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12 Jun 2012, 7:21 am

celebrei wrote:

I'm curious as to what work you guys/gals have? care to share?

I'm an unemployed career pizza delivery driver. Hoping to get on disability.

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12 Jun 2012, 8:07 am

I'm a full-time Mum and housewife (stay at home Mum, some say). I did work as an admin supervisor for 11 years, prior to my daughter's birth, but I'm not going back to that. I'm starting a P/T IT degree, at uni, in September.

[ edit - I almost forgot. I moderate WP too, when I get time, but that's unpaid (it's still work, however). ]

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12 Jun 2012, 4:14 pm

Great topic!

I'm a chiropractor- since 2003.

Before that.... Worked in R & D for drug companies. Mostly did animal surgeries. Wasn't very good at it.

Before that... Taught lab courses in neuroanatomy, gross anatomy and human dissection at Northeastern U.

Human Anatomy is one of my special interests.

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12 Jun 2012, 4:21 pm

usability specialist and graphic designer. add a .com after my username.

(edit - site is broken in IE. we're working on it.)

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12 Jun 2012, 4:22 pm

Working in IT since I was 19, starting doing software support and systems administration, now I'm working in desktop support for a large financial company. I love what I do because I don't have to interact with people on a regular basis. I just sit in an air conditioned room writing scripts, and building hardware all day

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12 Jun 2012, 9:40 pm

Remodels right now. Truck broke down one time too many, sick of self employment. I ran a landscaping company for 13 years though. This is my first year back in the normal workforce.

Waiting on a call to get on a boat in Alaska. That is my kind of work, always wanted to go up there like my father and his father before him. If I settle into a career that will be it. Pretty much guaranteed a spot once it opens, so when the call comes I pick up my bag and go.

6 months off a year sounds pretty peachy to me and you come back with enough money to live well and keep a savings account.

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12 Jun 2012, 9:50 pm

My job had me tutoring math at a college. I tutored all lower-division math.

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12 Jun 2012, 10:07 pm

I write and edit for a technology publication. Not a bad gig--I'm good with words, and it's a field related to a special interest. The downside, of course, is when I have to meet with product vendors who want to show off their new wares in the hopes that we'll write about them.

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12 Jun 2012, 10:10 pm

Well at the moment it seems to be down to be a bum or get approved for SSI which is still kind of like a bum according to some peoples perspective. So bum it is I guess.

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12 Jun 2012, 10:20 pm

Sweetleaf wrote:

Well at the moment it seems to be down to be a bum or get approved for SSI which is still kind of like a bum according to some peoples perspective. So bum it is I guess.

Far better SSI than marry the wrong man like I did.

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12 Jun 2012, 11:59 pm

See Sig below.

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13 Jun 2012, 12:22 am

Auto tech, painter and detailer

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13 Jun 2012, 12:29 am

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you delete things for a living?

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13 Jun 2012, 12:32 am

I haven't worked in two years but used to be a policy analyst.

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13 Jun 2012, 1:45 am

Sweetleaf wrote:

Well at the moment it seems to be down to be a bum or get approved for SSI which is still kind of like a bum according to some peoples perspective. So bum it is I guess.

Well, w/ SSI you'll be a professional bum.

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13 Jun 2012, 1:52 am

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outofplace wrote:

I deliver pizza full time. It lets me minimize the amount of contact with others while also indulging my special interest in auto mechanics and cars in general. It's not that I don't like all of the people I work with, some of them I get along with really well. It's just that I don't want someone watching me do my job constantly and that I enjoy having the time to think while I am driving. Plus, I enjoy trying to beat the system by making the math work in my favor. I do this with the car I drive (a 3 cylinder Geo Metro), my proximity to work from home, delivery area knowledge, and my ability to repair anything that could go wrong with my vehicle. Plus, I have held the same job for several years now and the people I work with have forgiven me for my eccentricities and learned to accept me as I am. No one sees me as normal, but many people see me as a caring person who is understanding and easy to talk to (if not a little too talkative, literal and pedantic!) Learning how to shut up, listen and ask others to talk about themselves while not talking as much about myself was not easy for me, but it has made me at least able to not develop enemies, if not a lot of outright friendships. Plus, being a good mechanic in a pizza place means that no one really wants to piss you off. They never know when I might be needed to get them back on the road and making money!

I loved the time I spent delivering pizzas, for the exact reasons you talk about.

Almost every job I've had has been as a driver. Most recent was durability testing of prototypes. Loved doing that.

Right now I'm working on getting my commercial license and driving for one of the many many trucking companies around here.

I considered doing the truck driving thing, but my best friend does it for a living. From him, I know the ins and outs of it and know how badly the trucking companies try to screw you. All I can say is, be careful. You may like being alone behind the wheel, but it's hard to get a job as a newbie unless you do OTR for $600 a week. They expect you to be on the road for weeks at a time without returning home. I couldn't do that as I see it as giving up all hope that I would ever have a normal life.

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