What do you do for a living?

Where do you work OT? What is your position? Do you enjoy our job?

I work for Intel as a Process Technician at their R & D campus in Oregon. I work with engineers in the development process of new semiconductor technologies. I like my job and it pays well and has a high pay ceiling, but I don't plan on staying a technician forever. I'm going to college at the same time; I'm taking 10 credits a quarter in pursuit of my Computer Engineering degree.

I'm a systems engineer, technically. I design and implement computer systems at the hardware and software level. It's been hard to pigeonhole me the last few years because I've been pulled into something of a Jack of All Trades role. Need a web application developed? I'm on it. Need to redesign our IT security infrastructure? Been there, done that. You want me to set up a new TFS infrastructure and integrate our projects with it? Not a problem. You say you want to me to redesign our ALM and SDLC processes? I'm on top of it.

This path potentially leads to the Technical Architect role which isn't a bad gig considering it's one of the 50 largest companies on the Fortune 500 list. It's admittedly an awkward spot to be in while that transition occurs, though.

Java programmer for the public university system in my state. Progress is usually very slow.

I drive this:

I've been doing it now for 16 months. I work as a regional driver for a flat deck company hauling steel, lumber and equipment. I was given a position as a trainer a couple months ago and am going to be getting pneumatic bulk training this next week.

Ilovemy job. Full stop. There is nothing more enjoyable than getting into this thing, fully loaded, and running up through the gears, listening to the twin turbos spool up to 41 psi of boost, feeling the 1850 lb.ft of torque twist the truck to one side and seeing the open road out over the hood with the sun shining and fresh air blowing in... it's one of those feelings that I haven't felt before, especially for a job.

The only other time I really get that feeling is when I'm with my wife. That happy, giddy, tingly feeling when everything just feels right and perfect. And there was a time when I almost had to choose between the two... but thankfully the regional position opened up (and I can tell you, there would have been no way I would have chose the truck over my wife, just to clarify).

But that's another story for another time. I'm right where I need to be now.

@plageus900: How much longer do you have left and any idea what you want to do with your degree? (also can you tell us about any spin- devices you guys might be working on?)

I do student research, my focus is post-CMOS architectures (mostly for video processing). Still somewhat undecided if I want to stay with academic research or go to industry research, but I have plenty of time to decide.

What I do for a living ya say.

I'm a Nurse Practitioner and I have been for 4 years now. I work at a children's Hospital, for the past 9 years and will continue to do so cause I enjoy it and the money is just awesome to make and plus, I do like helping parents and kids alike.

I have a 9 year old daughter, my only child, (as far as I'm aware of) me and my baby mama live together and been together since high school. No I'm not marry nor should I need to and I don't wanna be title Husband for that matter.

On my off time/me time, I like to do nothing but play games, I'm a gamer and I have been since 1993.

@achilles614: I have a couple of years left. I just started going back to school recently. I'm not completely sure what I want to do yet, but I'm leaning towards software engineering. I cannot tell you about anything I'm working on. Sorry. :)

Your research seems interesting. If you want to make a lot of money, you should definitely move towards industry research. Just my opinion.

@foxhound_fox: I thought you had moved into logistics for your company. Is that another aspect of your job, or was I mistaken?

Nope. That's something I'd consider when my body stops agreeing with me though (I hope at least another 10 years before that happens).

@plageus900 said:

@TheHighWind said:

Hey man, Im biploar and NOT QUITE that fat yet, lol.

@TheHighWind: Just teasin' ya.

data analysis (a very broad term i know but im not going to narrow it down). a, usually, quite straightforward data analysis.

i quite like it. low stress, very little unpaid overtime, good people at work. its nice. i used to do higher paid jobs in the computer science sector but.....not for me. i chose poorly for my degree :S.

@plageus900:

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha

@TheHighWind:

You get about $3000-$5000 a month right?

@PSP107: Hmmmm?

@plageus900:

That picture.

Comic writing, VFX.

Pharmacy Technician. I'm going to Pharmacy school in the spring to work on my doctorate. I like my job well enough, but if you work in healthcare you know how exhausting it can be to work 12 hour shifts on your feet. It's why I decided to go back to school. If I'm going to stand on my feet that long, I might as well make a lot more money.

Hells no. I get about $800 a month.

I can do basic comic writing.

Right now I'm teaching creative writing to undergrads (before that I taught literature). I also tutor on the side for a bit of extra income.

