How many of you actually have jobs? JOB CHAT!!!

[Nadkor]

Swap?

Not for the bums bit.

Not interested in the bum play? Hmmmm there's always the 5 minutes of squeezing a cock every time you want to put a catheter in to make up for it.

I'll take your law skills and you can take my lack of med skills

I don't mind a bit of bum play and I certainly wouldn't say no to the occasional play with a cock, but I doubt I could handle the bum illnesses or the sticking of a catheter up someone's cock.

[Bottle]

Not interested in the bum play? Hmmmm there's always the 5 minutes of squeezing a cock every time you want to put a catheter in to make up for it.

I'll take your law skills and you can take my lack of med skills

I don't mind a bit of bum play and I certainly would say no with the occasional play with a cock, but I doubt I could handle the bum illnesses or the sticking of a catheter up someone's cock.

This was not what I expected to see as the first comment on the page when I entered this thread.

[Nadkor]

I don't mind a bit of bum play and I certainly would say no with the occasional play with a cock, but I doubt I could handle the bum illnesses or the sticking of a catheter up someone's cock.

This was not what I expected to see as the first comment on the page when I entered this thread.

All in the context of being a doctor, obviously.

[Fionnuala_Saoirse]

This was not what I expected to see as the first comment on the page when I entered this thread.

All in the context of being a doctor, obviously.

If that's how you read my posts we'll just go with it...

[Bottle]

I work in scientific publishing, producing video methods articles for a peer-reviewed journal.

I never imagined I'd wind up in this kind of career. If you'd asked me 5 years ago, I would have said I was going to be in a post doc position followed by chasing the tenure-track faculty dream.

[Luveria]

I work in scientific publishing, producing video methods articles for a peer-reviewed journal.

I never imagined I'd wind up in this kind of career. If you'd asked me 5 years ago, I would have said I was going to be in a post doc position followed by chasing the tenure-track faculty dream.

You don't seem disappointed about how it went for you.

[Hladgos]

Unemployed and going to college.

[Risottia]

What kind of job is it?

I'm a self-employed teacher.
Not a wage leech like you nanny-corporatist lot.

[Golgothium]

I'm in my final year of university, but I'm working four days a week already. I'm a business major and a market researcher at a small agency.

I'm that bro that facilitates the focus groups discussions. Occasionally I'll make you a typical 150+ slide powerpoint to present my findings and stuff.

[Blasveck]

What kind of job is it?

I'm a self-employed teacher.
Not a wage leech like you nanny-corporatist lot.

Self employed? Are you hired to tutor or something along those lines?

[Lowell Leber]

I run a bar/ pub. Underpaid but great perks.

[Hi No Moto]

Currently working in a part time job but hopefully not for long. Halfway through my application for the RAF, just one more fitness test to go, so this part time job has only been temporary really.

[L Ron Cupboard]

I worked in specialist libraries for twenty years, and all this talk of bum play and catheters makes it seem like a good choice. Got made redundant two years ago, the only work I have done since was in a law firm but I resigned after three months as the incompetent IT wanker still hadn't given me an email account and the IT only worked roughly every other day. I am unemployed now and I like it, I have the time to pursue what interests me, I don't have to deal with people, I don't claim any benefits so I will do what I damn well please. Work is over-rated: for the most past you waste your time on things you are not interested in, and with people more interested in getting their own ideas put forward rather than the best idea for the organisation

[Risottia]

I'm a self-employed teacher.
Not a wage leech like you nanny-corporatist lot.

Self employed? Are you hired to tutor or something along those lines?

Yup.
And I'm also hired as an external professional by a private school, but I have no wage-labour contract with them.

[Blasveck]

I worked in specialist libraries for twenty years, and all this talk of bum play and catheters makes it seem like a good choice. Got made redundant two years ago, the only work I have done since was in a law firm but I resigned after three months as the incompetent IT wanker still hadn't given me an email account and the IT only worked roughly every other day. I am unemployed now and I like it, I have the time to pursue what interests me, I don't have to deal with people, I don't claim any benefits so I will do what I damn well please. Work is over-rated: for the most past you waste your time on things you are not interested in, and with people more interested in getting their own ideas put forward rather than the best idea for the organisation

So how do you make money to afford food and housing?

[Morrdh]

Currently working in a part time job but hopefully not for long. Halfway through my application for the RAF, just one more fitness test to go, so this part time job has only been temporary really.

