So, whats day job?

[DRod]

Dang. This took of more than I thought it would. Bout what I expected really. I worked at Wal-Mart for a while, nine months to be exact. I got the point of blatant misanthropy while I worked there. Lets just say that wasn't the best job I've had. I had a bad habit of not saying the right thing to people from a retail stand point. Basically it was like this, If I thought you were a dumbass... I said you were a dumbass. Its wonder they didn't fire me. I also had the "call in record"... 17 days in one month... They still didn't fire me. Ah well. I make twice what I did there...

[Agent Starling]

full-time student in a medical-related field! :D

Starling

[The Deacon]

Computer programmer / systems analyst for a NY State government agency. I develop and maintain applications that allow data accumulated by our agency to be stored and retrieved electronically. I design the data structures to store that data in an Oracle relational database and the interfaces which enable the user's to enter that data and to retrieve it in meaningful ways. I also maintain and enhance those interfaces, write and revise the "user manuals" for them, and assist in the training of agency staff to use them.

At one time I was commuting over 2 hours each way to work, but for the last six years have cut that down to less than an half-hour each way. When the State offered us the option of working a 4 day "compressed" work week a couple years ago I jumped at the chance. It allows me to have an extra day off each week and still be out of the house fewer hours each workday than I was when I had the long commute.

[wec12]

Full-time student + Human dissection :cool: .

[Stenny]

Student, but in my free time, I make money as a knifemaker, swordmaker, jewellery maker, safety advisor, review-writer and so on. Odd jobs...

[Texas guy]

I earned my business degree in finance last year, now I am a loan officer for a large finance company. Being the new guy on the team I have a billion things to learn, but they treat us good so I expect to stick around for awhile and build up my resume of experience. Pay so far is only average, but I hope to move up the ol' corporate ladder.
My ZDP Caly Jr. is my office edc; it opens all the letters, coffee containters and toner cartridges for me. When I got the job I was expecting major resistance against me carrying in the office, now I get asked to borrow my "huge-*** knife" (they think a Caly Jr. is huge :eek: ) Looks like I wont be packing a Military to work anytime soon, haha.

I cant believe this thread was started on Spyderco forums and nobody thought to ask "Whats your day job, and you day jobs edc! :spyder: "

[Derkomai]

I work four days a week at the Tropical Museum (Tropenmuseum) in Amsterdam, a part of the Royal Tropical Institute (Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen). I do all kind of things: museum attendant, information desk, ticket sales, museum tours, helping with the exhibitions, etc.

Two days a week I go to University (VU Amsterdam) to study (non-)western history, mainly Asian and Global History to get my MA degree. I already have a BA degree in history so I would be able to be a teacher in high school (but I am not that crazy :D ).

[Halfneck]

I work as a medical specialist in the clinic system of a small county hospital. Basically the job I do is the same as a nurse, but they had no idea what to call me as my training is civilian EMT and Army Medic. Pay is not too bad, but it works out OK with my disability pay from the V.A. added in. I do enjoy my job, and it is nice to be able to help in the community you live in.

I am also slowly working on a degree in Clinical Admin/Management.

[ASmitty]

I've been a stay at home Dad for the past two years and will be for the next three at least. In my BC (before child) life I was a Licensed Veterinary Technician, kinda like an RN for animals but with more responsibility/variety of disciplines.
Cheers,
Rob

That's awesome man, I mean it. I don't think enough fathers are willing to stay home in our modern society. I grew up with a stay at home mom and I think that a stay at home parent can be very beneficial for children.

I'm currently an undergrad student in South Dakota. After my graduation in a year I would like to continue on to either get my DO or DPM degree.

[Dr. Snubnose]

I own and operate a Chinese Kung Fu Center where I teach 5 Animal Shaolin Kung Fu, Tai Chi Chuan, Filipino Stick and Dagger Fighting, and I also work as a Defensive Tactics and Firearms Instructor for Law Enforcement Agents...Doc :D

[The Mastiff]

Ex soldier, ex cop, ex construction, ex Railroad labourer, Bouncer, 15 year Corr. Off. / 14 years security concurrently, personal security, loan collection/compliance specalist. Currently on med. leave to get some damaged/worn joints surgically repaired. Then it's back to the trenches.
I've been through everything almost....except gunshot wounds. No cauliflower ears either. :) Joe

[Peter1960]

I've a good full time job (~ 50 hours a week) for a dutch big group in printing environment. I'm a so-called account manager for a certain customer group (mostly in government) and try to find potential customers and serve them with our reliable printing systems and software tools.

[flipe8]

I'm in my fourteenth year as a professional firefighter and also dabble in seakayak guiding during the warmer months. Not one, but two jobs I love. :)

[224477]

Customer service operator within an in-plant team, workin for a major computer producer. Global logistics...

[WOTANSON1]

[quote="ASmitty"]That's awesome man, I mean it. I don't think enough fathers are willing to stay home in our modern society. I grew up with a stay at home mom and I think that a stay at home parent can be very beneficial for children.

Very kind of you to say that. I'm getting a lot of positive remarks from men when they find out what I do. I think if given the chance men would like to be more involved with the raising of their kids. I too grew up with a stay at home Mom. Dad worked graveyard shifts so he could be home with us when we got up and when we got home from school (he slept when we were at school). We wanted something like that for our son, family economics made the choice of who stays home easy. Good luck in school!
Cheers,
Rob

[DFD04]

In my third year as a Denver Firefighter. Like the other firemen on this forum, I am so happy to have a job that I love.

[Jimd]

Corrections Counselor, Defensive Tactics Instructor, Immediate Responder Instructor, former Sniper in one of the top five largest prisons in the U.S..

[Fred Sanford]

I'm a network analyst for a large hospital in the Cleveland Ohio area. Myself and 3 other guys build servers, configure switches, routers, etc. We maintain the LAN/WAN stuff too. We have about 120 servers, 1230 workstations, and 6 locations. I'm MCSE, and Linux+ certified and working on a couple of Cisco certs right now. I've been doing this for about 10 years now, and I really enjoy what I do. I get paid to do my hobby pretty much.

We have Windows, Linux, Unix, AIX, and Novell servers. We run only Cisco equipment for switches and routers.

[liberty911]

Active duty Air Force firefighter for 5 years! Love my job. Low pay, but I get annual vacations to some very warm places. Very satisfying job.

[Axlis]

I process and fill chlorine for Brenntag Chemicals, not a bad job really.

You just have to be careful and mindful of what you do, chlorine gas is not very forgiving once it hits the atmosphere.