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RoboMonkey

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So I figured I'd ask what people's RL jobs/careers are because I'm sitting bored at work and a little drunk.

I'm currently a bartender (which explains the drunk oops. Don't tell my boss) and I go to a regional Jesuit university in Pennsylvania. I study environmental science and am currently in my last year. I also randomly co-own an artisan soap company with my sister that we just started up. You'd be surprised how easy soap making is (and how profitable).

Shoot!

 
I cut wood for a pretty major u.s lumber company. Most of our work are government contracts. Like for instance, a few years ago, when hurricane sandy ripped up the east coast it destroyed alot of piers and boardwalks. We were the ones to rebuild the boardwalk...though we havent even been completely paid off for it yet, and then they had a fire not long after and they come to us again to rebuild their boardwalk when they still owed us hundreds of thousands for the first job. When the national monument was damaged by the earthquake, we supplied the wood to keep it stable while they repaired it. Stuff like that, we do supply independently, but 7/10 contracts are government, and 2/10 are construction businesses using the wood to build houses and what not.

 
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I cut wood for a pretty major u.s lumber company. Most of our work are government contracts. Like for instance, a few years ago, when hurricane sandy ripped up the east coast it destroyed alot of piers and boardwalks. We were the ones to rebuild the boardwalk...though we havent even been completely paid off for it yet, and then they had a fire not long after and they come to us again to rebuild their boardwalk when they still owed us hundreds of thousands for the first job. When the national monument was damaged by the earthquake, we supplied the wood to keep it stable while they repaired it. Stuff like that, we do supply independently, but 7/10 contracts are government, and 2/10 are construction businesses using the wood to build houses and what not.
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wheres the 1/10 of the wood thats left?

 
Last 1/10 sales are misc and usually just general public. People buying a few pieces for a repair, small businesses looking to renovate. Stuff like that

 
I'm currently a graduate student working to get my PhD in molecular genetics. Due to the fact we don't get paid a very large amount, I also have a part time job for an internet based company where I essentially look over reports. That job is painfully boring, and is where I spend most of my time on PnW (other than checking the forums during incubations/breaks while I'm in lab). 

 
My RL work history is really weird. I just do whatever work gives me money. I'm a nerd for everything, kinda like Tim Ferriss.

I have been:

A research assistant - discovered how fucked up and corrupt research can be, which gave me a lot of skepticism for science later on. Let's say you can alter research results based on how poorly you collect data, and you can pay incentives to get people to unconsciously collect data the wrong way.

Professional lab rat - econ dept in uni did experiments. We were given cash based on how well we did those experiments. So there'd be 4-hour scenarios similar to P&W but you get real money based on game score.

A barista and cook - quit my job to start a cafe. Made double income immediately. Then got cheated by everyone, shut down the company, and blew all the profits on legal fees. I really geek out on food science and coffee, so ask me anything on that.

A photographer - on doing our menu, I crammed a lot of photography classes into a week. So I did photography for a while. Was decent money, great work hours, but the market was crowded and it didn't have real career potential.

A baby sitter - long story. Almost started a company on this but the economics sucked bad.

A private tutor - also a long story.

A programmer - programming is really good money in this mobile era and currency conversion rate is awesome. I do web and apps. What sucks is that everyone wants to clone Facebook or YouTube and only have a budget of $10k or so.

I also sold software to gov (we did parking ticket tech and city council management software). What Chris said about gov stuff is similar. Big big money but horrible paymasters. 4 years on and still only got 1/3 of the money they promised.

A professional blogger - I write on food and soccer. Pay is about as good as programming.

A startup CEO - Long story. If I give exact details, you guys can stalk me easily :P  

They say a CEO is very much a learn-on-the-job thing. I think it's awesome that games like CN gave me the experience of leading like 300 people, without being able to pay monetary incentive, and having things blow up everywhere.

 
Infinite Citadel said:
I'm currently a graduate student working to get my PhD in molecular genetics. Due to the fact we don't get paid a very large amount, I also have a part time job for an internet based company where I essentially look over reports. That job is painfully boring, and is where I spend most of my time on PnW (other than checking the forums during incubations/breaks while I'm in lab). 
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Yay for the sciences! I originally majored in Neuroscience and Biochemistry but decided to pursue my actual passion for the environment as a career choice.

 
I work fast food... (A&W)

its not as bad as you would think though i think i unconsciously say "Welcome to A&W how can I help you ?" in my sleep.

 
So how's IB treating ya? I'm just glad I'm done with the extended essay, all but one of the internal assessment and the TOK essay.

 
Just started(I'm started my second semester in it last month)

Working on two IAs for SL courses, and Don't have half a plan for my EE or TOK IA or Next year in general

Otherwise, just too much Homework

 
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