What does everyone do for a job?

JeremyG wrote (see)

Directional driller in oilfield. After 22 years working offshore I fancy a change but to what I have no idea!

I love the idea of this -  Which way should we drill today the?

How about?

I normally try and go the way they want

I have been a solicitor for the last 20 something years.  That said, I have spent most of my working life trying to avoid being a conventional (see clients; give advice; then send a bill) solicitor.  Latterly I was an in-house adviser for a big international firm; before that, a university lecturer; and currently been off "on the sick" for a couple of years!

Software/Systems test engineer for a big evil defence company.
I get to put systems together for helicopters, ships and stuff and then break them so that the software guys can put them back together so they work properly.

Not sure exactly what the future holds but if anything comes of my chat with one of the bosses yesterday then, unless I win the lottery, more of the the same but doing something that I'll find interesting, challenging and a lot of fun.

I is a professional geek for a very large bank

Saffy Sweety Pea wrote (see)

Until a year ago, I was an accountant and had been for 20 years. Then I jacked it all in  and in January I started doing research in cognitive psychology. I'm lucky in that I absolutely love what I'm doing now 

Interesting leap from accounting to cognitive psychology!

I'm also a researcher in psychology, but more clinical/cognitve neuropsychology.

Career aspiration - get a permanent position. Earn enough to buy a house and have an occasional holiday.

Nurse Ratched wrote (see)

I'm an evil nurse

 

Nurse Ratched wrote (see)

Does  this mean you kill patients or just inflict pain?

degsy-m- wrote (see)

Nurse Ratched wrote (see)

I'm an evil nurse

 

Nurse Ratched wrote (see)

Does  this mean you kill patients or just inflict pain?

All depends on the patient.

If they're pleasant, I keep the bedpan in the fridge rather than the freezer.

I'd like to be a potter

seren nos wrote (see)

full time mother and wife.............

Same as Seren but the pay is shit so I'm considering gainful employment from this month onwards.

Convince me why I should.....

LIVERBIRD wrote (see)

seren nos wrote (see)

full time mother and wife.............

Same as Seren but the pay is shit so I'm considering gainful employment from this month onwards.

Convince me why I should.....

To exercise your grey matter, to have some independence from being mum and wife.

Like Nurse Ratched, i am a nurse too, a male one, and work in a hospice, looking after terminally ill people.

I'm a High School - Technician. Running around in a white coat !

kittenkat wrote (see)

LIVERBIRD wrote (see)

seren nos wrote (see)

full time mother and wife.............

Same as Seren but the pay is shit so I'm considering gainful employment from this month onwards.

Convince me why I should.....

To exercise your grey matter, to have some independence from being mum and wife.

That's Mr LB's argument! I'm warming to the idea!

I used to be an Industrial Chemist (analysing oil samples) but gave it up when I had the children. Now i work part time in our local secondary school science department where I get to play with chemicals    it's great because i get to use my brain a little, and get school holidays off , and i work with a really great bunch of people.

As the name suggests, electrician.