What line of work are you in?

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I work in (choose 1 per job, instructions below)...

Business & Management (marketing, accounting, HR, etc)
18
12%
Clergy and social work (community activists, volunteers, etc)
6
4%
Clerical or support staff (for any industry)
3
2%
Computers (IT, info sec, development, support, etc)
27
18%
Creative arts (interior design, culinary arts, musicians, writers, etc)
2
1%
Education (administration, libraries, consulting, museums, etc)
6
4%
Engineering (EE, ME, etc)
16
10%
Medicine (doctors, therapists, pharmacists, etc)
6
4%
Military, law enforcement, corrections
7
5%
Politics or law (lobbyists, lawyers, politicians, etc)
1
1%
Research or applied science (zoology, biochem, forestry, etc)
2
1%
Service (retail, wait staff, etc)
7
5%
Skilled labor (AC repair, real estate, pilots, architecture, etc)
16
10%
Unskilled labor (construction, housekeeping, delivery, etc)
2
1%
Sports or recreation (Tennis coach, boat driver, football team owner, etc)
2
1%
Student
3
2%
Full-time parent/housewife/houseman
2
1%
I work, but not in any of those categories
17
11%
I don't work (disabled, retired, moocher, inherited a fortune, not seeking employment, etc)
11
7%
 
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What about an engineer who doesn't know what he's doing? Engineer or Unskilled? :mrgreen:
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I think stripper would go in the Entertainment category which isn't enumerated, meaning it would go in the not listed catch-all. Man, if it weren't such a hassle, I would start all over again! lol Look at all of them I forgot!

And an engineer who doesn't know what he's doing would go under engineer--that's the norm for engineers, isn't it?
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Hoi Polloi wrote:And an engineer who doesn't know what he's doing would go under engineer--that's the norm for engineers, isn't it?
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WildBill wrote:
Hoi Polloi wrote:And an engineer who doesn't know what he's doing would go under engineer--that's the norm for engineers, isn't it?
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OK, you can put it under support staff because he would be there as moral support for all the other engineers who know what they're doing. :tiphat: (There's no curtsy icon for being a wisegal. :coolgleamA: )
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Engineer by training, but went over to the dark side about 10 years ago and am now in management, so I checked management.
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I am a Chef and have been cookin for 15 years... It appears as though I am the only one that checked that box so far...
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How many actuaries did you get. Probably just me. :cool:
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Hoi Polloi wrote:I think stripper would go in the Entertainment category which isn't enumerated, meaning it would go in the not listed catch-all. Man, if it weren't such a hassle, I would start all over again! lol Look at all of them I forgot!

And an engineer who doesn't know what he's doing would go under engineer--that's the norm for engineers, isn't it?
See, there's one of my problems, I was an engineer by title, promoted there from technician, but didn't have an EE or anything like that, just the necessary skill set to perform the job. Plus I was a "Field Technical Support Transmission Engineer" which meant that very little of my engineering was done at my desk.

And all of the Education selection looks like administration, and I was a course developer and presenter: "Manager of Technical Training"

So I am still stuck.
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Hoi Polloi wrote:I think stripper would go in the Entertainment category which isn't enumerated, meaning it would go in the not listed catch-all. Man, if it weren't such a hassle, I would start all over again! lol Look at all of them I forgot!
Dancers should be in the same category as musicians, actors, writers and such.

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Tamie wrote: Dancers should be in the same category as musicians, actors, writers and such.
I said "stripper", not "dancer" :rules: I may be offended. :roll:
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HS teacher
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sawdust wrote:I said "stripper", not "dancer" :rules:
If your job is to remove paint and varnish from wood, I think construction is on the list as unskilled labor. Cabinetmaker or furniture repair might be skilled labor depending on your handiwork.

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Service manager Chevrolet dealership
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I'm currently a sort of "Jack of all trades" as you might say. I also make snow during the winter months. I chose skilled labor.
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I taught special ed for nine years.
I currently stay home with my daughter, but I also take care of my niece & nephew after school. I've recently started leading breastfeeding support group meetings a few times a month as well.
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