What do you make and what do you do?

[thedungeondelver]

I'm a freelance writer for information technology magazines (note: not gaming websites, real IT industry print magazines) and for Troll Lord Games, as well as a couple of other side projects.

So I don't get paid in a traditional 9-to-5 job way.

 

[Storminator]

I topped out your income poll.

I'm a rocket scientist for MIT's Defense lab.

When I interviewed for the job, the very first question from the interviewer was "why did you apply to the Lab?" Me: "I haven't been playing wargames for 20 years just to pass up the first DoD job to come along!" Interviewer writes "WARGAMER" across the top of my resume.

Later, in the full day interviews, every single person asked me about wargames...

PS

 

[Mallus]

Unsurprisingly, I fall in category 1 on the survey above.

Yet quite shockingly, you're the one who's always covering people when they're short on the dinner bill... damn you and your fiscal conservatism! BTW, what's your other degree? I've always suspected you were secretly some kind of engineer.

P.S. I write business software for a teeny-tiny IT firm. I also quality-assure it (hah!) and frequently act like a business analyst and client liaison/backup admin ("Hello Deputy Director, how can I help you today?) for the particular project I'm on. My salary is on the upper end of the scale, which speaks volumes about the scale's inadequacy...

 

[shilsen]

Yet quite shockingly, you're the one who's always covering people when they're short on the dinner bill... damn you and your fiscal conservatism! BTW, what's your other degree? I've always suspected you were secretly some kind of engineer.

Nah, all my degrees (BA and two MAs) are in English. But I was always a science student through high school, if that helps.

 

[der_kluge]

I'm a programmer/IT professional. Been in IT for 13 years now.

Current title: Senior Data Warehouse Data Architect.

I make 6 figures.

 

[Dlsharrock]

As jobs: I used to be a graphic designer. Now I'm a painter and decorator. I'd like to be a novelist.

 

[Armadillo]

Attorney

 

[Mark]

If they're taxed by the government as income, yes.

I started grad school many decades ago--right when the law changed to start taxing scholarships/fellowships as income. I'm still bitter about that. (Maybe it's changed; I hope so, but doubt it.)

I know what my government requires. My question is in regard to this poll.

 

[Mokona]

Duplicate...

 

[Mokona]

Your income scale doesn't go high enough. Do you want combined household income for married gamers? $10k spreads are too small. Should have used $20k-$25k jumps. Probably you should rerun the poll.