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Well, Cataholic's thread made me think about humans' occupations. It's interesting what kind of people are pet-people? Is there a link between what we do and how we like pets?
I am a translator (English-Romanian-Russian). BTW, my Juni speaks all of these languages.
I used to teach in elementary schools ; I gave up this job when we got our kids , because I hated to tell them "mom is busy" everytime they wanted to play !!!
So now , I am a full-time mom , and take care of my hubby (of course ;) :D ) , my son Jo (17) , my daughter Indra (13) , and my pets Maya and Inka (cats) , Jasper (guinea pig) , Billie (bun) and many fishes ! See , I am quite busy (and when I am not , I am posting on PT ...:rolleyes: :D ) !http://www.uselessgraphics.com/school3.gif
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I'm a Web Tech for a local Law School.
I've always loved animals and I pursued an art degree.
I think my number one occupation is care taker. I take care of Joey, the kitties, the ferrets, whatever my family should happen to need(from running to the bank to taking care of my little sister, I'm the one they call)
Aside from finishing up school with a degree in Communications, minor in Psychology, every job I've had since high school has been as some sort of secretary(again I think that fits into the caretaker occuaption as I take care of anything and everything in the office that no one else wants to :p )
My husband and I are both professional musicians in the Orlando area. That gives us plenty of time at home with the boys. We do big convention band/ award shows. When we travel to do a big show, we are gone maybe 20 hours, and the boys are well behaved and anxious to see us when we get in. They don't seem to mind our lack of 'schedule' even if we get in at 6:30 am. So, keep your eyes open if your company ever sends you to Orlando for a convention. You might see us groovin' in the band!
Also, we did many years (12) on the cruise ships. We saw the whole world, and mainly I noticed how some parts of the world treat their cats (or disregard them) Many heatbreaking experiences out there when I knew I couldn't help a little kitty. But, I did bring meat off the ship(an offense) to give them sometimes, hoping to 'hold them over' until someone possibly helped.
Still makes me sad to think of them. I remember their faces. And I have pictures.
I'm an office manager for an electrical contractor in the fine city of Chicago. My boss and I are the only ones in the office, and he is gone most of the time, which is what allows me the free time to enjoy PT. :) However, since there's only me to do all the work here in the office, sometimes it gets quite hectic and it's hard for me to keep up with my daily work. This usually happens when I take vacation since there's no one to do my work when I'm gone, so it just piles up. :( I can't complain though as my boss treats me well, which helps to justify the hour commute each way, every day - ugh!
I'm a chemist, between jobs at the moment. I've always loved animals; went from 2 to 4 cats shortly after moving to Peekskill. I got involved with a local rescue in 2001.
I am an office administrator for a law firm in Burlington. I had this same position in Philadelphia for many years. I am very tired of it, needless to say. I have had my share of nasty clients, immature lawyers and miserable staff. Is it Friday yet?
:rolleyes:
I'm an elementary school teacher teaching grade 2 for the first time. I have no life right now. If I didn't have the cats at home I'd be at school 24/7 as there is so much to do.
I am an editorial director in a travel publishing company (although I am a physicist). It's a great job as I have to work with people from all over the world. The more it's stressy the more I need little extra escapes like a quick PT mail. It's especially stressy in October-December when we prepare our new books for the spring travel season.
I'm a vet tech. I've been doing this for 2-1/2 years.
I work in human resources for a small telecommunications company. I am also on the faculty of an organization which teaches compensation and benefit
The economy right now does not make human resources a very fun job. :( :(
But I've been dong this long enough to know things will change!
I work for a California bank, making small business loans. One of the nicest perks I have is that my office is in my home, and most of my work is done by Fed EX, Fax, email, and of course, the dreaded telephone! But it is a great job and I have met people all over the country as a result. :)
I have had lots of jobs and learned a lot of skills since I had to work after hubbys cancer (medical bill ) Now we own a bussiness that I work at home doing. I can do calls and email clients . takes about 2 hours a day. Hope to have hubby able to be home by March then the dogs will really be spoiled.
