GTKY - work

[MissDemeanor]

Maybe I should know this but baby brain.
What does / did everyone do for work? Be as vague or specific as you like.

(I thought it would be fun to do some random get to know you threads to keep the board active, and get to know each other more now that's it's been a YEAR)

[MissDemeanor]

I used to be a software consultant, specialising in training and implementation for tourism type software.

It involved a lot of travel, which was awesome when I was young and single. Honestly I have no idea what to do if/when I go back to work. I feel like I'm not qualified for anything else. My degrees are in hospitality management and international business. So maybe something hospitality related?

[heybulldog56]

Regular GTKY threads are a great idea MissDemeanor.

Pretty sure most of you are aware that I am a teacher. I teach 8th grade English. I never planned on being a teacher and neither of my two degrees are in education. I just wasn't sure what else to do after graduate school (to be honest). Now I am super passionate about education and hope to eventually leave the classroom but remain in the ed. field (maybe as an administrator or designing curriculum, maybe working on policy...)

[peaseblossom55]

MissDemeanor, great idea!

I work for a large financial firm I do compliance/supervision work. I have a degree in acting and an MBA.

[lakegirl]

High school social studies teacher over here. I've done two long term subs and the occasional daily sub since having ds. I'll go back eventually.

[peaseblossom55]

I also have my Series 7. 66, 9, 10, & 24 and I am a certified financial planner.

[MissDemeanor]

Apr 12, 2017 15:41:58 GMT -5 peaseblossom55 said:

MissDemeanor, great idea!

I work for a large financial firm I do compliance/supervision work. I have a degree in acting and an MBA.

This is what I assumed, based on your suit wearing!

[ellabee]

I'm a project manager that runs clinical trials in the cardiovascular space for a large medical device company.

It's pretty rewarding work when you get to see/hear from patients whose quality of life is directly impacted by the device you worked to get on the market.

[rinny]

I'm a business manager for ecomm for a large retailer. Lots of strategy, analytics, and cat herding.

[meeggaannw]

I used to be a retail manager, I started in college and worked my way up. When I left the retail world I was a store manager for crazy 8, part of the Gymboree company. When we moved to Florida I went into retail banking but left to stay home when dd was 6 months old.

[thelittleredm]

I work at a car dealership managing their loaner fleet. I have a double BS in Equine Studies; one in training and one in business management. Guess I ended up working with some form of horsepower....

[Deleted]

I mostly SAH now but I used to do freelance work as a lifestyle writer/web copy and event planning. I worked in retail on the side and still do that for a local boutique. I think in the future I'd like to get back into writing.

[bazinga]

Great idea MissDemeanor.

I'm a research scientist in biotech working on discovery and early clinical development of new cancer medicines. I mostly manage lab scientists (not in the lab myself anymore) and projects and deal with BS politics at senior levels. But 80% of the time I really enjoy my job still. Must remember that as it gets closer to going back!

[judyblume14]

I have my masters in Marketing, but never really put it to use. Instead, I'm a financial analyst, managing a big ol' chunk of the IT budget for a big, international company.

[ellabee]

Apr 13, 2017 1:04:30 GMT -5 silvermelody said:

ellabee my mom is an RN specializing in cardiac care, especially things like pacemakers. I wonder if she knows your products...

Probably! It's Boston Scientific. They're one of maybe 3-4 big players in the US pacemaker space. 

[vlagroupie]

I've been kinda mia lately but this is a fun thread...
I'm a musician and now I work in sales for a musical instrument company. I have a masters in viola performance.

[summergirl1211]

Wow ladies, we have lots of smartypants up in here!

I'm an attorney, but don't actually practice law. Instead I work for a large information company (both news and legal research related) in sales and account management. I work mainly with financial institutions, making sure they're not lending or investing money that comes from money laundering, terrorism or other types of financial crime. While the area is interesting, my actual job (retaining customers) is not. I'm so burned out on sales and want to do something else. I'm just not sure what...

[bazinga]

Apr 13, 2017 1:08:33 GMT -5 silvermelody said:

I'm much happier in corporate land with evenings and weekends off and a good salary.

^^ why I went in to industry after my PhD.

[biscotto]

I'm a Montessori teacher, normally in bilingual immersion schools.

[silvermelody]

Also thank you MissDemeanor for starting these threads! I feel like I know all of you but I've forgotten a lot of the intro things. Mind like a sieve these days.

[lakegirl]

Apr 14, 2017 9:41:43 GMT -5 silvermelody said:

Also thank you MissDemeanor for starting these threads! I feel like I know all of you but I've forgotten a lot of the intro things. Mind like a sieve these days.

+1 I was just trying to survive all that first trimester puking and barely remember replying to gtky threads but it's in my post history soooo I'm pleading baby brain.

[brazilianpeach]

I'm a product manager specialized in Salesforce integration. I work for a Fortune 500 company.

[peaseblossom55]

Apr 14, 2017 18:45:51 GMT -5 brazilianpeach said:

I'm a product manager specialized in Salesforce integration. I work for a Fortune 500 company.

Ha ha I use sales force not daily but I use it.

[brazilianpeach]

Apr 15, 2017 3:35:09 GMT -5 peaseblossom55 said:

Apr 14, 2017 18:45:51 GMT -5 brazilianpeach said:

I'm a product manager specialized in Salesforce integration. I work for a Fortune 500 company.

Ha ha I use sales force not daily but I use it.

And you work for a financial firm! If it's an independent advisory firm there's a chance you use my product too. If it's a broker-dealer either we work for the same firm or we're competitors

[peaseblossom55]

Apr 15, 2017 5:09:22 GMT -5 brazilianpeach said:

Apr 15, 2017 3:35:09 GMT -5 peaseblossom55 said:

Ha ha I use sales force not daily but I use it.

And you work for a financial firm! If it's an independent advisory firm there's a chance you use my product too. If it's a broker-dealer either we work for the same firm or we're competitors

I work with a broker dealer. 😃

[judyblume14]

brazilianpeach - my company is a heavy user of Salesforce, too

[MissDemeanor]

My bf's engineering firm uses salesforce too.

Maybe I should look at that for a job

[pibblemom]

I own my own business and operate my family's 57 year old business (hard to describe while being vague-ish, my mom inherited the facility and it's on old farm property. I pay her rent and run both companies). I get to deal with all the small business fun of scheduling full and part time employees, all the book keeping, keeping up with design of our website and print documents, answering phones, emails, and social media, and (slowly) digging out of a pretty large financial hole that mismanagement got the previous company into. I do love working for myself most of the time, but I sometimes wish I wasn't the person that had to deal with headaches and big decisions or problems and had someone above me.

I have a BFA with concentrations photography and graphic design. I had also gone back to school for mechanical engineering but took over the business before I finished.

[judyblume14]

pibblemom, though vague, your description sound SUPER similar to something similar to something a co-workers's daughter just interviewed to intern for...

[pibblemom]

judyblume14, I wish I could say I've interviewed for an intern recently.