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Supervisory Special Investigator (definition: supervise/manage/mentor a team of fed'l investigators).
I own a small but profitable antiques business.
Plus I am a small timber grower.
Plus I manage my financial investments for income.
Plus I take care of my brain damaged husband who is slowly dying and requires 24-hour care, though he is still highly functional in some respects, enough so that I can leave him alone or take him with me when I am engaged in activities outside of the house.
I don't use any of the above to identify myself to others if it is outside the scope of my business. Most people who meet me assume I am retired because I rarely discuss what I do. How I spend my time to make money or my responsibilities as a care giver do not identify me because the totality of who I am is more than what people can ever see or perceive.
I don't go nuts from the stress because I bike everyday.
Darcy
I'm a student on the University of Graphic Art ( I'm goint to be an ingeneer not designer, so I hope that one day I'll be a boss :p in some printing house) at the moment I work for Nescafe in a call center... tooooooo boring, but pays my hobbies :)
wow, it thakes lots of strength to do all that. I'm so sorry for your husbant, but I'm glad to here you can still find beauty of life in small things like biking. Your way of thinking is really inspiring :)Quote:
Originally Posted by DarcyInOregon
I'm an Xray Technologist
I'm a registered dental assistant and specialize in orthodontics. I'm sure many of you remember having braces.....:D
Kerry
Primarily I identify as a doc (duh). But I am also a Mohel and a breastfeeding "expert". I have started and am involved in various local and state breastfeeding coalitia.
I'm a product engineer for a high tech company that makes components for cell phones and other wireless devices. I've been in this position for 3 years, and I'm thinking that its time to try something else at my company, so hopefully my 'job' will be changing soon!
In a past life, I was in retail management (7 years) before I went back to school for engineering.
Stay at Home Mom to three boys, a husband, and a cat. :)
Software engineer who once spent many a year as an x-ray tech before returning to school
I work at the YMCA.
I am an Admin. Assist. in a publishing company for 15 years with a 13 year maternity leave after 3 of those years. :)
I also own a candle and gift shop that began 5 years ago out of my kitchen and of last year opened a retail store that my daughter runs. My specialty are candles made of soy wax.
~ JoAnn
I'm an attorney--specifically a staff attorney to a judge for the United States Bankruptcy Court. I've been in that position for almost 7 years and love it.
Wow - what a diverse group!
And a HUGE KUDOS to you stay at home moms - I don't have kids, but think that's the hardest job on the planet.
I have worked in high-tech my entire career, and am currently a Global Program Manager in a training group for one of the two largest computer companies... Most of my work involves organizational design and effectiveness - they HATE to see me coming :D .
SheFly
what's a Superannuation company CC?Quote:
Originally Posted by crazycanuck
women can be Mohels???Quote:
Originally Posted by doc
wow, what an amazing group of women! It's nice to see that we are not all retail clerks at J C Penney's.. I think Darcy has the most amazing combination of jobs.
but I don't know, what Doc does is pretty cool too. I think someone who can help women learn how to breastfeed is some kind of angel. So many women have told me they "just couldn't"
I never met a cat who had that problem..
I am a student, majoring in Environmental Science. Mr. Tater works for the power company.
Interior Engineer. I work for a large auto company and coordinate development of the entire vehicle interior for future programs.
My husband and I also own a bike shop, but he's the one that works there full time. I just help on the weekends and occasionally after work.
I was a stay at home Mom for 7 kids for many years. When the children were close to being grown I taught music in school. Presently I give piano lessons, substitute, and help with music at school. My hubby does most the work at our farm, but sometimes I get called on for a host of different jobs.
After 12 years of working with mentally ill homeless adults I'm walking away from it. I'll be starting at the University library soon doing help desk stuff (handling system problems/issues with patron records...). It'll be nice to know that if I screw up, someone doesn't go without food/a place to stay/or end up hurt or dead...I really need a break.
Can we see some of your work?Quote:
Originally Posted by spazzdog
Unfortunately, you'll be busy for the next few years.. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by indysteel
Art Director for Publishing House
Mom
Wife
Mentor for the Journey Program
Cyclist
Runner
DH would say I'm a Nag-a-saurus
Props to all the stay-at-home moms. I work at home 3 days a week and watch my DD. I swear, my days off are when I get to go into the office.
She does amazing work. I've been encouraging her to digitaly watermark it first and then put it online and .... show, that is find a gallery and show.Quote:
Originally Posted by MDHillSlug
My background's in art though I also work in telco industry and what she does is paint ... with a camera and computer.
Come to the ride this Sunday in California, I'm sure she'll show you after the ride ;) It's amazing stuff.
mimitabby "nice to see that we are not all retail clerks at J C Penney's.."
