the job thread

[Ripcord]

Rules: post you current job, your dream job, and what you would settle for.
My current job: computer guy and office bitch for construction safety company. This week I'm in the street flagging pedestrians.
Dream job: bar and club promoter
But I'd settle for: video game designer.

[Shannacore]

Current: Admin Assistant II for the Financial Services division at my university.

dream job: architect! (workin' on it)

would settle for: interior design -_-
edit: or pastry chef! i likes to bake

[jilena]

Current - Network Admin.
Dream - Network Admin that makes more money.
Settle - Sucking dick for some cheeseburgers if I am unemployed I am doing what I have to do to get by!

[Extunarian]

Current Job: Java/J2EE developer (2 years now)
Dream Job: Software Architect gets to dream up multi-million dollar systems and make people in my current position build them.
I'd settle for: First ever Owner/Manager/Player of a major league baseball team. If the software thing doesn't work out.

[hyzon]

Current Job: 3rd Year Medical Student
Dream Job: Orthopedic Surgeon (Workin' on it)
Settle For: Head Chef @ my own Restaurant

[Senadin]

Current Job: network support for telco
Dream Job: Dream job? HAHAH screw that, does cruising and burning rubber across the world count?
Settle For: I am gona settle for the above in a few years anyway.

[regatta]

Current Job: Pimp
Dream Job: Porn
I'd settle for: A redhead.

[Thrymm]

Current Job: Sr. QA Engineer for a dot come
Dream Job: CTO of any fortune 500 company
I'd settle for: Retirement :)

[Loretta]

Out of School 2 yrs:

Current Job: Part-Time Pet Photographer & Production Asst. / Freelance Graphic Designer for a beauty supply cosmetics company -

Dream Job: Mythbuster

Settle: Full-Time 3D Modeler/Animator for Art department in Game industry. Or long-term Graphic Designer for a company with exciting projects and relatively laid back co-workers/bosses. Securing my career as well as 401k w/benefits.

[Alleusion]

Current job : mommy

Dream job : owning my own business (fabrics, resin snaps, wool, supplies) both online and brick and mortar

Settle : I've settled before, I won't do it again.

[kaewyn]

Current job : waiter/3rd year english major

Dream job : college-level higher english professor/head of department

Settle : to just live my life in solitude and enjoy my days, but society doesn't like that so much now do they?

[Branaddar]

Current Job: Self-employed contract-based software and website developer

Dream Job: Reselling the software I've built with minimal work and maximum profit.

Settle: Continuing to develop software... I hate making websites for unimaginative people.

[mgellan]

Current Job: Chief software architect for $3B/yr public healthcare sector in a Cdn province

Dream job: Bookstore owner

Settle for: less stress, more EQ!

[Hiragawa]

Current Job: Bartender/Double Major Music Education and Psychology

Dream Job: Professor and Chairman of the Music Division at a University ^.^

Settle : I've settled before, I won't do it again.

[redghosthunter]

Current Job: New York State Licensed Painter
Dream Job: Wooden Boat Builder

Settle for: Jobs that Pay Cash :P

[Dantes]

Current job: Digital Media Specialist at a web design agency

Dream job: Screenwriter/Film Director

Settle for: Freelance photography, video production and web development on my own schedule

[ukaking]

Current Job(s): Head 5S coordinator for Continental Automotive and Professional Wrestler on the Mid-Atlantic Independant scene(National Wrestling Alliance)

Dream Job: Run my own wrestling company

Settle For: Head booker of a wrestling company.

[Derazor]

Current: IT End User Services Server/Network/Workstation Administrator

Dream: I think I've forgotten how to dream.

Settle for: IT End User Services Server/Network/Workstation Administrator (with a few pay raises)

I know this wasnt very creative. Its been a long day in the world of end user services.

[Agaron]

Current: Bum

Dream: Bum with benefits

Settle for: Bum + food stamps

[Dork]

Current- Mom
Dream- Dog Trainer
Settle- Anything to do with dogs, currently volunteering and fostering.

[L2Phantom]

Current: I build the airplanes you fly on.
Dream Job: University president/chair.
Settle for: A wife that is actually worth a shit.

[Cyrano]

Current: SAT Prep Instructor
Dream Job: Own a business (gotta figure out the industry)
Settle For: Lawyer

[hateshadow]

Current: Marketing agent for a local newspaper
Dream Job: Astronaut
Settle For: Marketing agent for something cooler than a newspaper

[rioisk]

Current: 3rd year computer science-economics student
Dream: AI researcher
Settle For: Financial Consultant

[Qaedain]

Current: Product Marketing Manager for an F500 company
Dream: Theoretical physicist
Settle: Tech reporter (like David Pogue or Walt Mossberg, sans megadouche factor)

[toddfx]

Current: Junior 3D artist at commercial production house
Dream: Senior 3D artist at feature film post-production house
Settle: Freelance 3D artist in LA

[Aeolwind]

Current: Technical support dispatcher
Dream Job: RPG Development (Online or otherwise)
Settle for: A quiet death

[Xenephex]

Current: Assembler programmer on IBM mainframes.
Dream job: Playing in a blues band
Settle for: My current job. I've been there a long time and they leave me alone.

[Jify]

Current: Environmental Analyst & 4th Year Environmental Civil Engineering Student
Dream job: Executive Environmental Management in Oil & Gas
Settle for: VP of an Environment/Sustainability department

And I don't want to leave Alberta!

[BeepBeep]

Current: IT specialist
Dream: Travel the World/US and have my own show for the discovery channel / animal planet.
Settle: MMO development and Design

[BeepBeep]

P.S. Dream/Settle: Be Zooey Deschanel's friend/lover/bitch

[Stickyfingers]

Current Job: Work in the Presidents Office of my University as a student worker. Also work in the Student Services building of my University too. Currently going into my Junior year as a CS major.

Dream Job: Playing Everquest and making $300,000 a year for it?

Settle: Going into Computer Science, so probably Network Engineering or something fun like that.

[Aadill]

Current Job: Combination electrical/mechanical engineering responsibilities at a firm that builds electronic blood pressure monitoring equipment

Dream Job: Owner of either a raw foodist cafe or restaurant

Settle: technician for electrical infrastructure (substations etc)

[Akame]

Current: Office Manager

Dream: Swat Medic

Settle: Defensive tactics instructor

[mr.miketastic]

Current: Technical support for high-end storage HW and backup solutions
Dream: Luthier/Guitar builder
Settle: For what pays the bills and feeds the fam.

So I got an IM at work from someone i had worked with before and he turned me on to a backfill in his area for a DBA, so polishing up the SQL skills and looking at a considerable bump up in the cash department.

[Daywolf]

I live in California, so…………………………… ………. …. *yawn* ………
Sometimes I land piece work, but less and less. I worked as a CNC Tech/Programmer full-time for a decade, but it’s C-A-L-I-F-O-R-N-I-A, sooooooo…………………………
Other than that, I take classes and work on indie games. I mostly model, animate & texture, which was easy to pick up since I’ve used CAD at work for years. I’ve been thinking of getting a business license, but it’s…. yes, California :(

Dream job: Whatever job it is that escorts our little T3rminat0r out of his governors house when he gets ousted. But seriously, working towards Multimedia.

Settle: anything that pays the bills.

[Majuna]

Current Job: Resident Assistant/math tutor at my university and a cook over breaks
Dream Job: High School Math Teacher (in progress)
I'd Settle for: Tattoo Artist (you could possibly switch those two around? Haha)