What's your "Day Job"

frenzykitty · Sun 14/04/2013 19:44:15

Just cause I'm curious

I'm a Cinematographer and Editor for Commercials and Documentaries

Andail · Sun 14/04/2013 19:54:21

I'm a teacher. I teach English, Swedish and art.

Crimson Wizard · Sun 14/04/2013 20:22:35

Software developer.

JSH · Sun 14/04/2013 20:23:31

Game programmer since 2009.

I'm working at Starbreeze Studios here in Sweden.

Scavenger · Sun 14/04/2013 20:55:29

Freelance Animator.

Sylvr · Sun 14/04/2013 20:57:47

Early Childhood Educator.

With school-agers.

DBoyWheeler · Sun 14/04/2013 21:09:42

Expeditor. I work at Veolia Water--the place I work at is in Vandalia, Ohio, USA. But Veolia as a whole is a global company, whose main HQ is in Paris.

bush_monkey · Sun 14/04/2013 21:20:01

I'm a software developer.. Kind of.. I don't develop software as such but solutions for customer communication management systems whatever that means :p

veryweirdguy · Sun 14/04/2013 21:49:10

I'm a freelance comic book flatter! I colour in Batman (and others) for a living.

I'm also in the process of starting up an animation company type thing! Still early days, but wish me luck!

Peder 🚀 · Sun 14/04/2013 22:19:14

Freelance Web Developer

miguel · Sun 14/04/2013 22:29:25

I'm in NASA doing some NASA stuff.

Ponch · Sun 14/04/2013 23:51:43

Cow. Teacher. Ladies Man.

an Urpney · Mon 15/04/2013 00:08:03

Corporate pen-pusher.

selmiak · Mon 15/04/2013 00:17:10

secret agent and machine whisperer

blueskirt · Mon 15/04/2013 01:34:47

I'm a guy who clearly played ways too much Space Quest for his own good as kid unfortunately.

Ryan Timothy B · Mon 15/04/2013 22:44:33

Recently I work forging hot metal billets, with a 1200 ton press, into car gears for differentials and whatnot.

Stee · Mon 15/04/2013 23:32:15

Quote from: an Urpney on Mon 15/04/2013 00:08:03
Corporate pen-pusher.

+1

Ghost · Mon 15/04/2013 23:35:11

Carer for people with a disability.

miguel · Tue 16/04/2013 00:25:19

So, me and Ryan have the only manly job.
Interesting...

an Urpney · Tue 16/04/2013 05:12:00

Quote from: Ghost on Mon 15/04/2013 23:35:11
Carer for people with a disability.

That's what I should be doing (+ care for eldery, + art therapy).
At least that's what my diploma says ; )

Armageddon · Tue 16/04/2013 06:55:58

What's up your diddly?

Slasher · Tue 16/04/2013 06:56:29

Well, I could have put Train Driver, prof musician (the guy that used to jump on chairs and tables in his underpants

), website designer, general laborer... But now it's 'sit on yer bum' being dismally fed up since my stroke which has left me partially disabled (forgetting things, memory loss, difficulty co-ordinating and stuff...I have a positive outlook mind and I hope one day that I can add what I do jobwise HERE until then AGS is a great comfort and mind occupier so you could say my job is an AGS'er

Technocrat · Tue 16/04/2013 09:28:29

There seems to be a lot of teachers in here - adding to that, I'm an English teacher, and after that job I compensate people thousands of pounds for the mistakes of Barclay's bank. In an ideal world, I'd like to make games!

dbuske · Tue 16/04/2013 16:22:57

Disabled, Used to work at St. Coletta school and later Universal electronics as a hand solderer of electronic boards.
1980-85 college student and member of Sacred Heart Fathers and brothers.

Sylvr · Tue 16/04/2013 16:29:20

Quote from: miguel on Tue 16/04/2013 00:25:19
So, me and Ryan have the only manly job.
Interesting...

