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What does everyone do for a living?
I am asking this again because in the post below about P/T salary it seemed like some ladies had some pretty awesome jobs that pay really well, and I'd love to figure out how I can get into one of those positions 
I am an Office Manager for a Non-Profit making chump change. I had to take a HUGE pay cut to get back into the workforce after being unemployed for 14 months. Its a constant struggle because I am not happy with where I am career wise and I want to do something more with my management degree, but don't have the experience in any specific field to get in anywhere and work my way up.
Basically I am just envious of your careers and wishing mine was a bit more cool!
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Re: What does everyone do for a living?
Software sales management - I love the uncapped earning potential!
Graphic designer for a major Boston teaching hospital
I make fliers that patients take home, research posters, fundraising event invitations and programs, newsletters, etc.
Work from home one day a week, 3 hour commute every other day. It's a bear, but I love my job.
met DH 1995 ~ married DH 2006 ~ completed our family 2008
Life is good!
My twins are 5! My baby is 3!
DS#2 - Allergic to Cashew, Pistachio, Kiwi
DS#3 - Allergic to Milk, Egg, Peanut, Tree Nuts and Sesame
I'm an exotic dancer. The base pay is crap but I do well with tips.
nah... I'm a lawyer. I do well financially and have great flexibility. I'm lucky. It took 3 years of law school and 11 years in the profession for me to get where I am today.
Sales Administrative Assistant - boring desk job basically.
I was working as a Graphic Designer for a local newspaper but got laid off Jan. 09 when the economy was going down. That was the job I went to school for and loved it - even though I made less than I do now.
Haha, I have to say when I read this I cracked up?
Anyways I?m there with you girl I am a Training Coordinator for an oil company. I love what I do, but I can?t stand the people I work with. I drive an hour and a half one way and I hate being so far from my little girl.
Going back to work is hard enough, but going back to a job you are not satisfied with makes it harder.
I'm an office manager for a small branch of a large reprographics company (basically a print shop). So I have no boss/boss no one here, but still deal with corporate crap every day. Thats the part of my job I dislike.
I am also have a photographer on the side, but that is just extra fun money.
Bwahaha.
I'm a research scientist, and it's about the same (the lawyer part, not the exotic dancer part, my tips are crappy). Pay is good, flexibility is awesome, but it took 10 years of college/grad school plus a cruddy paying internship to get here.
I am the Communications Manager for the League of Women Votes of California. I make no money but get to work from home two days a week and care passionately about voter education and outreach.
I wish I made more money and did not have to work so hard but the work from home deal has got me sticking around.
That's awesome!! Some really skilled ladies around here and I am glad to be a part of the group...even if I feel my job pales in comparison to the cool thing you do.
I had to go to the chiropractor today for my shoulder and he was telling me about starting his own practice and taking the leap and having no fear and just how positive he was about making the decision to work for himself, and then I became envious of his. I think my real passion would be to start and run my own business but I am terrified of the failure piece.
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I'm a freelance sound editor, working on movies. It's the job I always wanted, but it's seen largely as a technical craft (instead of a creative endeavor). So I'm part of a small team of people that work together on the sound of a film. The hours are long, the schedules are inflexible, and there's no way to make it a part-time job, either. On the plus side, I'm in a union, so we have decent health insurance.
Since most of the job is done on my own with a computer, I will be able to work from home primarily (although my main employer doesnt like his crew to work at home, but I've got it planned to be home thru Dec.). Working from home will save me about 1.5+ hrs/day commuting. Each film employs us for approx. 12 weeks and has different schedules or crisis times. So I'm hoping to work on movies with calm schedules or with sympathetic supervisors, avoid OT as much as possible, and work some & then be unemployed sometimes. It's going to be tricky!
I am a CPA. I work in public accounting for a great firm, and my primary tasks involve auditing units of local government.
The pay is good, my company has been flexible with me (they have allowed me to work 90% time since DD was born) and overall I enjoy my work.
Because we have a definite busy-time, the schedule is trying at times, but the less-busy half of the year makes up for the more-busy time of the year.
(basically, half the year I work 6 days a week, and the other half I work 4 days a week)
I have a good job and a good employer - in this economy, I can't complain one bit!
A Little Bird and a Monkey Butt
Wow...all sorts of awesome sounding jobs
I work at a daycare center as a teacher in the 18-24mos room 
So any daycare issues/questions I am more then willing to help 
At least I get to take DD to work with me. Shes in a different room but I can check on her any time I want and if shes having issues they can find me too.
Attorney
took 4 months off and then 3 days a week for another 4, now working 4 days a week and will go back to full time next month.
I need a job like yours. I have HR experience, a master's degree in HR and can't get a job.
I work at one of the larger health insurance companies. I'm going to be starting a new job next week. I've been with the company just over 4 years, in my current position for 3 years.
Next week I'll be moving to a salaried position, I've always been hourly before. Once I start my new job I'll be in training for about 6 months, so I'm guessing I won't have to work too many extra hours... I've been on manditory overtime for the last couple of months, and I'm looking forward to a little bit of a break from the extra hours.
With my new position I'll be able to work from home via remote desktop for any additional hours I have to put in... and my new department is hoping to allow analysts to work from home 2 days a week. My new boss said I would be able to work from home if the weather is crappy, which is a huge plus since I have a 45 minute commute.
My DH only works 5 minutes away from me, so we car pool, but it'll be nice to know that if it's crappy weather, I can stay home
I am an administrator at a small art college. If I worked anywhere else my pay would be crazy, but because I am where I am and not in a larger college/university, mine is just crazy-low. If there were a bell curve for salaries for my job title (which there is), I would not even be on the chart.
I started out in private school and college admissions, and just happened into this particular department (non-admissions). I am hoping to take this experience and use it to get into a larger college. Soon. Like hopefully I get an offer next week
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I started out in social work. I took a very strange path to get here, but most college administrators do. I mean, you don't exactly go to college to work in higher ed--most people sort of end up here.
I am an engineer in the facilities and planning department for a school district. I am in charge of making sure we stay compliant with local, state, and federal laws and regulations relating to building, fire, environmental, and ADA issues as well as capital planning and spending.
The hours are M-F 7:30-4:30 and the pay is good although I would make more in private industry.