What kind of Day Job do you have?

[flyingtadpole]

Jul 26, 2009, 5:32pm, mewman wrote:Am I the only blue collar person on these boards?MewmanPrune your vineyard mister? Your irrigation pipe jiffy-clipped ? Your house renovated? Painted? I've worked at what I've had to when the professional stuff falls in a heap, which it did at regular intervals, the most recent being not so long ago. (Yes it's in a heap now with the GFC, but we finally have fall-backs that keep us alive)

[fusilierb]

General computer nerd here. Done everything from tech phone support to SAP conversions while I lived in Cali. Since I've been back in Louisiana, I've been self-employed, doing whatever, but mainly working with physicians selling and supporting practice management. After Katrina, no doctor's, so no work. Got into real estate, seemed like a good idea at the time. Now I'm just finishing up a stint of configuring and repurposing Salesforce.com to track volunteer's and neighborhood renovation's (entire neighborhood renovations) for a few non-profits in town. That job is wrapping up and I have no idea what I'll be doing next. But I never do, so no big change. Actually looks like I might be taking a three or four month job in San Francisco doing database work at a refinery out there. Go figure. I love and miss California badly, so that won't really piss me off too much.Bored with all the computer, business related stuff. Ready to earn a living writing music. Even if its a pathetically meager living!

[rfrey]

Fun post Anne! It is good to know how everyone makes the pieces of the life puzzle fit. I'm a software engineer for IBM. I've been developing Web applications since the dot-com days and love my work. It's a real challenge to balance the music thing with it though. I've spent most of this year preparing for a certification exam so I've been very dormant musically. I take the exam tomorrow and I have vowed to go back full-tilt into writing again regardless of the outcome of my test result. Rich

[squids]

Rich! Good luck on the exam and happy to have you back writing again.

[mazz]

Aug 5, 2009, 1:06am, fusilierb wrote:General computer nerd here. Done everything from tech phone support to SAP conversions while I lived in Cali. Since I've been back in Louisiana, I've been self-employed, doing whatever, but mainly working with physicians selling and supporting practice management. After Katrina, no doctor's, so no work. Got into real estate, seemed like a good idea at the time. Now I'm just finishing up a stint of configuring and repurposing Salesforce.com to track volunteer's and neighborhood renovation's (entire neighborhood renovations) for a few non-profits in town. That job is wrapping up and I have no idea what I'll be doing next. But I never do, so no big change. Actually looks like I might be taking a three or four month job in San Francisco doing database work at a refinery out there. Go figure. I love and miss California badly, so that won't really piss me off too much.Bored with all the computer, business related stuff. Ready to earn a living writing music. Even if its a pathetically meager living!If you come out to SF, you have to contact me so we can meet up.

[rfrey]

Aug 5, 2009, 8:27am, squids wrote:Rich! Good luck on the exam and happy to have you back writing again. Thanks Squids, I need all the luck I can find! It will be great to have it behind me. I'm looking forward to getting re-aquainted with my studio!

[sgs4u]

Aug 5, 2009, 9:35am, rfrey wrote:Aug 5, 2009, 8:27am, squids wrote:Rich! Good luck on the exam and happy to have you back writing again. Thanks Squids, I need all the luck I can find! It will be great to have it behind me. I'm looking forward to getting re-aquainted with my studio!The time you spent away from writing is going to help you become a better writer!

[rfrey]

Aug 5, 2009, 9:37am, sgs4u wrote:The time you spent away from writing is going to help you become a better writer! I hope that is true in my case Steve! I certainly will have fresh perspective.

[fusilierb]

Aug 5, 2009, 8:31am, mazz wrote:Aug 5, 2009, 1:06am, fusilierb wrote:General computer nerd here. Done everything from tech phone support to SAP conversions while I lived in Cali. Since I've been back in Louisiana, I've been self-employed, doing whatever, but mainly working with physicians selling and supporting practice management. After Katrina, no doctor's, so no work. Got into real estate, seemed like a good idea at the time. Now I'm just finishing up a stint of configuring and repurposing Salesforce.com to track volunteer's and neighborhood renovation's (entire neighborhood renovations) for a few non-profits in town. That job is wrapping up and I have no idea what I'll be doing next. But I never do, so no big change. Actually looks like I might be taking a three or four month job in San Francisco doing database work at a refinery out there. Go figure. I love and miss California badly, so that won't really piss me off too much.Bored with all the computer, business related stuff. Ready to earn a living writing music. Even if its a pathetically meager living!If you come out to SF, you have to contact me so we can meet up.Hey Mazz, I was already planning on that! If it works out, I'll be staying in Walnut Creek.I'll know for sure in about 2 or 3 weeks.B

[mazz]

Aug 5, 2009, 12:39pm, fusilierb wrote:Aug 5, 2009, 8:31am, mazz wrote:If you come out to SF, you have to contact me so we can meet up.Hey Mazz, I was already planning on that! If it works out, I'll be staying in Walnut Creek.I'll know for sure in about 2 or 3 weeks.BHop on BART and we'll meet in the city for a glass or 3 of wine!!Excellent!!