What do you do in real life
POSTED BY: Gelassenheit
UPDATED: Sunday, June 25, 2006 15:05
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I am a writer/editor.
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Student studying Buisness Management/AFROTC. Gonna be a 2cnd Lt in the U.S. Air Force when i graduate.
-When you can't run you crawl, and when you can't crawl you find someone to carry you-
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Computer Programmer in Wilmywood, NC (wilmington)
By this wonderful post u can really get a feel for who's in the verse. Shows the broad appeal of this show.
U gonna be smart here Riva?!?!
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I have had the Serenity movie poster on the wall since September to publicise the 'verse - this has lead to much new interest! Anyone else managed to convert their work colleagues this way?
I have a mini-poster in my cube that has caught some eyes because it's shiny. Literally.
What I did, I have a co-worker that does not stop talking, babbles incessantly. So, one day, I started babbling back about the 'verse and she is very interested. She's cheap, too, so I need to lend her my DVD's to finish reeling her in.
I do Order Entry for a medical supply company and am a mother to a nearly one year old boy. One day I may be a nurse or a stay at home mom. We'll see what comes first, school or more babies.
Some people juggle geese!- Hoban Washburn
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Oh, and to continue with a theme, I was a library assistant from elementary to high school.
Did some AV stuff too. Oddly enough so did my mom.
Some people juggle geese!- Hoban Washburn
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Well, I'm a paranormal consultant - specialist in curse-breaking, exorcism, 'ghostbusting' and generally helping people deal with bad weirdness. I also do deep background research on the subject for books, comics, TV etc.
No, really.
http://www.athanor.org.uk
There's a book out in May by one of my colleagues and a possibly TV documentary series in the works - the latter weirds me out way more than the occulty stuff!
"You are what you do."
Andrew Vacchs
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To the guy who said he's studying video game programming in college, I have some advice for you:
1. Have a solid grasp of how to debug with tools that people actually use, which means MS Dev Studio. This is terribly important. No debug, no job, no exceptions.
2. You’ll be interviewed by people who have been in the business for years, have published many games, are probably self taught and have just under zero respect for that degree you’re pursuing. So don’t walk in like you know anything because honestly, you don’t. What we’re looking for in a junior programmer is your potential to learn on the job and your ability to get along with people in stressful situations.
3. Have a relevant demo. What do I mean by relevant? When you get out of school you will not be hired as a core engine tech programmer. You just won’t, so deal with it. We really don’t care that you have a cube bouncing off a wall because we already have a collision detection system. What you should do instead is use the SDK from something like Unreal or HL2 and put together a 1-map mod of actual gameplay. Why? Because you will most likely go to the gameplay/level scripting team as your first job, so mod=job.
As for what I do for a living, uh, take a guess :)
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Smoke me a kipper; I'll be back for breakfast!
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CaptKar:
I was in the USAF, doing ATC, from Jun '86 'til Jan '00. It's not a bad life for enlisted folks, and I suppose it can't be much worse for commissioned. The pay's definitely better; but I don't think I could've dealt with the 'weasel races', so you've got my sympathies on that.
Planning on staying in longer than required (6 years, right?)? Have they given you any idea what you'll be doing after you graduate? Have you been to BMTS or any other training schools yet? Any lingering dreams of being a pilot? Okay, that's a lot of questions, but I really enjoyed my time in service, and I hope you will too.
Good luck in future endeavors, and thanks for serving America. "Fly, Fight and Win!"
Respectfully,
zoid
P.S.
Any time an Airman Basic used to complain about having to salute so much, I'd ask her/him: "Do you know who salutes more than anybody else in the entiredam Air Force? Butter bars (2nd LTs). Think about it. They have to return salute to every enlisted person they cross paths with, and initiate a salute to every officer they meet. I'm surprised their little arms don't fall clean off. Everytime they go outside, they about rupture a rotator cuff. So don't cry to me about having to salute, Airman. At least you don't have to salute every swinging (genital reference) 'buck airman' you meet." Heh-heh.
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"Hey, I've been in a firefight before. Well, I was in a fire. Actually, I was fired, from a frycook opportunity..." -Wash, Firefly, "War Stories"
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I'm a the only female telephone broker for an online betting exchange. It makes life interesting working with 75 men in an office
I'll be in my bunk.......
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For Twenty years I chased Russians under the Oceans with enough destructive power to level the Western Europe. Now I still work for the Feds (Sorry Mal)
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