Jobs of Gamers

Attorney here too.

Network and desktop support manager for a large healthcare company. We support the dimiest end users to be found anywhere in the US.

"Alien13z" wrote:

Another lawyer.

Letting your freak flag fly! God I loved that sketch.

""You''ve got to check yoself . . . . befo you wreck yoself . . . .""

Vintage Walken.

I work Retail.

Toys R Us actually. I''ve been there for four years as of last month.

I make acceptable money for a guy who dropped out of college and basically just builds bikes for a living. I do still live with the folks, and while I want to change that, it''s not something I can do at the moment because my mom can''t work for at least another month. I''ve been helping my dad out with the more ""unnecessary"" bills just for the sake of keeping the house more normal for my mother. DirecTV, the sunday paper, stuff like that. Things I can actually afford to take on.

Anyway, regardless I hope to be out on my own within the next year. I have another job lined up with Big-Lots, and I''ll be making a good bit more money.

I should''ve put more effort into it much sooner. Being 22 and living at home feels pretty pathetic most of the time.

I wouldn''t feel bad Thin_J. I moved out at 18, moved back home at 19, moved out again, and moved back home (with my girlfriend to boot) for over a year before managing to move out and get stable again. It''s pretty normal, in particular given the cost of living now.

Thin_J, if you come back to us and tell me you are still there when you are 32, then you should feel somewhat pathetic (sorry for anyone here who is 32 and living at home).

At 22, with a job lined up, given the terrible economy we''ve had in the last 4 years along with the soaring cost of living (I''m sure you''ve looked at housing costs lately), you shouldn''t feel too bad. You sound pretty conscientious, and shouldn''t be too hard on yourself as it sounds like you''ve got some bigger things coming your way.

I would not want to be your age in the economy we''ve had and are having. I was one of the last guys to ""get on the boat"" before the bottom fell out of the legal market; everyday I thank my lucky stars for my purely lucky timing.

Yet another Systems Admin type. No college degree here. I dropped out, worked at a local computer store until a friend said that they had a contract position opening up in his group at Nortel. I jumped in, and haven''t looked back.

Currently, I am some sort of pseudo after hours manager (think shift/team lead) for a datacenter here in Raleigh / Cary. It kinda sucks, but it could be worse... I could be on fire.

I distinctly remember posting something about my job somewhere, though apparently it was not in this thread.

Anyhoo, I''m an assistant actuary in the valuations department of a major-ish life insurance company.

And no, I don''t try and cheat people out of their money by selling them insurance they do not need.

Lawyer-in-training. (Defined by one of my profs as ""a bottom-dweller who has not yet learned to suck scum"". I guess that''s covered in a third-year course.)

Lord Xan knows when we''re all going to die. Scary thought.

Repair office equipment, mainly mailing gear. Folder/Inserters etc.

Do a bit of office admin and fill in as supervisor when required.

Still a Naval Intelligence Officer last time I checked... it pays the bills and can be exciting from time to time. I would love to freelance write - reviews or gamer related articles, but that is a pretty tough nut to crack especially given the time constraints...

Programmer for School Board Payroll and Accounting software here. I built robots in school. Now I deal with balance sheets. Meh, it''s a living.

I run a theater company: www.theatreworks.us

""Really?"" you say. ""But what do you do for money?""

I also work as an aerospace and defense industry analyst, writing reports on various companies in the business (which I don''t think many people read and yet they pay the company I work for huge sums of money).

Aerospace Engineer .... Flight Test Engineer, actually.

Fly around in the back of CF-18''s .... puke on pilot''s.... write reports about it!!!! Lot''s of fun..

I am a ""games advisor"" at the local Blockbuster... sometimes, most of the time I''m a graduate student studying history here in Charleston, SC. As far as long term goals go... I don''t really have any, probably get my phd and find a little private liberal arts school, teach, and play games.

"Gretz" wrote:

Aerospace Engineer .... Flight Test Engineer, actually.

Fly around in the back of CF-18''s .... puke on pilot''s.... write reports about it!!!! Lot''s of fun..

Dream Job!

