What do you do?? (2 Viewers)

[SeanGecko]

Mental Health Counselor.

 

[Beakertwang]

Painting contractor

 

[Perthmike]

No fluffers in the house? I thought that was a thing for sure

 

[johnjohn]

Owner of two lumberyards. Don't know where they are.
"career" percentage of time accounting for my 110%

10%: intelligence community operative. private sector division. (please don't ask)

20%: owner of digital agency. transfer wealth from one existence to another. (cover)

80%: collector of blonds, cigars, rum, whiskey and mint poker chips. (what the family thinks I do)

 

[Highli99]

I work for the NSA in a small room where the internet is routed for five minutes before going out to the rest of the world.

I used to live very near to the NSA and approximately 80% of neighbours worked at Ft. Meade. I didn't as was the only one never worried about background checks or being seen drinking by the unassuming middle-aged lady who everyone with TSC seemed afraid of. I think she was an assassin or something. I heard some interesting stories at late night happy hours. Folks who work in intelligence carry a lot of water for those of us who don't. I have my own opinions about privacy and don't agree with everything the government does but I still appreciate that folks are out there trying to stop some scary stuff from happening.

 

[ReallyGoodUsername]

I work for PricewaterhouseCoopers. CPA, but work in their Deals Advisory practice doing M&A consulting, primarily financial due diligence.

Which office? Always philly?

Pre college - caddy & ice cream scooper

College - interned at a mortgage bank then a PE fund

Audit out of college for Ernst & Young in their asset management group then advisory consulting manager at a national firm, currently looking for FA roles though. Project management for 3-8 teams at a time sucks.

 

[Seeking Alpha Social Club]

No fluffers in the house? I thought that was a thing for sure

Does fluffing yourself count (;

 

[Highli99]

my work history:

12-14 - Neighborhood pool gate gaurd
14-17 - Landscaper (I can still edge / weed wack impressively)
17-18 - I worked hard for BJs (Wholesale of course) - I was a janitor. Saw terrible things in the bathroom that I can never unsee. Also got to drive a concrete zamboni thing which I drove irresponsibly because i was 17.
18-20 - I was a lot guy at home depot. Great job.
20-current - Professional services firm for over 16 years

I am a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor, and Certified Fraud Examiner. Best description of what I do is a procurement consultant. I audit contracts and find mistakes. Most of the time accidental mistakes but sometimes intentional. Audit a lot of ad agencies all over the world but look at lots of other stuff from construction to security agencies to temp labor to rental cars. Most of my day to day is selling to aging boomers and helping millennials learn how to get out of wet paper bags. Mix in some intense negotiations. It's more fun and more challenging than it sounds.

I love my job and work with great people. Every day is different and when we find mistakes I get to give my clients refund checks - which are sometimes for millions of dollars.

 

[gkitt80]

Which office? Always philly?

Pre college - caddy & ice cream scooper

College - interned at a mortgage bank then a PE fund

Audit out of college for Ernst & Young in their asset management group then advisory consulting manager at a national firm, currently looking for FA roles though. Project management for 3-8 teams at a time sucks.

Yep always Philly, although I have been working quite a bit out of the NYC office since late last year. Good luck in your search, happy to be a sounding board if need be

 

[Jordan Downs]

Thank you @David O and thank your family for their community service as well (y) :thumbsup:

 

[Poker Zombie]

Mental Health Counselor.

Your services could be useful around here... unfortunately we cannot afford to pay you, we spent all our money on chips.

 

[WedgeRock]

I know this isn't the point of this thread, but it is work-related and I didn't want to start a new thread.

I work in an office of about 150 people. One lady who has worked for the company for 25 years (and is in her 80's) organizes Operation Holiday Cheer where employees buy gifts for kids in foster care. Kids are identified by gender and age and there is a list of 5 or 6 things that each kid puts in their wish list. Everyone gets 3 gifts, but a gift can have multiple boxes inside.

Employees bring wrapped gifts to the office, a business (like Meijer) donates a truck to take the gifts to the airport, then pilots donate their plane and time to fly the packages to airports all over the state. It's a pretty amazing operation.

Presents are starting to pile up in the office. I really love working for this company because of things like this.

 

[Klobberer]

Residential remodeling contractor specializing in poker room construction.

Not bad at additions, basements, kitchens, etc...

