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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: j0k3r on May 18, 2004, 07:10 PM

Title: The Occupation Thread!
Post by: j0k3r on May 18, 2004, 07:10 PM
What do you guys do for a living? Do you enjoy it? If you're still in school what are you interested in?

I'm a grade 11 student right now, looking to get into powerselling on ebay (if my geographical location permits it). I'm interested in computer security, database administration or something along those lines. I plan on falling back on being a stunt double, body guard, being a personal trainer, or something else physically demanding.

I get money right now by selling D2 stuff to morons on ebay (over $1000 in the past 6 months, better than a real job where I live), and during the summer I might work as a monkey in the IT department for the company my dad works for.
Title: Re:The Occupation Thread!
Post by: iago on May 18, 2004, 07:11 PM
I think the occupation was terrible, and the Cardassians should have stayed on their own goddamn planet instead of enslaving the Bajorans.
Title: Re:The Occupation Thread!
Post by: hismajesty on May 18, 2004, 07:14 PM
Student, I'm hoping to go into either law or a computer related field.
Title: Re:The Occupation Thread!
Post by: Falcon[anti-yL] on May 18, 2004, 07:43 PM
I'm a student, I want to get into graphics and arts.
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Post by: Mitosis on May 18, 2004, 08:00 PM
Student, I am hoping to be a lawyer and get into multimedia.
Title: Re:The Occupation Thread!
Post by: Archonist on May 18, 2004, 08:07 PM
Sorta-student, I may go into the military, or I may persue an occupation in computers.
Title: Re:The Occupation Thread!
Post by: SNiFFeR on May 18, 2004, 09:36 PM
Student and part time bum.
Title: Re:The Occupation Thread!
Post by: Tuberload on May 18, 2004, 09:55 PM
Glazer, I install windows and slider glass doors.
Title: Re:The Occupation Thread!
Post by: Hitmen on May 18, 2004, 10:00 PM
Quote from: Tuberload on May 18, 2004, 09:55 PM
Glazer, I install windows and slider glass doors.
Microsoft Slider Glass Doors®?
Title: Re:The Occupation Thread!
Post by: effect on May 18, 2004, 11:37 PM
1st year Systems Analyst , Australian Tourist Commission
Title: Re:The Occupation Thread!
Post by: Trance on May 19, 2004, 01:13 AM
Student, currently pushing for a musical career as a DJ and producer for Electronic Dance Music, but as for anything else... It's kind of up in the air. It'll probably be in the electronics field though, I haven't really made up my mind yet. I'm currently also doing a bit of photography here and there as a small hobby.
Title: Re:The Occupation Thread!
Post by: Maddox on May 19, 2004, 02:08 AM
go figure?  ;D
Title: Re:The Occupation Thread!
Post by: warz on May 19, 2004, 08:04 AM
Quote from: j0k3r on May 18, 2004, 07:10 PMI get money right now by selling D2 stuff to morons on ebay (over $1000 in the past 6 months, better than a real job where I live), and during the summer I might work as a monkey in the IT department for the company my dad works for.

$1k in 6 months is better than a 'real job'? I'm assuming part time since you're in 11th grade. I remember in 11th grade I worked at Chili's the restraunt and had around $2k in probably less than 6 months.
Title: Re:The Occupation Thread!
Post by: iago on May 19, 2004, 10:18 AM
Quote from: warz on May 19, 2004, 08:04 AM
Quote from: j0k3r on May 18, 2004, 07:10 PMI get money right now by selling D2 stuff to morons on ebay (over $1000 in the past 6 months, better than a real job where I live), and during the summer I might work as a monkey in the IT department for the company my dad works for.

$1k in 6 months is better than a 'real job'? I'm assuming part time since you're in 11th grade. I remember in 11th grade I worked at Chili's the restraunt and had around $2k in probably less than 6 months.

heh, I used to make that much in a week :)
Title: Re:The Occupation Thread!
Post by: CrAz3D on May 19, 2004, 11:33 AM
Student, consumer law eventually, maybe this summer sonic or target...If I CAN work, all depends on my leg healing
Title: Re:The Occupation Thread!
Post by: Grok on May 19, 2004, 11:40 AM
Quote from: iago on May 19, 2004, 10:18 AM
Quote from: warz on May 19, 2004, 08:04 AM
Quote from: j0k3r on May 18, 2004, 07:10 PMI get money right now by selling D2 stuff to morons on ebay (over $1000 in the past 6 months, better than a real job where I live), and during the summer I might work as a monkey in the IT department for the company my dad works for.

