riddler 0 #151 September 27, 2002 Work is as boring as you make it. If you're afraid of your job/boss/company/fellow employees, then you'll never have any fun and you'll be bored as Hell. I try to talk all of my bosses into doing a tandem while I'm on the plane with them - then joke with the tandem master about the "money" I gave him for "you-know-what". Keep skydiving - you will lose all other fears.Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thanatos340 1 #152 September 27, 2002 I work for a Software Development Company. We sell Maintenance and Engineering Software, (So all you enginner types Buy my Software so I can keep jumping!) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kennedy 0 #153 September 27, 2002 what's a job? Really, I go to UMCP and basically watch the cameras that watch you - if you set foot on campus that is.witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFXpert 0 #154 September 27, 2002 How convenenient, I just finished my resume. I'm graduating in December. I'm looking to go into sales...any kind of sales...I'm great at it; probably pharmaceutical sales. Yes, I'm after $$$. But hey, more $$$, means more jumps, more traveling, and hopefully, one day I'll be able to start my own not-for-profit organization (I want to open a nice, safe animal shelter, where no animals are killed and the adoption rate is high. They have one similiar near where I live but they're always low on money, and if I had my own fortune, it wouldn't matter...I LOVE animals.) I'd also like to write a book. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sebazz1 2 #155 September 27, 2002 During the week I am a corporate securities paralegal, and sometimes a litigation paralegal. During the weekend I am a AFF and Tandem instructor at the DZ. I have used my job so far to get me as far as I have in skydiving. I may use the skydiving now to get me back into school... We shall see. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chachi 0 #156 September 27, 2002 I work for a Audio/Projection/and Lighting company. I sell corporate, entertainment, product launches, fashion shows and such. Mostly, I waste time surfing the net while at work. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wrightskyguy 1 #157 September 27, 2002 I know just how you feel. I am a hands model and aside from soaking in Palmolive all day I do almost nothing. I'm lucky to have skydiving to keep my life interesting. Good luck on your jumping. John Wright World's most beloved skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #158 September 27, 2002 "I am a hands model and aside from soaking in Palmolive all day" I have seen your dishwashing detergent ads and you are fabulous. Madge you are such a hottie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IMGR2 0 #159 September 29, 2002 I work for a charter helicopter company. Can you guess what my favorite question is? Test flight, can I take my rig? My boss asks me every week if I am ever going to ride down in the chopper. My answer was, of course, the day I forget my rig at home. Bryan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magistr8 0 #160 September 29, 2002 Hey I am also a desk jockey doing system admin for a telco. MTS in manitoba, Canada. It's not bad though, i get to play with expensive hardware all day long. Sit in a server room worth about 800 million dollars. Yeah i'd give it up to jump all day though. "Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools." Napoleon Bonaparte Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Iflyme 0 #161 September 29, 2002 QuoteWork for me is marketing produce to grocery stores.What happened to the astronomy equipment sales, Tina? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowbird 0 #162 September 29, 2002 QuoteWhat happened to the astronomy equipment sales, Tina? The chain I was working at went under. It was still viable and profitable, so I tried to open my own similar science store. Couldn't raise the capital, so I changed 'careers'. I do really miss the astronomy though. And the telescopes Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. -Robert A. Heinlein Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #163 September 30, 2002 "MTS in manitoba, Canada" Really. I was there in Feb of 98. They wanted to write a combined-billing application. A "Get all your utilitiy bills on one" thing. We did a presentation and it went well, but we had written it in VB and they wanted to use PowerBuilder because that was the "cool" product at the time. It was a fun trip anyway. Got payed to come visit some snow. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #164 April 21, 2008 QuoteI am a 1. uspa rated coach (working on my AFF and Tandem ratings) 2. student at University of Cincinnati (Aviation) 3. Exotic Dancer (it isn't as much fun as it sounds) Still dancing?Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #165 April 21, 2008 Wow, this one bubbled up from 6 year ago... Now I work in waste management for a city.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #166 April 21, 2008 Quote Wow, this one bubbled up from 6 year ago... Now I work in waste management for a city. There's a method to my madness... Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #167 April 21, 2008 Quote Now I work in waste management for a city. Is that what they're calling police work these days? "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stitch 0 #168 April 21, 2008 Quote Quote Wow, this one bubbled up from 6 year ago... Now I work in waste management for a city. There's a method to my madness... Some people are slow on Sundays. "No cookies for you"- GFD "I don't think I like the sound of that" ~ MB65 Don't be a "Racer Hater" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1969912 0 #169 April 21, 2008 Mechanical/Electrical Engineer in search of a real life. "Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ." -NickDG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
denete 3 #170 April 21, 2008 QuoteI have always wanted to be a sky diver, but am worried that my normal day to day life will seem really boring if I do take it up. It is really hard sitting behind a desk all day, after only one jump! Hopefully your job doesn't define who you are. Many people work in order to allow themselves to do the things that they enjoy the most. For me it's a little like the movie Fight Club. I shaved off my goatee, wear my collared shirts, and work in order to get a paycheck and some personal rewards. But, I crank up the music in the car and sit in traffic a happier person because I have been in the sky. ps - I get paid to be a computer geek during the week.SCR #14809 "our attitude is the thing most capable of keeping us safe" (look, grab, look, grab, peel, punch, punch, arch) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Unstable 9 #171 April 21, 2008 I'm a student, studying Industrial Engineering, and I'll escape w a Graduate Degree in about 2 years. In the summer, I work for Cessna Aircraft (You skydivers have probably never heard of them ) in Wichita Kansas. I do Industrial engineering stuff: Manufacturing the planes faster, safer, with less mistakes, redesigning production lines, floor space, ergonomics, et cetera. I love my job. =========Shaun ========== Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iambeav2 0 #172 April 21, 2008 Have been a full time student for almost 5 years and still counting, and in the meantime I have been working for Food Lion in the meat department but just quit that last summer (I'm gonna miss the cheap/free meat I was allowed (yes allowed) to take) and Food Lion was my part time job. My full time job is (and has been since HS graduation) a full time Pharmacy Technician. Started at Eckerds when I was 16, then when I graduated HS, I went to the hospital. It's so funny though. Retail pharmacists make BIG bucks and hospital pharmacists make next to shit...and retail techs make next to shit and hospital techs make BIG bucks for a non-degree job. I get paid to edit Video's at my home DZ and am getting my coach rating this month. Since I work 3rd shift I work 7 days on and 7 days off...so on my week off I set up private networks for co-workers and others that have heard by word of mouth. I also do computer repair and build computers. I've now got a damned waiting list and I wish I didn't take so many, I just wanna tell them all to go fuck off so I can just jump!!!...it's not the fact that you don't appreciate what you have until it's gone...it's the fact that you don't appreciate what you have until someone appreciates it for you! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tmaricle55 0 #173 April 21, 2008 Telecom Engineer and Design.... it pays the bills. Muff Brother # 3883, SCR # 14796 ICD # 1 - Pres. Yeah, I noticed and I think it's funny! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
futuredivot 0 #174 April 21, 2008 Is this you at work? You are only as strong as the prey you devour Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tmaricle55 0 #175 April 21, 2008 I don't really get to talk on the phone just program! Muff Brother # 3883, SCR # 14796 ICD # 1 - Pres. Yeah, I noticed and I think it's funny! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
