blackjohn Posted July 13, 2006 Posted July 13, 2006 If all goes according to plan, sometime in August I'll be working as an assistant to an underwater archaeologist, entering data into the RUST (Resources and UnderSea Threats) database. The guy I'll be working with did his master's thesis on a magnetometer scan of Beaufort, looking for Blackbeard's other ship. Cool! My Home on the Web The Pirate Brethren Gallery Dreams are the glue that holds reality together.
Caraccioli Posted July 13, 2006 Posted July 13, 2006 If all goes according to plan, sometime in August I'll be working as an assistant to an underwater archaeologist, entering data into the RUST (Resources and UnderSea Threats) database.The guy I'll be working with did his master's thesis on a magnetometer scan of Beaufort, looking for Blackbeard's other ship. Cool! So are you a certified diver, Blackjohn? "You're supposed to be dead!" "Am I not?"
blackjohn Posted July 13, 2006 Posted July 13, 2006 Sadly, no. I've never dived. But I've always wanted to be an underwater archaeologist. So this will satisfy my curiousity... 6 months as an underwater archaeologist's database entry guy! My Home on the Web The Pirate Brethren Gallery Dreams are the glue that holds reality together.
Themarko Posted July 13, 2006 Posted July 13, 2006 Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Coordinator. That's a nice fancy term for using a computer to make maps. So I do some Cartography, some data bashing, some teaching, some web design. On the side I design t-shirts, do some chinese brush painting and sculpt.
jim hawkins Posted July 13, 2006 Posted July 13, 2006 Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Coordinator. That's a nice fancy term for using a computer to make maps. So I do some Cartography, some data bashing, some teaching, some web design. Hey me too. ESRI software?
John Maddox Roberts Posted July 29, 2006 Posted July 29, 2006 I've been a professional novelist for 30 years.
Cire Posted July 29, 2006 Posted July 29, 2006 Unemployed and sponging off my folks.. Part time volunteer for Help the Aged. Full time pain in the backside. Because the world does revolve around me, and the universe is geocentric....
Asukaru Posted July 29, 2006 Posted July 29, 2006 Still working for the local cable company as Customer Service. My days here are numbered though, I'm counting them down til the 28th when I'll go to work at Knott's as Scenic Painter. Apparently you can put a price on happiness - it's exactly $3.00 Confessions of a Wicked Wench ~ Myspace! ~ Handlebars @ DeviantArt
Tora of Tortuga Posted September 14, 2006 Posted September 14, 2006 Computer Network Administrator, ie I keep all the computers at my comapany running smoothly, plus I make sure all the employees can browse for porn while not doing their work. Other then my day job, I do calligraphy and illuminiations on the side for fun nothing for sale and nothing I have done imho is worth scanning yet I am getting better. My big pipe dream project is to make a large map done with period inks and gesso. (sorry to raise this thread from the depths of Davy Jones Locker...flog me if need be)
Dread Mark Posted September 15, 2006 Posted September 15, 2006 Haven't figured out what my job is yet but they pay me well for hanging out there. Guess I'll stick with it for a while. Superintendant for an agricultural corporation.
The Doctor Posted September 15, 2006 Posted September 15, 2006 Every time I tell people I work in the IT industry, they want free help wih their home PCs. So now, I tell everyone I'm a piano player in a whorehouse. The conversation moves right on to something else very quickly. Yo ho ho! Or does nobody actually say that?
Tora of Tortuga Posted September 15, 2006 Posted September 15, 2006 Mad Jack here is one on me mate Heck I do not tell people freely in public I am a IT guy heck my family thinks I work in an adult book store selling marital aids. When I was younger I always was the one they(family) called to fix a computer so when I was in college I thought up the Adult Book store job and have kept it going since.
Red-Handed Jill Posted September 16, 2006 Posted September 16, 2006 I did the IT thing for nineteen years; getting asked to fix stuff for free or give free diagnostic advice did get awfully old, but I discovered it was a useful skill to parlay into discounts on furniture, free chiropractic treatment, etc. I did it all: hardware tech, network engineer, applications developer, sys admin... I have a semi-technical job, kinda sorta. I am a financial planning software support specialist, but the job mainly involves teaching, tech writing and giving advice to financial advisors.
Patrick Hand Posted September 16, 2006 Posted September 16, 2006 When people find out that I sew for a living, they want me to fix thier seat cusions...... or him thier pants.....
John_Flint Posted September 17, 2006 Posted September 17, 2006 Currently, my occupation be that of a college student. However, I have experience in all aspects of construction. :)
Captain_Jack_Sparrow Posted September 17, 2006 Posted September 17, 2006 Student, full time.... [aka-unemployed]
CrazyCholeBlack Posted September 17, 2006 Posted September 17, 2006 Funny when people find out I'm a parent, they never ask me to watch their kids. "If part of the goods be plundered by a pirate the proprietor or shipmaster is not entitled to any contribution." An introduction to merchandize, Robert Hamilton, 1777Slightly Obsessed, an 18th Century reenacting blog
McBarnacle Posted September 29, 2006 Posted September 29, 2006 So where do you work, what do you do besides pyracy. The last time I worked - I haven't in over a year due to medical grounds although I've still got a job to go back to by all acounts - I was a quality controller working for a fruit importers over here in the UK. Did mean I never got scurvy-ridden despite any foul rumours to the contrary!
jessie k. Posted September 29, 2006 Posted September 29, 2006 I'm a full time college student, which is job enough, and I work in the library archives, which is a great job, except for the whole minimum wage thing. Yuck. This summer I'm hoping to get back into archaeology, because it pays so much better, and it's outdoors! Best job I've ever had. "When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear, and life stands explained." --Mark Twain
Asukaru Posted September 29, 2006 Posted September 29, 2006 Currently a Monster for Knott's Scary Farm. If you go you can find me in Red Beards Revenge (our pirate maze of course) soon as November comes I'll be back to being a scenic painter. Confessions of a Wicked Wench ~ Myspace! ~ Handlebars @ DeviantArt
hitman Posted October 2, 2006 Posted October 2, 2006 Before driving I was in tech (teir 1 UGHHHHHHHHHH) line clearence, construction, etc I now get asked to fix every thing from light switches, cars, personal confusers (tech tv lives at Twit.tv/dl.tv/crankygeeks.com/revision3.com) and even a few houses. Life is good (I work for beer!!!!!!!) THIS BE THE HITMAN WE GOIN QUIET
blackjohn Posted October 2, 2006 Posted October 2, 2006 For the next three months I will be working with an underwater archaeologist! Huzzah! My Home on the Web The Pirate Brethren Gallery Dreams are the glue that holds reality together.
kass Posted October 2, 2006 Posted October 2, 2006 When people find out that I sew for a living, they want me to fix thier seat cusions...... or him thier pants..... Ditto, Pat! I hate that! Well, I don't really sew for a living. I keep a colony of elves adequately fed and watered and they sew for my living. I just tell them what to do. I run an Evil Empire (I mean, own my own business). Started as a hobby, became part time, and this spring I had to quit my day job (as a graphic designer) just to keep up with it. Blackjohn, Huzzah! Congratulations! Building an Empire... one prickety stitch at a time!
Caraccioli Posted October 2, 2006 Posted October 2, 2006 I've decided to switch careers. I'm going to be an incompetent sith lord. "Hi, I'm Darth Caraccioli. How may I serve you?" "You're supposed to be dead!" "Am I not?"
kass Posted October 2, 2006 Posted October 2, 2006 Hey Caraccioli, What are the benefits like? Kass Building an Empire... one prickety stitch at a time!
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