I realize that I could spend countless hours in the Directory, looking up every last SPer to find out what you all do for a living, but I don't have the time for that. Not to mention that lotsa people don't even say what they do in RL...

So here's my poll...(I decided to make this a poll rather than a thread for the simple reason that polls tend to get more results than threads...) I apologize beforehand for any shortcomings in the poll itself, but I'm more than a little tired and flustered right now... :p

EDIT: Please feel free to post with details about what you do...
Let's start with me...I'm a first-year university student at Canada's premiere :grin: university; Queen's.

Poll Information
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Poll Results: What do YOU do in real life? (85 votes.)

What do YOU do in real life? (Choose 1)
* University/College Student (undergrad OR grad) - 29% (25)
* High School Student - 31% (26)
* Elementary School Student - 1% (1)
* Homemaker - 1% (1)
* Full-Time Job/s - 27% (23)
* Part-Time Job/s - 5% (4)
* Contractor - 1% (1)
* Admin/Mod on SP!! - 2% (2)
* Apprentice/"Student in the field"/etc. - 0% (0)
* Other (ie. anything that I couldn't think of right now) - 2% (2)

As has been stated elsewhere (usually AoDA), I'm a lawyer, and I picked "full time job" because you didn't have an "over-worked" category and I don't feel like an "other."

I said High School though in France it's called lycee, where I... um.. right: study!
No really, I love literature so this is basically the only thing I do study. ;)

I didn't fit in any category. I guess you could say that I'm in highschool, but until recently I worked 30 hours a week also as a framer/labourer.

Now, before you blow a gasket and say "that's impossible!", you should know that I was kicked out of school 2 years ago (drug related mishap, if you must know) and now I homeschool.

I think I'll get a job at a resaurant now, because, as everyone knows, the honeys all frequent restaurants. And I have a motorcycle :cool:

2nd or 3rd year (I honestly don't know anymore) grad student.

Part time job and a starving college student. :heh:

Unsung hero and turnip prospector weren't on the list! I was really dissapointed. ;) Heh, nah I'm just a student with exams looming. :(

19 votes and only 1 person has a full-time job?

It's a wonder we can all afford our PCs and internet connections!

Second year university student and second year polytechnic student :D (Yes, I have a big lithany of names coming ;) )

@ Harbourboy

Don't forget that uni/whatever often pays the lines (or is included to rent)

I had to go with "full-time" job, just like DMC. Would have liked an "overworked" category also, as I actually work 2 jobs.

Hard to believe that only 3 of us on this site so far had a full time job.

I work as a translator (English to French) for the government of Canada. Full-time job, of course.

I'm a high school student.

No, wait - on second thought, I might be a full-time accountant.

All I know for sure is that I'm very tired.

Long time i have to visit here and i found this thread to make a quick appearance. Anyway i work as a network engineer and right now i have a full time job and maybe i can say way too full time. But this is the rythm of life i have chosen so far so i should not really complain.
The most important thing is to enjoy what you are doing and be bored with it.

Got 2 jobs right now. One for during the week (via Randtad) and one for the saturdays. I hope to find an other job during the weeks, since I now spend my time with lunatics who only can talk about cars, soccer and sex. The work is mindnumbing and the payment is low. I get the feeling I don't belong there... :heh:

And I want to try an other study, with some social/cultural/linguistic stuff.

A full time job, with a mean commute. I'm the assistant art director for a Labrada Nutrition, a sports nutrition company in Houston, TX. I design magazine ads, packaging, and websites. (http://www.labrada.com) My free time is spent gaming and kickin' it with my girlie. Not too exciting.

Full time job, librarian in a hospital library and hopefuly the following month I will move in an academic library.

I might be a full-time accountant.

All I know for sure is that I'm very tired. Same here. :sleep:

Oh well, at least there are only 16 more days until May and then I get eight months with a relatively sane workload :D .

I have the prestigious title of "crew" at Wendy's. I'm the guy that everyone feels sorry for because a 19 year old should not be working at a fast food restaurant...but I'm too lazy to actually look for a new job, even though I know I really need a new one. :rolling:

Graduate Student (second year, thank GOD) and English Teacher. I teach college slugs how to write pretty.

What is the difference between High School and Elementary School?

What? There is a difference? Why no one told me that... :confused:

What is the difference between High School and Elementary School?

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I think Elementary is the term for what I'm in right now, so that's what I voted. I'm in the last year of it.

[ April 14, 2004, 20:30: Message edited by: Xei Win Toh ]

what, no category for those of us who decided to can the full time gig for grad school?

Hehe, ranked first in my grade at High School.

