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COMPILATION: What's your job?

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drewincanada

drewincanada

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I had some spare time on my hands last night and put together a handy compendium of the various "what's your day job?" threads. (Yeah, I'm obsessive/compulsive.)

 

• Condensed from the original threads posted between 2002-2007.

• In alphabetical order by member name.

• Only includes members who have actively posted on the boards within the past 6 months.

 

Errors and omissions excepted... and feel free to update your entry if you changed careers since your original post.

 

Andrew

 

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[font:Arial Black]3319[/font]

Architect for the City of Chicago.

 

[font:Arial Black]aardvark88[/font]

Works the incoming phone lines for the Cdn. fed government regarding pension & disability benefits.

 

[font:Arial Black]akaSteveRogers[/font]

Analyst, NBA Finance

 

[font:Arial Black]alecholland[/font]

Graphic Artist - full-time men's restroom toilet paper changer also.

 

[font:Arial Black]Annihilus[/font]

Product and Technical Support for a global manufacturing software company.

 

[font:Arial Black]ArAich[/font]

Runs a small CNC machine shop in Bristol, CT. Home abilities include (but are not limited to) Architect, Plumber, Landscaper, Psycho Therapist, Pet Management, Mechanic, Carpenter.

 

[font:Arial Black]Arcade[/font]

Owner of a Family Entertainment Center.

 

[font:Arial Black]Ares[/font]

Process Analyst for a Canadian Telecom company.

 

[font:Arial Black]arexcrooke[/font]

7th Grade Science and Social Studies teacher in NC. Also the head wrestling coach at the middle school, and the assistant at the high school.

 

[font:Arial Black]ashrael[/font]

Application Developer (C#, Java, ASP, PHP, JavaScript, SQL Server)

 

[font:Arial Black]AussieRuss[/font]

Production Scheduler / Production support cordinator @ Coca-Cola.

 

[font:Arial Black]awe4one[/font]

Civilian working in Intelligence.

 

[font:Arial Black]backtomarvel[/font]

Writer/editor/producer type working the national assignment desk of a large chain of local television station Web sites.

 

[font:Arial Black]BassGMan[/font]

Works in the manufacturing department of a Biotech company. Plays bass in a couple bands for peanuts and hopeful glory.

 

[font:Arial Black]batman_fan[/font]

Integrated circuit design manager and chip architect.

 

[font:Arial Black]benz[/font]

Operations Manager of snack food company.

 

[font:Arial Black]bhhooks22[/font]

Puts architectural antiques that he made from various items into his wife's weekend estate sales.

 

[font:Arial Black]Big Daddy[/font]

Journeyman Moldmaker/ Toolmaker.

 

[font:Arial Black]BigHulkFan[/font]

General Manager for Hooters!!

 

[font:Arial Black]BigMike[/font]

Tennessee State Government -- Office of the Comptroller -- Appraisal Analyst.

 

[font:Arial Black]binarysunrise[/font]

Just finished my MA in history, and planned to return to teaching. But those triplets certainly got in the way. I'll look to teaching next semester (maybe...).

 

[font:Arial Black]BlowUpTheMoon[/font]

Government Telecommunications.

 

[font:Arial Black]blutobc[/font]

Civil/Environmental Engineer specializing in low-level hazardous cleanups, i.e. spills.

 

[font:Arial Black]bobpfef[/font]

Writes database driven web based inventory management programs.

 

[font:Arial Black]Bonds25[/font]

Student Loan Officer.

 

[font:Arial Black]Brockley[/font]

Personal line insurance broker.

 

[font:Arial Black]Buck Biggins[/font]

Disability Claims Examiner.

 

[font:Arial Black]buttock[/font]

Physician. Unless he screwed up.

 

[font:Arial Black]Calamerica[/font]

Works a couple of days a week at a Card Room in Ventura County, CA. Part-time eBay maniac. Plays poker part time. Also manages personal portfolio and is the "designated agent" for his wife's IRA. Plays "Sportsbook" and has accounts at Harrah's, Mirage, and Stardust in Las Vegas. Mostly NFL and College Football.

