How Do You Make a Living?

[North_Ranger]

I hunt giant man-eating penguins. On my free time I wrestle with wolverines, butt-naked in six feet of snow.

Naw, just kidding... just three feet.

Naw, let's be serious. Grad student, English major. Finishing up my Master of Arts thesis (only need to finish a five-page summary and I'm done). When I graduate, I start looking for a job as a teacher, but in case of unemployment I still remain at the university, trying to get a second teacher's license. Already have one for English, am now aiming for History and Civics.

 

[Piotyr]

Let's see...director of software development, database administrator, and data security officer at a local college.

What's that all mean? I'm just responsible for making sure all information is secure and available for everyone that needs it in a neat and tidy package that everyone can be happy with. So, my job is a myth.

 

[@Li3n]

Seriously, I'm a geophysicist. Most people don't know what that is, so I usually just say \\\\\"geologist\\\\\". We're the quantitative geologists--we apply physics to see underground, using things like seismic and EM and radar. I deal usually with EM, and specifically with computer modeling of the governing physics. Why model a fake earth? You have to in order to understand the signals you measure from the real one. I program a lot, and I also get to go out and get dirty in the field collecting data. I teach all of this, too, to ungrateful students who mostly go \\\\\"Oh noes!1! U got math in mah geology!!1!\\\\\"

(Here's the first paper I ever wrote if you're curious)

Sweet, Ph.D.s flaunt your epeens.... Here's my first paper eva bitches... http://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...4fa48065e1179699df8ec098b59&ie=/sdarticle.pdf[/QUOTE]

Strange, I never pictured you as a Malgorzata Sudol...[/QUOTE]

hey hey hey, first author biatch. Margaret was our technician![/QUOTE]

Your name is Matt?! Kinda disappointing.

 

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Not getting anything but a ScienceDirect login. The journal subscriptions here suck.

 

[Dave]

Not getting anything but a ScienceDirect login. The journal subscriptions here suck.

You can't read them, either. Once you get a login it tells you you have to pay to read them.

 

[Chazwozel]

Not getting anything but a ScienceDirect login. The journal subscriptions here suck.

You can't read them, either. Once you get a login it tells you you have to pay to read them.[/QUOTE]


Well yeah, you can only read the abstract. Dave, your university should have a subscription.

 

[Chazwozel]

Seriously, I'm a geophysicist. Most people don't know what that is, so I usually just say \\\\\\"geologist\\\\\\". We're the quantitative geologists--we apply physics to see underground, using things like seismic and EM and radar. I deal usually with EM, and specifically with computer modeling of the governing physics. Why model a fake earth? You have to in order to understand the signals you measure from the real one. I program a lot, and I also get to go out and get dirty in the field collecting data. I teach all of this, too, to ungrateful students who mostly go \\\\\\"Oh noes!1! U got math in mah geology!!1!\\\\\\"

(Here's the first paper I ever wrote if you're curious)

Sweet, Ph.D.s flaunt your epeens.... Here's my first paper eva bitches... http://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...4fa48065e1179699df8ec098b59&ie=/sdarticle.pdf[/QUOTE]

Strange, I never pictured you as a Malgorzata Sudol...[/QUOTE]

hey hey hey, first author biatch. Margaret was our technician![/QUOTE]

Your name is Matt?! Kinda disappointing.[/QUOTE]


Where you expecting George?

 

[Odie]

I write Research and Development and Material Transfer agreements for the US ARMY mostly focusing on 3rd World disease research. In the spare time i foster dogs and im trying to get my my biology credits inline to go to med school.

 

[Dave]

Did I tell you about the level of education here? I have 2 Master's degrees and by most accounts I'm the dumb guy.

 

[Rob King]

What do you do with a philosophy degree?

Deliver pizza and/or drive a cab! That was always my dream!

When the housing and development markets where not in the crapper I used to do consulting work as a Archaeologist. It was great pay too. Hopefully that'll get better and I can start doing it again.

Archaeologist? No shit! That sounds awesome.

