Hospitality industry. Hotel night auditor at a resort/casino in the middle of nowhere. May become a supervisor soonish. Didn't get the administrative position I was looking for--they actually offered it to my supervisor, so her position will be open soon, and the supervisor position actually pays more than the other.
I should also have picked Other as I work in the finance department of a university, but I am a fish out of water in that stultifying unimaginative humorless subculture. I never know from one day to the next if I will still be employed there, and frankly I'm okay with that.
..had to vote other, I'm a failed musician, turned Cabinet Maker, turned "Lumber Jack" with an Academic side order thrown in for fun (or good measure) with plates of Archaeology, History, Musicology, music theory, composition and a pint of lingua franca to pass it down. I've never really had a proper job with set hours, such would kill me fast, but I've still been able to pay the bill's.
I retired myself last fall after ten years in forestry field research and exploration, mostly because I fractured my left ankle two years ago (healed!) and the administration of the University that managed myself made it clear that I would not be allowed to do any more field work (under their regime) and all they could offer me was administrative work, which I believe is hardly fit for any thinking human.. That's the story of my "professional" life!
I'll keep myself retired until I find something that is funnier to do...
I'm the first vote in Law. I'm a court reporter. I considered being a lawyer, but I don't want to deal with people, especially when I'd have to explain why I didn't win their case.
I'm a physicist working at a university. I used to work in the rather obscure, but beautiful, field of particle physics (think Higgs for those who followed recent physics news). I now do research on alternative fuel and vehicle technologies (batteries, fuel cells, hybrids, electric vehicles, etc.). I occasionally teach but I haven't in several years.
I'm slightly surprised that there seem to be so few lawyers. I think I have never seen someone here at TC write about being a lawyer. I think there should have been a category for Engineer given how many there are although in some cases the other categories would work.
I once knew an electrician, a bachelor who lived with his sister who was five years older than him. He was coming up to sixty-five and looking forward so much to retirement. They talked about all the things they'd like to do - they weren't well off, but enjoyed each other's company. 'We'll drink lots of coffee!' - he loved coffee, and they bought in a lot of it, ready.
Two weeks before he was due to retire, a neighbour noticed that he was walking with a limp. He went to his doctor, was sent to the hospital, and it turned out to be advanced pancreatic cancer. He died a few days later on the ward and his sister was devastated. She only lived a couple of years longer.
My point for this sad story? It doesn't hurt that much to make plans for your old age. Poor Thomas never got to drink the coffee he loved, but at least he and Nan had the happiness of making plans together.
Carpe diem; but also 'build as if you were to live for ever - live as if you were to die tomorrow.'
My point for this sad story? It doesn't hurt that much to make plans for your old age. Poor Thomas never got to drink the coffee he loved, but at least he and Nan had the happiness of making plans together.
Carpe diem; but also 'build as if you were to live for ever - live as if you were to die tomorrow.'
Plans may never come to pass, but the dreaming and aspiring is not futile. Make your life as beautiful as you can, however old you are. 'Bloom where you're planted.' Then when the Gardener picks you, you'll make a fine display!
I love when people wax sentimental about "roots" - as in cultural, geographic, family lineage, etc. I find it so limited, sometimes literally binding to place, and when people speak so, it is like they are plants, i.e. vegetable vs. animal.
I am in manufacturing as I schedule what gets made in one production plant for a global company you would all recognize the name of.
Surprised that manufacturing/sales/distribution of goods is not a category. Or is that Economy?
Chemist by training, got my PhD in 1984, worked for a large multinational oil company from 1984 until 2012, in R&D and manufacturing, moving into management roles from 1999 onward.
Now I manage an art gallery, for which I have no training whatsoever. Staff is two, my wife as executive artist, and our dog as head of security.
Logistics here. My company operates some 40 trucks, mostly around the German-speaking countries and Poland, and my colleagues and I make sure the whole operation runs smoothly shedule- and paperwork-wise. It can be a lot of fun actually.
I have a bachelor on computer science and work as a software engineer for a bank. I like IT and software development a lot, but in the last months I confess that I am much more interested in music and learn to play violin. Now I work from home four days a week, so since I don't have to commute I have much more time do practice, so I must say that I am loving not going to the office
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