Thread: Tell me about your job

Tell me some more How do you make those vaccines? I have a paper round, every day of the week except on sundays. Sunday is the sweetest day of the week

My job role is a game master and translator. My head company is based in China. They are trying to make their games international so they need translators to translate the original text from Chinese to English. Once the English version is out, it can be translated into other languages.

Meanwhile, I don't have any translation tasks on hand so I have been playing my company's games for two weeks. I have been tasked to play 3 games at the moment. My role as a game master should be kept a secret and other players can't find out that I'm one. I've been trying to help other players in the game but my seniors were telling me to create chaos in the game to boost sales. Once a strong villain appears, other players will attempt to beat him up, in order to be stronger than the villain, they need to spend real cash. That's how my company pushes sales.

Lol Carrot your job and your skill in Chinese are pretty cool But ehh, isn't it dull sitting behind a computer all day long? Even though you get to play games all day long

I take emergency roadside assistance phone calls for AAA (American Automobile Association). Basically, we're the people you talk to, when your car breaks down on the street or highway and we have to get all the information on where you are and what the problem is, so our drivers can get out to you. It's not too bad a job, but it really puts into perspective the way that people in stressful situations handle themselves (and some could use a little work. Lol). We do get some pretty interesting phone calls, though (drunk people; people who are absolutely freaking out after hitting a dear in the middle of the night; people in bad neighborhoods hearing gunshots; etc).

I also do some freelance graphic artwork on the side.

Originally Posted by Ginsan

Lol Carrot your job and your skill in Chinese are pretty cool But ehh, isn't it dull sitting behind a computer all day long? Even though you get to play games all day long

Yeah it is dull, I don't even dare to leave my seat for too long to stretch my legs. I don't like sitting on the chair for too long, it hurts my legs and back. At least I have the freedom of going to the toilet since it is easily accessible.

Oh wait did I mention I'm Chinese?

Originally Posted by Carrot

Yeah it is dull, I don't even dare to leave my seat for too long to stretch my legs. I don't like sitting on the chair for too long, it hurts my legs and back. At least I have the freedom of going to the toilet since it is easily accessible.

Oh wait did I mention I'm Chinese?

You said you translate original text from Chinese to English
And why do you not dare to leave your seat for too long to stretch?

Originally Posted by Ginsan

And why do you not dare to leave your seat for too long to stretch?

Because there are people looking at us working. My table is situated at a pretty obvious location, it's right beside the toilet and water dispenser. We only have one toilet cubicle in the office so if I'm not at my desk and I'm not in the toilet, it means I'm slacking.

Originally Posted by Carrot

Because there are people looking at us working. My table is situated at a pretty obvious location, it's right beside the toilet and water dispenser. We only have one toilet cubicle in the office so if I'm not at my desk and I'm not in the toilet, it means I'm slacking.

Sounds like an annoying workplace At least you have the internet

bank teller. i just started about a month ago. i only work part time hours.

I wash dishes

I work at an auto parts store, primarily delivery, but I do a bit of everything there.

I didn't know jack about a car when I started, except that they have wheels and get me places. I've learned a lot, and can do basic car repairs and stuff on my own now, I think. I mostly deliver parts to nearby garages and shops. But when I'm in the store, I help customers find what they need and put up back stock, sweep floors, install batteries and windshield wipers for people. Its actually not a bad gig at all. I can see myself working here for a long time.

However, I've actually been thinking about applying as a janitor for one of the three hospitals around here. Yeah, go ahead and laugh about being a janitor, but at hospitals they can make 10-12 dollars an hour easily. Wanna pay me 12 dollars an hour to sweep floors and clean the shitter? Go right ahead! I get paid much less doing a more "dignified" job now, so whatever.

Plus, from what I hear, its pretty damn laid back. It has some physical labor, which I like, but unless there's a really bad spill or something, you work at your own pace.

Who cares about dignity? In order to make money you've got to eat your pride raw and unsalted. I wish I had money instead of a dignified job

I used to be an editor for an engineering firm.

I had a dignified job for 10.5 years and the pay wasn't super but the benefits were.

I still have six figures in company stock...which is a nice start.


But I must admit, my most fun job was working nights at a 7-11 for $4.50 an hour.


Now my only jobs are DV Mod and parent, and neither pays me, though both are rewarding.

Originally Posted by melanieb

I used to be an editor for an engineering firm.

I had a dignified job for 10.5 years and the pay wasn't super but the benefits were.

I still have six figures in company stock...which is a nice start.


But I must admit, my most fun job was working nights at a 7-11 for $4.50 an hour.


Now my only jobs are DV Mod and parent, and neither pays me, though both are rewarding.

Oh noes, it's the 3 RC girl!!