As for myself, I'm currently the driver/packer for the local food bank. It was full time for Christmas, but I'm back down to part time hours, which means I need to have a second job in order to pay uncle bills. So I also do a bit of homecare on the side. I'm also currently taking a class that should see me with a 'certificate' in Teaching English as a Second Language. I plan on doing a bit of travel with that, banking some money, and eventually finishing my Philosophy degree (of which I have about half the courses completed)

My ultimate goal is to be an itinerant writer. To this end, I had been researching and planning a trip (more like a 6-10 week expedition) to Haiti, and working on a few short stories and a novel or two. On the Haiti side of things, that Earthquake has really messed things up, but I still intend to go sometime this year. As far as writing goes, I find it difficult to stay focused on one project until it's done, but I did manage to be pretty consistent blogging 5 days a week from Nov 2nd - Jan 8th about the Salvation Army's Christmas operations (link in sig). So I'm hopeful about that.

 

[KCWM]

I work in customer service for a major financial firm's retirement department.

I do not have a degree. My wife makes almost 25% more money than I do. I love this fact.

 

[Frank]

I taser people indiscriminently, I beat suspects mercilessly and I'm super rude and the worst thing that has ever existed.

At least, according to most people I meet.

Whoa. You're a cop in my town?[/QUOTE]

Nay sir, I'm a cop in every town. We're all the worst people. When we wake up in the mornings, all we think about is how we can make the lives of the people we "protect" miserable. Hell, I think we eat babies sometimes, just for kicks.[/QUOTE]

He makes every moment a Kick the Dog moment.[/QUOTE]

Actually, most people seem to think we have ticket quotas of some sort. In actuality, we have dog to boot ratio quotas we need to keep high.

 

[Selgeron]

I work at a Ben and Jerry's making icecream in the factory. I just recently graduated with a BA in digital media, but since its an art degree and there is a recession I haven't been able to get a job using it yet.

I also sometimes make websites for small businesses and crazy left or right wing propaganda.

 

[Covar]

Seriously, I'm a geophysicist. Most people don't know what that is, so I usually just say \\\\\\\"geologist\\\\\\\". We're the quantitative geologists--we apply physics to see underground, using things like seismic and EM and radar. I deal usually with EM, and specifically with computer modeling of the governing physics. Why model a fake earth? You have to in order to understand the signals you measure from the real one. I program a lot, and I also get to go out and get dirty in the field collecting data. I teach all of this, too, to ungrateful students who mostly go \\\\\\\"Oh noes!1! U got math in mah geology!!1!\\\\\\\"

(Here's the first paper I ever wrote if you're curious)

Sweet, Ph.D.s flaunt your epeens.... Here's my first paper eva bitches... http://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...4fa48065e1179699df8ec098b59&ie=/sdarticle.pdf[/QUOTE]

Strange, I never pictured you as a Malgorzata Sudol...[/QUOTE]

hey hey hey, first author biatch. Margaret was our technician![/QUOTE]

Your name is Matt?! Kinda disappointing.[/QUOTE]


Where you expecting George?[/QUOTE]

Chaz.

Or Max Fightmaster.

 

[Fun Size]

I used to make computers my bitches, but management at the company I work for walked in on me, reminded me that the computers are company property, and then made me sterilize them all and seek counseling.

Now I just program , but sometimes, when no one is paying attention, I put in the comments that I know gets them all hot and bothered.

 

[sixpackshaker]

I used to make computers my bitches, but management at the company I work for walked in on me, reminded me that the computers are company property, and then made me sterilize them all and seek counseling.

Now I just program , but sometimes, when no one is paying attention, I put in the comments that I know gets them all hot and bothered.

That kinda reminds me. My company is sending me to Management Training.





Anger Management.








old joke is old.

 

[Simfers]

I am a translator (English to French) for the Canadian Federal government (Department of Defence, to be more precise).

 

[Philosopher B.]

How Do You Make a Living?

Some people kick ass for the lord. I don't believe in the lord, so I do it for shits and giggles. I am what you call a freelancer.

 

[Gusto]

Grocery store deli clerk. I cook food for hundreds of people a day, and do all the dishes and cleanup. I'm a one man operation.

During the week I'm a [STRIKE]Computer Analyst/Programmer/Business/[/STRIKE]ACCOUNTING student. I've been in 4 different 2-3 year programs for almost last 6 years.