$1k in 6 months is better than a 'real job'? I'm assuming part time since you're in 11th grade. I remember in 11th grade I worked at Chili's the restraunt and had around $2k in probably less than 6 months.

heh, I used to make that much in a week :)

My net worth increased 1% between 9:30 ET and lunch, without doing a thing.  The stock market is on a roll.
Title: Re:The Occupation Thread!
Post by: CrAz3D on May 19, 2004, 11:44 AM
BUT in the stock market it could also DECREASE twice that in half the time.
Title: Re:The Occupation Thread!
Post by: j0k3r on May 19, 2004, 06:00 PM
Quote from: warz on May 19, 2004, 08:04 AM
Quote from: j0k3r on May 18, 2004, 07:10 PMI get money right now by selling D2 stuff to morons on ebay (over $1000 in the past 6 months, better than a real job where I live), and during the summer I might work as a monkey in the IT department for the company my dad works for.

$1k in 6 months is better than a 'real job'? I'm assuming part time since you're in 11th grade. I remember in 11th grade I worked at Chili's the restraunt and had around $2k in probably less than 6 months.
None of my friends make that much in 6months, they have part time jobs. The idea of a part time job is so that you work some of the time, not all of your free time, no one works over 5 hours/week.
Title: Re:The Occupation Thread!
Post by: MyndFyre on May 19, 2004, 07:04 PM
Quote from: iago[yL] on May 18, 2004, 07:11 PM
I think the occupation was terrible, and the Cardassians should have stayed on their own goddamn planet instead of enslaving the Bajorans.

lmao, I was just watching DS9 recently.  Kira is hot, especially with that nose.   :o

Anyway, I'm a student @ Arizona State University, majoring in Political Science (emphasis in Public Policy Analysis), minors in Psychology and Spanish.  I work for the Parks and Recreation Dept. of the city I live in, which pays ~$12k/yr part-time, as well as officiate youth hockey for the Phoenix Ice Hockey Referees' Association, which is about $300-$400 cash monthly on average.

After college I hope to go into military intelligence doing international policy analysis.

Quote from: CrAz3D on May 19, 2004, 11:44 AM
BUT in the stock market it could also DECREASE twice that in half the time.
You're right, CrAz3D, but it could also increase quadruple that in one-eighth of the time.  It matters little, I think, what COULD happen, as opposed to what DOES happen.
Title: Re:The Occupation Thread!
Post by: iago on May 19, 2004, 07:07 PM
Quote from: Myndfyre on May 19, 2004, 07:04 PM
Quote from: iago[yL] on May 18, 2004, 07:11 PM
I think the occupation was terrible, and the Cardassians should have stayed on their own goddamn planet instead of enslaving the Bajorans.

lmao, I was just watching DS9 recently.  Kira is hot, especially with that nose.   :o


Thank God SOMEBODY recognized the reference!!
Title: Re:The Occupation Thread!
Post by: Dark-Feanor on May 19, 2004, 07:09 PM
I invested in the stock market in 1998 - 2000, but got tired of it when everything that I bought stopped going up like 300% a year.   :-\
Title: Re:The Occupation Thread!
Post by: brent on May 19, 2004, 07:28 PM
Student, part time Safeway grocery clerk :(

I don't have plans for the future.
Title: Re:The Occupation Thread!
Post by: CrackS on May 19, 2004, 07:45 PM
Right now I'm a student and work part-time for a pizza place by my house.
Title: Re:The Occupation Thread!
Post by: Tuberload on May 19, 2004, 08:11 PM
Quote from: Myndfyre on May 19, 2004, 07:04 PM
After college I hope to go into military intelligence doing international policy analysis.