 

[font:Arial Black]CAP Freak[/font]

Drifter.

 

[font:Arial Black]CaptainOfIndustry[/font]

Owned a small private security firm. In the midst of buying into an electrical contracting company.

 

[font:Arial Black]CentaurMan[/font]

Analyzes large- and mid-cap value stocks for the Oakmark funds (Harris Associates).

 

[font:Arial Black]cheetah[/font]

Ecologist. Runs an environmental consulting firm and spends most of the day trying to get archaeologists to think like normal people.

 

[font:Arial Black]chrisco37[/font]

Project Manager for a large Electrical Contractor in the DC/Metro area.

 

[font:Arial Black]chromium[/font]

Languages/social studies teacher in an inner-city high-school. On the verge of becoming a TV-writer.

 

[font:Arial Black]cloudofwit[/font]

Communication/journalism teacher.

 

[font:Arial Black]comicartfan[/font]

Registered nurse in a thoracic intensive care unit.

 

[font:Arial Black]comicdey[/font]

Structural engineer in Alaska.

 

[font:Arial Black]comicdonna[/font]

Self-employed logging contractor centered around the capital region of NY.

 

[font:Arial Black]comicparadox[/font]

Off-shift hospital supervisor, dog-walker, aspiring swim coach, lecher.

 

[font:Arial Black]conditionfreak[/font]

Retired Cleveland Police Lieutenant. Currently breeding German Shepherd Dogs, African Grey Timneh parrots and being very good to my wife before she goes off to work everyday. I guess, in a weird sort of way, I am a gigolo.

 

[font:Arial Black]Crows[/font]

Garbage Man ! woohoo

 

[font:Arial Black]CW[/font]

General Construction. Walls, Fences, Decks, repairs, remodels, etc.

 

[font:Arial Black]Dano[/font]

Teaches 4th, 5th and 6th grade drama at a private school in Denver.

 

[font:Arial Black]davidking623[/font]

Baker in grocery store.

 

[font:Arial Black]deamentia[/font]

Web Producer for a start-up company here in the Bay Area.

 

[font:Arial Black]delekkerste[/font]

Trader at an established macro hedge fund.

 

[font:Arial Black]dem1138[/font]

Currently working in Corporate HR for an international Public Relations firm.

 

[font:Arial Black]Detroit Mike[/font]

Elementary Teacher for Detroit Public Schools, certified K-12 Art Education too. Also an Assistant Supervisor for Ford Field Security.

 

[font:Arial Black]DiceX[/font]

Digital Prepress Manager.

 

[font:Arial Black] Pontoon[/font]

Technical director of a film archive, artist, musician.

 

[font:Arial Black]DKB[/font]

Web Developer, Internet Engineer, Software Specialist. Pick a title.

 

[font:Arial Black]Doiby_Dickles[/font]

Pushes papers around his desk for the federal government.

 

[font:Arial Black]drbanner[/font]

Environmental Engineer specializing in air pollution work for EPA, state and local air pollution agencies, DoD, and various other governmental groups.

 

[font:Arial Black]drewincanada[/font]

Runs a marketing strategy and creative services firm in Toronto. Former pro musician.

http://www.fieldday.com

 

[font:Arial Black]drice6900[/font]

Runs a small tech writing and training firm in the Motor City.

 

[font:Arial Black]DrWatson[/font]

Sells real estate and owns a real estate and vacation rental company.

 

[font:Arial Black]DWL[/font]

Professor at the University of Manitoba.

 

[font:Arial Black]eddly[/font]

CA (accountant).

 

[font:Arial Black]esquirecomics[/font]

National Security lawyer in Washington, D.C.

 

[font:Arial Black]EvilAsh[/font]

Inside sales, Wholesale building materials for manufactured housing.

 

[font:Arial Black]Fedoraman[/font]

ITIL Change/Problem Manager for a large insurance company.

 

[font:Arial Black]FFB[/font]

Lawyer in San Francisco. Practices commercial and intellectual property litigation at a large, national firm.

 

[font:Arial Black]finecomics[/font]

SQL Server DBA.

 

[font:Arial Black]FlyingDonut[/font]

Senior proposal manager.

