Sorry if this is too personal for anyone or if you don't want to share that's fine. But, since most people mention it once in a while anyway, I thought I'd just ask: what do you do for a living?
I'm currently a sophomore at Bucknell University working on obtaining my BS in Cell Biology & Biochemistry. Also, I work about 10 hours a week at the Campus Box Office.
It's a very stressful time, but I wouldn't trade any of it (except for the exams).
Apryl- College is so much more fun than high school... and much more accepting of all kinds of people. I've made much better friends here than I did in high school.
well, i wouldn't say i have an "occupation". i have a bachelor's degree in computer science, but it hasn't helped me out one bit. i have a shaky, "temporary" job as an assistant in a brokerage.
Got a totally useless degree in Anthropology that didn't open doors to many viable career opportunities (although I'm very adept at discovering and observing relics - mainly from under my couch cushions). Went back to school with the intent of learning something of interest I could actually put to economic use (especially once it became evident single-motherhood was in my near future). Didn't have the time, money or inclination to go to law school and chose the secondary route of becoming a law clerk (you know, the ones who do all the work the lawyers bill for ) I work in a fancy office tower downtown that has lots of stairs to walk down during a blackout (negative) and get to surf and post during office hours under the pretense of conducting "research" (positive). All in all it could be worse and I don't think I was really cut out to be the female Indiana Jones
So my user name is not really tacking a "j" at the front of "illegal" (although that has a certain appeal) but reflects my name AND job
I'm still figuring out what I want to be when I grow up.
Currently, I'm unemployed and caring for my aging father. Before I got laid off, I was a technical writer. During my employment and after I was laid off, I ran my own animal rescue and spay/neuter program (unpaid, of course). That was actually my most favorite occupation to date, but I gave that up when we moved to take care of my Dad.
I have a B.S. in Accounting and Finance (blech!) and I'm two classes shy of an M.A. in Technical Communicaton. Probably won't finish, but never say never.
I, too, agree that college is a lot more fun than high school. I still have friends from college and after, but none from high school. Since I'm now living in my childhood home, I run into people from H.S. a lot more than I care to.
I work as a Reports Analyst for a big callcenter (1400+ employees) here in Edmonton where I live. I do all of the reporting for Edmonton and Houston, TX for the contract that I am on (Yahoo!). Before transferring to the Yahoo! (yahoo.com) project a month ago, I did all of the reporting for Hewlett-Packard/Compaq in Edmonton and Kamloops BC, and I also oversaw a database for the HP team on Houston. I really love the work that I do, although I am still looking for a different job lol.
In August when I returned home, I got a job with "Dialogue Marketing". You could pretty much say "tele-marketing" because they do that too, but I work in the department that calls people in New York and New Jersey, who are previous blood, platelet, and plasma donors. We just call and see if they would want to donate blood again, and if they do, we set up appointments for them.
A lot of the people we call get so mad, because we call quite often, but hey, there's need for blood everywhere.
I decided to come out of lurking status! I am a microbiologist at a water plant. Basically that means I am responsible for making sure there is no bacteria in the drinking water.
I have a BS in Chemistry, but if I knew what the real world was like I would have gotten my degree in Chemical Engineering. Another interest was Public Relations or Human Resources.
I worked as a Validation/Research chemist and technical writer for 2 years then moved on to a food company where I was a bench chemist for 2.5 years (required way less skill and paid more, don't ask me ) I was promoted into the Shift manager Group where my primary responsibilties are Enviromental, Health, and Safety excompassing the areas of Incident Command and Hazmat response. Secondary responsibilities include maintenenace prioritization, allocation of plant resources and contractors during shift, and reporting production issues. A fancy way of saying **** travels downhill and I am at the bottom, but I LOVE my job.
I find it interesting that so many of us are degreed, and obviously highly intelligent and yet we still struggle with our fattitude knowing full well energy to output ratios make the difference.
For the last 7 years, I've been a stay at home mom. Before that I was an administrative assistant (fancy term for secretary, gopher, and basic catch-all person) for many years.
About a year ago I started my own web site company. I didn't know anything at all about e-commerce or building a web site, but I spent a long time doing a lot of research, and I started my own business, built my own web site, and have gotten great rankings in the search engines for it. I feel like I've really accomplished something because I didn't know anything at all, and now I beat out a lot of the major companies on Google for high ranking.
Of course my full time job is still as a mom to my 6 kids and 65 pound dog!
hmmm. BS in biochem. started a masters in immunology, but stopped when i realised i'd have to do horrible things to little fuzzy critters.
spent awhile in hospital labs, doing immunology and serology and bacteriology.
and then a long stint in medical/scientific publishing. some journals. some books.
then medical writing. and more editing. literature research. data analysis. epidemiology. statistics. assorted other icky [that's the technical term!] topics.
all leading to a position as: THE EDITORIAL DIRECTOR of a ocmpany that does continuing medical education. a euphemism for pharmaceutical marketing.
OT: What's Your Occupation?
) I work in a fancy office tower downtown that has lots of stairs to walk down during a blackout (negative) and get to surf and post during office hours under the pretense of conducting "research" (positive). All in all it could be worse and I don't think I was really cut out to be the female Indiana Jones 
) I was promoted into the Shift manager Group where my primary responsibilties are Enviromental, Health, and Safety excompassing the areas of Incident Command and Hazmat response. Secondary responsibilities include maintenenace prioritization, allocation of plant resources and contractors during shift, and reporting production issues. A fancy way of saying **** travels downhill and I am at the bottom, but I LOVE my job. 
