What does everyone do for a living?

[Snoopyslim]

Served 4 years in the Marines and used some of the money I saved up to get started. Now I am a certified personal trainer about to launch an online trainer.

That would be such a fun job - very ambitious of you! Send me the link once you have it up and going - I'm huge into fitness.

[slithering_BP]

Up until vary recently, I did cabinetry refinishing and built custom cabinetry. After 6 1/2, I Now I have been forced out onto greener pastures ( boss is retired and is folding the business). I am now in residential and commercial construction, and have gone back to school part time to get my highschool, so I can go to college for HVAC.


Only my boss know about my hobby, as I don't really get into my personal life with clients ( I made the mistake of telling a client that I'm a hunter and we lost a contract because of it)) most people who do know are either scared and won't come over or think it's cool, or have weird questions like "are they venomous" or "aren't they illegal".

Oh and of course my landlord knows, she's not please but when she said I had to get rid of the Snake I offered to just move instead lol.

[DennisM]

FedGov information technology contractor, aka "code monkey".

well, a monkey could do a lot worse than hooking up with the feds. I do the same thing minus the FedGov clients.

[DennisM]

... Whenever I mention what my career was nowadays people are always appreciative. People mostly remember 9- 11.

it's unfortunate that something of that magnitude is what it took for so many to appreciate those who serve us daily. I guess even the darkest of clouds has a silver lining.

[Hypancistrus]

I am a HS Science teacher. A lot of my animals moonlight in the classroom most of the year. Right now I have a cornsnake, a blue-tongue skink, a crested gecko and five turtles in my classroom, along with some furry animals (hamsters) and 19 newly hatched baby chicks which we will keep for two weeks until they grow wing feathers.

My coworkers see my zoo of a classroom and so it never shocks them that I have a home zoo, too. In fact, I bring a lot of my home animals in for school events.

[DennisM]

Everyone has such neat jobs, way to go everyone! Now for my next question...do your co-workers think you're odd for having snakes as pets? hahah I am the youngest at my company by quite a bit and do all sorts of odd hobbies I think everyone thinks I'm nuts.

some think it's odd, some think it's scary, it seems most are semi fascinated. most co-workers I've had who've thought I was odd thought so before they found out about the snakes.

[DennisM]

I'm trying to get a bachelors in Classical Studies, which is basically the history and literature of ancient Rome and Greece And since everyone asks, I hope to someday teach the very same subject at a college level

I bet the snakes are named after the Greek/Roman Gods.

[DennisM]

this has been a surprisingly fun thread.

[Snoopyslim]

some think it's odd, some think it's scary, it seems most are semi fascinated. most co-workers I've had who've thought I was odd thought so before they found out about the snakes.

Lol this is great and probably true for me as well I've juggled and hula hooped on lunch since I've started there so that description of me might have already been formed haha. Most do seen somewhat fascinated, but they also seem to think a ball python can kill you LOL just the typical unknowing.

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I am a HS Science teacher. A lot of my animals moonlight in the classroom most of the year. Right now I have a cornsnake, a blue-tongue skink, a crested gecko and five turtles in my classroom, along with some furry animals (hamsters) and 19 newly hatched baby chicks which we will keep for two weeks until they grow wing feathers.

My coworkers see my zoo of a classroom and so it never shocks them that I have a home zoo, too. In fact, I bring a lot of my home animals in for school events.

I wish I was in your class lol

[cristacake]

I bet the snakes are named after the Greek/Roman Gods.

That was my plan, until I made the mistake of telling everyone the breeder's chosen name for my first BP. I was considering naming her Persephone, but once I had introduced her to people as "Donuts", it stuck! Maybe another species will take the Olympian route