What do you do for a living?

[sgtmom52]

Retired & loving it after serving 28 years as a police sergeant in a City of 50,000 people. I kept getting older and the criminals stayed young!

 

[dlynne1123]

A full time Veterinary Technician at a small home town clinic. Everything from restraint, anesthesia, laundry, reception and managerial tasks. I love it!
Also I have become a hobbyist dog trainer specializing in the 'naughty' ones that no one wants or can handle. Really just reactive dogs that have no jobs! Ran a dog rescue for 4 years but got burnt out. Lots are legitimate but most were people that just never took a dog as a life time commitment (dogs life) just a convenient splurge, only to realize they take work just like little people. In most cases, its not even the dog's fault! Ironic I rescued Pit Bulls, but most of my clients had every breed but! Funny how prejudice works! I now train dogs at a facility and take clients for Behavior Modification classes, and Behavior Analysis Programs. So I wind up getting a few clients from the Vets office, and the rest from the training facility. I focus my clients on getting their dogs busy, and keeping them out of trouble. Scent games, article detection, service dog tasks, weight pull, and any sport the dog has a nack for! If they aren't willing to be committed financially, liability wise or time wise, I turn them away. I won't set a dog up to fail, and I won't tell lies to get a client. Theres no magic wand to 'fix' biting dogs, or peeing dogs, or cat/chicken killing dogs. Its time, patience and lots of desensitizing. In the long run, most clients would rather 'manage' a bad dog, than retrain it! If I can have three grump, female rescued 'pit bull type dogs' that will get along, and still have all my chickens, anyone can!!!

Sigh, can you tell I had one of those clients today!?

I seem to enjoy 'caring' and 'training' things so if it isn't dogs, or my giant veggie garden, now its chickens! I'm learning more everyday and may even get into a breeding plan....fell in love with my Blue Cochins! Maybe even have a self sufficient farm someday. We don't have kids yet so anything to keep me busy!

 

[citychickx6]

Around here we have a surplus of factory workers and not enough jobs. Several large employers have gone overseas in the last 5 years or so and WOW what a drop in the pay for factory work. Here most employers are just above the minimum for skilled work. The job I have now is an exception. I like it very much (being able to pay the mortgage AND the car payment).

 

[Boyd]

Team Leader/Crew Leader at a Tier 1 Automotive electronics supplier.. newly promoted.. largest chunk of production floor with the most people. Wish me luck..

 

[awesomefowl]

I breathe.

 

[Kaitie09]

I'm a full time student going for Visual Communications and Design, with hopes of going to graduate school for Marketing or Publishing.

Currently, I am a Nanny 3 days a week to a 10 month old girl
I have worked at a dog kennel, a Lutheran Retirement Village, and a local supermarket

Through the school year, I work for my mom who owns her own company. She does legal research (easiest way to describe it). Basically, lawyers farm out their work to her.

 

[citychickx6]

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CONGRATS!!!

Don't need luck...did fine with skill !

 

[booker81]

Title is Model Office Analyst, but I pretty much work in a big insurance/annuity company in the Systems and Programming group. The programmers make new systems or fixes to the existing systems based on the business needs, and I get to test the changes and try to break it

When I do break it, I have to give detailed feedback to the programmers so they are able to make the necessary changes quickly, so I can retest it.

It doesn't require much technical or IT knowledge, but a lot of testing ability and written communication skills to ensure the requirements are clear and concise.

It's fun, because all I do all day is try to break things. It pays well too. I love my job.

 

[I have WHAT in my yard?]

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Awesome answer!!!!!!!!!

Anything else we do is to make money..... OK it's often intellectually or emotionally satisfying too, but good answer.

 

[ContessaKris]

I'm a homeschool mom and an artist.