OT: what do you do for a living?
04-09-09, 06:29 PM
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I go to school full time, and work at a local guitar shop. It's a lot of fun.
04-09-09, 08:23 PM
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full time high school student, soon to be full time engineering student at Boston University. Hopefully by then I'll have enough money to buy the Thinkpad T series that I want if I dont blow all of it on a new frame. 
04-09-09, 09:01 PM
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After over a decade in the bicycle industry working in both retail and manufacturing, I returned to school to find a job that would pay a decent wage. I've been an RN for over 15 years now, and while I love to build frames and work on bikes, I appreciate my current job where I can choose my own schedule within very broad guidelines ("looks like it's going to be really nice on Tuesday; I'll take the day off and ride") and still earn enough to pay off the house and put my kids through college.
04-09-09, 09:06 PM
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...besides being a full-time computer geek, I play washtub bass in a rowdy old tyme band. Play a couple festivals each summer, plus lots of random gigs and have a blast.
04-09-09, 09:17 PM
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Full time Psychology student,
and for part time I work at the bike shop in town twice a week.
In the summers I'm a skateboarding instructor at Camp Woodward West.
and for part time I work at the bike shop in town twice a week.
In the summers I'm a skateboarding instructor at Camp Woodward West.
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04-09-09, 09:30 PM
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Full time student at Parsons. Communication Design (web, art direction, Flash, etc.)
Trying to find a job, other than a few freelance design gigs, in this day and age, I'll take what I can get...
Trying to find a job, other than a few freelance design gigs, in this day and age, I'll take what I can get...
04-09-09, 09:31 PM
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Full time student in animation, couple odd jobs throughout the year, preschool-1st grade teaching assistant, work for my schools computing department, waiting tables, haunted house.....
04-10-09, 08:31 AM
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Graduated with a BSN, which I highly recommend if you have the option. I remember the semesters becoming progressively more difficult until you reach the critical care portion of the curriculum and then tapering off in the final semester for management. Just be sure to match their pace.
04-10-09, 09:28 AM
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Full time computer science major (hate it, transferring to community college),
I cook at a local deli.
I cook at a local deli.
04-10-09, 09:41 AM
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04-10-09, 09:44 AM
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Graduated with a BSN, which I highly recommend if you have the option. I remember the semesters becoming progressively more difficult until you reach the critical care portion of the curriculum and then tapering off in the final semester for management. Just be sure to match their pace.
Got my BSN about 15 years ago...
04-10-09, 10:21 AM
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Oh yeah, I'm also finishing up my undergrad at UCD in economics but work part time at the gym putting up and down and working the actual events. Lots of meetings, sports, presentations, etc.
04-10-09, 10:31 AM
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My focus is policy not modeling because I don't have an engineering background. My BA is in Geography and my focus was in Urban Geo and GIS.
Mostly I take a good idea and watch it get beat up and twisted as it goes through the political process. I think modeling would be easier.
Mostly I take a good idea and watch it get beat up and twisted as it goes through the political process. I think modeling would be easier.
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I'm not one for fawning over bicycles, but I do believe that our bikes communicate with us, and what this bike is saying is, "You're an idiot." BikeSnobNYC
04-10-09, 12:35 PM
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My wife got her JD at USC. I'm a lawyer too. I work for the Great State of California. I used to feel sad for myself when I compared myself to all my classmates who were making partner and the big bucks. Now life isn't looking so rosy for those guys.
04-10-09, 12:40 PM
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My focus is policy not modeling because I don't have an engineering background. My BA is in Geography and my focus was in Urban Geo and GIS.
Mostly I take a good idea and watch it get beat up and twisted as it goes through the political process. I think modeling would be easier.
Mostly I take a good idea and watch it get beat up and twisted as it goes through the political process. I think modeling would be easier.
04-10-09, 12:50 PM
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Quality control inspector at the inflatable love doll factory. I moonlight as a bikini waxer at the local Senior Center.
OK OK ... Mechanical Engineer by education, program manager for a small avionics company currently.
OK OK ... Mechanical Engineer by education, program manager for a small avionics company currently.
04-10-09, 12:58 PM
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its that damned rap music
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give me work. will move to any english speaking city/country.
before i get flamed, i dont have a problem with people from other countries, or other counties, i just dont think that i should/could work for an ad agency without speaking the language or being familiar with the culture.
most infamous marketing/branding fail:
ford builds a car specifically for south america called the "nova". in spanish "nova" means "does not go".
so, yea, any english speaking country would be a decent enough place to start
before i get flamed, i dont have a problem with people from other countries, or other counties, i just dont think that i should/could work for an ad agency without speaking the language or being familiar with the culture.
most infamous marketing/branding fail:
ford builds a car specifically for south america called the "nova". in spanish "nova" means "does not go".
so, yea, any english speaking country would be a decent enough place to start
04-10-09, 03:35 PM
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Formerly a magazine distribution desk-jockey, now grocery marketing guy. Lots of travel, very little saddle time.
Soon I hope to go back to horticulture, my passion.
Soon I hope to go back to horticulture, my passion.
04-10-09, 03:37 PM
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Which magazine?
04-12-09, 09:20 AM
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I'm a graphic designer, recently unemployed. Currently I work as a full-time bum in Southeast Asia.