What do you do for a living?

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I think this thread is supposed to be about our day jobs, Pikimon.
 
Aw come now, that is "what do you do for a living?" isn't it? Now "What is your day job?"
 
Up until last week I had been a night auditor for Hilton Hotels for 5 years.

Now I edit e-books, do graphic design, and walk in the sun.
 
I'm a porter at a bowling alley.

I go around the place, answer people's questions, clean the tables, take out the trash, maintain the bathrooms, and get dead balls out of the gutters.

Not a bad job. In fact, I have made some friends there. It can get kinda boring when it's slow though.
 
I'm a bartender. One of my guilty pleasures is pretending I'm making potions when I mix drinks. It's the silliest thing, but you have no idea how it good it feels to pretend to serve an asshole guest their death in a glass, when it's really just a martini.
 
littlebiscuits said:
I'm a bartender. One of my guilty pleasures is pretending I'm making potions when I mix drinks. It's the silliest thing, but you have no idea how it good it feels to pretend to serve an asshole guest their death in a glass, when it's really just a martini.
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I'll never be able to drink in a bar the same way again. Did the bartender really serve me a whiskey sour or was it lizard tails and eye of newt on the rocks?:fapcup:
 
By day I study mechanical engineering. By night I run immunoassays for pharmaceutical testing. Because the former is much more important but class schedules are constantly fucked up around trying to organize a regular shift, day or night, I may have to quit the latter by this fall. Which would suck ass, because I make decent enough money as it is and if I can even find a part time job I don't know if I'll make enough for rent and groceries much less health insurance and gas.
 
Your standard unemployed student right now aiming for a degree in biochemistry. However, I'm awfully tempted to ditch the plan and aim to become an electrician. Granted I'd have to learn Spanish, but if I go through with that, I'd have a place to stay and decent money coming in. Plus I'd never have to leave my family behind.
 
I'm about to start work as a custodian at Disney World. Pay isn't too high starting out (about fifty cents above minimum wage in FL), but apparently the custodians are unionized (They're negotiating higher wages now, actually. They want 10.50/hr, but I think it'll be somewhere in the mid $9 range, myself), along with all the benefits Disney offers full-time employees (health insurance, matching for retirement savings, free admission into most of the parks for you and up to five guests). I apparently lucked out in getting a full-time position, since most people start at part-time, and aren't really guaranteed any hours (Whereas I'm guaranteed 32 hours under my contract). The interview was really low pressure, too. I had academic advisements that were tenser, and that was a real shock since I was used to GA (5th in the nation in unemployment WOOT!), where even a fast food job can involve two interviews.

The weirdness of Disney is a little alarming, though. You have to learn a completely new language as you work there, and you have to change your habits down to how you point at things (YOU NEVER use your index finger alone to point at something, for some reason). Other gems include the fact that you can't say "stuffed animal" (plush doll), if you are asked how many "mickeys/donalds/etc" there are you must say there is only one and you must pretend you are actually dealing with that character. All uniforms are referred to as "costumes" and all employees, no matter their job, are called "Cast members". You are never "on the clock", but rather "onstage"...well, it's a living.
 
Well, I'm a twenty-year old guy who spends a lot of his time cruising forums and social networks, watching movies, playing video games, having the occasional high school flashback, occupying various college campus buildings, and writing.
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The part you quoted is from a year ago. I started working on my pharmacy tech stuff near the beginning of June 2013, and I have a year to finish it, so I have another two months to finish everything.
 
Horse Boots said:
I'm in my senior year of high school, but I have a part-time job as a data entry processor for Equifax. It's horribly boring, but it pays really well for a high school job and I'm allowed to listen to my iPod while I work. When summer hits I'm going to attempt to pick up a second job at the Apple Retail Store, although I've heard it's quite hard to get hired there.
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I know that feel, bro. I did that in high school before the iPod was invented.

(BACK IN MY DAY...)

Horse Boots said:
...When summer hits I'm going to attempt to pick up a second job at the Apple Retail Store, although I've heard it's quite hard to get hired there.
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I think you have to be a genius. ;)


GrandNumberOfPounds said:
The part you quoted is from a year ago. I started working on my pharmacy tech stuff near the beginning of June 2013, and I have a year to finish it, so I have another two months to finish everything.
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I didn't realize this thread was that old. I just glanced at "Feb." and assumed it was last month. I need to be more careful now that we have threads over a year old. :oops:

Well, congrats on your progress! :)
 
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The Hunter said:
Your standard unemployed student right now aiming for a degree in biochemistry. However, I'm awfully tempted to ditch the plan and aim to become an electrician. Granted I'd have to learn Spanish, but if I go through with that, I'd have a place to stay and decent money coming in. Plus I'd never have to leave my family behind.
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I would stick with the Biochem Hunter.

It's a great degree to have and it really opens up your choices for a career because it pairs well with just about any science minor. You could end up in a research lab or something in genetics or nutrition or something in the medical field.

One of my greatest regrets is dropping out of university because it was boring and 4 years was too long for me at the time.

Stick with it, if you still would rather be an electrician you can always do that afterwards.
 
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