What do you do for a living?

[Katzpur]

I was never trained in anything worthwhile as I had dropped out of college. I am fortunate to have not had to work all these years, but I know how to live with a lot less than some people think that they might need. I spend less instead of making more.

That kind of sounds like my son. He doesn't seem to need to have a lot to make him happy. I worry about him in his old age, though.

 

[Katzpur]

A wise and insightful question.

Biotechnology! Almost finished!

I stand in awe. Seriously.

 

[savagewind]

That kind of sounds like my son. He doesn't seem to need to have a lot to make him happy. I worry about him in his old age, though.

My husband is not the same as I am. Maybe your son will find someone who will help support him.

 

[Kirran]

I stand in awe. Seriously.

I would advise against it!

 

[Katzpur]

I would advise against it!

Advise all you want. I got excellent grades in college, but anything related to the life sciences was way, way over my head. I'm afraid that stuff just doesn't click with me. So I genuinely do admire people who are good enough at it to make a career of it. Go scientists!

 

[Katzpur]

My husband is not the same as I am. Maybe your son will find someone who will help support him.

In that case, he better get on the ball. He's 37 and still not married.

 

[savagewind]

In that case, he better get on the ball. He's 37 and still not married.

I have two like that soon enough.

 

[David T]

herding cats.

PM general construction.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I have a work-study position at the university library. I also fix electronics, and buy broken ones to fix and resell.
I think though over the summer I'm going to start looking into social work again. My family thinks I should try for disabilities or SSI.

 

[Eliab ben Benjamin]

Biomedical Engineer, (Fix Life support equipment, Invented a few improvements)

Volunteer Paramedic.. Semi disabled after
Car accident, but still work 30 to 60 hours pw.

 

[lovesong]

I'm a student and I run a little Etsy shop. It's Pagan based, although a lot of the things I sell cater to Wiccans. It hurts my soul but it brings in a lot of money. I try to maintain some things I can put my word behind, but those items are just so I can maintain some pride in my shop. All the Wiccan stuff is really what keeps me afloat, so I do what I must..

 

[Nietzsche]

I'm a student and I run a little Etsy shop. It's Pagan based, although a lot of the things I sell cater to Wiccans. It hurts my soul but it brings in a lot of money. I try to maintain some things I can put my word behind, but those items are just so I can maintain some pride in my shop. All the Wiccan stuff is really what keeps me afloat, so I do what I must..

As it should, dear, as it should.

 

[Revoltingest]

I collect Social Security.
I also invest in, manage, & groundskeep some commercial real estate.
And I make a little buying & selling antique machinery.

 

[Neo Deist]

I am a CSI for a large P.D. in the southeastern US. I specialize in ballistics and trajectory, with cross training in digital forensics. I also serve as a police chaplain for the P.D.

On the side, I teach drum lessons, troubleshoot computers and paint housing interiors.

 

[David1967]

I have a small retail music store. I sell and repair musical instruments. Been at it 24 years so far.

 

[sun rise]

I'm retired since 2010. Before I was an IT guy the last being for a major bank where I was in a team that dealt with part of the complex online banking infrastructure. The bureaucracy in the bank was was uglier than Federal bureaucracy in various areas when I left and I was told it got worse afterwards.

For example, when we got started there was a "6 sigma" philosophy which was, in short, based on the idea that mistakes happen but there were ways of minimizing them. That was too sensible and management said they believed in that but really did not accept any mistakes. Planning for changes was also sensible - we got together, talked about the technical nature of the changes and how to keep from stepping on each others toes. That was too sensible.

When I left, there was a gigantic change control form to fill out that was checked for failure to fill it out correctly by people in India. The sensible meetings had been supplemented by boss's boss's boss's ... meetings to decide if we were going to take a risk to make a change. The people making the decisions were ignorant of anything technical and we could not tell them we were going to "wave a magic wand" which was their level of technical competence. So we had to tell them all the bad things that would happen if we did not do what we needed to do and hope that they went along.

 

[Shem Ben Noah]

I'm currently a bum, but I'm trying to get a hold of an old friend who sells yachts and work for him again.

For money? Well, I iz an engineer.

To make a living, I'm a farmer.

Without my animals, I'm not alive.

 

[MrMrdevincamus]

I am a professional pauper and own a christian humanitarian non-profit organization called ABOTCC. We are primarily an administrative group that aids those in need cutting through the governmental red tape and other obstacles in order to access entitlements to food resources and other basic needs. Of course there is no charge for our services. Here in Appalachia the need is great and the money is short!

 

[MrMrdevincamus]

I'm retired since 2010. Before I was an IT guy the last being for a major bank where I was in a team that dealt with part of the complex online banking infrastructure. The bureaucracy in the bank was was uglier than Federal bureaucracy in various areas when I left and I was told it got worse afterwards.

For example, when we got started there was a "6 sigma" philosophy which was, in short, based on the idea that mistakes happen but there were ways of minimizing them. That was too sensible and management said they believed in that but really did not accept any mistakes. Planning for changes was also sensible - we got together, talked about the technical nature of the changes and how to keep from stepping on each others toes. That was too sensible.

When I left, there was a gigantic change control form to fill out that was checked for failure to fill it out correctly by people in India. The sensible meetings had been supplemented by boss's boss's boss's ... meetings to decide if we were going to take a risk to make a change. The people making the decisions were ignorant of anything technical and we could not tell them we were going to "wave a magic wand" which was their level of technical competence. So we had to tell them all the bad things that would happen if we did not do what we needed to do and hope that they went along.

Damn I bet my bank in the USA has that 6 sigma" philosophy! All kidding aside, I can feel when my banker guys are feeding me a line of BS, me sitting there smiling dumbly getting violated. I know not to call them on their lies because I know they have me by the financial short and curlies. So, I say nothing hoping to fight another day. As I drive home I pick my time for the next battle....banking should not be like that! Especially when the USA at least is awash in my taxpayer money...

 

[Revoltingest]

I'm retired since 2010. Before I was an IT guy the last being for a major bank where I was in a team that dealt with part of the complex online banking infrastructure. The bureaucracy in the bank was was uglier than Federal bureaucracy in various areas when I left and I was told it got worse afterwards.

For example, when we got started there was a "6 sigma" philosophy which was, in short, based on the idea that mistakes happen but there were ways of minimizing them. That was too sensible and management said they believed in that but really did not accept any mistakes. Planning for changes was also sensible - we got together, talked about the technical nature of the changes and how to keep from stepping on each others toes. That was too sensible.

When I left, there was a gigantic change control form to fill out that was checked for failure to fill it out correctly by people in India. The sensible meetings had been supplemented by boss's boss's boss's ... meetings to decide if we were going to take a risk to make a change. The people making the decisions were ignorant of anything technical and we could not tell them we were going to "wave a magic wand" which was their level of technical competence. So we had to tell them all the bad things that would happen if we did not do what we needed to do and hope that they went along.

This illuminates why I've found some banks to offer better & more sophisticated service than others.
I had to leave one bank I'd been with for decades because they fell down on the job in both lending
& electronic servicing. Now I use 2 different banks, & they are on the ball. Go free markets!