What line of work are you in?

[yungleen]

I am a landlord. Before that I was a poker dealer for about 8 years. After being away from that for 5-6 years,I went back to it this year at a new casino 2 days a week. Was enjoying it, then covid forced shut down of casino so back to landlord only.

Casino industry is very hard hit. Their plan to reopen includes limiting number of players per table. Vegas has proposed 4 maximum at a poker table. Very few players will play that way. They are installing glass barriers but still everyone touching the same cards, chips...

 

[eyesofgrey]

I’m in cybersecurity.

 

[MrSpeedy]

Elementary school counselor. Welcome to the jungle.

School counselors are vastly underappreciated. You do critical work for the kids, I see it every day (I'm a teacher). Thanks for all you do for the kids.

 

[Russrat]

Business and tax attorney in my 28th year. Mostly litigation with a good bit of planning work for professionals and small to medium sized businesses.

 

[Rushman2112]

So you work to make money. I work for the enjoyment and happen to make enough to comfortably live on - in the Philippines.

Without any more working, I could retain my current lifestyle until 114yo, not allowing for inflation.

That's why I am an accountant(!)

 

[Ridpath]

Pensions actuarial consultancy. Toss you a coin if you’ve heard of it before...

 

[oc_in_fw]

Pensions actuarial consultancy. Toss you a coin if you’ve heard of it before...

Nope. Pensions were being killed when I entered the work force full time in 1986. Most of the ones that remained were raided by the corporations. Now we have retirement plans that depend on the whimsy of Wall Street (401k)

 

[Merle]

I do have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you.


Oh wait, that’s wrong. I maintain full flight simulators. Well, I guess that is a particular set of skills, but shouldn’t be a nightmare for you.

I really wish I could get everything together to recreate the equipment I had back when Janes Sims were new and the Apache Long Bow was my favorite flight sim on the PC, people like Thrustmaster built quality stick, throttle/collective, and foot pedals and the world was a wonderful exploration of physics, dynamics and just plain fun practicing nap of the earth flight. (They say even these bran-spankin-new PC/GFx machines can run the old code... but have you noticed since 9/11 nobody is offering such programs?)

 

[Ridpath]

Nope. Pensions were being killed when I entered the work force full time in 1986. Most of the ones that remained were raided by the corporations. Now we have retirement plans that depend on the whimsy of Wall Street (401k)

Agreed, everyone’s still trying to kill them off here. However, as long as there are people alive in a scheme, there will be a need for people to run it; and they’re very much still around here in the UK. Will be for a few more decades, I reckon.

 

[DocPapi]

College professor here, business school, teaching management and leadership. Took a short side trip in my early twenties, after a highly entertaining (and unproductive) freshman year in college, and did some mission work in Chile for a couple of years. That experience helped me grow up considerably, and when I returned, I went back to school and had a much more productive experience. Forty-plus years later, I'm looking forward to retiring in a couple of years if the economy will cooperate...and if I can make myself say goodbye to the students.

 

[Shaving like a boss]

10 years in law enforcement, 20 in corrections with 10 more to go until retirement.

 

[chinmusic82]

Pensions actuarial consultancy. Toss you a coin if you’ve heard of it before...

My brother is an Actuary. I didn’t know what that was until he became one. Still don’t understand it completely but know that it takes a far brighter mind than mine to become one!

 

[Tanuki]

I’m either a self-made member of the parasitic rentier class (turned off my S Corp after aiding and abetting giant corporate IT for decades) or I’m a general forestry laborer (when the weather is decent) or I’m a homemaker (until I finally chase off my kids - they are all sheltering in place - my place).

My B&B profile says
‘Occupation: Timber baron / chokersetter’

 

[Rushman2112]

Pensions actuarial consultancy. Toss you a coin if you’ve heard of it before...

Yes, they are people who found accountancy too racy(!)

 

[oc_in_fw]

Agreed, everyone’s still trying to kill them off here. However, as long as there are people alive in a scheme, there will be a need for people to run it; and they’re very much still around here in the UK. Will be for a few more decades, I reckon.

They basically told most people here with pensions “tough luck- it’s our money now”.

 

[tomtom42]

Senior network & security engineer - working for a company spezialising in this field.

 

[Ridpath]

They basically told most people here with pensions “tough luck- it’s our money now”.

Luckily I’m not involved in that kind of work, although I know people who are.

Lots of laws and legislation dictating what people get paid and what protections they have etc over here, which is the main reason people like myself still have a job.

 

[Billski]

every breath I take as a free man was paid for with the blood of an American Soldier
From Concord and Valley Forge to the sands of Iraq
and mountians of afghanistan American soldiers have
paid the ultimate price For our Freedom.I am ever mindful
and for ever greatful for their sacrifice
My heros have always been American Soldiers

Retired now. Spent 21 years in the US Army as a Sergeant .

 

[Lightcs1776]

every breath I take as a free man was paid for with the blood of an American Soldier
From Concord and Valley Forge to the sands of Iraq
and mountians of afghanistan American soldiers have
paid the ultimate price For our Freedom.I am ever mindful
and for ever greatful for their sacrifice
My heros have always been American Soldiers

Retired now. Spent 21 years in the US Army as a Sergeant .

Thank you for serving I retired as a CW3. I always tell people that I have gained more from the military than I put into it. Of course, going from infantry to signal might have something to do with it.

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[Steinmetzify]

I own a company that does cognitive memory assessments for insurance companies. It’s major boring work and I got really depressed during the two years it took to set up. It pays well and because of that I have a hard time doing anything else; there was one August I left my house once to run to the corner store for 5 minutes and that was the only time I left the house all month.

My wife noticed I was getting really depressed and got on me about it.

I asked in exasperation “ what do you want me to do?!”

She told me to get out of the house, call a friend that owned a bunch of FedEx routes and see if I could run one and get some exercise.

So now 3 of her cousins work for me running Impact and I run a FedEx route lol

I like being outside and dig the exercise.