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Me? I work in retail which in itself isn't great but accross the road is a tanning/beauty salon. Nice scenary all day long. :|\\
I'm off for the summer, but I work as a teaching assitant in university here.
I honestly just really like working with students. The vast majority of them are certainly not stupid and it's great to see when they're actually learning what you're trying to teach them and when they actually get good enough to bring up some cool ideas.
(It's also the fact that I work in the Linguistics department and a lot of what I do isn't marking silly multiple-choice tests, but rather journals and essays, so the work is usually not menial or brainless - or at least there's a good balance between repetitive and relatively creative work)
For my very first academic/teaching job, I get paid really well too :smug:
HunterICX
06-15-07, 04:32 AM
Motorcycle bussiness:cool:
I'm about located 100 meters from the sea.
and I'm really getting distracted when its high season and all the beauty that walks along here :dead:
It pays oke
but as I like motorbikes a lot it just makes it more fun to do.
ReallyDedPoet
06-15-07, 07:01 AM
Work with special needs population in the Administration Department:up: Great folks to work with and for, gives you an appreciation for life's smaller more important things.
RDP
Jimbuna
06-15-07, 07:13 AM
It could be said I work on the right side of the law....but there are no doubt some folk who would say I'm on the wrong side.
My reward or justification is simply ensuring life and property are protected :yep:
dean_acheson
06-15-07, 09:25 AM
I get to try cases. I like courtroom work.
I work with horses. They have all been wet, smelly, bastards today. As a result I am also wet, smelly and pissed off enough to be a bastard at the moment.
/goes for shower.
bradclark1
06-15-07, 09:36 AM
I get to try cases. I like courtroom work.
Don't let anybody put you down. At least you try.:lol:
SUBMAN1
06-15-07, 10:37 AM
Not much to like about my job - I solve the same problems over and over again and fix things when they break. On the solve problems over and over again, this means I tell you how to fix something this week, and next week you will forget and I will have to tell you again! :-? Then I get to deal with hardware failures, lack of budget to deal with what it is I need, and software screw ups. Last night, I was working till about 9 PM on a mail store. I get creative ideas and implement new services at times, but for the most part, I am constrained by the $$$ I am given. In the end, yeah, I may have ultimate say on what you can and can't do with your computer, but quite frankly, as long as you're not breaking it, I'm happy with you.
And to top it all off - I'm bored!
I am thinking about trading stock full time and dumping the 7 to 4 thing for good. Time to manage my own life and create something of my own. The welling within me is growing by the day to do something different and my own.
-S
dean_acheson
06-15-07, 10:53 AM
I get to try cases. I like courtroom work.
Don't let anybody put you down. At least you try.:lol:
Oh, I wouldn't have gone into this line of work if what people had to say bothered me. I'm conforted by the fact that most people that really hate me have long criminal records. ;)
dean_acheson
06-15-07, 10:54 AM
this is a cool thread
TheBrauerHour
06-15-07, 11:13 AM
I am a High School History Teacher.
I get to talk about history all day. I love my job!!! :know:
Although...I wish I got paid according to the importance of my job. :-?
Sailor Steve
06-15-07, 11:21 AM
Currently I'm working out of a temp service as a highway flagger.
The bad: I get to deal with people who are upset that the road is half shut down for construction. Of course they were complaining about the potholes last week, and why doesn't somebody fix them? I get to deal with people who think trying to run over flaggers is funny. Of course they don't laugh when the flagger jumps out of the way and then they run their car into a 50-ton digging machine.
The good: I'm outside all day. I'm getting a great tan. Monday I was in the middle of a busy city stree, but Wednesday I was on a lonesome highway in the middle of nowhere. The scenery is great. The 'scenery' driving by is better (as noted by others in their job descriptions).
It's not what I want to do, but it's a great way to make quick money (the temp service pays every day).
