What is Your Job?

[Twilight Prince]

So what does everyone here do for there hard earned cash? What is the pay? How many hours do you work?

I work at a food place named Jeffereson's at the current time, I am a dishwasher, and when I work I am also the Helper Kitchen Manager. I am going to keep the pay a secret. But I work about 30 hours a week... Oh, actually about 30 hours a weekend, seeing that's the only time I have to actually do something besides school stuff.

[Bob Majinki]

At the moment, after school child care. Children seem to love to swarm me, like zombies.

[Werewolfy]

I am currently unemployed. However, that should change, come October, when my local theater starts hiring. I really can't wait to earn my own money!

[Claire]

I, too, and unemployed at the current moment. In my town, the majority of the jobs hiring require employees to be 18 years or older. Since I'll be turning 18 in October, there is little reason to try for a new job now (when I'll quit once October comes around).

I'll be spending this month working though, non-profit, for a local shelter. I'll be walking dogs and use that volunteering experience for a college application. :)

[Shadsie]

I've had many jobs over the years. I just got a new one, a part time deal through a job service that works with disadvantaged people. I haven't been there long yet, but so far, I like it.

At the moment, I'm a stablehand. I'm basically like a real life Malon. *Grin.* I work at a horse ranch mucking stables, changing out water and feeding horses.

It's smelly work, but much easier on my nerves than working retail ever was. I sometimes have to muck while a horse is still in its stall - if the animal is injured or it's too rainy to put them out in the field... I find it rather funny how I'm less frightened of working around a 1,000 + lb animal in an enclosed space than I am of talking to an irked retail customer. I'm seriously quite calm doing what I do. Then again, I've always got along better with animals than with most members of my own speices.

[MrMosley]

Well, right meow, I'm working at Little Caesars (pizza place), which kinda sucks, but it pays. Especially after having no job forever. Recently, they have told me that I need to shave my gotee off, and I have considered quitting (lulz), because I look completely retarded without it. But, I'll probably shave and go with it. Its about what you would expect from any fast-food restaurant, but we can make pizzas and get caught up, throw them in the warmer, and just set there if business is low at the time, which tends to happen a lot or hardly at all depending on the time and day.

[Smitie]

I used to have some jobs, but now I only work in the holiday. I work at the personell and organisation department of Imtech where I put stuff into the employers files or type information in the computer file. It's quite a fun job and it pays good, so I'll try to keep working there every holiday :P

[ShellShocker]

Well, I'm only 11 years old right now, so I have no current job. When I grow up I want to be an author though, because my love of writing. Though I'd probably have to get a job at a food store or gaming store before that just to get a little money. :) I don't know when I'll get my first job, maybe sometime near college, like when I'm 18 or 17. I can't wait. :D

[El Bagu]

I have a degree in Biology, and as a herpetologist I want to work. But for the moment I work with(in) merchandaise (guess that´s what it´s called in english).

Life is strange indeed!

[Zeruda]

I hold various positions:

I work at GameStop. It's a pretty awesome job, save for dealing with non-gamers trying to buy games. Sometimes the people can be pretty rude or stupid, but hey, that's retain for you. I do enjoy being around other gamers all day, though, and I get lots goodies. I just got a buttload of free stuff yesterday... awesome. Plus, employee discount is always nice.

Seasonally and on commission, I work with both Capcom and SNK. Nothing impressive, just another member of different art teams. Maybe someday I'll get to be a big important character designer, but mostly I just get to work on menu designs and other random junk.

I'm also a stagehand/rigger. I get to put up shows for lots of people... Beyonce, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bon Jovi, Metallica, etc. etc. It's pretty cool because I get to build stuff and watch the shows for free, but it's very strenuous work, and there's a lot of sexism from the men there. Sucks sometimes, but it's worth $23/HR.

I'm also trying to pick up a job as a secretary or helper or something in the government. Usually they'll give veterans a good job, and since I was Military Police, I'm thinking that I might be able to get a job taking care of MP dogs. I'd love to do that, especially since I want to become a veterinary technologist someday.

