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Sr. management with global consulting firm (200,000+ employees). So, what it boils down to is that I'm an old I.T. geek, who is a very small gear on a very small cog in a huge machine.

But hey, it pays the bills.
 
entatlrg said:
CEO of a global design and manufacturing company, (consumer products).
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And you have time to spare and hang around here? I'm not sure whether that's cool or sad (You can tell us, I won't pass judgement - just wondering...)

Anyhow: 34y,full-time MBA student + part time stay-at-home dad. Formerly multimedia/new-media/IT -developer / graphic designer / project manager / development director / concept designer / entrepreneur / CEO.

It might not apply to the original poster, but what drove me away from actually doing things (coding, tweaking pixels and bezier's) into watching other people do it, was that I did not relish the extra work, stress and general hassle, which the frantic pace of technical development brings to many IT&GFX jobs. Depending on how far the OP's into his/her current studies I'd maybe see it through, before switching focus. Having a fall-back profession has it's upsides.

Pekka
 
I'm a supply chain analyst for a large scale power tool manufacturer. I work with one our customers to help them with reordering for their stores so they stay in stock with carrying too much or too little inventory at any given moment. I also forecast production for my factory in China on an annual scale so they can buy all the proper raw materials. It's not what I want to do forever but it's leading me in the right direction and I've only been doing it for a year so I have little to complain about. I have a business admin degree with a supply chain management minor (APICS) certification as well as a concentration on quality management. I pretty much live on my computer(s) all day so I get to hang around here more than I should.
 
Frankydan100 said:
Im a psychiatric Nurse, I work in the UK on a acute assessments ward with people suffering from schizophrenia, bi-polar, personality disorder. Mainly offenders who come from prisons....
Love it though, all I do is talk to people all day!
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Note: If you haven't seen Captain Newman, M.D., search it out. Excellent movie. 😎

dmr727 said:
I'm a valet parking attendant for an Orange County Wal-Mart.
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I couldn't see the wheels on Snoopy's dog house, so I always wondered? 😛
 
Doctor here. Currently an Emergency Medicine trainee but doing an ICU job for critical care experience. Will be sitting my ED primary exams on thursday after which (fingers crossed) I'll be an advanced trainee. It's five years to consultancy.
 
tktaylor1 said:
My friend has his own graphic design company called Citytree and he does really good. I know he does everything for our church and like 10 other churches of our size. I don't know the amount he gets paid from our church but from what I can estimate he gets about 15-20k a year from our church alone. He has donated 3 iMac's to our churchs media crew (which i am on). The dollar figure is estimated from what they pay me to clean and what they pay my parents to clean. And your website doesn't work. When will that be back up?
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superman does good, your friend does well. 😛

I'm a musician and an educator. I also am an independent business man. Times are tough for most people right now. You need to be savvy and unique and if you're not afraid to work and learn you might be ok
 
Currently a grad student

Though
Used to be a mechanical engineer for Lockheed/Bechtel
Used to be a field engineer working on oil rigs for Schlumberger

Both were way awesome!

Before that.... a ton of target, fast food, dealership type jobs lol
 
Senior Medical Officer, currently pursuing specialty training for military surgery.

Studying Medicine is quite hard, but if your willing to devote your life to it, it can be quite rewarding.🙂
 
Project Engineer with bachelor in civil engineering. Currently working on MBA ( not MacBook air 😛 master in business administration )
 
You can become a video game tester, so sitting the whole day "doing nothing" might be fun.

The degree and any type of work experience will make you a better professional.

Just identify what you love, and if you become good at it, you will not consider it a job and you could make a living out of it.
 
iphone3gs16gb said:
Any mechanical engineers?
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Oh hai 🙂

I did undergraduate work in mechanical engineering and am currently in graduate work in mechanical engineering/human computer interaction.

Basically, I am a research assistant that gets paid to play with and create fun toys. Any time new technology comes out people I work with ask themselves "what cool things other people will find useful can we do with this?"

I've done work previously for a few different companies and am going to continue to intern with a highly regarded large scale equipment company this summer. But to also be honest, I realized midway through my senior year of undergrad ME that most of the core classes really did not interest me - thermodynamics, hardcore product design, heat transfer, etc, so I am focusing more on the advanced tech side of things with Mechanical Engineering.
 
ender land said:
Oh hai 🙂

I did undergraduate work in mechanical engineering and am currently in graduate work in mechanical engineering/human computer interaction.

Basically, I am a research assistant that gets paid to play with and create fun toys. Any time new technology comes out people I work with ask themselves "what cool things other people will find useful can we do with this?"

I've done work previously for a few different companies and am going to continue to intern with a highly regarded large scale equipment company this summer. But to also be honest, I realized midway through my senior year of undergrad ME that most of the core classes really did not interest me - thermodynamics, hardcore product design, heat transfer, etc, so I am focusing more on the advanced tech side of things with Mechanical Engineering.
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That's cool to hear!

I'm a senior in HS and you just provided some awesome info about the field I'm planing to be a part of!

Where do you work at? Your job sounds like the perfect job for me!
 
iphone3gs16gb said:
Any mechanical engineers?
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Mechanical Engineer here working as Field Service Engineer for a Large Format Printer Manufacturer. Been working as Field Service Engineer on the Semiconductor Industry field before this job for 12 years. Always traveling, and never stayed in one place in a week.
 
Thanks for all of the replies. I do camera work at my church and the 4 guys that runs the media section, one is a camera man for a local news station, one owns his own recording studio, one works for something in CMT (country music television), and one owns his own graphic design company. I have some pretty good connections. I was looking at meteorology but that requires a lot of math. I suck at math so I want to stay away from that road.
 
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