What do you do for a Living?

[Ben Kenobi]

I'm working for a health food store, currently building the database they will use for their new online store. In the process I'm also running their inventory and completely revamping their existing stock database.

By the end of the job I will have to take pictures of their entire stock and do advertising writeups for everything.

It's not particularly exciting, but I enjoy the job.

[onodera]

I'm an IT analyst in an international bank. I'm a link between our business departments and ****ing worthless Indian programmers from Oracle.
I write design specs, test the delivery packages and supervise the deployment.

[LotC]

I'm an electrician working on the RAV line, the fairly soon to be completed rapid transit project in Vancouver. My foreman buys us donuts every Monday so it's a pretty good gig.

[Lorizael]

I'm an editor for a small publishing company. We produce a catalog containing information about government agencies, officials, and programs. We sell it to contractors and other parts of the government. My job is to maintain and update a specific product within that catalog. Really, though, I'm a glorified researcher. But the next company I work for doesn't have to know that.

[Verto]

I'm a college student so I've got a part time job not worth mentioning. Once I graduate with my B.A. I will either 1) defer my Army commission to attend law school and go into the JAG Corps or 2) go directly into the Army in another branch. I'll be in the Army active duty for at least 3 years, then go from there.

Eventually I will probably move into government.

[snoopy369]

I have to say, Asher, Astronaut >> code monkey any day. I say that as a code monkey myself (though not of the sort Asher is, I'm a data rat for a market research firm).

[Cartimandua]

I am a professional event planner working for a communication consulting firm. I plan and facilitate nationwide trainings for people to become certified in our products, which probably most of you corporate businessmen have heard of.

I also own a wedding decorating/planning company which keeps me busy in the evenings and on weekends. I am actually surprised by how successful it is becoming.

Needless to say, I have my hands full

[Asher]

Originally posted by snoopy369
I have to say, Asher, Astronaut >> code monkey any day. I say that as a code monkey myself (though not of the sort Asher is, I'm a data rat for a market research firm).

I'm not a code monkey. I'd be paid far less and wouldn't be interested if I was. You clearly don't know what the term actually means -- hint: it's not someone who simply writes code.

Here you go.

And no, I've no desire to be an astronaut. I don't think you realize how boring being an astronaut actually is. It'd be nice to see the earth from space and experience zero-G, but it's not worth the crappy pay, the high fatality rate, the mind-numbingly boring training, the mind-numbingly boring labwork they do, etc. Hell, all they seem to do now is do construction in space and risk their lives to do it. I'll pass.

[Saras]

I bought Hearts of Iron II last week...

[Dinner]

I help companies figure out ways not to clean up the messes they cause.

[aneeshm]

Right now, I'm a college student.

Soon, I'll be working full-time on taking over the world.

[Arrian]

Environmental claims. Specifically, coverage analysis on complicated claims. Long tail hazardous waste/pollution. Landfills, gas stations, dry cleaners, manufactured gas plants, chemical plants, factories, refineries, etc.

-Arrian

[Arrian]

Originally posted by Oerdin
I help companies figure out ways not to clean up the messes they cause.

Remedial Action Workplan, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Natural Attenuation.

-Arrian

[DanQ]

Part-time secondary school teacher.

[Pekka]

Researcher, security management. But it's mostly consulting type (to satisfy our company investors), auditing (to collect data) and theory development (to do science). Thus, researcher.