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What is Your Profession?

Posted: 15 Oct 2008 16:36
by Freakzilla
I thought to start this topic because...

I GOT A RAISE TODAY! :D

Mead and blowjobs for all my men!

Oh yeah... I design commercial fire alarm systems for a global corporation.

What do you do?

Posted: 15 Oct 2008 16:38
by Omphalos
I handle legal matters for a large insurance company. I do a lot more for them, actually, but that is the core of my job.

Congratulations, Freak!

Posted: 15 Oct 2008 16:45
by A Thing of Eternity
Congrats on the raise Freak!

I work for my family's business, a fair sized music/lighting/video equipment retail company out of Alberta.

My cards say that I'm a purchaser, but I don't really cut most of the POs, I'm more of a general purchasing related problem fixing guy. I do a lot of different things, usually fixing problems that crop up with orders or with suppliers, and LOTs of data entry.

It's a good job, I've worked for them for years back in Alberta doing sales, rentals, and service management, and I'm doing this now because they needed someone for the job and I live a province away (can work from home) and was getting damned sick of night shift at Home Depot.

Posted: 15 Oct 2008 17:08
by A Thing of Eternity
Baraka Bryan wrote:I work in market intelligence for an international IT company in their software division. basically I conduct market researh to allow the marketing organization to properly position our products and services.
Is it you that keeps phoning me and asking me to answer questions? :shock: If so; LEAVE ME ALONE! ARRRG. :wink:

Posted: 15 Oct 2008 17:35
by TheDukester
International spy.

I really can't say too much more than that.

Posted: 15 Oct 2008 17:39
by A Thing of Eternity
Baraka Bryan wrote:
A Thing of Eternity wrote:
Baraka Bryan wrote:I work in market intelligence for an international IT company in their software division. basically I conduct market researh to allow the marketing organization to properly position our products and services.
Is it you that keeps phoning me and asking me to answer questions? :shock: If so; LEAVE ME ALONE! ARRRG. :wink:

lol.
no, i only have conference calls with industry analysts.. yno people who know stuff :P :wink:
That's what I figured, sounds kinda interesting actually, but I wanted to check because I remember when I was a burger flipper I called myself a "meat patty inverting technician". I thought there was a chance you might be doing a similar thing with "telemarketer:. :wink:

Posted: 15 Oct 2008 17:40
by Freakzilla
A Thing of Eternity wrote:...when I was a burger flipper I called myself a "meat patty inverting technician".
I own a beer processing plant. :wink:

Posted: 15 Oct 2008 17:42
by A Thing of Eternity
Freakzilla wrote:
A Thing of Eternity wrote:...when I was a burger flipper I called myself a "meat patty inverting technician".
I own a beer processing plant. :wink:
Don't we all. :wink: :D

Posted: 15 Oct 2008 19:58
by Ampoliros
In that case, I'm a Media and Education Dispersal Monitor.

In my downtime I'm a Self-Higher-Educator at a local State University and a Semi-professional Auditor for MHMR and Young Adult Literature. I also relax through Artistic Demotivation and Virtual Threat Management and Reduction.

Posted: 15 Oct 2008 22:03
by Nekhrun
7-12 grade English Teacher. Though I now spend a lot of time working online.

Posted: 15 Oct 2008 23:18
by Rakis
I'm working at a shelter for homeless kids and young adults, trying to help them get a job, an appartment, a better life... :)

Posted: 16 Oct 2008 03:05
by Secher_Nbiw
I'm a Junior IT Security Consultant, aka office lackey. And I got a raise too, albeit small :)

Posted: 16 Oct 2008 04:25
by Serkanner
I am in-between jobs ...

Posted: 16 Oct 2008 04:27
by Laphtiya
ICT support Technician, and yes most of the myths are true. People DO think it's a coffee tray!

Posted: 16 Oct 2008 09:23
by trang
Congrats Freak, would that be Seimans?
(I dealt with various fire alarm companies as a security officer, testing, inspections, troubleshooting, etc)

I recently (last 90 days) changed from Security, back to IT, my normal field. I'm a Technical Support Specialist for Major Computer Company Headquartered here in Kansas City. I monitor and troubleshoot their Output Division's systems (Mainframe, Unix, and Windows, Internet working).

Goal is 12 months getting to know their systems and network, then work upward back to my area, Network Administration. I was out of field for a break while I went back to school and finished Bachelor's in Information Technology, completed that.

OH... and after recent beer run test last month ( I hadn't had an alcohol in two years, with diabetes and some other things) that proved successful, 8 beers and no problems, I would have to say:

I AM a beer processing plant:)

Again Congrats Freak!
Trang

Posted: 16 Oct 2008 10:48
by GamePlayer
Educated and experienced in finance, but I'm not currently working in it. I was managing accounts for an exhibition park but I'm currently managing an office for a software company while looking for a real job.

Posted: 16 Oct 2008 12:16
by Freakzilla
trang wrote:Congrats Freak, would that be Seimans?
Honeywell :)

Posted: 16 Oct 2008 17:55
by Nekhrun
Freakzilla wrote:
trang wrote:Congrats Freak, would that be Seimans?

Honeywell :)
A MN company right? Do they ever send you up here?

Posted: 16 Oct 2008 20:17
by SandChigger
trang wrote:Congrats Freak, would that be Seimans?
Freakzilla wrote:...blowjobs for all my men!
Sounds like it to me. 8)

(I don't get the 's' on the end, though.... :P )

Posted: 16 Oct 2008 23:48
by Rakis
SandChigger wrote:
trang wrote:Congrats Freak, would that be Seimans?
Freakzilla wrote:...blowjobs for all my men!
Sounds like it to me. 8)

(I don't get the 's' on the end, though.... :P )
Perv...


:)

Posted: 17 Oct 2008 09:55
by loremaster
11-18 Biology-trained chemistry teacher currently employed to teach maths :) .

Anyone who can count to 10 is being encouraged to teach maths these days. As it happens, im going to be the head of chemistry next year too, as i'm the only one here, and it turns out we're a bit short of them too.

Posted: 17 Oct 2008 10:28
by inhuien
At the moment I'm a full time father, previously I've managed a recording/rehearsal studio, been a full time musician, a whore and other things that I'm not so proud of.

Posted: 17 Oct 2008 10:43
by Spicelon
Technical Manager (it's just a title) for a small GIS company specializing in E9-1-1 Response mapping. Basically I make phone calls, create and edit spreadsheets, and every now and then I get to play with GIS data.

Posted: 17 Oct 2008 17:16
by Raveem
Doctoral physicist. Oxford, England.

Raveem.

Posted: 17 Oct 2008 18:50
by DuneFishUK
Raveem wrote:Doctoral physicist. Oxford, England.
Nice!

I'm a modelmaker.

The company I working for is doing a model accelerator/synchrotron something from down Oxford way atm. Interesting stuff - it's at times like this I wish I could count proper (which was the main reason I was crap at physics) :P :)