I love teaching. It's full of surprises and challenges and sharpens one's social skills. I don't care for tutoring tho. I tutor athletes and it's a headache on almost every level.

@foxhound_fox said:

I drive this:

I've been doing it now for 16 months. I work as a regional driver for a flat deck company hauling steel, lumber and equipment. I was given a position as a trainer a couple months ago and am going to be getting pneumatic bulk training this next week.

Ilovemy job. Full stop. There is nothing more enjoyable than getting into this thing, fully loaded, and running up through the gears, listening to the twin turbos spool up to 41 psi of boost, feeling the 1850 lb.ft of torque twist the truck to one side and seeing the open road out over the hood with the sun shining and fresh air blowing in... it's one of those feelings that I haven't felt before, especially for a job.

The only other time I really get that feeling is when I'm with my wife. That happy, giddy, tingly feeling when everything just feels right and perfect. And there was a time when I almost had to choose between the two... but thankfully the regional position opened up (and I can tell you, there would have been no way I would have chose the truck over my wife, just to clarify).

But that's another story for another time. I'm right where I need to be now.

Get a gig on ice truckers? :)

Never. Too much work, running illegally and extremely dangerous for less pay than I would want for that kind of work. And the show oversells the rates they make, not everyone clears a year's salary in three months.

And most of the companies I could work for are run by assholes (I knew Vlad Pleskot personally, and he's a monster dickhead).

I've been in pharmacy for about 10 years.

The Kremlin pays me. More than that I cannot say.

I knew it! lol :P

@TheHighWind: "Hells no. I get about $800 a month."

That's seems low?

Whats your disability?

Work in the public sector, specifically health care.

@foxhound_fox:

How often you're on the road?

I work a few hours every couple months for my dad. Maybe one day I'll be able to handle reality.

Sometimes you get more.

I have bi-polar disorder.

System developer. Currently Angular + .NET

I love it

Just was accepted for Uni, I'll be studying Finance. I'll be able to stay at home which is great so no accomadation costs.

nothing

@plageus900: just got done with uni and right now enjoying a bit of free time before hitting the job market.

wow how can you even survive on that.

That is sure not a lot.

I stay with my folks for now. Either that or be a roommate. Sucks.

Programmer/Analyst for a large tech services firm (Cognizant).

I'm working on leaving my job, which is desktop support. I actually enjoy it, but it just doesn't pay enough in my area to support a real life.

I would personally like to get into system administration which is essentially the next level up and supports servers among other things. Currently working on getting my bachelors to achieve this goal, and starting this term I will be increasing the number of classes I will be taking to increase the speed to get the degree.

So do you like working for Pixar then? I hear many people love that job.

Production technician in Thermo Fisher Scientific...

Know the feeling... I'm on a one year contract... I hope I can continue once it runs out... And with a little extra. This city is expensive to live in.

I'm a brewer, I make beer for a living. It's a really tough job but it is fun.

Sole Android Developer at a linkdin type company.

@horgen:

Here's to crappy contract work.

This will be me when I go to grad school for my PhD. in a few years. Before hand though I am currently finishing my last year of Undergrad(graduate in May) and will be looking at jobs in Health care administration and or PR, while continuing the Behavioral Research project I am apart of.

@Serraph105 said:

@horgen:

Here's to crappy contract work.

Mine does leave me with a big chance of getting hired as normal full time employee. Seems most I work with now started this way.

@horgen said:

@Serraph105 said:

@horgen:

Here's to crappy contract work.

Mine does leave me with a big chance of getting hired as normal full time employee. Seems most I work with now started this way.

Mine does as well, if I wait long enough that is, but even then I know people in the job who are looking to leave for more money. I'm personally determined to do my part to make my current job a high turnover position.

I do software testing, basically a mix of QA and scenario testing if a client is interested in our product for some specific functionality I gotta make sure we support it. I don't have to deal with customers/clients myself, just get requests to test various scenarios.

our software is used to manipulate/convert spatial data, including 3D data like AutoCAD and Lidar data. We even support converting spatial data to minecraft blocks. My work can be very interesting or very boring, depends on the kind of projects the client wants info about, or the new features I am testing.

I hope one day to transition to doing GIS analysis which is what my education is in, basically solving spatial problems with software similar to what I do testing on and via scripting. Not many of those jobs around these days though.