what do you do for a living?

I'm sorry if this has been asked before but I can't recall seeing it since I've been around

I used to work for Agilent Technologies (they make million dollar lab equipment) but I quit my job right before X-mas.

I'm currently job hunting and it really sucks :(.

Maybe you could get a job carving cheese??? :8: The best of luck on your hunting :gj:

I'm a sales dork :nerd:

I should have expected a cheese comment :p

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Originally Posted by joyful girl

I should have expected a cheese comment :p

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Maybe you could work as a cutter of the cheeses in the packaging department?? :8:

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Originally Posted by joyful girl

I'm sorry if this has been asked before but I can't recall seeing it since I've been around

I used to work for Agilent Technologies (they make million dollar lab equipment) but I quit my job right before X-mas.

I'm currently job hunting and it really sucks :(.

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What did you do for Agilent? When I worked in a lab, we use to buy microarry stuff from them all the time.

run heavy equipment, mining bentonite.

I work at the distribution center for Webster Veterinary Supply... it pays the bills but it's not exactly stimulating!

I'm not really a factory type person
I'm usually the corporate slave :(

I did sales, customer service and database updates for Agilent.

Very brave to quit before having another job lined up! I was out of work for a year after 9-11. I worked for Nortel Networks at the time and they downsized their staff from 90K worldwide to a lean 40K. That was not a fun time in my life.

Now I'm a buyer for Radiant Systems, Inc. We make front and back office POS solutions for Entertainment, Retail, Hospitality and Convenience Stores. Ever been to an AMC theatre and purchased a ticket from the outdoor kiosk? That's our equipment. If you have Sheetz or Wawa in your area, they use our equipment. We are also in Europe and Asia Pacific.

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Originally Posted by rabernet

POS solutions for Entertainment

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Sounds like the movie I once made :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by rabernet

Very brave to quit before having another job lined up!

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I know. I regret it now but I can be a hot head when I get mad enough about and I just up and quit.
I have sent my resume to a ton of different places and have only had one interview so far.

I actually don't want to work in an office anymore. I applied to work at the local humane society (which is a huge cut in pay but something I'd enjoy more) but have not heard anything back yet. :( I'm going to call them tomorrow.

I can't be picky anymore though. I'll be starting my 4th week off tomorrow and I need to find something quick.

I work as a certified care giver taking care of the elderly and I am a barber.

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Originally Posted by joyful girl

I'm currently job hunting and it really sucks :(.

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Yes..... yes, it does. :taz:
Ditto BTW

I'm currently studying homeopathic medicine...in between cleaning, cooking, running after kids, feeding my critters and going insane.

im a technician for Comcast Cable ---- Comtech 4 Cdv............
also going back to school to get my criminal justice degree.....

i work for keene medical products. we supply home oxygen and DME(durable medical eqipment. i am a customer service rep/ home medical eeuipment technician.

Sales in a vintage guitar store.

manager at a fruit smoothie bar

Just ask Cass, she will tell you. Im a Snake Pimp. :P

I'm a mental health nurse ( No, really). Just starting back for my ARNP. Heaven help us all. :)

Welding crew boss/forklift driver/inventory clerk/babysitter [average age of charges-35yrs.] If it's got to be done, it's pretty much my job.:(

Operations Specialist in the Coast Guard...another 4 more years and I'll get to drive my own beer truck everyday!!! Woo Hoo...can't wait...:D

i'm a publisher, mama, i homeschool my kidlets, take care of critters, grow up silkworms and sell the silkworms (and butterworms) to local stores plus online customers. ;)

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Originally Posted by recycling goddess

i'm a publisher, mama, i homeschool my kidlets, take care of critters, grow up silkworms and sell the silkworms (and butterworms) to local stores plus online customers. ;)

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Homeschooling rocks!

I'm a vet tech; full time at a cat & dog day practice, and part time at a cat & dog ER.

I am civil engineering student at Southern Polytechnic State University and work for Georgia Geotechnical as a Soil Tech.

Construction Mgr/Superintendent for a custom homebuilder, Mom to a teenage son and all round good gal :)

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I am civil engineering student at Southern Polytechnic State University and work for Georgia Geotechnical as a Soil Tech.

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You picked a great area to go to school for ;)

I am a civil engineer working for a mid-sized company in South Louisiana. Get to do a variety of stuff.....subdivision design and development, drainage design for business develpments, and just about anything involved in transportation.

I'm JUST a meat manager for a local grocery store, been cuttin meat for 11 years, i guess it pays the bills.(barely).

I work as a "PPA" collector for a very large collections agency. My job is not to annoy people on the phone per se; I call people up who are already in payback plans on delinquent credit cards, and just re-set their payment schedule every three months or so.. this is my fulltime job. On the side, I help my fiancee with little things related to his business (property management and fledgling construction/appraisals; going to abandoned houses and finding cool things that the landlords want discarded and selling them on ebay; fun stuff! We went to a trailer park that's about to be torn down, and I found this awesome trotting-horse weathervane today; but I am keeping this jammer! :nerd:
I hope eventually to take a position with his company, when it is more created and I can actually earn money at it; for now I don't mind my job. We plan to get more properties of our own and be landlords also.

Arrrrrrghhh Farrrrrrrce. I'm a pirate in the Air Force.

A dishwasher @ a local restaurant and pretty soon I will start cooking.

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Originally Posted by recycling goddess

i'm a publisher, mama, i homeschool my kidlets, take care of critters, grow up silkworms and sell the silkworms (and butterworms) to local stores plus online customers. ;)

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Dang it!!!! :mad: I'm going to have to hop over the border and get some silk worms! My babies would LOVE some of those.

