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#1 knightwriter Jun 23, 2009 3:46:44	I'm not sure if this is the right place for this, mods if there is a better spot, please move. I'm curious as to what sort of careers/jobs that those who play DnD have. I'll go first. I'm a city mail carrier. What do you do?
#2 pluisjen Jun 23, 2009 3:52:11	I'm a Web developer Basically at the moment I'm creating the 'back side' for websites; the stuff that you don't see but that makes everything work :P
#3 The_White_Sorcerer Jun 23, 2009 3:55:26	Video editor. I'm pretty sure the right place for this would be the Off-Topic Tavern.
#4 Proin Jun 23, 2009 5:57:05	radar tech for the US Navy. IN JAPAN (YESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
#5 humanmind Jun 23, 2009 6:12:32	I'm a trade qualified electrician, but I'm going through a career change. I'm studing to join the police service.
#6 the_fan Jun 23, 2009 6:17:08	Army medic, working in an emergency room. Not quite as exciting as you would think.
#7 Dane_McArdy Jun 23, 2009 6:54:55	Publishing production artist. Illustrator. Cartoonist.
#8 Kainsin Jun 23, 2009 7:16:42	Software Engineer. Currently working in the defense industry but looking to get into a company that does application or game development instead.
#9 Seeker95 Jun 23, 2009 7:30:12	Medical editor for a patient simulation software company.
#10 Andron Jun 23, 2009 7:47:26	Nuclear fusion research and general repairman of the systems I work with in my labs.
#11 freakytapir Jun 23, 2009 9:11:28	Studying for bio-engineer specialising in celular biology and gene-technology.
#12 nessim Jun 23, 2009 9:15:24	I build sport race cars. It's as cool as it sounds!
#13 ekio Jun 23, 2009 9:16:31	I work at a newspaper. :\ Not quite as impressive.
#14 zombie_babies Jun 23, 2009 9:17:11	Brain eater.
#15 Nyarlathotep Jun 23, 2009 9:22:59	In a nod to stereotype, I am a computer programmer. But I don't work on anything cool like games. I write and maintain accounting software for city and county governments. Everyone try not to be too jealous.
#16 morvannon Jun 23, 2009 9:23:27	College instructor.
#17 galkasaur Jun 23, 2009 9:29:32	Law Student / Law Clerk, hopefully soon to be lawyer.
#18 MainBrain Jun 23, 2009 9:31:12	Universal dilettante :D Studied Geologist/palaeontologist, learned social assistant/Kindergarten worker, working in an hands-on learning place. I teach Humans of ages 6-66 years about mobility in every guise in German, English/French. Ballon cars, Photovoltaics, Aerodynamics, Car Design, Manual Transmissions, all the like, in Wolfsburg, Germany. Did I mention, I like physics? ^^ Avocational, I am one of 600 German-speaking storytellers of folk tales and such as Grimms Märchen, and do workshops for parents/teachers/Kindergarten teachers. Voluntary, I give lectures on the erosion of civil rights in Germany and Europe, www.freiheitsredner.de
#19 bledtree Jun 23, 2009 10:28:45	I am a land surveyor, mostly for heavy construction sites.
#20 JohnMarron Jun 23, 2009 10:32:31	Archaeologist, and as others have said, not actually as exciting as it sounds... John
#21 dark_lambo Jun 23, 2009 10:36:40	Archaeologist, and as others have said, not actually as exciting as it sounds... What, I'd think Nazis chasing after your relics would be plenty exciting! :D I'm in Finance. Auditing, Investments, Risk Management... whatever I can get certifications in, and get paid for. :P
#22 jayemkay22 Jun 23, 2009 10:37:04	Unemployed. Oh I mean... I'm an Artist!
#23 drnick Jun 23, 2009 10:47:34	On Site IT and network administrator. I also do web design on the side (contract work).
#24 Hocus-Smokus Jun 23, 2009 11:48:02	I own a hardware store/lumber yard and also own/manage a hotel on the beach in Florida. Excitement galore...
