Current Employment

[Brian C. Haley]

How do you feed the monkey?

I'm a chat mod for an online roleplaying game.

[Slestak]

Self-employed graphic designer.

[Nick Nunziata]

I hope someone is a Voltage Meter Reader, 'cause THAT is current employment.

[erik myers]

Traffic & Weather reporter/Emergency Alert Channel at XM Radio, baby!

[Beelzebozo]

Operations Manager for a print-brokerage firm. Beats diggin' ditches, as they say.

[horrid]

I’m terrible at multitasking so I've been in a pattern the last 4 years of working for a year, then take a year off to work on my movie. I'm in the make a movie part of the cycle for another 3 weeks then I'll start looking for work again.

Last Job I had was at a warehouse/depot for an electrical cable manufacturer. So I almost make Nicks joke work.

[Anakin's Dad]

GA at University Financial Aid. I get to smile and tell people that they can't afford college.

[Scott]

Interning at a design studio which pays dick, and doing building renovations in my spare time in the apartment building I'm in.

[Judas Booth]

I'm a banker/loan officer.

[Peter Venkman]

College Student and manager at Petsmart, where fucking pets are family! yay

[Adam Warren]

Construction.

[Doc Happenin]

Unemployed! It's a full time job. But usually bounce between freelance tv/film work in New York City, just in a bit of a rough patch at the moment.

[Greg David]

Preschool teacher, two-year-olds specifically. And yes, you have to be completely insane to do this for a living. Having the patience of Mother Theresa helps.

[David Oliver]

Janitor at CHUD World Headquarters...non-union.

[Timothy225]

Art Director for a company that creates training games and programs for corporations; I also am a freelance commercial/graphic artist and designer.

[Stormin]

Weekdays, interning at a production company that some of you guys would kill to see the inside of.

Weekends, shoveling popcorn at a movie theater and watching movies for free.

[Big Jim Slade]

Outsourced call-center slave for Comcast.



Please kill me.

[teledork]

Director of Media Ministries for a church. I get to play with Video Toasters and multi-track audio stuff and get paid for it besides.

[Misfit]

I hope someone is a Voltage Meter Reader, 'cause THAT is current employment.

Goddammit. I came in here to make a joke that I'm a wave watcher.

[Starving Dog]

bartender at largest casino in Oklahoma (Riverwind)

I also shoot videos (weddings, concerts, music videos, live events) for cash

I want to make a living writing, but that is still in the works. Freelancing is hard.

[Jonathan Banks is my hero]

Test listener for Mr. Mister.

[Smilin' Jack Ruby]

Weekdays, interning at a production company that some of you guys would kill to see the inside of.

Color me curious - which one is it?

And me = keyboard tester.

[devincf]

I entertain Shia LaBeouf and Justin Long for a living.

[Evi]

Direct and edit commercials and music videos for my own production company.

[ElCapitanAmerica]

Chief Software Architect for one of the countless divisions in a super large multinational corporation.

[ConanRulesNBC]

Professional bum... I'm typing this from a bench at the park where I sleep. Oh... and a porn star on the weekends.

[Johan Brock]

Courtesy at a grocery store.

[Nexus]

Journalism student.

I am constantly attacked by deadlines on a number of voluntary media work. All the stress, none of the pay.

[Brendan]

Supervisor of a youth fitness centre at a gym. I might be taking on the manager position soon though.

[Mattimus]

I entertain Shia LaBeouf and Justin Long for a living.

Nice.

I'm a freelance graphic designer/animator/web designer. I'd like to stay strictly animator, but my insistence on never living in Los Angeles again puts a damper on that idea.

[McIrish]

Sales Manager/Facilitator for a leadership training company.

Shameless plug: http://www.wowleadership.ca

[Soilent Green]

Helicopter mechanic/inspector. Cobras and Hueys.

[Bryan J]

Computer Science Graduate Student

[Mary H.]

I'm a Peformance Manager at an asset manager (hedge funds and mutual funds) in the City. And I just finished up three years of studying (and exam taking) to be a CFA charterholder (assuming I passed the 6 hour exam I took yesterday)!

[Belethedheliel]

Horse vet.

[Chavez]

I hope someone is a Voltage Meter Reader, 'cause THAT is current employment.
White water rafting guide?

[jay f]

http://www.geocities.com/digitaliconoclast/job-desc.txt

[Jonathan Banks is my hero]

Non-snarky answer:

I'm a law clerk by day and a law student by night. Despite the time commitment I enjoy it, but I wish it were as creatively charged as what a lot of you fine people get to do.

[kungfumonkeyMike]

Finishing up my PhD, teaching college courses, and doing research on the human visual system. Yay for science!

