What does everyone do for a living?

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I'm an English professor at a community college (I've been there 27 years).

I'm also the divisional tech geek. If any of my colleagues have a problem with their computer, they come knocking at my office.

I've always loved radio, right from childhood to now as a 57 year old. I think it combines my love of tech stuff with my love of music.

I did college radio (an on-the-air station, not just a campus carrier) and loved it. Along with theater, I believe that it was a major factor in my learning to deal with other people. It was the first place in my life where, with perhaps two exceptions, I made any real friends.

Litguy,

You are so right! Radio has very much been the vehicle in my journey to better personal interaction.

Weird thing is that when I am on the air or doing a voice-over, I tend to nod my head in kind of a jerky motion, sometimes. It's like I have to muster so much focus to get the words out in the right way, that my physical appearance can be kind of goofy.

Doing a radio show is much like being locked in a closet and talking to oneself, but all the while visualizing a conversation with one other person at the other end of the speaker.

Communication issues are common in AS, but radio to me is like what I THINK interpersonal communication SHOULD be (not always as it realliy is).

It sure is! I haven't seen the trailer, which suggests that I need to watch more TV! Life on Mars is possibly my favourite TV show of all time. I think I shall see if the trailer is on-line (so much for getting this essay finished! Damn my wandering mind!). Chris was my favourite character because he was all innocent and dumb. My family also got ridiculously excited during the last episode when it showed Woodbank Community Centre, which is quite near to where we live. Note the word quite. I also noticed that the modern bus stop was in shot. I went to uni all excited to tell everyone and they looked at me like I was the biggest loser in the world.

MrMark - I have a very romanticized view of working in a library. Unfortunately the libraries near me are tiny, rubbish and run by control freak pensioners. I have an unhealthy love of filing things and making lists of things so perhaps if I get bored of teaching (hopefully not for a while since I haven't even passed yet) I should think about working in a library.

MrSinister - yes, leave now. I did work experience in an office for 2 weeks and every day I felt a little bit of my soul being ripped from inside me. Is it the people or the work itself that do the most damage?

I am an architect. After years of lousy jobs, I finally realized that a talent and developed skill I had all along was of value.
I am business licensed but not AIA: too anarchistic. Sir christopher Wren wasn't AIA either. If you design buildings, they get built and they stay up, you are an an architect, and so i am.

Avocationally, RF flows through my veins. Radio for hours per day. Now that FCC is dropping the code necessity (I am far too clumsy), I may go for a general tag.

I am currently in school right now and I am undecided of what I want to do.

Have you ever designed a Timber Frame?

It's on the BBC website. There are also some wallpapers on there.

You live in the Manchester area then?

My favourite character is this guy:



Now move out of my way or I'll stamp on all your toys. Got it?!

I'm a Red Mage, so I save the world.

I have no job right now,i'm trying to get a part-time job so i can get a new PC,but i want to have a good paying job with minimal soicla interaction.

I'm a head technician at a university. Unfortunately it means I manage some staff, which I find extremely difficult - I just don't understand them and what makes them tick. There are a lot of people who you have to interact with, which is also hard. However, even my NT colleagues say working at a university would be great if it wasn't for the people!

Yo es el estudiante

TG:
Nah, mostly i design good old practical stud frame and concrete block. Easy to get past code, and easy to get inspected, easy to get financed. People like 'em. Know what? If I was doing a new house for me I'd do it really standard too.

thanx for asking!

I'm a couch potato at present

I live a double life! Part student, part Government employee, all man.


Ok, so not as impressive as the mild-mannered-millionaire/superhero thing, but its the best I've got.

Jobs I've held in the Past:

Dishwsher
Cook
PA System Tech
3rd Shift Security Guard
Machinist ( Closest description, as I made Textile Machinery in a small shop)
3rd Shift clerk ( Gas Station/C-Store)
Stone Polisher (Actually Concrete, but the technique is the same) for coutertop manufacturer, plus a lot of other things at that job
Meat Packer ( Deli meats, all positions on Production line.)
Helpdesk contracted for major regional broadband provider

Current employment is working in a lumberyard warehouse loading trucks and unloading them on Jobsites.

I was also in the process of building a PA Rental Co. from 200 to 2002.

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