Any professionals out there?

[Chickenrandomness]

yo teachers, specifically the high school teachers if there are any on here; mind giving less homework? i'm sure your students would appreciate it! cuz these reports and stuff are annoying!

 

[bairo]

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[bairo]

Ive owned a painting company for what seems like a 100 years. And I can do a capon....does that count for anything

Edited due to not reading entire thread and noticing the wiki def of pro. I did not think we needed to submit a resume so I left out the first half of my life.

Degreed and nationally registered paramedic for a short 9 years. Woke up one morning after doing 22 runs in 24 hours with 3 deaths on Christmas eve and decided I was done. Always liked painting; started a business and was successful. I have not seen a dying person nor been splattered with blood in years and plan on keeping it that way. Now I paint and watch chicken TV

 

[AZBootsie]

Semi-retired RN

 

[Iowa Roo Mom]

ER Tech in school to become an RN.


Working tonight, come to think of it

 

[HighNDryFarm]

Well, I own three businesses, one of which is a wine bar. I was sitting out on our patio, enjoying some cheese and Austrailian sparkling water with my 5 year old grandson when several cars pulled into our parking area at the same time. My grandson sat up straight in his chair and said "Mimi, act professional, we have customers!"....so maybe I just act professional from time to time.

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

13 years as a firemen/first responder/forestry firemen.... My collage papers say i'm a automotive tech though.

 

[booker81]

Not sure if it qualifies as profession, but at least well trained I suppose. I guess Analyst would cover me better.

Schooling- Associates in Molecular Biotechnology, and a few bunk credits shy of Bachelors in Microbiology. Worked a few years in a microbiology and mycotoxin lab with testing for food borne pathogens, then switched to an organic chemistry lab for the State of MI testing groundwater and soil for organic contaminants and pesticides/PCBs. Did that for a few years as well. I was fairly well versed in EPA testing requirements and semi-volatile and volatile organic contaminants. I hate watching CSI or anything that runs a single sample through a GC/MS and the result is "gasoline". Just doesn't work that way folks.

Left that when we had the kid, went back to work for an very large insurance/annuity company. I now do program and system testing for our systems, and work to find bugs and issues before we do any upgrades or changes to the real processing system. Pretty much, I'm paid to try to blow up computer systems. If I take down servers and databases, I'm doing my job right. I have no programming experience or knowledge, I just break it and then send it back to the programmers with a description of what I did to allow them to try again. I do take classes and training, both in the insurance industry and in programs/testing. If I ever get around to taking the exam, I will be qualified to sell mutual funds and variable annuities (Series 6). Hope to finish that this year soon. The pay is good and I love my job and going to work each day.

Maybe not professional, but technical and requires training and some skill.

 

[MamaRoo]

Research scientist.

I defined 'professional' as someone who is pursuing their career (in whatever) as opposed to someone who is making do with a job until they get the right attitude/education/lucky break/.....whatever.

 

[theoldchick]

I'm a professional chicken-picture-taker. I take lots of chicken pictures.