What does every one do for a living?

[youbeyouibei]

I realize that there's a larger military presence than just NORAD out that way, Raversthug. Only knew about NORAD from all the Tom Clancy novels, lmao! Hahahahaha! Just kidding, just kidding! Thank you guys very much for your service, whatever the branch.

[Raverthug]

Ya here in the springs there schreiver AFB, The Air Force Academy, Norad, Ft. Carson and Peterson AFB

[dkoehl26]

Recently discharged from the Marine Corps. Sempfer Fi. Now working as a diesel tech and doing construction on the side.

[SheenaCamp]

[QUOTE=youbeyouibei;1528157]Sheena, that's AWESOME! Dorks unite, lmao! Hahahahaha! I'm only kidding and I'm soooooooooo including myself in that statement, so please don't be offended. QUOTE]

Hey no offense taken! I am a dork in many ways and anthropology is NOT one that I'm embarrassed about!!

[SlitherinSisters]

That's awesome, Slitherin! And IOWA, really?! Heck yeah! My wife was born and raised there and still has family in the Cedar Rapids, Shell Rock, Waverly areas.

I hear ya' on the hiring freeze. Sucks. I was hoping to make a move out there to the State Highway Patrol or a small town agency but it isn't looking good for the present time. I loved my sociology classes in college. Those and anthropology...hahahaha! I'm such a nerd, lol!

Lol, yep, Iowa I'll admit it, I love Iowa, other than the cold... The hiring freeze totally screwed me over. I had the chance to chat with the guy that heads Iowa Corrections and he pretty much told me I had a job when I graduated...then the hiring freeze happened...

You know...I just saw a posting for State Patrol in Iowa not long ago. I told Blake, my fiance, about it and he just looked at me like I was nuts, lol. He didn't really like the idea of me working in a prison either. He worries too much I think he was really stressed for the first year of our relationship because I was working in a locked unit of juvenile sex offenders That was my favorite job!

You know, as a cop, I've sampled some of the finest gourmet pastries around, lmao! Hahahahahaha!

oh god, you kill me!

I'm a CNA in a long term care facility (aka a nursing home) I'm hoping to get hired into a hospital where I can do more stuff, and further my career in the medical field. I want to eventually get my RN.

I commend you for your hard work. CNA work is no doubt the hardest job on the planet. I worked as a home heath aide in a dementia unit and it was horribly hard work emotionally and physically. I hope you get to your dream of being an RN. I know you can do it! My mom was prego with me at 17, got her GED, and now she's an RN making good money. It's hard work and not an easy path, but if she can do it, you can do it! Good luck

Although, it sounds like you might be following a different passion, good luck with whatever you choose!

[youbeyouibei]

[QUOTE=SlitherinSisters;1528341]Lol, yep, Iowa I'll admit it, I love Iowa, other than the cold... The hiring freeze totally screwed me over. I had the chance to chat with the guy that heads Iowa Corrections and he pretty much told me I had a job when I graduated...then the hiring freeze happened...

You know...I just saw a posting for State Patrol in Iowa not long ago. I told Blake, my fiance, about it and he just looked at me like I was nuts, lol. He didn't really like the idea of me working in a prison either. He worries too much I think he was really stressed for the first year of our relationship because I was working in a locked unit of juvenile sex offenders That was my favorite job!

That sucks, Slitherin! Dang! If it helps any, it took me a year after I graduated the law enforcement academy to land a job...I paid my way through on my own dime as part of my degree while most normal (read: "more intelligent than ME!") people get hired by an agency then are paid while they attend. Oh well, live and learn!

It's an awesome career field and I wouldn't want to do anything else but then I never claimed to be very smart, lmao! Hahahahaha! Regardless, glad things are looking up for you even if it's not your dream job...hang in there! And truthfully, law enforcement is not any more dangerous than most any other job, really, depending on the area in which you work, obviously. Heck, I've got more scars and sustained more injuries working in a welding shop than I have in the duration of my career, lol! Maybe that says something about my abilities as a welder...hmmm...

[Skittles1101]

I'm a cop in a little town in Indiana.

Kudos to you, JamieH, for going to school for your criminal justice degree. It's an incredible job field and has any number of opportunities for specializing, if you care to. It's been the hardest and equally the most rewarding job (career, I guess) that I've ever worked.

Pretty cool to see/hear the variety of jobs/careers people have and a shared interest/love of reptiles in common.

OMG a cop who's not scared of snakes?! That's unheard of on my dept....they are all freaked out by my snakes lol.

[youbeyouibei]

OMG a cop who's not scared of snakes?! That's unheard of on my dept....they are all freaked out by my snakes lol.

That's hilarious and seems to be the trend! Never ceases to amaze me at some of these guys: fire-breathing mofo's that stare down guns like they eat breakfast and don't bat an eye but if I bring in a SHED even, let alone a live animal, they're running for hills! Hahahahahaha! Shame on me for the childish glee I get from scaring the living daylights out of some of them, lmao!

[SlitherinSisters]

That sucks, Slitherin! Dang! If it helps any, it took me a year after I graduated the law enforcement academy to land a job...I paid my way through on my own dime as part of my degree while most normal (read: "more intelligent than ME!") people get hired by an agency then are paid while they attend. Oh well, live and learn!

It's an awesome career field and I wouldn't want to do anything else but then I never claimed to be very smart, lmao! Hahahahaha! Regardless, glad things are looking up for you even if it's not your dream job...hang in there! And truthfully, law enforcement is not any more dangerous than most any other job, really, depending on the area in which you work, obviously. Heck, I've got more scars and sustained more injuries working in a welding shop than I have in the duration of my career, lol! Maybe that says something about my abilities as a welder...hmmm...

Lol, I'm glad you finally got a job in the field, even if it took a year! That would have been depressing!

[youbeyouibei]

It was slightly so, Slitherin, lol! Working at Target and a welding shop, while interesting and an income, was not what I had spent 5 years of my life working towards, to say the least, lol! It all worked out in the process, thankfully. Thanks for the kind words; it certainly makes me appreciate what I have.

My wife has a cousin and his wife who both work in corrections. They actually met in prison...! BWHAHAHAHAHA! Not like THAT! They're both guards at the same facility...I couldn't tell you to save my life which one but if they ever lift the freeze, I can see about openings there if it's anywhere close to you or otherwise find out if either one of them know of anything in your area. He's a supervisor and she...well...I think she quit, last I heard, as she was pregnant and they didn't have anything other than dealing with the inmates for her to do, soooooooo...