 

[font:Arial Black]Foolkiller[/font]

Assistant District Attorney in Philadelphia.

 

[font:Arial Black]garthgantu[/font]

Senior director of corporate communications for a software company.

 

[font:Arial Black]General Zod[/font]

Self-employed tech support and a procrastinating writer.

 

[font:Arial Black]ghoulaid[/font]

Printing industry. Runs the printing press. Freelance art jobs on the side.

 

[font:Arial Black]goldust40[/font]

Works with comics. Allegedly.

 

[font:Arial Black]he11blazer[/font]

IT support person for an AIDS charity.

 

[font:Arial Black]heartened[/font]

Interventional Cardiologist at Cornell Medial Center.

 

[font:Arial Black]heinlein99[/font]

Medical billing.

 

[font:Arial Black]Hobo[/font]

Research -- Osteo-focused Endocrinology.

 

[font:Arial Black]icefires[/font]

Manager of internal audit for a large corporation.

 

[font:Arial Black]Ijiwaru Sensei[/font]

Assistant Professor of English.

 

[font:Arial Black]Issa[/font]

Systems engineer at WebMD.

 

[font:Arial Black]innocuous[/font]

2004/5: In the process of redesigning ComicSeeker.com.

 

[font:Arial Black]iron maniac[/font]

Ford Motor Co. on the assembly line.

 

[font:Arial Black]Jayman[/font]

Art Director for a pharmaceutical advertising agency in NJ.

 

[font:Arial Black]JazzMan[/font]

Head of Engineering & Operations for a telecommunications vendor in the U.S. Also Boy Scout Troop Committee Chairman & Board of Directors of the Bellevue Youth Symphony.

 

[font:Arial Black]JBerg[/font]

Student.

 

[font:Arial Black]jbud73[/font]

Research Analyst for a Political Consulting Firm that supplies professional educational expertise to the United Nations and US Government.

 

[font:Arial Black]Jeffreykli[/font]

In-house attorney at a telecommunications software company in the SF Bay Area.

 

[font:Arial Black]jimjum12[/font]

Process Technician at a plastics manufacturing company.

 

[font:Arial Black]jimm94[/font]

Sales and marketing for a manufacturer of professional digital audio recording software and hardware.

 

[font:Arial Black]jkrk[/font]

Securities trading.

 

[font:Arial Black]JLA_all_the_way[/font]

Gets paid to police chat forums.

 

[font:Arial Black]jmg3637[/font]

Enrolled Actuary. Owns a Pension Consulting firm in the Los Angeles area.

 

[font:Arial Black]Joanna[/font]

Writer.

 

[font:Arial Black]joeypost[/font]

Escalations Engineer for Symantec Software (Data Protection Division)

 

[font:Arial Black]johnenock[/font]

Surgical Assistant for the Hospital: Trauma.

 

[font:Arial Black]JohnT[/font]

Library manager. Also run an environmental non-profit.

 

[font:Arial Black]Jordanscott[/font]

I/T drone.

 

[font:Arial Black]justin[/font]

Designer/Producer at a Local FOX affiliate here in Durham.

 

[font:Arial Black]Karma23[/font]

Shipping/Receiving supervisor.

 

[font:Arial Black]kc120us[/font]

Computer operator/programmer for a very small service bureau in the direct mail/marketing industry.

 

[font:Arial Black]Kramerica[/font]

Westmont College Textbook Manager.

 

[font:Arial Black]krazy_kenny1[/font]

Video game programmer.

 

[font:Arial Black]kryptonitecomics[/font]

Production Manager for Bank One Credit Card Services.

 

[font:Arial Black]lighthouse[/font]

Was President of Local 756 of the IBPAT. Quit to open a comic shop.

 

[font:Arial Black]lizards2[/font]

Personnel Human Resources (Human Capital) in a small bureau of one of Unca' Sam's big departments. Really active in the local Elks Lodge and coaches kids wrestling.

 

[font:Arial Black]Loki1234[/font]

Environmental Engineer for a mining company.

