Work, Work, Work, Work, Work (GTKY)

[honda13]

What do you do for a living? (Be as vague or specific as you like)

What did you want to do when you were a child?

What would be your dream job, or are you already doing it?

[honda13]

What do you do for a living? (Be as vague or specific as you like)
I'm a banker. I deal with lots of money.

What did you want to do when you were a child?
Marine Biologist

What would be your dream job, or are you already doing it?
I would love to be a professional zit popper. Idk if that's really a thing, but I love popping zits. Although, I probably wouldn't like popping strangers zits.

[marshian]

What do you do for a living? (Be as vague or specific as you like)
I'm in business consulting. That in itself is vague, I know. My family can't really explain what I do. My company helps other companies implement new business processes and/or technology systems. I tend to be in a role going between the business people deciding what is needed and the tech people making it happen.

What did you want to do when you were a child?
I was weird and didn't have a profession picked out.

What would be your dream job, or are you already doing it?
If I knew I would do it already! I think I'm going to end up making my part-time photography business full-time while our kid(s) are little, then I'm not sure. Maybe go back to school?

[marshian]

honda13- Do you watch those zit popping videos online? It's like watching a train wreck: Gruesome but also satisfying.

[pinecone21]

Ewww to the zit talk!!!

I work at a college, setting up science labs for the instructors. I taught high school for a few years before this job.

I have no idea what my dream job would be. This one is good enough for now. I like a job that is mentally challenging with good colleagues, and I don't have to take too much work home. Teaching was fine before I had kids, because all the after-hours grading and planning was like a hobby. I don't know when I'd fit it in now with a toddler though. If we ever move, maybe I'd look for a job in a science museum.

I didn't have a dream job as a child. I just kind of live year by year and see where I go.

[mreve]

What do you do for a living? (Be as vague or specific as you like)
I consider myself a SAHM, but two afternoons a week I teach piano lessons in my home studio.

What did you want to do when you were a child?
I didn't really have a specific career in mind, but grew up on a farm and knew I did not want to end up in the city permanently.

What would be your dream job, or are you already doing it?
I'm doing it .

[marshian]

mreve - I took piano lessons for years and now haven't played in about 7 because my piano is still at my mom's for safekeeping until we move into a permanent location. Do you do lessons for adults? How do they do? I want to get back into it someday but am nervous about relearning it all!

[agm04]

What do you do for a living? wealth management

What did you want to do when you were a child? it changed several times. cop, astronaut, pilot, my sister's housekeeper (huge lol to that one)

What would be your dream job, or are you already doing it? sometimes i think i'd like to own a bakery/cake decorating shop, but the pressure of ownership is a no go. so i guess it would be nice to have a part time job decorating cakes if money were no object. or maybe a bodybuilder.

[sdlaura]

What do you do for a living? I'm an investment consultant. I usually just say I'm an investment adviser, though, because when I use the word "consultant" people often assume I freelance, and work from home, when my job is very much full-time and I'm expected to be in my office when I'm not meeting with clients. I advise institutions (the investment staff and boards of trustees of pension funds, endowments, and foundations) on their investments. All of my clients are tax-exempt. agm04, I don't envy the fact that you likely have to deal with taxes when thinking about investments

What did you want to do when you were a child? I wanted to be a lawyer. My mom tried to convince me that there were too many ambulance-chasing, underemployed lawyers. She sort of made me get a business degree. But whatever, it worked out.

What would be your dream job, or are you already doing it? I don't think I'd want to do any of my hobbies as a job, or they wouldn't be as fun anymore. If I was loaded I'd want to run my own private foundation, on both the investment and grant-making sides.

[honda13]

agm04, I always think wealth would be a neat department to work for. Do you like it?

[honda13]

Nov 28, 2016 15:27:52 GMT -5 marshian said:

honda13 - Do you watch those zit popping videos online? It's like watching a train wreck: Gruesome but also satisfying.

Yes! But not very often.

[marshian]

Nov 28, 2016 16:42:56 GMT -5 honda13 said:

Nov 28, 2016 15:27:52 GMT -5 marshian said:

honda13 - Do you watch those zit popping videos online? It's like watching a train wreck: Gruesome but also satisfying.

Yes! But not very often.

Ditto. And not for very long.

[violetrose]

What do you do for a living? I'm a (recently) SAHM. For the past 4 years I was an active duty army officer. I left the service a couple months ago to stay home with the kids. I also have an early childhood education degree and plan on teaching when the kids are in school.

