What do you guys do for a living?

I've got my bachelor's degree in Chemistry. I started out my real career as a lab tech for a precious metals recycling company and hated it (not quite as much as being a cashier/ pharm tech at CVS. Please don't spend money there guys, they don't treat employees well!). It was all about the money and everyone in the company was replaceable according to the owner. Now I am the lab chemist for the electroplating department of a company that makes cables, and I love it. Much more laid back and I feel like I matter.

You may not love the substance of the career you choose, but make sure you love your workplace. I used to go home crying sometimes and now there's not a damn day where I'm sad!

I went to college and earned a degree in business management. Realized I had no interest in that at all the moment I became a mother and have spent the past 13 years as a home day care provider. Talk about paying student loans for nothing lol. Really not so bad because at least I know I have that and there are skills I learned in college that help me in running my own home based business.

If you had asked me when I was in my teens or even college if I'd ever watch kids full time I'd think you were CRAZY. I love doing this. It's a balance of teaching, child care, homemaker, business management. The only hard part I've ever run into is the parents, the kids are wonderful

I´m a senior tax officer at Portuguese Tax and Customs Authority as of 1999.
We all love taxes, excise duties and import duties, don´t we.....ehhhhhhhhhh

I'm and IT guy, far from what your looking to do, but as an industry that increasingly relies on technology, animation could be a lot of fun too. I'll give you the same advice I gave my little brother who is choosing his major this year: choose something you like AND is practical (something you can make money from). Like I told him, money can't buy happiness, but happiness won't pay your mortgage; find a happy medium.

Good luck

I'm training to be a nursery nurse. I love my job, it's stressful and the pay isn't alot but I wouldn't trade my job for anything, I look forward to going into work every single day(except for when I'm ill, I just need to be at home in bed then!). Alot of people don't realise that it's not just about changing nappies or playing games, we help the children reach their full potential. This is something I want to do for the rest of my life:).

College is overrated and doesn't always guarantee you'll have a kick-*kitten* job making buckets of money. Here's a list of careers I have had:

Hair stylist/ nail technician
Sewing factory (sewed & supervised)
Fast food (McDonalds, DQ, local deli/pizzeria - food service & management)
Convenience store (CSR & managed)
Office Manager
Administrative Assistant

Honestly the one I loved the most was the convenience store work. I loved the fast paced, busy days. Not so fond of the nights & weekends after I got older, which is why I am now settled into an office job.

Bottom line - do what you love! It makes whatever you do, so much easier if you love it!

Medical Coder.

access control, security guard

Software programmer

Being an animator was a dream of mine for a long time, but it is extremely competitive. I continue to draw (mostly anime) but on my spare time for fun.

As a young adult I became a single mother of three, I'm not creative in the least and needed a job with steady daytime hours and regular pay. I'm a bookkeeper in an accounting office. Still slowly working at my Accounting degree but I've been doing the work for years now with a great boss who works with me to explain things I haven't learned yet.

My original plan was to be a Psychologist and work with disadvantaged children but there wasn't enough money in that to support 4 people so I had to change my career path.