What do you do for a living?

Strider_Roshin · March 2016

Grimlord8311 wrote: »

Holy, so many extremely smart and educated people Im tired of being a grunt and going from one shi t y manual labor job to another, or being sick and unable to do said shi t y manual labor job. I really wanna just work from my computer, or a computer. But im in my early 30s so I think I may be stuck in this endless loop, any advice for a way into something different?

Smart and educated? You know we just paid some company a butt load of money just so we can sit in some room where some guy/girl teaches us how to read a book in hopes that one day that company may give us a piece of paper. That way we tell people that we're smart, educated, etc. You want to become more intelligent? Just go to a library and rent out topics that interest you without having to pay thousands of dollars. Also there's no shame in hard labor man. You're a harder worker, which is more than I can say for most folks.

mtwiggz · March 2016

I'm a Brewer. Making alcoholic beverages for a living 7 days a week.

UrQuan · March 2016

jediwheels wrote: »

Folklorist here. Finishing my PhD and teaching whenever I can.

Wait, folklorist is an actual thing that people can be? I feel like that would be absolutely fascinating...

Lysette wrote: »

Vulsahdaal wrote: »

Agree with the others, education is important if you wish to get out of what youre doing and into a different field. Or even if you dont wish to switch jobs, it still doesnt hurt to learn a second trade. Also, I really dont believe youre ever too old to learn..
This said, Im a grease monkey (automotive mechanic for those not familiar with the term) and do side work in computer repair (home and business). But I am also currently in school learning pharmacology, and I will tell you that I started school older than my early 30s

I agree with that - information age is the triple-L age - life-long-learning - even having masters is just the start, not the end of being educated. It is just like a tool kit, you got the tools, now use them to learn even more about nature/life whatever. In the industrial age people could still get to a state where they were done learning. The same does not hold true for the information age and even less for the upcoming Biotech/Nanotech age - it is nearly there and it will change the world even more than the information age did. But it will include a lot more learning than ever before - a whole new world is to discover, its awesome.

Totally true. ABL: Always Be Learning.

That doesn't have to mean taking courses (although often it does), it can also mean taking advantage of opportunities to get exposure to different things at work outside of your current job. Seek out chances to job shadow in other departments, try to find out why things are done the way they are in the roles of those you interact with instead of just finding out how they are done, etc.

I've worked for the same company for 20 years (it started out just as the job to pay for my University - I was a teller!) in a lot of different roles in different departments. A large part of the reason why I'm good at my current job (and why I got it in the first place - and the same can be said of my last few jobs) is because throughout that time and the different jobs I've had in the company I've always been actively learning about other parts of the company, how everything works together, etc. Now I advise the ELT and the board of directors to help guide them to make the right decisions about where the company should be focusing, and where we should be putting on the brakes

Fellenore_Ewalion · March 2016

Grimlord8311 wrote: »

Holy, so many extremely smart and educated people Im tired of being a grunt and going from one shi t y manual labor job to another, or being sick and unable to do said shi t y manual labor job. I really wanna just work from my computer, or a computer. But im in my early 30s so I think I may be stuck in this endless loop, any advice for a way into something different?

If I'd have to start over, I'd start to learn IT / programming.

It does not need a long education, you can learn it by yourself, and you can start in small. I'd say one should start with Python. In my former job (which I get frustrated with), I started to learn the basics, but I dropped the stuff as I get my current one.

The "only" problem is that not everyone has the way of thinking that programming requires.

Reverb · March 2016

I've been in technology industries for years, started in Applications, then systems and storage admin, then implementation management, now I'm in I.T. Decision Support. It's exactly as made-up and meaningless as it sounds.

snoogadooch · March 2016

I'm a mining engineer.

Xexpo · March 2016

I used to be an Adventurer like you ....

Calandrae · March 2016

I have a master's degree in social science, work as a social worker at mental health services.

Elsonso · March 2016

Northern_Eve wrote: »

I have a master's degree in social science, work as a social worker at mental health services.

Is that a fancy way of saying that you hang out in the ESO forum?

Calandrae · March 2016

lordrichter wrote: »

Northern_Eve wrote: »

I have a master's degree in social science, work as a social worker at mental health services.

Is that a fancy way of saying that you hang out in the ESO forum?

Hehe.

Sadly not quite, would usually rather hang here all day long than go to work.

