SPKr Posted February 28, 2006 Posted February 28, 2006 I have had a very fun and zig-zag career path, and I currently wear several hats. The main hat which I wear is this one: I work as a recruiter and trainer for, ahem, "field operatives" who ahem, find and harvest organs destined for transplant. You may have heard tales of a friend of a friend, or of your aunt's son's best friend, who met an attractive member of the opposite gender (or whatever gender they prefer) in a bar, and then next thing that they knew, they awoke in an ice-filled bathtub in a hotel room, with a note and a phone nearby, to discover one of their kidneys had been harvested by organ thieves and that they had been crudely stitched up. Indeed, there are several websites which claim that these tales are merely urban legend. Well, someone has to recruit and train those organ harvesters who, ahem, interact with travelers and relieve them of excess kidneys, and they must be trained to handle, store and transport the organs properly. Our company had to stop harvesting livers and hearts, as the donors invariably never lived thru the operations, and our technicians were thus technically guily of felony homicide. This created a major logistical and public relations nightmare for our corporation, and we now train our field technicians to harvest only kidneys and pieces of liver. (Note to self: NEVER go back to Maryland) Quote
+Vinny & Sue Team Posted February 28, 2006 Posted February 28, 2006 I have had a very fun and zig-zag career path, and I currently wear several hats. The main hat which I wear is this one: I work as a recruiter and trainer for, ahem, "field operatives" who ahem, find and harvest organs destined for transplant. You may have heard tales of a friend of a friend, or of your aunt's son's best friend, who met an attractive member of the opposite gender (or whatever gender they prefer) in a bar, and then next thing that they knew, they awoke in an ice-filled bathtub in a hotel room, with a note and a phone nearby, to discover one of their kidneys had been harvested by organ thieves and that they had been crudely stitched up. Indeed, there are several websites which claim that these tales are merely urban legend. Well, someone has to recruit and train those organ harvesters who, ahem, interact with travelers and relieve them of excess kidneys, and they must be trained to handle, store and transport the organs properly. Our company had to stop harvesting livers and hearts, as the donors invariably never lived thru the operations, and our technicians were thus technically guily of felony homicide. This created a major logistical and public relations nightmare for our corporation, and we now train our field technicians to harvest only kidneys and pieces of liver. (Note to self: NEVER go back to Maryland) Quote
Mustcache Posted February 28, 2006 Posted February 28, 2006 I'm a Veterans' Service Officer. Massachusetts has the best veterans benefits in the country and I'm privileged to assist our veterans to obtain them. Quote
snowfoxrox Posted February 28, 2006 Author Posted February 28, 2006 Wow!!! What a diverse bunch of people!! So Interesting! Quote
+XRN95 Posted February 28, 2006 Posted February 28, 2006 Trauma Intensive Care RN, I save lives and stamp out disease . Quote
+Thrak Posted March 1, 2006 Posted March 1, 2006 I work for the government and I'm here to help you.................... I'm an information systems tech for a CA gov't. agency. Sadly there are no analyst positions where I live and I refuse to move so............ My career goal is "Retired". Quote
+eyesofice2us Posted March 1, 2006 Posted March 1, 2006 I was entered into witness protection program Jan 12-05 and the Gov pays me to stay home.. so what else can I do?? This came along as one of the dept told me about it one day and since my relocation was in the country. this was great. I get clean air and all.. Quote
+Brendal Posted March 1, 2006 Posted March 1, 2006 Software Test Engineer in the refrigeration and building controls industry. Quote
+Mr. 0 Posted March 1, 2006 Posted March 1, 2006 Customer service for a major wireless company. Quote
+GeoXterra Posted March 1, 2006 Posted March 1, 2006 Being a career firefighter pays the bills. Volunteer firefighter when I'm off. But move furniture and set up furniture show rooms here in the furniture capital of the world to finance my geocaching. Quote
+Webfoot Posted March 1, 2006 Posted March 1, 2006 I teach the hormonally schizophrenic - AKA 7th and 8th grade. Quote
+entropysedge Posted March 1, 2006 Posted March 1, 2006 Internet sales manager for a Toyota dealership (hey, gotta pay the bills somehow!) and semi-professional artist/photographer. Quote
