What's your job?

[George Palmer]

I'm a video editor and after effects wrangler. I also do animation, drawing, VO, character voices, audio work and the occasional bit of writing.

Oh I also teach Muay Thai to schizophrenia patients at the local sanitarium on weekends.

 

[Fridge]

Hey fellow escapists!

This is kind-of search bar approved, but since there are over 50.000 threads out there in the off-topic section it's quite unbelievable that there's no thread about this.

SO, my question is:



What is your job or what do you do? (Well it can also be that you attend a school or something)



Well I personally quit the IT college I attended for the last 2 years to become an IT-technician in the federal ministry of interior of Austria (I know that it would have been more intelligent to stay at the college ). While I am being developed an IT technician, which lasts 3 years until I'm an apprentice, besides I am doing a handful of exams for the general qualification for university entrance. It's quite a lot to do at the moment but it'll be worth it in the end. After all that I'm probably going to the university.

I'm a freelance graphic designer, its not a great paying gig but I love what I do, and at night I do street art.
The only thing that I hate about my job are some of the questions the clients come up with, and that they think just because they can use photoshop (or its equivilent) that they can do my job. No you can't, you haven't even worked out why you shouldn't use comic san's IN EVERY FUCKING THING! /rant.

 

[George Palmer]

Hey fellow escapists!

This is kind-of search bar approved, but since there are over 50.000 threads out there in the off-topic section it's quite unbelievable that there's no thread about this.

SO, my question is:



What is your job or what do you do? (Well it can also be that you attend a school or something)



Well I personally quit the IT college I attended for the last 2 years to become an IT-technician in the federal ministry of interior of Austria (I know that it would have been more intelligent to stay at the college ). While I am being developed an IT technician, which lasts 3 years until I'm an apprentice, besides I am doing a handful of exams for the general qualification for university entrance. It's quite a lot to do at the moment but it'll be worth it in the end. After all that I'm probably going to the university.

I'm a freelance graphic designer, its not a great paying gig but I love what I do, and at night I do street art.
The only thing that I hate about my job are some of the questions the clients come up with, and that they think just because they can use photoshop (or its equivilent) that they can do my job. No you can't, you haven't even worked out why you shouldn't use comic san's IN EVERY FUCKING THING! /rant.

oh my god I HATE that!! Im right there with you. I've had many clients attempt to "do the design work" for me so I "know which direction to take" because "they know design and know their audience". Well if they know all that then what the hell am I here for? These people kill me. lol. In those instances I try to show them why I get paid what I do, but if they refuse to listen I just say "ok" and give them exactly what they ask for. At my freelance rate.

 

[Fridge]

Hey fellow escapists!

This is kind-of search bar approved, but since there are over 50.000 threads out there in the off-topic section it's quite unbelievable that there's no thread about this.

SO, my question is:



What is your job or what do you do? (Well it can also be that you attend a school or something)



Well I personally quit the IT college I attended for the last 2 years to become an IT-technician in the federal ministry of interior of Austria (I know that it would have been more intelligent to stay at the college ). While I am being developed an IT technician, which lasts 3 years until I'm an apprentice, besides I am doing a handful of exams for the general qualification for university entrance. It's quite a lot to do at the moment but it'll be worth it in the end. After all that I'm probably going to the university.

I'm a freelance graphic designer, its not a great paying gig but I love what I do, and at night I do street art.
The only thing that I hate about my job are some of the questions the clients come up with, and that they think just because they can use photoshop (or its equivilent) that they can do my job. No you can't, you haven't even worked out why you shouldn't use comic san's IN EVERY FUCKING THING! /rant.

oh my god I HATE that!! Im right there with you. I've had many clients attempt to "do the design work" for me so I "know which direction to take" because "they know design and know their audience". Well if they know all that then what the hell am I here for? These people kill me. lol. In those instances I try to show them why I get paid what I do, but if they refuse to listen I just say "ok" and give them exactly what they ask for. At my freelance rate.

Good man.
Its one of the pitfalls I always swore I would do something about, and to some extent I have. Regular clients know how to give me the brief and they reccomend new ones. But every so often I get one who tries to do that and they get the evil eye followed by a short diatribe.
I also take on trainee's, which I love doing.

 

[Croaker42]

Manual Test Technician (Quality Assurance)for a software development company.
We make educational software. So I run test cases all day and play educational games.
Its like game tester but with a better paycheck........ and all the games are educational.

 

[caselj01]

Im a KGB spy.
Wait, no Im not, and even if I was, I would definately NOT be stealing information on missile guidance systems from Raytheon.
Now If you'll excuse me, these messages aren't going to decode themselves.

 

[Limie]

Sleeping.

I want your job

Only a very few can handle it. Some can stick it out, some give up and go home...and some go crazy and are never seen again. What will you do?

I think i'll sleep on it.

 

[TPiddy]

Web software developer, specializing in the Flash platform, but I can also do C# / Silverlight / HTML / Javascript / AJAX / CSS. Flash is just more fun and it seems to be my bread and butter right now. Currently working on a contract to develop a navigation UI for a document management company.

 

[The Man With the Soap]

I am a student who will be going into the Marine Cor. soon.

 

[superbatranger]

I punch bears for a living.

Do you have a good dental plan?

I work in a call center taking sports bets from people in the US. You gotta love loopholes.

 

[Sacman]

I work as a retention specialist for a company that process electronic payments

I work in luxury fashion in Mayfair (thats London btw for all you uneducated types.)

www.irwinandjordan.com

check it out xD

Careful with the link. If the mods see it as an advertisement attempt they might take action. I hope they don't. Welcome to the escapist!

I work at Borders, part time...<.<

What IS Boarders?

Borders is a book store...

 

[Jacob.pederson]

I used to be a librarian, but for now I'm mostly "there for" my kids. My eldest needs a bit more care than other children his age. I guess you could call me a home make or a housewife.

Hooray another actual adult Me I'm in IT part time, and home schooling full time.

 

[TheTinyMan]

Massively Multiplayer Strategy-ish. Really hard to explain without seeing it. As you might imagine from a single-person project, it's pretty simplistic (2D top-down graphics) and relies heavily on procedural content generation.

Believe it or not I was just talking about the need for a persistent world MMO strategy game with a friend last weekend. (after describing Dwarf Fortress to him...he assumed it was persistent world and MMO until he saw it)

And you say 'procedural content generation' like it's a bad thing, and not a big, big thing right now. I've sunk a *bunch* of hours in Minecraft and its procedural content generation in the last few weeks.

I hope to hear more of this soon!

 

[CarpathianMuffin]

Aside from my schooling, I volunteer at the local elementary school as a reading tutor. That could be considered my job, I suppose. 'Cept I don't get paid for it.

 

[selvaganesh87]

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[gyroscopeboy]

Im a Photoshop image editor...I work on professional photographers images and make them look kickass.
Oh and i also teach workshops on Photoshop.

 

[General_Potatoes]

I don't have a job so im playing as many games as I can until I get one and won't have enough time to play anymore.

 

[The Artificially Prolonged]

I work the evening shift in a office. Is as exciting as it sounds :

Captcha: employed alonallo arrgh get out my head.

 

[FamoFunk]

I am a full-tume Mummy.
I don't get paid for it though.