Mine's not supposed to be manly

Creamy · Tue 16/04/2013 16:54:16

QuoteThere seems to be a lot of teachers in here

Many teachers come here because they have a lot of free time

(ouch, not on the head).

I am a clerk (nothing to do with Dungeons & Dragons).

WHAM · Tue 16/04/2013 19:26:59

"System support consultant", promoted just two weeks ago, which is a fancy way to say I fix computer software issues and answer my e-mail and, occasionally, the phone.

Anian · Tue 16/04/2013 20:20:33

~~I am currently jobless.~~

Apparently I just got a job, kind of a low paid internship, but still great.

Retro Wolf · Tue 16/04/2013 20:21:47

Baker. Would love to be full time AGSer!

Edit: Yet I have qualifications in Business and IT, go figure! $:-\$

cat · Tue 16/04/2013 20:34:54

Baker? You should join the next bake sale!

I'm software developer, btw.

AJA · Tue 16/04/2013 21:00:07

Game programmer (trainee) since Monday. My first job ever. Weird, huh?

nihilyst · Tue 16/04/2013 21:36:14

I'm a teacher, too

Mouth for war · Wed 17/04/2013 10:37:31

I work at a music-centre. I teach guitar to students and help with all kinds of things. Preparing for live shows etc. etc. etc. Like it a lot

Stupot · Wed 17/04/2013 11:38:28

Currently, I'm a jobhunter.

monkey424 · Wed 17/04/2013 12:17:06

Geotechnical engineer. General delinquent. And soon to be father.

Chicky · Wed 17/04/2013 15:47:25

So many cool jobs! I work for a security firm, providing IT support for council workers.

I also freelance video production for bands, events organisers etc

Ideally i want to do something artsy full time!

EchosofNezhyt · Mon 29/04/2013 20:47:25

I wish I woulda had some cool agsers as teachers back in school lol.

Carpet Installation... and freelance artist. (Mostly android/iphone games and some smaller indie/mods).

Future wise? I wanna to be a police officer 100%.

arj0n · Mon 29/04/2013 22:13:49

Game & software tester.

m0ds · Thu 02/05/2013 11:08:18

Publisher. Nice term. Sole trader of video games, more correct term. Since mid-2012, a Job Center "business start up" course got me focused and helped motivate me to go self employed. After years of searching for the "right" direction for 'Screen 7' it became obvious that the original reason it was formed for - adventure games - is the best direction. Now I answer emails all day about why you can't get The Cat Lady on Steam yet.

miguel · Thu 02/05/2013 11:17:08

What happened to the good old jobs. Hard jobs! Man jobs!
Am I the only porn theatre janitor around here?

Crimson Wizard · Thu 02/05/2013 13:51:56

Quote from: miguel on Thu 02/05/2013 11:17:08
What happened to the good old jobs. Hard jobs! Man jobs!

They are all in China

ThreeOhFour · Thu 02/05/2013 15:54:38

Sheep wrangler.

Ryan Timothy B · Thu 02/05/2013 16:01:32

Quote from: miguel on Thu 02/05/2013 11:17:08
What happened to the good old jobs. Hard jobs! Man jobs!
Am I the only porn theatre janitor around here?

Are you actually a porn theatre janitor? Previously, didn't you say you were working for NASA?

monkey424 · Thu 02/05/2013 18:32:15

QuoteMan jobs!

I often work around blokey foul-mouthed construction workers and dirty drillers. I sometimes dig holes in the ground and get sweaty. I also do lots of dynamic cone penetrometer (DCP) tests - sometimes in conjunction with digging holes. Now that's what I call manly! On the other hand I also spend a fair amount of time on computers and generally being pedantic with calculations and spreadsheets so that balances it out a bit.

Grundislav · Fri 03/05/2013 02:36:50

Spanish interpreter.

Ghost · Fri 03/05/2013 02:57:47

Quote from: Ryan Timothy on Thu 02/05/2013 16:01:32
Are you actually a porn theatre janitor? Previously, didn't you say you were working for NASA?