And every now and then I'm commissioned for artwork, graphics, web design, etc. I'm very busy and aaaaaalways working, but I still find time to mess around on the internet or go outside and enjoy life. You'd think that, with all the jobs I have, I'd have a lot of money. Unfortunately, bills bills bills. I'm still quite poor. :<

[Y2K3]

The first day of school, and they give me a job. >.<

I work in the Language Labs as a monitor. So basically, I just make sure everyone is following the rules, and that they do their work.
I have only been there 2 days so far (then again, I only work 5 hours a week), but I guess it's not so bad. I can doodle, so I'm fine! :)

[Vincent]

I work as a monster at a haunted house. Seasonal work... so when it's not October, I'm very unemployed. :dry:

[KrazyKyuubi]

I work 23 hours slaving away in a unicorn mine full of rainbows and glitter and skittles. Nah, I just mow the lawn sometimes for 20 bucks. And i feed the cat for free.

[Mases]

I'm unemployed at the moment. I do work seasonally though. In the Spring and Summer, I umpire for little league baseball. It's a lot of fun, for the most part. I also make a bit of money off of advertisements here at the website, but hardly enough to consider it a job.

I'm a full time graduate student at the moment, so that is where my time is. I might be getting a part-time job as a substitute teacher at my local middle school. That should be interesting if it pans out. (crosses fingers).

I suppose I'll have to wait at least another year and a half until I get my masters degree... of which then the scary world of a full time job would be near.

[Axle the Beast]

I work for the family business, primarily printing out and sending craploads of promotional material. It's boring but easy. I typically work from 9am to 4pm, but I can often relax somewhat during that period or put off the work until later in the day. Sometimes I work past 4 in order to get work done.

It doesn't pay particularly well. I get roughly 3.3% of our total profit. Sometimes it's good pay, sometimes it's bad. I make about 20$ a week on average (bad weeks being more like 10$ and good weeks being 30-40$). It's low, but I don't mind it so much since I'm helping out my family.

[blackice_cc]

The only thing I do that could be considered a "job" would be helping out my family with a home-run publishing business. We have to print the books, put them together in the right order, etc, and then we hand-stitch them. I get paid a small amount, per hour, but it all depends on how many book orders were getting. We only really publish poetry/pros though, since my Dad is a poet.

Other than that, I'm only 14 now, so I won't be getting a normal job for a while yet. I have no idea of what I'd like to do when I get to that point, though. Being a writer is always an option, but I'd have to get really lucky to have anything published even if I got around to writing a book.

[Baysiderulez]

^ That actually sounds kinda cool, I'm sure its tedious work though (Like Mo from "Inkheart")

I am an Educational Aide at a school for Autistic children. The pay isnt that bad Starting wage is $10/hour ($8.00 being minimum wage in cali), and I work 30 hours a week, with breaks for Thanksgiving, christmas, or other federal holidays.

The work itself can be easy or hard depending on the behaviors of the kids that day. For example I had to seperate two boys today who are both a foot taller then me, and a whole lot stronger. If i didnt do something correctly then I, or one of them could have been severly hurt.

Most days are pretty calm though, we follow a routine schedule, the local resturants lets us take our kids there to work, and they feed them and us for free. UBER cool! You do have to get used to some pretty wierd stuff though. I like it ALOT!

[MOS3]

Unemployed for now...I'm on my last year of college/university (whatever you guys call it :D) so I'll be getting my degree in Architecture on July 2010 ..... hopefully I'll have a job by then :P

In the meantime I do 3D models and 3D redered images of houses, buildings and such ..... kind of a semi-job XD

[Dragon565333]

I am currently working @ Fluid Dynamics with my mom about 10 bucks An hour...Part time that is kinda good... sorta...

[DisappearingMist]

I have worked at a tourist/candy store for the past 3.5 years. It's annoying working retail, but I love my boss and my coworkers. Plus, it's perfect for my college schedule = I can work as little as I want. The pay is terrible. But it's a guaranteed job all year long, so I try not to complain too much. Once I finish my degree, I do plan on leaving as soon as I can, though.

[silent lion]

Me, I'm a dole bum. But only because I'm between educations, I'm going to University next week.

[Keats]

Currently jobless. The only place worth working at around here is our local grocery store, and they won't hire you unless you can work mornings and evenings.

As you can imagine, working there could lead to conflicts in schedule.

