What do you do for a living?

[Arbustosux]

I thought it might be interesting to see what everyone on DU does for a living. So, please post your official job title below.

To get us started, I am a Director of Human Resources.

You?

[ACK]

1. Unix System Administrator

I am a sysadmin.

I am a code monkey.

I dream of big machines.
I dream of big machines multi-processor server beasts.
I fall asleep to the soothing whirr of RAID arrays grinding in the background.
Endless lines of monotous code fill my head as I down one too many Jolts with the coffee cup still on my desk.
I hold onto the mouse like a lifeline because it is.
This is what I always wanted. This is what I got.
I am not afraid.

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[Skittles]

5. gawd I despise UNIX commands

HORRENDOUS. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.

[markus]

11. So why are you ACK?

Was awk taken?

[ACK]

58. SYN/ACK but even better

ACK /ak/ interj. 2. An exclamation of surprised disgust, esp. in "Ack pffft!"

[markus]

60. Ah, that's what I wish I'd sed n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Role playinig game Freelance Writer

And will be looking for a day job soon... as it does not pay enough

[ACK]

59. Which one?

I still run a traveller game on IRC.

Megatraveller rules few house mods.

[bedtimeforbonzo]

3. Senior Systems Engineer

mostly wintel boxes

[markus]

4. Business Technology Analyst

Software Testing/QA Lead for a large project at a moderately large bank.

[Skittles]

6. Production Support

Medicaid and Medicare claims.

[commander bunnypants]

10. Hi Skittles

Social Worker here. and I deal with people like Skittles all day long. And yes they will kick your ass

DDQM

[Skittles]

14. pity the poor shcmucks who page Skittles at 03:00 AM

YES INDEED!!!

[TheSuaveOne]

7. Mine...

Architect/Tenant Coordinator

...la

[flowomo]

college prof/journalist/windchime maker

in that order at the moment...

[StephNW4Clark]

8. Consultant to Financial Services Firms

Don't start raging against me for being the pocket of Wall Street...I'm helping a former Clarkie set up a business as a financial advisor specializing in financial plans around the values of the Democratic Party :)

So no investments in Halliburton, Enron, etc.

[TX-RAT]

9. Rancher

[flowomo]

13. Rats?

(just kidding)

[Arbustosux]

52. in Crawford??

hmmmmmmm

[TheFarseer]

12. pension fund manager

[wysimdnwyg]

15. I post on DU for a living

OK, it just SEEMS that way. I'm paid to be a programmer.

[Burma Jones]

16. Analyst

I dang near gots me a Dokterate though so I'm a pretty goooood Analyst. I kin jest about analyze anythin'.

[proud patriot]

17. Homemaker / Vollunteer Moderator / Preschool Teacher (when I worked)

[Tom_Foolery]

18. Underpaid radio DJ at a 100,000 watt country station n/t

[Wickerman]

19. Auditor type gig

years and years of it.

[On the Road]

20. At the Moment,

I am a Manager of Performance Assurance in Finance for Verizon (the local telphone company division).

[parasim]

21. User Interface designer/animator/sound designer...

... not websites, though, touchscreens to control medical devices and navigation systems for automobiles and airplane cockpits, things like that...

[HawkerHurricane]

22. After 20 years of being a sailor,

I am now a 'Classified Data Clerk'.
I'm a librarian, in other words.

[NC_Nurse]

23. I just co-wrote

a book to help people organize their health information. I'm an RN, prep and recovery specialist. I'm launching my book/system at the Southern Women's Show in Raleigh this weekend. I hope someone wants it...
if anyone wants to check out my website and give me feedback/suggestions (please be kind) it's at: www.healthhistoryandwellnessjournal.com.

[plcdude]

24. Director of Leadership Development

and College Professor at Oklahoma State University.

[readmylips]

25. Retired....

Both my hub and I, worked for Space Station Program, Communications Division, over 15 years. I'm totally against placing nukes in out of space. Motto of Space Station: It's About Life on Earth. Where does bush the fooking idea of using space to kill life on Earth?

[Padraig18]

26. I'm a news agent/bookseller.

I'm also a university student working toward my B.A. in History.:)

[GumboYaYa]

27. I am a Transactional Attorney.

Mostly, I structure and negotiate debt and equity financing transactions and mergers and acquisitions.

[SW FL Dem]

34. I was a transactional and real estate attorney

with an emphasis on tax for almost 15 years. Now, my titles include, but are not limited to, Mom, Wife, chief dog walker, senior chef and laundry supervisor.

[-..__...]

28. Firefighter

Closing in on 20 years now.

[Skittles]

36. true story

in rural Texas my boyfriend and I came home from work to find the farmland completely black from a grass fire, the house and barn untouched, and empty gatorade bottles EVERYWHERE. These firemen had arrived, battled the blaze for hours in 105 degree weather, saved the house and barn, and left. Just doing their jobs. We put a thank you notice in the local paper. Freaking amazing!!!

