So what's great about your job?

[Reaves]

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.

[CCIP]

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

[HunterICX]

Motorcycle bussiness
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

It pays oke
but as I like motorbikes a lot it just makes it more fun to do.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Work with special needs population in the Administration Department Great folks to work with and for, gives you an appreciation for life's smaller more important things.

RDP

[Jimbuna]

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

[dean_acheson]

I get to try cases. I like courtroom work.

[Letum]

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]

Originally Posted by dean_acheson

I get to try cases. I like courtroom work.

Don't let anybody put you down. At least you try.

[SUBMAN1]

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]

Originally Posted by bradclark1

Don't let anybody put you down. At least you try.

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]

this is a cool thread

[TheBrauerHour]

I am a High School History Teacher.

I get to talk about history all day. I love my job!!!

Although...I wish I got paid according to the importance of my job.

[Sailor Steve]

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]

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]

Originally Posted by dean_acheson

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.

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