MaxT.dk
06-15-07, 11:49 AM
I love my job and basically it can't get any better... I'm a part webdesigner, part project leader for a small team of programmers... Each day is different and there are lots of challenges! Also sometimes I get the time to be creative and do what I was actually paid for in the beginning.
My bosses are the best bosses in the world! They are understandable, they do not poke you all the time, they let me more or less do my job as I want it. And if i do something "over the normal", I'll get something extra for that.
Also it's only 8 hours a day, 37 hours a week, and I can meet whenever I want and I can go whenever I want without feeling the evil eyes of the bosses. And sometimes I can work from home too.
Also I get to visit clients from time to time so it's not only sitting in the office, but also goin' outside in other places/countries.
Did I've said that I love my job?
Jimbuna
06-15-07, 01:54 PM
I get to try cases. I like courtroom work.
Don't let anybody put you down. At least you try.:lol:
Oh, I wouldn't have gone into this line of work if what people had to say bothered me. I'm conforted by the fact that most people that really hate me have long criminal records. ;)
:yep: ..........:up:
The best part of my job is, I haven't one. :yep:
Retired since 5 years.
Was working in the food business, meat, all my live.
MaxT.dk
06-15-07, 04:39 PM
Was working in the food business, meat, all my live.
That's why you're called Fish? Because your hated meat so much? :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
Heibges
06-15-07, 05:41 PM
1. Work within sight of the Golden Gate Bridge, and the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco.
2. 15 minute commute.
3. Work with fun new technology.
4. Lots of Overtime, which helps with the small amount of money they pay me.
5. Get to talk about stories all day.
Tchocky
06-15-07, 05:49 PM
No paid employment as of yet, volunteering in a hospice until I can get a job.
I have several jobs, most often I work training people on how to use Photoshop, Illustrator and 3D graphics software, stuff like that. When I'm not doing that, I produce artwork for print, and when I'm not doing that, I work as a freelance writer. I like all of these jobs, for different reasons.
Training people is nice as it's enjoyable and rewarding to teach people new stuff, but it is a very tiring job; you have to constantly assess your trainee(s) and adjust what you're showing them in order to suit their particular needs, and since everyone I train is different, it's always challenging in some way or another. However, unlike a lot of other jobs, you can't go on 'autopilot' when you train someone, which is why it's tiring, since you have to be attentive all day long. Sometimes I have to travel long distances to do this job too, so that can be either fun or a pain in the ass, depending on where it takes me, but it does mean I get to see places I'd otherwise not have visted.
Producing artwork and designing stuff is good creative fun, so that makes for a challenge, coming up with ideas for advertising, logos etc. And it's always nice to see stuff you've done in magazines and up on signs too.
Freelance writing is also good fun, very often you have to write on subjects you're unfamiliar with, so researching and interviewing people for the necessary info is interesting and varied, and you do tend to learn quite a lot about things you'd perhaps never have known anything of otherwise. It can be a bit hair-raising hitting deadlines and keeping things interesting when you can't find suitable source material, but it's all grist for the mill and you could never say it was a boring job.
All in all, I enjoy working at these jobs, but I have to say, being off work and doing my own thing is better!
:D Chock
kiwi_2005
06-15-07, 10:04 PM
Ive been unemployed since Dec 2005 do voluntare work, occasionally hunt pigs for food, help my neighbour (not the call-girl one) the old buggar is in a wheelchair who's wife died 4yrs ago even just going over for a chat for an hr brightens his day, a guy at the end of the road owns a private saw-mill bussiness so i head their now and then to make some cash.
I actually dont mind one bit been unemployed a 42yr old trying to get full time work in the country is very hard, they need me for voluntare or part-time but never full time!:nope: Then again this lifestyle is pretty laid back. Anyway my sons work and tis bout time they supported their dad:yep::lol:
:roll:
Years ago was in the cigar business...when I smoked cigs...thought it was cool but glad I got out of it but was nice trying different cigars.