 

[font:Arial Black]Mac Man[/font]

Working full-time as a high school teacher and starting his post-graduate studies (courses will be applied to a Ph.D.). Part-time instructor at a local community college. Coaches football and wrestling.

 

[font:Arial Black]maloney414[/font]

Trophy husband / Mr. Mom

 

[font:Arial Black]mar-vell[/font]

Builds railroad track in Alaska! Has also built several highway bridges and buildings... Just finished an overlayment on the Susitna River bridge.

 

[font:Arial Black]Matmarvel[/font]

Former manager of two units that specialised in caring for individuals with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder and challenging behaviours - gave up to care for my recently disabled wife, she's a diamond.

 

[font:Arial Black]mattbird[/font]

Graphic Designer.

 

[font:Arial Black]mica[/font]

"I started to say I was a lawyer that hadn't attended any classes yet at WhatsamattaU."

 

[font:Arial Black]micmack[/font]

Freelance illustrator in NYC doing covers for major magazines.

 

[font:Arial Black]MikeS[/font]

Clinical research associate.

 

[font:Arial Black]mister_not_so_nice[/font]

Uh-1N Huey Crew Chief for the Marine Corps

 

[font:Arial Black]Monstro[/font]

MEP engineer

 

[font:Arial Black]mrwoogieman[/font]

Litigator.

 

[font:Arial Black]mschmidt[/font]

Partner in a digital design & development company called Cuban Council http://www.cubancouncil.com

 

[font:Arial Black]musicmeta[/font]

System Engineer (software developer) for a Utilities company that manufactures water meters, but they are now gettting into gas and electric as well.

 

[font:Arial Black]MutantKeys[/font]

Manager of a Jewelry store in Forest Hills and an Inventory Manager for the store he works in and also for High End Jewelry store across the street.

 

[font:Arial Black]Mutant Manatee[/font]

Electrical Designer at a consulting engineering firm.

 

[font:Arial Black]namisgr[/font]

Neuroscientist on the faculty of a major medical school in the Northeast.

 

[font:Arial Black]nearmint[/font]

Orange Coast College Textbook Manager. Also a represented screenwriter, currently developing a screenplay based on an article from Smithsonian Magazine.

 

[font:Arial Black]nerfherder-3[/font]

Creative Director for Duke Clinical Research Institute

(A Clinical Research facility for Duke University).

 

[font:Arial Black]NewtSamson[/font]

Empty the trash, mop the floors and clean the toilets at CGC. Also comicbook pre-grader for CGC.

 

[font:Arial Black]nik[/font]

Own an auto repair facility.

 

[font:Arial Black]ninanina[/font]

Self-employed print broker.

 

[font:Arial Black]Norinn Radd[/font]

Mundane data analyst.

 

[font:Arial Black]oakman29[/font]

Exterminator. State licensed for general pests, African bees and termites.

 

[font:Arial Black]october[/font]

2005: I don't have a job, I live a life of leisure......for the next two months at least. 2004: Law student at the University of Illinois.

 

[font:Arial Black]OldGuy[/font]

Network and computer systems admin.

 

[font:Arial Black]OrangeNemesis[/font]

Works at a Ford dealership in the parts department.

 

[font:Arial Black]osborn_fr[/font]

IT department of a french corporation that co-operates with countries producing cotton.

 

[font:Arial Black]PedigreeMan[/font]

5+ years experience developing real-time software in C utilizing multiple aspects of various UNIX environments.

 

[font:Arial Black]piper[/font]

Project Manager at an Engineering & Construction Company.

 

[font:Arial Black]pkveronese[/font]

2005: Grad student working on Ph.D. in Chemistry.

 

[font:Arial Black]povertyrow[/font]

Network administrator for a 6,000+ user network.

 

[font:Arial Black]Powajemes[/font]

I get to decide next week if I want to be promoted to manager of software documentation, manager of the editing team, or stay in the dead-end rut I'm in now.

 

[font:Arial Black]PUNYHUMAN[/font]

Municipal Goverment job: The Highway department, "keeping your roads safe" & wastewater treatment facillity lab work, mechanic, heavy equipment operator, etc.

