Just another useless thread for fun :)!
I am a baker at the local grocery store in town. I gotta say i rather enjoy it, and will be pretty sad when I have to leave it. How about you?
Military electronics. Buh-bye terrorists. I love my job.
Hugs, Devlyn
Coolio ^.^
I'm retired Army and now conduct analysis (i.e. Statistics) on experimentation results. I'm a math geek so I do like doing this a lot.
Conform and be dull. —James Frank Dobie, The Voice of the Coyote
cool! two military girls :)! I came close to joining the military myself!
Been doing computer support for 23 years, working at a public university now. Before that I did just about everything else. I'm kind of done with it now in that if I could retire tomorrow I would. I'd love to do something else, just don't know what that is.
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Hotel manager, it's a bucket of $!*t.
Quote from: Devlyn Marie on April 08, 2017, 09:00:05 PM
Military electronics. Buh-bye terrorists. I love my job.
Hugs, Devlyn
I work on defense electronics too. I recently had to renew my top secret clearance and had no problems at all after changing my name and gender.
20 years doing IT in construction, education, ecommerce retail and pharmaceuticals. Love it.
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self employed social media marketer, it's OK
Before I retired, I was in IT, working for a provincial government. Before that, I was a military flying instructor. I wasn't too crazy about being a soldier, but I did like the flying and instructing parts. I should have gone into teaching when I got out.
Director of operations for a consulting startup in the hospitality industry. I do a small amount of consulting work with clients who need less hand holding than others about 25% of the time, and the other 75% of the time I manage a small team of consultants doing the same thing. It's okay. I don't like the industry and it's not something I enjoy, but the benefits, pay, and working from home most of the time are nice. It would be hard for me to go back to a job where I couldn't work from home so much so I'm content to stay put for now.
I have been a stay home parent for the past 7 years. I love my kids but being constantly seen as a "mom" has been very dysphoria inducing.
Before that, I worked as a biologist for the federal forestry service. I loved every minute of that but jobs in my field are almost impossible to find. I'm planning to go back to school for public health.
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Many people here are in IT industry.
I work as a professor at a national university here. Typically I teach biostatistics, marine ecology and fisheries science.
Yes. I love my job, as my working time is relatively unconstrained and few people can try to supervise me. It is very stable, as I already got tenure. The downside is that my salary is relatively low compared with professors at private universities.
barbie~~
Quote from: barbie on April 09, 2017, 01:01:20 PM
Many people here are in IT industry.
I work as a professor at a national university here. Typically I teach biostatistics, marine ecology and fisheries science.
Yes. I love my job, as my working time is relatively unconstrained and few people can try to supervise me. It is very stable, as I already got tenure. The downside is that my salary is relatively low compared with professors at private universities.
barbie~~
I work at a public university and a tenured professor in your field would make at least 115-120k a year. It's not a teaching college though. You'd have to do research, publish and get grants. The university takes 43% minimum of any grant too. I've heard that schools like Berkeley take 60%. That's nuts. It's relatively laid back though. Once you get a routine, people kind of let you be.
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Currently I'm a sculptor and prop maker.
I enjoy it immensely. The only part I don't like is the selling aspect.
I'd prefer to be an actor. It seems I wasn't designed for safe, secure and predictable professions. I always gravitate to the ones with some kind of instability and variety, having to get your mates to pretend they're your boss so you can rent an apartment because no-one calls it a "real" job, even if it is.
Quote from: Gertrude on April 09, 2017, 01:08:21 PM
I work at a public university and a tenured professor in your field would make at least 115-120k a year. It's not a teaching college though. You'd have to do research, publish and get grants. The university takes 43% minimum of any grant too. I've heard that schools like Berkeley take 60%. That's nuts. It's relatively laid back though. Once you get a routine, people kind of let you be.
Yes. But the salary structure is little bit different. National university here means that I am a kind of government employee with a fixed annual salary. I usually get research grants of ca. USD 150k every year, and the university takes about 25%. I can not get remuneration from my grants, but my students can get.
Yes. I once worked in IT about 25 years ago, and some of my researches sometimes involve it. For example, I am playing with this kind of animation movie now.
https://youtu.be/4B4EveVh3fEbarbie~~
Quote from: barbie on April 09, 2017, 01:40:33 PM
Yes. But the salary structure is little bit different. National university here means that I am a kind of government employee with a fixed annual salary. I usually get research grants of ca. USD 150k every year, and the university takes about 25%. I can not get remuneration from my grants, but my students can get.
