ENWorld vs. Real World

[Veritas]

I'm a forecast meteorologist for Canada's largest private sector weather forecasting company, The Weather Network. If you live between Wawa, Ontario and St John's, Newfoundland, I'm responsible for forecasting for you for 4 days out of every 9. If you live between Wawa and Vancouver Island, my wife forecasts for you for the same period. I'm currently on day 3 of my shift rotation, if you're interested.

My route to get to this point... worked a lot of crappy CS jobs while earning my BSc in Physics from the University of Guelph. Took a year off to live in Ottawa with a buddy of mine. Moved back to Toronto and attended York University for 2 years to get my Certificate in Meteorology (kinda like a Masters-lite). Got a job my last year with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment forecasting air quality and issuing smog advisories. Finished my certificate and finished off the summer season at the Ministry and then moved on to this job, where I'm just finishing off my 2nd year with the company.

The hours are weird (4 12 hour shifts, then 5 days off), but I work with my wife, so we have the same schedule, and thus the same time off (works great for vacations), and the pay is good.

 

[Theron]

I'm the Operations Coordinator (IT and facilities guy) for a non-profit HIV/STD clinic here in Houstopolis.

 

[Sejs]

I'm a Parafuneral, which is alot like being a Paralegal, only with more dead people and cotton balls. When my funeral home's current apprentice finishes, I'll get bumped up and begin the 2 year certification process. Assuming everything goes as it should, after that I will be a fully lisenced Funeral Director and Embalmer.



I like my job. The people I work with are really easy to get along with.


My co-workers arn't half bad, either.

 

[Algolei]

My heart goes out to you and Mythusmage...but I do have to ask: How exactly do you manage to post on the board?!

I have local relatives who own computers. And there's a place I can go to access the 'net at night for free. Plus the libraries around here allow you to use their computers to access the 'net and visit some messageboards (if you're nice to the librarians).

If it wasn't for socialised medicine, I wouldn't even know I existed. Every day I'm aware of myself, I'm just glad to be alive.

 

[s/LaSH]

I'm an unemployed/freelance artist/illustrator with a webcomic. Somewhere between those axes. In a little over a month, I'm going to be studying 3D animation for two years, and hopefully start a career in that area.

In the past, I've studied technology and aviation, but never got anywhere in particular. As always, I write; but haven't finished much yet. Should really do so.

 

[Krieg]

To add to the list of former occupations.

Worked as a farmhand in high school (Bailing Hay, shoveling manure, castrating hogs...all the fun stuff).

Joined the 'Corps right out of HS as a crypto tech and later as a range coach and PMI (Primary Markmanship Instructor).

Managed a Pawn Shop.

Doorman/bartender/bar mangager extraodinair for longer than I care to admit.

Where should I send it (once I get it updated)?

Thanks!

Most of my contacts are in other agencies but I still have a few friends at DoD.

fmatson*at*gmail.com

well after finishing my second tour with the marines (2/27 ohh rah)

Semper Fi Teufelhunden!

The most fun I had in a job was working/managing at a QZAR, a laser tag establishment.

You wouldn't happen to be referring to the one in Centerville would ya?

 

[Blue_Kryptonite]

I spent 15 years developing all kinds of fun things that are in the majority of modern printing technology which the document company in question decided to license out and lose literal billions on. I've also designed and co-ran the technical program at a charter school of science and technology, been tech support, and most recently was a loan officer. I'm currently a stay at home dad who is either going to make a living writing, or finally allow myself to exist on disability. We'll see what happens in a couple years.

My group: My wife is a Home Equity Underwriter, my son washes cars at a large chain, my other son is in junior high, our best friend is curerntly selling something called Mangostein juice and doing contracting, and his ex-wife is a House Coordinator for developmentally disabled adults.

 

[DaveStebbins]

I am an Industrial Engineer by degree and professional certification. My current job title is Senior Operations Planning Analyst. I get to play with data and work with people all over my company all day long and I really enjoy it. I've always been lucky to work with great people in every position and job I've held.

My group consists of a Design Engineer who is also a PE, but has additionally just finished his PhD; a Designer in the test lab; a Technician or Project manager in a different test lab (we all work for the same company - see below); the Designer's wife is an Office Manger/Network Admin for a local Tool Grinding and Calibration company; and a PA (Physician's Asistant) for a local dermatologist.

The company most of us work for (http://www.lord.com) has a variety of products from the adhesive holding together some of the layers of an M&Ms bag to a helicopter rotor assembly.

 

[Prince of Happiness]

Provider relations at a health insurance company.

Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllllll fun I tell ya.

 

[mhacdebhandia]

I made the decision this year to walk away from a Master of Arts in studies in religion - not because I'm afraid it won't lead anywhere, but because I'm burned out on research after a few very tough years following a nasty breakup.

(Though I'm back with that same girl; I'd say I've learned nothing, but that would be flippant. She's very different.)

So as it stands, I have a Bachelor of Arts majoring in English and history with Honours in studies in religion. I currently work for my parents, who run a small but growing veterinary pharmaceutical company; the job involves mostly repetitive tasks like labelling, overseeing the machine which fills bottles with tablets or putting tubes of ointment in trays, but the upside is that I sit at a desk with a computer and occupy my eyes with the Intarweb while my hands work.

Previously, I've worked for a supermarket filling the dairy cases and at one of Sydney's Unfriendly Local Gaming Stores. I was also trained for a job at a service station (gas station for the Yanqui hordes), which would have been excellent since at the time my family was living across the street from it, but they never called me to give me shifts.

My immediate goals are twofold: saving up for a trip to California to see my girlfriend, and finding a more satisfying job on my return. Ideally, I'd love to work in a field like publishing - I read extremely fast and would be an excellent proofreader/copy editor/whatever. I'd also probably enjoy the job even if I wasn't working on books that I'd want to read myself. I have an extremely high tolerance for boredom as long as my brain is actually occupied.

So if anyone knows of any opportunities for an office job in publishing or a similar field in Sydney, let me know. Research, whatever.