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[TheDuce22]

Just curious what everyones jobs are and if they are satisfyed with them. I have been working with electronics for the past 5 years and im completely done with it. I have the opportunity to go to school full time, I need to make a career change before I go insane. Anyone have any ideas not related to computers or electronics?

 

[Ryo]

I work as a system developer, and I love it. It challenges me every day, and that is what keeps me going.

As for other ideas, I don't know man. Go for gardening. Gotta be the farthest from computer and electronics =)

 

[bionic77]

What do you like to do?

 

[Drozmight]

You know those guys who sit on the side of the road claiming to be homeless? Yeah thats me.

We have a union and everything. I like it.

 

[TheDuce22]

What do you like to do?

Thats a good question. I know what I dont like.. any kind of maintenance on electronics. Im up for almost anything other than that. Just trying to get an idea of what other people do and if they enjoy it.

Go for gardening.

I have considered landscaping/gardening but it doesnt pay enough. Its not really a steady income.

 

[isamu]

When you can:


A)Browse and post at GAF

B)Play a shitload of games and emulators even online via WiFi hotspot on your new laptop

C)Take lunch whenever and wherever you feel like.

D)Kick your feet up and relax and be completely isolated in a closed down building.

E)Make $40,000 a year doing it.


...you know you got it goin on

 

[Deleted member 4784]

$40,000 a year is "goin' on"? :lol

 

[TheDuce22]

Honestly, I work maybe 2 hours of an 8 hour shift. The rest of the time im sitting around doing nothing (posting here). Thats part of my job dissatisfaction.

 

[JayFro]

Just curious what everyones jobs are and if they are satisfyed with them. I have been working with electronics for the past 5 years and im completely done with it. I have the opportunity to go to school full time, I need to make a career change before I go insane. Anyone have any ideas not related to computers or electronics?

I'm a tennis professional (teacher), I like what I do but I'm on my feet all day and it gets old at times. I won't be doing it forever so at some point I'll be looking to make a change hopefully with computers or at the least some type of technology field.

 

[JayFro]

Honestly, I work maybe 2 hours of an 8 hour shift. The rest of the time im sitting around doing nothing (posting here). Thats part of my job dissatisfaction.

I'll trade with ya I'm alert my entire day every minute of every hour, paying customers wouldn't want it any other way. There are plenty of days I just wish I could slack or space out.

 

[SpoonyBard]

Yes, I like doing nothing.

 

[Zaptruder]

$40,000 a year is "goin' on"? :lol

That kinda cash for been a lazy turd? It's pretty good.

In many ways, been able to enjoy 40k P.A. is alot better than not been able enjoy 200k p.a. as you're too busy slaving away at work sifting through fine print, or looking into people's mouths and guys 16 hours 6 days a week.

 

[TheDuce22]

The front runner so far is getting a degree in counseling or psychology and getting into social work or becoming a cop. Its probably a huge mistake and I should probalby ride my cake job till the day I die but I just feel like you spend such a large percentage of your life at work, why not do something meaningfull.

 

[Manders]

love my job. make a shit load and i actually enjoy what i do. the only downside is i don't have an office. fuckin cubicle.

 

[mrkgoo]

The front runner so far is getting a degree in counseling or psychology and getting into social work or becoming a cop. Its probably a huge mistake and I should probalby ride my cake job till the day I die but I just feel like you spend such a large percentage of your life at work, why not do something meaningfull.

how abut sticking to it and finding meaning outside of work? Hobbies, self-discipline, whatever.

 

[Jill Sandwich]

I'm a live-in sex therapist at an all girls school. Gets tiring, but I get so much satisfaction.

 

[Wendo]

The front runner so far is getting a degree in counseling or psychology and getting into social work or becoming a cop. Its probably a huge mistake and I should probalby ride my cake job till the day I die but I just feel like you spend such a large percentage of your life at work, why not do something meaningfull.

I'm a psych major, and I've got to say that the major is fairly useless on the BA level. You pretty much have to get your masters to get any sort of social work jobs. Oh, and you have to do tons and tons of stats shit.

That said,

I'm a produce clerk at a food Co-op. Not glamorous, doesn't pay terribly well, but it's a damn good job. Very laid back, yet the people there work hard. There's a real community in the workplace there, and people actually care about one another. Customers treat you like people, not underlings.

I was amazed when I found out how many people at the Co-op have BAs or MAs. It's a great place to work for people that persue their interests in their own time, and just enjoy working an 8 hour shift at a blue collar job. This is very common for artists- they end up working blue collar jobs and do their art on their off time.

And, truth be told, I really like blue-collar work. It just feels good. I don't think I'd be very happy stuck in a cubicle.

 

[xsarien]

I like what I do it's just a shame that "Non-Profit" is really code for "Don't expect much in the way of salary."

 

[Phoenix]

I'm a software architect. More responsible for the high level design, planning and architecture or major corporate systems than any specific programming tasks - though I do programming from time to time to make things work properly. I enjoy what I do a great deal, but it isn't the end of the road for me as I'm working my way through law school so that I can become a trial advocate (trial lawyer) in the intellectual property space and fight against people responsible for stealing the rights from the people and raping the government or exploiting the system for their own ends - I want to hunt them like Jedi.

 

[MrAngryFace]

I work for Staples, yes retail. I live better than a lot of the world, its not always easy, but its a job. For a lot of even the people in the US, a job IS a job. We'll take what we can get in this fucked up job market bled dry by outsourcing.

 

[Outcast2004]

I work as a graphic designer/product quality specialist for a magazine. I like what I do, like the people I work with, but I hate the pay or lack thereof as the case may be.

 

[goodcow]

I'm the all purpose digital video guy working for CUNY, the City University of New York.

My tasks include having to tape and edit whatever events they want me to at my campus, and either author DVDs with DVD Studio Pro, or prepare them for streaming web delivery. In addition, I have to digitize whatever else I get, either from CUNY central, or individual professors.

Admittedly, a lot of the material is dry, since we're a college, but my co-workers are great, the pay for now (and being part time, and a full time student) is good, and I get medical benefits.

Plus, this month is my time to shine, because it's Commencement time!

Last year's Commencement DVD was a three camera, 21-miniDV tape shoot, with two discs, in widescreen, with all sorts of bonus footage, including a 24-styled "Making of Commencement" video.

http://www.goodcowfilms.com/web/QCC_COMMENCEMENT_COVER.PSD.png

 

[the year 20XX]

It's 'exercises'


(edit: on topic-- I'm a linguistics grad student and not only is it extremely difficult, it's also a five-year program and I'm pretty much guaranteed to be either underpaid or unemployed. $40K/year and a laptop sounds incredibly ideal.)

 

[goodcow]

It's 'exercises'

Those were the old screencaps I made a day before the master had to be done, and somebody else on my blog caught that. Then the graphic designer had to fix that the next day, and I had to quickly re-master the DVD.

 

[hyp]

my job is actually pretty similar to goodcow's. i'm the multimedia specialist at my company. basically do video shoots, editing, motion graphics, dvds, streaming video, websites, etc. it's pretty much a one-man-show type of job. pays great, boss lets us work at home if there's nothing to do in the studio. no one's ever really looking over my shoulder and i have access to a lot of new multimedia technology. not a bad gig, but i'd rather be making films for a living.

on top of that, i rarely work a full 8 hour day. and get paid salary.