What did you want to do when you were a child? I wanted to be a teacher/mom.

What would be your dream job, or are you already doing it? I'm doing my dream job But for fun- if I could own my own business- that would be a dream!

[teachermomtobe]

pinecone21, the correcting and planning at home is one of my concerns for when I have kids. I look around and so many teachers I work with have young kids so it's definitely doable but I know my work will suffer a bit because I will put my family first.

What do you do for a living? I teach 3rd grade

What did you want to do when you were a child? a teacher or pediatrician. I worked as a receptionist at a pediatrician's office while I was in HS. I had to hold a kid's head while he got stitches and I almost passed out so that solidified the teaching career for me.

What would be your dream job, or are you already doing it? I really do love teaching. I can't imagine myself being anything else. I just wish there was a way to make it part-time but there isn't really unless I did some serious career moves.

[mreve]

Nov 28, 2016 16:11:47 GMT -5 marshian said:

mreve - I took piano lessons for years and now haven't played in about 7 because my piano is still at my mom's for safekeeping until we move into a permanent location. Do you do lessons for adults? How do they do? I want to get back into it someday but am nervous about relearning it all!

If you want to take lessons someday you definitely should! I only have one adult student, but her lessons are my favourite and I really look forward to them. I teach kids every week, but she comes every other and I'm able to be flexible with her work schedule. She also took lessons when she was younger, and kept it up a fair bit as an adult but wanted the motivation to practice and feedback to improve, and is doing really great. This is the third year I've taught her, I was nervous at first about telling someone older than me "what to do", but it's a completely different atmosphere than with the kids I teach. It's a lot more like we're working together at it, for example she picks the music she wants to play with suggestions from me and always has questions when she comes to lessons for me to answer.
I hope that's not too long winded, I already edited a bunch to try to keep it concise!

[lindsay]

I'm a technical project manager.

When I was growing up, I had all sorts of plans - astronaut, president, marketing, pro golfer, golf instructor/academy owner, Spanish translator... all over the place wth interests haha

Dream job? I'm not sure! I'm too much of a realist to dream well. I enjoy PM work, but ideally want to do something on a part time basis while my kids are little.

[pinecone21]

teachermomtobe If I were still teaching, I'd have to cut way back on the amount of stuff I changed each year. If I was teaching the same classes with the same materials, my planning time would be way down. I'd also limit my grading and do more multiple choice/scantron assessments. It wouldn't be the best for my students, but it would be what I could make work with my life.

At one of my jobs, I heard that they allowed elementary teachers to job share. So two moms had the same students, and one worked Mon-Tues and the other worked Thurs-Fri, and they split Wednesdays. Any chance your district would go for something like that? In high school, occasionally there were options to only teach periods 1-4 or something and have the afternoons off, but that depended on enrollment and if a classroom was available.

[bewise]

I'm a school psychologist.

I wanted to be a special education teacher when I was a kid.

I'm in my dream career but maybe not necessarily my dream job. But I could see it turning into my dream job if the right changes are made (but that's out of my control).

[teachermomtobe]

pinecone21, fortunately I have been teaching 3rd grade for 8 years and will keep teaching it after baby so I know the curriculum well. Of course things change a bit every year and I try new things but as a whole I could teach with my eyes closed!

My district does job sharing for very few positions. I know 2 reading specialists who job share at the elementary level. There may be some at the secondary level. I think I'm too much Type A to job share though. I get routines well established and I think it would be hard to be totally on the same page as someone else. I am also certified to be a math specialist and some of those positions are part time. There are no openings there now and I don't know that I'm ready to leave the classroom but it's a plan I keep in my back pocket as a possibility some day.

[bagels]

What do you do for a living? (Be as vague or specific as you like)
SAHM/College student

What did you want to do when you were a child?
Astronaut

What would be your dream job, or are you already doing it?
Doctor. But I'm not ready to put forth the amount of time medical school would require.

[ttcbabyj]

What do you do for a living? I'm a Psychology Professor at a college.

What did you want to do when you were a child? Lawyer

What would be your dream job, or are you already doing it?
Probably a professional traveler...if there is such a profession.

[agm04]

Nov 28, 2016 16:41:48 GMT -5 honda13 said:

agm04, I always think wealth would be a neat department to work for. Do you like it?

