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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Like Yankee Girl, I'm an engineer (in my case, electrical) by training, but went over to the dark side into management. After more than a year of having two jobs (they couldn't find anyone to do what I was doing before I went into management) I had enough and decided to "retire" as soon as I turned 55. Basically, I had planned for my future without them but they had failed to plan for the future without me. So now I'm a consultant working an average of 4 days per week.
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I'm a software developer for wholesale company.
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Re: What line of work are you in?

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I'm one of 5 in two brackets.
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Re: What line of work are you in?

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sawdust wrote:Stripper.

Should I select "Skilled Labor" or "Unskilled Labor"?
I suppose that would depend on your level of skill.:mrgreen:
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Re: What line of work are you in?

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What? Only three clergy other than me so far? I know there's more than that around here!
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Student at UH (Construction Management) and retail at a grocery store. Career fair is coming up in a month so the retail job will be getting the boot. For the record most construction jobs are skilled labor (drywall, roofing, electrical work, etc.).
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Retired, so every day is a weekend day :cheers2:
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I'm a Texas REALTOR.... I help folks buy, sell and lease residential properties all around Houston.
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Re: What line of work are you in?

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I used to be a professional musician, and now play for the fun of it. Technically, I'm an Audio Engineer, both in a studio/live environment, as well as an audio/video designer for churches, schools, and private organizations. (No I don't design speaker boxes for car stereo's :roll: )
It's hard to truly describe exactly what I do without a lot of technical jargon, so I'll put it this way... People pay me to make things sound good, and/or design things that sound good. :tiphat:
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Re: What line of work are you in?

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Most days I feel like I work in waste management....
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison
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Re: What line of work are you in?

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Design Engineer (Mechanical Engineer) at a medical company. We make the diagnostic instruments that tell when the old'ens are having heart attacks, among other things.
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I buy stuff with other peoples money.
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For another few (very few) months, I will be a federal civil servant, working in the "space biz" (Space Shuttle operations and training).

Soon I will be retired, likely continuing to be a part-time flight instructor.
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I went with skilled laborer, I'm a locomotive engineer
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