Last ten years been in the cable business...installing tv/internet/phone ...learned alot about computers and have seen them change alot..good trade to be in espically here in AZ where oodles of home construction has been the norm for years now.Awesome benifits and about 2 months paid vacation a year so lotta time off avail...4 10hr days - 3 days off...really a pretty sweet gig...soon here be moving to more of a mgmt/support role but feild work is nice cause of now big bosses ever hanging over ya....take the company truck home/brand new laptop...do my job go home...life is pretty good.
The ole cable guy cliche really does'nt do the modern cable guy justice. :)
XabbaRus
06-16-07, 04:54 AM
Official trainee draughtsMAN unofficially Project Helper.
Basically I am given the stuff the project engineer doesn't have time to do which is good and bad.
Good as I am getting mini projects within the project and get to design and procure stuff.
Bad because I have never done anything like this and I am learning as I do it (read making it up as I go :) ) so next time when I have to design a pipe riser for a stack of 10 modules I can do it in half the time at half the cost...yea right.
It's good but am a bit stressed out at the moment. Relying on the guys in the workshop putting it together to help me. Getting quite hands on though. At this moment around my desk I have some 108mm copper Tee Pieces, 4 " bronze flange and some 108mm slip couplings.
2. 15 minute commute.
Nice!
That's the part I hate about my job - my commute is 90 minutes (one way) :dead:
Let's see... it is either raining or too fecking hot, I have to carry around heavy stuff, it's dusty and dirty, the customers are a-holes and there's really no chances to get any breaks. So I have to say, that I like the paydays. :yep:
Radtgaeb
06-16-07, 08:30 AM
Ironically, I make submarine sandiwiches at my uncle's Subway branch. :rotfl:
Sheesh, I hate that job.
"I want FOUR pickles! No more, no less!" and the ever popular "That bread look flat/burnt!" *and yes, I meant to leave the 's' off of look.
I get to build stuff and meet completely selfish people that believe they are always correct ... then.... and this is the best part ... God I love this part...
I show them just how stupid and selfish they really are!!!!!
I have always wanted to keep a camcorder at hand to catch the reactions on these peoples faces and psyches...It just floors me when these type of people freak out because they are wrong and then possibly commit suicide or at least try to.
Yep ... I love my job!
I'm the best at it that there is. No one else has the stomach nor the PAIR to tell someone that is high and mighty YOUR WRONG!
Some folks call me evil... but hey it's a living.
Ishmael
06-16-07, 09:20 AM
Microwave Radio tech working on mountaintops from southern Colorado to the northern 2/3ds of New Mexico. Most of my sites are 20-30 miles from the nearest town so I'm out in nature quite a bit. I've seen elk, deer, pronghorn, bobcat & wolves. I'm the only tech in NM with all my bosses in AZ so that's nice too. I basically drive 4 hours and/or haul a snow cat in winter to spend two more hours getting to a site where I do 20 minutes worth of work usually involving a very small screwdriver. I get plenty of exercise, especially in winter, snowshoeing across 11,000 foot ridgelines in a blizzard. I always wanted to be Jeremiah Johnson. Be careful what you wish for.
Microwave Radio tech working on mountaintops from southern Colorado to the northern 2/3ds of New Mexico. Most of my sites are 20-30 miles from the nearest town so I'm out in nature quite a bit. I've seen elk, deer, pronghorn, bobcat & wolves. I'm the only tech in NM with all my bosses in AZ so that's nice too. I basically drive 4 hours and/or haul a snow cat in winter to spend two more hours getting to a site where I do 20 minutes worth of work usually involving a very small screwdriver. I get plenty of exercise, especially in winter, snowshoeing across 11,000 foot ridgelines in a blizzard. I always wanted to be Jeremiah Johnson. Be careful what you wish for.
I have found new respect for you.
Live long and prosper:up: :up: :rock: :up: :sunny:
YOUR WRONG!
