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Where Do All Of You Work?

DaltheJigsawDaltheJigsaw Mountain View Veteran
edited December 2010 in General Banter
Where Do All Of You Work?
I work for HP and I do Sales for them.
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  • ArtemisArtemis
    edited November 2010
    I work for a family-and-friends business; we make soaps, oils, powders, etc and sell them at Renaissance Faires and the like.
  • ValekhaiValekhai
    edited November 2010
    I'm the locksmith at a college.
  • MountainsMountains Veteran
    edited November 2010
    I'm a full time graduate student studying to be a Nurse Anesthetist.
  • ShiftPlusOneShiftPlusOne Veteran
    edited November 2010
    Full time engineering and business student, part time supermarket guy.
  • unsuiunsui
    edited November 2010
    Currently a corporate investigator. I investigate theft and policy violations, among several other collateral duties. It's not a 100% done deal yet, but I will very likely go back to being a full-time student after the new year, studying medical technology.
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    edited November 2010
    :hiding:


    (Everybody already knows what I do.....)
  • DaltheJigsawDaltheJigsaw Mountain View Veteran
    edited November 2010
    Interesting everyone!
    Thank you for sharing!
  • DaltheJigsawDaltheJigsaw Mountain View Veteran
    edited November 2010
    I am thinking of getting into a Masters program for Psychology...
    I am doing BS in Psychology, but not sure...
    As the debt would be 46,000 after 2 years...
    I am looking for something else, as working in Sales is draining and against my ethics...
    Any thoughts on Sales/Marketing industry?
  • Invincible_summerInvincible_summer Heavy Metal Dhamma We(s)t coast, Canada Veteran
    edited November 2010
    LeonBasin wrote: »
    I am looking for something else, as working in Sales is draining and against my ethics...
    Any thoughts on Sales/Marketing industry?

    I would share, but that would be unskillful ;)


    I'm a full-time undergraduate student majoring in Sociology. I also volunteer to teach conversational English at a private ESL school.
  • JasonJason God Emperor Arrakis Moderator
    edited November 2010
    I'm currently a low-paid labourer at a ceramic tile manufacturer.
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    edited November 2010
    Did the part-time job as a ballet tutu-fitter not work out, Jason?

    :p
  • ZaylZayl Veteran
    edited November 2010
    un-employed and fairly certain un-employable.

    Homelessness here I come...
  • DaltheJigsawDaltheJigsaw Mountain View Veteran
    edited November 2010
    Invincible_summer wrote: »
    I would share, but that would be unskillful ;)


    I'm a full-time undergraduate student majoring in Sociology. I also volunteer to teach conversational English at a private ESL school.

    :)
    What are you going to do after you get your Sociology?
    Going for Masters?
  • DaltheJigsawDaltheJigsaw Mountain View Veteran
    edited November 2010
    Zayl wrote: »
    un-employed and fairly certain un-employable.

    Homelessness here I come...

    I am sorry!
  • B5CB5C Veteran
    edited November 2010
    I am one of those Unemployed as well. It's a crappy full time job.
  • TheFoundTheFound
    edited November 2010
    I wash dishes
  • Invincible_summerInvincible_summer Heavy Metal Dhamma We(s)t coast, Canada Veteran
    edited November 2010
    LeonBasin wrote: »
    :)
    What are you going to do after you get your Sociology?
    Going for Masters?

    Probably not. I'm not really into the whole ivory tower, academic thing. I really like helping people learn english, so I may just get my TESOL and become an ESL teacher.

    Sort of a "waste" of my education some may say, but my sociology education has brought me to the understandings and worldviews I have today.
  • MountainsMountains Veteran
    edited November 2010
    Zayl wrote: »
    un-employed and fairly certain un-employable.

    Homelessness here I come...

    Nobody is unemployable. You just haven't found the niche yet!
  • HondenHonden Dallas, TX Veteran
    edited November 2010
    I'm a network tech for a hospital, handling anything from servers to paper jams.
  • ShutokuShutoku Veteran
    edited November 2010
    I teach music lessons in my home.
    I teach guitar, piano, drums, bass, and voice.
    I also have 5 rock band classes (not the game..real instruments;) the game has been very good for business though!:cool: )
    I have been teaching for 30 years.
    My wife also teaches piano in our home.
  • BrandonBrandon
    edited November 2010
    I build shelving in a warehouse now. Good bye crappy nutrition sales job!
  • DaltheJigsawDaltheJigsaw Mountain View Veteran
    edited November 2010
    Brandon wrote: »
    I build shelving in a warehouse now. Good bye crappy nutrition sales job!


