ENWorld vs. Real World

[The Other Librarian]

Uh... Research Librarian.

BA in English and History. Wanted a job in publishing/editing, but Texas is not the place for that career. I can empathize with Ranger Wickett. It took me about 6 months to find a gig after I graduated with an English degree. Glad I didn't pursue it for the money.

 

[barsoomcore]

How do you keep landing these great all-girl things?

Clean living, my friend.

Oh, and I directed lingerie photo shoots.

That, friend, is called "Stealing barsoomcore's glory in the WORST way."

Bastid. But I did buy a Counter Collection, so I haven't totally abandoned your baby. And two of your AWESOME illustrations for my Barsoom PCs are still up on the website. The rest of the gang have since died, alas, but I'll never forget the looks on my players' faces when they saw your work, friend. They were so thrilled. Thanks again.

 

[Klaus]

Clean living, my friend.

That, friend, is called "Stealing barsoomcore's glory in the WORST way."

Bastid. But I did buy a Counter Collection, so I haven't totally abandoned your baby. And two of your AWESOME illustrations for my Barsoom PCs are still up on the website. The rest of the gang have since died, alas, but I'll never forget the looks on my players' faces when they saw your work, friend. They were so thrilled. Thanks again.

My pleasure.

Perhaps you can keep the images up as a memorial of the fallen?

 

[hyulf]

I work as a health/sexuality educator for a nationally (US) known reproductive health care program. I get to work with all ages talking about sexuality. The job is a blast although I do a lot of driving.

Before that I worked as an educator at a battered women's shelter.

Before that I put phone numbers in the phone book for a telecommunications company.

Many other jobs at bookstores, gamestores, tarot reader, astrologer and college student.

Currently working on my Masters in Mental Health Counseling.

My group has:
- Director of Residential Life at a chef school
- Asst. Director of Health Research Statistics for State Dept. of Health
- IT/Computer support person for local university
- Data entry for a weapons contractor
- Retail position at Sears
- Database manager for a medical school

I have gamed with too many other people to list them.

There is quite the diversity on this thread and ENWorld.

hyulf

 

[mhacdebhandia]

But... you still dress like a clown, right? RIGHT?

Actually, now that you mention it, never have. Huh.

 

[The Shaman]

Pine-pig-turned-fern-feeler - former park ranger, now resource ecologist.

 

[kenobi65]

Account planner at a big ad agency, a title that tells you nearly nothing about what I do. My job is to make sure the people who write ads understand the people that the ads are for.

It's a lot like market research, a field I worked in for 10 years before moving to the ad agency 5 years ago. I did market research for a personal-care products company for 7 years (hair care, deodorant), then a food company for 3 years (pancake syrup, hot cereal).

And, I'm jealous of klaus....we don't have a lingerie account here.

 

[arwink]

Part-Time PhD student studying the narrative implications of roleplaying games.

I also pick up a lot of teaching work in the writing courses of the local universities, usually enough to keep me afloat for most of the year.

And I write freelance as a writer. I've done bits of everything except novels and film scripts at this point. For a year about a third of my (admittedly meagre) income came from writing poetry.

I've also worked as a content developer and submissions editor for a small publishing company, ad copy writer for a local radio station, and an RA during my undergrad.

 

[tarchon]

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

I dunno - a good sci fi background counts for a lot in that area.

 

[tarchon]

I work for the Purdue University College of Engineering. My job title says "Computer Systems Engineer". What I do is maintain Solaris and Linux machines, including all hardware and OS issues, including security. Basically everything except for application support. I like to tell people, "if it's in the background, I handle it". That and whatever my boss tells me to do. I'm kinda the last stop for bizarro problems from all areas that we support.

Hey! I caused a lot of those!

I am a laserer. I laser aircraft, spacecraft, satellites, turbines, tubes, nanoparticles, wafers, bacteria, dead chickens, CD biosensors, and occasionally I try to laser eyeballs and brains, though technically those were just superluminescent LEDs since it scares people if you use "eyeball" and "laser" in the same sentence. And I write lots of highly speculative science fiction that has an off chance of turning into fact after a large amount of money is spent on it.