I could tell you what I do for a living…but then I’d have to do something conducive…I’m joikng!!!
I’ve been many things, but still the same person and outlook on life.
Basically, started off training in pharmacology, but switched to an engineering role.
Exactly right. I doubled my income after a weekend of studying some software I knew was popular, I went and took the test for a job and was told I had the highest score of anyone who had taken it before.
Yeah, the Navy was a trip. The things you see/hear while thousands of miles from land are just crazy. And the dumba$$ things young sailors do thousand of miles from land are even more impressive. Lol.
He spent his last 3 years at the Pentagon and called it “the five-sided nut house.” Apparently there is crazy everywhere? 
Good for you; I love to hear that! My husband was in IT and it paid very well, although pretty much a meat grinder all the places he worked. They expect you to meet impossible deadlines (from people who don’t know how to code), and too bad if you are working a 60 hour week - it’s expected.
Doesn’t that feel good! I used to love to study and take tests.
Not meant to be a sexist statement, but young men in a group generally do duma$$ things. 
I couldn’t list all of the jobs I’ve had. I went to commercial college after school and did secretarial work. Three years later emigrated to Australia then 3and a half years later returned to the Uk and did temporary office work. For the next 3 years travelled around doing seasonal work at hotels and pubs. I did about a year in London working as a temp secretary. I saw The Marriage of Figaro at Covent gardens theatre.
Music is important in my family and we all have our favourites mine is opera classical and folk but I listen to most music.
I met my husband while working in a pub which ended my travels. I then worked as secretary at the local health authority. Had two babies. Did a part time job at a home for the elderly deaf where I learned sign language. My family moved to Australia 28 years ago. I worked at childminding, then did cleaning (anything to get away from spoiled kids). My last job was support worker for disabled deaf people I did that for 19 years during which time I improved my sign language skills did a few certificate courses. I enjoyed my work with deaf disabled people. I am now retired. Over the years we have returned to UK for holidays and travelled while we were there.
I’m a nurse.
It seems anticlimactic compared to everyone else’s long, tenured and well-rounded careers, but I guess that’s debatable.
I had a friend reassure me by saying “you’re not a blood sucker, you’re a bottom feeder.” That makes me a catfish I guess.
A plecostamus! (Sp) A tiny Vulcan and my favorite aquarium janitor. We always named ours Spock.
the carnivore organ/blood cook woman out there (forget her name) says to get your blood fresh, so that’s good! 
I will second that. As I was one of those men when younger and did some stupid things.
Why do most lawyers get highly offended if you call them “ambulance chasers?”
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Because the really good ones get there before the ambulance.
Education in Printing and Graphic design–went into offset printing but had serious issues in my area getting work as a woman, landed in animal care.
Vet tech for 15 years with a degree in nursing, nurse for 5 years (hated it) and went back to animal medicine. Took a turn at farm work with a side of camp counselor for 2 years.
Got burned out of caring work, back to printing. Now I’m a letterpress printer for a woman owned shop and I’m smashing it.
Side hustles: seamstress, artist, wildlife rehabber, teach sewing to my friends adult kids.
OK, I’ll play.
50 years ago - a lifetime ago - my first job out of high school was as a nurse’s aide while going to college majoring in biochemistry. Along the way, life intervened with my intent to stay in health care and I got a job with one of my hobbies - playing with radios - as an electronics technician. Eventually got promoted to test department supervisor and then they added quality assurance. Went back to the technician side after one of those early 80s layoffs. Spent from about '76 to '88 along that path, the last few while going to college at night (and reimbursed by employers) until I became an electronics engineer.
I have a checkered past for an engineer.
I worked for a defense/government contractor for a total of 12 years then went into civil aviation, designing radios for commercial aircraft. Small jets, big prop planes, and the big two in commercial jets, Boeing and Airbus. The first time I got onto a plane while on vacation and saw a radio I had designed parts of was kind of trippy. I designed the radio parts of systems for talking with air traffic control, VHF and HF, automatic landing systems, surveillance systems (collision avoidance) and weather radars.
At the end of '15, they made me an offer I couldn’t refuse to retire young - 61 instead of 65. Now I play with the hobbies I never had the time for while working; mostly ham radio and a home machine shop. Still play at guitar, still ride a road bike and do some other stuff, too.
