What kind of work do you do?

US71 · February 06, 2009, 11:02:23 AM

Quote from: mefailenglish on February 04, 2009, 07:27:56 AM
Meteorologist, though I usually tell people "computer programmer" when they ask.

Nothing wrong with being a meteorologist [as long as you can get the forecast right]

ComputerGuy · March 21, 2009, 05:54:44 PM

I'm still in school...I help my mother with her sushi business now and then.

Voyager · March 31, 2009, 05:46:37 AM

Photography.

RoadWarrior56 · March 31, 2009, 12:34:44 PM

I guess you could say I have a road-related job. I am a civil enginner with a PE. I am a project manager and engineer, working in transportation. Roadway, designer, traffic engineering, traffic studies, etc, at the Atlanta branch office of a consulting engineering firm. Even some software development. I was born the same month and in the same year that the interstate system was funded, hence the "56" in my name. I remember riding on trips as these roadways were being constructed as a child, hence my early interest in this field.

mightyace · March 31, 2009, 01:17:35 PM

I do software development for a company that handles government payments including income taxes and some BMVs. So, I'm indirectly helping finance the roads!

yanksfan6129 · March 31, 2009, 03:06:34 PM

I'm a student.

Michael · April 01, 2009, 08:09:23 PM

I'm in college right now. I always wanted to be a civil engineer, until I found computers at about 10 years old. Now, I want to work in helpdesk support.

mightyace · April 01, 2009, 08:19:07 PM

QuoteI always wanted to be a civil engineer, until I found computers at about 10 years old. Now, I want to work in helpdesk support.

Maybe you should stick to civil engineering. It pays much better.

deathtopumpkins · April 01, 2009, 09:26:00 PM

Agreed... and that's what I'm studying to be btw.

Ian · April 01, 2009, 11:14:42 PM

Still a student: 8th grade

Next year its off to high school

Can't get a job till im 14 (im 13, so

)

deathtopumpkins · April 02, 2009, 07:03:08 AM

You can work at 14 I.C.? Odd.

ComputerGuy · April 02, 2009, 12:38:08 PM

I can't work here until 15...Washington state law...grr

Ian · April 02, 2009, 05:29:53 PM

DTP,

deathtopumpkins · April 02, 2009, 06:52:02 PM

Hmm... most places here don't hire until you're 16, though I believe you can work at 15 with a work permit.

Michael · April 03, 2009, 10:55:24 AM

Quote from: mightyace on April 01, 2009, 08:19:07 PM
QuoteI always wanted to be a civil engineer, until I found computers at about 10 years old. Now, I want to work in helpdesk support.
Maybe you should stick to civil engineering. It pays much better.

Really? How much better?

I also did a GIS internship last summer. I was digitizing buildings in ArcMap.

mightyace · April 03, 2009, 01:03:59 PM

QuoteReally? How much better?

I also did a GIS internship last summer. I was digitizing buildings in ArcMap.

Now your actual pay would depend on a lot of things including location.

But, Civil Engineers, I think, start around $40-75K and can go into six figures (after 20 or 30 years experience.) Help desk support people will usually start at $20-30K and maybe go up to $50K.

Also, most help desk support people do not have or need 4-year college degrees.

Scott5114 · April 03, 2009, 03:54:10 PM

I'm in college, but a series of bureaucratic errors and such resulting from me trying to transfer from Missouri State to some college in Oklahoma have resulted in me taking a year off from that.

My boss walked out yesterday, so I got an instant promotion. I'm an assistant manager of a restaurant now. Well...that will at least look better on a resume than a lot of things...

HalifaxTravaler · June 29, 2009, 08:09:53 PM

I work at a place in Nova Scotia called AUTOPORT.Basically its a port, where new cars arrive by ship from Europe,we ship cars across Canada on rail.There is also a paint and body dept and a service dept there.I can be doing anything ranging from driving cars out in the yard, sometimes driving ship shuttle when the ships are being offloaded.Mainly, i work in the service dept,doing anything from Wrapping cars(installing that white protection you sometimes seen on new cars)to doing quality checks on various makes.I spent a few years in the paint shop polishing cars after they were painted also.Will be 20 years for me in Aug.

Hellfighter · June 29, 2009, 08:21:10 PM

College student studying to become a mega IT manager

Bickendan · June 30, 2009, 02:45:51 PM

Geographer, fresh out of school. Need a job.

Anyone hirign?

mightyace · June 30, 2009, 02:54:33 PM

Quote from: Bickendan on June 30, 2009, 02:45:51 PM
Geographer, fresh out of school. Need a job.

Anyone hirign?

I don't know anyone who's "hirign!"

Some may be hiring though.

(Make sure you don't do that on your resume, cover letter and applications!)

Chris · June 30, 2009, 05:03:24 PM

Quote from: mightyace on June 30, 2009, 02:54:33 PM
(Make sure you don't do that on your resume, cover letter and applications!)

You won't believe how many spelling mistakes and errors I have read in papers from college students... I once saw 6 spelling errors in 4 sentences...

mightyace · June 30, 2009, 05:22:06 PM

Quote from: Chris on June 30, 2009, 05:03:24 PM
Quote from: mightyace on June 30, 2009, 02:54:33 PM
(Make sure you don't do that on your resume, cover letter and applications!)

You won't believe how many spelling mistakes and errors I have read in papers from college students... I once saw 6 spelling errors in 4 sentences...

I can. My dad is a retired English professor. When I was a kid, he read stuff from freshman compositions!

Bickendan · June 30, 2009, 05:45:03 PM

Quote from: mightyace on June 30, 2009, 02:54:33 PM
Quote from: Bickendan on June 30, 2009, 02:45:51 PM
Geographer, fresh out of school. Need a job.

Anyone hirign?

I don't know anyone who's "hirign!"

Some may be hiring though.

(Make sure you don't do that on your resume, cover letter and applications!)

Well, that was brilliant on my part.

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