I've mentioned my occupation before on other threads, but I am a department manager in a "large discount department store chain" which I will not name, because I have to "represent" my store even when I'm not there, and keeping it anonymous means I can really let loose and tell it like it really is:p without casting a shadow on my employer. I shouldn't complain about my job, because I never went to college (only person in my family who didn't - boooooo:o ), and I'm making pretty good money anyway, but working in retail SUCKS most of the time. (I had "issues" in high school, one of which was never knowing what I wanted to do career-wise; the other was failing almost every class despite having a very high IQ - go figure.) Then again, my sisters who did graduate didn't fare much better than me - one is unemployed (and insane), and the other is still in school pursuing her PhD and unemployed, and very stressed out about school. I am very definitely looking forward to retirement, because I started full-time at the store when I was 17, and I'm getting a little burned out. (24 years in, and 24 more to go - AAAAAGH!!)
We have computers at work, but they are ancient, running Windows NT from about 1994, and have no Internet access, to keep us drones from wasting the company's time and money:rolleyes: Where I work, sitting down is a felony - get your butt out there on the salesfloor!!!!!!!!:rolleyes: :p
How cool! that sounds like so much fun. Do you play an instrument? What do you play? I didn't persue it professionally, but I loved the band in college and was in 4 different bands, plus the honerary band sorority(Tau Beta Sigma)! :eek: LOL :DQuote:
Originally posted by rosethecopycat
My husband and I are both professional musicians in the Orlando area. ...
How neat it is to hear about other PTer's professions!:D I work in a small startup type company that specializes in e-services (B2B ecommerce, eFax, eHub...etc). My title is Product Applications Engineer... :confused: Who knows what that's really supposed to mean? LOL :rolleyes: What I do is work in 3 different departments: Customer Support, Pre-Sales & Mktg and IT. I train customers on our products: both in person and over the web via web comferencing, create sales collateral and presentations and the company inter/intra nets. If you look at our company website (which I really need to update!! :o ) you may even see me in the banner at the top of the screen! The banner changes every time the page is refreshed or if you go to a different page. I have put various company employees in the banner rather than random people. I thought it would be a fun touch :)
I'm also in the process of learning BizTalk since a lot of our products are going to be integrated with it. I am also learning and going to implement the SharePoint Server Portal.
It's a fun job, because there are many things to do and I get to interact with different people and learn a lot. The downside is my commute from you know where and the cost of living of the Bay Area!! :rolleyes:
I really like what I'm doing now, but I really have a call for an animal-related career. I may persue that sometime down the road. Maybe something in rescue, behavior, or vet tech:)
:D
I work for a large insurance company as a web developer. I work in the Catastrophe department (natural disasters) doing technical projects and such. I also work with our company's Mentoring Program, which is something I really like doing. I love my boss and the people I work with...something that makes me enjoy coming to work...
One day, I'll be done with school and will be working in a "Children's Hospital" with terminally ill children, I'm really looking forward to doing something that calls to my heart.
Currently, I am a rehabilitation Counsellor at the worker's compensation board. I help get injured worker's back to work and co-ordinate their medical and rehab care. I just started doing this in July. For seven years previously, I was a child protection social worker.
That is so well described! Earlier this week I was talking with one of my old "running mates" about what we want to do in our next job. I said I wanted to work -- in hr -- but with a non-profit. (A friend of mine does hr with the Lyric Opera -- sounds so fun!) Anyway...he asked me why a non-profit? -- since on top of everything they don't pay as well. I blathered on about vocation/avocation -- pride in who I do things for as well as what I do...blah,. blah, blah.Quote:
, I'm really looking forward to doing something that calls to my heart.
You have perfectly described what I was trying to say ...do something that calls to my heart!
Right now I'm a college student working odd jobs. I'm a music major so I do a few gigs when I get a chance. I work for a theatre leauge, which does productions here in Tucson and Phoenix, so when a musical comes into town I'm usually playing in the pitt. I'm also a member of the Blazer Quintet (woodwind quintet) and Apacalypso (which is a small steel drum ensemble) and we play weddings and such. Then I also work for a pet sitting company and right now my main job (the one that pays the bills) is working for a research marketing firm.
I am a dog/cat groomer. Have been for 18 1/2 years.