I just LOVE the idea that one doesn't exclude the other. It would be all kinds of awesome and explain a lot, too.

miguel · Fri 03/05/2013 10:04:05

Ryan and Ghost:
Yes, there's a huge amount of awesome in my line of work, every sit is a sit, every row has its specific traits and a plastic cup of lemonade may include more than you'd expect. Art has different ways of revealing itself but, when the lights are finally on, the theatre is one brand new modern Pollock set of splashy art!

Let's just say that NASA has an interest in Porn and that life is a Theatre.

abstauber · Fri 03/05/2013 14:56:48

Quote from: Crimson Wizard on Thu 02/05/2013 13:51:56
Quote from: miguel on Thu 02/05/2013 11:17:08
What happened to the good old jobs. Hard jobs! Man jobs!
They are all in China

My company is more less outsourcing most of the software development jobs to St. Petersburg

As for me - I'm an Unix/Linux admin

blueskirt · Fri 03/05/2013 19:55:09

Quote from: miguel on Thu 02/05/2013 11:17:08
What happened to the good old jobs. Hard jobs! Man jobs!
Am I the only porn theatre janitor around here?

When I said I played too much Space Quest for my own good as kid, it wasn't for the Space Guy part

monkey424 · Mon 06/05/2013 11:15:16

QuoteHard jobs! Man jobs!

I'm back at work now. This is me today doing the DCP test. It's a hard job.. A MAN job!

Miguel, we're all waiting for some happy snaps of your line of work

miguel · Mon 06/05/2013 13:22:05

Fascinating stories about my work will be in my memoires, monkey. Sorry.

Eric · Mon 06/05/2013 13:36:50

After a year of applications, I've just accepted a tenure track Assistant Professor position in a communications department at a Midwestern liberal arts college. Moving across country in July!

Asclepius · Mon 27/05/2013 16:12:04

For the last year or so, I've been a student psychiatric nurse and part time carer for the elderly.

Previously, soldier, EHT, carer, naked model and farm labourer.

Some of those are manly? Maybe manly-lite.

miguel · Wed 29/05/2013 11:52:51

Asclepius, naked model does not apply, my friend. Farm labourer does. Or elephant hygiene technician.

Paul Franzen · Wed 29/05/2013 16:20:36

Copy Editor (actually, Copy Editor II now!) with a human resources consulting firm, working from home full-time

Asclepius · Thu 30/05/2013 20:40:02

Quote from: miguel on Wed 29/05/2013 11:52:51
Asclepius, naked model does not apply, my friend. Farm labourer does. Or elephant hygiene technician.

Yes, those elephants were a challenge. So many skin-folds.... I lost some good friends in there.

Grim · Sun 02/06/2013 03:26:12

I'm an auxiliary nurse.

Also, an indie dev, I guess;)

Problem · Mon 03/06/2013 18:51:32

I'm a private music teacher and math tutor.

AdventureWhip · Mon 10/06/2013 16:35:49

Freelance translator.

Honza · Mon 10/06/2013 23:01:29

English teacher, freelance graphic designer.

Adeel · Thu 13/06/2013 17:38:48

I have worked as an Urdu to English (freelance) translator before. Planning to start tutoring from this month (or maybe next).

voh · Tue 18/06/2013 00:44:56

Trained as an English to Dutch translator, aspiring fiction writer, actually a software developer.

Sometimes confused.

Stupot · Mon 01/07/2013 17:06:29

Finally got a job. It's only a month-long English teaching gig at a summer school, but at least for now I don't have to call myself unemployed for a few weeks.

Disco · Sat 20/07/2013 21:08:02

I work as a server in a fine dining restaurant.

The Fool · Tue 23/07/2013 21:11:58

Busker.

Eggie · Sun 04/08/2013 22:17:55

Part-time retail asshole.
The only part-time retail asshole on this entire board apparently.
Wow. To hell with you guys and your interesting jobs. To. Hell.

MiteWiseacreLives! · Mon 05/08/2013 15:06:16

Full time retail manager.
Probably in the same sub-category as you Eggie.

