What do you do for a living?

[tekla]

Senior Theatrical Technician 'Crew Chief' for two major rock venues, and whatever other union work I can get on the side.

[sarals]

I'm an Airline Transport (ATP) rated commercial helicopter pilot currently flying for a large EMS operator in California.  I worked in the Gulf of Mexico for 23 years as a pilot.  I'm also a recording engineer and own a small on location audio recording service.

Just sayin'!

[Natasha]

i'm in computer forensics.

[Shana A]

musician and music teacher

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[heatherrose]

I started driving tractor trailer with my father when I was 16.
I was a diesel mechanic (Engineman) in the U.S. Navy.
Tractor-trailer driver/crane erector crewperson.
Household Goods Mover/crew supervisor/driver/mechanic.
Armed Security
Glass Blower
Warehouse worker/forklift operator
Marine mechanic
Long haul truckdriver
Heavy equipment operator/truck driver/mechanic/chainsaw operator
Truck shop mechanic
Owner-operator truckdriver
Prep Cook
Long haul truckdriver

...in that order.

[Autumn]

Consultative retail sales.

[BrandiOK]

Right now nothing but live off savings.  Previously I did many things...Military, factory work, firefighter, EMT, police officer, bounty hunter, bouncer, quality control inspection...stereotypical I guess. 

[heatherrose]

...stereotypical I guess.

Ya, that's what I was thinking.

[Dana Lane]

I am in computer security and totally love my job. I handle incidents for Penn which includes working with law enforcement, forensics, DMCA violations and a lot more. And Heather, I used to drive a truck over the road!

[Hannah]

I used to hack directv cards and sell them with a dish for $400 a pop. That was good money too, I could use it these days with operations sneaking up on me.

[heatherrose]

You a baaaaaad girl. Becca.

[Hannah]

You a baaaaaad girl. Becca.

pfft, victimless crime.

I don't think it's possible anymore, it's been a long time since I cared. With bittorrent and widespread broadband these days there prolly isn't much of a
market for hacked satellite anyway. I would do
it if I could though, it's a fast $20k and the cease and desist order wasn't that scary.

[finewine]

pfft, victimless crime

The only victimless crime I know of is blasphemy but that doesn't mean I have any problem with it - hell, I've broken a few laws in my time (probably everyone has at one point or other)

[Dana Lane]

pfft, victimless crime.

I don't think it's possible anymore, it's been a long time since I cared. With bittorrent and widespread broadband these days there prolly isn't much of a
market for hacked satellite anyway. I would do
it if I could though, it's a fast $20k and the cease and desist order wasn't that scary.

I have 30 level 80 characters from World of Warcraft (i multibox multiple accounts at once). These each could bring me between $500 and $1000. So tempting but it is against their policy and I can't bring myself to do it. Oh well. 

[Hannah]

I used to play an mmo and I never understood why poeple buy endgame characters. All of the fun for me was the leveling and adventuring and bonding with orgmates including someone who would become a r/l love. Once we got top levels and items we all just kind of sat around and got bored.

I'd sell those in a heartbeat, 15k is a new nose and forehead.

[Alexmakenoise]

I'm a librarian / information manager.  About to take some classes to become more specialized in my field, so also a student.

[LordKAT]

Like I always told my kids, I get paid to go to kindergarten.

[JenniL]

Let see I held quite a few jobs. Target in high school, then 4 years in the Navy as a Torpedo Man's Mate. Got out of the Navy earlier because I had like 40 days of vacation still, so I worked at a consignment shop, which was bad because I pretty much spent my pay check there lol. Moved back to my home state for few years where I worked as an armed security guard and then worked tech support for gateway.

Decided to move again, so I worked at Sears for about a year where I had some problems come up and pretty much you can say burned that bridge there. But it all worked out I got a job a month later at a call center for a wireless carrier where I started out in tech support. Pretty much people called in when their email/internet/mms/ringtone did not work. Currently I still work for the same company, but in a different position. I pretty much do what the recording you hear first says when call customer service "This call maybe recorded for Quality Assurance."

[katherine]

I spent twenty years in the military, then five years as a manager/instructor in an IT company.  Now I'm a security contractor somewhere overseas for the last six years.  I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up.  Don't have a clue how I'll earn my living when I begin rlt, something I'm deeply worried about...

[Alex_C]

Becca you rock! I used to sell the "pogo pins" used in the various hacking setups (and lots of legit stuff) and in fact kind of created the pogo pin market on Ebay.

OK so I aced my First Responder class, am signed up for EMT-1 used to be called EMT-B that will be 5 months of learning/fun then a national exam and I'll be a real one of those EMT thingies. Then it's on to getting a chapter 7 bankruptcy done so I'll actually be employable.

In the meantime, what's worked out well for me up until the last few weeks is making and selling "awareness" ribbons, that actually got me what I'd take home on Minimum Wage, if the weather was good, I worked hard, etc etc etc in other words that was the golden ideal I'd reach once in a while.

Now it's so bloody cold I can put in 8 hours and only net about $20, still good of you're starving but I'm not that hungry yet.

I have the EMT school paid for and money for the bankruptcy to do right after, so all I have to obtain is survival money, $30 a week or so, $50 is dandy. Since the market is dead in Santa Cruz for the next 4-5 months, I'm thinking of doing things locally. The local Walmart may let me set up a display with my ribbons, so that's a possibility. I was working on my Musical Saw playing and all ready to get out there with that, but it turns out to KILL my wrists/elbows, imagine having tennis elbow on both sides. And I'm working on something else but don't want to say anything more until I'm good if I get there. Right now, the options are work 8 hours to make $20 or less, last time I didn't make much more than expenses, or try some things locally, maybe I'll only have to work 4 hours to make $20.

Deflation is here and the Apoc .... oh wait that's here too. I'm amazed at the wide variety of jobs here and how many are still employed, it's good to see but remember it's not gonna last. Save, stock up, eyeglasses, medicines, supplies, books you always wanted to read, nails fishhooks socks you name it. Remember it always made sense! Ralph Nader bought up pairs of surplus Army dress shoes when he was in college or about that time, and wore 'em for years. Thrift and preparation are IN and the time and money you save can save your life if things get bad, and will always save time and money for fun things if times stay good.