driver. Now, I am an IT professional."

I think all our IT professionals followed the same career path.

Which is why you give "staggering wage" as your sole reason to teach. And sports journalists are hacks.

I want to be able to retire and live comfortably. I see little reason, however, in being drawn into the city simply because it is deemed the "correct" thing to do.

Sports journalists are "hacks" in the same way any other journalist is. It is an opinion you are entitled to, if I personally see little merit to it, and equally little merit in disputing since your opinion is unlikely to influence me.

I want to be able to retire and live comfortably. I see little reason, however, in being drawn into the city simply because it is deemed the "correct" thing to do.
By the City, I assume you mean into London, or rather the whole banking thing?

By the City, I assume you mean into London, or rather the whole banking thing?

Yup. I've never seen the attraction of London at all really. Camden is amazing, and the social life equally good, but professionally, I just find it to be far too pressured and intense to allow for a decent life.

Finishing up my 2nd semester of college studying Hotel Administration Technology.

I would like to have my own hotel franchise.

I want to be able to retire and live comfortably. I see little reason, however, in being drawn into the city simply because it is deemed the "correct" thing to do.

Sports journalists are "hacks" in the same way any other journalist is. It is an opinion you are entitled to, if I personally see little merit to it, and equally little merit in disputing since your opinion is unlikely to influence me.

It requires a "staggering wage" to "live comfortably"?

law student here...hoping to become a lawyer, maybe in commercial or civil law
:gundge:

I lecture in British history & society at uni (for undergrads).

I sell myself....on the corner.
I make like $1,000 a week! But I charge 50 cents each time:(












No, not really. I'm in security.

I lecture in British history & society at uni (for undergrads). that's cool, interesting subjects

doing part of my degree in european studies aswell, so i hope that it helps me get a job in brussels

I lecture in British history & society at uni (for undergrads).

I sell myself....on the corner.
I make like $1,000 a week! But I charge 50 cents each time:(












No, not really. I'm in security.

the rubber industry must love you!! :p

I'm working for a great evil, and widdle away at my soul every day. It doesn't pay all that much, but hey, I get Christmas off :)

I'm working for a great evil, and widdle away at my soul every day. It doesn't pay all that much, but hey, I get Christmas off :)

Are you an elf in Santa's workshop?

I'm studying chemical engineering. If I had my way, I'd spend the rest of my life developing explosives. Unfortunately, you have to join the military to do that nowadays, and I'm not cut out for the military.
As a civilian, I think I would like to go into research. I want to study alternative energy sources.