[Big Jim Slade]

I hope someone is a Voltage Meter Reader, 'cause THAT is current employment.

http://www.heroesonline.com/Photos/hc04/images/hc04-electro-blurry.jpg

[Chavez]

..
I loved this guy when he played TE for the Chiefs.

[D. Richard]

http://www.geocities.com/digitaliconoclast/job-desc.txt
classy.

Mortgage Analyst for Wells Fargo. Yeah, I read all the shit you had to sign.

[Brendan]

Non-snarky answer:

I'm a law clerk by day and a law student by night. Despite the time commitment I enjoy it, but I wish it were as creatively charged as what a lot of you fine people get to do.

He is... The Paralegal... coming soon.

[Overlord]

Attorney.

[JudgeSmails]

Technical Project Manager at a benefits consulting firm.

[RathBandu]

Outdoor Education Instructor/Artistic Coordinator

[EdHocken]

Office Jockey

Real Answer:

Conflict checker for Arbitrations, Private Trials and Discoveries at an alternative dispute resolution company

[f86sabre]

Aerospace engineer for an airline.

[Jared Melton]

Lead Internal Auditor at a Hotel/Conference Center.

[WayDen]

Preschool teacher, two-year-olds specifically. And yes, you have to be completely insane to do this for a living. Having the patience of Mother Theresa helps.

I read this after seeing your patience worn down to nothing in the Salma Hayek thread (http://chud.com/forums/showthread.php?t=101004), and it gave me a good laugh.

Every guy has a breaking point. I guess Miyagi just found yours faster than the preschoolers...

[Greg David]

It says something about a guy when he's more patience-taxing than ten two-year-olds.

[Jared Melton]

So, basically...what you're saying is that if Mother Theresa were alive, she would shoot Miyagi in the face, right?

[Greg David]

I think she'd empty the clip and reload.

[Jared Melton]

I would pay to see a zombie Mother Theresa movie.

[Death Surge]

Computer Systems Architect*


*Fancy way of saying overpaid Computer Programmer

[Richard Dickson]

Admin clerk for the operations department at Universal Orlando.

[Doug]

Electro looks like he's crapping lighting.

[Justin Clark]

Until i go back to school in September, photographer, auction writer, and lister for a high end EBay drop center.

Basically, I am become Trish from The 40 Year Old Virgin.

[Abbott & Prospero]

http://www.heroesonline.com/Photos/hc04/images/hc04-electro-blurry.jpg

Is that Manimal, Vincent or one of Dr. Moreau's animal people inked on that guys arm?

[Martin Savage]

Architectural Technician.

The one who says to the architect and the engineer they both suck.

[benfortenberry]

Computer programmer for an insurance company. It's boring, but according to a recent Devin article, I'm going to hell when I die, so there's that to look forward to.

Recently, two young Mormons came stumping at my door, and unlike most Americans, I actually enjoy conversing with these young chaps in order to confuse their theology, but when these tie-clad soul-salesmen found out I was a computer programmer, that's all they wanted to talk about. Tragic really. I guess the moral of the story is that working a job that will send you to hell is somehow way more appealling than a life spent in the Church of Latter Day Saints. Nice.

[Luca S.]

Teach English/Dutch/history in high school. Nothing's as painful as a cultural reference nobody gets.

[Werewolf Girl]

Tape logger for Paperny Films starting tomorrow.

[Rob]

Network Technician at a Business College..

Basically, I sit in my office for 10 hours a day, and surf the web. Boring as hell, but pays decent.

[Martianman]

IT Consultant

And in a strange bit of fate, I'm about to take an assignment back at my old company that I left in January.

[neaux]

my title is marketing coordinator.

that translates to I do the marketing and advertising for over 450 accounts for less pay than if my title was "marketing manager"

[Trav McGee]

Publications cog at leading international scientific journal. I help make the smartest people on the planet look like they can formulate complete, comprehensible sentences. Sounds more gratifying than it is, but I get to say "leading international scientific journal" and mean it. Plus some freelance editing and proofreading, though you'd never know it from reading my posts. Off the clock is off the clock.

[Jason P. Thompson]

I am the Assistant Program Director for three radio stations in the Southern Indiana market. I am the PD and Morning Host for the AM station that serves the city that I live and work. I also do all of the Graphic Design work for the radio stations. Oh, and I'm also the IT Consultant and the Webmaster.

Yes, I wear many hats... and I get paid for only one of them. But now I can say I have my own set of minions.

I also work part time at Indiana University, Bloomington as a Computer Lab Consultant. It helps pad the pockets a little and is the sole reason I still am able to post on these boards.

[PsycheOut00]

Trying to make history by choosing/translating/ adapting movie titles into my country's language...

Among others.

And ironically enough, I too will entertain Shia LaBoeuf in a couple of weeks. Only more briefly and succesfully than Devin and from his exact opposite side of the fence.