 

[Mtvernonbryan]

I work for the NSA in a small room where the internet is routed for five minutes before going out to the rest of the world.

makes sense now. That’s how you find all the chip deals before everyone else!!!

 

[ekricket]

I work for the NSA in a small room where the internet is routed for five minutes before going out to the rest of the world.

Are you Al Gore’s assistant?

 

[krafticus]

I work for the NSA in a small room where the internet is routed for five minutes before going out to the rest of the world.

hmmmmmmmmm

 

[ekricket]

hmmmmmmmmm

Yes, he can see your search history

 

[inca911]

Yes, he can see your search history

Saw terrible things ... that I can never unsee.

 

[clapton77]

I drink and I know things.

 

[Highli99]

I drink and I know things.

So you’re in marketing?

 

[clapton77]

So you’re in marketing?

I'm actually a tax attorney.

 

[krafticus]

Yes, he can see your search history

I highly doubt that .. for several reasons. I know you were joking though.

 

[Highli99]

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I'm actually a tax attorney.

I always thought tax was about liquor and guessing. I might be confusing it with finance.

Although I’m a CPA I have someone else do my taxes. Too hard.

 

[gkitt80]

I always thought tax was about liquor and guessing. I might be confusing it with finance.

Although I’m a CPA I have someone else do my taxes. Too hard.

I am a CPA and use Turbotax. Just easier. Also just because you are a CPA doesn't mean you are good RE: taxes - its like asking a heart surgeon to do brain surgery

 

[ReallyGoodUsername]

I am a CPA and use Turbotax. Just easier. Also just because you are a CPA doesn't mean you are good RE: taxes - its like asking a heart surgeon to do brain surgery

Completely agree, audit teams barely even communicate with the tax teams or care/understand what they’re doing day to day. Always an eye roll when I tell people I’m in audit or CPA and they say ohhh busy tax season huh.

 

[Alex Lundstrum]

5-16: Farm work + we raised ~4.5 acres garden veggies and sold at Farmers' Markets.
16-18: Stockboy at grocery store.
17: Spent a summer sampling pea and sweetcorn fields for Seneca Foods.
19-22: Spent summers and breaks from school as a table games dealer at a few casinos (start of chip obsession)
22-27 (Present): Process (Chemical) Engineer. Spent 4.5 years in complex inorganic color pigments (CICPs, fancy wording for colorful dust) and just recently career changed to chloralkali.

 

[longflop]

Missing some things, but this is what I can remember.
13-18 baby sitter
16-19 Skate guard at Ice Arena
19-22 pizza maker, painting and HVAC during the summer at college
22-24 Sears hardware while finishing school at night
24-current Commercial Real Estate Appraiser. Starting with Healthcare appraisal company, moved to company that valued all commercial properties. Couldn't figure why I had to pay half my paycheck to a company when I handled everything soup-to-nuts, so I started my own company 5 years ago. Very small, just me with some help when I can get it, but it turns out that Commercial Real Estate Appraisal isn't that sexy of a career, so the help is hit or miss.

My dream job would be coaching and organizing youth sports, but that doesn't pay. I am currently a coach and board member of my sons hockey club, coach of their in house and travel lacrosse teams and coach their basketball teams as well. I'm on the court, field or ice 5 nights a week and I love it. My wife gives me shit about it though. The major perk of my job is that it provides the flexibility for me to do this.

 

[hdgeno]

0-18 worked on the family farm from as early as I can remember, and then part time at a sawmill my dad invested in after he sold the farm
18-20 worked at a different sawmil, mostly piling lumber, hard work and cold in the winter (outside work)
20-23 warranty admin/bookkeeping at the Chrysler dealer in town
23-24 road construction and some time unemployed
24-current (41) electrician

Good and bad days are about the same, sometimes feel stuck but it feels like this is all I know how to do now. I enjoy the control/automation part of my job but there’s not enough of that to only speacialize in that up here. It’s a good career so I try not to complain

 

[WedgeRock]

I am currently a coach and board member of my sons hockey club,

I checked both these boxes up until this fall... Still on the board, but my kids have surpassed my ability to coach them (which is sad and awesome at the same time).

 

[longflop]

I checked both these boxes up until this fall... Still on the board, but my kids have surpassed my ability to coach them (which is sad and awesome at the same time).

Part of me can't wait for that, part of me never wants it to happen.