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  • PhenomTT
    478 posts
    edited January 2013
    retired developer.. currently a pit boss for a construction company
  • itsmedanshep
    565 posts
    edited January 2013
    Looking for work since my wife and I moved to Philadelphia. Not a lot of opportunities in the journalism business here right now. Before, I was a copy editor at a newspaper in Arkansas and before that ran the copy desk at a newspaper in New York. My wife is a physical therapist at Children's Hospital.
  • mellytan
    1258 posts
    edited January 2013
    Career break. I quit my job to find myself. I was drowning in my job and lost myself. Plus my boss was a pain in the ****. So far, I've been traveling. The places I've been to so far are New York, D.C, Boston, LA, San Francisco, Sydney, Melbourne, ****, Bali, Gold Coast and in a few days time I'm leaving for Bangkok.

    Come March, it's time to get back into the job market.
  • pimaspinner
    9 posts
    edited January 2013
    I went back to college last summer as a 40 year old undergrad. I never finished a degree 20 years ago, so when I lost my job I looked at it as an opportunity to go back.
  • H1_ROADBLOK
    2884 posts Member
    edited January 2013
    mellytan wrote:
    I quit my job to find myself.

    You know a GPS would have worked better to find yourself but whatever works, I guess.
  • mellytan
    1258 posts
    edited January 2013
    mellytan wrote:
    I quit my job to find myself.

    You know a GPS would have worked better to find yourself but whatever works, I guess.

    Stupid apple maps. Giving me the wrong directions. :evil:
  • peruhomer
    1325 posts Member
    edited January 2013
    mellytan wrote:
    Career break. I quit my job to find myself. I was drowning in my job and lost myself. Plus my boss was a pain in the ****. So far, I've been traveling. The places I've been to so far are New York, D.C, Boston, LA, San Francisco, Sydney, Melbourne, ****, Bali, Gold Coast and in a few days time I'm leaving for Bangkok.

    Come March, it's time to get back into the job market.

    It's funny how we all go to exotic places to try and find ourselves (in the past, I have done the same myself). You never hear anyone say "and there I was tidying behind the back of my sofa and you'd never guess what I found? Me. I have no idea how long I'd been down there but I was a bit on the dusty side and I had an old half-eaten candy stuck to the side of my head"

    Enjoy your travels!
  • ashleyoertel611
    38 posts
    edited January 2013
    mellytan wrote:
    The places I've been to so far are New York, D.C, Boston, LA, San Francisco, Sydney, Melbourne, ****, Bali, Gold Coast and in a few days time I'm leaving for Bangkok.

    Holy, that's awesome.

    Did you do all the themeparks while you were in Gold Coast? I live about a 2-2.5 hour flight north of GC, and that's where my friends and I usually go on holidays. GC and Brisbane just north.
  • RJK62284
    59 posts
    edited January 2013
    I teach at an elementary school. Not what I went to school for but I couldn't imagine doing anything else now.
  • mellytan
    1258 posts
    edited January 2013
    mellytan wrote:
    The places I've been to so far are New York, D.C, Boston, LA, San Francisco, Sydney, Melbourne, ****, Bali, Gold Coast and in a few days time I'm leaving for Bangkok.

    Holy, that's awesome.

    Did you do all the themeparks while you were in Gold Coast? I live about a 2-2.5 hour flight north of GC, and that's where my friends and I usually go on holidays. GC and Brisbane just north.

    2012 was pretty sweet. I've been a couple of times already. It's been years since I went to the themeparks but they are a whole lot of fun. Especially dreamworld. This time around, we only managed Universal Studios because of the wee one. I went with extended family so I had my 2 year old niece with us and she wasn't very cooperative. :?

    It was my first time in 6 flags magic mountain in California though. OMG! It was a blast!! SO FUN! X2 was the best ride I've ever taken apart from bungee jumping in NZ. :D
  • ashleyoertel611
    38 posts
    edited January 2013
    mellytan wrote:
    It was my first time in 6 flags magic mountain in California though. OMG! It was a blast!! SO FUN! X2 was the best ride I've ever taken apart from bungee jumping in NZ. :D

    Oh I can't wait until my trip to the States (when I manage to save enough) to go to Disneyland, Universal Studios and Six Flags!
  • battyguy
    1123 posts Member
    edited January 2013
    Strategery. :mrgreen: and $$$$

    Im sorry about 2008 :(
    Is there anyone out there?
  • HWolff
    98 posts
    edited January 2013
    I'm a RN in a huge hospital. I float different hours in the ER and think the night shift is the best.
    The grosser the better :mrgreen:
  • josh4908
    801 posts
    edited January 2013
    Well I technically work for a timeshare exchange company; however, we contract with other timeshare clubs and I work for one of them. I make owner reservations, their own exchanges, financial services, other benifits, and overall customer service. It's a call center job but it pays fairly well. It's hourly plus commission
  • Gilby01
    69 posts
    edited January 2013
    Software Developer
  • arentwords
    114 posts Member
    edited January 2013
    Model
  • Deadshot_DCU
    6431 posts Moderator
    edited January 2013
    Firefighter over here
  • GetStephen
    51 posts
    edited January 2013
    Real estate agent and team leader.
  • JuliusGulius
    625 posts Member
    edited January 2013
    I'm a professional Sasquatch hunter. Sure, I have some bad days in which I don't turn much profit, but others, well, I just make the footprints myself.
  • JuliusGulius
    625 posts Member
    edited January 2013
    Wow, I go to lunch for an hour and come back to a whole lot of replies!

    I can't believe how many different types of jobs/careers there are that people here have.

    Did anyone think that was what they'd end up doing when they were teenagers? Like I wanted to be a prep-year 1 primary school teacher, before I got to high school and realised how much I wouldn't enjoy it.

    I was an ichthyology major for a while, wanting to study great white sharks. Heck, I managed a cumulative 4.0 on my first degree. My mom even noted in my baby book that I started dreaming about sharks at the age of two or three. I had to give it up. Life happens. ;)
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