What is your job?

[evenkeel]

Late to the party but a fascinating thread!! Great idea Robert.

Graduated college in 1975 with a degree in Art History, what was I thinking. : Generally muddled around a few years working in a gallery and teaching skiing in NH. In the early stages of the running boom I opened a running store. Usual small business story, underfunded, worked 24/7 trying to keep it open. Lots of mistakes. I was running for a athletic shoe company, Saucony, and when the store went belly up went to work for them in marketing/product development. Eventually wound up at adidas as marketing director for the track and feld division. Then moved over to the dress casual side of the shoe business with jobs at Bally and Cole-Haan. Left Cole-Haan to go cruising and semi retired. During our cruising years Mrs Keel and I feel into a job with an event company in Annapolis. We produce a variety of boat show events in the Annapolis/D.C. area. I'm the Operations Manager and Mrs. Keel handles temp hiring and purchasing. Our flag ship event is the Annapolis Sail and Power boat show which celebrates it's 40th year this October.

[Monkus]

I made the "mistake" of having a career that I love versus a career that is stable, has benefits, insurance, 401k, paid vacations, etc...

How can it be a "mistake" when you do what you love? We should all be so lucky...

And to top it all, ur gigging in France ?!?!?!?

Dream Job !!!

[TS808]

I worked 21 years in addictions treatment and forensic psychology...my undergrad degree and first master's are both in psychology. I started as a therapist and eventually wound up managing two outpatient treatment programs.

In 1997 I went back for a second masters degree in management, and eventually left the addictions treatment field and managed an international psychiatric research study on childhood-onset depression. That was federally funded so the grant was set to expire after being there 4 years.

I now work at a large university managing a department that has to review and approve ALL of the research that is conducted at the university, and university medical centers. We review 6500 research studies a year and have to make sure they are ethical, scientifically sound, and adhere to federal regulations pertaining to human subject research.

[MichaelE]

I used to maintain and load targeting data for the Minuteman II ICBM weapon system.

Now I'm a sales manager.

[hagarfreak33]

I used to install phone systems now I install Cable and internet

[Perfect Stranger]

I am what I am....and that's all what I am....

[Tig***]

I'm working a part time contract position as the evil jerk who filters internet traffic (like thefret.net) for 17,000 users. Don't shoot me, 'cause I don't make the policy, I just admin the Websense filtering product.

I'll be here a few more months at best. I do like working 8:30-3:30, though. Hopefully I'll get back into an IT security position with a wider range of duties.

[marnold***]

Hopefully I'll get back into an IT security position with a wider range of duties.

Maybe you can get in with the Federal Government. They seem to need all the help they can get in that area.

Nice Unknown Hinson avatar, BTW.

[ted s]

Well Tig, you should be able to tell us how to get around it then ? no ?

[Tig***]

Well Tig, you should be able to tell us how to get around it then ? no ?

'Scuse me while I whip this out...

Many of the internet filtering systems block proxy server websites. There is an ongoing game to keep ahead of them, but there is always a period of time that you can use one without getting noticed. A new website will appear to be uncategorized by the filter and usually lets it through. You can surf from there.

Here's the latest: http://www.fishbasketball.com/

If you want to know when a new proxy avoidance site is online, go to http://peacefire.org/ and sign up for email notices. There are others out there, but this one isn't risky or loaded with malware, and they don't sell your email addy.

EDIT: Oh, and you didn't hear this from me!

[ted s]

Thanks for sharing !

[Rocket]

Many of the internet filtering systems block proxy server websites. There is an ongoing game to keep ahead of them, but there is always a period of time that you can use one without getting noticed. A new website will appear to be uncategorized by the filter and usually lets it through. You can surf from there.

Here's the latest: http://www.fishbasketball.com/

If you want to know when a new proxy avoidance site is online, go to http://peacefire.org/ and sign up for email notices. There are others out there, but this one isn't risky or loaded with malware, and they don't sell your email addy.

EDIT: Oh, and you didn't hear this from me!

Hear what? That all sounds like muted trumpet talk to Peanuts characters... wuh, wuh, wah!

[ibanezjunkie]

Middle School teacher: computers and history. I've taught pretty much every age from beginning reading to adult ed over my 30 years in the trade.

you teach history? what are your wages like? i do history GCSE and got an A in the mock exam, and am considering doing A Level and a degree in modern and medieval history.

the wages over there probably differ slightly but what you think of my education/life idea? since your a teacher AND a fellow fretter i can trust what you tell me.

[pes_laul]

'Scuse me while I whip this out...

Many of the internet filtering systems block proxy server websites. There is an ongoing game to keep ahead of them, but there is always a period of time that you can use one without getting noticed. A new website will appear to be uncategorized by the filter and usually lets it through. You can surf from there.

Here's the latest: http://www.fishbasketball.com/

If you want to know when a new proxy avoidance site is online, go to http://peacefire.org/ and sign up for email notices. There are others out there, but this one isn't risky or loaded with malware, and they don't sell your email addy.

EDIT: Oh, and you didn't hear this from me!

hmm I can use that when school starts

[Hardass blues]

.... Graduated high school in 3 years and had a scholarship started college at 16 and blew it off to be a rock star LOL! Had a chance and being signed in the late eighties and was passed on (who wasn't in the city LOL!). I have been a working plumbing foreman (local 130 Chicago) for the last 11 or so years. Was laid off for the first time in my life over the winter, that was how I found the Fret.com. I have always had construction jobs. I have to know how things work. I am intrigued by all sorts of mechanical's guitars,cars motorcycles, houses, high rises, I have worked on or built all of the fore mentioned. I tried going to the same place for a while like a white collar gig. I get too jumpy after a while so I stuck with plumbing. I like to move around a lot site to site. The early part of my career I plumbed mansions in the Chicago west suburbs 25,000 sq foot houses! Crazy Crazy stuff. Good pay, I work hard and can look in the boss's face when I get my check. I owe know one. I have two great kids and a awesome wife who I have been with for 24 years. My addiction to guitars and motorcycles is accepted and supported by them and I love them for it. As it goes I'm a waaayyy lucky dude. Later,J.H.

[deeaa*]

Teacher...I teach at a vocational college.

[SharkUSMC]

I'm an IT Security Guy. I sit around a lot thinking of ways to break things - my work comes to me naturally. I did the intel thing in the Marine Corps, where I first became paranoid and started thinking about how to break things, and look for weaknesses in systems and such. I'm not as technical as I used to be, I spend more time on policy and management and "big picture thinking" now. I also teach at a local University one night a week, doing classes on computer networking and security.

Pretty active in my church as well, and started learning lead and getting into electric guitar a few months back. Discovered I'm a Strat guy after buying and later selling a knockoff Les Paul. Been focusing on basics for now, just learning scales and practicing those.

Glad to be here.

[jpfeifer]

... been away from the board for a while, just catching up and I saw this thread. Sorry to jump in late ...

I'm a scuba diver for Roto Rooter :-)
No, just being a wise guy.

I'm actually a field applications engineer for a software company that makes streaming video and music software for mobile phones and consumer electronics. It's interesting to see where things are going with the mobile industry as the new entertainment medium.

I'm also a freelance musician on the side. I play at churches, casuals, and the occasional recording gig. But mostly, I play just for the love of it.

-- Jim

[helliott***]

Been in the newspaper business for 33 years. Managing editor now, specifically responsible for op-ed (opinions and commentary), union relations, Newsroom IT and web operations.