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What is everyones job?
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Line cook/Cashier at Five Guys (it's a fast-casual chain). I hate working the grills and making damn burgers, but I don't mind working the register too much (except when I have to deal with some douchebad self-rigtous fratboy). But what can I say, it puts gas in my car, covers the payment for my accord each month (also the fact that out of my friends I'm the only person with a sub 100,000 mile car makes me feel happy
), and allows me to go to the movies without begging my mom for money which is a real plus. Bottom line, I hate my job, I like what it gives me (that includes a free meal for every 4 hours I work).
-Don
), and allows me to go to the movies without begging my mom for money which is a real plus. Bottom line, I hate my job, I like what it gives me (that includes a free meal for every 4 hours I work).-Don
Line cook/Cashier at Five Guys (it's a fast-casual chain). I hate working the grills and making damn burgers, but I don't mind working the register too much (except when I have to deal with some douchebad self-rigtous fratboy). But what can I say, it puts gas in my car, covers the payment for my accord each month (also the fact that out of my friends I'm the only person with a sub 100,000 mile car makes me feel happy
-Don
It's sad that someone who spells, types, and punctuates, as well as you do, is relegated to flipping burgers. It's amazing to me how many people can't even write a proper sentence.
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Worked as a registered clinical photographer, and starting graduate-entry medical school in London in September. I'll qualify in four years time, and have organised locum clinical photography work during that time as well.
Photojournalist and Editor for Al Jazeera English out of DC. Also a freelance editor, producer, motion graphics guy, etc...
I figured out that I want to work for ESPN. I am thinking like broadcast producer or cameraman. Something like that and to the post above, okay.
I'm a call center worker for Apple doing sales support and customer service.
Going to school to become an automotive/diesel technician.
Going to school to become an automotive/diesel technician.
I can't tell if this is sarcasm or not. I'm not great at detecting sarcasm, never have been, and I probably never will be. I'm not too miffed about flipping burgers, as I'm only 16, and it is a first job. To be honest though, I probably wouldn't have taken the job had I not graduated from high school early. I'm now taking classes at the local community college, and I just got tired of taking the bus to class each day (some weird people ride the bus in Ann Arbor); and my Mom refused to fully pay for a car, insurance, and gas. So working is basically just my way of escaping public transit.
I mean I really don't mind the job that much, except for the fact that some of the students on the University of Michigan campus are total jerks. Half the kids on the campus have been given everything in life by their parents without having to work for it, and so they look down upon those of us who haven't been handed everything. I mean it's not like my family struggles with money, my Mom is an equity partner at one of the largest law firms in the midwest, and my dad (who lives in NYC) is an executive at Goldman Sachs (yes they're divorced but there's alimony and child support involved). My Mom just thinks that kids should have to work to pay for extra things they want, just like she had to (even though her parents were fairly well off).
So do I plan to flip burgers for the rest of my life? No. I do plan on working through college and med school, though. I'd rather not take on more debt than I have to in college, and I'd like to have some spending money too, because I really hate ramen noodles.
Anyways I guess I should stop rambling now
-Don
Are you prepared to live in Bristol, Connecticut? That's where they are headquartered. I have several friends who work there as directors, shooters, and editors.
Airline pilot. Overall it's fun, but across the industry, it's not the well paid job it used to be. For that become a Wallstreet banker.
I received a BA in psychology. I then received my MFA in photography, which is what I do. The work I make appears in galleries, magazines, and other types of publications. I don't shoot weddings, seniors, or commercial stuff. My photography is a form of artwork, though I do receive private commission work. My steady salary is through being a professor of photography. I get to make my work, and pass on what I've learned to students. Great way to live.
When girls ask me what I do I usually say "I'm at the forefront of exploration" because it sounds impressive.
But in reality I'm a field assistant which involves camping in remote parts of the Australian outback taking soil/rock samples or helping geologist on drill rigs. Also involves a lot of putting small bags in big bags. Sometimes i put bags into a box, thats when it gets really exciting.
Despite essentially being a ***** kicker I love my job. I get to drive quad bikes and go 4WDing all day. I've been to places no other man has ever been before.
As well as this I'm only doing this whilst taking a break from doing my uni degree which i'm half way through, meaning I won't have to work when I go back to uni.