KodiakBehr · Fri 04/10/2013 01:11:54

Diplomat, planning to move into high school education.

milkanannan · Wed 06/09/2017 03:12:46

Sorry to bring the thread back but was also interested in what other people did. I teach ESL here in sunny Dubai.

Some other posters have seriously cool jobs! Anyone want to trade?

Stupot · Wed 06/09/2017 03:30:59

I'm also in the EFL game. Since my post above I have come [back] to Japan and had two jobs, first as an assistant language teacher in two junior high schools and then as a teacher in an eikaiwa (English conversation school) which is ironic considering I am a terrible conversationalist.

I like the job though. Get to meet lots of interesting folks, including a member of AKB48. Just yesterday I taught a woman who is one of the top judges on the international figure-skating scene. Although equally there are some excruciating, boring-as-hell housewifes and salaryman who have nothing to talk about other than how much 'nothing special' they do between lessons.

Gurok · Wed 06/09/2017 03:53:29

I'm a software developer. I work in Java and Javascript.
It's software as a service that graphic design studios use.

dactylopus · Wed 06/09/2017 04:49:58

I'm in broadcasting. My job title is Master Control Operator.

On a good day, this means I watch TV for a living.

On a bad day, it means I try to figure out why the TV went off the air and fix it.

Andail · Wed 06/09/2017 07:18:31

I'm a teacher half of the time and game developer half of the time.

Blondbraid · Wed 06/09/2017 10:11:48

I currently don't have any job, I'm studying video game development with a graphics orientation at university.

Danvzare · Wed 06/09/2017 11:06:14

I'm a student studying ICT and Design. So I guess I'm in the same boat as Blondbraid.

CrashPL · Wed 06/09/2017 11:42:14

I work as a QA engineer for a company delivering IT solutions for medical and pharmaceutical industry.

dayowlron · Wed 06/09/2017 14:53:52

Im a programmer/analyst working for a promotions company

Loslem · Thu 07/09/2017 12:22:49

I'm a lab technician in germany. Nothing special really ^^

HanaIndiana · Sat 09/09/2017 19:36:34

Lead programmer/ETL developer for a university data warehouse

Kumpel · Mon 11/09/2017 15:45:45

Partly long time student and partly multifuctional cultural journalist, movie and theatre critic, movie press screening supervisor and soon co-moderator for an upcoming conference as part of the upcoming application of my town for the 2025' "Capital of Culture" in Europe. Phew...

Ah yeah, and I am a father too

Gribbler · Tue 12/09/2017 18:38:35

Film translator.

dactylopus · Wed 13/09/2017 00:00:31

My night job is captain of a beer league hockey team called the Dragons. Or at least it will be when the fall season starts. 1st time captain, should be fun! Doesn't pay, aside from a few free beers, but it's fulfilling in so many other ways.

Atelier · Sun 15/10/2017 21:26:54

Quote from: dactylopus on Wed 13/09/2017 00:00:31
My night job is captain of a beer league hockey team called the Dragons.

Best sentence ever

I'm a PhD Law student, teaching at my university part-time.

dactylopus · Mon 16/10/2017 01:16:52

Quote from: Atelier on Sun 15/10/2017 21:26:54
Quote from: dactylopus on Wed 13/09/2017 00:00:31
My night job is captain of a beer league hockey team called the Dragons.

Best sentence ever

Thanks! We have a game tonight, and could use the positive energy!

milkanannan · Sun 09/06/2019 13:11:35

I see many people have written they want to be "a fully time AGS'er". I guess that means making money from their games? That's great if people are actually able to make a living from doing that!

Mandle · Sun 09/06/2019 16:27:19

Quote from: man n fist on Sun 09/06/2019 13:11:35
I see many people have written they want to be "a fully time AGS'er". I guess that means making money from their games? That's great if people are actually able to make a living from doing that!

It's been done... Look at Dave Gilbert... But it takes a LOT of passion and vision to be able to achieve...

What's your "Day Job"

m0ds