Yes. I once worked in IT about 25 years ago, and some of my researches sometimes involve it. For example, I am playing with this kind of animation movie now. https://youtu.be/4B4EveVh3fE
barbie~~
We're government employees too as it's a state school. Grants vary. Where I work they're usually in the millions. The president of the school makes a million a year. If you're not a professor or some sort of senior administrator, the pay sucks. The saving grace for me is that my kids get a 75% break on tuition if they go to a state school here, otherwise I'd work somewhere else.
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I'm a chemist by education but since I'm a mechanically inclined one, I've learned that I am a bit of a unicorn. So I don't do typical chemist work, I install, fix, upgrade, and train people on the use of the one spectrometer that most chemists are scared to death of.
I love the fact that I'm never facing the exact same thing over and over again. I don't work in a cubical. The last time I actually saw one of my coworkers in the flesh was three months ago, and I'm doing a team job tomorrow with another that I haven't seen in nearly a year. I haven't seen my boss in a year and a half. It is also kind of fun to be the authority on things, so I kind of walk on water when I am in a lab. Even the most self absorbed and uppity "science diva" type professors tend to not be a pain for me. And the few that are, I can threaten to leave without fixing anything and they get reasonable really quickly.
So those aspects are great, the down side is I'm on the road 3-4 nights a week flying or driving all over the Midwestern USA. The travel was fun at first, but it's pretty annoying a few years in. But the pay is really good and the benefits are insanely good when it comes to trans stuff, so I'm going to be tied to this job for a couple more years at least.
We don't have time for work in England ;) we are far to busy ;D Leaving the EU >:(
I just finished my Bachelor's for Graphic Design and Web Design & Development, so I'm looking for a job in something related to that now. I've done a few internships in the field and have enjoyed it so far.
I'm a writer. I started off just doing fan fiction when I was a SAHM, but once the kids came of age I finally went to college and got degrees in journalism, anthropology and a minor in political science. From there I was a newspaper reporter for 10 years, and now I'm a novelist. I still do ghostwriting for a PR firm, to keep my hand in the news/journalism world.
I absolutely love what I do. I just wish I made a decent living at doing what I love. :-\
The bakery life is simply so fun. I work as an all around baker/bakery for my local Costco. Sometimes it's tedious, but 95% of the time it is fun. Part time cake decorator, which is one day out of the week, otherwise I am in the mix of baking, and production of all the goods that come out of the bakery.
Also part time service, as being in the U.S. Army Reserve, I currently am working with networking. Mainly field set up and maintenance. I like to call it the Verizon for the Army..
I'm a biomedicine student, going into cancer research with a particular interest in metastasis and immune system interactions.
I thought I had already answered this. I worked in computer repair for over 40 years. I sitill build desktops for friends and help friends with computer problems. So chalk another one up for IT though I mostly worked hardware Mainframes and their peripheral systems down to windows laptops. Sorry for I don't do fruit (no Apples)
Yes, I enjoyed it. Fixing a computer for someone is very rewarding. I still enjoy helping my friends.
Hugs,
Jeanette
I'm a software geek for a municipal utility. I do integration, which means I have to see both (or even more than 2) sides of every problem to get things to work together. Seems appropriate for trans.
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Not really, I work a crappy retail job but it's money at the end of the day until I decide the next step in my life. :(
System Architect for Enterprise scale IT systems used in Broadcasting (primarily Television). Guess another Computer Girl...
I worked in software development for many years. I did one military project as a consultant then did financial software.
I'm on my second career now. These days I help patients with TBIs to regain lost skills and to learn new skills they need to compensate. I love my job!
I am a personal support worker (PSW) in a nursing home as well as union president and Health and safety rep and yes I do like everything I do even though I learned I dont like managers.
Owner operator truck driver.I own my own truck and lease my services on to a carrier.Oddly enough there are more trans truckers out here than you would think.The days are long and the road is always hard,but I pretty much would not want to do anything else.Trucking has helped me experiance the world and do things I could have never done otherwise.I have many hobbies and interests and trucking takes me where I want to go.Not a life for everyone but it is working for me.
