What lead you to do what you do?

kittylover4ever · Apr 12, 2006

What brought you to your present job? Was it a dream you worked for, something you just fell into, or is it "just a job"? For me, it's just a job. I've never had career ambitions. I always thought I'd want to be a mom and housewife. Well, the mom part now, other than to TTP&B is out but I'd still love to be a housewife. $$ doesn't allow it, so I work. What about you guys, like Miss Mew? Did you always want to be a pilot??

phenomsmom · Apr 12, 2006

Mine is just a job.It is better than my last job for sure. Safer, more stable, better hours, better pay, and health benefits. Its not bad though. I like it here. I like knowing that I am helping our soldiers that help us so much. I also like knowing that I probably won't be losing my job since my dpeartment is necessary in order to operate!

katiemae1277 · Apr 12, 2006

I kinda fell into my job- I was working full time at the restaurant and my Mom said they were hiring at her job, first time in 20 years! so she put my resume in and I went downtown to take the tests- I passed the general skills part but failed the typing (no surprise there

) somehow i still got the job though

with the condition that I pass the typing part in 6 months.... 6.5 years later I still haven't

I'm a lot faster than I used to be though

I never finished college, not sure if I would have gone back if I hadn't gotten this job. I do like my job though, probably not what I pictured myself doing, but hey, the pay is fabulous!

kittylover4ever · Apr 12, 2006

rats, I think I spelled lead wrong in my title......I think it should be led.........hopefully Wyan won't notice!

Sounds like your job is a good one and since I'm an ex military wife, I can appreciate what you do!

kittylover4ever · Apr 12, 2006

Don't forget Katie, when they're hiring, let me know! I love fabulous money!!

Originally Posted by katiemae1277

I kinda fell into my job- I was working full time at the restaurant and my Mom said they were hiring at her job, first time in 20 years! so she put my resume in and I went downtown to take the tests- I passed the general skills part but failed the typing (no surprise there

) somehow i still got the job though

with the condition that I pass the typing part in 6 months.... 6.5 years later I still haven't

I'm a lot faster than I used to be though

I never finished college, not sure if I would have gone back if I hadn't gotten this job. I do like my job though, probably not what I pictured myself doing, but hey, the pay is fabulous!

lunasmom · Apr 12, 2006

I'm still wondering that myself.

I originally went to school for Music Ed, then decided to go into web design (???). However, with the economy the way it is, I took ANY job after graduating. Four years later, I'm an IT Manager, but completely bored with user support and having to fix things at the drop of a fly and deal with user complaints and still come home happy.
So I decided to go back and get my Masters in Information Security. I love watching forensic shows and figuring out how to solve a puzzle. So I figure to complete my degree and get out of IT Administration!

katiemae1277 · Apr 12, 2006

Originally Posted by kittylover4ever

Don't forget Katie, when they're hiring, let me know! I love fabulous money!!

Will do! won't be a long drive for you at least!

phenomsmom · Apr 12, 2006

Originally Posted by kittylover4ever

rats, I think I spelled lead wrong in my title......I think it should be led.........hopefully Wyan won't notice!

Sounds like your job is a good one and since I'm an ex military wife, I can appreciate what you do!

My only problem is all the paperwork. The army sure does loves to leave a long paper trail. That and some of the soldiers that come in here STILL don't know the policies even after they have been coming to get issues for years now!!

kittylover4ever · Apr 12, 2006

Originally Posted by katiemae1277

Will do! won't be a long drive for you at least!

Nope, right around the corner!

krazy kat2 · Apr 12, 2006

I always want to do something that helped people. I was an EMT, but burnt out on that really quick, then I worked retail for years, worked as a packer for a moving company, volunteered with hospice, (very distressing) and then I was a body piercer. A former friend dragged me out of bed one morning and got me to go with her to see about going back to school, and before I knew it, I was enrolled in the Massage Therapy program in a school 50 miles away. As much as I hate to admit it, I had no real intention of finishing, but once I got started, I discovered it was what I really wanted to do. My only regret is that I waited so long. I love it, and ther is no better feeling than having someone get off my table and say how much better they feel. I have lately had the privelige of working on a Marine that had been injured in Iraq. He wound is healed, and had Physical therapy, and now is ready for his muscles to be worked on for comfortable use and range of motion. I do not know exactly how he was injured, he does not like to talk about it. I am just glad to be the one he comes to for his massages.
Even though my former friend turned out to be an evil witch, I will always be grateful to her for taking me with her that day, even if it was just so she would have someone to keep her awake on the drive.

kittylover4ever · Apr 12, 2006

My sister in law has 6 months left of her massage school to go. She thinks she's going to love it. I'd keep you both busy if I could. I absolutely positively love massages! Would have them several times a day if I could!

Originally Posted by krazy kat2

I always want to do something that helped people. I was an EMT, but burnt out on that really quick, then I worked retail for years, worked as a packer for a moving company, volunteered with hospice, (very distressing) and then I was a body piercer. A former friend dragged me out of bed one morning and got me to go with her to see about going back to school, and before I knew it, I was enrolled in the Massage Therapy program in a school 50 miles away. As much as I hate to admit it, I had no real intention of finishing, but once I got started, I discovered it was what I really wanted to do. My only regret is that I waited so long. I love it, and ther is no better feeling than having someone get off my table and say how much better they feel. I have lately had the privelige of working on a Marine that had been injured in Iraq. He wound is healed, and had Physical therapy, and now is ready for his muscles to be worked on for comfortable use and range of motion. I do not know exactly how he was injured, he does not like to talk about it. I am just glad to be the one he comes to for his massages.
Even though my former friend turned out to be an evil witch, I will always be grateful to her for taking me with her that day, even if it was just so she would have someone to keep her awake on the drive.

arlyn · Apr 12, 2006

I'm a domestic engineer

I also have a dietary suppliment/spa essentials distributorship.