#25 Rustmonster Jun 23, 2009 11:51:07	I just finished my education as a Web Designer, but have not landed a job yet.
#26 CCS Jun 23, 2009 13:13:15	Shipping/recieving/inventory management. In short, I do a lot of paper work.
#27 oxybe Jun 23, 2009 13:38:16	my group and their professions: Me- tech support for a music player & phone roommate1- chef roommate2- tech support for an ISP roommate3- military reserves, communications buddy1- works with roommate2 buddy2- tech support for major phone service provider buddy3- historian buddy4- Owner of FLGS (wife is the manager), works in investment & banking buddy5- university student (currently doing OJT) buddy5- university student (currently doing OJT) we just gained two more members last week, don't know enough about them and their professions.
#28 salla Jun 23, 2009 13:45:41	Friend 1: Wal-Mart associate. Friend 2: Bus driver Wife: Works at a bookstore Me: Disabled, on dialysis.
#29 DrWorm Jun 23, 2009 14:10:07	International man of mystery . . . . . . . . Okay...my group. ME: RN Brother: Retired dancer in grad school to become a physical therapist. Other dude: Psychologist My son: smart ass
#30 ambulacetus Jun 23, 2009 14:20:03	Graduate Student in Geology/Paleontology trying to find a job to make some income as I finish my thesis. Not sure what I'll do after that.
#31 Nyarlathotep Jun 23, 2009 14:22:31	Archaeologist, and as others have said, not actually as exciting as it sounds... John No whips, gunfights or nifty hats then? Darn.
#32 ctsshaw Jun 23, 2009 14:47:43	Lawyer for the Southern Poverty Law Center, amateur boxer, and part time mechanic.
#33 october_darkness Jun 23, 2009 15:01:54	Carpet Cleaning Technician, and part-time student. Hopefully in the next 2-3 years, I will be an EMT--->Paramedic, and if that doesn't work out... then more schooling to become a Registered Nurse.
#34 Novacat Jun 23, 2009 15:07:35	Emergency Medical Technician. "Saving lives, one stubbed toe at a time."
#35 Mad_Jack Jun 23, 2009 15:14:57	Currently, a press operator in a sheet-metal factory. My company makes the money boxes you see on top of coin-operated laundry machines. My other job skills incluse screenprinting, forklift operator, and shipping/recieving/warehouse work.
#36 mr_teapot Jun 23, 2009 15:27:41	Audio-Visual Technician for a smallish college, though I have a Master's Degree in Library Science. The library job field is... not what I was told when I started school. And worse in the last year or so.
#37 Johnathan_Vagabond Jun 23, 2009 15:34:47	Technical Writer: You read owners manuals, I write them. I make them obtuse because I've decided to use my power for evil. That really helped in 3.5.
#38 Hocus-Smokus Jun 23, 2009 15:45:18	Technical Writer: You read owners manuals, I write them. I make them obtuse because I've decided to use my power for evil. That really helped in 3.5. Nice. :D
#39 poseidon88 Jun 23, 2009 15:59:31	I'm a software developer/tester. Right now, I do in-house work. My company provides traffic data and related services. Oddly, it's more exciting than it sounds. One of our biggest contracts is to provide traffic-enabled routing for the Ford Sync service.
#40 hadrianus Jun 23, 2009 18:35:58	Fine Arts student working as a graphic designer on the side.
#41 Ogiwan Jun 23, 2009 22:45:09	Graduate Student in Geology/Paleontology trying to find a job to make some income as I finish my thesis. Not sure what I'll do after that. Forgive me if you've heard this before, but have you considered working for one of the oil/gas companies? I'm fairly sure that Geo/Paleo is stuff they look for (well, maybe geo more than paleo...) I am also a grad student, currently working on my Masters in Military History, and soon (if everything goes according to plan) to start work on the doctorate.
#42 ssvegeta555 Jun 24, 2009 0:13:19	Unemployed. Oh I mean... I'm an Artist! I'm an artist too...
#43 DrWorm Jun 24, 2009 3:08:15	I'm an artist too... aren't we all, it's just most of us don't get dollar one for our "art". BTW...go Oregon!
