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

[Vesicatrus]

I spent some time in my nation's armed forces and have been a forklift driver for the last 18 years

[Ifreann]

I sell booze, mostly during the morning and afternoon when very few people are looking to buy booze. This facilitates my enormous post count and its inexorable growth towards the maximum value for an integer.

I have a job. It sucks.

If it didn't, you'd be paying them.

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I freelance in film and television production. Sometimes I'm a production assistant (entry level fetch monkey who performs tasks not specified by others to facilitate production...including getting people coffee or picking people up from the airport or wrangling extras or whatever), sometimes I'm a location audio mixer (putting mics on people, holding a boom pole, monitoring the levels, etc.), rarely I'm a grip/electric (building and cutting the lights), and sometimes I'm everything making internet videos for local businesses for Groupon or Yellow Pages or whatever.

As of late I've been filling in the gaps by teaching saxophone.

Occasionally, my car gets hired instead of me.

So what you're saying is that you pimp your ride?

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Doctor.

I've put my finger up at least 8 bums this week. Beat that.

But were you busy at work?

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I have a job. Of course I do, I'm nearly 28. It's tenuously related to my education.

I negotiate derivative, securities, repo, and commodities OTC trading master agreements and related appendices/annexes for and with a variety of well known international financial organisations.

I've pretty much sold my soul to banks, hedge funds, and international finance, and don't get paid anywhere near enough for it.

Souls just don't hold their value like they used to.

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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.

I'll keep an eye out for it in 2018.

[Farnhamia]

I sell booze, mostly during the morning and afternoon when very few people are looking to buy booze. This facilitates my enormous post count and its inexorable growth towards the maximum value for an integer.

That cover story has really worked out for you. One of the best we've come up with.

I'm a computer programmer, have been since ... longer ago than I care to dwell on, and it's not even tenuously related to my education, which was in the Classics. Amo, amas, amat, bitches. Still, I don't regret that since the programming pays better and now my education is my hobby instead of my job.

[Olivaero]

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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.

I'll keep an eye out for it in 2018.

We don't operate on Valve time you know!

[Tejan Peoples]

I've had several internships (one paid 1200 dollars for the month I was there XD), and a couple of voluntary job kinda things, but I've yet to start a proper career that's for sure.

[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.

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.

Ha yeah I was worried about being caught out as well. It's been about two months since I've passed my PJFT and despite calling the London AFCO at least every two weeks, my application process isn't moving along so it's frustrating to just keep working on my fitness without taking the test.

[Farnhamia]

What kind of job is it?

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

You've been wandering around lecturing people on things since ... You never do shut up do you, mio caro amico?

[Morrdh]

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.

Ha yeah I was worried about being caught out as well. It's been about two months since I've passed my PJFT and despite calling the London AFCO at least every two weeks, my application process isn't moving along so it's frustrating to just keep working on my fitness without taking the test.

Yeah, does take a while to get a start date depending on what trades are open and spaces at Halton.

Curious, what trade you looking at doing?

My choices have been MT Driver, Mover or Supplier.

[Farnhamia]

Ha yeah I was worried about being caught out as well. It's been about two months since I've passed my PJFT and despite calling the London AFCO at least every two weeks, my application process isn't moving along so it's frustrating to just keep working on my fitness without taking the test.

Yeah, does take a while to get a start date depending on what trades are open and spaces at Halton.

Curious, what trade you looking at doing?

My choices have been MT Driver, Mover or Supplier.

Go for "Mover and Shaker," I hear the career opportunities are better.

[Hi No Moto]

Ha yeah I was worried about being caught out as well. It's been about two months since I've passed my PJFT and despite calling the London AFCO at least every two weeks, my application process isn't moving along so it's frustrating to just keep working on my fitness without taking the test.

Yeah, does take a while to get a start date depending on what trades are open and spaces at Halton.

Curious, what trade you looking at doing?

My choices have been MT Driver, Mover or Supplier.

Flight Operations Assistant.

[Dokrib Choseon]

I work as an English Teacher for adults in Beijing, China.

At my particular school, the students are about 70% female, and with a median age of mid-20s. The pay is fairly good, especially with the awesome spending power in China. So yeah, it's pretty awesome.

Good luck to everyone back in Babylon. Seriously, everything I've heard these days is just that it's getting worse and worse for those looking for work there. You're always welcome here though! Way more demand for native English speakers than we have available here, so... ^__^

[Divair]

I work as an English Teacher for adults in Beijing, China.

