Whats your profession and do you like it :)?

[Brenda3156]

I'm in management. I'm a Superintendent of Operations for a large company. (2500 employees) I supervise 450 people. Actually I have 20 managers who report to me who do the direct supervision. I just make sure everyone does their job and deal with discipline and the union. I have always been in management and with the same company for 29 years. I enjoy the fact that I get to work with a lot of people and my job is self paced. I have only long term goals and projects. I do have to make sure that the required results are achieved within the budget. I attend a lot of meetings. Sometimes I think we have meetings to decide what type of meetings we are going to have! I enjoy what I do.

[Michelle_P]

I'm retired, and I love it.  I get to do what I want to do, and that keeps me remarkably busy.

I'm doing some public speaking, some training, taking a few classes, and actually developing a social life!  I love it!

Oh, some people were upset with me.  My ex claimed at one point that I was just transitioning because I had too much time on my hands.  (Anyone find that being trans makes a good hobby?   Yeah, didn't think so...)

I used to work as an engineer and instructor.  I've done nuclear engineering and operations training, taught the programming, care and maintenance of huge in-circuit test machines and robotic systems, built software tools for computer graphics and animation work, designed a muscle-skeletal imaging system and console, written compilers, assemblers, and linkers, custom microkernels, computer graphics stacks, and a complete window system used by hundreds of millions of users.

I loved doing the design and implementation work.  Eventually the sheer volume of software I was responsible for swamped me with 'maintenance', keeping it all running on new hardware, properly integrating new features from hardware and the user experience folks, and fixing the inevitable bugs with all these changes.  That was Not Fun, and I eventually retired.

Transitioning while working at these high tech companies would totally not be a big deal, and was never an issue with my job or retirement.  They were very trans-friendly places, very supportive.

[Raell]

Michelle, do you own the patents for your software innovations, or does the company where you were working?

I've owned my own small side businesses; breeding exotic parrots and other birds, real-state investment company, private piano lessons, speed-reading, remedial reading/tutoring lessons, etc. I liked it.

I've taught English, writing, ESL part-time at KY community colleges, and was a substitute teacher when my kids were at home. I like teaching, but hated that I was only paid for teaching, which was a small fraction of the time spent posting lesson plans, information online for my students, grading research papers, commuting 45 minutes each way, etc.

I've spent the past seven years teaching ESL full time in Thailand. The pay is low, but living costs are ridiculously low.
I moved here because one of my university students was from Thailand and showed me photos of birds from there. I'm a fanatic bird and wildlife photographer, so moved here.

I put photos on a stock photo website for sale, but that's small change.

I've been a co-editor of a book, a free-lance journalist, illustrated a children's Creole language book, and since I was little I've been a designer/inventor. I use my own inventions and wear my own designs, and other people beg for them but so far I've felt too intimidated by patent paperwork/fees, licensing contracts, etc to do anything.

I have to leave Thailand now, anyway, for scary health reasons. I was supposed to have left last month, but paperwork hangups, etc.

[eyesk8rboi]

I'm an ecommerce support analyst and I love it! The company I work for sells electronics online and I handle the claims, returned, customer email responses and some vendor relations and returns.

[judithlynn]

Well;
I have had three careers:

Prior to 1st time transitioning :
British Army
IT Software development (Paper Tape/Hollerith Punch Cards/Key to Disc)
Systems Analysis
Business Analysis, IT Planning
IT Account Management
IT Sales, IT Sales Management

1st time transitioning:
Sales Assistant - Ladies Fashion
Receptionist in Beauticians
Office Telephonist
Office Clerk (Insurance)
Secretary
Legal Secretary

De-transition period
IT Management
IT Consulting

2nd time transitioning
IT Consulting - Yes this is what I am good at.

[barbie]

I've spent the past seven years teaching ESL full time in Thailand. The pay is low, but living costs are ridiculously low.

Here in S. Korea, I have seen many English teachers from N. America and they seem to enjoy living here:

https://www.gooverseas.com/blog/teaching-english-in-korea-salary

https://www.epik.go.kr:8080/index.do

Most of them seem to be relatively young, probably < 40 years old.

barbie~~

[LindseyP]

Well;
I have had three careers:

Prior to 1st time transitioning :
British Army
IT Software development (Paper Tape/Hollerith Punch Cards/Key to Disc)
Systems Analysis
Business Analysis, IT Planning
IT Account Management
IT Sales, IT Sales Management

1st time transitioning:
Sales Assistant - Ladies Fashion
Receptionist in Beauticians
Office Telephonist
Office Clerk (Insurance)
Secretary
Legal Secretary

De-transition period
IT Management
IT Consulting

2nd time transitioning
IT Consulting - Yes this is what I am good at.