Not that there's anything wrong with that :D ;) :cool: :)
:rolleyes: I am a Portfolio Administrator/ Senior Cash Accountant in a large Wealth Management Firm in NYC. It's not my perfect job but like for many of you pays my biking, gym and other hobbies that I so enjoy. My other job is babysitting my BF who acts like a 5 year old on a daily basis :p
Then: Dispensing Optician and optical lab tech full-time, observational astronomer/astrophotographer part-time.
Now: Retired from the rat-race :) Volunteer with a local cat rescue/animal welfare society, head slave to five fat-and-sassy housecats, beach bum and general layabout.
I'd love to but unfortunately it's a long way from Maryland ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Trek420
Atmospheric scientist, modeler of stratospheric aerosols and chemistry. The work is good, the funding isn't.
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Originally Posted by Popoki_Nui
I want your job :D :D Except I'd switch out the cats for dogs :P
We had 16,000 cases filed in Indianapolis alone in the six weeks before the new bankruptcy law went into affect in October of 2005, and a total of 35,000 cases for the year. We were one of the busiest courts in the country during that time. In contrast, we had a total of 9,000 cases filed locally in 2006.Quote:
Originally Posted by roguedog
I wish I could say the the dramatic decrease reflects improvements in the law or that people are going into less debt, but I don't think that's the case. I just think the change in the law flushed out just about anybody who was thinking of filing, and that it's just a matter of time before numbers go back up. If and when the real estate market falls out--to the point it's affecting not just sub-prime but prime lenders--all hell is going to break lose.
PhD Microbiologist ended up in the "real world" packaging medicines for clinical trials. I want to DO clinical trials, not just provide the boxes. So I am currently on the lookout.
Research technician at an Agricultural College. I get to help out on whatever trials they are running. Lately it's been wrestling piglets and chopping up cow feet.
Still trying to complete that PhD in Ecology. Tentative date for completion is mid-september. Then I'll be on the look-out for ecology type jobs, either in research or in consulting.
Aw c'mon :rolleyes: :cool: it'll be fun :)Quote:
Originally Posted by MDHillSlug
I hope that at least he is potty trained! :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by FreshNewbie
Depends on whether you're saying 'real world' or 'in my world'
In my world, I'm a highly trained assassin currently under deep cover waiting for my next assignment.
...in the real world, I'm a financial advisor's assistant.
...like I said. 'Deep cover'. :D Hey, it makes every day more interesting.
I'm a Surgical Technologist - or I was. I fell last May(2006) in the operating room onto my right knee - but in 'seated' jobs(wherevever the hospital wants to put me) and in January had a knee scope - have Patella Chondromalacia - Grade III - my OS talking about a possible Faulkerson's Procedure or Patella Femoral Joint Replacement. I haven't worked since 1/19/07. Don't know if I'm going to be able to do my job again. So that's why I say 'or I was'.
Middle school English teacher (I have my kids for 2 years, gr. 6-7). This is my last year. I put my resignation in last December. I've worked in 7 districts in 2 states over 30 years. I was a special education teacher for 17 of those 30 years, at all levels, but mostly high school. I have basically enjoyed my career, because unlike a lot of teachers, I have changed jobs a lot. I was involved in lots of extra curriculum and committee work, which certainly took its toll on me. During this time I was also a group exercise instructor (10 years), a religious school teacher for first graders (2 years), and on the board of directors of the JCC in Tempe (5 years).
Raised 2 pretty normal sons, too, despite what all those experts tell you about the evils of working mothers!
Now I am ready to play. I want a job with flexible hours and am leaning toward something in the fitness field, since it's the only other thing that even appeals to me. I got the materials to study for the ACE personal trainer cert., but right now it looks overwhelming. I am going to start advertising to do some tutoring in writing/test prep for the fall; around here people pay up to $100.00 an hour. But mostly, I want to ride my bike and be able to travel at a time of year when everyone else is working or at school.
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Originally Posted by doc
Thank the heavens above for lactation consultants!! I would have deformed breasts had mine not come to the rescue after I had my daughter!
Litigation attorney shifting my practice to do mediation work.
I also volunteer for the Leukemia Society's team in training program and have been a cycling coach with them for about 7 years, currently coaching a group to do the Death Ride.
Mom to very talkative and opinionated 11 year old daughter.
Occasional labrador couch.
Lisa I managed to potty trained him when he used to act as a 3 year old :D
P.S. joking aside he is just like many men, kid trapped in a body of a grown up :p. hehehe
Ooh! Cool! We had one "in the family" ... sorta. Dad's cousin's ex's second wife, but we were all still close friends. She was not only a silversmith, but also a designer of glassware, furniture, light fixtures, and so on. Her family name (Hopea) means silver in Finnish. Sadly, she and just about all her glassware designer colleagues died of lung cancer, probably from silica and heavy metal exposures in the factory.Quote:
Originally Posted by silver