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.

[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.

[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.

[Timstone]

RD:
You always put a smile on my face. If you were a girl/woman, I would come to England and marry you.
It's cool to hear the stories of my gearbox and GF are still in the memory of this great community.
Life is kind to me, but I still haven't got some pretty girl/woman next to me. Arg! Me have to catch one soon, or else...

If you'll all excuse me, I'm going to hit the sack. Tomorrow I'll be facing some stupid exam. I'm pretty sure I'm not going to make it, so I'm going to enjoy sitting in the classroom and anoy other people.

[deccan]

Alneyan said:
The other way would be Pol Sci, but that would be slightly harder, and may not appeal to me either. At least, you would be better off if I went this way; it would mean less Alneyan on these Boards. Don't open the bottle of champagne yet though.

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...

[Captain Kwok]

I'm doing a double major in biology and chemistry. I'll also work in the food industry, mainly characterizing wheat flours and stuff of that sort. [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon05.gif[/img]

[Atrocities]

Former Supervisor for one of the former worlds largest semi conductor companies. I left work do to a medical problem.

Trained to work in multiple departments from Ship / Receiving to Chemical Vapor Deprivation process. Ran some of the most advanced manufacturing equipment in the world. Designed and processed new methods for manufacturing with emphasis on efficiency and quality.

Developed and authored many SOP/SOC's and training manuals for varying processes and departments. Improved safety by founding both the company wide safety committee which was directly responsible for improving safety by accepting employee suggestions and then acting upon them in a timely and productive manor And founding the Ergonomics Advisory Committee which was directly responsible for reducing work place injuries and improving the safety quality of our processes through education, training, and an on going incentive program to report dangerous working conditions and offer suggestions for improving them.

I loved my job, I miss my job.

Now I am medically disabled and do nothing all day long except sit in front of the computer, work on odds and ends, watch TV, eat, sleep, and occationally, when up to it, roam around the county visiting relatives and trying to appear normal.

You know the old saying that goes "Don't wish for something, you might get it?" Well brother you had better believe it. The next time I wish for something I will hire a lawyer to write it up as a contract.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

My job is trying not to go crazy (or lazy, either). In my spare time, I code stuff that will hopefully, eventually, get me money and off of welfare.

[Atrocities]

narf poit chez BOOM said:
My job is trying not to go crazy (or lazy, either). In my spare time, I code stuff that will hopefully, eventually, get me money and off of welfare.

I will drink to that. And when you do, write a book so the rest of us can learn how you did it and employ your process.

[dogscoff]

Work in IT support, taking calls all day from ppl who don't know how to install the software my company produces. Also do all kinds of other stuff around the office as and when required (in between games of slashem). I've produced websites, fixed PCs, made graphical user guides, done translations (English/French/ Italian), chased cutsomers for money, written promotional material... all sorts. I've found myself dragged more and more in to the sales side of things lately though, as one of those Dilberts that sales ppl like to leach credibility from when trying to sell tech stuff. Actually had to do a solo presentation to try to land a big contract the other week, it went fairly well- People have often told me I should be in sales, and I've always told them to shove their heads up their arses, but it turns out they might have been right- I could do it pretty well if I wanted to.

Trouble is, I don't particularly want to. There's money to be made, but quite apart from the fact that I don't like the idea of convincing ppl to buy stuff they might not actually want, I have a more interesting ambition: I want to write crazy-*** science fiction stories and get paid for that. Currently a few chapters into my first real attmempt at a publishable novel. It definitely has potential. Wish me luck=-)