Oh the irony :D
Sailor Steve
06-16-07, 05:15 PM
YOUR WRONG!
Oh the irony :D
:rotfl: Got that right!
Kapitan
06-16-07, 06:49 PM
Working with rubbish/ trash / garbage we get alot of electrical things come in that actually work, ive had about 20 PS2 Xbox's game cudes t.vs the lot come in and we flog them weve had jewlrey scrap metal you name it weve probably had it.
The other big perks are tips, my wage is £363 a week take home on top of the stuff we find we can do about £200 in scrap a week about £50 in electrical and at least £250 in tips.
Let's see... it is either raining or too fecking hot, I have to carry around heavy stuff, it's dusty and dirty, the customers are a-holes and there's really no chances to get any breaks. So I have to say, that I like the paydays. :yep:
For a moment I thought you said Frelling...been watching all the Farscapes latley...lol srry. :)
Ishmael...sweet job...my first boss did what you do now...never forget telling me about how they used to gaff poles and he lost his grip and slid all the way down the pole scraping arms and limbs etc all the way down...lol...be careful out there when you gotta pull out that screwdriver.
Kapitan was it you bro who's truck last winter slid down the road and took out some cars?? if so how'd that all come out?
Lagger123987
06-17-07, 12:19 AM
My Job Is To Hand Out Newpapers In My Motorbike.
d@rk51d3
06-17-07, 02:27 AM
Worked 12 years as a second chef by night.
Retail sales in an irrigation supplies store by day (still). Problem solving 10 hours a day, with a little design and planning thrown in. Same moron customers that everybody else gets. And a few good ones too.
Get to play with an huge range of fittings (200,000+ poly, pvc, s/s, brass, copper, galv......), so often spend time "inventing". Access to wholesale tools and accessories is always good..... when my paycheque can handle it.
I oversee/manage the installation of computers and networks on Royal Navy ships & subs, I'm also responsible for their ship/shore IP comms.
+ve: I get to work onboard, meet a lot of interesting people and don't live behind a desk.
-ve: Too many ladders.
Roads88
06-17-07, 02:40 AM
It could be said I work on the right side of the law....but there are no doubt some folk who would say I'm on the wrong side.
My reward or justification is simply ensuring life and property are protected
I'm in the same line. The best part of the job after 25 years is dealing with the little ones. There mouths drop open and they allways seem impressed. :D
Takeda Shingen
06-17-07, 07:21 AM
I'll be joining the college ranks in the fall, after nearly seven years in high school education. My job will be teaching music history and theory to first and second year students. I could not imagine doing something other than teaching.
Hi
I work at the University since four years, now as a lecturer and researcher in a subject called "History of ideas and science".
Best thing is that I am my own boss more or less. Very free job and apart from the teching stuff I can work from home, or whenever during the day it suits me. Good for going climbing...;) Or staying home till lunchtime reading up on Wittgenstein. Also very good students to work with.
Worst thing is at times all the student papers I have to judge and make comments on. Also a bit of solo job, I miss the feeling of doing something together with others in a joint project.
Cheers porphy
There's a bit of a range when it comes to what people do. I am surprised there arn't more military people around. I would have thought we had some captains or even an admiral on here. ;)
I have several jobs, most often I work training people on how to use Photoshop, Illustrator and 3D graphics software, stuff like that.
Training people is nice as it's enjoyable and rewarding to teach people new stuff, but it is a very tiring job; you have to constantly assess your trainee(s) and adjust what you're showing them in order to suit their particular needs, and since everyone I train is different, it's always challenging in some way or another. However, unlike a lot of other jobs, you can't go on 'autopilot' when you train someone, which is why it's tiring, since you have to be attentive all day long.
