Jobs and Careers
POSTED BY: Hobbes
UPDATED: Saturday, May 10, 2003 01:11
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Originally posted by Kaythryn:
especially since I just admitted that I don‘t know what theoretical xenoarchaeology is?
hehe. it was really just a joke to bug the prof. Xenoarch. would be the archaeology of other species (not on/from earth). Hence the theoretical part... For B5 fans - it would be working for IPX.
Of course, with Firefly not having alien races I'd have to resort to some crime for a paycheck
XenArc
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I am a television news photographer at a network affiliate in Ohio. I've been here for 7 years, 14 years total in the business. I was real excited, for about 2 days, when I heard my network might be picking up Firefly.
Because of this, I have an idea how TV people view sci-fi and its fans. For example, at one station I worked at, we had been running Star Trek in syndication since 1969. It was an area tradition!
One weekend a major Trek convention came to town. Richard Hatch, David Carradine, Ethan Philips and John Billingsley were all there. No one in the newsroom could understand why we should go cover it, even though we were running Enterprise.
After a long rant, I was allowed to put down the camera and pick up the mic to play reporter and bring a freelance photographer to do the shooting. We spent an hour and a half there and it ran 20 seconds that night.
Never mind that the idiot who paints his '71 Winnebego the football team's colors gets a 2-minute feature!
"May have been on the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."
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Where at in Ohio, CaptainZee? I'm in Columbus.
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Cap'n, can I have money for a slinky dress?
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I am a former Forest Ranger/Ski Bum. I currently work for da' man. That's right. I.R.S. Be afraid, be very afraid.
I have a B.S. in Technical Writing, Forestry, and Philosophy.
But most importantly, I work for the cause of the Browncoats. And every breathe we drew?
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Who's winning?
I can't really tell, they don't seem to be playing by any civilized rules that I know.
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My title now is Command Training Evaluator (hear the capital letters?) at the nuke field "a" school. I want to go back to being a mechanical engineer and eventually get into NASA with delusions of being an astronaut someday. I am looking to get out of the navy this fall and continue on my chosen path.
Kethryveris, (can I call you Kethry?) is your company hiring young mechanical engineers? I am at least as qualified to do engineering as any new grad and I have all my nifty naval leadership experience...
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Originally posted by kethryveris:
I am the manager of a group that does mechanical payload design for communications satellites at an aerospace company in LA.
More importantly, how are you and Tarma getting along? (If you aren't a Mercedes Lackey junky, I am going to feel kinda dumb. 'Kethryveris' is a very rare name, though.)
"Is there any way I'm gonna get out of this with honor and dignity?" Zoe, War Stories
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Lora,
Yes, I'm a Mercedes Lackey junky. Tarma and Kethry are my favorites. Finally, someone recognizes me!
Unfortunately, we've been laying off the last year or so. There hasn't been much new commercial satellite work in the last two years. But you never know it may pick up. I also sent you a private message (at least I think I did).
Kethry
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Originally posted by Lora:
My title now is Command Training Evaluator (hear the capital letters?) at the nuke field "a" school.
Wow. I used to be a nuke EM1. Orlando Nuclear Power School class 8703. USS Theodore Roosevelt 1988-94.
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Cap'n, can I have money for a slinky dress?
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Okay, the 'cyte, finally weighing in here (I know you were all waiting with worms on your tongues [baited breath. Har-har.]).
I'm a shrink. Which is a technical term for clinical psychologist. Got my Psy.D. (that's Doctor of Psychology. Like a Ph.D., only it's a professional degree, rather than an academic one. Meant that I could write a 200-page dissertation on the implications of chaos/complexity/dynamic systems, and evolutionary theory to the theory and practice of psychology, without having to run any subjects or ANY statistics, thank the many gods [of pie and otherwise]. Whew. Yup. That was one sentence).
In private practice with a few other shrinks outside Philadelphia, and fighting a muhtha case of Post-Cancellation Stress Disorder (physician, heal thyself!!.
What a marvelous, motley montage of disparate demographics we are!
Keep flyin'!!
Department of Redundancy Department
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OK y'all, my turn to throw in my two cents:
I work at the local newspaper here in Austin (Texas, of course!). Working here going on eighteen years. Been in the printing/newspaper business all my adult life, thanks to my dad. Love my wife, two kids, Mac G4 Cube, assorted cars and pets, in that order.
Talk peace, but, carry a BIG stick.
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Originally posted by ManiacNumberOne:
I am a former Forest Ranger......
I have a B.S. in ......Forestry......
I am beginning to believe we are kindred spirits.
My degree is Parks and Natural Resources, and I worked seasonal for the DNR. (Department of Natural Resources for those who don't know.) But there are no good permanent jobs in the DNR here in Iowa. Ya either have to kiss ass or be related to get anything good. And since I've no relatives in the field, and I am really bad at kissin' ass......
I now work for General Mills. I am a lab tech in their Quality and Regulatory Operation. I check foods before they go out the door to make sure they are good. (taste, vitamins, moisture, texture, pH, packaging, etc......)
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But most importantly, I work for the cause of the Browncoats.
A very worthy cause.
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And every breathe we drew?
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Was hallelujah.
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“It's a real burn, being right so often.”
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