#44 lord_donnachie Jun 24, 2009 7:46:31	Elementary school principal, training today's youth to be tomorrow's gamers
#45 ambulacetus Jun 24, 2009 11:30:29	Forgive me if you've heard this before, but have you considered working for one of the oil/gas companies? I'm fairly sure that Geo/Paleo is stuff they look for (well, maybe geo more than paleo...) I am also a grad student, currently working on my Masters in Military History, and soon (if everything goes according to plan) to start work on the doctorate. Very cool, I imagine military history would be fun. I defiantly looked at oil/gas companies (they pay is certainly very very good but I'm trying to decide if I want to go for my PHD or not. That was my original plan but about 16 months ago, I got a (still unidentified) strange virus that attacked my heart and caused it to fail; I nearly died on the operating table. Though my heart appears to have fully recovered (thankfully it was in good health before I got sick) with no long-term damage, I lost 1 semester, spent a second at greatly diminished capacity, and a third scrambling to make up work from the previous 2. Basically I got really really burnt out on school so am going to take a break and work for a while before deciding what to do for the rest of my life.
#46 _jayne_cobb_ Jun 24, 2009 11:41:57	Graphic designer for an architecture and design firm specializing in museum and exhibit design. If you've been to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in the past 5 years you've seen our work. I am considering a career-move though, perhaps to teaching. I also work as a word-wh*re (aka. freelance writer), having written/co-written some 13 third-party d20 books. I burned out a bit on my last project so I'm taking a break for a while right now.
#47 romtos Jun 24, 2009 12:08:41	University Student - Bachelor in Business and bachelor in Economics. Oh, how realistic the economics are in the games I run. :D
#48 vharuck Jun 24, 2009 12:53:11	I'm studying as an undergrad mathematics major. I hope to work with the NSA or maybe the Department of Defense (I have a friend who netted a job there), or maybe be a math teacher for high school (while the school pays for my education certification). Thing is, with only a bachelor's in mathematics, not too many jobs are suited to my abilities. What's ironic is that I was originally a psychology major who switched to math because I was worried about my employment prospects. :P
#49 ashmanonar Jun 24, 2009 13:00:24	Web Designer.
#50 thorn-wychkin Jun 24, 2009 13:04:49	I am an astronaut, in fact I was the first man to land on the sun. I didn't like the bad sunburn I got so i quit that and now i'm a mere forklift operator in a Scholastic warehouse.
#51 ssvegeta555 Jun 24, 2009 13:11:58	BTW...go Oregon!
#52 asgetrion Jun 24, 2009 15:49:04	I'm a librarian -- way more exciting than it sounds. ;)
#53 romtos Jun 24, 2009 16:12:04	I'm a librarian -- way more exciting than it sounds. ;) Can you read all day? That would be awesome. :P
#54 asgetrion Jun 24, 2009 16:21:41	Can you read all day? That would be awesome. :P Well, no, you have to read on your spare time, as other tasks (mostly routines) take up the work day. And most of that reading is "required reading", i.e. titles that you're expected to know about (popular books from bestseller lists). It's a rarer treat when I actually have the time to read some fantasy at home, and I savor those moments. ;)
#55 satori Jun 24, 2009 16:31:46	Corporate Trainer. I wear a suit, travel a lot, and host seminars on how to do stuff. Kinda sorta fun.
#56 LordViscera Jun 24, 2009 19:11:57	Was a restaurant manager, but diabetes has impaired my sight, so I'm on LTD right now. But my wife has a garden design company so I am the office manager of a horticultural consulting and installation company. OOO AAA
#57 LordViscera Jun 24, 2009 19:15:28	Technical Writer: You read owners manuals, I write them. I make them obtuse because I've decided to use my power for evil. That really helped in 3.5. That is awesome rofl:D
#58 LlamasNotsheep Jun 24, 2009 19:18:09	Just finished law school here, so studying full time for the bar. Then unemployed full time for god knows how long The legal field in the greater Sacramento area has been hit even harder than most by the economy.
