GTKY - Geography and Jobs

[paintdadanta]

Where do you live? Where were you born? Born, raised, and still live in the Hampton Roads area.

What do you do for a living? I use to be an instructional designer but quit working to finish MA - now doing freelance graphic design and journalism work until I can find something full time.

Is this your dream job? Wouldn't be bad if it was more reliable with better pay, but I'd rather write novels or do magazine layouts. If my body wasn't so messed up, going back to training horses would be another dream job but one pony and fence kind of ruled that out.

[mrsmonogrammed]

I was born in a Chicago suburb and currently live 2 towns over. I'll be delivering LO at the same hospital is as born at (albeit the new location).

I'm a Family Case Manager. We work with At Risk populations-think teen moms, and we see DV and substance abuse problems on the regular.

It's definitely not a glamorous job, but it is really is fulfilling when you can help someone out. Actually making use of my social work degree is a side benefit;)

[redlipz]

Born in Mexico

Live in northern California.

I'm a massage therapist and I love it but idk that it's what I want to do forever. I'm working on becoming a doula and a lactation consultant and hopefully in the future work my way up to a midwife. Maybe.

[trixi282]

Born in Northern New Jersey, raised the suburbs of MN.
Lived in Northern VA for 9 Years until recently (December) when we moved back to the Twin Cities metro in MN.

I'm an Interior Designer. No, I do not "decorate" homes, and it's not like HGTV. I am a licensed professional and I actually design hospitals and have been doing healthcare facilities for the majority of my career while working with a very large Architecture and Engineering Firm.

Dream job? Pretty close. There are days I hate it, and days I love it. If I wasn't doing this I would probably start event planning. I have a head start since I planned 7 years worth of holiday parties and other events for work when I was in D.C.

[Ana0927]

Where do I live? Northern Virginia

Where was I born? NJ

What do I do for a living? Health Policy for a non profit

Id this my dream job? No

[mcp6286]

Where do you live? King of Prussia, PA (yes....right by the mall! And yes...it is as awesome as it's reputed to be)

Where were you born? Mt. Holly, NJ

What do you do for a living? Right now I'm a nanny and a substitute teacher, which is definitely NOT my dream job(s). However, I am on the brink of getting a contract as a full time middle school Reading Specialist in a charter school run by (and located on the campus of) a local university. Now that would be my dream come true! I'm waiting on my clearances/references, but should know by next week. Dying on the inside...don't know how much longer I can do the nanny thing before I go completely crazy!

[ravinraven216]

Where do you live? A suburb of Columbus, Ohio
Where were you born? Born and raised in Akron, Ohio (about 120 miles to the northeast of where I am now)
What do you do for a living? I work for an school district's online K-12 school program.
Is this your dream job? Yes and no. I'd prefer to be a classroom teacher, but jobs like that are scarce. With no prior classroom experience, my chances are slim of getting one. Also the Ohio Department of Education is making it very hard for me to renew my license because I went to graduate school out of state and standardized testing is killing my passion for education. My program is up for renewal in May, so if we get the chop I may need to make a career change.

[belle0720]

Where do you live? SF East Bay Area, CA

Where were you born? SF East Bay Area, CA

What do you do for a living? My 9-5 is a Corporate Finance position. I'm also a wedding coordinator on the side and my mom/H/and I have a little side business refinishing furniture.

Is this your dream job? Not the finance part. But I do enjoy wedding coordination and love refinishing furniture. I'd love to decorate homes and do more design consulting on weddings.

[missjenniebean]

Feb 20, 2015 17:06:20 GMT -5 ravinraven216 said:

Where do you live? A suburb of Columbus, Ohio
Where were you born? Born and raised in Akron, Ohio (about 120 miles to the northeast of where I am now)
What do you do for a living? I work for an school district's online K-12 school program.
Is this your dream job? Yes and no. I'd prefer to be a classroom teacher, but jobs like that are scarce. With no prior classroom experience, my chances are slim of getting one. Also the Ohio Department of Education is making it very hard for me to renew my license because I went to graduate school out of state and standardized testing is killing my passion for education. My program is up for renewal in May, so if we get the chop I may need to make a career change.

I'm from around Columbus as well! How exciting! I spent a summer working in Cuyahoga Falls and going to summer sessions at Akron University!

Where do you live? SE of Columbus, Ohio :[
Where were you born?
Columbus, Ohio
What do you do for a living? Bank Teller
Is this your dream job? Nah, but one of the best jobs I have had!

[theBeeMama]

Nashville, TN - born and raised!

I am a SAHM, which is a dream come true, and I'm also in the ministry. I am launching an inner healing ministry at the church where my husband and I are worship leaders. Which is also a dream job for me!

