OT: What's your job/career??

[Alneyan]

deccan said:
Sciences po? Surely you don't mean to be an enarque? That would make you even more Machiavellian than you already are, though that would arguably make you even better at playing strategy games with lots of scope for diplomacy...

Well, I wouldn't go to Sciences po in Paris, and the odds of getting in the ENA would be about as high as... well, defeated a High-bonus Asmala/Primitive/RexTorres alliance. So it does not seem that likely, even without looking at matters like "do I want to? Is it related to 42 in any way?".

It would fit quite nicely with my title though. As Narf put it, I am a "sarcastic, *****y, amoral mind-bender". Doesn't that have a nice ring to it? Too bad the comment was aimed at my character, the ever so nice Tiefling Psion.

[tesco samoa]

systems engineer at a big company... and grocery clerk at another big company

would rather get out of big company and do something enjoyable in life.... ( you will see )

[Colonel]

Professionial Assasin: I work for a secret company that leases soilders of fourtune to High price Companies in need of protection..

or

I am a Nuclear Weapons techichian, I am responsible for disarming former Soviet Nuclear Weapons that are past there warrenty life in former Soviet Republics

or

I am a student in High School...

Can anyone geuss which one of these is the truth?

[Makinus]

Lawyer, specialized in civil lawsuits...

[Timstone]

Aaahhh!!! Lawyers! There are lawyers on this forum again!

*Screams some more and runs like a lunatic through the entire Cantina*

Calmly Raging Deadstar walks up to Timstone and gives him his medication with some brewski.
Timstone returns to normal and begins:

I'm a mechanical enigneer with a company that produces pump, generators and more of those big thingies.
I'm head of one of three teams that goes around the world to fix machines we delivered. I do this job for two years now and I really, really enjoy it. For a while I even had my personal secretay (who was also my GF, yes I said WAS ). For a short period I was called back to homebase (Good old Holland) for some more updates on machines and to begin another study. Coming april I'll be graduating from that study and then I can be called doctor (well at least I think that is the proper title in English terminology, in Dutch it is "Doctorandus").

[Raging Deadstar]

Timstone said:
I'm head of one of three teams that goes around the world to fix machines we delivered. I do this job for two years now and I really, really enjoy it. For a while I even had my personal secretay (who was also my GF, yes I said WAS ). For a short period I was called back to homebase (Good old Holland) for some more updates on machines and to begin another study. Coming april I'll be graduating from that study and then I can be called doctor (well at least I think that is the proper title in English terminology, in Dutch it is "Doctorandus").

Ahh Sorry to hear that Timstone, I can remember your side comments about your girlfriend and gearbox for a long time on this forum, Hope Life's going well for you. But good to hear you're about to get a title, Doctor Timstone

I have a title, it usually combines the words "Patron Saint of" and the following words "*****iness/Sarcasm/Compassion or Penguins." Needless to say i need it validated .

Renegade: Don't worry about not being sure what to do in life. The way I see it is if you don't know you'll flit from job to job or stay in education. Either way it equals expirience or qualifications for you to put towards gettign a job you really want in the future.

[David E. Gervais]

In case your're interested I'm a graphic artist. I work exclusively on the computer and don't have great skill at the 'traditional' school stuff. But given some good software tools and lots of creativity I manage to do some good stuff.

I started my 'work' career doing hard time in the textile industry. During that time my hobby was computer games and artwork. After leaving the textile industry I worked as a computer salesperson and eventually moved up the ranks to manager. That taught me alot and gave me many connections in the computer industry. Now I work on computers, doing art and for games. I lucked out, I'm currently doing exactly what I love.

Today there are lots of options in the computer industry. If you love working and playing on computers, it might be good to gear your education towards that. Any company can use other skills too,.. marketing, management, sales, and accounting are found in most companies. Basically, think of what you would love to be doing and work towards increasing your chances in that field.

Have a great day, Cheers!

[Gandalf Parker]

This is what I do. I sit on forums. Web forums, local newsGroups, support forums, channels, chats, support email accounts. Also computer security response. Anything where a "presence" is desireable and immeadiate reaction is preferred. I telecommute from home with DSL (many advantages but it is fattening). I can watch TV, or play games, or anything I want as long as I can stay responsive to any other windows that call me.

As for suggestions... this was more true a decade ago but still might be true. DO NOT try to force yourself into something you dont like. Get creative. I get asked alot about "getting a computer defree" and my usual response is that if you dont already know you should then you probably shouldnt. High interest in computers is useful but attach it to something you want to do. No matter what it is; art, english, fireman, policeman, doctor, lawyer, teacher, coal miner, etc etc.. you can move yourself up in the line for hire if you can firmly attach computer to it. EVERY job nowadays needs SOMEONE who knows computers.

[Mephisto]

I actually have to jobs that are quite unrelated to each other.

My first and main job is as a lawyer in a big computer company (not Microsoft ). Remember, I’m from Europe so your mileage as a lawyer may very wildly in the US.

Actually being a lawyer is often quite similar to a help desk at least in a company. People will call you with their problems when creating offers and contracts, how to do things and how to solve problems. It has nearly nothing to do with any court activities as your main job is to create contracts that both parties can agree to and will resolve any dispute before it needs to be taken to court. Of course you can choose quite another career as a lawyer (such as criminal court) which will give you a completely different working field.

My other job is as an emergency paramedic. This is job is not for everyone as you can imagine. The job can be dull and you will have to handle different kinds of body fluids in various degrees.
However, the job can of course be very exiting and rewarding. Here you can literally save people lives. There is nothing like saving a 6 year old child from drowning via CPR. And there are such dreadful things like people torn apart in accidents and infants dead in the cradle while you have to attend to the infant and to the parents at the same time. Overall I’m glad that I have done this job for 8 years now and it has given me quite a different look on the world and people. If you have the chance to take university and you want to go this path I strongly suggest becoming an MD. “Only” being a paramedic will leave you graving for more knowledge and more responsibility.

If you have any questions, ask away.

[spoon]

I'm a designer at a video game company. My degree (in psychology) probably didn't help much in getting the job, but going to college certainly did, since it gave me a lot of free time to play games.