Do you like your job?

[Cant trust em]

[BlooInBloo]

1. Very much. I love having problems to solve, but no safety-net-teacher nearby to help...

Much more exciting that way (no sarcasm).

[Cant trust em]

4. What do you do? nt

[BlooInBloo]

6. Programmer - primarily mathematical modeling stuff.

[Cant trust em]

9. It's funny. In high school and college I hated math.

Now that I'm studying for the GRE, I find it quite an agreeable exercise.

Look at me! I'm growing as a person.

[BlooInBloo]

10. Now that the logic games section is gone, it's a piece of cake - enjoy!

[LynzM]

15. Oooh, sounds neat!

Seriously, no poking fun here. What kind of stuff do you model?

[BlooInBloo]

16. Short answer: Whatever management tells me to....

Could be LOB-specific, could be internal-process-optimization, etc. Math is math - the possibilities are quite literally unbounded.

[exboyfil]

23. I model Automotive systems

I really enjoy it. I am watching a steering model run right now.

[BlooInBloo]

25. Oh mech modelling - score! I played with that in some matlab toolbox a loooong time ago...

Looked very cool.

Coming up with cute ways to factor matrices is more my thing, though. Like I said in another post - the possibilities are endless.

:)

[BeatleBoot]

2. How about this one for a choice

No, I'm miserable, but I need health insurance.

[Cant trust em]

20. What do you do? nt

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. None of the above

[RagAss]

5. Work is the fate of those with honest ancestors.

[Laf.La.Dem.]

7. Living off the taxpayers

You did not give the "retired" category - I am retired and living on Socialized - communist - money:toast:

[Cant trust em]

8. Right you are.

Just goes to show how far out that idea is for me right now at my ripe old age of 29.

I added the category, just for you.

[Laf.La.Dem.]

13. thanks

now I voted:party:

[BlooInBloo]

17. You earned it. Take a break, on us.

:)

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

11. Work is highly overrrated as a pastime.

Now, that I'm retired, I can look back and confirm that observation.

[Lerkfish]

12. unemployed since dec. so, yeah, thanks for bringing it up

but I wouldn't call ya a jerk.

:)

[barbtries]

14. my job

represents an incredible opportunity and the people i work with are great. it is still work, but i could not reasonably ask for a better situation.

[mdmc]

18. I love what I do, but it can be hell on earth

I work with mentally ill adults and it is rewarding and hard..

[Aragorn]

19. I quit medicine

and I enjoyed it - psychiatry - but too much politics in this state - greed is the major motivation for most of my colleagues and it is endemic, even reinforced, by the state system. My choice has always been to do what I want to do as long as I can do it ethically, and that is virtually impossible in this system.

[mdmc]

22. It is rough. I love the relationship between me and my clients

I treat them with dignity and respect, which is rare in this field.

I don't like the paperwork or the politics. I don't like making choices for adults, I like helping them to make good choices.

I don't know how much longer I can do this. I don't know what I will do next. I have no money, no savings, and poor health.

:(

ps- thanks for the reply. peace and low stress

[vadawg]

21. love my job, will probuably still do it even after i retire, very fulfilling.

where else can i get paid to fuck up the day of lowlifes....

[timo]

24. yup

tree farm/ nursery even the bad times are better than wearing a tie!

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

26. Love the people, love the company, hate the job

As it effectively has me living full time in two different countries while having day to day responsibilities in both. US Customs knows me by name, a Delta Airlines pilot recognized me in a Wal-Mart. Fortunately for me my girlfriends employer is basically giving her the same treatment which makes it hard for her to be too tough on me but provides us both with abundant frequent flier miles.