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Post by Blood_Debt on Dec 23, 2004 0:05:38 GMT -5
Since we all do fanfiction, I used to assume that everyone's main aspiration in life was to be a brilliant writer whose book sales are way past J.K.Rowling's records. Then I realized that most of you already have jobs. As in real life, paying jobs. And went *DUH, what else do people do when they're adults?* But what do you people to for a living? Professional skydiving? Are you a diving instructor? Do you sweep the pavement at twelve midnight (Okay, scrap that)? Work as a cashier in MackyD's? I have a job as a full time teen;D
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Post by kanshu on Dec 23, 2004 5:57:15 GMT -5
I'm writing... however not books, novels or such things, but instruction manuals. I wanted to become a writer (and a jet pilot, and a scientist... ), but I quickly realized that this won't give me a regular income... and also, if I would depend solely on writing novels and such, writing would loose its appeal. I'm working with a gov health insurance and recently switched over into the computer department. Now I'm writing concepts for the new programs (like, what is the program supposed to do, how should the screens look like, etc), write the manuals for the 'customers' (users), do the hotline for the local instructors, and school personell when there are huge changes in the program. Projects sometimes eat up a lot of time, and working overtime is expected of you in that department. If there's trouble, you even have to say good-bye to a vacation. The stress sometimes gets too much (admittedly, it's nowhere near the kind of stress that a mom goes through who has kids to watch over and a household to take care of... I think I'd keel over dead in my shoes if I had to carry that load), but there are also times when you can take a breather, so it's okay. Looking back, I have to say that life goes strange paths sometimes, but it brings you at the right places at the right times, to offer you chances and make you the best person you can be... all you have to do is bring up the courage and take them - and know what things are just out there to trip you.
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Post by KarotsaMused on Dec 23, 2004 21:53:34 GMT -5
Opti: Neat-o jet! Wow, your job sounds all important Cool. As for myself, I'm a full-time student, part-time musician, part-time writer, part-time artist, working toward hitting either a UC school next fall or perhaps a private art school if they're willing to pay my tuition. My holy grail, though, is UCLA for both affordability and their art program. It's the best of both worlds. I'd like to be an artist, either an illustrator for my own work (here my writing comes into play) or perhaps for magazine stories and other books. I'm also a pretty good hand at graphic design, and once I finish my ROP course this year I'll be able to do 3-D animation as well. I'm -really- looking forward to that class And yet, I've always got things to fall back on - my SAT and ACT scores are formidable enough that a lot of people are surprised I'd want to become an artist in the first place, so hey there's always other paths I can take. I look at my mother's list of professions as proof that life is full of twists and turns - she started out as a Voice major in college, dropped out and became the lead singer for a cover band, then married three times, became a full-time mother, and is now an MCSE Certified Professional (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer) working for the Naval base here in San Diego...where she used to be unable to even program a VCR. Heh, so I'm basically just starting my own journey.
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Post by cesmith on Dec 24, 2004 8:11:50 GMT -5
I have a Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education. For 20 years I have worked with small children, either in my own house (5 years) or in a Nursery School/ Day Care setting (14 years). This last year I accepted a job in the Day Care Center's private Kindergarten class. I am a Teacher's Assistant. I jokingly call myself *The Enforcer*. I am the one who reminds the kids to stay seated during lessons, Please don't call out, raise your hands if you want to add something. I remind them how to ask for a turn with a toy, not just to grab it. I set up snack time and lunch. I make sure tissues are used and not sleeves and that hands have been properly washed. I make sure work is being completed and give encouraging words to any and all who need them. I give lots of hugs and take care of booboos. When the teacher is absent I take over the class. I love watching the children learn new things and discovering things about themselves. "I can do it" is a wonderful discovery. Many of them are just learning to read and there is nothing more wonderful than them going around the classroom and discovering they can read the signs we have on the walls. They keep me young, even when they tell me about all my white hairs and that I look as old as their Grandmas. ;D Because of them I am constantly reminded of the wonder and the beauty around me.
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Post by kellen on Jan 9, 2005 4:36:58 GMT -5
Wow... I feel insignificant. I'm a lowly receptionist, and am looking for a second job to save up to get some things straightened out and then go back to school... cheers,Kellen
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Post by elven dreamer on Jan 9, 2005 6:37:05 GMT -5
And /you/ feel lowly? I'm a student - in fact, currently between schools, so I guess I'm...unemployed.... I'm not quite sure what I'd like to do. My mum reckons I should be a travel writer as I like travelling and - duh - writing, but I don't think I want to. I'd like to work in physics or computers, and I'm especially interested in science. Then again, I just flew through history class... but what application is there for history in the world today? I sure as hell don't want to be a historian...