7*6=42, I still have ten fingers, I can't breathe while my mouth and nose are closed. I'm awake*

Originally Posted by Alucinor XIII

I work at an auto parts store, primarily delivery, but I do a bit of everything there.

I didn't know jack about a car when I started, except that they have wheels and get me places. I've learned a lot, and can do basic car repairs and stuff on my own now, I think. I mostly deliver parts to nearby garages and shops. But when I'm in the store, I help customers find what they need and put up back stock, sweep floors, install batteries and windshield wipers for people. Its actually not a bad gig at all. I can see myself working here for a long time.

However, I've actually been thinking about applying as a janitor for one of the three hospitals around here. Yeah, go ahead and laugh about being a janitor, but at hospitals they can make 10-12 dollars an hour easily. Wanna pay me 12 dollars an hour to sweep floors and clean the shitter? Go right ahead! I get paid much less doing a more "dignified" job now, so whatever.

Plus, from what I hear, its pretty damn laid back. It has some physical labor, which I like, but unless there's a really bad spill or something, you work at your own pace.

There's nothing undignified about being a janitor. What I deem as undignified are doing jobs that are against your morales. So what if I'm a janitor? It's a honest job.

Originally Posted by melanieb

But I must admit, my most fun job was working nights at a 7-11 for $4.50 an hour.

Care to share what made it fun?

A few months ago I worked at a syrup waffle factory.. It's even more delicios than it sounds! There were multiple areas and one of them you had to sit or stand somewhere and pick out the wrong ones and put them away, but it was only the shape that was wrong so I could eat a few if I didn't get distracted, njommnjomnjom fresh waffles And in an other place, the cooling area (I had to clean up and pick out wrong failed waffles) where I only went once, the waffles (at the beginning of the cooling area) are still WARM, sometimes even HOT I ate one.. It tasted so good I almost lost it!! One day I will taste one in a lucid dream and see if it is as good. I think it will challenge the limits of lucid dreaming
I got fired after a week and a half because I got late about 3 or 4 times, really sucked because it was fun, tasty and the company of my colleagues was almost as sweet

How nice to hear all about your interesting jobs!

To answer Ginsan's question: in order to make a vaccin you'll need lots of virus. There are different ways to multiply virusses but for example making the human influenza virus they use firtalized chicken eggs. Ínsert a little bit of virus in the egg and keep it warm for a few days, then you harvest the eggwhite (which contains the virus) and kill the virus. Now you have a vaccin.

Please continue to write about your jobs!

Wow, you guys have some really interesting jobs!

I'm a front-end web developer at a cancer hospital, on a contract basis. It's a great job, and I get to work on a variety of interesting projects, from email newsletter templates to new landing pages within our various departments, to large-scale applications like our new appointment request form, and small design changes to the main site. It's your basic 40-hour work week, with good pay and close to where I live (we recently moved to be closer to my work, reducing my commute by 45 minutes).

Originally Posted by Carrot

Care to share what made it fun?

7-11 was fun because I got to talk to lots of cool people and had so many experiences I would never have at any other job.

I worked from 10PM to 6AM, when most people aren't in a hurry to get anywhere. People would come in and tell me stories because they had to tell someone and often they couldn't find a friend to tell at 3:27 AM. I saw naked people, I saw a building burn, I helped catch robbers of the restaurant down the street and I even had sex in the back room of the 7-11.

I ended up with quite a few dates from there, and several long-term friends.

I worked with some cool people that taught me to be more outgoing and helped open me to the world in a lot of ways.

So many stories...so many events...every bit of it filled with wow.

That was a great 3-year period!

Well, not yet I've started this job, but been having internship and the job starts in 2 weeks.

The job is mostly pushing on the "enter" key on the computer keyboard. Simply verifying scanned income tax returns in a software for 8 hours a day - 8am to 5pm.

Though, I'm aiming to get a job at the armed force. Will see how it goes in July if I'm getting in

I working as a tiler. So I'ts pretty early mornings and a lot of farting in the bathrooms I'll make.

I'm a student.

In the future, however, I have a weekend job at a greenhouse. Watering, moving things, etc.

This will happen next month.

I've worked some interesting jobs from Lab Technician at a computer lab at school to a surveyor to an engineer to my current title of Technical Writer.

Currently, I write manuals on really complicated pieces of equipment. It's fun because it's always a puzzle. I have to look at something really complicated, learn how it works, why it works, what it does, etc. then explain it into the most basic form for the customer. While I am aware a lot of people don't read manuals, I try to write in a manner that covers all major problems during operation. My company likes me a great deal, and I will start revising their website soon.

i work front desk at a motel

it makes me want to drive a pencil into my skull on a regular basis