[Clarence Boddicker]

Network Technician at a Business College..

Basically, I sit in my office for 10 hours a day, and surf the web. Boring as hell, but pays decent.


That's my dream job. I would love to fuck around on the internet all day and get paid for it while doing very little work.

[MissZooey]

For three more weeks, I'm a Reference Librarian at a Catholic university. After that, I become a part-time Research Asisstant (my prof's specialty: feminism and poststructuralist theory as they apply to cataloging and classification. I can't believe I'm saying this, but it's fascinating) while I write my thesis.

[Mad Man Mundt]

Peep show door man.



Not really. I am an accounts payable auditor. But a guy can dream can't he?

[Eyeball Kid]

Stay at home dad of a 3 1/2 year old boy.
Yesterday I cleaned up vomit. Three times! In three different locations!
But I also get spontaneous hugs and "I love you daddy" several times a day.

[Chris Miller]

Account Manager at a Title Insurance Company. Basically I coordinate title business for mortgage companies. The one I work chiefly with (for now) only does reverse mortgages, so the borrowers are a minimum of 62 years old. Most are over 80. And cranky as hell.

[McIrish]

Dammit, Miller gets to meet all the hot chicks!

[AlmightyShmun]

I wait tables at a Denny's near my house. It's actually not all that bad. I work graveyard with a couple of my good friends, and we have a lot of fun.

[kungfumonkeyMike]

Stay at home dad of a 3 1/2 year old boy.
Yesterday I cleaned up vomit. Three times! In three different locations!
But I also get spontaneous hugs and "I love you daddy" several times a day.

That is pretty awesome. As a soon to be daddy, I salute you!

[Chris Miller]

Dammit, Miller gets to meet all the hot chicks!
Haha.
I have to say, reading through this thread, it's easy to get very jealous of everyone in their creative positions, or of Judas (I used to be a loan officer, sometimes I miss it, I just don't miss the hours/lack of salary), but I think the guy I'm most jealous of is Eric.

[Rex Hudler]

I stamp out law widgets.

[Patrick Ripoll]

Manager at Blockbuster.

[Brandon]

Account Executive/Video Editor at a News Monitoring Company. Whew...

[C.Swicegood]

Fleet Manager for an expedited freight carrier.

[Jim Kelly]

Business Manager at a GM dealership is the full-time gig, but I announce high-school basketball games during the season (which is a blast), and I also tutor creative writing.

[Rex Hudler]

Uh, I mean I do play-by-play for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and collect MLBPA pension checks.

[Eyeball Kid]

Haha.
I have to say, reading through this thread, it's easy to get very jealous of everyone in their creative positions, or of Judas (I used to be a loan officer, sometimes I miss it, I just don't miss the hours/lack of salary), but I think the guy I'm most jealous of is Eric.

The grass is always greener, man. I've been doing it for close to two years now, and as great as it's been, I'm ready for at least a part time job. I miss interacting with adults who aren't stay-at-home moms themselves.

[Alan "Nordling" Cerny]

Supervisor for the Civil Department at Harris County Justice Court.

[Abbott & Prospero]

Freelance artist when I'm not photoshopping baby heads over top of boobs.

[Jcassady]

Attorney

(pure excitement)

[Rob Rocco]

Stay at home dad of a 3 1/2 year old boy.
Yesterday I cleaned up vomit. Three times! In three different locations!
But I also get spontaneous hugs and "I love you daddy" several times a day.
Dude, you win.

"Information Technology Professional" at the Canadian Consulate in Atlanta.

[DARKMITE8]

Video Game Producer.

Currently working on a major sports title for Xbox360/PS3/PS2/PC/PSP/NDS... simultaneously.

And we hit Beta in a couple weeks. I'm not a happy camper.


And I have "daddy duty" (age 3 in July) in the evenings when the wife's at work.

[Will Kane]

Broadcast Associate for CBS Sports

[FrankCobretti]

2 jobs:

#1: Deputy Division Director in a mid-sized, for-profit, national security-centered research and analysis outfit. I get paid to think about stuff and lead other people who think about stuff.

#2: Pilot in the Navy Reserve. I'm writing this from the lobby of the Guam Hilton, and I leave for New Guinea in a few hours. Good times.

[ObiJuan]

Culinary student and line-cook, though I'm between restaurants at the moment.

[Hanzo Steel]

high school teacher

[Zollicoffer]

Currently an Assistant Electrician. Yep. CURRENTly.

Once I get a Masters license, I then plan on going to school to become a paramedic, and would also like to train to become a projectionist. Then when I'm older, get into medicine.

Seriously. High Expectations.

[Ianthe]

Just started as a junior solicitor. Otherwise: professional time-waster.

