What do you do to make a living?

Hey guys,
I thought it would be pretty interesting to see what everyone here on the forum does for a living. For those who have obtained their degree's it would be great to hear what you did before and after your accomplishment.

I am currently a process operator for Mars, Inc. making skittles for a living. Prior to this position I was a quality advisor/ set up tech for B-D a large medical manufacturer and a Supervisor at a local manufacturer before that.
After I complete my degree I hope to move up into a more office type roll of management, preferably something in human resources.

 

Just had to quit my job to get ready to move. I was in sales a short time and before that I worked as a narco Officer for 5 or 6 years.

 

I am a national service manager for a medical equipment manufacturer. I manage 6 area managers and 50 field engineers. Prior to that I was an area manager and prior to that a field engineer / field trainer (all with the same company). I worked my way up as I earned my degrees and showed a desire to excel and apply my newly-learned knowledge. Before I earned my degree I worked in a hospital repairing medical equipment specializing in life support. This was a result of military training + electronics at DeVry.

 

I was working as a chef in 1992 when I consulted on a start-up culinary program at a community college... that led to a full time admin job. I did that for 4 years, got married, made some kidletts and went part time. I've been a part time chef-instructor since then, homeschooling my kids during the day and working on my degree(s) at night. I do curriculum rewrites for the program, but left at the end of last year to change careers. I was "this close" to going into nursing/medicine/midwifery (a passion of mine) but realized that health care is not for me, so I'm headed back into culinary education. This time, I plan to own my work. My husband, also a chef, and I are going to open a B&M culinary school. It will be a short term vocational program that gets 'em in, gets 'em trained, and gets 'em out working. I have an idea for a DL component, but that will have to wait.
FWIW, my degree has nothing to do with my field, but without that path I wouldn't be on this one...so I couldn't be happier!

 

Police officer and part-time college adjunct. I have less than 10 years to go until retirement, so I'm back in school to make myself marketable for a post-retirement second career that doesn't involve a badge or a gun.

 

Part time editor for Power to Change Ministries' websites. My part time pay is offset by advertising earnings from a couple websites I created, the largest two being DOSGames.com and Play.vg. I try to help out at my church when I can, currently I'm a deacon, Sunday school teacher, and small group leader.

 

I work in student services at a university. I just finished my MA, so my job situation hasn't changed after my DL-earned degree.

I'm currently enrolled in a teacher education program for middle grades licensure. I plan to start teaching this fall.

 

Writer. (35 books with major publishers)
Real estate investor. (80% of a small commercial building in California, 5% of a large commercial building in Kentucky).
Teacher of dancing. 3-day folk dance workshops. Most recently, Franconia, NH. Soon: Vancouver and Victoria, BC.
My MJ degree helped me get my first job on a daily newspaper years ago, but in his 'welcome' talk, the old crusty editor said that I would learn more in a week on the job than ten years in J-school, and my degree was irrelevant. Yeah, pretty much so.

 

I just work hard to make money. presently working as college tutor.

 

Crime lab analyst specializing in fire debris (suspect arson), explosives, and certain speciality requests. Like someone else said, it sounds much more interesting to write than to live. But it isn't a bad gig either. Prior to this I was a chemist in the environmental business.

My research for my MS in chemistry actually focused on fire debris analysis. In chemistry I understand its unusual to work in a field so closely related to what one studied.

 

I'm the Database Administrator for a technical college in Georgia: Home - Chattahoochee Technical College

I worked my way up from Technician to Programmer to DBA over the past three years. My DL degrees have helped, even though none of them are strictly related to programming or databases.

 

Paramedic for the Saudi Arabian version of 911. been Medic for 18 years and also worked for 11 years as a safety and training advisor on international offshore oil rigs.

Currently getting an easy and fast degree (AAS-Emergency Management, BS-Liberal Studies) so I can move up the ladder into an office job in the international oil and gas industry.

 

I am librarian at a local community college, as well as an adjunct history instructor.

 

I think you might really be a drug mule....that's why you really travel around the globe!

 

Wow, this thread is a lot more interesting than I thought it was going to be. You are all really......people.

I come to work and trade my dignity for dollars. In other words, I'm a car salesman. Did finance for a while, but found that sales allows me to feel less a part of the process; somehow I rationalize that and believe I'm not quite as scuzzy as my management team.

But, come August I hope to be in front of a high school science class, assuming Rick Perry doesn't shut down all of our schools before then.

 

But, come August I hope to be in front of a high school science class, assuming Rick Perry doesn't shut down all of our schools before then.[/QUOTE]

Give him time....LOL

 

Yeah, I know. What a screwball. Anyways, I've been in a volatile career field so long that a little bit of uncertainty doesn't throw me for too much of a loop. It's just disheartening to hear the talking heads warning of layoffs when we've got such a slush fund sitting there waiting to be tapped. Maybe he can find another immunization that our daughters should all take, and apply his part of the proceeds to education. :liar: I don't heart Perry.

 

That's what I was doing before we started moving. My god the pay is so good! I made $5,800 my last month. The thing I hate is people always think you're trying to screw them and they treat you like a crook. But my god the money is great. In the back of my mind I think I should keep doing it, it's easy, pay is good, and you're your own boss... but the hours suck.

 

I agree!! I think this is one of the most interesting threads we've had in a long time!