Lysette · March 2016

Fellenore_Ewalion wrote: »

Grimlord8311 wrote: »

Holy, so many extremely smart and educated people Im tired of being a grunt and going from one shi t y manual labor job to another, or being sick and unable to do said shi t y manual labor job. I really wanna just work from my computer, or a computer. But im in my early 30s so I think I may be stuck in this endless loop, any advice for a way into something different?

If I'd have to start over, I'd start to learn IT / programming.

It does not need a long education, you can learn it by yourself, and you can start in small. I'd say one should start with Python. In my former job (which I get frustrated with), I started to learn the basics, but I dropped the stuff as I get my current one.

The "only" problem is that not everyone has the way of thinking that programming requires.

There is not just one way to think about programming - take a look at "lambda the ultimate" on the web, they discuss several features of programming and programming languages all the time. There are so many ways to deal with this issue and the last words are not spoken yet nor thought about. Programming is still in an infant state. I, as a bioinformatician, am looking at nature and see why nature has not anything like our computers or our programming - why?- Because it does not scale well, when you have millions or billions of "cores" - our method is a dead end road - we have to learn from nature how to compute in an environment, which has millions, billions or even trillions of independent cores - and how to orchestrate them is even more what we can learn from nature. This is what I am after, to learn from nature how to do it - why?- because it proven works and is chaos-stable, because it evolved and wasn't engineered. it is highly fault tolerant and self-repairing to a degree.

We have not done anything interesting in programming yet - the best is still to come, once we will have learnt how to do it. Our computers fail when they have to deal with more than just trivial NP problems for example, while nature deals with them all the time and gets to solutions in a timely manner - our computers are still incapable of doing that in a timely manner.

Grimlord8311 · March 2016

I'm an ironworker by trade and have built/helped build many things in my years, but things changed when my daughter was born and her mother bailed. I could no longer do my regular job as it was always hours away and I'd have to do 10 in 4 out or something, couldn't do that with people who need me here. I took the first job I could find in the *** small town I live in and have been stuck there doing random different things, sandblasting/paint prep and whatnot. I *** hate it lol, just thought I'd try and gather some insight on how people did it differently

Mojmir · March 2016

Grimlord8311 wrote: »

Holy, so many extremely smart and educated people Im tired of being a grunt and going from one shi t y manual labor job to another, or being sick and unable to do said shi t y manual labor job. I really wanna just work from my computer, or a computer. But im in my early 30s so I think I may be stuck in this endless loop, any advice for a way into something different?

in my kitchen,the dishwasher is just as important as the chef.plus he eats good

best advice i can give: do what you love,the money WILL come,just not as fast.
if it is about the money(reading your second post) follow it,i left a small town and came to las vegas.

magictucktuck · March 2016

I sell airplane parts for general aviation like buissnes jets Cessna piper and beach craft not comercial planes

Nyghthowler · March 2016

I'm retired. So with my copious amounts of free time I repair motorcycles, and ride with an M.C.

Leogon · March 2016

I'm a business owner.

Lysette · March 2016

magictucktuck wrote: »

I sell airplane parts for general aviation like buissnes jets Cessna piper and beach craft not comercial planes

Now I am wondering if you have a PPL and are piloting yourself, or if this would be too near to your job to be a hobby.

Kildayen · March 2016

I am a professional Voice Over Actor/Artist. I have a studio here at home where I do all of my work. My voice has been on TV and radio, short films, youtube videos, websites, answering machines, audio books (including erotica), and I have been known to impregnate everyone listening (guys and girls lol) when I join a teamspeak channel and people hear me for the first time lol... This is true. I can't tell you how many times someone new hears my voice in a teamspeak and something crazy comes out of their mouth about it. It's hilarious

I have even done a few voiceovers for guilds in this game because of people hearing me in TS.

I was a DJ for over 20 years and am retired now. I worked radio and clubs/private events. I have met lots of famous people thanks to that gig.

I am also involved in MLM (multi level marketing) and get a paycheck every Monday. It is something I never thought I would be involved in. I started doing it in 2012 and with the power of things like Facebook and YouTube I now have over 7500 people on my team. It isn't easy. You have to work hard to keep people motivated and only a small percentage of people are successful at doing something like this. Lucky for me, I am one of them.

I used to work for Boeing. I built what was called the V-22 Osprey. It is half airplane, half helicopter. Look it up. It is very cool.

Now you know a little bit more about me. I enjoyed reading about everyone else. Thanks!

*edited for grammar issues*

Shimmer · March 2016

Hospice Nursing here.

Lysette · March 2016

Sylance9 wrote: »

Hospice Nursing here.

my respect, that is a really tough job IMO.