#59 october_darkness Jun 25, 2009 14:50:29	Just finished law school here, so studying full time for the bar. Then unemployed full time for god knows how long The legal field in the greater Sacramento area has been hit even harder than most by the economy. Get outta there.... Sacramento is horrible.
#60 crofter Jun 25, 2009 14:53:12	Right now I do nothing; in a couple of weeks I join the army; and in a year I start my studies at the university, mathematics as my major.
#61 minesril Jun 26, 2009 4:19:15	I'm a bookseller. Would really like to be a librarian as I absolutely love working with books, but after 40-odd interviews (I forget how many exactly) I am forced to admit that this is probably never going to happen.
#62 subsistcyber Jun 26, 2009 4:28:52	Port Police for a... port.
#63 Reg06 Jun 26, 2009 4:45:50	I do security right now, so that I can save up money to be poor working in a kitchen.
#64 erleni Jun 26, 2009 4:48:19	I'm selling aluminium sheets to the italian carmarkers (Maserati and Ferrari mainly).
#65 lord_byron1 Jun 26, 2009 19:01:34	I'm a staff writer for a bus and coach publication in the UK. It means i have to collect and write up news in the bus and coach industry. I also travel the country, visiting companies that serve the industry to write articles on them. I always wanted to be a journalist, but i never expected i would be working in this industry - but it pays the bills.
#66 sier_labeguileuse_dup Jun 27, 2009 1:13:47	I'm a student but I'm hoping that it transfers directly into professional oversleeper/eater. Or law school.
#67 E._Ravenwood Jun 27, 2009 1:25:22	Cartographer...however, nobody hires anybody who hand draws maps anymore, everyone wants GIS maps now. As of now I'm a former Librarian who is now currently working as a machine operator in a Plastic Injection-Mold factory waiting for my BS in Geography to snag me a good job.
#68 dirtyfrank Jun 27, 2009 1:27:11	Me is college student. Me is hope be scientist day in future. Me is like look at shiny things in sky.
#69 pigknight Jun 27, 2009 1:35:23	Hmmm...I've seen this thread before. I'm going to use the same joke. :evillaugh I'm a porn star. :P Nah. Just joshin' you.
#70 sier_labeguileuse_dup Jun 27, 2009 1:41:44	Me is college student. Me is hope be scientist day in future. Me is like look at shiny things in sky. Engineering or Physics, Mr. "I talk pretty one day?"
#71 pigknight Jun 27, 2009 1:42:32	Astrology I think.
#72 KillerGM Jun 27, 2009 1:50:43	I'm an artist and stay-at-home mom. (And it's astronomy, I think, pigknight.)
#73 dirtyfrank Jun 27, 2009 1:51:44	Engineering or Physics, Mr. "I talk pretty one day?" It would be physics because me is planning to become an astrophysicist.
#74 pigknight Jun 27, 2009 1:52:50	Hmm...I think astrogoly is the one that is about fortunes. You won this time Batmanwoman!
#75 crofter Jun 27, 2009 1:53:14	You do realize someone might be offended by your not making the distinction between astrology and astronomy?
#76 KillerGM Jun 27, 2009 1:53:56	You do realize someone might be offended by your not making the distinction between astrology and astronomy? If they're getting offended over that, they likely haven't been around pigknight all too long.
#77 dirtyfrank Jun 27, 2009 1:55:03	Astrologers need to account for precession. Or at least look at the sky to see that their astrology needs to be adjusted. They is off by about a month and almost non of them know it. ;)
#78 The_White_Sorcerer Jun 27, 2009 2:24:12	It would be medicine because me is planning to become an astrophysician. Best. Profession. Ever.
#79 dirtyfrank Jun 27, 2009 2:26:33	:D
#80 EscherEnigma Jun 27, 2009 2:43:10	Astrologers need to account for precession. Or at least look at the sky to see that their astrology needs to be adjusted. They is off by about a month and almost non of them know it. ;) It's all hocus-pocus, superstition, smoke and mirrors, and being vague while appealing to what people's image of themselves, really. Looking at the sky is just for, well, looks. Anyway, my own profession: Student/Assisstant Librarian, maybe going into software engineering and maybe looking into turning the library thing into a real career.