Quote from: Devlyn Marie on April 08, 2017, 09:00:05 PM
Military electronics. Buh-bye terrorists. I love my job.
Hugs, Devlyn
I started off in that. I wanted photography, the Navy stuck me in aviation fire control electronics. I made a career out of electronics. Retired.
Joelene
My 'get food on the table' while the children were growing was not really a profession, more like a slave to the company.
But now I am in my true career for a decade. I do GIS technical and analytical work for one of the larger Federal land management agencies. And I LOVE it! Besides being challenging worthwhile work, I get to hang out with younger scientists so I can feed off their youth power.
And because our Government has strong inclusive doctrines, I get to dress however I please (as long as it is 'office appropriate'). Which is a big plus.
I'm another IT Girl: I do information security auditing, forensics, pentesting, incident response, etc. Yes, I like it.
IT girl here as well, network and security architecture for a large corporation.
Sales slut at Comcast (the devil) ;)
Quote from: SophiaBleu on April 25, 2017, 10:51:07 AM
Sales slut at Comcast (the devil) ;)
This made me laugh so hard[emoji23]
I'm currently unemployed so I'm a bit of a fish out of water. Never had a job ever but planning to go to college someday.
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As a production planning SME I integrated at least 10 major systems since 1982. It was a fun, interesting career full of potholes like programmers not having a clue about the systems and the effect on production. On the other hand I had programming knowledge. For example, the Baan system cost Boeing a billion dollars as they strove to implement commercial off the shelf programs. We also lost a vice President that took the CEO position at Baan. The biggest problem that I noticed right off the bat was the system was constructed for pharmaceutical and process industries Measurements in gram to pounds instead of ea, unit, feet, inches etc. Not custom manufacturing. It was a good career. If I lived as my authentic self I would not have been as successful because of the times. Today many large companies have diversity programs. http://www.hrc.org/resources/best-places-to-work-2017 I started out wanting to be a firefighter but failed the physical. One of the reasons I was able to provide the help I did is because I sought every class on the subject I could find. The best advice I can give is, get all the education you can get, as it opens a whole lot of options for you that you can't get with a high school education, It will also give you more opportunities to work from home and that too makes a difference. Am I smarter than you? No. and I can prove it.
Quote from: DawnOday on April 25, 2017, 02:13:45 PM
As a production planning SME I integrated at least 10 major systems since 1982. It was a fun, interesting career full of potholes like programmers not having a clue about the systems and the effect on production. ...
Dawn, just a small derailment: I love your new photo! Randy
Thank you Randi. I'm hoping I get a better mirror soon. So I can say, mirror mirror on the wall... :D
Quote from: Alicia Francesca on April 24, 2017, 10:55:20 PM
Owner operator truck driver.I own my own truck and lease my services on to a carrier.Oddly enough there are more trans truckers out here than you would think.The days are long and the road is always hard,but I pretty much would not want to do anything else.Trucking has helped me experiance the world and do things I could have never done otherwise.I have many hobbies and interests and trucking takes me where I want to go.Not a life for everyone but it is working for me.
Yes. I guess truck driving can be a fantastic job for some people. I like driving, but my country is too small, and even my hometown is an island. Last year my eldest son drove alone from Virginia to Los Angeles, taking 4 days.
BTW, can you cook in your truck??
barbie~~
Work in a local gov't legal job, for the past 19 years, its ok, burnt out. Next step is law school, not sure, definitely make a lateral move to another gov't agency, with my skills, just finishing up some schooling though before I disrupt my present job.
I'm starting to figure out, I'm way more methodical than social for my peers liking, so definitely an independent professional operator of some sort in the future.
I'm a construction engineer with the Canadian military. Soon to retire. Not sure yet what my second career will be.
Delivery driver, not really like I enjoy it but it keeps my bills paid .
I work for a non-profit that helps the disabled train for and find jobs. As for whether I like it or not, well, it has it's moments and it pays the bills.
I work as doctor(occupational medicine) but move to an Insurance company during transition.
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I have worked in a lot of IT and related fields during the years and I'm not planning to change anytime soon. I reached a level where others consider me a professional, although I have a hard time seeing myself anything more than a geek tinkerer. I like the job but nowadays I find it hard to get motivated and getting work done. And being promoted for the 3rd time in less than 2.5 years did not change that at all. I feel miserable at work as I cannot be myself and I feel that my brain has connected IT stuff with feeling miserable because they happen at the same time at work. I need to go further with my transition because otherwise I will hate all the things I loved in the past.
