the WHATS YOUR JOB? thread

[nightsky]

I'm a pilot for a 'regional' airline. Dunno why they still call them regionals, we fly coast to coast, into canada, the carribean, and mexico. I have a very love/hate relationship with this job/lifestyle. Wish I never went into this field to be honest, but I've been doing it for so long I'm painted into a corner. So don't get me started or I'll type a 2000 word summary! I'll sum it up by saying they work me like a [bad word] dog. My avatar is an actual picture of me taken hard at work. Who knows, with the economy diving and airlines threatening imminent furloughs I may on the street by years end.

 

[herenorthere]

I work for the state and I'm here to help.

 

[antechron]

Sigh... alas, I work for an insurance agency. Very *yawn* boring *yawn* job. That is why I am on here during many days. I also write books and screen plays, only as a hobbyist not as a profession, but it is what I occupy my free time with.

 

[rco911]

... Escrow Officer.

 

[wmgorum]

I'm an interpreter with my working languages being American Sign Language / English. I work primarily in a Video Relay Service setting which means when a person who is Deaf, hard-of-hearing, or hearing impaired (and knows ASL or Signed English) wants to place a phone call to someone who can hear, they use a videophone to call the company I work for and then I (or another interpreter) interprets the phone call.

I've been interpreting for soon to be 13 years. I also provide tactile interpreting / support services for people who are Deaf-Blind, oral transliteration services for people who read lips but don't know sign language, and real-time captioning services.

 

[PlantAKiss]

I wish I had the skills for Wmgorum's job.

Terd Herder. Nuff said.

I've never "herd" it put quite that way before. rofl

I am a graphic artist for a branch of a large real estate company. I create most of the marketing material for the agents and the office (ads, flyers, brochures, etc.). I miss working with others of my kind who understand the language and value detail and quality. Nobody knows what a pica is these days...

Although I have my complaints, they are all superceded by appreciating having a job at all...which could change for me at any time considering the RE market...

 

[droseraguy]

I've got a hort. degree which has landed me a spot in the Quality Assurance Dept. for a Bio-Pharma Co. (How ironic is that ?!) Basically I grade papers all day so the stuff you put in your veins is safe to use ! This board is a distraction to keep my eyes and sanity on an even keel. Thanks Andrew.

Your right PAK I'm thankful every day my badge works !

 

[wmgorum]

If you want job security, get a degree in sign language interpreting... I got my BA from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, but there are lots of other programs out there. A person with a degree and holding national certification as an interpreter is just about guaranteed a job. There is a HUGE demand for sign language interpreters on a national level with major corporations hiring folks left and right.

 

[nightsky]

If you want job security, get a degree in sign language interpreting... I got my BA from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, but there are lots of other programs out there. A person with a degree and holding national certification as an interpreter is just about guaranteed a job. There is a HUGE demand for sign language interpreters on a national level with major corporations hiring folks left and right.

Thank you for this info. My wife is considering going back to college to get a degree, but wasn't sure for what. I do know she loves sign language, and knows it well. I'll pass this info on to her.

 

[Ozzy]

I'm an electrician. I've been doing electrical work for soon to be 16 years. I've worked in every kind of plant or factory you can think of. I've worked in the worlds largest slaughter house, a nuclear power plant, steel mills, jet engine factories, nuclear fuel factories, military bases, tv/radio stations. I even built the plant that makes Olestra. If you've never heard of that it's the fat free oil that they make the wow chips with.

Some of the larger companies I've done work for is Proctor and Gamble, Goodyear, and GE. I've probably forgotten more places I've worked at than I remember. LOL

I'd like to try the sign language thing, I already know one sign language phrase, but I don't think it's appropriate to demonstrate on this forums. I'm too old to change careers anyway.

 

[cool85k5]

I'm a automotive machinist,been there 19 years.So yeah,I like my job.



Jerry

 

[BuddhistAdam]

Thought i posted here... ok..
Right now nothing but in June I will be a private of the US Army and after basic I will be trained to be a Mental Health Specialist or Psychiatrist. After that Im gonna be a cop and I hate law breakers

 

[rattler]

work for 2 small town weekly newspapers.....my wife is the publisher of both.(hopefully we will own them shortly).....i run the job shop printing envelopes, letterheads, raffle tickets, event tickets, posters, bout anything anyone around here dreams up.....i run presses that were made anywhere from the late 1920's to the early 1970's......not bad considering i wasnt born till 1981 :grin: ......also cover a few meetings, am a photographer.....love chasing wildland fires and getting pics......dont do interviews if i can help it though.....also am the one that keeps our one hour photo lab up and running though im not the one who runs it most the time......its just when something quits working i fix it....im the walking encyclopedia for the office, if i dont know it i know where to find it for the most part, the wife keeps saying if she could find away to use all the useless facts stored in my head she would be rich.......in the last 6 years ive learned more about open meeting law and the freedom of information act than i ever though was possible.....also know more about school law than most working in the schools......atleast the Montana laws......