What do you do for a living? Anyone work w/animals for a job???

[purplebaby]

i teach year round at a private residential school for emotionally disturbed teens, a 24/7/365 facility. i get the students between regular schools and lock up. talk about working with animals

. i love my job. when i can make a difference in a teen's life, it makes the rest of it worth while.

 

[carugoman]

Justinszoo:
That's a beautiful,healthy blue and gold you have there! Is she very young say like a juvenile? My flock of macaws number nine at present, do you have any others?

 

[a2ms4chickens]

I am a certified professional coder for a group of Cardiologists.

I enter hospital charges into the computer ( for about 20 doctors) and bill them out. I also audit the doctors records to be sure they are billing the insurance companies correctly. I am also the one who determines whether or not to appeal a denied claim with an insurance company.

I like my job because I work from 6-2:30pm. I get home about the time my youngest son gets home from school, so I am home with my boys in the evening.

My DH works for a company who manufactures parts for oil rig drills.

 

[flyingmonkeypoop]

Sorry if I grossed anyone out.

 

[legacyln]

Quote:
Ok now that's funny stuff!

My dream was to become a wildlife biologist and study wolf, bear or some similarly cool animal's behavior somewhere out west. But then I met this guy. Only jobs close to him when I graduated w/a biology degree were in environmental regulation w/the state. So 12 years later, I'm married to the guy, we have two kids, and I have accidently moved far enough up the chain at my job that its an actual career path. I represent the state's interest on cleanups of soil and water contaminiated w/various industrial chemicals. It sounds sorta Erin Brokovich, but its really a lot of sitting around in a cubicle reading long tedious technical reports and a little going out to watch the people who are actually doing the cleanups.

 

[Iceblink]

I am a Certified Small Animal Massage Practitioner. Why yes, you did read that right, I massage dogs for a living!

I am also in school to finish my Latin degree, and eventually I hope to teach latin part time while pursuing the self-sufficient lifestyle on a small farm. Of course, I'll still do animal massage at the same time.

 

[2boxers]

I work with 2 year olds all day...does that count as animals?

I am a part time pre school classroom aid. For the last 20 years I worked in radio but got sick of it.

 

[kodiakchicken]

I love threads like this - thanks for starting it!

I am the Project Director for the Lands & Natural Resources Department for the regional Native Corporation on Kodiak Island. What does that mean? Well, I handle any of the special projects on the lands owned by the corporation. At any given time I can be working with consultants to make sure our reforestation committments are being met, installing trails across our land to access world-class fishing streams, setting up bear viewing programs, building or maintaining cabins on said streams, floating rivers to inventory camp sites (it's a tough job), implementing protective measures for our lands that have been damaged by off-road vehicle use, overseeing soil remediation efforts, spraying for invasive weeds...the list goes on. I regulary get to come face to face with sitka blacktail deer, fox, bald eagles and kodiak brown bears - though I doubt you could say I "work" with them. It's an awsome job that took me 10 years after college to work up to (all you teenagers - don't feel bad about "paying your dues"). In past lives I sold insurance, ran a lawn & landscape business and waited tables (lots & lots of tables!) I used to write home improvement articles for the local newspaper but gave that up a couple months ago due to lack of time.

My degree is in Abused Land Rehabilitation from Montana State University with a minor in range management.

I am also a co-advisory of our local FFA chapter and president of our local non-profit trails organization. I'm mommy to a beautiful 8 year old daughter, 2 dogs - a golden retreiver mix and a boston terrier, 2 cats, 2 rabbits, 5 chickens and 3 ducks.

My wonderful husband retired/quit a year ago after 22 years as a mail carrier and now works from home as a full-time blacksmith and custom knife maker as well as stay-at-home dad.

We only have a half acre outside of town but are bound and determined to fill it with as many animals as possible!

 

[DuckyBoys]

I inspect hog farms - but I'm not sure that counts!

I don't actually go into the barns very often because I have to take a shower before I go in and wear their clothes and then shower out again. It creeps me out.

 

[ZykloniaDark-GothikRanchr]

I am an internet support technician for a big cable company, I also build computers and repair them, setup networks, build web sites, photograph lots of stuff and people, take care of my 2 boys, 15 goats, 2 sheep, 32 chickens, 5 ducks, 1 goose, 2 turtles and a bunny, and make lots of stuff in my spare time...lol