    Sorry.
    What about moving?
    Or getting more education?
  • DaltheJigsawDaltheJigsaw Mountain View Veteran
    edited November 2010
    Shutoku wrote: »
    I teach music lessons in my home.
    I teach guitar, piano, drums, bass, and voice.
    I also have 5 rock band classes (not the game..real instruments;) the game has been very good for business though!:cool: )
    I have been teaching for 30 years.
    My wife also teaches piano in our home.

    Wow!
    Awesome!
    My Mother teaches piano at a school.
    She has been teaching for 25 years.
  • DaltheJigsawDaltheJigsaw Mountain View Veteran
    edited November 2010
    Invincible_summer wrote: »
    Probably not. I'm not really into the whole ivory tower, academic thing. I really like helping people learn english, so I may just get my TESOL and become an ESL teacher.

    Sort of a "waste" of my education some may say, but my sociology education has brought me to the understandings and worldviews I have today.

    I see!
    I agree!
    I am doing my BS in Psychology and at least it's teaching me about people!:)
    Plus, I can combine Buddhism with Psychology!!!:)
  • DaltheJigsawDaltheJigsaw Mountain View Veteran
    edited November 2010
    TheFound wrote: »
    I wash dishes

    Very nice!
    You meditate at the same time?
  • BrandonBrandon
    edited November 2010
    LeonBasin wrote: »
    Sorry.
    What about moving?
    Or getting more education?

    moving? getting more education?

    lol i moved to texas and am in college if thats what your getting at?
  • DaltheJigsawDaltheJigsaw Mountain View Veteran
    edited November 2010
    Brandon wrote: »
    moving? getting more education?

    lol i moved to texas and am in college if thats what your getting at?

    Moving to get another job in nutrition?...:)
  • BrandonBrandon
    edited November 2010
    ehhh if i were to go into nutrition again it would be my own store. the company i worked for had us candy coat everything to the point where it was almost a lie and I can't do that to people. It's all sales which makes it hard for me to practice right speech and intention
  • DaltheJigsawDaltheJigsaw Mountain View Veteran
    edited November 2010
    Brandon wrote: »
    ehhh if i were to go into nutrition again it would be my own store. the company i worked for had us candy coat everything to the point where it was almost a lie and I can't do that to people. It's all sales which makes it hard for me to practice right speech and intention

    I know exactly what you mean!
    I am in Sales myself and I dread it.
    I cannot wait to get my BS in Psychology and try to get a job at non-profit.
    Or open my own non-profit.
    But try to open your own store?
  • JeffreyJeffrey Veteran
    edited November 2010
    I am disabled. If I can get meds working right for my condition (already a lot of improvement) I will look for a job that is pretty low stress. Might be hard to find.
  • MountainsMountains Veteran
    edited November 2010
    LeonBasin wrote: »
    not sure...
    As the debt would be 46,000 after 2 years...

    Only $46k? That's nothing these days! You don't want to know what I'm spending. I try not to think about it. It's frightening.

    :)
  • DaltheJigsawDaltheJigsaw Mountain View Veteran
    edited November 2010
    Jeffrey wrote: »
    I am disabled. If I can get meds working right for my condition (already a lot of improvement) I will look for a job that is pretty low stress. Might be hard to find.

    What kind of meds?
    Hopefully you will find something!
  • DaltheJigsawDaltheJigsaw Mountain View Veteran
    edited November 2010
    Mountains wrote: »
    Only $46k? That's nothing these days! You don't want to know what I'm spending. I try not to think about it. It's frightening.

    :)

    Oh, boy!
    Lol!
    How much?
    The thing is I am already 25...when I will finish I will be like 27 or 28.
    AHHH!
  • qohelethqoheleth Explorer
    edited November 2010
    Shutoku wrote: »
    I teach music lessons in my home.
    I teach guitar, piano, drums, bass, and voice.
    I also have 5 rock band classes (not the game..real instruments;) the game has been very good for business though!:cool: )
    I have been teaching for 30 years.
    My wife also teaches piano in our home.

    That's great. I'm a musician and teacher also. I might borrow your idea as I'm currently on a sub-list and getting zero work. Where are you in Canada? I just moved to London, ON.
  • qohelethqoheleth Explorer
    edited November 2010
    LeonBasin wrote: »
    Oh, boy!
    Lol!
    How much?
    The thing is I am already 25...when I will finish I will be like 27 or 28.
    AHHH!