At my particular school, the students are about 70% female, and with a median age of mid-20s. The pay is fairly good, especially with the awesome spending power in China. So yeah, it's pretty awesome.

Good luck to everyone back in Babylon. Seriously, everything I've heard these days is just that it's getting worse and worse for those looking for work there. You're always welcome here though! Way more demand for native English speakers than we have available here, so... ^__^

Nah, plenty of jobs around here.

[Dokrib Choseon]

I work as an English Teacher for adults in Beijing, China.

At my particular school, the students are about 70% female, and with a median age of mid-20s. The pay is fairly good, especially with the awesome spending power in China. So yeah, it's pretty awesome.

Good luck to everyone back in Babylon. Seriously, everything I've heard these days is just that it's getting worse and worse for those looking for work there. You're always welcome here though! Way more demand for native English speakers than we have available here, so... ^__^

Nah, plenty of jobs around here.

If you say so.

Having to search for months to find a fucking minimum wage job where I was treated like shit just about every day and then got canned the picosecond "sales weren't projected to be as high any longer", and just about literally told if I joined a union, I'd get fired over it - all despite having two university degrees wasn't much fun in my experience. I guess it was technically a job though. While it lasted. Meh.

I definitely like this gig in China better.

[Divair]

Nah, plenty of jobs around here.

If you say so.

Having to search for months to find a fucking minimum wage job where I was treated like shit just about every day and then got canned the picosecond "sales weren't projected to be as high any longer", and just about literally told if I joined a union, I'd get fired over it - all despite having two university degrees wasn't much fun in my experience. I guess it was technically a job though. While it lasted. Meh.

I definitely like this gig in China better.

Whatever works for you. I've yet to experience any issues in both countries I've worked in.

[Dokrib Choseon]

If you say so.

Having to search for months to find a fucking minimum wage job where I was treated like shit just about every day and then got canned the picosecond "sales weren't projected to be as high any longer", and just about literally told if I joined a union, I'd get fired over it - all despite having two university degrees wasn't much fun in my experience. I guess it was technically a job though. While it lasted. Meh.

I definitely like this gig in China better.

Whatever works for you. I've yet to experience any issues in both countries I've worked in.

*Shrugs* I'm just going off personal experience / what my friends still stuck back in Babylon have told me.

I wish nothing but the best to anyone in the working class though, wherever they may be, so I'm glad to hear that. ^__^

[Divair]

As for me, I've been with the same technical writing & QA engineering company for about five years now. Started with a technical writing internship, which resulted in me working as a freelance writer for a few years, and about a year ago I joined the marketing department (which consists of a grand total of one person now). In reality, I do both marketing and loads of HR. I work on social media (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter), branding (business cards, etc), upgrading our website, organizing events & lectures, and getting freelance writers/QA engineers placed at companies.

[Gravlen]

Occasionally, my car gets hired instead of me.

Well in fairness, she is a better actor...

[Imperializt Russia]

The job hunt is progressing.
I have no modules this semester, and only had one day a week last semester and have been looking for a part-time job since October.

Thus far? Nowt.

[Haktiva]

I work landscaping with my dad and best friend at the moment. Quite a few problems have come up as of late, what with the drought in California stunting the growth of a lot of plants and our truck being out of commission for the time being. Should count myself lucky, youth unemployment is always higher.

[Partybus]

I have a full time job.

I work at an indoor gardening shop.

We sell hydroponic gardening equipment, high intensity discharge lighting, organic gardening stuff, and other gardening supplies.

...don't ask...

[Gravlen]

Full time job as a legal advisor / lawyer working for a government agency.

[Partybus]

I work landscaping with my dad and best friend at the moment. Quite a few problems have come up as of late, what with the drought in California stunting the growth of a lot of plants and our truck being out of commission for the time being. Should count myself lucky, youth unemployment is always higher.

Look into Cornucopia Plus nutrients, we did an experiment on 100 acres of (silage) corn over the last two years, last year in drought conditions, the yield doubled, this year, flood conditions, almost doubled the production, the brix content also was doubled, so, no need for pesticides...Try it, you like it...

[Pope Joan]

I am semi retired. That means I have to keep taking what work I can find in order to pay the bills.

Attorney 10 years.

Pastor 20 years.

Adjunct college faculty (distance education, via correspondence and internet) 10 years.

[Snafturi]

Stopped working to go back to uni.

[Rio Cana]

Jobs on the island of unemployment. You got to be kidding.