What do you do?
For a living, that is. What’s your day-to-day like? I know all of you, but I can’t say I have an idea what you spend all your days doing.
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That’s actually what I originally thought Matt’s post was about.
I teach middle school mathematics in Jersey City, NJ. My homeroom is 6th grade. As of today’s last bell, I am off.
I am in post production for the Consumer News and Business Channel (CNBC). I edit those fancy reporter pieces you see during the day, as well as putting together some of the shows that air in prime time, though as of the last 6 months, any I’ve worked on have been axed (Big Idea, High Net Worth) or been moved to only the weekend (On the Money).
i create wound simulations for emergency medical personnel to train on in order to assist getting over the usually-debilitating shock of seeing massive trauma caused by guns, mines, shrapnel, etc. they look awesome and they bleed. i am also the only resident media-knowledgeable person.
I teach 5th grade inclusion, which means I’m the special ed teacher in a general education classroom. I am particularly responsible for eight of the 22 students, but I teach everyone Math and Social Studies, the two classes I enjoy the most.
I have kids until next Friday, unlike Paris.
I acquire new music video content, to feature on Billboard.com, AllMusic.com and our company website SingingFool.com. Basically, I have to maintain the relationships we already have and create new ones with the labels/production companies/bands we don’t have.
I do important medical studies for the FBI. I can elaborate no more.
I’m in charge of buying stuff for food companies. The packaging it comes in, the ingredients used on the production lines, etc. I look at production schedules, place orders accordingly, deal with pricing. For 13 years I had worked for one of the most massive food companies in the world so I did my job for a lot of different divisions and types of food, etc. But the division I was on as of August last year got sold so as a result of that I now do the same thing for a much smaller company that makes cereal.
I build databases for pharmaceutical companies that track drug prescription activity across the nation. Then I come home and master albums for indie bands for a few hours before playing with kittens. I don’t get paid for the kittens part.
I work on teams that design “tools” used by the armed forces that help them do what they need to do. This mostly happens in my office and in conference rooms, but occasionally I get to go to the desert to fly in helicopters and watch shit blow up.
Mandy wins by the way. Her job should be a Discovery channel show, if not a series.
I work for a company that handles day-to-day management for associations and non-profits. Stuff like accounting and meeting management and graphics work. I work in the web department and spend my day doing anything from site maintenance and updating board rosters, to buildling election web apps, to designing sites from the ground up. It varies a lot, depending on the workload.
I work for a company that handles day-to-day management for associations and non-profits. Stuff like accounting and meeting management and graphics work. I work in the graphic design department and spend my day doing anything from magazines/newsletters, posters, brochures, and convention materials. It varies a lot, depending on the workload.
I’m the senior user experience designer for Tributes.com, which is a national obituary site that aggregates information from funeral homes and the social security death index. We also sell and host online tributes, hence the name. I don’t understand how my title is “senior” as I’m the only user experience designer. A User experience designer is essentially what John does, except I’m more of a front end, pretty picture creator and he’s more of a programmer. My “expertise” is in graphic design and CSS programming. I also design marketing collateral and trade show booths for the company.
Bill, I still crack up fairly often at the fact that, despite the long and winding road you took to get there, you still ended up working in the funeral industry or whatever you’d call it just like you’d planned in high school.
I’m laid off!!! My days consist of refreshing the scrabbled over and over, playing video games and working on various creative endeavours and walking the dog.
My 4 month stint as househusband, after being laid off from an architecture firm in February, is coming to an end Monday. I’ll be working as an architect / project manager at the office of the architect at a university here in DC.
i support ryan’s creative endeavors and dog walking by working with medical students as they do their pediatric clerkships. I do the administrative behind the scenes stuff, but i also get to attend medical lectures for free and learn about amazingly cool and bizarre medical stuff. and since it’s peds, the doctors are all super nice and down to earth, so it’s a pretty great job! my future job plans involve being an evil landlord of college houses though.
i am a reporter for the gloucester county times, the daily newspaper of gloucester county, new jersey. i mostly cover monroe township and everything that happens in it. i go to council meetings and ground breakings and library birthdays. i am also the features phillies reporter which brings me into the dugout to phillies games to gawk at the players and get no work done. i am about to take on my newest endeavor, which is head of our newest blog, giving breaking news of all towns in gloucester county along rt. 45.
when i go home, i eat wawa and watch phillies games.
Bill, I still crack up fairly often at the fact that, despite the long and winding road you took to get there, you still ended up working in the funeral industry or whatever you’d call it just like you’d planned in high school.
Planned in 6th or 7th grade (I forget exactly) — In that Jewish guy’s social studies class, the one that went to the same synogag as Dave Carp.
christina said:when i go home, i eat wawa and watch phillies games.
Things South Jersey is better at than North Jersey:
1. Having Wawas
2. Not softball
My official title is AVA Technician. That does not accurately describe what I do. I am technically an administrater (number 13 in the school’s heirarchy). I run the school’s auditorium and television studio. I am also the schools junior director of technology, meaning that I repair the computers when students put sandwhiches into the cd-rom drives. I also run the AV club, the Morning News club, and the board game and strategy club. My job is a strange combination of the work I used to do with my father (who does sound and lights with bands) and the stuff I used to do at the computer lab at Rowan.
I also work 50 hours a week regularly and do not leave the building in the month of June due to all the dance companys renting out the auditorium.
