What Do You Do for a Living?

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[quote]PimpBot5000 wrote:
MarvelGirl wrote:
I get paid two bucks a minute to call people faggots and tell them to put cigarettes out on themselves, among other things. I say faggot at least 50 time a day, every day. I’m not homophobic, that’s just where the money is, and who am I to judge what people want. It gets old but the pay’s good and you can’t beat the commute.

I’m trying to guess your job based on that description…Public School Teacher? [/quote]

$120 an hour as a school teacher? Doubtful. She is probably a member of congress.

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[quote]NH-Watts wrote:
PimpBot5000 wrote:
MarvelGirl wrote:
I get paid two bucks a minute to call people faggots and tell them to put cigarettes out on themselves, among other things. I say faggot at least 50 time a day, every day. I’m not homophobic, that’s just where the money is, and who am I to judge what people want. It gets old but the pay’s good and you can’t beat the commute.

I’m trying to guess your job based on that description…Public School Teacher?

$120 an hour as a school teacher? Doubtful. She is probably a member of congress.[/quote]

lol, yeah that’s close enough.

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planetary geologist, PhD.
Did Google Mars 3D
Train when I want, eat all I want for free

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I used to be a web developer/tech support, got laid off late last yr. Now I freelance web design, managing some buildings part time, and studying for a Microsoft cert.

I usually train early in the mornings.

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Equipment leasing. That’s right, I get to deal with all you people out there who think you can start and run your own gym.

Monopoly

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Telecommunications/network analyst. It’s a desk job, so I pre pack my food and eat whenever the hell I want. It’s great.

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For all you salesmen here, what is your product? Road warrior or limited geographic territory?

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[quote]malonetd wrote:
In 1972, I was sent to prison by a military court for a crime I didn’t commit. I promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, I survive as a soldier of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find me, maybe you can hire…me.[/quote]

Ok George! Hahaha, funny!!

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I’m a USPTA tennis pro for just over 10 yrs. now.
I also teach basketball skills, shooting, ball-handeling, dribbling, passing & do 1on1 training.

In tennis my best student so far is Chris Mignolet. He was playing pro events at the age of 15. I trained him along with his father from age 8-15. Was pretty much a big brother to him.

In basketball my best pupil is Hythem Al Mula, he will be a star. He’s now in the New Jersey area I believe.

And I plan on becoming a fire-fighter in the next yr.

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OH, anyone here own their own gym or fitness center? Please PM me. THANKS!

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[quote]Vash wrote:
Currently a salesman.

Getting the foundations [metaphorical] laid for my personal training/fitness consultation business. Will do individual training on-site and at their preferred gym [all gyms in my service areas have agreed to a set % per session]. Will also have a few boot-camp classes a week. Focus will be on small-group [3-4 people] personal coaching. Plus, a few other related services I won’t go into until launch.

Have gotten a few clients for now, to break into the market. Will be dropping my sales job and going with my business full-time in October.[/quote]

Sounds like a solid plan. I’d be interested to hear from more who have decided to start their own business.

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[quote]PimpBot5000 wrote:
For all you salesmen here, what is your product? Road warrior or limited geographic territory?[/quote]

I tried selling gym memberships for a bit… it sucked ass.

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[quote]PimpBot5000 wrote:
For all you salesmen here, what is your product? Road warrior or limited geographic territory?[/quote]

Sleep Number beds. In-store rep.

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[quote]Ratchet wrote:
approx 3 years left on my PhD in metallurgy… I make tank armor !! though some of it is for the new light armor vehicles that come out in the next 5 years…[/quote]

excellent!

looks like a lot of people are in grad school so far…

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Cop

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Electronic Craft Technician for NASA. Basically that means anything that goes into space, I build. And…part time Mechanical Engineering student.

Edit: …anything other than the outer material on the shuttles.

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full time student

waiter

hey, who invited the NASA guy? thanks for making the rest of us look bad.

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[quote]swissrugby67 wrote:
jimmybango wrote:
matko5 wrote:
jimmybango wrote:
matko5 wrote:
jimmybango wrote:
I defend my dissertation in about 10 days then I’ll have my Ph.D. in finance. 9 straight fucking years of school and it’s crazy to think I won’t be a student come this time in the fall. I’ll be on the other side of the fence controlling the fate of every little tike that signs up for my classes. Life is good…

Bango

I’ll be you in 8 years!

What is your degree in?

I’m studying physics and computer sciences (information management and programming). Mainly physics. Planning to get my Ph.D. in 8 years, that’s the lowest possible number unfortunately…

That’s awesome my man…It may seem like a long road, but if you stick it out you’ll be damn thankful when you reach the end. I sacrificed a lot to get to this point, as I’m sure you will too, but looking back I wouldn’t trade it for anything.

Best of luck to you…and it’s funny because I’ve had to learn computer programming for my degree. Coming in I had never even heard of Fortran or SAS…now I’m a straight baller with that shit!

Bango

What area of Finance did you specialize in? I just finished a dissertation focusing on the St. Petersburg Paradox and seeing how adequate it was for both gauging investor irrationality and explaining the 2000-2001 high tech stock market collapse (+ If it could be linked to the pricing of CDO/CBO’s using copula methods in 2008). I do/did Math.

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I’ll tell you what…any research that focuses on investors behaving irrationally could be quite valuable. Every asset pricing model I’ve seen assumes investors are rational…which could be quite far from the truth. Especially in a time period like the internet bubble. The biggest hurdle is usually defining what constitutes irrational behavior. Since it is irrational, it cannot be explained. Therefore, trying to explain the unexplainable can be problematic… :slight_smile:

That’s interesting that your study used the peak of 2000. My dissertation also focuses on that time segment. My areas of expertise are institutional trading, investments, and market microstructure (tick by tick behavior of the stock market).

Ha…I haven’t thought about the St. Petersburg paradox since my Ph.D. class on asset pricing. Fucking Bernoulli came up with some wild ass shit! Infinite expected values…good times.

I do not specialize in fixed income securities (CDOs, etc)…but I recently gave a presentation at a university in Minnesota about the causes and consequences of the current economic crisis. Without question, the subprime housing market spurred the downfall, but credit default swaps also played a significant role. Very interesting shit…

So what are doing with your math degree? Professor?

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Scratch myself and cook sometimes…

Imma kept stud =D

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Currently high school student, work in a factory making 10.25 an hour. train whenever i’m not at school or working. In the fall i’m going to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville to double major in Computer engineering and electrical engineering.