#81 starwulf Jun 27, 2009 2:49:55	I help fund the Cherokee Nation by supervising the cages at the Casino here. Also do some freelance writing on the side when I have time.
#82 dirtyfrank Jun 27, 2009 2:57:42	It's all hocus-pocus, superstition, smoke and mirrors, and being vague while appealing to what people's image of themselves, really. Looking at the sky is just for, well, looks. I know astrology is all hocus-pocus. It just amuses me that with precession every constellation has shifted some in our night sky over the last 2,000 years. The astrology star charts and such haven't been updated for several thousand years and so according to astrology I'm a Leo when actually it was the constellation Cancer that was behind the son when I was born so technically I'm a Cancer. Because of the precession these are the real dates for the astrology signs yet few in astrology actually know it. Capricorn - Jan 20 to Feb 16 Aquarius - Feb 16 to Mar 11 Pisces - Mar 11 to Apr 18 Aries - Apr 18 to May 13 Taurus - May 13 to Jun 21 Gemini - Jun 21 to Jul 20 Cancer - Jul 20 to Aug 10 Leo - Aug 10 to Sep 16 Virgo - Sep 16 to Oct 30 Libra - Oct 30 to Nov 23 Scorpius - Nov 23 to Nov 29 Ophiuchus - Nov 29 to Dec 17 Sagittarius - Dec 17 to Jan 20 It just amuses me some. It's quite off cuz it hasn't been updated in so long and yet people hold so firmly in believing in it.
#83 KillerGM Jun 27, 2009 3:03:05	... I'm still a pisces. Yay! :D
#84 crofter Jun 27, 2009 3:22:33	Show I know astrology is all hocus-pocus. It just amuses me that with precession every constellation has shifted some in our night sky over the last 2,000 years. The astrology star charts and such haven't been updated for several thousand years and so according to astrology I'm a Leo when actually it was the constellation Cancer that was behind the son when I was born so technically I'm a Cancer. Because of the precession these are the real dates for the astrology signs yet few in astrology actually know it. Capricorn - Jan 20 to Feb 16 Aquarius - Feb 16 to Mar 11 Pisces - Mar 11 to Apr 18 Aries - Apr 18 to May 13 Taurus - May 13 to Jun 21 Gemini - Jun 21 to Jul 20 Cancer - Jul 20 to Aug 10 Leo - Aug 10 to Sep 16 Virgo - Sep 16 to Oct 30 Libra - Oct 30 to Nov 23 Scorpius - Nov 23 to Nov 29 Ophiuchus - Nov 29 to Dec 17 Sagittarius - Dec 17 to Jan 20 It just amuses me some. It's quite off cuz it hasn't been updated in so long and yet people hold so firmly in believing in it.
#85 powercat Jun 27, 2009 7:54:27	I am a reporter, photographer, and page designer for three weekly newspapers. It's not nearly as exciting as it sounds. Usually.
#86 Ogiwan Jun 27, 2009 8:18:27	W00t! Still a Leo!
#87 dirtyfrank Jun 27, 2009 11:27:40	And everybodys "sign" has actually "shifted" over one due to Earths precession. I too find it laughable... Some day, Polaris will no longer be the North Star... Yep. Though it will be the North Star again in 27,800 CE. Here are a list of pole stars and when they will be pole stars. Prominent Pole Stars c.3000 BCE - Thuban c.1000 BCE - Kochab c.2000 CE - Polaris c.4000 CE - Alrai c.7500 CE - Alderamin c.14000 CE - Vega
#88 dirtyfrank Jun 27, 2009 14:10:43	I think that it's interesting on how we know almost absolutely nothing about the universe but then you'll have some astronomers talk about dark energy and dark matter like they play with it all the time even though they ain't have the faintest clue what it is or even if it exists. One thing I think is interesting is that NASA is looking to sending people to the moon again by 2020. They are going to be getting some help from private companies and such. Right now there is a sort of contest going on with private companies to see who can be the first to get a lander/rover on the moon and have it perform certain functions. Also NASA is going to be using private companies to see about getting a satellite network up around the moon by the time we return to it. It will be awesome to see a moon landing with great picture and awesome sound.