We have very similar backgrounds!  (The IT pieces).  I am in Insurance IT consulting.  I love system implementations!  I've been laid off the last three weeks - a new situation for me.  Today was a good day - the right people with the right jobs showed some interest and my network has been active.  Fingers crossed, hopefully this won't take too long and I'll be back doing the things I love. 

[Jamie 65]

In my past I have been a commercial electrician, electrician Forman, aircraft electrician and an aircraft electrician supervisor.  And yes I have enjoyed them all.  I am currently in a element supervisor position. (least liked job was basically made to take it.) 

[karenpayneoregon]

I'm in software development, first writing enterprise wide desktop solutions, have moved into enterprise wide and external web solutions for the state of Oregon which I've been doing for the past 26 years. I love my job but starting to think about retirement (have six years to go).

Have been awarded MVP status from Microsoft for the last four years (Microsoft selects 3,000 MVP's each year out of a candidate pool of millions of software developers each year and it's for one year at a time). I've lectured at Microsoft main campus on LGBT last year also.

I teach self-defense professionally several times a month while before transitioning twice a week but slimmed back on this as I have a new passion for what I call aggressive driving in a modified 2016 Mazda Miata.   

[Cheaney]

Right now, I'm an educational aide at my local high school and coach HS baseball and football. I'm in a new position that involves special education which makes me nervous because that's the one area that I've always said I'm not sure that is for me. I make enough to help us get by and have time to coach. But ultimately I'm either going to have to get my teaching license or find another career to make more money. I've been thinking about going back to school to be an x-ray tech.

I love coaching. My dream would be to coach college baseball/softball someday. I also give hitting/pitching lessons in the summer when I'm off.

[BioWoman]

I am a graphic designer and I love it. I love helping to build the brand/look for new businesses or even help brainstorm a revamp. I live and breath it.

[barbie]

I am a graphic designer and I love it. I love helping to build the brand/look for new businesses or even help brainstorm a revamp. I live and breath it.

It sounds to me that you have a fantastic job. Yes. We love art (and money).

barbie~~

[maybeventually]

Mechanical Design Engineer. I like it. I just came out at work, I'm biding my time until my FFS then hopefully passing more and moving on to a new job

[Dan]

I have degrees in Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, and a degree in Computer Science. I love tech! I dabble in robotics, AI and computer vision.

[warmbody28]

nursing/nurse practitioner and I love it most of the times.

[Sarah_P]

Senior clerk at a public library. I love the library, but I'm not a fan of most of the people that come in (it's this horrible little town - it's really hard to understand what it's like unless you've been here). Formerly I've had a variety of other jobs- mailroom clerk, data entry, but mostly retail (including manager of an anime store).
I'm going to start looking for a new job soon (somewhere much safer!!), hoping to get into IT. I've basically been doing that at the library for a decade now, but I don't have any actual degrees (in anything).

[Bari Jo]

I'm a visual effects artist.  I've worked on many, many of your most loved and hated movies, rides, games and TV.  Yes, I love my job.

[LindseyP]

We have very similar backgrounds!  (The IT pieces).  I am in Insurance IT consulting.  I love system implementations!  I've been laid off the last three weeks - a new situation for me.  Today was a good day - the right people with the right jobs showed some interest and my network has been active.  Fingers crossed, hopefully this won't take too long and I'll be back doing the things I love. 

I'm on my third week in a new job.  It is only a six month contract, but my last work stoppage was a layoff, so at least I have a little control toward the end of this six months from now, get through Christmas, pay my mortgage, and keep healthcare in place for my family.  And there may be a chance to extend/go permanent - they seem to like my work so far, and probably have a longer term need. 

I spend so much time trying to deal with the impact of gender on my identity that I forget how much of my identity is tied up in other things, such as professional employment.  I had not anticipated the job loss, and it feels so good to be employed again!

[SailorMars1994]

Im moving in exactly a month.. gotta look for new job :O!!