 

[HCGLNS]

Heh tomorrow I may be calling Mr_thehun about pricing, while consultanting with Simfers on the contract to build Frankie his ammunition boxes.

 

[Jake]

I used to make computers my bitches

It's okay as long as it's through a hole in a sheet.

 

[CynicismKills]

I work in a deli. I don't hate it, but I'd like to go back to cooking/tending bar in a pub. I enjoyed that. I was in school for game design for a couple years but it didn't work out. That and getting a job in the field is more about who you know and what you can do than how long you were in college.

 

[The Key of J]

I'm still in college, so I do a lot of smaller jobs to get by. IT network monkey is the main paying gig, but on the side I also teach ball room dance lessons and guitar/bass/music theory lessons. I also hold three bar tending licenses and sometimes use them for special events. I also write songs with the hope that my band will make it big (ha ha ha).

 

[strawman]

I also do consulting on the side making neat electronic gadgets.

You should make an electric butter knife that melts the butter as you spread. Now that would be a neat electronic gadget.[/QUOTE]

Is it ok if, over time, it also burned its logo into the user's hand painlessly?

It's all about branding, baby!

 

[drawn_inward]

I spend half my time as a scientist in a start-up biotech company working on microbial biofuels and drug discovery platforms. The other half is spent as a consultant for a local big university developing hospital pathogen detection and monitoring systems. I also get some pocket money from small programming jobs.

Biofuels, aye? What sort of metabolic pathway are you using? Bacteria/fungi/algae? Just curious.

Our lab has a side project that is utilizing some fungi for biofuel. Last ASM, I saw tons of posters on biofuel. One guy was using raw sewage and converting it to H2. Another was burning organic matter and then converting the syn-gas into ethanol. Interesting field, and the government was throwing money at people to study it, a few years ago.

 

[Frank]

Heh tomorrow I may be calling Mr_thehun about pricing, while consultanting with Simfers on the contract to build Frankie his ammunition boxes.

Well, if they're for us, make sure they're as awkward and unwieldy as possible.

Nothing RCMP standard issue should be easy to use. We might actually be able to do our jobs then.

 

[drawn_inward]

(Here's the first paper I ever wrote if you're curious)

Sweet, Ph.D.s flaunt your epeens.... Here's my first paper eva bitches... http://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...4fa48065e1179699df8ec098b59&ie=/sdarticle.pdf[/QUOTE]

This is the best I've got: second author here, though I wasn't involved in the actual writing. http://plankt.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/28/9/831[/QUOTE]

My only first author so far: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2698373/pdf/0137-09.pdf

 

[König]

I work for an insurance company
Wow its, been about 8 months since I last posted here...

 

[Kitty Sinatra]

8 months ago? and you only had 6 posts? Dayum! Why do I remember you?

 

[König]

8 months ago? and you only had 6 posts? Dayum! Why do I remember you?

I thought I had made more posts, maybe some got deleted?
Also I used to post a bit more back in the Image Comics Forum days... But that was a long time ago now.

 

[Jake]

Your name is Matt?! Kinda disappointing.

Where you expecting George?[/QUOTE]
I'm disappointed that you said you were Polish and you turn out to have a measly 5-letter last name with only a 3:2 consonant:vowel ratio. Weak sauce, man.

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Biofuels, aye? What sort of metabolic pathway are you using? Bacteria/fungi/algae? Just curious.

Fungi making biodiesel from waste products is our most promising project, I'd say. From a scientific point of view it works great, but getting it to an economically viable point is the trick.

 

[Dave]

8 months ago? and you only had 6 posts? Dayum! Why do I remember you?

Who can forget the giant kitty from the Goodies?!?

 

[Chazwozel]

Your name is Matt?! Kinda disappointing.

Where you expecting George?[/QUOTE]
I'm disappointed that you said you were Polish and you turn out to have a measly 5-letter last name with only a 3:2 consonant:vowel ratio. Weak sauce, man.

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Heh, it gets more boring the literal translation of my last name to English is: Newman.

 

[Silver Jelly]

I don't like to translate my surname to english, as it means "little cocks".

 

[Jake]

A guy's name in the English version of the Old Testament made its way into the name of a Scottish clan and eventually to me. His name was probably totally different in the original Hebrew, so my last name likely has little to no meaning.