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Post by kanshu on Jan 9, 2005 6:47:22 GMT -5
You know... it doesn't matter *what* job you do, just as long as you do it good. Since, no job is really unimportant, and everyone who thinks they do a 'low class' job should think about how the world would look like without their hard work. Seriously. I don't understand the entire "he's important", or how someone dares to look down on others just because they earn a few bucks more than the other. - I for my part, know very well on how I depend on the so-called 'lower level jobs'. (Outside of the fact that I've worked in them, too, at one point or the other.)
As for history, it's especially important nowadays. Most big conflicts stem from things that happened a long time ago. Nothing appears "out of the blue" - and it's important to understand history to understand the present. Besides, it's always nice to see how history repeats itself again, and again, and again...
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Post by jackieidaho on Jan 11, 2005 8:46:35 GMT -5
Hehehe true. Take Goku-angst fics for example...is that history? How many times has he been jealous because Sanzo and Hakkai are a couple? Not so few that you can fit all the titles on one page, no matter how small you make the font.
Of course, it doesn't stop anyone writing it. *guilty* And why, perhaps, did America (no offense to Americans, but I find it easier to speak with countries) um, squash Saddam? A chap of Hitler-like proportions. Dictator...
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Post by Ganheim on Jan 11, 2005 23:16:45 GMT -5
And why, perhaps, did America (no offense to Americans, but I find it easier to speak with countries) um, squash Saddam? A chap of Hitler-like proportions. Dictator... I'm not sure I understand this. Is it a question? Addition to the thread topic? If it's a debate item, it would go well on the debate forums of Dream and Write, but doesn't fit here.
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Post by cesmith on Jan 13, 2005 7:20:43 GMT -5
Going back to school...something I would love to do. There is nothing more important than learning to me, whether it is in an actual classroom or through hands on experience. As for the importance of jobs, I once worked in a factory making stereo needles to put myself through college. Was it important? Not really, but I really liked that job. I worked with lots of interesting people and we had lots of fun. My dream job, when I'm no longer able to kneel down and keep up with the kids, (a time that suddenly seems much closer than it once was) is to work in a bookstore. God, I love books and the thought that I could be around them all day is fascinating to me. I know, it's the Dork in me.
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Post by elven dreamer on Jan 13, 2005 8:03:14 GMT -5
Oi! There's nothing wrong with being a Dork! If loving books makes you one, then...okay, fine! I am a fully fledged Dork and love it. ;D
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Post by KarotsaMused on Jan 13, 2005 22:28:57 GMT -5
There is a term for folks like that - the SPD or Self-Proclaimed Dork. I have it on a badge I wear sometimes cesmith - that job with stereo needles actually does sound pretty cool, the more I think about it. In its own way, of course
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Post by cesmith on Jan 14, 2005 7:40:50 GMT -5
Eight hours a day working with tweezers and very tiny metal contacts. It kept our hands busy but left our minds and mouths free. Add to this I worked from 4:30 pm until 1 am with my best friend who was as big a diehard Star Trek TOS fan as I was and 2 co-workers that were Ghost Busters (I kid you not) and a boss that didn't care if we listened to the Mystery and SciFi theater on radio or TV shows over radio band tv, as long as we met our much too easy quota. ;D It was a great job for any College student. We did homework together and played mental hangman with Star Trek episodes. Karots, I have been a self-proclaimed Dork for all my life. Of course the terms Nerd and Geek were used for some of the time. That button sounds fun.
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Post by jackieidaho on Jan 15, 2005 0:35:14 GMT -5
Ganheim: It wasn't really a question. It was rather a way of showing that history could have repeated itself. If America (again, I apologise) had not "squashed" Saddam Hussein, then we could have had another Hitler on our hands. Both were dictators, and rather similar.
Of course, I don't believe America should have gotten itself into this Iraq issue. I'll argue both sides of any argument. Devil's advocate. ;D
cesmith: Sounds fun. Of course, the question which everything depends on and matters nothing: Did it pay well?
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Post by Blood_Debt on Jan 15, 2005 9:26:52 GMT -5
Sounds like fun . Do stero needles still exist? I thought they used digital reading or something.
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