SAS- ain't you so SASSY? My mom 'warned' me that someone had unkind words about attorneys..and it was YOU!!!! :eek: :eek: :eek: Why, I never! Define "immature" for me...Quote:
Originally posted by sasvermont
I am an office administrator for a law firm in Burlington. I had this same position in Philadelphia for many years. I am very tired of it, needless to say. I have had my share of nasty clients, immature lawyers and miserable staff. Is it Friday yet?
:rolleyes:
Yup, I am a lawyer, totally love it, and am suited for the job..fortunetly or unfortunetly, you decide. Small firm, general litigation, enough action to keep me hoppin' , not enough to make me crazy (I am not!). I was a claims adjuster, til I went back to school..
I work in the media relations deppartment of the weizmann institute of science which is I think the most successful one in Israel. I manage the archives of the department and update our website with our new publications.
Right now I work at Petco as a Bath and Brusher and I also do Pet Portraits. I used to work at a Gas Station. I'm poor. :(
I'd like to major in art in college. I have no clue how I'm going to have a "career" in the "real world." I'm a total loser, and I have absolutely no skills, especially no people skills........*sigh* I guess I'll just have to wait for that rich husband lol. ;)
Hi Efrat , Weizmann Inst. is well known
all over the world , but you already know that. Would you mind post the Institut'URL , or send it to me via PM?
I'd apreciate! And my father even more!
Thanks .
OK .I'm a kind of Production Manager in a very small company which trade with chemical and pharmaceutical products for animal food an care. I'm the responsible one for EVERYTHING that happens there.
Plus I'm the only girl there and it's not fun, not easy. I feel lonely I'd appreciate another girl there to keep me company.
"That calls to my heart" is make ceramics, I lost my change some time ago. I was a hard decision it's no easy to earn you life in artistic work.
Awww come on! You're job is so much fun and not bad at all for an 18 year old! Do you know that most kids your age don't even work? They're too busy studying. :) You still have your parents at home to feed you and clothe you, so don't worry about the job now. Worry about it when you're older and on your own. :) As for now, enjoy all the pets you meet at Petco. :D Hmmm..............well, since your a girl, if you get a "rich" husband, you may not even have to work. :D Don't worry just yet! LOL!Quote:
Originally posted by wolf_Q
Right now I work at Petco as a Bath and Brusher and I also do Pet Portraits. I used to work at a Gas Station. I'm poor. :(
I'd like to major in art in college. I have no clue how I'm going to have a "career" in the "real world." I'm a total loser, and I have absolutely no skills, especially no people skills........*sigh* I guess I'll just have to wait for that rich husband lol. ;)
As for me, I'm am currently just a high school student, but I hope to be an elementry school teacher some day and a part-time artist. :D
I'm a student, and I can't even find a part time job. :( The economy in this province is sad, sad, sad.. thank god for my wonderful parents and a trust fund scholarship!
When I'm out of school I'm going to teach high school English
I'm a retired bookkeepper. Retired! Its fantastic! The best job in the whole wide world!!
I get to spend 24/7 with my cats and on the computer. Whatever I want to do when I want to do it. It sounds selfish, and it is, but I've earned it.
I work for an ophthalmologist now on a part-time basis doing medical transcription and helping out the receptionists. I was doing this full time and more heavily involved with the patients but cut back to part time in '97. I really enjoy my hours but do sometimes miss the interaction with the patients. Many of ours are senior citizens who have sought us out for their cataract surgery. The downside is we become so attached to some of them and so many have now passed away. One couple in particular was so sweet and would send us postcards when they went on vacation. When the husband passed away we all went to his funeral. Others shower us with "goodies from the kitchen." Of course there are the grouchy folks but I find that the sweet ones far outnumber the grouches.
I was almost sure that most of us work either in offices (work with people) or veterinary clinics - it's true. I sure hope all the professions shouldn't exclude love for animals. I am glad that also at any age people choose to share their lives, homes with pets.
