bobholly138 Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Retired ex-Army/City morgue manager. Been retired since fall 2007. But did work doing home health care for most of 2008 and half of 2009,before getting tired of it. Now pretty much my job is to take care of the house and my dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayhawk_in_cny Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 I work for a previously-mentioned big box retailer, although likely in a different location, in a Department Manager position. I am not a salary-level person, but above entry level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Campbell Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 I work overnight shift in an office building in East Syracuse, NY. I more or less do the grunt work to keep things afloat. I answer emails, I crunch numbers and prepare reports, I prepare mailings to go out. Over the last year to a year and a half, they've been slowly adding more and more stuff onto my pile of tasks. It got the point that when I was having my quarterly meeting with the bosses, and went over all I do on a nightly basis with the CEO, he turned to the GM and asked her why *I* was doing so much, and the GM (who was one of the ones piling the tasks on) basically told him "Because of reasons." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricG Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 I'm a copy editor at a one of the top insurance companies in the country. Sort of a mindless desk job at times but we're a fairly progressive company, excellent benefits, some mildly exciting projects and materials. Easy work load. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctapley Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 I am a technology Executive in the Financial Service / FinTech space... Which basically means I get pretty decent money to attend 10 hours of mind-numbing meetings a day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTTW Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 I work in porn. I hope to god you haven't seen me, but if Asians with huge boobs or gay college guys is your thing, then maybe you have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 It's nice to see young actors today are working on avoiding typecasting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPrUNown Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Gr. 5-12 English teacher in rural Manitoba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 I bend girders. A clinical psych therapist. I used to work in forensics, until my supervisor figured that my disposition was better suited for maintaining our referral contract with the local big hospital. This means that a vast influx of money depends on whether or not I'm nice to a doctor or nursing supervisor. I will crack under the pressure, one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southofheavy Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 Bartender. I have a journalism degree. I would really, really like to put it to use. There aren't a lot of jobs or money in the field, but writing is the most natural skill that I have. I did an internship at a newspaper last year and it was enough to let me know that I don't really want to work for one. If I was doing sports or investigative stuff, it'd be different, but I quickly saw that everyone I was working with was pretty much chasing sirens 80% of the time. On 4/11/2016 at 3:04 PM, echris1015 said: I'm a copy editor at a one of the top insurance companies in the country. Sort of a mindless desk job at times but we're a fairly progressive company, excellent benefits, some mildly exciting projects and materials. Easy work load. Now, this is something I'd be down for. I like editing a lot. Writing can be absolute torture for me at times, but I can edit til my head falls off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 I sell propane and propane accessories. I'm a data analyst for a financial membership organization. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyJ Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 I'm an attorney working in a small litigation practice. I spend 2-3 days a week in court. More work than I know what to do with. Some law firms are involved in multi-million dollar lawsuits. Others like my own take on whatever comes in through the door. A few years ago we represented a certain wrestling organization in a licensing deal gone wrong. It was royalties from wrestlers on cups or something. It was small, like a $15k dispute that got resolved quickly. You should have seen me foaming at the mouth to the horror of my co-workers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert S Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 My official job title is "software quality engineer for embedded systems", translated this means I mainly (80% of my time) do software test automation for Linux software that is supposed to control some hardware stuff. The remaining 20% I do things like software requirements engineering and misc project organization tasks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricG Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 19 hours ago, southofheavy said: Bartender. I have a journalism degree. I would really, really like to put it to use. There aren't a lot of jobs or money in the field, but writing is the most natural skill that I have. I did an internship at a newspaper last year and it was enough to let me know that I don't really want to work for one. If I was doing sports or investigative stuff, it'd be different, but I quickly saw that everyone I was working with was pretty much chasing sirens 80% of the time. Now, this is something I'd be down for. I like editing a lot. Writing can be absolute torture for me at times, but I can edit til my head falls off. I started in journalism (degree and first job) as well and quickly found out I'm a decent writer, but editing suited me much better. I hated the late nights and the story-chasing. Feature writing was the only thing I didn't dread. If you'd want to pursue it, find a temp or permanent position as a proofreader and get some experience doing that (there's ALWAYS temp jobs available if you're in the mid-size city), and you'll easily be qualified for copy editor/content editor positions. I'm still amazed my journalism degree led to something 9-5 with a decent paycheck and great benefits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 I sell raspberry berets, the kind you find in a second-hand store... I put together collections of stories by great SF authors in books I want to see on my own shelf and get paid pretty damn well for doing so. Oh yeah, I also scribble a tale or two as can be seen in the "New OSJ Book" thread in the reading forum. I should probably mention that the book looks like it will sell out by year's end, so I just scored another box for my buddies here. $30.00 postpaid for a signed hardcover. PM me if ya want one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southofheavy Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 2 hours ago, echris1015 said: I started in journalism (degree and first job) as well and quickly found out I'm a decent writer, but editing suited me much better. I hated the late nights and the story-chasing. Feature writing was the only thing I didn't dread. If you'd want to pursue it, find a temp or permanent position as a proofreader and get some experience doing that (there's ALWAYS temp jobs available if you're in the mid-size city), and you'll easily be qualified for copy editor/content editor positions. I'm still amazed my journalism degree led to something 9-5 with a decent paycheck and great benefits. Same here, man. I love writing features, but I know I'm not cut out for the day to day grind of reporting. My "mentor" at the newspaper was basically on-call, worked probably 60 hours a week and still had to live with her parents. Thanks for the heads up about all that. I'll definitely be looking into it. Bartending money and hours are great, but my knees and feet are in really bad shape, so I gotta find a way out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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