+clearpath Posted March 1, 2006 Posted March 1, 2006 I teach the hormonally schizophrenic - AKA 7th and 8th grade. Lol ... you deserve the medal of honor. Most adults would be scared out of their wits to teach teenagers. Quote
hide & seekers Posted March 1, 2006 Posted March 1, 2006 Gosh, everyone else's jobs sounds more interesting than mine! Personal assistant to a investment advisor. Funny, I help him help his clients make money. He gets rewarded by his company who sends on him big trips, like to Italy for the Olympics! Hellloooo, who's back at home minding your office?? The other half is a bridge builder. Occasionally road building, but he likes bridges best. Zoe-dog is chaser of the cat, eater of the "cookies," and keeper of the couch when she's not being a cache mutt. Quote
+countrycachers Posted March 1, 2006 Posted March 1, 2006 (edited) Funny! I would be that bastard of an investment advisor. A week at the Wynn in Vegas, rough times. All expenses paid. How's the paperwork? hehehe. Edited March 1, 2006 by kensho Quote
+humanloofa Posted March 2, 2006 Posted March 2, 2006 I am a building engineer for an office building. I get to plan everything out than do it, lots of fun ,not a lot of time for caching though. Quote
Lt32 Posted March 2, 2006 Posted March 2, 2006 Lieutenant for Polk County Fire Dept. (Florida). Also on the Special Operations Team, which deals with technical rescues (high angle, confined space, trench, vehicle/machine, & building collaspe) and hazardous materials emergencies. Quote
+spicy_victory Posted March 2, 2006 Posted March 2, 2006 (edited) Victory works as a Security Consultant for High Risk Companies/Jails/Schools etc... Spicy is a full time college student (going to be a teacher) and works for a dentist's office 30+ hrs a week. We are both so busy, we can only cache on the weekends... when we aren't too tired... Edited March 2, 2006 by spicy_victory Quote
+The Crazy H Crew Posted March 2, 2006 Posted March 2, 2006 I'm very busy, usually. I own four stores: two tool stores, a video store, and a videogame store. I (sometimes) sell on ebay, but I'm not right now. I also wholesale various types of things, and import as well. Being self-employed is GREAT, but can be BUSY! TCHC Quote
+Mopar Posted March 2, 2006 Posted March 2, 2006 Parks Dept. Supervisor. Responsible for all the parks, playgrounds, athletic fields, school grounds, open spaces, public lands and grounds maintenance for all public buildings in the town I work for. In other words; I'm the guy you ask for permission to hide a cache in my town. Quote
+mailman72432 Posted March 2, 2006 Posted March 2, 2006 sometimes i forget what it is that i actually do and where i do it, so... i named myself after myself. Quote
+piscatore Posted March 2, 2006 Posted March 2, 2006 Being self-employed is GREAT, but can be BUSY! TCHC Nah, being retired is great, although I can only cache on weekends. Oh yeah, when your retired, every day is Saturday. Quote
ctim Posted March 3, 2006 Posted March 3, 2006 Vice President of Paper Disposal (Otherwise known as a shredder) Quote
+Team Dinosaur Posted March 3, 2006 Posted March 3, 2006 Electrical Maintenance Crewleader for a Paper Mill (the Mr. of the team) Walmart assossiate (the Mrs. of the team) Quote
+Silly Look Posted March 3, 2006 Posted March 3, 2006 (edited) Compliance Officer for an Underwriting Management Firm. I make sure our company is licensed in the states we write business in, we follow the laws of those states and use the appropriate forms, and we don't bone the insured’s. I have no idea what I'm doing. I only know no one; I mean NO ONE in the insurance field or this office wants my job. I can't quit because the money is to good, and they won't fire me because that means somebody else has to do the job. So I'm currently sitting at my desk polishing ammo. Edited March 3, 2006 by Silly Look Quote
+Munin Posted March 3, 2006 Posted March 3, 2006 On even-numbered days, I write software. (On odd-numbered days, I fix the bugs in what I wrote on the even-numbered days ) Quote
+Dyrty Posted March 3, 2006 Posted March 3, 2006 Being a career firefighter pays the bills. Volunteer firefighter when I'm off. Ditto 24 years next week, currently a Battalion Chief running a shift. Do a little web design and hosting on the side along with alot of volunteer duties such as Red Cross, Search and Rescue, blah, blah. Quote
+Digital Louie Posted March 4, 2006 Posted March 4, 2006 (edited) I drive the PEPSI truck so we can all have GeoRefreshments after a long day of caching GOD bless the PEPSI man...yeah a six pack of DP will do. Not to be the bummer man, but during most days I investigate sex crimes and crimes against children for a medium sized police agency. Most nights I become the owner and sole photographer for an event/wedding/portrait photography business. Looking forward to retire and get rid of the "most days" job and continue with the "most nights" job. Long live retirement! Edited March 4, 2006 by Digital Louie Quote