I agree with slartibartfast, homeschooling rocks! My husband and I home school our kids too...wouldn't do it any other way. ;)

I'm 17

I work at Bed, Bath & Beyond as a Cashier at $8.50 an hour

as of now I'm rolling in the money.....

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Originally Posted by slartibartfast

Homeschooling rocks!

I'm a vet tech; full time at a cat & dog day practice, and part time at a cat & dog ER.

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not trying to be judgemental or anything but maybe it rocks for you but im pretty sure its not very good for ur kids....its better if they r with all of the kids their age at a public school....they need the social exposure

I'm a contractor and designer and ex rock n roll musician although I'm thinking of coming out of retirement! Oh yeah and wanna be big time reptile breeder LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by ECLARK

Just ask Cass, she will tell you. Im a Snake Pimp. :P

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Do you wear a funky hat and have weird acessories hanging off your pimped out ride?

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Originally Posted by rmune0750

not trying to be judgemental or anything but maybe it rocks for you but im pretty sure its not very good for ur kids....its better if they r with all of the kids their age at a public school....they need the social exposure

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Kind of like they need the "social exposure" to drugs, alcohol, sex and violence?

That's probably the single biggest misconception about homeschooling..."ohhh the poor kids are isolated from the world".
WRONG!

Parents who home school are, 9 times out of 10, part of a community per se' of homeschoolers. Our children get LOTS of social interaction with other children their age. They have field trips with other homeschooling parents and children, sporting events, extracurricular activities and yes, they have.....friends.
They also get a *much* better education that is based one on one instead of 40 to 1.

What home schooled children *don't* get is teachers molesting them, students beating them up, passing them drugs and alcohol, they don't get into gangs, they don't participate in drive by shootings...and they don't get the whirlwind of bad influences in general.

OT rant finished...now back to our regularly scheduled thread. :D

I'm a dog groomer. Hard, often gross job, but always interesting. :)

I was homeschooled and I'm not a wacko. :)

Well I am a Banker for the rest of this week.

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Originally Posted by mxrider42

I am civil engineering student at Southern Polytechnic State University and work for Georgia Geotechnical as a Soil Tech.

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I am a civil engineering student at University of Florida and member of the ASCE Steel bridge team, which competes every year against Southern Poly in regionals.

I live on scholarships and state money. Thanks for paying your taxes.

right now im a full time college student and currently job hunting...it sucks.

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Originally Posted by rmune0750

not trying to be judgemental or anything but maybe it rocks for you but im pretty sure its not very good for ur kids....its better if they r with all of the kids their age at a public school....they need the social exposure

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If that's how they teach spelling and grammar in public schools, then I'll give thanks again to my anal-retentive bibliophile father.

We (my siblings and I; I don't have human kids) were in 4-H, various competetive teams, performed all over the state in a Scottish/Irish dance group, and hung out with other homeschooled kids. I had the highest SAT scores in our entire state that year (granted, it was an impoverished and illiterate state, but still...), and attended an Ivy League college. I say again, homeschooling rocks! :cool:

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I live on scholarships and state money. Thanks for paying your taxes.

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No student loans.. hope not! I collected on those suckers for about a year.. ouch. Makes me glad I never wasted my time.

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Originally Posted by slartibartfast

If that's how they teach spelling and grammar in public schools, then I'll give thanks again to my anal-retentive bibliophile father.

We (my siblings and I; I don't have human kids) were in 4-H, various competetive teams, performed all over the state in a Scottish/Irish dance group, and hung out with other homeschooled kids. I had the highest SAT scores in our entire state that year (granted, it was an impoverished and illiterate state, but still...), and attended an Ivy League college. I say again, homeschooling rocks! :cool:

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...and that's generally the case with home schooled children....they are better educated and have better social skills, living skills, are more independent, etc. than public schooled children.....statistics prove it. ;)

I wish I had been home schooled....maybe I'd already have my degree in Homeopathic medicine and horticulture. :D

I am a Member Service Specialist at a local Credit Union. That means I am a teller and I can also close loans and help with basicly any member issue.

I'm an IT manager. I manage about a 1600 Sqr. foot data center.

It's glamorous I tell ya...on call 24 hours a day 7 days a week.....

i'm a tattoo artist been doing it for the last 12yrs. and now starting on some python breeding projects thanks to my good buddy Bob here in Oklahoma.

I do cable internet Tech support for Comcast.

Applications Lab Technician at Beckman Coulter

Money accumulation before returning to school...

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Originally Posted by Shadowspider

Kind of like they need the "social exposure" to drugs, alcohol, sex and violence?

That's probably the single biggest misconception about homeschooling..."ohhh the poor kids are isolated from the world".
WRONG!

Parents who home school are, 9 times out of 10, part of a community per se' of homeschoolers. Our children get LOTS of social interaction with other children their age. They have field trips with other homeschooling parents and children, sporting events, extracurricular activities and yes, they have.....friends.
They also get a *much* better education that is based one on one instead of 40 to 1.

What home schooled children *don't* get is teachers molesting them, students beating them up, passing them drugs and alcohol, they don't get into gangs, they don't participate in drive by shootings...and they don't get the whirlwind of bad influences in general.

OT rant finished...now back to our regularly scheduled thread. :D

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okay, i understand your point but public schools are nowhere near as bad as ur making them out to be...

LOL @ drive by shootings and passing drugs and alcohol IN SCHOOL

nobody in my school does drugs or alcohol while in school, nobody gets beat up, no students get molested, nobody is in a gang, and there are never any drive by shootings.....unless ur living in frickin Compton, California :lmao: