What do you do for a living?

[ruggerson]

[teach1st]

1. Other

Education

[ruggerson]

13. My bad

sorry about that, should have been a category unto itself.

[RaleighNCDUer]

45. Me, too, after a fashion.

Just a cube-rat, "administrative assistant" but at a State Museum. My job isn't education, but my job lets the educators do their jobs.

[MichDem10]

2. Proud UNION Carpenter!!

[BootinUp]

3. wheres manufacturing?

Don't tell me, China.

[ruggerson]

22. it's now #4

n/t

[BootinUp]

24. I voted other

but I am in manufacturing....

[Xipe Totec]

4. Wage Slave nt

[ElizabethDC]

5. Other - I'm a student

though I expect to be involved in the fields of law and/or politics when I'm officially out in the real world.

[GrantDem]

6. Union electrical worker here...

[MrSlayer]

57. I am as well.

Local 98 I.B.E.W. Philadelphia.

[harlinchi]

70. Hello MrSlayer! I'm in Philly, too.

I'm from Mt. Airy. I get a kick out of hearing from fellow Philadelphians on this site.

[flvegan]

7. Where's "big red cape with an S on it"?

[ruggerson]

20. there's two of us?

n/t

[JTFrog]

59. Al is that you? n/t

If so....

RUN AL, RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please :)

[seasat]

8. Oceanographer

Specialized in optics.

[Marrah_G]

28. Very cool

I wanted to go to college for Oceanography but the kids came along. I've been toying with going back to college after the kids are out on their own. I grew up partially on Cape Cod and I've always loved the ocean.

[seasat]

30. I was the opposite.

I was 30, working as a retail sales manager, and single. I had grown disenchanted with the rat race and figured I was going to be a life time bachelor so I decided to do something I really enjoyed. I ended up with a degree in oceanography, a wife, and 2 kids.

[Marrah_G]

44. Sounds like you made exactly the right choice!

[AlCzervik]

9. marginally self employed.

[southerncrone]

10. Teacher

[bbinacan]

11. Other/oil, gas, etc.

Land acquisition for infrastructure. Oil and gas pipelines, electric transmission lines, and highways. I used to be a professional financial advisor.

[kestrel91316]

12. I needed to be able to choose both of the first two but that wasn't

an option.

Small business owner AND medical professional.

[pscot]

Retard

That is to say, retired.

[greymattermom]

14. medical research

Professor at a midwest medical school, basic research in traumatic brain injury and migraine. One of these is a new BIG TOPIC and it isn't migraine. Wonder why??? IRAQ anyone?

[tigereye]

69. welcome to DU!

and what a cool username you have!


I dabble with the idea of getting my neuropsych certification off and on. Fascinating area.

Unfortunate that that area of expertise is even more necessary than ever. :(

[CitizenLeft]

15. other

How about accounting? It's not really "financial." That's me.

Also, administrative positions are missing (Human Resources, secretaries, legal assistants, event planners, admin. assistants, receptionists) - it covers a lot of ground.

[ruggerson]

16. I know, twas limited by the ten choice thing

[CitizenLeft]

27. gotcha

:hi:

[Wcross]

17. Nobody works in a factory anymore???????

Where was that option?

[ruggerson]

18. Ok, replaced financial services since no one had responded to that

n/t

[riqster]

19. I'm a Nerd-Herder.

NOT a Nerf-Herder. Princess Leia can chill.

[SaveElmer]

21. Small Business Owner...nt

[TransitJohn]

23. Petroleum Geologist

Getting energy to you.

[Marrah_G]

25. Office Admin for a small Life Insurance Brokerage.

I basically run the office and work as a go-between the underwriters and the brokers.

Not glamorous or exciting, but I'm good at it and my schedule allows me to still be a mom.

[mcscajun]

26. Secretary in a medical office.

USED to be in IT, but that was my career. Now I just have a job.

[Clintonista2]

29. Full time student. nt.

[ileus]

31. BMET II

[L0oniX]

32. Professional hit man

[Catchawave]

33. Other: Military, Officer's wife, retired.

Life is good :hi:

What's funny, after 3 war tours, he's delegated a "DU: Other" on a poll :D

[ruggerson]

35. Sorry, the ten slot thing, you know

He's much appreciated. :patriot:

[Catchawave]

36. Thanks, I was just yanking your chain :)

Nice poll :hi:

[Mendocino]

34. Federal Government

That's all I can say.:)

[razors edge]

37. Agent Mike...

is that you?

[Mendocino]

40. Oh darn, I've been plamed!

hmmph... Gee thanks Alberto.

[razors edge]

51. Shhhhhhh.

No reason in Craiging both of us.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

38. Unemployed or retired early.

That happens when you're overqualified, overskilled and over fifty.

[illinoisprogressive]

39. Peasant

[cuke]

41. Unemployed

[BootinUp]

46. Can't last

you're too smart to be there long imo.

[cuke]

48. Thanks.

You're probably right. Once my sick mom's situation gets cleared up, I have some ideas that I think will work. Unfortunately, after more than 2 years out of the industry (I was in IT for 25 years), that career is over.

But I can't say that I miss it

[blondie58]

42. proud member of NALC Branch #47

National Association of Letter Carriers. Prior to this, I worked as a travel agent.

[MrMickeysMom]

43. Respiratory Therapist

I measure your lung function
I suction your lung snot
I teach you how to manage your asthma and take your meds (not THOSE meds, Rush)
I feel your pain.

and, I'm sick and tired of how we treat people who need real medical care in this country.

Don't smoke :smoke:

Breathe easy :boring:

Impeach :hi:

[NV Whino]

47. Other

Anything that pays and a lot of things that don't.

Seriously, I am a graphic designer, mostly retired but still have a few clients; painter; manage rich folks properties.

[ripple]

49. Social Services

More specifically, I'm a case manager for people with developmental disabilities.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

50. I Dabble In Neuosurgery And Nuclear Physics

When I'm not reading the Classics...

[ekelly]

52. Office manager

at a direct mail advertising company.

[bigwillq]

53. Sports Writer (nt)

[DesertRat]

54. You left out Education.

I'm a Teacher.

[Hawkowl]

55. Airline pilot

[kineneb]

56. unpaid caregiver

helping out Hubby, and trying to stay sane. I do other stuff, but not "officially".

[cleveramerican]

58. IRS Investigator/ Political Consultant

[LWolf]

60. Educator. n/t

[stranger81]

61. patent litigation attorney here [n/t]

[XemaSab]

62. Biologist

for environmental consulting firms. :P

[zulchzulu]

63. New Media Director

Official title where I hang my hat...which means video, audio, web, music, DVD, print, PDA design and production...

[momto3]

64. breast cancer researcher eom

[Blue_In_AK]

65. I guess I'm a small business owner,

since I have two business licenses, but I'm an employee of one in both businesses. I am a self-employed legal transcriptionist and I sell a few photos now and then. Before 2001, I was a legal secretary/paralegal for 25 years.

[redqueen]

66. Office Admin / Billing Clerk

I like admin work. :)

[slackmaster]

67. Other - I monitor liberal and progressive Web forums for the National Security Agency

:hide:

[racaulk]

68. Accountant

[mak3cats]

71. Accountant also... (n/t)

[otohara]

72. I Used to Work in Radio & Record Biz

but the record biz doesn't exist anymore and radio sucks since Telecommunications Act of 96 signed by William Jefferson Clinton. Terrible bill, greedy, money grab for our supposed airwaves. But now I'm all disabled from post-polio syndrome, but still rocking out!!!

[elizm]

73. Odd that you wouldn't include educator. A reason why? nt

[Rosa Luxemburg]

74. retired old lady