what do you do for a living?

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  • _KitKat_
    _KitKat_ Posts: 1,066 Member
    Well which hat I am wearing depends on the day. Stay at home mom for 13 yrs., Handle all business/legal aspects of my husbands construction company. Oh-yeah my career....webdesign & development, advertising and seo consultant and would really love to learn app design. I currently keep my client portfolio on the small side to be able to balance. Looking to expand with my own company...which I guess I have technically, just more consider myself a free-lancer right now.
  • Collier78
    Collier78 Posts: 811 Member
    Environmental Health and Safety Compliance Officer....which is sort of weird considering I used to be a Deputy Coroner...
  • rungirl1973
    rungirl1973 Posts: 2,559 Member
    Engineering Project Manager
  • Alehmer
    Alehmer Posts: 433 Member
    Commercial Insurance Underwriter. I am the gatekeeper between the insurance company and the agent, screening business insurance as it comes in to make sure it's a risk we want and will be profitable, and how it should be covered if we decide to take it. I will work on anything from a one-man plumbing operation to a $40,000,000 agricultural equipment parts distributor.

    It sounds very boring, but it can be really interesting as we have a lot of personal decision leeway and I get to see all kinds things people do to make (a sometimes astonishing amount of) money. I'm also like an investigator, as people are not always honest, or the agents get blinded by big dollar signs, or they just don't understand why something would be risky. I look up company Facebooks, financial records, driving records, send people to go by and take photos with little to no warning.

    Weird things always get through though, like the lady who was strangled to death by her necklace catching on a dentist chair while the dental tech was in the bathroom. A surprise blood-clot in the driver of a fully-loaded dump truck, causing him to black you and drive through a strip mall (hardly even lost speed, 40,000lb truck + 30,000lbs of rock + 55MPH = CRAZY PHYSICS!). People who use fast-food parking lots as free healthcare, IE break your leg at home, hurry to the local Taco Bell and 'fall' in their lot.
  • Jason3589
    Jason3589 Posts: 734
    Keeping people safe, solving societies problems and upholding the law.
  • askeates
    askeates Posts: 1,490 Member
    I test software - which isn't as boring as it sounds. I really enjoy investigating issues, working out why they happen and then how to fix them - actually now that I've seen it written down, it is pretty boring.

    Nah, I used to be a tester... I loved breaking the software, especially when I could watch the engineers afterwords blow a gasket! Peeling them off the ceiling after you prove that it really didn't work was super fun :laugh:

    Now I'm an acquisition Security Analyst for the Navy.... Lot's of fun :noway:
  • paulylovesme
    paulylovesme Posts: 170
    I am an office manager. I hate it! Want to follow my dream of nursing but life got in the way! One day
  • sccamero
    sccamero Posts: 164 Member
    International Transportation Consultant. I work in a Caribbean shipliners association. :)
  • KindredSouls
    KindredSouls Posts: 188 Member
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  • wateryphoenix
    wateryphoenix Posts: 644 Member
    I am a Land Assistant for a small oil and natural gas company. I'm also an accounting/finance student, and debating on if I want to do some accounting when I graduate. But I get bored sitting at a desk all day, so we'll see. XD

    It's really interesting to hear about what people do for a living! And grats OP on your new job =P
  • CrusherKun
    CrusherKun Posts: 353 Member
    I am a Collection Officer for a Credit Union. I handle not only calling people, but also going to homes of members who are not as willing or able to repay. I do handle repo work as well in my area when I can. Its a far cry from my degree in Criminal Justice, but, I still am able to use my knowledge to defuse arguments and get people to understand the situation and provide a path to get back on track.....cause its either that, or I have to take things away.

    -CK
  • Carnage1530
    Carnage1530 Posts: 3 Member
    Telephony administrator
  • 1989lukemyers
    1989lukemyers Posts: 158 Member
    Swing around a pole
  • Flex382
    Flex382 Posts: 257
    I lift things up and put them down.

    Human Resources NCO Army
  • A_nonymous2
    A_nonymous2 Posts: 366 Member
    Global Marketing Manager
  • SofaKingRad_II
    SofaKingRad_II Posts: 591
    Geologist and Civil Engineer.
  • MassiveDelta
    MassiveDelta Posts: 3,271 Member
    I used to bartend. I loved the people. Now I Focus on consuming calories and burning calories and monitoring my fitness level and posting on MFP ... sometimes I do some Network Engineering for fun.
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  • 2_blackdogs
    2_blackdogs Posts: 19 Member
    Reporting analyst starting Monday!!

    Before that I was an Import Buyer/Planner
  • gelendestrasse
    gelendestrasse Posts: 204
    electrical engineer
  • Collier78
    Collier78 Posts: 811 Member
    Swing around a pole

    A Firefighter huh? :wink:
  • RN514
    RN514 Posts: 1,107 Member
    Congratulations on the job!

    I'm a RN.
  • Collier78
    Collier78 Posts: 811 Member
    I'm whatever you want me to be if you pay me enough.

    Sweet! I need a babysitter....
  • AprilMae1975
    AprilMae1975 Posts: 726
    Administrative/Broker Assistant for an investment/insurance company. Not my dream job but it pays the bills.
  • RN514
    RN514 Posts: 1,107 Member
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  • lydbug08
    lydbug08 Posts: 73 Member
    x-ray tech
  • sassypants0923
    sassypants0923 Posts: 7,188 Member
    Office Manager
  • hotjodels
    hotjodels Posts: 118 Member
    I cut hair from home, its not really a steady job but that's what I do.
  • ThinLizzie0802
    ThinLizzie0802 Posts: 863 Member
    Market Scheduler for a billboard company
    event setup/bartender for a venue on nights and weekends

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