Ahh, something I am interested in as well. Well I plan on doing something different, but still having to do with military intelligence.
Title: Re:The Occupation Thread!
Post by: Hazard on May 19, 2004, 09:31 PM
Student, interests in military combat aviation and political analysis.
Title: Re:The Occupation Thread!
Post by: MysT_DooM on May 20, 2004, 03:46 PM
Student, 11th grade, Might major in either the following

1) Game Programming
2) Astronautical Engeneering
3) Astronomy
4) Astrophysics
5) Maybe Marine's
6) CIA
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

If anyone is interested in Majoring in Game Programming or the "hackers degree" go to
www.UAT.edu      U can get a bachleors degree in 2 years  :)
Title: Re:The Occupation Thread!
Post by: Paul on May 20, 2004, 05:12 PM
I work for CACI.
Title: Re:The Occupation Thread!
Post by: cipher on May 20, 2004, 05:24 PM
Wow, I'm really surprised that not more of you are involved in a computer-related field or are studying to be a computer engineer/scientist. It seems the bnet crowd takes programming as much more of a hobby than I expected. Me, I'll be going to Rensselaer Polytechnic in NY starting this August where I will hopefully complete a dual major in ECE and CS. I don't mean to say that what you guys have chosen is bad or not cool, I just always felt the majority of you were obsessed with computers and would therefore pursue it as a career and not just a great hobby.

-cipher
Title: Re:The Occupation Thread!
Post by: Meh on May 21, 2004, 11:56 AM
Im a student. I have a 2 paper rounds. I was going to persue a career in the Police but have found out that film studios are opening near where I live and are meant to be the "HollyWood" of Wales, so I may get a job as a director or something. :P
Title: Re:The Occupation Thread!
Post by: Thing on May 21, 2004, 02:25 PM
I'm saving up to be Jewish.
Title: Re:The Occupation Thread!
Post by: Invert on May 21, 2004, 02:46 PM
I'm starting to get into gay porn so I can be Thing
Title: Re:The Occupation Thread!
Post by: Falcon[anti-yL] on May 21, 2004, 02:56 PM
What? :o
Title: Re:The Occupation Thread!
Post by: Thing on May 21, 2004, 09:57 PM
Quote from: Invert on May 21, 2004, 02:46 PM
I'm starting to get into gay porn so I can be Thing
:-* :-* :-*
Title: Re:The Occupation Thread!
Post by: jigsaw on May 23, 2004, 02:43 PM
I own 49% of a gym in California, and I am becoming an amatuer body builder, I am an engineering student, and I am attending Fire Academy, and Volunteer.
Title: Re:The Occupation Thread!
Post by: Grok on May 23, 2004, 03:15 PM
Quote from: Paul on May 20, 2004, 05:12 PM
I work for CACI.

Not anymore.  Your top secret clearance has been revoked for admitting you worked for CACI.
Title: Re:The Occupation Thread!
Post by: Skywing on May 23, 2004, 10:21 PM
Quote from: Myndfyre on May 19, 2004, 07:04 PM
Quote from: iago[yL] on May 18, 2004, 07:11 PM
I think the occupation was terrible, and the Cardassians should have stayed on their own goddamn planet instead of enslaving the Bajorans.

lmao, I was just watching DS9 recently.  Kira is hot, especially with that nose.   :o

Anyway, I'm a student @ Arizona State University, majoring in Political Science (emphasis in Public Policy Analysis), minors in Psychology and Spanish.  I work for the Parks and Recreation Dept. of the city I live in, which pays ~$12k/yr part-time, as well as officiate youth hockey for the Phoenix Ice Hockey Referees' Association, which is about $300-$400 cash monthly on average.

After college I hope to go into military intelligence doing international policy analysis.

Quote from: CrAz3D on May 19, 2004, 11:44 AM
BUT in the stock market it could also DECREASE twice that in half the time.
You're right, CrAz3D, but it could also increase quadruple that in one-eighth of the time.  It matters little, I think, what COULD happen, as opposed to what DOES happen.

Hmm.. DVDrips or what?

Oh, yes, on-topic bit: I'm a programmer intern.
Title: Re:The Occupation Thread!
Post by: muert0 on May 23, 2004, 11:19 PM
I'm a laborer for a pipe line contractor. Hoping to go to school soon.