We are pleased to announce that on March 4, 2025, an updated Rich Text Editor will be introduced in the MyFitnessPal Community. To learn more about the upcoming changes, please click here. We look forward to sharing this new feature with you!

What do you do for a living?

1246

Replies

  • trouserchili
    trouserchili Posts: 42
    I own a healthy coffee distributorship. Basically just send out samples all day.

    Wouldn't do anything else. Love it.
  • lisa97303
    lisa97303 Posts: 3
    How fun to see everyone's jobs!!!

    I am a full time ebay seller.... and yes, sometimes I work in my jammies.
  • Azeier
    Azeier Posts: 7
    Physician Assistant -- Orthopaedic Surgery....love the job, not the hours.
  • jonbobfrog
    jonbobfrog Posts: 294
    I work for a Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility. It's a Level IV lock down psych hospital; I went to school to be a counselor. I need a better job because inpatient care sucks; I've been bitten, scratched, stabbed, spit on, kicked, punched; I've had chairs and shoes and trashcans and water bottles and walkie talkies and water coolers and food and other things I've probably forgotten/ blocked out thrown at me.There was a guy on the male ward that liked to make shanks and I got a bacterial infection once from being bitten. I have to physically restrain kids and split up their fights . . . it sucks.

    I understand that the kids have had a ridiculously difficult life but in my opinion there's a point in one's life where they have to start taking responsibility for themselves and their actions.

    Perhaps I'm not cut out for therapeutic work. Yikes!
  • Melaniemarie86
    Melaniemarie86 Posts: 57 Member
    I work for a Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility. It's a Level IV lock down psych hospital; I went to school to be a counselor. I need a better job because inpatient care sucks; I've been bitten, scratched, stabbed, spit on, kicked, punched; I've had chairs and shoes and trashcans and water bottles and walkie talkies and water coolers and food and other things I've probably forgotten/ blocked out thrown at me.There was a guy on the male ward that liked to make shanks and I got a bacterial infection once from being bitten. I have to physically restrain kids and split up their fights . . . it sucks.

    I understand that the kids have had a ridiculously difficult life but in my opinion there's a point in one's life where they have to start taking responsibility for themselves and their actions.

    Perhaps I'm not cut out for therapeutic work. Yikes!

    I've had similar experiences except I work with adults!
  • brandiuntz
    brandiuntz Posts: 2,717 Member
    I'm an official computer geek. I'm an on-site technician for a small IT consulting company. PC's, Macs, smartphones, servers, networks, etc. Whatever the client needs fixed or setup, I do it. Love computers. :love:
  • Saruman_w
    Saruman_w Posts: 1,531 Member
    Yea! Another fellow computer nerd. Don't see too many of those 'round here.
  • KayakAngel
    KayakAngel Posts: 397 Member
    I'm a CPA, and accounting IS pretty boring. The trick is to work for an exciting company. I've worked for Harrah's casino, a recording studio in Memphis, an advertising company, a non-profit, and am now at an environmental testing lab. I just move on if I get bored.
  • TS65
    TS65 Posts: 1,024 Member
    Realtor specializing is estates, farms and equestrian properties.
  • Heather75
    Heather75 Posts: 3,386 Member
    I manually *kitten* zoo animals for insemination purposes.
  • bunchesonothing
    bunchesonothing Posts: 1,015 Member
    Office work, trucking logistics, customer service, data entry... n'stuff.
  • _gwen
    _gwen Posts: 501 Member
    I manually *kitten* zoo animals for insemination purposes.

    I'm not sure I can top that one...

    I'm a writer.
  • Talako
    Talako Posts: 79 Member
    I manually *kitten* zoo animals for insemination purposes.

    In another thread you mentioned that you were a ninja. Do you find your ninja skills helpful in your day job as an animal....hmm....as an animal procreation facilitator?
  • Heather75
    Heather75 Posts: 3,386 Member
    I manually *kitten* zoo animals for insemination purposes.

    In another thread you mentioned that you were a ninja. Do you find your ninja skills helpful in your day job as an animal....hmm....as an animal procreation facilitator?

    I retired from the fast-paced hustle of the ninja industry.

    Please stop remembering stuff I say. It isn't good for anyone. :P
  • hotpot83
    hotpot83 Posts: 88
    Im a life skills tutor for 4 young men with autism- love my job! been there 9 years now!x
  • brandiuntz
    brandiuntz Posts: 2,717 Member
    Yea! Another fellow computer nerd. Don't see too many of those 'round here.

    You'd think there'd be more of us around here. Our jobs can be pretty sedentary. :grumble: :bigsmile:
  • Dtho5159
    Dtho5159 Posts: 1,054 Member
    Im a stay home mommy to 2 kids and 2 cats.. My oldest is special needs so its a bit more complicated.
  • Danahimself
    Danahimself Posts: 279 Member
    social work helping refugees resettle...until funding stopped :(
  • SueInAz
    SueInAz Posts: 6,592 Member
    I work for a defense company. You probably don't have the security clearance to hear what I actually do. :wink:

    I'm also going to school to get my degree in Computer Science.
  • FairyMiss
    FairyMiss Posts: 1,812 Member
    I get bit , scratched , pee'd on and worse, in the real world i think its called a vet tech. Head surigical tech at the hospital I work at.
  • spike90
    spike90 Posts: 704 Member
    I am an Executive Vice President and Chief Safety & Compliance Officer for a large truckload carrier in the midwest. My job is very stressful due to compliance issues and dealing with the state and federal goverment's safety regulations, so I wouldn't say that I love it but I have done it for so long that it is just....comfortable.
  • hill2302
    hill2302 Posts: 139 Member
    Simply put, I'm a trial attorney.
  • FrenchMob
    FrenchMob Posts: 1,167 Member
    Civil engineering, hence I analyze everything to death in all aspects of my life. lol
    I manually *kitten* zoo animals for insemination purposes.

    From the few posts I've seen so far from you, your sense of humor is simply priceless. Love it!
  • LaJauna
    LaJauna Posts: 336 Member
    High fashion jewelry sales.
  • mividabella
    mividabella Posts: 7
    I own two businesses. An e-commerce shop selling cloth diapers and a SEO & social media consulting firm.
  • nurse_christieyne
    nurse_christieyne Posts: 231
    I work as a CNA in a trauma hospital.
    I am going to school to be a nurse, should be done by Christmas, 2012. Thank God!
    I also sew cloth diapers, blankets, purses, and scrubs and sell them online...
    Oh... And in my spare time I clean houses for cash!

    Besides that I am a wife, mom, and grandmother.
  • stc74
    stc74 Posts: 297 Member
    Biology teacher, enjoying one of the best parts of my job--full time Mommy in the summer months!
  • mrshinyhead
    mrshinyhead Posts: 2
    I really am a ninja. My clients pay me to kick them, punch them, and yell at them. I have the greatest job in the world. :)
  • CommandaPanda
    CommandaPanda Posts: 451 Member
    I work for a defense company. You probably don't have the security clearance to hear what I actually do. :wink:

    I'm also going to school to get my degree in Computer Science.
    That all depends what level =p

    I wouoldn't mind working for Booz or Lockheed in the future
  • ladylu11
    ladylu11 Posts: 631 Member
    I'm the manager of a tanning salon, in addition to being a full time college student and mom to three kids who are full time college students.
This discussion has been closed.

Categories