ENWorld vs. Real World

[Hand of Evil]

Data Center/Computer Operations Supervisor, aka paper pusher with technical background.

 

[Berandor]

I'm a barber.

I have a certificate in technical communication, and am working towards a diploma in techical instruction.

Yet somehow, I keep coming back to hair and making it shorter

Oh, I am a little barber
And I go my merry way
With my razor and my leeches
I can always earn my pay

Though your chin be smooth as satin,
You will need me soon I know
For the Lord protects his barbers,
And He makes the stubble grow.

If I slip when I am shaving you
And cut you to the quick,
You can use me as a doctor
'Cause I also heal the sick.

I'm a sales clerk for a company that imports cheap presents from Asia, like lighters. I'm also a part-time writer with delusions of grandeur, but I hear that is normal for this profession.

 

[HellHound]

Currently I'm a student (Business Marketing @ Algonquin College) and trying to make an attempt at being a publisher & writer & layout dude & game designing guy. I've got a fair list of products with my name on them now...

I used to be a body piercer for several years, and an Industrial DJ on the radio and in clubs. I also spent six years slaving away at a steel mill - the pay was good but the job sucked and the people I had to work with and for were even worse. I left that job after GenCon 2003 - I had asked for a leave of absence, had it refused, and went to GenCon anyways (since we had a booth and all)... and then forgot to call in sick.

 

[Nellisir]

I work for my father, a custom homebuilder. The company has been just he and I for the past few years, so I'm both the low man on the totem pole and the Second Most Important person in the company. We use subcontractors for everything we can, and my job is to make sure they do what they're supposed to, and anything they don't do, I do -- or get someone else to do. I don't do plumbing, heating, or electrical, but I've done roofing, siding, painting, framing, finish carpentry, ditch digging, and a few other things -- and that's just in the last 3 months.

We also adjust the architect's plans account for reality.

I never intended to work for him, and when I did, I never intended to stay, but it's gotten steadily more interesting, the pay is good, and after 8+ years, what the heck.

I have a Bachelor's degree, with a split major between Creative Writing & Stagecraft.

I'd also like to do freelance writing or self-publishing, though my free time the past 4 years has been constrained by the amount of work my own house needs (finished in 6 months, I think...).

Cheers
Nell.

 

[Old One]

Background: BS in General Engineering + History Major, Military Officer (5 years), Pharmaceutical Sales (7 years), Certified Financial Planner (going on 8 years)

Day Job: Director of Financial Planning for a large non-profit in the DC area. I write articles, answer member questions, manage web content and travel nationally speaking on financial planning and related issues (45 speaking dates in 2004; 55 already scheduled for 2005). I love the job but my commute sucks (average of 3 hours round trip 4x per week - work from home 1x per week when not traveling).

Job 2: I also run my own small financial planning practice, mainly working on an hourly basis and managing money for a small group of clients. I also conduct paid employee financial education programs for a couple of niche industries as time allows (usually 3-5 programs annually).

EDIT:
Our gaming group (currently on hiatus), consists of...

• 2 Telecom sales people
• 1 Comic book distributor inside sales/customer service rep
• 1 Air Force captain
• 1 Public Relations hack, er...professional

~ Old One

 

[Panthanas]

Currently I'm a part time substitute teacher, part time graduate student, and full time parent (the last being the best of the three ).

After a short stint as a retail manager I quit that ::firk ding blast:: job, taking a pay cut to substitute and return to school, but life is much better now. I actually have time to spend with my son now.

Its been rather hectic at times, but in a few short years I'll be a full time secondary history teacher. Hooray for me!

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

I work for the library system at the University of Virginia. My title is LSP (Local Service Partner), which means I'm one of the front line computer support people, out there helping students and staff when they have a floppy disk that doesn't work, replacing hard drives when they die, cleaning spilled coffee out of keyboards, and running Microsoft updates on 100+ public computers. :\ I also do a fair amount of reference work, and am the person that gets called whenever the microfilm machines breakdown. Someday, I really want to be a librarian, but that would require moving somewhere else to get my MLS, and I really don't want to leave C'ville anytime soon.

 

[EricNoah]

Middle school teacher, webmaster and librarian since 1996.

 

[der_kluge]

I'm not entirely sure what my job title is. I think it's Data Architect. I worked for Wal-Mart at the corporate office, Sprint in Kansas City, and now I'm in Virginia working at Capital One (what's in your wallet?). Basically, I'm a database designer, systems analyst, requirements analyst all rolled into one. I'm a consultant, though, so technically I'm scum.

 

[The_Universe]

I'm an unemployed writer who isn't making ends meet, and would like help if possible. I've done a lot of library work, and I graduated with a bachelor's degree in English and Creative Writing. I've got six players in one D&D game, five in another, so if I could get them to pay $6.50 each per week for the games (about as much as a student ticket to a movie), I'd almost be able to support myself.

I'd like to be a full-time writer, either gaming or fiction, and after that just being involved in publishing somehow would be nice - editing, advertisement writing, managing contributors. I might also go to a library college next year, because all the good library jobs of course require actual Masters of Library Science. I love libraries, and have been volunteering or working in them since I was 14.

My birthday is in twelve days, and I'd love a job as a present. Maybe Homeland Security? Can someone hook me up? Or better way, offer to buy my fiction. *grin*

E-mail me. About the Homeland Security (sadly) and not the fiction.