It comes and goes, but overall I do. I work on a big team, which helps a lot and affords me more flexibility than I'd have as a sole practitioner. It's tough to ever truly be on vacation though. I was logged on in our Disneyland hotel at 5 am talking to clients in Israel in September.

sdlaura ah yes, taxes. Knee deep in looking at year end tax selling right now!

[sabrinaml]

What do you do for a living? (Be as vague or specific as you like)
For the most part I'm now a stay at home mom. I also do all the bookwork for my husbands welding business. I also work at a day care about once a week. (Just started back there in Sept after C turned toddler).

What did you want to do when you were a child? So many different things depending on age. At one point or another I wanted to be a marine biologist (so I could swim with the dolphins) an astronomer (love love the night time sky) and a teacher.

What would be your dream job, or are you already doing it? Sometimes I really miss the classroom and other times I don't. I think my dream profession/job would probably be in the medical field, nurse maybe. Side note- I used to be a firefighter/emt (I retired after C was born and we moved out of my fire district. I couldn't see myself doing it anymore and I couldn't imagine working for a different fire district. Mostly after I had C I was afraid something was going to happen on a fire call and he would grow up w/o a mom. Hormones for you!)

[cheezee]

I'm a NICU nurse. Absolutely my dream job. I love it and it is hard to imagine doing anything else. I always said I wanted to be a "baby doctor" when I was little. I'll be cutting back on my hours significantly after this baby comes which will be nice but I know I'll miss it.

[honda13]

Nov 28, 2016 18:21:44 GMT -5 bewise said:

I'm a school psychologist.

I wanted to be a special education teacher when I was a kid.

I'm in my dream career but maybe not necessarily my dream job. But I could see it turning into my dream job if the right changes are made (but that's out of my control).

I just had to finish complete my student teaching and I would have been a special education teacher. At that point I decided it wasn't for me. I was very passionate about it, but all the freaking paperwork and lesson plans. Forget it!

[kaimee27]

agm04, I'm in awe of people who can decorate cakes well. I'm just happy if my lettering on "Happy Birthday"s is legible.

What do you do for a living? (Be as vague or specific as you like) I'm nurse. I work on both the med-surg floor and in the ER.

What did you want to do when you were a child? I've always wanted to be a nurse for as long as I can remember. My second choice was archaeologist, but I'm super clumsy and can just see myself tripping and destroying priceless artifacts.

What would be your dream job, or are you already doing it? Honestly, if we could afford it, I'd be a SAHM and work relief at the hospital. I think that it would be the best of both worlds for me.

[dsp2013]

Nov 28, 2016 15:03:11 GMT -5 honda13 said:

What do you do for a living? (Be as vague or specific as you like)

What did you want to do when you were a child?

What would be your dream job, or are you already doing it?

I'm in medical device sales. I spend my days wandering hospitals or in my home office.

I wanted to be a doctor or physical therapist. I hate chemistry with a passion, but love biology and A&P. So getting my MD or PT was not something I could without trudging through Organic and Inorganic Chen.

I think I have my dream job. I get to talk technical medical jargon and work with products that save lives. If I had millions of dollars and could go back to school and not work, I would toy with the idea of Chemistry classes and getting my MD.

[huskermom]

What do you do for a living?
I'm a postpartum nurse

What did you want to do when you were a child?
I wanted to be a neonatologist or any other type of baby doctor.

What would be your dream job, or are you already doing it?
This is definitely the dream. I absolutely love taking care of the moms and their new babies. It's a good balance of teaching and medical care. Plus some nights I'm in the nursery so it's just snuggle central for 12 hrs!

[honda13]

huskermom, cool! I guess I didn't realize there is a specific postpartum nurse. So are some solely for L&D and some for after the fact? I thought if you were an OB nurse you did it all. Tell me more.

[huskermom]

Nov 29, 2016 16:21:13 GMT -5 honda13 said:

huskermom, cool! I guess I didn't realize there is a specific postpartum nurse. So are some solely for L&D and some for after the fact? I thought if you were an OB nurse you did it all. Tell me more.

I work in a big enough hospital that we have a separate floor for L&D and then 2 postpartum floors, so because of that we have L&D nurses and then we have quite a few postpartum nurses to staff those 2 floors. I never wanted to be a baby catcher, but I really enjoy taking care of everyone once they come up to us! I love watching parents and siblings get to know their new littles. It's always so sweet!