What field do you work in?

[mvd]

Poll question: What field do you work in?

I'm looking to be self-employed in a business. But I couldn't choose this yet.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

1. Manufacturing / Distribution

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. I'm "other"....

as in RETIRED!

:woohoo:

[mvd]

4. I'm sure I'll have quite a few "other"s

I couldn't fit everything in. BTW, congrats on being retired. :hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. THANK YOU!

It's wonderful...


:hi: back atcha!

[mvd]

14. You're welcome!

My dad is nearing that age.. too bad there's so much talk of raising the retirement age even more. He's worked such a long time and is getting tired of it.

Stupid Repukes!

[Spinzonner]

3. The south forty

[bridgit]

5. the arts...

[warrens]

6. Journalist

Not quite "the arts."

[obxhead]

7. sell car paint

[Igel]

8. There's no convenient place for

"grad student, and part-time freelance translator of aerospace documents."

[bridgit]

9. boyfriend is a tech writer says he feels your pain...

:hi:

[HawkerHurricane]

16. Tech Librarian

I take what the tech writers wrote, which is based loosely on what the engineers meant, and hand it to the technicians who then ignore it.

[Igel]

51. That's pretty much it.

Last year I killed myself (making lots of $) over manufacturing documents, Russian to English.

We knew that nobody would look at them. Stuff translated early in the project had some real goofups in it ... never caught. One document was completely blank, apart from the original tech drawing: all the notes "evaporated".

There were some high-level theory documents that got attention, and some of the design specs and drawings. But the 100k pages of operations/manufacturing documents ... nah.

[HawkerHurricane]

53. A recent pub currection read...

(and this is for electronic equipment on airplanes)...

"Change page 7, subject B, paragraph II, line 4, to read '0.5 amps or less' vice '3 amps or more'."

[maveric]

10. Healthcare.

Or would that fall under Science?

[mvd]

12. I'd put that under other

But it's your choice.

[NYdemocrat089]

13. Other

I'm currently a student.

[Droopy]

15. Transportation. I'm a truck driver.

[tibbir]

17. I'm mostly retired but I still do some CPA work

[SouthernDem2004]

18. Work for the man.... Police Officer.

[xmas74]

62. I dispatch in a combined dispatch.

And work in a motel and occasionally pick up some housekeeping.

[Maat]

19. Law clerk in a defense/family-law firm (n/t).

[vogonjiltz]

20. I work for a non-profit social service agency...

I run the warehouse for their industries program. Among the things we do are provide the Fed's with certain office products under something called the JWOD act.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

21. I'm a self employed IT er-ist. That makes me God. But you

didn't have a space for that.

:cry:

[all.of.me]

22. the corn field

actually, i'm self-employed in the arts. but i voted for the arts, cuz there were less responses. hehe

[Chicago Democrat]

23. I'm a Monk

My job is service.

[solinvictus]

24. Insurance..

Life insurance more specifically.

[MercutioATC]

25. Other - air traffic control

Perhaps a "Government" option?

[deadparrot]

26. Well, I'm a student,

but I work part-time as an usher at a theatre. So, arts. :)

[RevCheesehead]

27. Other.

Pastor (United Methodist)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

28. Other -- Transportation.

[Droopy]

29. What do you do for a living? If you don't mind me asking.

I'm in transportation, too. I'm a trucker.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

35. I'm in aviation.

Pilot training, specifically. So I don't actually get to GO anywhere.

[libodem]

30. medical

I'm a nurse.

[Corey_Baker08]

31. 15 Year Old Fast Food Worker

at A&W Restaurant, it Sux. Ecspecially the $3.25 an hour

[scarlet_owl]

32. I run my household and I volunteer.

[Catchawave]

33. Other:

Mr. Catch is Military/retired (USMC)

[arwalden]

34. Corn

[w8liftinglady]

36. Other-Nurse

I've been a nurse for 25 years.I've worked in ER and ICU.I really do like helping people and having all this knowledge,but the administrative bullshit gets old.When you become an old non-conformist,it's hard to meld into the new 'corporate" way of doing things.I liked the old days when you could get to know people and help them not be afraid....<sigh>

[Nikia]

37. I guess that you could call it science

I have the biggest office in the plant because it is a lab.

[rustydog]

38. Security

[achtung_circus]

39. Animal welfare enforcement.

[drfresh]

40. Shareware author

For the last 7 years been doing business as "Fresh Software" : www.freshsw.com

I still don't know why I'm trying to get a degree ..

[Blue_In_AK]

41. I'm a self-employed legal transcriptionist...

...after 25 years employed as a legal secretary/paralegal.

[blockhead]

42. union bricklayer

[spacelady]

43. monument artist

[obxhead]

44. bet thats a

tangled web of crap in this day and age.

[spacelady]

46. Yes, there are a few military, but mostly young people whose folks want

to do something special.

[Neshanic]

45. Landscape architect

[Jamison]

47. Self-employed (Real Estate)

I'm considered an independent contractor & I sell and appraise realestate for Prudential.

[dben88]

48. child protection social work

.

[NMMNG]

49. Human services

Two jobs since one isn't enough to live on.

[Carla in Ca]

50. I'm a floral designer.

n/t

[tedoll78]

52. Right now..

the IRS. I just type. But I graduate in August and start soon thereafter as a radiologic technologist. I've lined-up my first non-temp, non-seasonal job ever. And I've never made more than $18000 in a year, so this is gonna be huge for me..

The first step? Kill my credit cards. Cut 'em up and burn 'em!

/47 days to graduation :party:

[malmapus]

54. Technology, network engineer

..

[B Calm]

55. 18 wheel local truck driver

[B Calm]

60. and my full time job is managing the family fortune.. I only drive a

truck to meet new friends...

[bertha katzenengel]

56. Legal Secretary. Why?

1. It matched my skill set
2. It is the easiest way for someone w/ my skill set to earn a living in Washington, DC.
3. It was the quickest way to a steady job when I moved out here.

[Justpat]

57. Horse racing

[BikeWriter]

58. Other. Retired chemical plant operator.

[Redstone]

59. I own an advertising agency.

It's a good way to make a living, though not easy.

Redstone

[RebelOne]

61. You forgot the media.

I'm in publishing.

[HawkerTyphoon]

63. National Park ranger

Seasonal naturalist at Old Faithful, Yellowstone NP.