What do you do for a living?

[spacebubby]

do his parents pay you for such a task???

Heck no.

 

[Guido]

I am a sex teacher. First class is free of charge

 

[whomeno]

I'm a shop foreman, we work on concrete trucks,over the road trucks and any thing else we can find in between.

 

[bfcg]

Stay at home dad and general guitar dude. I was a CEO for a corporation 7 years up until october '08. Now its my wifes turn to work, she is the managing editor for 3 newspapers.

 

[Makeitstop]

Web developer. Second best gig I've ever had.

Best gig I ever had was touring, playing and recording from 1972 to 1995.

And I still rock it on the weekends. Happy me.

- D

 

[SiriusAbbott]

mon-fri days I am but a lowly shipping/recieving clerk in a valve and actuator company....evenings and weekends I shoot guitars for a local luthier and others.....and do a bit of remodelling for friends and co-workers as I spent 25 years as a finish carpenter....
And I never work tue-thur-or sat nights as thats band time....at least until we get back to gigging
I once wished I had more time to do what I wanted to do.......then my daughters grew up and moved out on their own....I got the time I wanted,but now miss having my family around me

at least they call me almost daily!

 

[bogneron11]

Rock star, race car driver with a full time side job of automotive engineer.

 

[tonsina]

Retired Air Force, working as an instrumentation technician for a company that provides
Process, Manufacturing, and Utility Instrument Calibrations to life science industries.

 

[circusboy28]

Nowadays I work in a drunk tank. I'm a welfare worker with the Salvation Army, I have a degree in human science and a diploma in addiction studies. I've worked in various clinical positions in drug & alcohol services for the past 16 years - I've worked in rehabs as a counsellor & running therapy groups, I've been in the admin side writing care & treatment plans & also funding submissions to the Government.

The street level stuff that I do now is crazy. I work 4 days on 4 days off, 12 hour shifts rotating day & night shifts. I often don't know whether it's night or day, let alone what day it is. At work, a client dies on the premises on average every 6 or seven weeks. We have doctors & nurses on site but still get overdoses requiring ambulances every week.

The place I work is a huge building - 30 beds in the Intoxicated Persons Unit where I work, plus a 10 bed detox unit, plus an 80 bed hostel that provides 3 months housing. Getting abused by clients in some form is a daily occurrence - usually just being sworn at but sometimes they spit at you, now & then throw a punch. A staff member got stabbed a while back. Nothing like feeling appreciated!

We don't get too many success stories - but we do get some. We have regular clients who drink metho (methylated spirits) - but it's the one's on ice that are the most trouble. Nothing says paranoid like an icehead coming off a 10 day binge.

Sorry to be so long winded..........lots of you guys have really interesting work, but I feel kind of sorry for those who drive a desk, bored out of their minds.........

 

[Jody]

I am a water treatment plant operator...
I work the midnight to 8 a.m.shift by myself.
Its a big responsability because I purify the drinking water
for the city I live in..
So the health and well being of the community is my main concern...
And the next time you see a water tower, thats what Im filling every night.
My city has 3 ,1 million gallon towers that are under my watchfull eye..
Thay need to be full by the morning...
J.F.Y.I....right now I have 14000 gallons a minute going to them...
Thats some pumpage baby....
Its a killer gig....

 

[notjustdrew]

I get paid by t'government to train to be a doctor (i.e. medical student), bout a year now till I start prescribing and I don't know where my first job yet is so.... beware!

 

[noslen1968]

English teacher from the 'States in Seoul, Korea.

 

[JTM45]

Nowadays I work in a drunk tank. I'm a welfare worker with the Salvation Army, I have a degree in human science and a diploma in addiction studies. I've worked in various clinical positions in drug & alcohol services for the past 16 years - I've worked in rehabs as a counsellor & running therapy groups, I've been in the admin side writing care & treatment plans & also funding submissions to the Government.

The street level stuff that I do now is crazy. I work 4 days on 4 days off, 12 hour shifts rotating day & night shifts. I often don't know whether it's night or day, let alone what day it is. At work, a client dies on the premises on average every 6 or seven weeks. We have doctors & nurses on site but still get overdoses requiring ambulances every week.

The place I work is a huge building - 30 beds in the Intoxicated Persons Unit where I work, plus a 10 bed detox unit, plus an 80 bed hostel that provides 3 months housing. Getting abused by clients in some form is a daily occurrence - usually just being sworn at but sometimes they spit at you, now & then throw a punch. A staff member got stabbed a while back. Nothing like feeling appreciated!

We don't get too many success stories - but we do get some. We have regular clients who drink metho (methylated spirits) - but it's the one's on ice that are the most trouble. Nothing says paranoid like an icehead coming off a 10 day binge.

Sorry to be so long winded..........lots of you guys have really interesting work, but I feel kind of sorry for those who drive a desk, bored out of their minds.........

Thanks for doing what you do! Your efforts do not go unappreciated.

 

[Alligatorbling]

Thanks for doing what you do! Your efforts do not go unappreciated.

+ a million. thank you.

 

[Physical_rocks]

Im finishing my masters in geophysics...I am currently contracted through RepsolYPF Oil Exploration and Production. I use seismic data to interpret the sub-surface offshore Suriname, South America for potential hydrocarbon reservoirs and seafloor instability's (geohazards) for rig placement and formation evaluations...I have also worked in areas of Trinidad, Chile, West Africa, North Sea, and Nova Scotia/Labrador/Newfoundland.

 

[captainbraindamage]

i play with myself at the bus stop for a livin.

People pay you for that?

 

[TnT~55]

I'm just a student. Will be starting my Commerce degree in the fall.

 

[John Vasco]

I was a civil servant for nearly 32 years before taking early retirement in June 2001. At the time of retirement, I had responsibility for 106 staff.
Since 1980 I did research into the Luftwaffe, resulting in having 9 books published. Last one was out in May 2008. No more to follow.
Gigged from 1969 to 1983 in Liverpool. 20 years off the road, and then resumed in 2003.

 

[beanoburst66]

Professional teenager for 1 more month then i want to get a real job

 

[MenaceMartin]

On Saturday the 14th, i've been working for Morrisons supermarket part-time as a Grocery Assistant for 5 years exactly.

Though i will be leaving there in 1 week and start my new full-time job on the 30th of March! I'm a Ward Clerk for the Respiratory Department at Gartnaval Hospital. Cant wait to start!!!