Work at a gun range as a retail and range safety officer. I love the job since I met my wife there now of over a year married :) she's my number one supporter :) I have some friends but I dread ever coming out or transitioning there since it's a really anti liberal and it's a male ego place, we have one cisgender lesbian but since she's "one of the guys" so idk :/ maybe one day
I own and run a construction company now, i owned a software company prior to that which I sold.
Alls good in the world and deal with most clients, distributors etc as Niki
I love the fast pace and am pretty much a workaholic when its the construction season.
I am a Pharmacist. I have been working in hospital and retail pharmacies for over 40 years.
Im a paramedic. Yes I like it.
I studied Philosophy and Religious Studies in college with minors in Psychology and Sociology. I hit my aggregate loan limit and was unable to finish schooling. My specific topics I focused on in these fields were German Idealism, French Existentialism, Eschatology, History of Religions and their development, Abnormal Psychology, and some Neurochemistry.
Despite this I work in Accounts Payable as a specialist. I spend my days reconciling invoices, processing audit recoveries, and fighting with barely functioning accounting systems. I don't necessarily enjoy my work but I've learned to tolerate it after the years I done in accounting. Also, my work ethic is such that even if I don't like something I take great pride in doing it well.
I'd probably like something along the lines of writing, mythologist (like Joseph Campbell), or Philosophical Counseling instead of accounting.
I work on a Welsh heritage site - the shop side of it is quite boring but I also get to do guided tours. It's my first job after graduating in history last year. I'm just doing it until I go back to do my Mphil in October. It is a beautiful place and I love my colleagues, so it isn't bad!
I also pay for the holidays the bone idle benefit scrounging workshy filth take from my taxes
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I also pay for the holidays the bone idle benefit scrounging workshy filth take from my taxes
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Software development with a focus on digital forms and business processes. My career started in IT 20+ years ago, and I've progressed from systems and infrastructure to development. I don't really know what I would do otherwise, so I stick with it.
Quality Review Nurse after 9 years bedside. So happy to have an office job where I can wear ties.
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Quote from: Alicia Francesca on April 24, 2017, 10:55:20 PM
Owner operator truck driver.I own my own truck and lease my services on to a carrier.Oddly enough there are more trans truckers out here than you would think.The days are long and the road is always hard,but I pretty much would not want to do anything else.Trucking has helped me experiance the world and do things I could have never done otherwise.I have many hobbies and interests and trucking takes me where I want to go.Not a life for everyone but it is working for me.
I used to be a trucker. I did it for 6 years. Loved it! Most manly thing I did. Taught me to be fearless. Cut off all my hair and used the bathroom along with the other guys. Also learned to pee while driving using a coolant funnel (for cars) and empty water bottles. Drove the 48 drivable states. Bronxbomber was my handle.
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Quote from: ToniDatyga on May 26, 2017, 04:49:06 PM
I used to be a trucker. I did it for 6 years. Loved it! Most manly thing I did. Taught me to be fearless. Cut off all my hair and used the bathroom along with the other guys. Also learned to pee while driving using a coolant funnel (for cars) and empty water bottles. Drove the 48 drivable states. Bronxbomber was my handle.
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I saw a truck with WWII style bomber art with that name on it yesterday.
Quote from: Dee Marshall on May 26, 2017, 05:25:01 PM
I saw a truck with WWII style bomber art with that name on it yesterday.
No kidding! Mine had the New York Yankee symbols on either side. On the passenger side it had my pets names. I used to travel with my cat and dog.
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Quote from: ToniDatyga on May 26, 2017, 05:27:07 PM
No kidding! Mine had the New York Yankee symbols on either side. On the passenger side it had my pets names. I used to travel with my cat and dog.
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I think it was a large tow truck. The art was a red bomb with a nude riding it. It was in White Plains.
Quote from: Dee Marshall on May 26, 2017, 05:32:33 PM
I think it was a large tow truck. The art was a red bomb with a nude riding it. It was in White Plains.
Awesome! [emoji12]
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Quote from: Dani on May 22, 2017, 08:55:04 PM
I am a Pharmacist. I have been working in hospital and retail pharmacies for over 40 years.