[DisappearingMist]

Currently jobless. The only place worth working at around here is our local grocery store, and they won't hire you unless you can work mornings and evenings.

As you can imagine, working there could lead to conflicts in schedule.

I really dislike jobs where the schedule changes so much from day to day. In the summer, my job has 2 shifts, with a 3 hour start time difference, and it always throws me off when I work at 2 different times. I can't imagine coming in at 7am one day and then 3pm the next or something.

[Immortal_One]

I'm unemployed right now, but I'm a full time student. I'm looking to get a rotational internship sometime this winter so I will be able to fund my college and my living expense.

[Xizor]

Where do you work? Do you enjoy it? What are you future plans?

I'm a movie theater manager and I do quite enjoy it. I plan to be a teacher someday, though.

[TheGreen]

Currently I'm working part time as a computer lab proctor at Univ. of Texas
I'm required to be able to do basic stuff in a bunch of software, but most often I get questions like "How do I print from my computer?" or "It won't log in." to which I say "Did you type it wrong?" The answer is always yes...

And I'm going to school for architecture so ya. Future.

[Baysiderulez]

I work at a private school for Children with Autism. I am an educational Aide, I run their IEP goals with them, and help them learn. Its awesome.

When I am finished with School I hope to become an Occupational Therapist, its a long shot though. I've had many encounters with Anatomy that havent ended well.

[Hachi]

I don't have a job I go to every day, I'm a student so if I do get paid for something it's usually the odd freelancing request every now and then... ;-;

I'm looking into seeing how I could make a much more steady income with my art though, I've sort of given up on getting a more "traditional' job until people actually start heiring again.

[DisappearingMist]

I work in a tourist/candy shop. Been working here since I started college, and the hours are incredibly flexible for my student schedule. I have a fantastic boss, and she will be the hardest part to leave when I find something else. When I am done with school, I plan to get a job either at one of the banks, or a smaller company doing bookkeeping or something related.

[Austin]

I volunteer/work at a local hospital when I can, usually on the weekends. I'm either helping out with administrative work or working in transportation moving patients, drugs, equipment, and whatever. I don't hate it or love it really, although I think I'm enjoying it more than any other job someone my age could get. As for my future plans, I don't have the slightest idea. I haven't even started applying to colleges yet, so I've got a while before I have to chose.

[athenian200]

I work for my father, and I really don't like the job very much. The only good thing about it is that I have so little to do that I can sit and post here for half the day, and still get paid. However, he's very frustrating to live with and work for. The problem is that I have to live with him to work there, and I don't particularly care for the area he lives in.

My future plans involve saving up several thousand dollars, moving out to a city further north, and trying to find any job I can get. I really hope the economy turns around, so that I'm not stuck there. I'm honestly scared of losing the job I've got, if his company goes under... so while I don't like the job, I'm still afraid of losing it.

[Dragon565333]

Well, I have a hand-me-down job, I suppose; I work as a babysitter. I do like it sometimes but one of the boys (b/c they have 2 boys and 2 girls) act soo much like a PMS Girl if he doesn't get what he wants and the littlest girl acts like the boss and will yell, So sometimes its good but other than that no. Since my sister got a real job I have her job. I also Volunteer at the animal hospital Taking care of the cats and dogs (like playing cleaning up after them. Tis Torture!) Then I am a student at High School

In the Future- I want to be a singer. I am getting private lessons and will study music in college. Either that or Game maker or Tester of Games. But I love to singer and act so I am hoping to be a person on Broadway! Like Kristen Cheonweth and Angie Lansbury!

[Bigelover88]

I work for a Hotel. I always seem to end up working at Hotels for years now. It is very hard work but I have improved my german much ever since and many guests are making it fun. Especially know we figured out dutch celebs are coming there as well.

