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What do you do for a living?

Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by malorn, Feb 16, 2008.

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What do you do for a living?

  1. Office and Administrative Support

    3 vote(s)
    2.1%

  2. Installation, Maintenance and Repair

    2 vote(s)
    1.4%

  3. Construction and Extraction

    1 vote(s)
    0.7%

  4. Life, Physical and social science

    2 vote(s)
    1.4%

  5. Farming, fishing and forestry

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  6. Arts, design, entertainment, sports, media

    3 vote(s)
    2.1%

  7. Retail, sales and related occupations

    2 vote(s)
    1.4%

  8. Production

    4 vote(s)
    2.8%

  9. Community and social services

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  10. Education, training and library

    7 vote(s)
    4.9%

  11. Healthcare Support

    2 vote(s)
    1.4%

  12. Personal Care and Service

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  13. Healthcare practitioners/technical occupations

    11 vote(s)
    7.7%

  14. Business and financial operations

    3 vote(s)
    2.1%

  15. Computer and mathematical

    30 vote(s)
    21.0%

  16. Management

    3 vote(s)
    2.1%

  17. Legal

    4 vote(s)
    2.8%

  18. Customer service representatives

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  19. Bookkeeping, accounting and auditing

    1 vote(s)
    0.7%

  20. Municipal employeed

    2 vote(s)
    1.4%

  21. State employee

    1 vote(s)
    0.7%

  22. Federal employee

    3 vote(s)
    2.1%

  23. Retired

    18 vote(s)
    12.6%

  24. Self-Employed

    16 vote(s)
    11.2%

  25. Other-(Please list in a reply)

    25 vote(s)
    17.5%
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  1. malorn

    malorn Senior Member

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    I am interested to see what Prius chatters do for a living. Please be honest.
     
    #1 malorn, Feb 16, 2008
  2. Jack66

    Jack66 Kinda Jovial Member

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    Operations Research Systems Analyst for the government.
     
    #2 Jack66, Feb 16, 2008
  3. Godiva

    Godiva AmeriKan Citizen

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    Teacher Librarian in a Middle School.
     
    #3 Godiva, Feb 16, 2008
  4. qbee42

    qbee42 My other car is a boat

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    Electrical Engineer. I own a company that designs and builds micro-controller based electronic equipment.

    Tom
     
    #4 qbee42, Feb 16, 2008
  5. Boo

    Boo Boola Boola Member

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    Humble Dirt Lawyer aka Real Estate Attorney in a big, corporate, white shoe law firm. I move commas. But am presently on sabbatical or retired (haven't decided which yet).
     
    #5 Boo, Feb 16, 2008
  6. road__rider

    road__rider Junior Member

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    Control Room Operator at a coal fired electric generating power plant
     
    #6 road__rider, Feb 16, 2008
  7. TonyPSchaefer

    TonyPSchaefer Your Friendly Moderator
    Staff Member

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    Prime Advanced
    Design, develop, deliver instructor-led training in a corporate environment. I also do web-delivered training materials.

    Of course, I can't share the proprietary ones with you all, but there are applications outside of work: HSD Presentation
     
    #7 TonyPSchaefer, Feb 16, 2008
  8. pewd

    pewd Clarinet Dude

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    Clarinet teacher.
     
    #8 pewd, Feb 16, 2008
  9. Dr Ed

    Dr Ed New Member

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    Chief nurse hospital administrator, advance practice RN, forensic sexual assault nurse examiner (aka SANE), adjunct university faculty.
     
    #9 Dr Ed, Feb 16, 2008
  10. paprius4030

    paprius4030 My first Prius

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    We own an Ice Cream Store/Fast Food in Pocono's, Pa.
     
    #10 paprius4030, Feb 16, 2008
  11. msirach

    msirach Member

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    Operation's Supervisor > power plant
     
    #11 msirach, Feb 17, 2008
  12. mikem13

    mikem13 New Member

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    Vehicle:
    2008 Prius
    Journalist
     
    #12 mikem13, Feb 17, 2008
  13. jammin012

    jammin012 The man behind The Man

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    US Navy, Aviation Electronics Technician 1st Class, Calibration Work Center Supervisor, a.k.a. @1
     
    #13 jammin012, Feb 17, 2008
  14. TJandGENESIS

    TJandGENESIS Are We Having Fun Yet?

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    Retired radio DJ, now working for free Preacher.
     
    #14 TJandGENESIS, Feb 17, 2008
  15. patsparks

    patsparks An Aussie perspective

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    Scaley or Mermaid.
    Sometimes I get called much worse.










    Road Transport Compliance Officer.

    I drive around in a new car, checking out trucks, looking important and taking to people.
     
    #15 patsparks, Feb 17, 2008
  16. Tom6850

    Tom6850 Retired

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    Retired Registered Professional Land Surveyor, Pa, Va, Ky.
     
    #16 Tom6850, Feb 17, 2008
  17. timstorey

    timstorey Junior Member

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    Industrial piping designer for a large international consulting engineering firm. Currently working on the design of a coal fired power plant.
     
    #17 timstorey, Feb 17, 2008
  18. Rae Vynn

    Rae Vynn Artist In Residence

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    Knowledge Engineer, currently either retired or between gigs.

    Example of the work I did:

    Any of the help articles accessible on this website, I very well could have written, edited, or otherwise touched.
     
    #18 Rae Vynn, Feb 17, 2008
  19. Joe_Waters

    Joe_Waters Junior Member

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    Small business and home networking computer consultant. There are only 10 kinds of people, those who know binary and those who don't
     
    #19 Joe_Waters, Feb 17, 2008
  20. Rae Vynn

    Rae Vynn Artist In Residence

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    I've seen that shirt at thinkgeek.com! :)
     
    #20 Rae Vynn, Feb 17, 2008
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