Hey me too.
No hospital time though and not quite as long.
Used to say "I sell drugs" but I'm doing long term care and not retail now so that doesn't fit anymore.
As for the original question, I like it better now that I don't deal with customers anymore.
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Quote from: TonyaW on May 28, 2017, 09:31:47 PM
As for the original question, I like it better now that I don't deal with customers anymore.
Some of the customers behavior is the reason I retired. Everyday I had to argue with a customer or two about no refills for their controlled drug prescription. The laws are strict. You must have a valid prescription or I cannot fill a controlled drug. I am not even mentioning the forged prescriptions that were presented to me. In my guess, about 3% of my customers have a serious drug problem.
Quote from: Dani on May 29, 2017, 09:07:58 AM
Some of the customers behavior is the reason I retired. Everyday I had to argue with a customer or two about no refills for their controlled drug prescription. The laws are strict. You must have a valid prescription or I cannot fill a controlled drug. I am not even mentioning the forged prescriptions that were presented to me. In my guess, about 3% of my customers have a serious drug problem.
I hate this behavior. I have a client with a traumatic brain injury. She's in constant severe pain that can only be controlled by a low dose of a time released opioid on a strict schedule. She's been on the prescription for years. Bad behavior by others is making it harder and harder for her to find a pharmacy that will accept her prescription. Pharmacies just drop out of the area of business because it's too much hassle.
In keeping with the theme of the thread I help people with TBIs to regain lost skills, learn compensation skills, or I help them with tasks they no longer can do by themselves.
I am a Dietary Manager. I have been doing it for the last 5 years, and have been in food service in one form or another for the last 25 years, counting my military experience. I am burnt out on it, and looking for a change. Sadly I have no other marketable skills. I am thinking about learning to be a Laser Esthetician. It sounds like fun to shoot people with a laser all day. Managing people is not my cup of tea, and cooking no longer interests me.
I cut hair. I like it pretty well but I will have to go part time when I start school in the fall.
I'm an actor. I'm currently juggling free lance work (theatre, film etc) as well as an extended seasonal contract in an immersive theatrical experience in a seaside town near me. I enjoy it a lot...though once I transition it'll be very interesting...
I'm an engineering manager for a space propulsion group in a large aerospace company. I've been working in satellite propulsion for almost 35 years now, after studying chemical engineering, and having the good fortune of graduating just as the "gas crisis" hit the US, effectively pausing the entire petroleum industry, so I scrounged around for jobs the first couple of years before landing a position in aerospace.
Yeah, I really like the field, and unlike maybe most of the managers I've worked with over the years, I do love the management aspects of the job, way more so than the technical challenges and sophistication of the products and services we provide. While I think in some ways, I'm not typical of engineers, and may have found equal or greater satisfaction in other fields, like maybe psychology or philosophy, I don't regret it for a second, and heartily encourage engineering as a field of study, if only for the advantages given engineering students graduating and looking for employment, seeing it as almost a "free pass" to get into industry, after which ridiculously broad opportunities become available. I've known many, many engineers over the decades, and the work that each did was almost completely unique, based upon their particular skills, knowledge, experience, and interests.
I think this is probably even more true today, with deep cuts facing academics in lots of humanities fields of study. This has been a public service announcement from the American Society of Transgender Engineers (sorry for that, I was kind of getting out of hand pimping out my field, and I don't think that the ASTE is a real thing. Yet. :icon_joy:)
Erin
Quote from: SailorMars1994 on April 08, 2017, 08:21:14 PM
Just another useless thread for fun :)!
I am a baker at the local grocery store in town. I gotta say i rather enjoy it, and will be pretty sad when I have to leave it. How about you?
Entomologist - it is a calling not a job! :)
Quote from: Marcieelizabeth on June 18, 2017, 06:38:44 PM
Entomologist - it is a calling not a job! :)
Entomologist... I've worked on the other type of bug, computer hardware and software since the 1980s. Joined Microsoft in 1991. The company's support for LGBT is great and keeps improving. Career wise, a few rough patches but overall I feel very fortunate.
At some point I might completely switch gears and go into music as a profession. I started violin at age 6, landed scholarships for both music and engineering in college, joined a rather loud band in 2000 (electric violin). I find performing music on stage more natural as I transition to female.
