What's your Job?

I have a B.S. and B.A. in sociology and psychology. I started out my career as a paralegal, then became a policy consultant on energy issues, later moved into law firm management. I took a break for a few years and started a business and a personal chef but due to my location and the economy I have had to go back to the legal profession. Now, I am a court administrator for the local civil court system. I love my job. I have also found a way to have a client or two on the side as a personal chef. It really is the best of both worlds.

My bachelors and masters degrees are in music performance. After graduation, I worked for seven years as a full time office worker (started as a file clerk, worked my way up to front office manager), musician on the side, and I taught private lessons. When I started getting more work as a musician (playing in three symphonies and doing lots of freelancing), I quit office work, went back and took classes to get my teacher's license, and worked as a musician and part time music teacher on the side.

Now that funding is being cut and the economy has taken its toll on symphony orchestras, the work is starting to dry up. For the last three years, I've been a full time music teacher and a part-time musician on the side. I miss playing music as much as I used to, but I have a fabulous teaching job at a top notch private school with an easy schedule, great students, and supportive administrators. I'm very fortunate to have two jobs doing what I love!

I'm a Junior Graphic Designer for the Exhibits Department at a museum. It's a dream job! I absolutely love it, although it's very stressful at times.

I will be a full-time college student starting next month(January). I'm undecided as well.

I'm currently working part-time at a private assisted living home. I love it so much!

I was a police officer in Washington DC for 29 years the last 20 of them in K9 as a dog handler. Retired now and wish I could do it all over again and change nothing! Not really doing anything right now that's why I can work out 3 hours a day! Life is good, full of travel and events....may go back to work but not sure doing what.

I make teddys for a living!

Is that teddy bears or lingerie?

Bears!
=D

I am a receptionist at an animal hospital. I have been working with animals since I was fourteen....well except for three years when I worked at the Hyundai plant making cars. I went to a 2 yr college to become a licensed vet tech. I love what I do, but I don't make a lot of money. I have to constantly work side jobs to survive! I wish I had gone to school to be an Xray technician and maybe further with ultrasounds or mammograms. You can always make more money in human medicine than with animals.

Degrees in physics and engineering.
Occupation is health physicist.

CFO Chief Financial Officer. Or as a coworker says, Chief Figure-Outer lol

I love reading what everyone else does! So much variety!

I'm a long way from my college days. I am retired now and loving it. Being able to travel anytime I want is a big plus. My major in college was business administration. My creer specialty was disability retirement. I was Director for our State's disabiity program and retired with 29 years at the same place. While it was financially rewarding it was not my passion and required many long weeks of 70 hours or so. Was an extremely stressful position and I burned out. Luckily I had great retirement benefits and retired at age 47. I obtained my college degree while working full-time and carrying 12 hours of classes per semester and during the summer also. I was able to retire on full benefits and full health insurance. Luckily I was able to pay for both of my kid's college without them having to take any loans, etc. I retired when my last child, my daughter, graduated from college. LOL

Knowing what I know today, I would have gone in a total different direction. I wished I had gone to culinary school and become a chef and restaurant owner. Cooking is my true passion. I've thought about going into catering but decided I wanted to do retirement my way. Almost 10 years since retirement and I've not missed working one bit. I love my life and my flexibility to do as I please. I also love wearing shorts and t-shirts everyday and not having to dress in a suit, heels, hose, bra, etc,
every single day. Give me a pair of shorts, an old t-shirt and sandals, and I'm set for the day.

Good luck in your career. Hindsight is always better than foresight. You just have to go with what feels right at the time.

I'm the Assistant Director of Marketing for a huge arts and humanities non-profit organization. For 10 years prior, I worked at newspapers as a graphic designer. I have a BFA that was pretty much a waste of time. Everything I learn was on the job practical experience and I taught myself how to use every program that I've encountered. A college degree on my resume at my first job meant squat, as well as on the resume for my second job. I think my current job took that a bit more seriously.

Here's a new one to add to the list of diversity here... I work on a sheep farm. Not exactly what I had planned to be doing at 21, but I can't complain my bills are paid.

I run a small software company and have for the past (almost) 9 years. Love my job and the people I work with, but the hours are long and it can be somewhat stressful. The stress and how sedentary the job is how I put on so much weight over the years. The same has been said by a few of my employees when we have casually chatted. The past few months I have been encouraging them to actually take some breaks in the day, get away from their desks and MOVE...even if it is only for 10 minutes. Not only is it good for all of us to move our bodies, I want them to take those mental breaks too and feel better overall.

I got my B.S. in Biology and got a job as a lab tech. Hated it so much that now I'm back in graduate school. I should be finishing my Master's in Biochemistry this May and will begin my Ph.D. in August. I plan to go into academia and teach at the college level.