The Occupation Thread

[amber]

Originally Posted by JazmenFlowers

paralegal, that's me

(n.) - the real power of attorney

Niiiiiice. Inside paralegal joke, right?

What is it with law and singing? Strand? It's cause law takes the big brain, right? Lol.

[hayley]

I work at a major record company, in the boring part. I coordinate our coop advertising with a couple of the major chains and all of our small Midwestern accounts. It's depressing to help funnel millions of dollars for utterly pointless reasons, but I love my job and I love the environment- my coworkers are great, it's terribly casual, and free CDs.

[ragandbone]

I am a Sound Producer for multimedia, and have been working mostly for an educational software company for the last 7 years. I cast, direct, record, and edit voice overs, and sometimes I do the voice over work. The content is incredibly boring, and therefore so is the editing.
Sometime, I get to do foley sound and mixing for little animations we have in the games. I have the most fun with that. When I worked in the office full time, I was also in charge of the music for the products, but I am part-time now. Recently I have been recording interviews and speeches for the company, to be turned into informational Cds and podcasts.
Deanna, I always wanted to work in radio (lifelong radio junkie—especially public radio—from a family of radio junkies) even though I have a friend who works in public radio, and she thinks my envy is unwarranted.

[carrie721]

Originally Posted by David

Editor here.

[yawn.....]

david, i'd love to be an editor, so i don't find that boring at all.

[carrie721]

well, i WAS a full-time student, till i got kicked out. now i work in a restaurant. ugh.

[Phoenix]

Originally Posted by xxxmx

i drink. i mean... i teach. tomorrow is the first day for students and i'm almost drunk. i mean... ready.

I know the feeling.

[irishgrl]

Well, I work in Social Services but Im a Paralegal as well. Ive got 3 degrees, one in Political Science, one in Administration of Justice and one in Fashion Merchandising I'd like to go for my Master's Degree in Social Work but thats a year or two away...my area of concern will be child molest/abuse also domestic violence.

[GODDESS6]

i have run my own childcare service open 60 hrs a week for the past 7 yrs~ i always like to say babies are my business & business is good ~ i live by a HUGE airforce base & 95% of my babies come from there, alot of childcare's won't take newborn's so i specialize in that, i have ean early childhood development degree & i have had kids here being cared for by me from birth till they go off to school or their parents get deployed~ which can be heartbreaking when they move on, but i found that if you love kids it is a great business, the little ones show their thankfulness by loving you & trusting you & hey how can i go wrong, people are gonna keep having babies~

i have had 2 sad things in my daycare tho, i took care of this sweet little boy named mason, who died of lukeimia (*sp) when he was 3~ & i also watched a little girl named emma who at 10 months her father shook her, her shook her & then brought her to my house & the after effects, seizures & stuff started happening at my home, omg, talk about horrible~ her father admitted what he did & was serving time last i heard ~ what an idiot~

[sara1998]

Originally Posted by amber

Omigod - if you are a chem major, I will have to bow to you. I'll send you donuts or something - because that would be really hard. Are you good at that stuff?!
Seriously - if you've been out of school for this long and go major in Chem, and do well, I will call you a genius. I love math and science girls. Go kick some ass, Maria!

We'll see. I'm a little nervous about it. I was pretty good at it in high school. I know this will be totally different. Firstly, I could get an Associates in Biotechnology, but that only opens me up to a lab position as a lab tech. If I kept on going with a bacchelors in Chemistry, then I could be a scientist in the labs. They make a considerable amount of money. In all honesty, I'm not doing it for the money, I just want some more stability in my job and position.

[Sugar]

Assistant editorial writer for a mid-sized daily newspaper.

[skcin]

Registered nurse. I worked for 5 years with profoundly developmentally disabled patients, then 4 year in psych - with teenage girls.

For the last 3 years, I've been working for NY state at a college health center. I love my job. It doesn't pay as well as a hospital would, but I hate hospitals.

[Rickypt]

Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

I am the local host for the NPR program All Things Considered.

That is awesome! I didn't know that.

[mikeschmike]

I'm a supervisor at a healthcare billing office. I get to tell people what to do and be the big bad auditor for about a dozen people.

[Rickypt]

Originally Posted by skcin

Registered nurse.

Also awesome. I love nurses with every fiber of my being. I learned during my partner's illness that they are the ones who truly provide the care, not to mention emotional support to patient and loved ones.

[golddustwoman77]

I'm a teacher. I taught fourth grade all subjects for eight years, and I have taught science lab for second through eighth grades for the past two years. We started school on Thursday last week, and we had students starting last Friday. It seems like we start back earlier and earlier. We are now just a week and a half off of year around schooling, but of course, our central office isn't talking about this!