[Brian C. Haley]

Speaking of work, I'm piss drunk and 45 minutes from being on the clock.

It's going to be a long night.

[Brian C. Haley]

It didn't take long.

I had to break a 50 at the bar around the corner from my office. My sole intent was to have some small bills for coffee and the bus home. I had two choices: walk around the narrow marsh moat seperating our parking lot from the bar or cut across in the unsure footing of the darkness. Drunk, I cut across hoping the best. I stomped three quarters of the way and stepped knee-deep in a shallow water pass along the way. Fuck.

I arrive and, in order to break the large bill, the bartender requires me to drink. I'm unable to finish the beer, fifteen drinks into the night, on no sleep with six hours of work ahead of me.

Most of that was on the clock. I'm back and ready for nap time.

Don't drink before work.

[Ryan S~]

Tape logger for Paperny Films starting tomorrow.

Kink is one of my favourite shows right now. Good luck!

[Brad Millette]

Currently an admin for the facilities management department at the University. Decent gig, good pay, and the benefits are fantastic.

[Ryan S~]

I recently sold my small freelance sound company to a larger sound company (assets included) for a nice price (my house is now over half paid off four years after buying). Larger sound company then decided to try and attract low budget filmmakers so they opened up a boutique style sound house with me running it. It allows us to give deals to smaller projects without compromising price on the big budget stuff ie) we don't charge indie filmmakers $400/hour for studio time.

Good news is that I'm my own boss and I do what I love. Bad news is that I get paid like I'm my own boss. Thankfully I have a wife who makes good money. The next three years are going to be very lean around the S~ household.

In my spare time I write scripts and hit people with big pieces of rattan.

[Kyle Reese]

Cashier. Liquor store.

[EdHocken]

Currently an Assistant Electrician. Yep. CURRENTly.

Once I get a Masters license, I then plan on going to school to become a paramedic, and would also like to train to become a projectionist. Then when I'm older, get into medicine.

Seriously. High Expectations.

Now those are some cool ideas, only thing I have that I'd love to at least try out for would be FBI in about 3 to 4 years.

[Belethedheliel]

Currently an Assistant Electrician. Yep. CURRENTly.

Once I get a Masters license, I then plan on going to school to become a paramedic, and would also like to train to become a projectionist. Then when I'm older, get into medicine.

Seriously. High Expectations.

Keep in mind that med school is 4 years, then you have a good few years of internship and residency. Getting that shit out of the way earlier rather than later is a good thing - the older you get, the shittier 120 hour work weeks become. Not that it can't be done, but I think its a lot easier if you're doing it in the 20s and 30s, not 40s.

[Feral Akodon]

Almost ripped the answer from kungfumonkey:

Finishing up my Master (Systematics), teaching college courses (Biology at their first year and Evolution at the third one), and doing research on the frigging rodents. I don't even have a lame grant. I'm just hoping to get a decent one in order to start doc somewhere else.

[Zollicoffer]

Keep in mind that med school is 4 years, then you have a good few years of internship and residency. Getting that shit out of the way earlier rather than later is a good thing - the older you get, the shittier 120 hour work weeks become. Not that it can't be done, but I think its a lot easier if you're doing it in the 20s and 30s, not 40s.

That's definitely the plan. I'm saving up for all the schoolin' needed with the electrical work, and getting the Masters license will give me something to fall back on with the wait.

[kungfumonkeyMike]

Almost ripped the answer from kungfumonkey:

Finishing up my Master (Systematics), teaching college courses (Biology at their first year and Evolution at the third one), and doing research on the frigging rodents. I don't even have a lame grant. I'm just hoping to get a decent one in order to start doc somewhere else.

Yeah, and even lame grants are getting much harder to come by with all the money going to the war and not to NIH.

[Belethedheliel]

That's definitely the plan. I'm saving up for all the schoolin' needed with the electrical work, and getting the Masters license will give me something to fall back on with the wait.

No offense, but paying off student loans after is easier (and often more cost effective) than saving up on the front end. You've probably already done that math, but I'd definitely suggest paying off student loans as a doctor over saving up as an electrician to avoid the loans.

[Henry_Hill]

Real Estate Developer

[Feral Akodon]

Yeah, and even lame grants are getting much harder to come by with all the money going to the war and not to NIH.
location: muy lejos che

here is sudamerica Uruguay if that matters. somewhere else is another country nearby which really cares about education. you will be amazed how much researches we "exported" to US.

[kungfumonkeyMike]

location: muy lejos che

here is sudamerica Uruguay if that matters. somewhere else is another country nearby which really cares about education. you will be amazed how much researches we "exported" to US.

Oops! Didn't notice your location. Sorry about that. Still, best of luck regardless!

[JGButler]

Promotions Manager for a CBS Affiliate and Freelance Graphics/Web Guy