Quote from: Dayta on June 18, 2017, 06:02:40 PM
Yeah, I really like the field, and unlike maybe most of the managers I've worked with over the years, I do love the management aspects of the job, way more so than the technical challenges and sophistication of the products and services we provide. While I think in some ways, I'm not typical of engineers, and may have found equal or greater satisfaction in other fields, like maybe psychology or philosophy, I don't regret it for a second, and heartily encourage engineering as a field of study, if only for the advantages given engineering students graduating and looking for employment, seeing it as almost a "free pass" to get into industry, after which ridiculously broad opportunities become available. I've known many, many engineers over the decades, and the work that each did was almost completely unique, based upon their particular skills, knowledge, experience, and interests.
Very interesting!
barbie~~
Wow.....there are a ton of IT folks on here. I wonder if there is a reason for that, or it is just a coincidence.
I work in sports. Don't want to get too specific, but I work for a sports team.
ER (that's A&E to many of you) Doctor. Like it, but it's a bit stressful constantly meeting new people and not knowing how they feel about me being quite obviously "out".
Quote from: Alicia Francesca on April 24, 2017, 10:55:20 PM
Owner operator truck driver.I own my own truck and lease my services on to a carrier.Oddly enough there are more trans truckers out here than you would think.The days are long and the road is always hard,but I pretty much would not want to do anything else.Trucking has helped me experiance the world and do things I could have never done otherwise.I have many hobbies and interests and trucking takes me where I want to go.Not a life for everyone but it is working for me.
Yep, used to be in that industry. Now self-employed in app development. Both careers let me spend time by myself and offer a lot of autonomy. The few times in my life that didn't work alone, I found the environments to be toxic. It was difficult to be myself around masses of co-workers, who I mostly found to be unsympathetic and gossipy. Though I did make some good friends and formed relationships, this was generally the exception.
Quote from: HannahHindle on June 18, 2017, 05:43:06 PM
I'm an actor. I'm currently juggling free lance work (theatre, film etc) as well as an extended seasonal contract in an immersive theatrical experience in a seaside town near me. I enjoy it a lot...though once I transition it'll be very interesting...
I'm a film freelancer too, just on the other side of the camera. I'm waiting until I get into the union and can be on my own insurance before I start transitioning, but otherwise it gets pretty discouraging being celebrating for being one of only a few 'women' in a 'man's job'. I love what I do because I get to tell stories & work with new people every day.
It seems there is a disproportionate representation of the STEM professions in our ranks. This has been observed to be true by others. I don't know of a formal survey or study of this phenomenon, but it appears to be real.
Steph
Quote from: Steph Eigen on July 09, 2017, 05:22:19 PM
It seems there is a disproportionate representation of the STEM professions in our ranks. This has been observed to be true by others. I don't know of a formal survey or study of this phenomenon, but it appears to be real.
I think it might be because its online. Most of the people I've met in person are not STEM.
Quote from: AnonyMs on July 09, 2017, 05:39:52 PM
I think it might be because its online. Most of the people I've met in person are not STEM.
Correct, unfortunately. The crowd here is filtered by both gender issues, and both having access and being comfortable communicating via an electronic forum through a web site.
Quite a few trans people I interact with in 'real life' do not have regular access to secure or private Internet communications that would permit them to use this site, or the time and skills to make regular use of this forum. These folks are definitely not STEM workers.
Count me as another IT person. I've work in the insurance industry for a long time. Mostly on the software vendor side. I'm a BA/Principal Consultant type. I love it because it is never the same job twice and every client does things differently. I am currently in job search mode as my current company did not have enough contracts in the States. I'm really bummed out about that, as I love my work, but the job search has been going well enough. I'm hopeful it won't take too long.
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.
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 (https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelpaquette/). 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.
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.
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.
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.
Quote from: Raell on July 09, 2017, 10:19:26 PM
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~~
Quote from: judithlynn on July 10, 2017, 03:53:03 AM
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. :)
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.) >:( :( :'( :'(
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.
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.
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.
Quote from: BioWoman on July 29, 2017, 07:41:36 AM
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~~
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
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.
nursing/nurse practitioner and I love it most of the times. :)
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).
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.
Quote from: LindseyP on July 11, 2017, 06:55:34 PM
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!
Im moving in exactly a month.. gotta look for new job :O!!