OT: What's your job/career??

[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.