I am a collector for Cintron Beversge Group (we sell Green Teas, Ades and Energy drinks). My duties also include saying “NO” to various events, groups, people that want a sponsorship, getting various information on POS (point of sale) materials (shirts, hats, banners, signs, stickers, etc…) as well as organizing and handling any shippments that enter or leave our warehouse.
Basically I am a Jack-of-all-Trades.
I work as a sales coordinator for the in- house AV company at the Valley Forge Convention Center. So basically, groups and companies book their event at the hotel, and are handed over to me to work out the AV details, which really means that people haggle with me over pricing, which I actually love.
I worked with this company for 8 years as an technician at the Four Seasons, Sheraton, and Ritz- Carlton before taking the sales job.
I am now Health and Safety Co-coordinator and Six Sigma Green Belt for Cintas’s North Philly plant. I will take over the same duties for our new plant in West Philly when it opens, splitting my time between the two.
Tom, nice one and good luck with the new job and Paris and Ryan keep your chins up. things will work out for you guys.
The Manc said:I am now Health and Safety Co-coordinator and Six Sigma Green Belt for Cintas’s North Philly plant.
Six Sigma is for suckers, unless you run a manufacturing line (which it sounds like you might). I’ve been fighting against the man trying to force me to get my green belt for a couple of years now.
I’m a reporter for TimesLedger Newspapers in Queens, NYC. I’m the lead reporter in a newsroom of about 15 editorial staffers and primarily cover the political nonsense and the horrendous criminal activity that goes on in central queens. I also run two blogs for the company — which is unfortunately a NewsCorp holding — dubbed the Iron Triangle Tracker and the newly minted Queens Campaigner.
I spend most of my day scampering to get my stories done while complaining constantly about the state of journalism with Christina. I also like cupcakes.
This is fun. Everyone sounds so important!
Right now I’m an English teacher in Patagonia Chile. I have a co-teacher who speaks Spanish and English, but she was out all week. Today I taught the kids “Chile beat Bolivia in football.” When, where, how, and most importantly, what was the score? I unintentionally made a bunch of 5th graders think I am taking them to South Africa next year for the World Cup but that happens. I also had to sit in on a meeting about swine flu which I left very angrily. I might get fired for not wearing a mask, even though three people in my city of 20,000 have the swine. It’s been a long week.
I’d like to point out that Paris is out of work by choice. Perks of the job. Only perk, really. That and discounts on Macbooks and iMacs.
I work in the production department of a small medical device company. We make a speech generating device to assist in speech therapy/functional communication/recovery for people with a specific speech disorder that usually occurs due to stroke. Our device is based on the white Macbook, and we made an app so there’s an iPod-based accessory we just launched this year.
I do a couple of things: First, I’m kind of like a librarian of our trial devices. People have to have a test-run first to see if the device can help them. So I keep track of all the trial devices, deal with all the installation of software.
On the other side, I set up all our sales devices, too. Installing the software and whatever. I install touchscreens on lots of them, which is pretty fun, because lawd knows I love taking things apart.
On the side I make stuff. Right now, most of what I make ends up as presents, but I sell some things on etsy, and do commission work every couple of months.
Big Bill said:Bill, I still crack up fairly often at the fact that, despite the long and winding road you took to get there, you still ended up working in the funeral industry or whatever you’d call it just like you’d planned in high school.Planned in 6th or 7th grade (I forget exactly) — In that Jewish guy’s social studies class, the one that went to the same synogag as Dave Carp.
Mr Krantweis?? He was one of the only teachers that actually taught life skills, like how to balance a check book.
As for my job, aside from raising 2 spectacular children, I had my own biz selling crafty/artsy things for many years. Now I sell food (Tastefully Simple)
I am the special events coordinator and grant writer for a small physical rehab hospital in Philly. (Any of you know Brian Hickey? He was treated there.)
I basically have two jobs combined into one, which actually works out well for me…they are both things I enjoy: writing and event planning. The grant writing is for any community programming (wheelchair sports, support groups, etc.) that isn’t covered by insurance. The special events is fundraising and I basically do the administrative parts of putting together 3-4 large events per year.
This year I am proud to say we squashed goals in both areas. Economy be damned…Next year is the year I am worried about though.
Before that I was a development manager for the Philly Pops. It was great until we merged with the orchestra.
I am an electrician, it is good money, aside from that I am a drunk. Dreams can come true.
I work for a law firm (where Mandy used to work), getting paid to deal with big damn messes. It’s interesting.
If things go well, I’ll be getting my Masters in Emergency Management… while working at the law firm…
Professional Resume Sender-inner. At least three a day. That’s been my goal for the last few months.
Part time – I pick up shifts waitressing and dogsitting. It keeps me getting up in the morning. That and 5 AM crew practices.
Professional Resume Sender-inner. At least three a day. That’s been my goal for the last few months.
Part time – I pick up shifts waitressing and dogsitting. It keeps me getting up in the morning. That and 5 AM crew practices.
wendela said:
Mr Krantweis?? He was one of the only teachers that actually taught life skills, like how to balance a check book.
As for my job, aside from raising 2 spectacular children, I had my own biz selling crafty/artsy things for many years. Now I sell food (Tastefully Simple)
Yes! That’s him. I haven’t thought about that guy in years.
I proofread booklets/closed captioning in videos for a company that then sells these booklets/videos to insurance companies. Anything from prostate cancer, breast cancer, depression, weight loss, and diabetes. The idea behind the books/videos is to help people make decisions about what treatment they want to pursue for each condition. It’s theoretically helping to change the way healthcare works because patients take an active role in their treatment and weigh options rather than having their doctor tell them directly what treatment/surgery they should do.