Most certainly not what I saw myself doing 10 years ago!

I used to work as a cashier, then bookkeeper/asst manager of a franchise 7-11 store.
I loved the job, despite the crap pay.

Back in 1996 I was in a car accident as a passenger.
Over the last ten years I've been getting slowly worse.
I can't sit for more than 15 minutes at a time and I can't stand for more than 15 minutes at a time.

At least just cooking and cleaning and playing on the computer I can set my own schedule.

The pay seriously sucks though

commonoddity042 · Apr 12, 2006

Right now it's just a job.

babyharley · Apr 12, 2006

Well, when I was 13, I started working for my Grandpa, who was the Parts Manager in a Dealership back home. I stocked parts, checked in freight, shipped and handled parts along with secretarial work - I did that all the way thru high school and then on breaks from college and weekends when they needed help. The pay was okay cuz I was just in high school and the $ was okay thru college too (I only lived an hour from home, so when they were short handed, I would drive home for afternoons and help out - I did anything for my Grandpa! Plus, they paid my gas $$!)

I went to college for 2 years @ a community college for Business Management & Administration, not knowing what I REALLY wanted to do.

I came here to visit my then boyfriend (he lived here for college) cuz I wanted to live here with him (HA!) So then I came up here one weekend looking for a job, I came in here and handed them my application and they hired me on the spot!

Right now, its just a job - I really LOVE secretarial bookwork and stuff like that. But I'm not sure what I really wanna do, I'm still young, I have time to figure it out - but the money is good and so are the benefits. Its not bad working for a Dealership either - you get GREAT deals on cars and everything that goes along with it!

My Grandpa is proud cuz I am staying in the car business

ugaimes · Apr 12, 2006

In college, I was studying criminal justice while at the same time living in an abusive relationship. I knew I'd need to use my degree to help other women who have been abused, and that's exactly what I've been doing for the past three years!

laureen227 · Apr 12, 2006

i loved science in high school, so majored in pre-med/biology in college. however, my learning disability in math pretty much precluded anything in the hard sciences [not to mention i discovered i was allergic to formaldehyde - very hard to dissect while sneezing!]. so i dropped out of college & went to a trade school to become a travel agent, which i was for 15 years. very unstable field, however! especially with the advent of the internet, people making their own travel arrangements, etc. so i went back to school at night, to start finishing up my requirements. finally decided on education, but had trouble returning to school full-time, as financial aid is based on your tax return - basically, if you work full-time, they say you don't qualify. you have to be unemployed for a year before you can qualify [who here understands how the government does things?] anyway, after losing my job 3 years in a row in August, just in time to start school, [& the last time the whole agency went down - definitely not my fault!] my parents offered me room + board + tuition, etc for a year, until i could qualify for aid. so i graduated in August of 1994 with a degree in special education/elementary education [dual certification].

laureen227 · Apr 12, 2006

Originally Posted by kittylover4ever

rats, I think I spelled lead wrong in my title......I think it should be led.........hopefully Wyan won't notice!

no, you spelled it correctly - that word is pronounced differently depending on usage - can be pronounced either /led/ or /leed/ - like read.

amandaofcols · Apr 12, 2006

Right now it's just a job. I lost my previous job (which I hated anyway) and my unemployment was running out so I needed something quick and ended up here and I hate it here too! I'm still trying to figure out what I really want to be doing because I really don't know. I would love to be involved with animals in some way, unfortunately, besides veterinary, we have limited animal based occupasions around here that pay worth a darn and I doubt GA Power cares if I love my job, they just want their money!!

pat · Apr 12, 2006

While I was an RN working in high risk labor and delivery, I always hoped to marry someday, expected that if possible, I'd be a stay at home mom for at least the first 3-5 years. I actually never intended to be a nurse - I had my BA, travelled the country for a couple of years, came home, met a guy, got engaged and wanted to be sure I had the ability to support myself and any children should something happen to my husband. I was practical and chose nursing as something I could do any shift, in any state etc. By the time I was done with nursing school, we'd "disengaged" and there I was with a career that hadn't really been what I'd intended to do with my life.

During my 13 years as a nurse, my life became more and more about showing my cats when I was on time off. Alix and I actually instigated a cookbook on the forum we spent time on, and with my partner in that, I suggested it be a business and it evolved into a 5 year partnership and one of the first online pet-themed businesses. When I chose to leave the partnership, I couldn't imagine not continuing to do something I'd come to love, so Alix and I began again...easier as I was now married, retired from nursing and not the sole moneymaker. My love of cats, pure and simple, got me to be a small business owner, a passionate one

alaynna · Apr 12, 2006

I work for a health insurance company adjusting claims. I actually started working there because my husband worked there. Before that I worked at Allstate Insurance and I started to work there also because my husband was working there. That was actually my first job and it paid very nice for someone who was only 18. Another reason why I moved over to my current job is because they have wonderful benefits and I love the work schedule of 6:00am-1:30 pm which is full time.

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