Where do ya'll work and whatcha do?

[Ellie Jane]

I work in a department store of about 150 staff. I am next week moving to a branch in a neighboring town moving up to a supervisor position, so I'll be running a team of about 10 people. It's a start I guess.

It's a budget department store. In fact it doesn't market itself as one, it just happens to meet all the criteria to be one. A staple of the British High Street.

 

[NTakamura]

I work part time at a Kwik Trip, in a small town. But the store is huge and it grand opening. Pretty hectic. After work I do 3d character Animation for a currently developing Unity video game. The thing I went to school for. And I want to get another job as a composer. XD 

 

[Galenmereth]

I work as a freelance / one-man designer and web-developer (front and backend stuff) for various big and small clients. Less design and more programming these days. But I also develop a game almost full-time right now, but it doesn't feel like a job so I'm not sure it fits the job bill.

 

[Chiakscare]

I work for Degica as the art director, resource pack release manager, Member+ coordinator and artist. I also do some advertising, some support, a few administrative tasks and some event coordinating.

My job is very much behind-the-scenes and involves a lot of planning, set up and communicating. Sometimes I get to also do research and writing, and other times I get to make pretty art.

It's the best job ever.

Lemme see your drawings?

That emote looks utterly horrified...

 

[Seacliff]

I work at a grocery store... bagging food.

It doesn't get anything more than minimum wage, but enough to pay for gas to drive to my schools. Of course, I plan to get a full time job within a few years, something in web development sounds nice. But with my chances I should probably go with something less 'white collar'.

 

[Shaz]

Until the end of this month I'll be working as a programmer at a bank.


After the end of this month I'll be working as a programmer for Degica


One of my first jobs, growing up in a wine-making region, was harvesting grapes during summer. That was a great job! I got sunburned a lot, but it was fun. Even though I don't like wine, or the smell of wine, and had to spend time in the winery on occasion.

 

[nio kasgami]

me well...I don't really work I am a student >>....

but in a more serious way I am a freelance artist (more specially comic making) 

 

[Skurge]

Currently out of a job, but before then I was a 3rd year Ceiling and wall fixing apprentice, that involved insulation, plaster glass/decorative, cornicing and ceiling instillation and repairing-not to mention backblocking which is a mandatory thing in Australia. It's actually one of the easiest construction jobs out there given that you work uncover, mostly out of heat. But besides that you do need to be physically fit to fit through doorways with sheets (which can be extremely hard especially with 6000x1200 sheets) you also need to be able to lift the things. Of course there is also the hardship of learning how to walk on industrial stilts and other hazards which involve a lot of heights.

After me and the boss had a disagreement I left hoping to find a better job, but it's harder than I thought it would be. My last job I managed to pick up only because I was refereed to by a friend to help with furniture and bedding delivery and warehouse maintenance, it was only casual work, 2 days a week :/ but I tell you it was harder than ceiling fixing, just the fact that the products where the highest quality stuff you could get around town which meant NO mistakes, slightest microscopic scratch or dent meant a complete return, and half of the time the stuff was extremely heavy given that the equipment and vehicles we used where pathetic and hardly functional. Hell one time we had 2 40Meter long sea containers full of entertainment units that weighed over 120 kilo's EACH, and all in a matter of one day. Was especially fun having to take them around the long way into the warehouse because one of the idiot truck drivers reversed into a roller door which became inoperable. Trollies also were missing wheels. Utter hell.

Though the staff were very friendly, the boss was fantastic- on my final day he gave me a bottle of whiskey to go home with, halfway through the year he realized I was older than my friend and gave me a backpayment for my worth.

End of the year we had a drink/food buffet function hosted at our local golf club handed to us from the company heads, was one of the best nights I've had. Sometimes I get calls from them asking for my help but I gotta move on and find something full time.

What I really want to do is get onto animation/cartoon or video game graphics. I master spriting and drawing etc, but it's hard to decide to grab a course because the job market for it here is very..vague.

 

[Touchfuzzy]

My job is you guys.

 

[Stapleton]

My job is you guys.

lol your job must be a pain in the butt then.

I live in a barn, raise livestock and work around my land.

Before this I worked as a residential Builder.

