Cool! I have sort of pivoted into software development here in Austin but I still do pharmaceutical engineering applications.
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I used to work as a research scientist (molecular biology) but re-trained as a registered nurse a few years ago. I like my new job a lot more.
My education (at RPI) was in Electrical Engineering but my love of lasers and optics ended me up with a dual-focus in Physics (this is before any optical engineering or electro-optics degrees existed). The combination led me to become an engineer for a measurement equipment company, then a laser company, and then 15 years as a metrology engineer at a semiconductor materials company.
Along the way in the first couple of jobs I discovered that most engineers suck at data analysis, something I enjoyed ... so I took classes and eventually added a degree in statistics degree as well. And by the end of my 15 years ... I was mostly acting as a statistician. So when that company was shedding hundreds of people each quarter in '07 and '08 ...
Now? I work for Corning as a Statistical Engineer for corporate engineering, but also have been lucky to almost always be on metrology-centric projects so I can work in both of my areas of expertise. Great company, nice area (miss living near Boston however).
Along the way in the first couple of jobs I discovered that most engineers suck at data analysis, something I enjoyed ... so I took classes and eventually added a degree in statistics degree as well. And by the end of my 15 years ... I was mostly acting as a statistician. So when that company was shedding hundreds of people each quarter in '07 and '08 ...
Now? I work for Corning as a Statistical Engineer for corporate engineering, but also have been lucky to almost always be on metrology-centric projects so I can work in both of my areas of expertise. Great company, nice area (miss living near Boston however).
Civil Law Notary ...
Before you think that I'm a notary like those in the rest of the U.S.:
LRS Title 35
§2. General powers; administration of certain oaths in any parish; true copies
A.(1) Notaries public have power within their several parishes:
(a) To make inventories, appraisements (modern term: appraisal), and partitions (division of real and/or community property);
(b) To receive (draft) wills, make (again, draft) protests, matrimonial contracts (pre-nups), conveyances (of movables and immovables (vehicles, boats, etc., and real estate)), and generally, all contracts and instruments of writing (such as: Provision Custody (of a minor) by Mandate, Adult Adoption, Limited Emancipation (of a minor), leases, acts of donation (gifts of movable (vehicles, etc.) and immovables (real estate and rights therein), etc.);
(c) To hold family meetings and meetings of creditors;
(d) To receive acknowledgements of instruments under private signature;
(e) To make affidavits of correction;
(f) To affix the seals upon the effects of deceased persons, and to raise the same.
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[parentheticals mine]
Before you think that I'm a notary like those in the rest of the U.S.:
LRS Title 35
§2. General powers; administration of certain oaths in any parish; true copies
A.(1) Notaries public have power within their several parishes:
(a) To make inventories, appraisements (modern term: appraisal), and partitions (division of real and/or community property);
(b) To receive (draft) wills, make (again, draft) protests, matrimonial contracts (pre-nups), conveyances (of movables and immovables (vehicles, boats, etc., and real estate)), and generally, all contracts and instruments of writing (such as: Provision Custody (of a minor) by Mandate, Adult Adoption, Limited Emancipation (of a minor), leases, acts of donation (gifts of movable (vehicles, etc.) and immovables (real estate and rights therein), etc.);
(c) To hold family meetings and meetings of creditors;
(d) To receive acknowledgements of instruments under private signature;
(e) To make affidavits of correction;
(f) To affix the seals upon the effects of deceased persons, and to raise the same.
......
[parentheticals mine]
Web Developer/Designer though I have been have a month or so of a mental block. Though some of it has to do with a family issue that I'm currently having. 
Web Developer/Designer though I have been have a month or so of a mental block. Though some of it has to do with a family issue that I'm currently having.
Like all problems I tend to beat myself or escape until it goes away. Try some long runs/rides/swims or head to the woods IMHO OFC
Well, such a tech bias is pretty much what I would have expected from a forum set up to discuss as well as dedicated - in the main - to a discussion of Apple products.
Clinical Pharmacist... but not in your conventional pill counting pharmacist. I work in impatient counseling patients and working with doctors to find the best course of medication therapy, especially in complicated cases. Once you start adding up multiple medications and certain pathological conditions, things can get dicey. 1+1 may equal 2... or 5... or 1... or 0 depending on what the situation is.
Doctors typically are well versed on the drugs they prescribe within their field, however, once you add in multiple fields of medicine they don't always understand the ramifications of prescribing and their impact. It's my job to figure out what drugs and how much to give based on the conditions at hand and see the body as a whole.
Then I meet with patients individually when they are admitted, during their stay, and/or before discharge to go over their medication, figure out their needs, educate them on the medication(s) and lifestyle changes conducive to treatment of their condition, etc.
Doctors typically are well versed on the drugs they prescribe within their field, however, once you add in multiple fields of medicine they don't always understand the ramifications of prescribing and their impact. It's my job to figure out what drugs and how much to give based on the conditions at hand and see the body as a whole.
Then I meet with patients individually when they are admitted, during their stay, and/or before discharge to go over their medication, figure out their needs, educate them on the medication(s) and lifestyle changes conducive to treatment of their condition, etc.
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Fun actually. You have to be able to multitask since you'll be serving multiple clients at one time. Organization is important. But I like the variety and it's not doing the same thing over and over each day. Lot of traveling, having lunch with clients, etc.
One thing I do find is that many really have no clue what a CPA does. I hardly do taxes compared to audits and other engagements although it's what people want advice for most of the time.
I took the Louisiana notary prep course at UL a few years ago and one of the fellow students was a CPA. After we took the state exam (which we both failed), she said that the Louisiana notary exam was harder than the CPA exam; which was a surprise given that the CPA exam is absolute murder.
Experience with software development and pharmaceuticals... just the person I've been looking for.
Technology Director at a public charter school. And a cosmetic medical facility. And a franchise of Passport Health. And a new online local news publication.
Although you wouldn't know it by looking at my checking account.
Although you wouldn't know it by looking at my checking account.
I'm in sales. My firm represents publishers (both print and online) and we license their content to companies for use in marketing/advertising.
I work with a lot of tech titles, so if you ever see a commercial for a phone or video game that has review "quotes" in it, chances are I had a hand in licensing at least one of them!
I work with a lot of tech titles, so if you ever see a commercial for a phone or video game that has review "quotes" in it, chances are I had a hand in licensing at least one of them!
In the profile. I made a killing on the 08 recession. I always fancied being a surgeon when I was younger. I was enrolled in premed for a short while before coming to the revolting realization that it was a gross (IMO) field. I had no problems butchering an animals I'd hunted then or cutting up meat and disconnecting joints, like on a chicken.
As a child I dreamt of being an architect or civil engineer.
As a child I dreamt of being an architect or civil engineer.