#89 EscherEnigma Jun 27, 2009 14:22:49	I'm guessing you meant "audio quality of the things the astronauts are saying to each other", but I just got this image in my head of a reporter in a suit leaning down with a microphone saying "this is the sound of the first step on the moon in over (40? 50?) years" and then people complaining when they couldn't hear it.
#90 sier_labeguileuse_dup Jun 27, 2009 20:27:38	I know astrology is all hocus-pocus. It just amuses me that with precession every constellation has shifted some in our night sky over the last 2,000 years. The astrology star charts and such haven't been updated for several thousand years and so according to astrology I'm a Leo when actually it was the constellation Cancer that was behind the son when I was born so technically I'm a Cancer. Because of the precession these are the real dates for the astrology signs yet few in astrology actually know it. Capricorn - Jan 20 to Feb 16 Aquarius - Feb 16 to Mar 11 Pisces - Mar 11 to Apr 18 Aries - Apr 18 to May 13 Taurus - May 13 to Jun 21 Gemini - Jun 21 to Jul 20 Cancer - Jul 20 to Aug 10 Leo - Aug 10 to Sep 16 Virgo - Sep 16 to Oct 30 Libra - Oct 30 to Nov 23 Scorpius - Nov 23 to Nov 29 Ophiuchus - Nov 29 to Dec 17 Sagittarius - Dec 17 to Jan 20 It just amuses me some. It's quite off cuz it hasn't been updated in so long and yet people hold so firmly in believing in it. Once again, we have outdone you, bai gui. :P plus, lunar calendar ftw. And actually, western astrology is just the failed attempt to correlate behavioral patterns with seasonal patterns and time of birth, albeit wrapped in hocus pocus.
#91 Mad_Jack Jun 27, 2009 22:16:55	Elementary school principal, training today's youth to be tomorrow's gamers All Hail, Evil, Overlord!
#92 hothead Jun 27, 2009 22:40:08	I am a Sales Service Rep for a uniform company. This means I pick up and deliver clothes for people at factories, service garages, sewage plants etc! No wonder I need to play a fantasy game like DND. Actually the pay is decent and I work 4 days a week. All in all I can't complain. I work in Flint, Mi.(once home of a company you may have heard of called G.M., now the 3rd most deadliest city in U.S.A.) so I am one lucky guy to have a job.
#93 sigil_beguiler Jun 27, 2009 23:44:25	Student currently in transfer between college and university. I am going into Social Sciences.
#94 boj0 Jun 28, 2009 0:08:59	Currently I work at a print shop/copy center However I'm working on a degree in Game Design & Development (yes, I go to college for video games :D )
#95 wilwarinandamar Jun 28, 2009 1:43:48	Currently working at a swimming pool. Working on a degree for teaching high school theatre arts
#96 dirtyfrank Jun 28, 2009 2:49:53	Oh, while I am working on getting a degree in star gazing, I'm working as a math tutor.
#97 powercat Jun 28, 2009 8:05:12	Currently I work at a print shop/copy center However I'm working on a degree in Game Design & Development (yes, I go to college for video games :D ) That's nothing. A guy from my gaming group went to graduate school in Scotland to get a master's degree for it.
#98 sutemi Jun 29, 2009 4:04:08	I'm technical support. Job is highly uninspiring, but the pay is adequate, I don't have to break my back and it seems that there's a lot of future in this job. And the company is really big international corporation. Also the city is just dreamy, I've always wanted to live here. Only things that really suck are the uptight people and the weather. Just remember: Work to live, don't live to work.
#99 Tackle74 Jun 29, 2009 5:59:20	I am a High School History Teacher, Head Wrestling Coach and Assistant Football coach. My group is as follows: Steel worker x2 IT guy at a large college Banking company computer guru Geologist Working on a degree in Game Design & Development