[blubb]

At the moment I'm studying chemistry at university. I'm going for a Diplom (that's German, the US equivalent would be something like "master of science"). After I'm done with that, I'll probably go for a Dr. rer. nat. ( I don't know the US equivalent, maybe PhD?) and I'll be around 30 yrs old when I'm done with this, so it's still quite a long way to go. It's a really tough study, when I started in 2007, 1000 people signed in for it. 500 came to the 1st lecture, and after some weeks, around 200 were left (the rest obviously found out it was "nothing for them"). After the first test in that semester, around 100 were left. And by the end of the semester, after around 8 tests, there were exactly 43 people left, me being one of them (but below-average). I'm not even sure if I will make it, but I surely want to, it's just extremely tough... Getting the Diplom usually takes ~15 semesters (10 "official" semesters, but there's a lot of tests you just won't pass the first time (unless your IQ is >140 or so) and therefore have to repeat a semster), and acquiring the doctor degree will take another 2-3 years.
Currently we have semester holidays and I'm doing a very flexible office part-time ("hour-based") job at a big international chemical company (I can practically do as many hours/wk as I want to, ATM I'm working 3 days ~ 25 hrs/wk and when the semester starts I'll cut it down to ~1 day/wk) where I'm basically creating a database of all chemicals used on the site and classify them for their hazards. The pay is quite OK for an unexperienced student part-time worker: ~13$/hr (note that I'm still living at "hotel mama" and life is usually cheaper here than in the US, except for gasoline prices - stupid "global warming disciples" in our gvmt :X).
In the future, of course I wish to have a nice job in the chemistry field - and I want to move to another developed country where taxes aren't as ridiculously high as they're here (if you're earning well you have to pay 42% income tax, which the commies who'll probably get in charge after the next elections even want to raise beyond 50% plus there are numerous mandatory and highly inefficiently working income-percentage based insurances which'll drain your income even more - maybe down to 20%?) and - after all - where it's WARMER than here! I really hate winter and snow, and even though I'm living in one of the driest and warmest regions of Germany where snowless winters are common, it's still too cold for me. Especially the last two winters were terrible, several weeks of temperatures below freezing point and we even had a 2 months lasting snow cover last winter - ugh! It horribly slows down driving, which sucks. And this year's summer was extremely bad too: Only 3 weeks with temperatures around 35°C, the rest was either cold and rainy or rainy and cold :/. I've been thinking about different places to emigrate to if things go right:
- Southern Switzerland: Weather is OK there, taxation is quite low and it's not too far away from home but Swiss immigration laws are very strict plus they have a strong anti-German attitude there.
- Texas: Weather is perfect for me there, but (no offense!) from what I've heard a high percentage of the population runs around with (machine?) guns there (I don't think I could fall asleep there, especially if I should ever have children) and from my European POV it's too religious and conservative there, even if some of my political attitudes can be considered "conservative" from a European POV too.
- Southern Japan (Okinawa): The weather is fine there and the general political attitude is too but from what I've heard prices are extremely high, immigration rules are über-strict and xenophobia is widespread.

But hey, those are just some very vague ideas for my future and it's still a long time to that and I might still fail at university, just letting out some thoughts :) (Was that tl;dr?^^)

[kindlyone]

i staff at the north florida council camp shands echokotee lodge saturiwa chapter (you must be a bboy scout or in the OA to understand me) normally in ecology or wherever they need help

[yann]

I work full time as an Estate/Lettings Agent in my home town of Bournemouth.

In other words, I unfortunately exploit people of hundreds and sometimes thousands of pounds when they're trying to buy or rent a property, but then without me the job would be so much harder. I only enjoy it so far as making people happy when they find a flat or house that they truely love, sometimes it is simply the greatest feeling to be able to hand someone the keys to their new life.

However, I have so much paper and computer work to do it's unreal.

[Valexi]

Currently I work at a non-profit after school art program for elementary, middle, and high school kids.
It's a program that offers free art classes to those who have an interest in the subject. We teach Visual Arts (painting, drawing, sculpting, traditional art, ect), Theater Arts (acting, prop making, stage design, puppetry, ect), and Media Arts (music production, movie filming/directing/editing, computer arts, ect).
I work in the Visual Arts department with the middle school kids.
Every month we give the kids different projects with different mediums, teach them the skills needed to complete their projects, and once they're done we hang their projects in our gallery on the first Friday of every month for the monthly downtown art event. We get lots of visitors to the gallery, and if the kids choose they can put their works up for sale. If sold, the kids get 90% of the money they earn.
And once the kids reach high school we start preparing them to get into an art college by helping to build their portfolio and pick out their best works of the past, as well as make fresh new works with the monthly projects.
I rather enjoy my job. Even though some of the kids can be a bit of a.....hassle, it's still a rewarding job, and the kids always want to show me all their drawings and come to me when they need help or ideas.
I have fun at my job. :)

[ancazur]

I'm a movie theater manager and I do quite enjoy it. I plan to be a teacher someday, though.
I used to be manager at a movie theatre myself. I have to say, it was probably the most fun I ever had working. (Of course, the free popcorn & movies helped, too.)