[kemdupuis]

Where do you live: northern Alabama

Where were you born: Burlington, Vt. Born and raised in the northeast, and lived in VT, ME and MA until we moved south for DH's job a few years ago

What do you do: High School choral director/AP Music Theory instructor

Is this your dream job: not entirely. I'd rather be teaching band, but that's not really a possibility for me since I don't do marching band. Long term, I'd like to go back to school to get my DMA or Ed. D and become the head of a music ed department at a small liberal arts college, but we'll see. This is our first child, so Iay feel completely differently after he comes along

[tiffbot]

Born and raised and currently and hopefully always living in Saskatchewan!

I am a SAHM as of July 2013 when our first child was born. Yes this is my dream job.

I'm not actually quite sure what I want to do when I go back to work again. I may have to go back to school, or I would really like to do some sort of secretarial work at the school. Anything that keeps me close to the community/my kids/their extra curricular would be perfect.

[Bluedaisy]

Born: Yukon
Currently live: Alberta
Current Job: Montessori Teacher
Dream Job: Montessori Teacher

[apollo11235]

Where do you live? Indiana
Where were you born?
California
What do you do for a living? I'm a grad student in math
Is this your dream job? Sort of. I obviously don't want to be in grad school forever, but I get to teach college level math and love it.

[MisDawnD]

Live: Port St Joe Beach, Florida (panhandle)
Born:Atlanta, GA loved the city but moved because I may actually be in prison for homicide due to road rage and people that cannot drive, especially while pg.
Work : Admin/Purchasing at a hydraulic Industrial supply company for the past 8 years.
It isn't my dream job but they are amazing and like my 2nd family. I will be a SAHM after June and will get my auto dealers license. Anything to do with the automotive industry and that I own could be my dream job though.

[leenziepops]

I was born in Melbourne and still live in Melbourne. 

What do you do for a living? I'm an engineer for a power company. Definitely not my dream job. My dream job would be something I can do online at home. I'm obsessed with social media success stories. 

[Deleted]

Live in Los Angeles. Born in Orange County. I'm the design director of a few women's high end clothing brands. I absolutely love my job. What's not to love about drawing and choosing color palettes all day!

[wegrowsheep]

Born in Eatonville, WA.
Live near there.
What do I do for a living? Trophy wife, aka SAHM.
Dream job? Have a degree in Animal Science, would like a flock of sheep again. Otherwise, living the dream.

[Flick]

Born in northern indiana
Living in northern Indiana
I am currently a sahm but I was a cosmetologist
I went to school for cosmetology but my dream is to be an instructor at a beauty school.

[pghtruelove]

Born in Pittsburgh
Live in Tampa but moving back to Pittsburgh this week.
Currently not working hoping we can afford to be a SAHM
My dream job is to open a Doggie Daycare or be a SAHM.

[hulagrl461]

Born and currently living in Phoenix, AZ. I work as a RN. For the most part, this is my dream job. But catch me on a bad day and I might have a different opinion.

[ThePalindromicOne]

Born in Detroit, Michigan, grew up in the north suburbs of Detroit

Currently live in Seattle, Washington

I'm a clinical pharmacist specializing in oncology (nope, I don't count pills behind a counter)

I'd say this is close to my dream Pharmacist job.. but I fantasize about other careers - most recently landscaping/horticulture (I'm really starting like the Labor of Love that is gardening)

[taisree]

I'm from Victoria BC, now live two hours north in Nanaimo BC (Canada).

I work in a renal dialysis unit as a hospital unit clerk. Dream job? NO. I wish I had gotten my degree and delved into health care somehow. Maybe RN, social worker, physiotherapy... I love working in health care but mostly feel very unfulfilled and not challenged in my role.
When I return to work I will most likely switch to home care (also trained as a care aide).

And unfortunately this late in the game(30's) I'm not interested in returning to school. My focus is 100% on babies

@lenziepops I looooove Melbourne. Amazing city.

[sugarbean17]

Where do you live? Montana
Where were you born? Montana
What do you do for a living? I wear many hats... I am a certified nursing assistant (not my dream job but it pays the bills) I am also a certified lactation counselor and a birth/postpartum Doula (these are much closer to my dream job however they don't pay the bills).

[tinavonsparkle]

I was born and still live in Cheshire, UK (near Manchester). I'm a theatre nurse and most days I love my job. It's my dream to go part-time and be a SAHM and it's coming true! I might move into midwifery in the future too but it will mean going back to Uni for another 18months.

[baytosa2013]

Where do you live? San Antonio, TX

Where were you born? San Francisco Bay Area

What do you do for a living? I'm a team lead for all the billing positions and I process leases for a company that sells copiers and printers to business.

Is this your dream job? Not even close...It pays the bills alright for a 9-5 but my dream "job" would be to get paid nothing to volunteer or start programs that help animals and promote awareness for spay/neutering and low cost vaccine options. It's such a HUGE problem here All of that would probably require winning the lottery at some point.

[bruunk]

Where do you live? I live in the San Francisco Bay Area, outside of Oakland.

Where were you born: Healdsburg, CA - I've lived in Northern CA my whole life.

I work in sales in at a software company. Not what I thought I'd do when I grow up, but I still don't know what that is! I love my coworkers and I'm happy with my job! Been there 8+ yrs.