[Mrs. Venation]

29. IT Specialist

I'm one of the administrators of my agency's electronic mail and groupware infrastructure.

IOW, I'm a computer geek.

[geniph]

30. Network Systems Manager

basically, the Windows server administrator for a large public school district - about 150 servers, including the 4 Exchange servers.

Technically, I'm also in charge of all the LAN issues, but 150 servers is enough of a burden that I pawn a lot of that stuff off on the WAN manager!

[damnraddem]

31. Professor

of public health

[Westegg]

32. Currently writing a novel (if you can call that living). N/T

[Sticky]

33. Family Outreach & Support Worker

Edit: TMI :-)

[CO Liberal]

35. Senior Technical Document Developer

Fancy title for a tech writer who oversees four other writers. We all work for a major defense contractor.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

37. Was an archaeologist, now unemployed....

Thinking about changing careers, but don't know what I can do with a degree in anthropology other than...





wait for it!...









archaeology!

[tigereye]

42. I know a lot of anthro folks

one of my closest old friends is a prof. Other of her cronies have moved on the other things. It is an interesting profession. The archaeology people were always really neat, they always had the best costumes at Halloween!

I am a psychologist. If I had it to do over, I would be a jazz drummer or go to med school!

[Deja Q]

38. "PC Analyst"

That's what people think I am.

My actual title is of a lower classification... It's a card in my proverbial deck, to be used at the right time...

[HEyHEY]

39. Newspaper Editor/ shiteater

Didn't we do this yesterday too?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

40. Violinist

But some folks don't think it's a "real" job. :nopity:

[Laszlo_Hollyfeld]

41. Who says I'm making a living?

I'm a fine artist, oils and mixed media. I take the odd teaching gig here and there.

[solinvictus]

43. Disability sales analyst

and consultant for individual brokers. Good money for a job that I can leave at the office.

[achtung_circus]

44. Enforcement Officer/Livestock Specialist for a large SPCA n/t

[guitar man]

45. Television Master Control

Board op/engineer. That's what I do to pay the bills :(

The rest of the time, I am a Blues/R&B musician. I also own my own recording studio at home,produce some local projects. That's what I really like to do.:)

[Failure]

46. YAMAHA piano artist, product specialist, and consultant.

and singer-songwriter.

[VOX]

47. Writer, researcher, PR work, PSA voiceovers, etc.

for higher education.

It's been rewarding, but early retirement is beckoning me...

[bbernardini]

48. Music teacher!

Mostly middle school, but also pre-K and K.

[Crowdance]

49. IT Project Manager

and wannabe shamanic healer.

[Wcross]

50. Porn actor.....

Really I work at a tire factory.I used to test the tires, now I help build them.

[Guy Fawkes]

51. I'm a geek...

I fix computers and teach people how to use them. *sigh* I'm trying to get a job at a local coffee-house, though.

[Maestro]

53. bilingual educator

www.irvingisd.net/~spollard

[midnight armadillo]

54. Physicist

turned cancer researcher soon to turn back to real physics.

[maveric]

55. Nurse in a critical care unit of a convalescent hospital.

I care for and pass meds to patients that are comatose, on trachs, HIV,CVA (stroke) victims, Motor vehicle accident victims... basically ones that are totally Dependant to medical care.
It get a bit depressing at time due to the fact that 90% of my patients will not get better and I will watch half of which die. But there are a few rehab cases that do improve and get to leave with a pulse, and that makes it all worth it.

[AspenRose]

56. Paralegal

I review and draft contracts, and draft amendments when needed.

[southpaw]

57. Clearinghouse Manager

For a non-profit Substance Abuse Prevention agency. I serve the information and resource needs for prevention providers in the northern half of Alabama.

[sleepyhead]

61. Veterinarian

I own a clinic which I guess makes me a businesswoman as well.

[GOPisEvil]

62. Mid-level state gov't. bureaucrat.

Currently on vacation. :D

[warrior1]

64. Criminal Intelligence Specialist

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[WillyBrandt]

63. Software Developer in Haute Finance

And I never sleep :(

[Mr. McD]

65. Electron Microscopist

(a micronaut, an explorer of the nanocosm of the cell).

[Kat45]

66. Currently: Parish Office Administrator, part-time

But part-time doesn't earn a living so I'm continuing to look for something so I can earn a living.

[LWolf]

67. teacher

[Triple H]

68. I'm a full-time college student.

[Madrone]

69. Lots -

In my company (ISP that's part of a telco/cable co) I do:
Technical support for ISP customers and in-house
In house network support
In house computer repair
monitor network (inhouse and isp customers) for viruses, etc
Some mail server admining

monitor, schedule, and set up/program (not constantly, but when others are not available) programming for our "local" cable channel

various other "stuff" -

and in my spare time, when I feel like it, I repair computers at home.