Tien'sPetLurg Posted August 10, 2014 Report Share Posted August 10, 2014 What do you do for a living? Or for those of you in school, what do you study?A long time ago, I was an internet guru. FFWD 12 yrs. I run a nonprofit business. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobold King Posted August 10, 2014 Report Share Posted August 10, 2014 I milk a goat, feed chickens, and help write educational topics for a homeschooling curriculum. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tien'sPetLurg Posted August 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 That's Excellent! We are sorting out how to pay someone next year to "home"school our son and travel all over with us. I think that's our game plan for 7th and 8th grade anyway. I have one year to figure it out. It can't be me. Unless there's a prescription strength Patience Pill that becomes available. :-) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 Software Engineer. Livin' the corporate life. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erai Sedai Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 Despatch manager at a company called Animal Supplies Wholesale. To date we're the largest pet food distributor in Australia.So essentially I like to think i help keep pets alive (don't take this away from me) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketek Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 I'm doing a mass communication degree atm (majoring in broadcasting, minoring in journalism). So when I've graduated I will officially become part of the evil Illuminati brainwashing you with lies and turning you into drooling sheeple a journalist, or so I hope. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidus Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 Biotech degree, so that I can breed Epic Inquisi-ponies and rule the world!!!Or crops, crops are also good. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iredomi Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 I'm in my last year of an undergraduate course for a Bachelor of Arts Majoring in English and History. Plan to go on to do Masters in Creative Writing next year hopefully. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxal Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 I am an engineer, more specifically, I am an antenna designer I work in a cubicle in front of a computer all-day. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eerongal Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 Software Engineer. Livin' the corporate life. I do this as well. Software engineer, work for a large bank. Jobs not terribly exciting but the pay's good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 I do this as well. Software engineer, work for a large bank. Jobs not terribly exciting but the pay's good. Your company doesn't start the week with a bear hunt? That must be awfully boring... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atilium Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 Another homeschooler here! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eerongal Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 Your company doesn't start the week with a bear hunt? That must be awfully boring... Probably a good thing, too. Knowing my luck, I'd be eaten my first week on the job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tien'sPetLurg Posted August 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 Punching green boxes for everyone! Hooray! Some of you are doing things that I just assumed happened by magic, ya know. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 In my experience, the fact that some people work in fields previously assumed to be handled by magic doesn't disprove the assumption - I thought software was magic before I starting creating it, and I am still convinced it's magic. Only of a much darker king, potentially involving baby and / or virgin sacrifices (I don't know these for a fact, I am not yet worthy of such power). 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobold King Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 In my experience, the fact that some people work in fields previously assumed to be handled by magic doesn't disprove the assumption - I thought software was magic before I starting creating it, and I am still convinced it's magic. Only of a much darker king, potentially involving baby and / or virgin sacrifices (I don't know these for a fact, I am not yet worthy of such power). I knew it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eerongal Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 In my experience, the fact that some people work in fields previously assumed to be handled by magic doesn't disprove the assumption - I thought software was magic before I starting creating it, and I am still convinced it's magic. Only of a much darker king, potentially involving baby and / or virgin sacrifices (I don't know these for a fact, I am not yet worthy of such power). With the amount of times things suddenly go from "it's fine" to "it's borked for completely no reason whatsoever", magic is definitely a reasonable explanation sometimes. Sometimes I would swear that the phases of the moon determines what state your software is in. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kari-no-sugata Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 Bah... it's the "anti-bugs" that get me - when something works when it shouldn't. I hate those. Well, maybe the thing I hate most is when a bug has messed up data in the database and need to clean it up... very very carefully. Had one last year that was really awkward and took about 4 weeks to fix all the bad data. I currently work as a software developer at a medium sized enterprise company. All my previous jobs were at tiny companies, so this is quite a big change. Last job was at this live broadcast TV company where they needed all this backend software to make the show work - that was quite interesting since I got to do a huge variety of different things. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidus Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 Only a hobbyist programmer here but I definitely agree that it's either the phases of the moon or the alignment of the planets that spontaneously breaks code. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 By day, I'm a receptionist at a car dealership. By night, I'm a grad student working toward a Master's degree in Information Resources and Library Science. I haven't read them yet, but according to Alcatraz fans, I'm training to be an eeeviil librarian. But I don't feel evil…. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 I haven't read them yet, but according to Alcatraz fans, I'm training to be an eeeviil librarian. But I don't feel evil…. You don't. Not in the beginning. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasimir Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 (edited) I'm currently studying for a BA (Hons.) in philosophy (with the philosophy of science and technology as my current areas of specialisation) and working towards a minor in Science, Technology, and Society studies at the same time. At the moment, I'm also working part-time for my professor as a research assistant. So, peon work Edited August 12, 2014 by Kasimir 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traceria Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 With the amount of times things suddenly go from "it's fine" to "it's borked for completely no reason whatsoever", magic is definitely a reasonable explanation sometimes. Sometimes I would swear that the phases of the moon determines what state your software is in. The lady who checked me out at Lowes last night and was experiencing lag-time on her computer claimed the slowness was due to the Supermoon. So, you know, could be. *shrug* I'm a paralegal a/k/a legal assistant. It's right smack in the middle of a secretary and an attorney. We sometimes do things secretary-ish yet need to have a little more expertise and quite often do things you'd think would be left for a lawyer. I've been one since 2003, a year after I got out of college. The first year out, I taught high school math. I learned my introvertedness was bad enough that anxiety medicine was all that would keep me going with that high of a social-drain rate. The stress skipped my brain and went straight to my body (elevated heart rate, got a lot of ear infections, etc.). So glad that's in the past! To keep the law thing in the family, my husband and father-in-law are both attorneys. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxal Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 To keep the law thing in the family, my husband and father-in-law are both attorneys. Funny. My husband and my father are both engineers as well. I like to say we are a rational family We tend to like straight angles I sometimes look at my kids and think: "Poor kids, guess you are going to be stuck being geeky engineers as well now aren't you?" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 Lucky kids 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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