What do you do for a living?

[O'Callaghan]

True, a degree is not a guarantee, but it is a hunting license and it can be a help in retaining a job once you have it.

In my salad days I was first an electronics technician, then an electronics engineer, and then a software engineer. The first of my programs that worked properly I wrote in 1964, so I was a software engineer before that name was coined. Since I retired in 1994 I have written no code but a few BASH scripts, so I am now hopelessly behind the state of the art except for one fact: because FORTRAN will never die, we who can write FORTRAN in any language will never cease to be functional.

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Does it count if it won't run/compile?, LOL!

[O'Callaghan]

Patent agent. I write patent applications for inventions and get paid to argue with bureaucrats. I first got into patents as a researcher, and did that for many years before I qualified as a patent agent, but now I've done this for quite a few years as well.

At one time I used to be a radio interference engineer in a test lab.

I also 'pumped gas', sorted letters in the post office and did stocktaking in news kiosks as gainful employment, before I graduated college as an electrical engineer.

[MacKay71]

I have been an aircraft mechanic for Delta Airlines for the last 20 years1 I also teach rock climbing/ rappelling and ropes courses on the side.

[Paul]

I was sure I posted here before... obviously not.
I'm a full-time student. Starting my last year in October doing Audio Engineering and I'll get an honoary degree at the end of it
I also work in a callcentre for a political party part-time
Hoping to get a job in a kiltmakers/kilt hire shop shortly also!

[vipermcgee]

Paramedic.
Part-time IT manager.(very little, mostly home offices)
Parent of 3!
Committee Member Cub Scout pack 377, McGehee, AR
Cubmaster Cub Scout Pack 306, Lake Village, AR
Asst. Scoutmaster, Troop 42, McGehee AR
And volunteer with council level events, De Soto Area Council, Boy Scoouts of America

I'm not sure, but I could have left something out.

[tom_s]

Going to interesting parts of the World to discuss and advise on improvements to public transport services.

[Kilted Magyar]

In 1988 I retired from Eastern Airlines where I flew several aircraft from DC-9 To A-300

[KnaveOfGates]

I am a student getting paid to get my Applied Physics Masters.
Hopefully, I'll get a job at the Air Force Research Labs soon.
I work part time at a free standing Chick-fil-A. (Peece, Luv, Chikin!)

[J.B. Simpson]

Wow I never thought this thread would see the light of day again.........

[Brother Falldown]

In my mind's eye I am a piper, though the mob with pitch forks and torches pursuing me would strongly dispute that! As a hobby I am a certified public accountant and currently contracted as the financial controller for a medium sized charity.