But in reality I'm a field assistant which involves camping in remote parts of the Australian outback taking soil/rock samples or helping geologist on drill rigs. Also involves a lot of putting small bags in big bags. Sometimes i put bags into a box, thats when it gets really exciting.
Despite essentially being a ***** kicker I love my job. I get to drive quad bikes and go 4WDing all day. I've been to places no other man has ever been before.
As well as this I'm only doing this whilst taking a break from doing my uni degree which i'm half way through, meaning I won't have to work when I go back to uni.
Airline pilot. Overall it's fun, but across the industry, it's not the well paid job it used to be. For that become a Wallstreet banker.
I know when I think of pilot, I think $$$,$$$; 6-figures. Is it not that way anymore?
I have a buddy whose getting ready to start flight school for rotary wing. Pretty cool occupation if you ask me.
I'm starting my PhD in Bioinformatics this Fall.Apple Certified Tech. I'll start my Science Informatics degree this fall, though.
So excited, can't wait..I'm a lighting designer and technician/electrician for theatre, corporate, exhibitions, and sometimes TV.
It's what I've wanted to do since I was literally old enough to think. As a young child, I wanted nothing more than to play with the dimmers and lights in our house, and would set up flashlights and other things with my stuffed animals and other toys. My dad would get annoyed when he'd take me to Disney on Ice or something, and I'd spend the whole time looking up at the lighting grid or back at the spotlights. Then I went to work for them..ha!
For the most part, I LOVE what I do, and make a pretty good living doing it. But there are definitely some times where the people I work for can make me want to quit and go do something else. It's the whole "We need in done in half the time, for half the budget, and with half the people...but we need the same quality as before" kind of thing.
My other passions are 3D animation and video production. If I wasn't doing what I am now, those would be my other choices.
This is true. It amazes me that some people with some really fancy jobs can barely even write a coherent sentence. It amazes me even more when they say "Who gives a crap?" I even work with people who make fun of me for knowing how to spell and use correct grammar, as if that's a bad thing.
It's what I've wanted to do since I was literally old enough to think. As a young child, I wanted nothing more than to play with the dimmers and lights in our house, and would set up flashlights and other things with my stuffed animals and other toys. My dad would get annoyed when he'd take me to Disney on Ice or something, and I'd spend the whole time looking up at the lighting grid or back at the spotlights. Then I went to work for them..ha!
For the most part, I LOVE what I do, and make a pretty good living doing it. But there are definitely some times where the people I work for can make me want to quit and go do something else. It's the whole "We need in done in half the time, for half the budget, and with half the people...but we need the same quality as before" kind of thing.
My other passions are 3D animation and video production. If I wasn't doing what I am now, those would be my other choices.
This is true. It amazes me that some people with some really fancy jobs can barely even write a coherent sentence. It amazes me even more when they say "Who gives a crap?" I even work with people who make fun of me for knowing how to spell and use correct grammar, as if that's a bad thing.
I am a financial analyst/research account manager in an energy organization. I like it because I feel like I'm actually helping a greater cause. Many of the sponsored research projects that I help to budget and manage relate to alternative energy.
I plan on staying on for another year and a half and hope to enter an MBA program. I like this industry so I do foresee me working in a related field for the rest of my life.
I plan on staying on for another year and a half and hope to enter an MBA program. I like this industry so I do foresee me working in a related field for the rest of my life.
I work for a company that handles documentation and support for Mac and iOS developers. I'm the lead support person and also manage the rest of the support team.
I make just under $150k per year. As a narrow body pilot, this is not the top end. Wide body pilots make more. However, while this is true for major airlines, this is not the case for all of the commuter airline pilots out there that make substantially less. Some start in the range of $15k per year and top out around $60k. If you look at pilot pay in the 1970's it has been a long slow slide down hill since then, while executive pay has gone up up up. It's a good starting point for a discussion of the distribution of wealth in a society but I'll look for another thread to talk about that.
Helo pilot would be an interesting profession, although I have never really liked helos as compared to fixed wing. Does your friend think the job market is favorable for a new helo pilot with low hours? Just wondering. Most of the civil helo jobs are snapped up by Army veterans with thousands of hours.