My lord there are allot of lawyers here

<Squints eyes while backing against wall and placing hand on wallet>

I own and run a medical staffing agency. On paper, it is a noble job, caring for elderly folks who can no longer care for themselves. The reality however is that my employees are quite overgrown immature children. Most of them are in the CNA class. These are people who never take care of their lives. I am always bombarded with requests to loan money (never!), ask for a day off for the most ridiculous reason (and then quit if I don''t give it to them), I constantly get collections calls because they do not pay their bills or taxes, etc. This is to say nothing of the patients who are rich and used to getting their way. Getting them to pay their bill can be quite the challenge as well and I also deal with the state and they currently owe me almost 100 grand, most of which I have already put out in employee pay, taxes, WC, etc. Sometimes I really think of a new direction for my life...

Lawyers and gaming. It doesn''t sound like it goes together like chocolate and peanut butter. MMmmmmm....chocolate and peanut butter.

After dropping out of school, I spent last winter and summer working as a Janitor/Floor refinisher. Quit that job, drove to Vancouver for a LAN party, drove back and started working with a landscaping company. I mostly drive a tractor, clearing out undeveloped overgrown lots in a subdivision......errrr, I mean ""planned community"".

Once the snow starts falling, I''ll be done with this job, and it will be time to decide what I want to do with my life. For now, I just turn up the A/C, pop in my favorite CD, and putt along in a tractor.

My dream is to be a Backcountry Park Ranger for the Park Service. A gun, a horse, a cabin, and miles of trails to patrol.......mmmmmmmmmm.

High school English teacher.

"Druidpeak" wrote:

After dropping out of school, I spent last winter and summer working as a Janitor/Floor refinisher. Quit that job, drove to Vancouver for a LAN party, drove back and started working with a landscaping company. I mostly drive a tractor, clearing out undeveloped overgrown lots in a subdivision......errrr, I mean ""planned community"".

Once the snow starts falling, I''ll be done with this job, and it will be time to decide what I want to do with my life. For now, I just turn up the A/C, pop in my favorite CD, and putt along in a tractor.

My dream is to be a Backcountry Park Ranger for the Park Service. A gun, a horse, a cabin, and miles of trails to patrol.......mmmmmmmmmm.

That does sound wonderful. Just make sure you have broadband at your cabin or tent!

Grass is always greener - the Navy has lost a lot of its luster - 9 more years until retirement.... Then well I suppose I will join the ranks of the Gamer/Lawyer :)...

Or, when you bail, us 20-and-out pals can sit at the side of the road and throw empties at the drones as they drive by on their way to work.

IT Help desk in non-profit organization. 7th or 8th year, I lost track in agony...

TechSupport person for a very small software company...

I''m a Fire Protection Engineer. I do a lot of code consulting and inspections and such. Its actually a fairly enjoyable job as I am constantly working on interesting and unusual construction projects and helping companies out that have fire code problems.

Believe it or not, I used to be in game development and prefer the life of an engineer. I worked as a level designer on a few games six or seven years ago (man, was it that long ago) and found that the job drained my interest in playing computer games for fun. I was working on a game 12 hours a day and discovered that I had no desire to play games with the little free time I had.

"SwampYankee" wrote:

My lord there are allot <sic> of lawyers here.

I am a software developer/maintainer for 25 years or so by now, all working on/with UNIX. 15+ years ago I was one of those folks who endeavored to give people a standardized C, effectively being what some call a ""language lawyer"".

However, as my employer is now ""the second most hated company"" in the computer industry, I''ve become much more actively involved with ""real"" lawyers.

Actually, it''s a pretty comfortable place to work, even though I''m not at all convinced of its long-term viability.

My wife and I are both classical singers, and I do a lot of choral conducting and general music-directing for churches, theater/opera companies, etc. BMus with post-bac work in grad level choral conducting. I also am co-owner of an audio production company that specializes in game audio ( http://www.willowtreeaudio.com ). We''ve only done indie stuff so far, but we''re currently working on a very exciting project with some guys in Portland called Games for Insects ( http://www.gamesforinsects.com ).

Last spring, the financial reality of having a child, needing good health insurance, etc. made the whole starving musician thing a little less viable. I took a day job as sort of a quasi-engineer, working as an assistant to a senior engineer at an industrial equipment manufacturer. I do a lot of testing, putzing around with Excel, etc. Not exactly my dream job, but it''s a good company, a good paycheck, and it allows my wife to stay home with our daughter. And half the engineering dept plays UT2k4 at lunch. Sweet! I R HA><0RZ!!!1!!!!1!!