Sounds to me like you need a good swift kick in the pants! Don't be so down on yourself!!!!! How old are you? Where are you in the education process? What makes you happy?Quote:
Originally posted by wolf_Q
Right now I work at Petco as a Bath and Brusher and I also do Pet Portraits. I used to work at a Gas Station. I'm poor. :(
I'd like to major in art in college. I have no clue how I'm going to have a "career" in the "real world." I'm a total loser, and I have absolutely no skills, especially no people skills........*sigh* I guess I'll just have to wait for that rich husband lol. ;)
Wolf_ Q,
I was much poorer thatn you at age 25! I ate my share of fish sticks. I couldn't imagine myself EVER owning a house AND still being a musician. But now I'm 41, and have two houses. I'm playing music (sax) for a living and I'm trying to figure out a way to do it forever. (even when I look like a granny playing horn, hopefully I'll still rock)
I didn't 'marry' money in fact I married 'debt' so it has been a long journey.
Hey, I think I'd like your job, pet grooming. Getting to interact with all sorts of animals.
You have to make it happen for you.
:)
Cataholic -- as I am in Human Resources I work with lawyers all the time (in fact am in the middle of a "situation" right now with lawyers.) Here's the way it goes....my lawyer is smart, clever, ethical, and right. The other sides lawyer is unethical, a snake, and wrong! :D ;) :D
Life can be very simple sometimes.
I am a veterinary techinician but also do grooming. Right now I am not working because I am a stay at home mom and rat breeder.
I also run a small scale wildlife rehab and exotic animal rescue. :)
I'm an Adoption Counselor / Animal Technician at an animal shelter. I enjoy it so much. I don't make much money, but I am doing what I love and what fulfills my life. I have also been blessed with 2 wonderful dogs from the job :D :D :D
I'm going to school and doing some internships to study Canine Behavior. When I get my degree and certifications, I want to be a behaviorist but just work strictly with shelter animals and rescue groups. I've looked into it and I will be making pretty decent money AND doing what I love :)
ALY~
That sounds wonderful! I hope you make it through and are able to help all those pets in need. I went to your site and I love it. Keep up the dog work!
my life has always revolved around children...i have directed a daycare center, taught in the head start program and now have been in public education for many years in different areas....mostly as a kindergarten teacher and for the last few years as a first grade teacher in the urban sector. i love what i do, but it has been getting more difficult over the years to make the kind of difference i wish to make.....still love it tho.;)
I was a career consultant for an IT company, helping people through an IT entry course and recruiting them into client companies when they had finished (and were ready for the interview process). Could have been the greatest job, but the IT sector fell in a heap and the company had to take anybody who had $10,000 for the course. There were lots of parents who forked out the money just to get rid of their children for three months :eek: . Dealing with people who don't want to work was hard. I have no idea what to do next. Well, I have a few ideas but the economy, start-up costs, fear of failure etc etc are all factors right now.
I am a shipping and receiving coordinator at Nestle'. Unfortunatelly for me the economy is so bad .. cause I am desperately trying to get out of here... after 2.5 years and all the free candy I could ask for ... 16 extra pounds.. and I am ready to go. ... I am in school now to get my business management degree so I can open my own pet hotel... I can't wait... I will be getting paid to play with animals all day...which as perfectly put already... it calls to my heart... I am pretty sure it will be successful because there are NONE in my area... I would love to work for one now but the closest one is about a 45 minute drive from my house... so Nestle' it will be for now.:eek:
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Originally posted by Cataholic
Sounds to me like you need a good swift kick in the pants! Don't be so down on yourself!!!!! How old are you? Where are you in the education process? What makes you happy?
I'm 18. I graduated from high school in May 2002. Actually, I graduated with honors, and had a 3.9 gpa. I had no money saved up for college though, and my parents won't pay for any of it. I was really hoping to get a good art scholarship, and I think I devoted too much time to that...and well, I didn't get it...depressing.....anyway, so I did not end up at college this year.
I enjoy the pet grooming, but I'm not sure if I can do it. The other groomers say I'm "too nice." lol. What I would really LOVE is to open up some sort of pet store....not much market for it in Utah....buuut....like that has grooming, day care, and I could sell my own pet art and crafts. Oh boy what a dream, lol, unfortunately this would require $$$! Anyone wanna donate? ha ha
I don't know. Just clueless here. I'm not sure how to make a profession out of art. I can't TALK to people, it SUCKS being shy!! :( Sorry for rambling on here....