Looking to retry joining the RAF, just make sure you keep your fitness up as you wait for your start date for training. Been caught out by the fitness test at RAF Halton on the pre-recruit training course.

Regard aside from attempting to join the RAF I've been in and out of work over the past five years, though managed to get a job at a local cinema (as in one that shows films) back in December. Been looking into doing self-employed as a roleplaying game publisher, commissioned Nazi Flower Power to do some artwork for a book of short stories that tie in with the RPG stuff.

[L Ron Cupboard]

So how do you make money to afford food and housing?

Living on my savings; save ten percent of your income, it is a key to happiness.

[Olivaero]

I'm a Game Designer, I write stories, scripts and level design for a game which hopefully should be coming out in Q3 this year.

[Arkinesia]

I'm in school and work on weekends. I put pizza in my car and take it to other people's houses and take their money for said pizza.

It's an interesting job. You meet all kinds of weird people. Mostly insane people.

[The Matthew Islands]

What kind of art do you do? Is there a way to apply some of the physical skills involved to work? Painting or decorating things, woodwork, that sort of thing? I have literally no clue about these things, but at the very least it'd be obvious that you'd bring the skillset required, right?

Yeah, I do use traditional media more than digital, and those sorts of hands-on trades do appeal to me more than going back to office work.

Aside from what I already posted, I have also considered the possibility of learning a construction trade like carpentry or welding, which would open up more employment opportunities. I have a little bit of experience with welding and woodworking, but no formal certifications.

You could try Bricklaying. Bricklayers in the UK are almost universally self employed (I cant say much for what's it like in the US) which means its very flexible working hours wise, there's a constant supply of work since, like, 90% of buildings in the UK are brick and its always challenging. You can never plan your day with Bricklaying.

Its also really nice getting to point out your achievements. God knows how many times we've driven somewhere and my dad has pointed out an estate he built.

[Bottle]

I work in scientific publishing, producing video methods articles for a peer-reviewed journal.

I never imagined I'd wind up in this kind of career. If you'd asked me 5 years ago, I would have said I was going to be in a post doc position followed by chasing the tenure-track faculty dream.

You don't seem disappointed about how it went for you.

Mixed feelings, honestly.

I genuinely like what I do, a lot. I can see myself staying in this line of work and being happy with it.

But I am somewhat sad about how graduate school turned out for me, and about leaving research. Part of me hopes to get back to the bench one day, so who knows.

[Isles of the United Armed Forces]

I'm a Game Designer, I write stories, scripts and level design for a game which hopefully should be coming out in Q3 this year.

That is always a fun thing to do. Believe it or not I actually helped in moderating and DCS scripts for ARMA3/DayZ. If you havent checked arma out its basically one of the most realistic war games you could ever find. I would even go as far to say as it beats Battlefeild by miles. Every once and a while I will work on a DayZ server but I hardly have enough time to even program any more due to constant training.

[Isles of the United Armed Forces]

I'm in school and work on weekends. I put pizza in my car and take it to other people's houses and take their money for said pizza.

It's an interesting job. You meet all kinds of weird people. Mostly insane people.

What kind of pizza place do you work at? One of my pals in the SWCCs used to work at Pappa Murphy's before he joined the navy.

[Olivaero]

I'm a Game Designer, I write stories, scripts and level design for a game which hopefully should be coming out in Q3 this year.

That is always a fun thing to do. Believe it or not I actually helped in moderating and DCS scripts for ARMA3/DayZ. If you havent checked arma out its basically one of the most realistic war games you could ever find. I would even go as far to say as it beats Battlefeild by miles. Every once and a while I will work on a DayZ server but I hardly have enough time to even program any more due to constant training.

Oh yes I would agree ARMA beats battlefield in terms of realism by miles. The only reason I'm not a massive fan of it is it's funky UI. I understand it requires a lot of controls but I'm certain that with some well considered improvements they could be made more intuitive.

[Arkinesia]

I'm in school and work on weekends. I put pizza in my car and take it to other people's houses and take their money for said pizza.

It's an interesting job. You meet all kinds of weird people. Mostly insane people.

What kind of pizza place do you work at? One of my pals in the SWCCs used to work at Pappa Murphy's before he joined the navy.

I work for Domino's. There's a Papa Murphy's near here. I'd like to join the take-and-bake revolution, but I don't have access to an oven right now.