Gidorick · March 2016

Man, my spreadsheets on all of you are getting really detailed. I can't wait to see what other personal information you share!

I'm joking... of course... right?

Lysette · March 2016

Kildayen wrote: »

I am a professional Voice Over Actor/Artist. I have a studio here at home where I do all of my work. My voice has been on TV and radio, short films, youtube videos, websites, answering machines, audio books (including erotica), and I have been known to impregnate everyone listening (guys and girls lol) when I join a teamspeak channel and people hear me for the first time lol... This is true. I can't tell you how many times someone new hears my voice in a teamspeak and something crazy comes out of their mouth about it. It's hilarious I have even done a few voiceovers for guilds in this game because of people hearing me in TS.

I was a DJ for over 20 years and am retired now. I worked radio and clubs/private events. I have met lots of famous people thanks to that gig.

I am also involved in MLM (multi level marketing) and get a paycheck every Monday. It is something I never thought I would be involved in. I started doing it in 2012 and with the power of things like Facebook and YouTube I now have over 7500 people on my team. It isn't easy. You have to work hard to keep people motivated and only a small percentage of people are successful at doing something like this. Lucky for me, I am one of them.

I used to work for Boeing. I built what was called the V-22 Osprey. It is half airplane, half helicopter. Look it up. It is very cool.

Now you know a little bit more about me. I enjoyed reading about everyone else. Thanks!

*edited for grammar issues*

Congratulation on your success with MLM - my partner, who has 2 venture capital companies, which raise money for projects using MLM, says, that just 1 out of 200 who try to do this kind of job, are actually capable of being successful in it.

Edit.: Btw the Osprey is called a tilt-rotor aircraft - half airplane/half helicopter is not really what it is, it cannot land by auto-rotation like a helicopter when an engine fails for example - it is neither one nor the other.

donJay · March 2016

23 year old university student. And delivered chicken to people's door

Nostradamus · March 2016

UrQuan wrote: »

Data analytics. There's a lot more to it than that, but that's the core of my current job.

that's so cool to find someone who's in the same field that I'm trying to get into, I'm trying to land a full-time as a junior data analyst. Recent grad also, any tips that can help a brother out? lol

Lysette · March 2016

Nostradamus wrote: »

UrQuan wrote: »

Data analytics. There's a lot more to it than that, but that's the core of my current job.

that's so cool to find someone who's in the same field that I'm trying to get into, I'm trying to land a full-time as a junior data analyst. Recent grad also, any tips that can help a brother out? lol

I can help, resp. Yoda can

Edit: the moral behind it is - if you "try" you assume possible failure, and this will not make you successful.

MjolnirVilkas · March 2016

I'm an archaeologist.

Waffennacht · March 2016

Lysette wrote: »

Nostradamus wrote: »

UrQuan wrote: »

Data analytics. There's a lot more to it than that, but that's the core of my current job.

that's so cool to find someone who's in the same field that I'm trying to get into, I'm trying to land a full-time as a junior data analyst. Recent grad also, any tips that can help a brother out? lol

I can help, resp. Yoda can

Edit: the moral behind it is - if you "try" you assume possible failure, and this will not make you successful.

Poor challenger pilots just didn't think the right way...

Hallothiel · March 2016

This thread is demonstrating wonderfully my personal theory that it is older / rather intelligent folk that like to escape into this game. Or that may be my own bias.

Tho' dont do anything that exciting myself due to circumstances, am a trained herbalist. Which is of no use whatsoever in creating potions in this game......

Lysette · March 2016

Waffennacht wrote: »

Lysette wrote: »

Nostradamus wrote: »

UrQuan wrote: »

Data analytics. There's a lot more to it than that, but that's the core of my current job.

that's so cool to find someone who's in the same field that I'm trying to get into, I'm trying to land a full-time as a junior data analyst. Recent grad also, any tips that can help a brother out? lol

I can help, resp. Yoda can

Edit: the moral behind it is - if you "try" you assume possible failure, and this will not make you successful.

Poor challenger pilots just didn't think the right way...

There are a lot of jobs, which depend on that you are capable to "do" the job and not just "try" to do it - like pilots, surgeons and so on. You have to be confident about yourself to be able to "do" it, and it is expected from you, that you are capable to "do" your job, not just "try" to do it. Having this "try" in your mind, will hinder you to "do" what is required, when it gets tough.

So there is real wisdom in Yoda's words.

rotaugen454 · March 2016

Senior Financial Analyst, which is about as far away from an adventuring lifestyle as you can get.