 

[Ellie Jane]

After the end of this month I'll be working as a programmer for Degica

I'm pretty sure if I stuck with RPG Maker instead of going to University I'd be going places like this. Instead I went to Uni, stuck out a degree that I was slowly learning I didn't want or need, and dropped my game which was ready for release for it, watching everyone I knew fly past me. I've got catching up to do. I'm so rusty with RPG Maker now.

 

[EternalShadow]

I work at a grocery store... bagging food.

It doesn't get anything more than minimum wage, but enough to pay for gas to drive to my schools. Of course, I plan to get a full time job within a few years, something in web development sounds nice. But with my chances I should probably go with something less 'white collar'.

You can do web dev without being "white-collar" XD

 

[Lunarea]

Lemme see your drawings?

Mainly resources for RM (especially tiles)... And they pop up in places often.

 

[Touchfuzzy]

lol your job must be a pain in the butt then.

I live in a barn, raise livestock and work around my land.

Before this I worked as a residential Builder.

Its not so bad .

Actually my job before this was a building contractor. Now that can be a hard job. I never want to do roofing in midsummer Georgia heat again (and that isn't even the worst thing I can remember doing back when I was a contractor.)

 

[sabao]

I work for a small software company that specializes on mobile. We're divvied up into two teams: the corporate stuff that takes on projects from China, Taiwan or Singapore and then a game dev team making self-published stuff. I swing between departments as needed, handling communication between the company and clients and project management on the corporate end and game/interface design on the games side. The hours are horrible and the pay leaves a lot to be desired, but it's a startup so that's to be expected. I'm just thankful I get to do what I love for a living and make enough to get by.

 

[Caz]

I've worked in a supermarket warehouse for the past three years. I never did actually go to university and pretty much joined up as soon as I finished school.

When I first joined the company, it was a manual labour job picking the stock to go out to stores. Sometimes they had me in an ambient environment, but they mostly kept me in one of the chillers so it was pretty much 8-11 hours a day of lifting heavy meats in a cold, loud environment where you couldn't really hear yourself think over the sound of the fanblades. Looking back, it was actually pretty enjoyable though. Physical work is something I found I like a lot, surprisingly!

And then about a year into doing the job, I was approached by another manager one day who asked if I wanted a new job. And here I am~ For the last two years, I've worked on the goods inwards desk, handling the paperwork for every delivery into the warehouse.. which is normally a lot. Though I'm often roped into a lot of other jobs too, given a lot of responsibilities and treated more along the lines of a supervisor in truth, to the point that some people think I actually am.

It has its moments, but for the last few months I've been trying to get back to my old job. As much as I'd like to stay, the job's become so busy every day that it doesn't even allow for a restroom break until about 4 hours into the shift if you're lucky. I've actually had to wait 6 or 7 hours once or twice before just to go to the bathroom. And there's no chance of getting a break to even eat until 8 hours into your shift at the very least now. There are even days where I've gone without a break or food entirely. So I'd like to get back into something that treats me a little better now, heh. 

And well.. physical work is kind of like being paid to go to the gym, so it ain't all bad! 

 

[Stapleton]

Its not so bad .

Actually my job before this was a building contractor. Now that can be a hard job. I never want to do roofing in midsummer Georgia heat again (and that isn't even the worst thing I can remember doing back when I was a contractor.)

haha yeah. On the other extreme, cutting tile on a wetsaw at a jobsite in -20 degrees.

 

[Touchfuzzy]

My tilesaw had the worst water pump ever. The thing clogged constantly. I feel like I spent more time getting that thing to work than cutting tile with it.

The worst stories are always stories about sewage systems though. Taking the release valve off and having a 6 foot poo geyser kind of ruins your appetite for the day. (luckily I managed to jump back fast enough to not get hit.)

 

[Ellie Jane]

God. It's bad enough being a customer and having it happen once but I bet contractors get it all the time.

 

[Stapleton]

That's awful.

Luckily that hasn't ever happened to me, although i've taken out corroded drainage pipes that just broke in my hand and squeezed the poo stuck in it between my fingers. Knowing it was still fluid means it was semi-fresh.

Thankfully experience in the field taught me to wear gloves for this matter.

@Seacliff You gotta go with what you can get, just keep working hard something will open up!