I work in book publishing, and I do some copyediting on the side. I rather enjoy it; I'll do pretty much anything revolving around books.

[8bubbles8joe]

I am a camp counselor-in-training at a boy scout camp in Illinois. I love it, but it really takes away my summer, because I've got that, vacations, AND marching band, so my summers are usually booked 24/7.

[TheGreen]

I volunteer/work at a local hospital when I can, usually on the weekends. I'm either helping out with administrative work or working in transportation moving patients, drugs, equipment, and whatever. I don't hate it or love it really, although I think I'm enjoying it more than any other job someone my age could get. As for my future plans, I don't have the slightest idea. I haven't even started applying to colleges yet, so I've got a while before I have to chose.

Are you interested in medicine?


Anyway, I'm impressed that some many forum regulars have jobs and don't just sit around and play Zelda.
I didn't really say what I wanted to do in the future:
I'm interested in design, not necessarily Architecture though. A lot of product designers have bachelor's or even master's degrees in architecture, but end up designing products or furniture or shoes. Some days I say "Designing tables would be so cool!" but the next day I'll want to be lead architect on a hotel, so it varies. I do have to make a decision before I take my ARE's (9 tests designed to screw you over) which I will take after a few years in the field.

[Lady_Yuna]

:(Unfortunately I'm not employed anywhere. But, keeping up with my schoolwork while I'm in college is my job right now. The more good grades I get; the more money I can give to my parents.

Anyway, my future plans are to finish my degree in psychology, so I can be a counselor for kids. Not sure if I want to be a guidance counselor though. :/
I'm also thinking about double majoring in theater, so I can be a voice actor too, but I don't have that many supporters behind me. We'll just have to wait and see, I guess.

[Cel-Shaded Deku]

I work part-time with my dad at Quality Fruitland, it's a great job, especially getting to spend time with my dad. I don't officially work there so I'm getting payed under the table. As for the plans for the future: I haven't even started high school yet (two more days) so it's a bit too soon to be thinking about college and a real job.

[Y2K3]

Over the summer I had two temporary jobs (I wasn't able to get a full-time one, unfortunately :( ). They were both with the same company (Staples, to those in Canada). The first one I was helping out with renovations during the night shift (which actually wasn't as bad as I would have thought). The second was to help set up a new store in town; so we helped put up the shelves, the pegs, the product and all that fun stuff! I could have stayed on as an employee but I didn't really want to have a job while going to school, so I'll just have my lovely 5-hour a week on-campus job. :)

[figthersword]

I just only a student now i have no work so i will answer my future plans... i want to become an IT professional in states, and also i'm planning to go in London or Canada so that i can ear a lot of money to my family.

[LANZZ]

I just only a student...
When i finishing my study, i'll become Medical Laboratory Technologist... Only 1 year to go...:)

[ToonLink100]

I don't have job though, but I go to a intermediate school it's only 5th and 6th graders. And I'm in 5th grade :)

[Ice6661]

i am currently working in a salon as an apprentice, i have been working there for about a month
right now im mainly washing out clients for my boss and cleaning stuff
if i have my own clients i can bring them in or if there is a walk in i can cut their hair
i plan on owning my own salon some day or being a cosmetology teacher =]
yes there are downsides to my job but i love it anyway

[Xizor]

I'm now working at the Front Desk in my Residence Hall. It's the easiest job ever.

[Tony]

I work around the house and sometimes with my Dad. Hopefully next year I can get a job as a stockboy at the local grocerystore.

[Ghosi]

I am currently in school, but I usually help packaging cosmetics for my parents' business.

