What do Enworlders do in real life?

[MavrickWeirdo]

Just please make sure none of the 150 missiles is 'accidentally' tuned into Disney World.

Don't worry. It won't be an accident.

 

[Pyrex]

I'm a software tester working on photo editing software.

And hobbyist photographer.

 

[DaveStebbins]

Don't worry, we wont' tell.

It's OK, get him drunk and he fesses up. Some of us know what The Universe does (sort of) and why it's a secret.

LOL Before I changed jobs, I was a Contract Analyst. We used to say we put the 'anal' in Analyst!

Yeah, my job sort of requires an anal retentive personality. I'm personally responsible for the MRP settings of over 13,000 materials in the largest aerospace plant we run. I'd like to say we keep up just fine but, in the end, as long as we don't piss off the government, Bell or Sikorsky, we're doing OK.

-Dave

 

[RustyHalo]

United Methodist pastor.

 

[Steve Jung]

I'm a lab technician in a molecular bio lab at Rutgers University.

 

[MonsterMash]

Business Analyst at a University in the UK. Previously lots of different job titles as a Systems Analyst, developer, etc for the last 12 years. First job I ever had before I went to university was as a library assistant (stacking shelves, serving on the counter, etc).

So yet another with IT and Libraries on their CV!

 

[D.Shaffer]

Tech Support/Desktop Support technician here. AKA, answer phones most of the day, diplomatically tell people they're idiots, and occasionally I get to go to their desk and tell them (diplomatically) they're idiots to their face.

 

[ceratitis]

Tech Support/Desktop Support technician here. AKA, answer phones most of the day, diplomatically tell people they're idiots, and occasionally I get to go to their desk and tell them (diplomatically) they're idiots to their face.

or just calmly walk over ,hit the caps lock, and smugly walk away (response to "my password isnt working please help me!")
Z

 

[AdamBomb]

I'm a Major in the Air Force, working in the ICBM codes section. I started my career as a missileer, pulling 24-hour alerts in underground bunkers monitoring up to 150 missiles at a time. Now I'm one of the guys who provides launch and enable codes to the ICBMs. I once got to "turn keys" on a missile and launch it on a test flight from Vandenberg AFB, CA. Pretty cool stuff.

Johnathan

I spent 18 months on a DOD contract doing server hardening for the ICBM missile project.
I was a little disappointed to learn that "turn keys" was actually "type in your PIN number"
I'm in IT sales now as a Technology Specialist. I sell software to corporations.

 

[The_Universe]

Is it a secret from you as well? I've worked in a couple of jobs like that.

"So what would my job be?"

"Uhh, its hard to describe..."

It was when I was hired, but I know what I'm supposed to do now. It made accepting the job something of a "leap of faith," though.