+Team Snorkasaurus Posted March 4, 2006 Posted March 4, 2006 I'm an actor. Yes, an actual-factual WORKING actor. (yeay me!) The other half of Team Snorkasaurus is a VP within the technology division of Countrywide. All that computer-tech stuff goes right over my artsy-fartsy head! Quote
+Jhwk Posted March 4, 2006 Posted March 4, 2006 Retired Army Officer Now just a scumbag government contractor Quote
benji55545 Posted March 4, 2006 Posted March 4, 2006 full time student, part time slacker. or was it the other way around? ben Quote
+Tonylama Posted March 4, 2006 Posted March 4, 2006 I am a paralegal for a medium-sized law firm - and within that, the operations manager for a title company (owned by the law firm) based on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. We have offices in five cities in MD, plus one in PA, and Dover De. One cool thing about my job is the fact that I sometimes have settlements out in the burbs in the late afternoon... that is why I always have my GPSr (and swag) in by briefcase... Quote
+Segerguy Posted March 4, 2006 Posted March 4, 2006 I are a teecher for english in a pubic hischool. Do u liks ur jop. Im tink I had u wen I wuz in skool! Quote
+terri and billy Posted March 4, 2006 Posted March 4, 2006 terri--postal clerk on a Navy base in Md. Use to be in the Army Reserves which led to interesting conversations during the week prior and after the Army/Navy game. billy--field tech for a geoengineering company. He does tests at construction sites. Quote
+Blue Bomb Posted March 4, 2006 Posted March 4, 2006 I build solid oak furniture. Anyone need a custom entertainment center or rolltop desk? Do a little html programming and home improvement on the side Quote
+OzGuff Posted March 5, 2006 Posted March 5, 2006 Another investment advisor here. (Though my company calls us "Investment Representatives.") As the only broker in the office I am the boss, so can take time off to cache. This means that I have to work much harder when I am in the office. [And to respond to previous comments about investment advisors -- I once gave my assistant an all-expense cruise for two, and I did all the paperwork that week.] Quote
+geochicken Posted March 5, 2006 Posted March 5, 2006 Slaughter chickens....... Actually I'm the Quality Manager for a poultry processing company. Eat mor chicken! Quote
+GPSOkie Posted March 5, 2006 Posted March 5, 2006 I was a paramedic for 8 years but I have been in Pharmaceuticals (blood banking) for the part 13 years. Currently, I am a Biomedical Manager in the blood banking industry. Quote
tttedzeins Posted March 5, 2006 Posted March 5, 2006 (edited) Mostly I travel. Try not to do too much work especially for other people. Decided years ago that I was not going to do much with my life so may as well travel. I worked a a bar tender at a very popular club in Durban while studying Electronic Engineering, then I figured what the hell does one do with an electronic engineering degree, so now I travel. I think that qualifies as a slacker Edited March 5, 2006 by tttedzeins Quote
+psychrn Posted March 6, 2006 Posted March 6, 2006 Check out my username-does it make sense to you?? Yes im a Psychiatric Nurse of over 20 years experience Here in New Zealand Quote
+Night Stalker Posted March 6, 2006 Posted March 6, 2006 My job title is District Field Analyst. This is a fancy title meaning that when the Railroad I work for has new software or hardware I have to learn how to use it and then teach others in the field what I have figured out. Oh That district thing. It is the whole railroad. Quote
+Tallahassee Lassie Posted March 6, 2006 Posted March 6, 2006 I've taught special needs children from poor/deprived backgrounds for 20 years. (Sniff) End violins. Seriously, I love my job. My kids are adorable (well, most of the time) and I get to play Mommy all day and all evening. I love it so much that I went and got National Board Certification. Quote
+4HoundsBrewingCo Posted March 6, 2006 Posted March 6, 2006 I am a scientist at a large pharmaceutical company. Specifically I am an analytical guy working on small molecule analysis. On the weekends I brew beer. Cheers! 4Hounds Quote
+Quoddy Posted March 6, 2006 Posted March 6, 2006 I am a retired USAF meteorolgist, now working as EMS dipatcher 50 hours a week. Four weeks ago, right around the time I reached my 1000th cache, I stopped working my other 20 hour a week job as an EMT so that I could devote more time to caching. Quote
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