@Lazy Bonzo here in the US, elementary is usually kindergarten to 5th grade (sometimes all the way to 8th, depends on the school) and high school is grades 9 through 12.

I needed to check two of them, but couldn't! I'm an Admin on SP AND I have a full time job. :)

Same here, BTA - I'm a full time Mom in addition to collecting a paycheck. Commuting to my one job takes 15 hours per week away from my other one. :roll:

I'm a freshman in High School, the 9th of 12 (13 if you count Kindergarden) grades, levels, whatever ya'll call it. Its cool though, im considerably passing.

I'm currently in the 8th month of a "retirement" period. I decided that I had worked hard enough, and that it was time to take some time off. So basicially, I do NOTHING!

I was a real estate broker, and a real estate appraiser. Now I'm just a beach bumb.

Irritate the crap out of everyone on the SP Forums!!! :roll: :rolling: :spin: :xx: :hahaerr:

Seriously, my third career is as a telecom analyst. Part of a dying breed. :(

My second was in bank management. :flaming: Hated that job.

I still want to go back to my first career, professional student! :grin:

Why isn't prostitute on the list?

Full-time University Student here.

@Rastor
Why isn't prostitute on the list? Had trouble deciding what to pick, did ya? :p
You coulda just picked Contractor.
Or Apprentice if you aren't very good at it. :p :p

Full-time Undergrad First year student. Just started Uni a month ago too! :happy:

Full-time computer programmer.

I work at a Dojo. I train and work with people, only part-time work though.
-Dark_Schneider-

I study law at a university, run some small website and do SP news apart from sitting in #sorcerers and muting while playing some games, posting things, or doing whatever on my computer.

The closest thing to a job is tutoring (English and Latin). Basic fee corresponding to $8 with change per hour (come on, it's Poland), no foolish taxes. Haven't done that for some time now, though.

Technically, I also do wepbpages, but I haven't got any money for any one I've ever done. Even though I'm technically in the pool and there should still be some adverts somewhere even.

This servant is currently learning physics.

Like chev, the closest thing to a job is tutoring, read: forcefully feeding maths and physics down the throat of angsty teenagers.

Sometimes I feel like a mercenary hired by parents.

Full time Engineer/Fabricator and play guitar to.

A "high school student" at Paraparaumu College.

[ April 16, 2004, 01:28: Message edited by: Rotku ]

Im in sixth form or year 12 at a college in wellington, though sometimes i do work for Mini-movers and other times for hire-a-hubby (even though im not actually married)

As little as possible...

Seriously, I'm a student of Political Sciences and I'm writing my master's thesis on retrospective voting in Dutch national elections (1982-2002). When I'm not doing that I drive around in a taxi or I waste time on my computer...

By now I've almost completed my legal practicum (called 'articling' in Canada) with a poverty law clinic.

I guess the most appropriate answer is what I'll be doing in the future. I've just received word from the University of British Columbia that I've been accepted for doctoral studies in law. And I'm also on the waiting list for Osgoode Hall, one of the big 3 in Canada. A huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders in that the 'if' question is now definitely answered. The only question now is 'where'?

The dream of course is to become a law professor.

Considering the state of my life around 99 or 2000, I can't help but feel so fortunate for the way things have turned out.

Congrats, Beren!

You imply things weren't so good 3-4 years ago. Whatever those difficulties were, I'm glad things have turned around for you. :)

@Beren: as they say, there's nothing that hard work and the love of a good (half-elven) woman can't pull you through...

Two part time jobs.
First is a museum specialist/educator at a brand new children's museum in Temecula, CA.
My second job is usually one day a week as a historical reinactor/educator at a place that does programs that teach kids about life just at the begining of the Revolutionary War. Yes, I get to dress up like a Redcoat. The really fun part is during lunch we walk around and "demand taxes" in the form of potato chips and cookies from the kids!

Struggling student and part-time office clerk.

Well, some of you might have noticed that I've been away from the boards for a few months. This is because of my work. I am a soldier, and at the moment par of the coalition forces in Iraq. At the moment I'm home on leave, which is a rather nice thing, as it means that I'm able to catch up on this site...

Real life eh? I seem to vaguely remember that I'm a student who works in construction.

What's a real life?

I'm an ethiopian sweatshop worker. I make thousands of identical socks every day, and I make approximately three dollars total a year.

HAHAHAHA. Vimes, you are my master.

Full time student (17 credit/hours this semester...woohoo)

I'm an ethiopian sweatshop worker. I make thousands of identical socks every day, and I make approximately three dollars total a year. Slith is right. Me to!

They said O don't worry, you'll have fun at school..I didn't know that was school. Lying govermental figures...Must be John Kerry's fault.