(Cropped some out to save space)
Grr I know tiring training people to do stuff is... my dad can't catch onto games as fast as I so I have to spend hours showing him how not get killed 5 mins into the game... or in EvE when I make the mystake of letting new players into me corp and spend the next hours teaching them how to fit a ship or do a mission or use the map.... :damn:
On topic I don't have a job yet even though I'm 17... BUT REALLY NEED ONE... but first I really gotta learn how to bloody drive, I hate cars though... though I hate summer so a nice job at Best-Buy might allow me to work with computers and stay in a nice air conditioned store... :D (plus the employee discount for games :p )
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my dad can't catch onto games as fast as I so I have to spend hours showing him how not get killed 5 mins into the game...
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Spend every hour you can with your dad... make it count.
Some guys aint got a dad...
:sunny: :sunny: :sunny: :sunny: :sunny: :sunny:
SmokinTep
06-19-07, 06:59 AM
I work on US Submarines and ships for a living for the Government. Mostly work on subs. I lead a crew of techs who assess and repair all systems on board to get her ready for deployment.
dean_acheson
06-19-07, 08:35 AM
On topic I don't have a job yet even though I'm 17... BUT REALLY NEED ONE... but first I really gotta learn how to bloody drive, I hate cars though... though I hate summer so a nice job at Best-Buy might allow me to work with computers and stay in a nice air conditioned store... :D (plus the employee discount for games :p )
well, when I was young and still had a dad, I used to wonder why he wasn't as good at Atari baseball as I, later on I realized it was because he had to go to work all day, while I stayed home and played Atari baseball all day.
^^
yup sucks tbh.
Most of the time I tollerate my job as a draughtsman. It pays me less than it ought and I'm better at it than it pays...
Have to put up with all the project manager crap demanding to have all the drawings last week when they still havent given us the information to actually do the drawing... how some of these planks became project managers is beyond me :hmm:
All of the grott runs downhill at my company, and the drawing office is at the bottom of the pile.
Looking into doing some sort of structural steel thingy... work for a company and have a day release to go back to school and learn some more, sounds like a plan for better conditins and more pay.
sunvalleyslim
06-19-07, 01:02 PM
Job? What's a job! I have been retired for two years now and loving every darn minute of it. Getting ready to hike up Mt. Whitney this summer.
Work was 34 years as an LAPD officer. I spent 26 years as a motorcycle officer, and yes have heard every excuse in the book. The most enjoyable time was 11 years as a motorcycle instructor with the dept. Teaching someone the fine art of motorcycle riding, and hopefully saving their life by proper instruction is by far the most rewarding part of my career............Of course throwing bad guys in jail was fun too..........sometimes
ReallyDedPoet
06-19-07, 01:22 PM
when I was young and still had a dad, I used to wonder why he wasn't as good at Atari baseball as I, later on I realized it was because he had to go to work all day, while I stayed home and played Atari baseball all day.
Good one:up: Nice story about your youth.
RDP
geetrue
06-19-07, 01:23 PM
Hey sunvalleyslim did you ever get any good views of those southern California girls when you pulled em over ...
Come on you can tell us now that your retired. :yep:
Thanks for protecting us all those years too ... always admired people that could ride a motorcycle
all day and get paid for it too. :up:
sunvalleyslim
06-19-07, 01:44 PM
geetrue, good to see/hear from you......Views? My friend we should sit down with a few beers and we could talk for hours. Just amazing what some girls will do or say to get out of a ticket. The "views" were a lot better during the braless era and before seatbelt laws. Have you ever noticed that womens blouses button opposite a guys? A women blouse buttons to the left so it opens to the drivers window side. I believe that was invented by a Motorcop........and of course if it was a particularly great view you had to share it with your partner. :D :D :D
well the good things about my job are....wait...i dont have a job:rotfl:
The Munster
06-19-07, 02:07 PM
Beach Cleaner, got a great tan but not what I returned to my Homeland to do and now the local rag here has stated that some of the pebbles have been found to be radioactive .. not what I wanted to read.
@Kapitan, if I'd have known your take home was that, I wouldn't have stopped here but carried on south to Essex ?!
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