What is Your Profession?
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- rygel
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Re: What is Your Profession?
Well, here goes part 2 of Da Introduction...
I studied Mathematics and then went into the health insurance business where I now work at a private health insurer developing new health insurance products, recalculating them on a yearly basis, pricing group insurances for german companies. Sometimes I take part in projects for establishing health insurance in other countries (eg Korea). Well, that basically covers it.
I studied Mathematics and then went into the health insurance business where I now work at a private health insurer developing new health insurance products, recalculating them on a yearly basis, pricing group insurances for german companies. Sometimes I take part in projects for establishing health insurance in other countries (eg Korea). Well, that basically covers it.
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"Insurance. I was an investigator. I'd investigate claims to see which ones were phony. I had to see through people's bullshit. It was useful experience, because now it's my life. When I meet someone, I don't even know if I've met them before. I have to look in their eyes and just figure them out. My job taught me that the best way to find out what someone knew was to let them talk. Just listen and watch the eyes, the body language. If someone touches their nose while they're talking, experts will tell you it means they're lying. It really means they're nervous, and people get nervous for all sorts of reasons. It's all about context."
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Re: What is Your Profession?
othaderak wrote:othaderak, also known as studentis povertati
I am currently an eating surface conversion engineer and a liquid receptacle maintenance technician at a local fine dining establishment.
Love how you put that.
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Re: What is Your Profession?
I work Security for a high school in Kansas City Kansas, but in the Summer I'm working for the technology department. Installing new computers at the High School and schlepping all the old HS computers to the Middle School, installing the old Middle School computers at the various Elemetary Schools. Everybody goes up a notch.
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Yeah, it really helps the morale when one's employed in a "field" that not only makes about a third of the minimum wage, but also has to rely on the generosity of strangers for the restEyes High wrote:othaderak wrote:othaderak, also known as studentis povertati
I am currently an eating surface conversion engineer and a liquid receptacle maintenance technician at a local fine dining establishment.
Love how you put that.
It's not bad, but paying for university is definitely gonna take a long time.
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Well... the world needs ditch diggers too.othaderak wrote:It's not bad, but paying for university is definitely gonna take a long time.
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Memento. Loved that flick.GamePlayer wrote:"Insurance. I was an investigator. I'd investigate claims to see which ones were phony. I had to see through people's bullshit. It was useful experience, because now it's my life. When I meet someone, I don't even know if I've met them before. I have to look in their eyes and just figure them out. My job taught me that the best way to find out what someone knew was to let them talk. Just listen and watch the eyes, the body language. If someone touches their nose while they're talking, experts will tell you it means they're lying. It really means they're nervous, and people get nervous for all sorts of reasons. It's all about context."
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Hell yeah! One of my favs
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Let's be honest if you are married.
Your job or profession is a husband, otherwords, your work supports your wife.
Your job or profession is a husband, otherwords, your work supports your wife.
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And the kids if you're a dad...Mr. Teg wrote:Let's be honest if you are married.
Your job or profession is a husband, otherwords, your work supports your wife.
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Which is why I've always made it a point to cuckold my friends and let them raise my children.
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Say hello to your wife and my kids for me.
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Damn, no wonder my kids are balding prematurelySandChigger wrote:Which is why I've always made it a point to cuckold my friends and let them raise my children.
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Yes, but they will make glorious podcasts !Mr. Teg wrote:Damn, no wonder my kids are balding prematurelySandChigger wrote:Which is why I've always made it a point to cuckold my friends and let them raise my children.
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Oh, right, like YOU never feel the drafts up topside.Mr. Teg wrote:Damn, no wonder my kids are balding prematurely
I will give you that you at least have more digits in your barcode than Kevin!
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Our jobs
Now that I landed myself a from all accounts what looks like the dream job for me, I am not ashamed anymore and I can bring that subject up
In fact I've done quite a few different jobs, from cleaner in a rest home to loading up meat trucks in a giant slaughterhouse and even carrying the coffin at burials!
Testing video games came later by "chance" i stumbled upon that ad from my former temp agency(don't forget ze germanz)and it changed my life(really)
So now I'm a bit curious as to what people here do, cause even if we all have in common that hate for mcdunes and the hack(oops not hate this is not a hate site_hate site be hatin'), we've all got different backgrounds and such.
In fact I've done quite a few different jobs, from cleaner in a rest home to loading up meat trucks in a giant slaughterhouse and even carrying the coffin at burials!
Testing video games came later by "chance" i stumbled upon that ad from my former temp agency(don't forget ze germanz)and it changed my life(really)
So now I'm a bit curious as to what people here do, cause even if we all have in common that hate for mcdunes and the hack(oops not hate this is not a hate site_hate site be hatin'), we've all got different backgrounds and such.
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Well done on landing your dream gig, at the mo I'm looking after the wee man till I can foist him on the state 9 till 5. Before that I've been a gigging muso, a desk jockey and other stuff.
There's also this thread from years ago when we all had long flowing hair.
There's also this thread from years ago when we all had long flowing hair.
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inhuien wrote:Well done on landing your dream gig, at the mo I'm looking after the wee man till I can foist him on the state 9 till 5. Before that I've been a gigging muso, a desk jockey and other stuff.
There's also this thread from years ago when we all had long flowing hair.
nice thanks for the link!
you're a dj? like mixing dj?
what kind of music do you play(or kinds)?
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- lotek
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I'm a video game quality analyst, now on an online project for Square Enix!!
fucking cool i say!
fucking cool i say!
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- lotek
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inhuien wrote:Not a Disk Jockey but a Desk Jockey.
i thought it was an intentionnal typo
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Re: Our jobs
IT support technician I get to fix everyone elses ummmmm "errors" unfortunatly I have to spend some time on a helpdesk dealing with phone calls.
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Well I'm a Future Generation Technician.
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no desk jockeying there theninhuien wrote:Well I'm a Future Generation Technician.
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