What's your "day" job?

I am a Registered Nurse and I work in Intensive Care.

We get them all....drug overdoses, pneumonias, head injuries, COPD, DKA, psych patients...

Has many challenges, need to use ya brains and can make a real difference in peoples lives.


However, my dream job would be working in a pawn shop like Cash Converters or some other second hand enterprise

I would love to have my own second hand hunting TV show that seem to be saturating our viewing time these days.

Maybe a member from DW and myself could start a TV show where we go around to peoples houses with old drum kits and haggle and bargain our days away!!

We could call it "Tub Thumpin' with Drumkat"
 
Well that has to be the thickest veiled piece of marketing ever.

As I'm posting in this thread I'll come clean.

I am a purveyor of motor car parts, specialising in parts for a sports car manufacturer formerly known for its air cooled cars.
Ok, I'll come clean too, I design & help make bangy boomy things :)

Porche parts? = very air cool :)
 
I teach music lessons. Drums, Guitar, Bass, Piano, and Voice. Gotta pay the bills and the only thing i know is music
 
I am a fire and life safety specialist currently with a large hospital. I read and implement a lot of codes and standards...and actually enjoy it. I am also licensed to design and work on fire suppression and alarm systems.

Prior to this I was a firefighter/inspector for the USAF, (fire-sgt-911), but retired due to injuries recieved on the job.
 
I work in the quality department of a metrology company with headquarters in France. I'm in the US, but we've got locations all over the UK, France and Germany.
 
I'm the web developer for my dad's business, Tapeworks Graphics. We make decals for motorcycles. www.tapeworks.com

Hopefully I'll be interning at a high-end studio here in NC, and hopefully that turns into paid gigs.
 
I own a company that performs non-destructive testing and special processing for the aerospace industry. Our client base includes: Boeing, Lockheed, Sikorsky and others (but NOT Airbus)
 
Having finished clearing up other people's (daughters') sh*t for the day, my 9-5 job is co-running Mr Madge's value & risk management/facilitation/Lean Six Sigma consultancy. Mr Madge is the miracle-worker, but he'd be NOTHING without an expert in medieval French literature.
 
Having finished clearing up other people's (daughters') sh*t for the day, my 9-5 job is co-running Mr Madge's value & risk management/facilitation/Lean Six Sigma consultancy. Mr Madge is the miracle-worker, but he'd be NOTHING without an expert in medieval French literature.
I'm pretty sure I know how you got to be your daughter's detritus gatherer, but how/why on earth did you get into medieval French literature? Did you discover the opposite sex at age 30? ;) ;) ;)
 
I'm pretty sure I know how you got to be your daughter's detritus gatherer, but how/why on earth did you get into medieval French literature?

I'll have you know that I was introduced to it when I was thirteen. And never looked back, thank you Mrs Gray <3 My medieval French is waaaay better than Henri's. But his drumming is waaaay better than mine :/

I'll make sure I leave the go-to medieval French tome in the downstairs loo for you to enjoy, but don't spend too long: over-cooked pasta is vile.
 
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Work 7-5 at my father's place. he does sells decking, custom joinery etc. and I have an almost unlimited supply of wood for cajons. (made 3 and sold them to my buddies)
*evil grin*
 
Surveyor. Thinking about getting a second job and going back to swim coaching if I can find a team that practices late enough for me to get to on time after work. I wasted a lot of time and money on an engineering degree, seeing as nobody wants to hire entry level guys or offer experience jobs of any sort.
 
I'm a retired NYPD crime scene detective,and it's nothing like you see on T.V.,but none the less,facinating work...at times.I'm also a shooting instructor,and expert in firearms,ballictics and crime scene reconstruction.

Steve B
 
*First 23 years as an Air Force Pilot. Retired Lt. Colonel flying DC-10's
*Next 8 years Airline Pilot DC-9, MD-80's... last 5 years, B-747.
*Two wives later I had the brilliant idea to come off of the road. So, I quit flying to become a Licensed Nursing Home Administrator. I'm blessed to take care of sick and aging seniors. I'm calling it quits in 3 years and then wife number 3 can take care of me. Or not :eek:
 
Job? I have no job. Hunted, despised, Living like an animal! The jungle is my home. But I will show the world that I can be its master! I will perfect my own race of people. A race of atomic supermen which will conquer the world! Mwuha ha ha ha ha ha!

Aka retired :)
 
University student (literature and linguistics). Also, still following drumming and percussion classes. I have my "classical" degree (took me ten years) and now I'm close to finishing the jazz and pop section. After I've done that, it seems that I cannot do anything more at the "music school" I am at right now. Not concerning drums any way. Which is a shame: for all the time that I have been drumming, I have had the same teacher and believe me - he is the very best teacher E-VER!

Anyway, next to being a student I also like eating chocolate chip muffins.
 
For anyone that's interested in what I do (precious few, I'd imagine):

I'm a support worker for a mental health charity. I work with individuals and groups with mental health issues, supporting their recovery, working over finances, trying to build confidence to empower individuals and sometimes invoking procedures to prevent suicide, if necessary. I also run cognitive behavioural therapy sessions and a theatre group.

It's the best *&%^ing job I've ever had and I love it. It's very rough sometimes and certain things can hit you very hard but it's wonderfully rewarding.
 
I'm a Registered Mental Nurse, which I started when I left school in 1980. Worked within various spheres of the NHS, lastly as a CPN. Left the NHS in 95 to work in various Nursing Homes.
I've worked for a Nursing Agency for 10 years, & for the last 5 of them have been looking after one lad with learning & physical disabilities Mon-Fri. We go to a theatre group 3 days a week, plus music groups, swimming sessions, & general days out. Best job ever.
 
I'm a professional drummer but for the past five years I've been a web developer for small businesses, musicians and some percussion industry companies aside from http://stonecustomdrum.com. When the drum work slows down the web dev stuff usually picks up and vice versa. So I'm pretty much always busy.

Sometimes being a professional drummer doesn't always involve *just* hitting things with sticks. There's many facets to working in the creative world as a musician. The more outside the box you think, the better.
 
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