 

[font:Arial Black]r100comics[/font]

Technical Account Manager for a well-known stock market data vendor.

 

[font:Arial Black]rabidwolf[/font]

2004: waiting for California bar results.

 

[font:Arial Black]Red Hook[/font]

Freelance editorial illustrator.

http://www.bradhamann.com

 

[font:Arial Black]RedRaven[/font]

Computer programmer.

 

[font:Arial Black]RedSkull[/font]

Network Security Analyst for a major drug company.

 

[font:Arial Black]Rhino[/font]

Work in medical publishing and communications and do a lot of international licensing of content for translation.

 

[font:Arial Black]richnerd[/font]

Web builder, Graphic artist, 3D modeler and animator, video.

 

[font:Arial Black]Rickdogg[/font]

Loan Officer.

 

[font:Arial Black]Ringfinger[/font]

Packaging Engineer for big pharma.

 

[font:Arial Black]Rip[/font]

Senior Advertising Designer at a newspaper. I also design CD's for various bands and work on press kits for possible future TV shows.

 

[font:Arial Black]Rob[/font]

Industrial Engineer for a little computer chip company you may have heard of.

 

[font:Arial Black]Rodey[/font]

Marketing Communication Specialist. In house advertising for a company that makes metrology machines.

 

[font:Arial Black]Ron Kasman[/font]

Teaches art in high school.

 

[font:Arial Black]rube11[/font]

Runs a distributor of electronic components (board level type) and sell to manufacturing companies all over the US and overseas.

 

[font:Arial Black]rza808[/font]

I work at a comic shop part time and I am a babysitter of retards at night also known as an overnight manager of a grocery store.

 

[font:Arial Black]Sal[/font]

Circulation director/web admin for a regional business publication.

 

[font:Arial Black]Samurai-Bill[/font]

Operations Manager in the UK for Valvoline Oil Co

 

[font:Arial Black]sborock[/font]

I walk around a room all day long with a cat-of-nine-tails, yelling foul words, and whipping lazy graders.

 

[font:Arial Black]sckao[/font]

Consulting/web based business that helps other small businesses. Winery (Napa Valley and California based wines) for private label wines. Syndication deal with Universal Press Syndicate with all the ancillary things that come with having a syndicated business column (starting mid-year). Also used to be a working cartoonist/illustrator.

 

[font:Arial Black]scottish[/font]

Contract Underwriter for a national mortgage insurance company.

 

[font:Arial Black]sd2416[/font]

Office support for Cingular Wireless.

 

[font:Arial Black]seanfingh[/font]

Office support for Cingular Wireless.

 

[font:Arial Black]seank[/font]

Lawyer, worker's comp. defense.

 

[font:Arial Black]Shadow[/font]

Marketing Manager for 3 lumberyards and Kitchen & Bath Manager for one of them. Mix in a few other "hats" and top it off with pursuing my Masters come July 2008.

 

[font:Arial Black]shadroch[/font]

Lawyer (and at some point in the future, the deadliest man alive).

 

[font:Arial Black]shark2557[/font]

Manufacturing Engineer for a company which manufactures aircraft ignition systems.

 

[font:Arial Black]Shield[/font]

Systems Engineer for the United States Department of Defense.

 

[font:Arial Black]ShieldAgent[/font]

Project Manager in the field of commercial building construction

 

[font:Arial Black]shiverbones[/font]

Painter, sculpter & ebay flipper.

 

[font:Arial Black]Shootydog[/font]

Product Support for a major financial software, risk software and document imaging corporation.

 

[font:Arial Black]shrunkenhead[/font]

English teacher/graduate student.

 

[font:Arial Black]silverage12c[/font]

Insurance broker (life, health, disability, investments) and my clients are small business owners.

 

[font:Arial Black]skybolt[/font]

Civil/Hydraulics Engineer.

 

[font:Arial Black]Solar[/font]

Manage the site for a fairly large online bank. Also do a bit of graphic design and documentation writing.

 

[font:Arial Black]squidmo2000[/font]

Field technician for Verizon.