[TheGreen]

- Texas: Weather is perfect for me there, but (no offense!) from what I've heard a high percentage of the population runs around with (machine?) guns there (I don't think I could fall asleep there, especially if I should ever have children) and from my European POV it's too religious and conservative there, even if some of my political attitudes can be considered "conservative" from a European POV too.
o_O
I can assure you, as a born and bread Texan that we do not carry machine guns. There is a percentage of people who enjoy hunting and own guns, but no more that communities who live near rural hunting areas and there definitely aren't people running around with guns in day to day life. It does vary depending on the city. Smaller cities are generally more conservative, but the larger cities like San Antoinio, Houston, ****** and especailly Austin are liberal and very much NOT FILLED WITH CRAZY CONSERVATIVES. your future kids will be fine

[Conde]

I have no job. I'm currently clueless about my future, and everyone seems to pressure me about it because I'm 16. Damn, I just want to study people, get off my feet >->
I have a passion for music and science (specially chemistry/physics/math). I'm one of the best students in my school, people tell me I have a future but I just don't care right now.

[TheGreen]

I'm currently clueless about my future, and everyone seems to pressure me about it because I'm 16.
Professional student? :D

I think that's okay. I think I decided on my major(architecture) for college when I was 17, and before that I was pretty sure I would end up in music. Unless you're going into the workforce in the next couple of years there's no rush a decision like that. I don't think that you need to decide now by any means. There are people I know who have changed majors and schools multiple times. In fact, at the UT School of Architecture, you can have a bachelor's degree in literally any subject and still go earn a masters degree in architecture. Point is that you don't have to decide ;)

[monkeefun]

I'm 24 and I still can't decide what I want to be when I'm a grown up. I had NO clue at 16. Right now I'm in school full time to become an LPN which is quite possibly one of the hardest things I've ever done. 11 month long concentrated course = pain every night. Aside from THAT, I'm working part time as a CNA in a nursing home as well as part time at Gamestop which is right across the street. That one, though, right now, is a seasonal position because we need Christmas money :(. I really like my jobs, but it's hard to juggle everything while trying to sleep like a normal person.

[GorKu]

im working in a online-editorial (http://www.yourdelivery.de/) and im loving it!

[Hylian Knight]

I'm still in High School(Junior Year) but I plan on becoming an architect, nature photographer(Hopefully 4 National Geographic 1 day), last would be an Algebra teacher and if none of those work out I'm just out of ideas.

[GorKu]

Im working here (http://www.yourdelivery.de/chinesisch-essen) and I enjoy it very well..

[Deku man]

I used to work at my local Bestbuy, but I just recently got laid off. I love my life :xd:

[ToonLink100]

Well, I don't have a job, but I'm a 5th grader.

[Ice6661]

haha i had a post earlier in this but i have a better job now!
so i lost my job in the salon (says above i used to work in one)
now im working in a
DUN DUN DUNN!!!!
EB Games/ Gamestop!
best job ever, its pretty easy, you get to talk about video games all day, so far the people i work with are awesome!
and generally the customers are nice =]

[Aurelia]

Well, I used to work 3 job's, now 2 job's:
1. At H-E-B with my father. I alway's have to wait on him till his shift is over, which is usually 2 hour's. >->

2. Daycare- Ich liebe die Kinder! It isn't really a daycare, more like a Summer Camp. I'm with the 10+ boy's, they're sooo gross! :[

[Obscured]

I am a year away from finishing high school, but when I have some free time I go help at my dad's restaurant, mostly as a cashier...

[squadala]

I teach piano to a kid I know. I'm still a student and its not really a formal job.

[MrLuigi]

In a few months I will be working at a local grocery store pushing shopping carts.

[theothernavi]

I am a book consultant for a friend of my aunt's, who owns a bookstore in NH. I love my job, cause I'm probably the youngest person in America with an occupation, and I get to do what I love for it. Read!

Seriously, I am 12 years old. I feel like the luckiest kid in America!

[Hylian Knight]

I'm a level 99 Geomancer and Thief anyone catch my reference:lol::lol::lol:.


I plan on working part-time at my local Gamestop, Wal-Mart, or Publix over the summer.

[Moldorm]

I am an Adult Education Instructor with Austin Community College. I love my work :)

[Hylian Knight]

Off Topic before any dereps me.

:kawaii: I was hoping the next person to post after would get my reference but sadly Nooooooo.