    ALREADY 25?!:eek:

    Lol. I started my post-secondary education at 25, too. And then went back to school at 35. :) Now my wife and I owe 1/10 of a million dollars in student loans! :crazy:
  • TheJourneyTheJourney
    edited November 2010
    I live with my parents, so I don't "need" a job, but i'd like one and can't find one. Have applied at quite a few places and not even gotten a call. I don't really have any experience.
  • DaltheJigsawDaltheJigsaw Mountain View Veteran
    edited November 2010
    qoheleth wrote: »
    ALREADY 25?!:eek:

    Lol. I started my post-secondary education at 25, too. And then went back to school at 35. :) Now my wife and I owe 1/10 of a million dollars in student loans! :crazy:

    WoW!
    1/10 of a million?
    Doesn't matter I guess...
    The "end" of the "world" is coming...:) HAHA!
  • DaltheJigsawDaltheJigsaw Mountain View Veteran
    edited November 2010
    TheJourney wrote: »
    I live with my parents, so I don't "need" a job, but i'd like one and can't find one. Have applied at quite a few places and not even gotten a call. I don't really have any experience.

    Gotcha!
    Lucky you:)
    Well, I suggest you focus on your meditation and having fun then:)
  • TheDoctorDonnaTheDoctorDonna
    edited November 2010
    I work for a Social Model Adult Day Care Program. We care for those suffering from Dementia Disorders and or Frail in other ways.
  • ShutokuShutoku Veteran
    edited November 2010
    qoheleth wrote: »
    That's great. I'm a musician and teacher also. I might borrow your idea as I'm currently on a sub-list and getting zero work. Where are you in Canada? I just moved to London, ON.
    I'm in Kamloops BC.
    It has worked out well for us, but we don't have children, I doubt we could have done this if we had kids, and we are both pretty non-materialistic.
    The beauty is that I generally start work at around 2:00 in the afternoon, and then teach until around 7:30 or 8:00 in the evening. I work monday through Friday. Cannot beat the commute to work either....I walk down a flight of stairs!:lol:
    We follow the public school schedule so we are off for summers, Christmas and spring break, however that means we have to budget for the lack of income in the summer.
  • DaltheJigsawDaltheJigsaw Mountain View Veteran
    edited November 2010
    Shutoku wrote: »
    I'm in Kamloops BC.
    It has worked out well for us, but we don't have children, I doubt we could have done this if we had kids, and we are both pretty non-materialistic.
    The beauty is that I generally start work at around 2:00 in the afternoon, and then teach until around 7:30 or 8:00 in the evening. I work monday through Friday. Cannot beat the commute to work either....I walk down a flight of stairs!:lol:
    We follow the public school schedule so we are off for summers, Christmas and spring break, however that means we have to budget for the lack of income in the summer.

    Thats really nice, but yea, I understand what you mean with the budget.
  • DaltheJigsawDaltheJigsaw Mountain View Veteran
    edited November 2010
    The Doctor Donna wrote: »
    I work for a Social Model Adult Day Care Program. We care for those suffering from Dementia Disorders and or Frail in other ways.

    That's beautiful!
  • VincentJGVincentJG
    edited November 2010
    I work third shift Security during the week and on the weekends I work at a local funeral home.
  • LostieLostie Veteran
    edited November 2010
    I trade the stock market for a living.
  • DaltheJigsawDaltheJigsaw Mountain View Veteran
    edited November 2010
    Vincent JG wrote: »
    I work third shift Security during the week and on the weekends I work at a local funeral home.

    Very nice!:)
  • DaltheJigsawDaltheJigsaw Mountain View Veteran
    edited November 2010
    Lostie wrote: »
    I trade the stock market for a living.

    Goodness...
    How do you keep up...
  • LostieLostie Veteran
    edited November 2010
    Some Buddhist practices/principles, like mindfulness, do help me to keep up. :)
    LeonBasin wrote: »
    Goodness...
    How do you keep up...
  • DaltheJigsawDaltheJigsaw Mountain View Veteran
    edited November 2010
    Lostie wrote: »
    Some Buddhist practices/principles, like mindfulness, do help me to keep up. :)

    :)
    Wonderful!
    Glad to hear first hand experience!:)
  • ThailandTomThailandTom Veteran
    edited November 2010
    I haven't had a job for over 3 years now
  • sukhitasukhita
    edited November 2010
    I used to work as a personnel practitioner in the (State) department of education, but opted to take early retirement due to anxiety disorder and depression.

    Because of my few needs now-a-days, the pension and investment income is more than adequate for a comfortable living - but, for the wife and kids (all grown up now), no amount of income will be enough :D. They, like many others, think that there's something wrong with people finding contentment with a simple lifestyle. :)

    I do wish that all those who are unemployed or earn inadequate income find themselves in better circumstances soon.

    Metta
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