 

[font:Arial Black]sterlingcomics[/font]

2008: I now do stuff with things. Previously: Started out as a programmer; now I do high end systems integration that include security risk analysis, networking, identity management, technical design/architecture and implementation, etc.

 

[font:Arial Black]Stynxno[/font]

Operations Research and Industrial Engineering grad (code monkey).

 

[font:Arial Black]swapto[/font]

Producer for radio.

 

[font:Arial Black]szelim[/font]

Nuclear reactor physicist.

 

[font:Arial Black]tb[/font]

Joined an old friend's Silicon Valley startup which we're currently trying to take to an IPO. In my spare time, I am writing up my Ph.D. dissertation (EECS at MIT).

 

[font:Arial Black]thanos_oftitan[/font]

Production Manager for a bank processing house.

 

[font:Arial Black]Theagenes[/font]

Archaeologist with the Dept. of Interior (NPS).

 

[font:Arial Black]THE_BEYONDER[/font]

Carpenter.

 

[font:Arial Black]the blob[/font]

Lawyer (litigator).

 

[font:Arial Black]thehumantorch[/font]

Letter Carrier full time. Elections Canada Tech support part time. Tech support self employed part time.

 

[font:Arial Black]thirdgreenham[/font]

Works in a coin shop. Collectibles really. Coins, stamps, militaria, comic books.

 

[font:Arial Black]tilleycs[/font]

Technical writer at a company that makes medical devices and nurse call systems

 

[font:Arial Black]Timely[/font]

Grades books at CGC.

 

[font:Arial Black]Timulty[/font]

Database Analyst/Developer/IT guy.

 

[font:Arial Black]TMNTerminator[/font]

Marine Mammal Trainer: primarily Bottlenose Dolphins, Pacific White-sided Dolphins, Harbor Seals, Sea Lions, and a beautiful Killer Whale.

 

[font:Arial Black]TonyStarkFan[/font]

Works for the world's largest office supply company as a Business Development Associate, otherwise known as a consultant.

 

[font:Arial Black]toro[/font]

Network Admin/Systems Analyst.

 

[font:Arial Black]towards2112[/font]

Currently an unemployed bum. Job ran out yesterday and nuttin' on the horizon, not that I'm looking. Technical name for what I do is Retail Store Development Manager.

 

[font:Arial Black]trmoore54[/font]

Architect currently working on a proposal to design a school in New Cairo.

 

[font:Arial Black]TupennyConan[/font]

Short Answer: Kindergarten Cop. Long Answer: Small Business Owner with over 70 employees all around Florida.

 

[font:Arial Black]uclapeterg[/font]

Auditor who makes sure that record companies pay their artists and publishers the right amount of royalties.

 

[font:Arial Black]underdog[/font]

Post Office window clerk making sure that you guys that file insurance claims don't get any money.

 

[font:Arial Black]valiantman[/font]

Research at a "major" consumer data corporation. My regular job is number-crunching, cost-analysis, and general nerd-it-up-big-time hoopla.

 

[font:Arial Black]wasonff[/font]

Professional firefighter for the City of Toronto.

 

[font:Arial Black]wconditionfreak[/font]

Retired Cleveland Police Lieutenant. Currently breeding German Shepherd Dogs, African Grey Timneh parrots and being very good to my wife before she goes off to work everyday. I guess, in a weird sort of way, I am a gigolo.

 

[font:Arial Black]WEBHEAD[/font]

After 34 years working for a fortune 50 company in the telecommunicatons field, I'm sem-retired and putting more focus on some sort of Ebay business to clean up my collection of "stuff".

 

[font:Arial Black]Wrightson fan[/font]

Construction related sales for a major concrete forming/tiltwall company in Texas.

 

[font:Arial Black]xsmanx[/font]

Work at a bank.

 

[font:Arial Black]Ze-man[/font]

Runs a Custom Leaded Art Glass studio.

 

[font:Arial Black]Zipper68[/font]

Marketing manager for a Insurance/Financial Services company in New York City.

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Super cool list. I did not get a chance to add my current job. After 34 years working for a fortune 50 company in the telecommunicatons field, I'm semi retired and putting more focus on some sort of Ebay business to clean up my collection of "stuff"

 

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