OT: What does everybody do for a living?

I am an ex-computer software developer. I did that for 20 years for 3 major corporations.
Now I am a stay at home mom to 2 wonderful children and I love being home.

Gail

I'm a university professor. I teach biomechanics and evidence based practice to grad students. I would like to retire ASAP. So tired of publish or perish.

Factory worker, military 4 yrs, construction worker, roofer, Sheet Metal Mechanic, plumbers helper, tavern owner, mail carrier and retired last 20 yrs. George

Ex-Military. Now I do Electrical/Software Engineering work which is mostly related to hardware-software integration on Fibre Channel SAN switches.

I am also an Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF) instructor on a lot of weekends.

My wife is an RN getting close to finishing her NP degree, and she runs a small Mary Kay business.

Together we try, with limited success, to ride herd on a 20 month old little boy.

Our future plans are to collapse on the couch for 24 hours of uninterrupted rest, but the way things are looking that will not happen until a few months after we die.

Administrative assistant at a bank been doing admin work for 20+ years.

After 24 years of teaching - first 4 years teaching music in England, Turkey and eventually Long Beach, CA, I taught Severely handicapped students. My back went out so I took early retirement. Now I volunteer at my church.

Police Officer for the last 17 yrs.. The last 13yrs working with victims of Domestic Violence.

Also own a Travel Agency..

I work as an account manager for a mergers and acquisitions firm here in Denver, Colorado.
In my spare time, I am an executive director for a small not-for-profit organization.

Living here in Colorado, I take full advantage of the mountains in our backyard: skiing, scenic road trips, back-country 4WD-ing, camping, and hunting.
Good food and wine are passions of mine.

For the last 13 years I've been an elementary school teacher in a large urban district. This year, I am teaching middle school.

Internet Manager at a car dealership. 6+ years and counting...

Used to drive truck: OTR, long haul dedicated, and local grocery delivery. Hurt back twice & had to change careers about 7 years ago.

Before that, worked in retail (supervisory) 13+ years and warehousing briefly.

I was a credit manager for many years, then retired from that and sold real estate for 7 years. Illness forced me to retire from that 9 years ago....still retired, but I volunteer at our regional health centre raising $$$$ for the purchase of much needed equipment.

I am a registered respiratory therapist. Have been for 16 years and counting. I have worked in the hospital setting for many years at the largest pediatric hospital in our city doing everything from therapist, transport therapist, relief supervisor etc.. Then I left and went to home health where I have been for many years also...and I truly love my job and enjoy meeting and helping people everyday. I also do live respiratory seminars (I like to teach) to help respiratory therapist meet their ceu requirements to renew their license.
I like to come to this forum because I learn so much which I then pass on to my patients if they are struggling. Great site..great people!

So I'm a project manager for a Payroll company. I set up and test new features etc. I'm could be called a work a holic and I sort of thrive on the responsibility. I also am a full time single part of 15 year old twin girls which is turning my hair grey.

research biologist in very basic cell and developmental biology - currently working on cell and organ polarity, how cells form tubes and then combine the tubes into organs

I've run my own small transcription business for 16 years. I transcribe audio and video recordings for insurance companies (workers' comp, commercial and personal auto), state and county governments, universities, market research, and individuals. Also proofread, edit, and format documents that have already been typed. (Have one son who is finishing up his last year in grad school...yay!)