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Offline IceFire

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Ok...not sure if we've done one of these for a while.

Whats your job right now?  Full time?  Part time?  A career path?  A stop along the way?  What do you want to do?

Seeing as I started this thread I get to lead off.

My job is in tech support at a university.  Co-workers rock.  Job sucks.  We're at year one and a half (1.5) now and I understand thats about the time that the bitterness sets in. Well it has and I'll be needing a new job soon.  I'd like to see a few of the projects through but we'll see where we go.  Its a good spot in some ways because I'm saving a fair bit of cash but I want to move away and do something really different.  I don't know what...maybe something that someone else does will give me an idea.
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Offline Taristin

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Im a student without employment. I will be likely doing a physical labour job for the state like I did last summer, but I also graduate with a Bachelors degree in May, and should probably find a real job soon.
(So, anyone else here have a Bach in History? I need ideas too! :p)
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Offline WeatherOp

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Currently I work part-time at a Christian Camp like place that teaches appropriate technology to people from 3rd world countrys.  This includes making water pumps out of PVC pipe, working in the garden, and alot of other stuff. It is important to note, it is not a charity program. We teach, the people take it back to their country and use it.

Otherwise I am going to college at Gadsden State Community College. After I get my science degree, I'll transfer to USA(University of South Alabama) for a degree in Meteorology. Where I then hope to get a job at the NHC(National Hurricane Center.)
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Offline redsniper

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I'm also a student w/o employment. Although, for the past two summers I've worked at a medical clinic doing both clerical and what I guess could be called IT work. I just recently changed my major to Mechanical Engineering, figured I didn't want to be a physicist and would rather design 'stuff'.
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Offline neoterran

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Currently I work as a Developer for a Facilities Management Company. Where I work full time on both open source (Centos 4.4 / Ruby on Rails) and closed source (Classic ASP + Microsoft Tech) projects.
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Offline Unknown Target

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I'm a graduating high school senior, working part time at a resteraunt as a busser. :p But I'm going to college soon, probably gonna major in Digital Arts or Aviation. I'm about a month away from getting my private pilot liscence.

 

Offline Ford Prefect

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Unemployed university student, studying to be an unemployed person.
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Offline redsniper

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The world would be boring without hobos...
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Offline Unknown Target

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Oh man, we have some great hobos here. One dresses in full military regalia all day every day, and walks the length of the island (some 20+ miles or something) back and forth like 5 times, shouting at the sun and passing cars. He tried to jump out in front of my car one time.

 

Offline BS403

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I'm a part time janitor at my high school. The work is easy and the pay is good.
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Offline Ulala

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I'm tech support for the Oregon NASA Space Grant Consortium, as well as the flight director for their high altitude balloon satellite program. I've been with them for nearly three years, and enjoy it much as it never gets too boring. The pay, however, could be better as I have friends who work at the local Shari's and get paid a dollar an hour more than I do, and that doesn't even include tips! But, since we're strictly running on a grant from the government, the budgeting is pretty tight. That's right taxpayers, you're paying my wages!  :p

If I could, I'd just stick with these guys and launch weather balloons etc for the rest of my days, but like I said, the pay isn't idea. I'm studying Information Systems Technology and in a couple years when I graduate I'm hoping to get a job as a network administrator or something equivilent where I get paid a lot to use my computer skills (one of the very few skills I have).
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Offline Dysko

Another unemployed student :D
This is my last year of high school, then I'll go to university (Aerospace Engineering, of course ;)) and then... I'll see...
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Offline Nuke

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im retired :D

seriously i dont ever intend to work more than a part time job. ive come to the conclusion that being an asshole is the key factor nessicary for this thing they call success. i got my degree and i got jacked, i had a full time job or two and got jacked. so i live a simple and quiet existance, and wait for you all to destroy eachother. fire them nukes already!
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Offline Kosh

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Currently I work full time for a college that is a joint program between the Queensland ministry of education and the Jiangsu provincial ministry of education to prepare students for studying abroad (mostly in Australia). I teach computing in English and I also maintain the school's network (which is a full time job in and of itself). I like the work and I like the money (8,000 RMB per month is quite a lot). Plus I can work there despite not having a degree. Life is great, at least for now.
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Offline achtung

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High School.  Senior.  No job.

Taking flying lessons at the moment, should have private license by next month.  Then off to EKU (Eastern Kentucky University), or the Air Force for further training.  I would sure love a job flying for UPS or FedEx.  It's not only the pay that's nice, but for me it's a desirable work environment.
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Offline Mefustae

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Unemployed university student, studying to be an unemployed person.

 

Offline CP5670

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I'm unemployed, but am not looking for a job just yet. :p I am in my last semester as an undergrad and will be going to graduate school in applied math later this year. I'll know where I have gotten admitted to in about a month. I'm eventually looking at a wall street quant position after I get a Ph.D. It's supposed to be fairly hard work from what I hear, but the pay is irresistible.

 

Offline aldo_14

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Software Engineer at Cisco.  Good place to work, good people, probably the best possible office to work in, despite the po-faced soullessness of the american side of the company.

 

Offline Wobble73

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I do clerical work for the local authority/government. I actually work for the social services (children and young peoples department). A lousy job for lousy pay but it pays the bills for the moment.  :(I'd like to get into IT however I cannot afford the college fees at the moment.   :hopping: :mad:
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