What kind of job do you have? Can we try to get a semi-serious survey?

[Jpark]

Project manager for a natural gas drilling and pipeline company.

 

[Malfeas]

Power System Operator, work 60-70 hours per week, currently our group averages 150k-170k per year, but that is due to lots of overtime.

I just took a job at a smaller electric utility, where I won't be working all that overtime, base salary is 116k. The loss of income hopefully won't be a shock, but I am looking forward to 8 hour work days, I am burnt out on working all the time. I look forward to spending time with my family, maybe getting a hobby other than working-driving to work/home-sleeping.

No bachelors degree, only one year of college then I joined the US Navy. 6 Years in the Navy as an Electrician Mate - Nuclear field.

 

[BoberFett]

UHG?

No, but I know people at UHG though, they're a big IT employer here in town.

Our particular niche is services for disabled adults. It used to be lots of smaller providers around the country, but as Medicaid reimbursement rates drop, companies are looking to economies of scale to maintain service levels, so consolidation has been increasing. We're one of the larger companies in the US and still growing, so I've been doing lots of work lately as a technical lead on our M&A team.

 

[Ns1]

Four separate times in the past 6 months? I'd be livid.

meh, i love it. then again, i'm super introverted so the time alone in business class is awesome.

12+ hours in a plane in economy though would make me want to kill myself.

 

[WackyDan]

Sales Engineer on an endpoint management, endpoint security and system automation platform for a very large tech company.

I work across all customer segments (public sector, EDU, private sector) in about an 80% pre-sales technical role and the rest post sale implementation and support on the software I help sell via my technical skills. I generally am managing 4 to 5 proof of concept installs at a time that have me either working on site or remotely from my home.

 

[Fern]

Tax CPA

I used to specialize in international tax. I worked in places like Miami, Paris, Berlin, NYC. Now I have a small firm with a couple of employees in a small resort/retirement town in the mountains. Some days I'm researching some tax issue, some days I'm 'fighting' with IRS auditors, sometimes doing business valuations, some days building/fixing PCs for the office. However, most days I'm just goofing off; I've become very lazy as I've gotten older.

Fern

 

[actuarial]

See screen name. Retirement practice with a major consulting firm.

 

[Imported]

Patent paralegal in a large law firm.

 

[mattpegher]

As some already know, I am board certified in internal medicine and emergency medicine. For the past 2 decades I have been practicing emergency medicine in a variety of settings from free standing centers to community hospitals to trauma centers. The worst job you'll ever love.

 

[rudeguy]

As some already know, I am board certified in internal medicine and emergency medicine. For the past 2 decades I have been practicing emergency medicine in a variety of settings from free standing centers to community hospitals to trauma centers. The worst job you'll ever love.

Thanks for doing it!

 

[rudeguy]

Thanks for doing it!

Now would you mind taking a look at this rash on my ass?

Also. ..it burns when I pee

 

[DigDog]

ultra-basic database work, which works as the backend to a series of call centers @IBM
(and part-time loser)

 

[DT4K]

No I'd seriously be livid lol. How about plan better so I just stay there longer??

I hate flying, and I'm sure that is not a quick flight.

Oops, I assumed you were being sarcastic. Most people are when I tell them I have to go back to Italy and they say "oh, no, not Italy again, you poor baby".

I wouldn't want to stay longer. Two weeks is a long time to be away from my wife and kids. And it's not really about planning better. It's just the way the normal cycle of a project goes. A week or two onsite with the customer, then a few weeks working on building their system and testing, then repeat.

I was never a big fan of flying, but I actually don't mind the long flights. I usually fly Charlotte to Munich (about 8 or 9 hours), then Munich to Torino or Milan (about 1 hour). I watch a few movies, listen to music and close my eyes for awhile, and I'm there.

 

[walkur]

Fieldwork Executive CAWI for a market research agency.
In a nutshell; send out lots of mails for online surveys, mostly to dedicated panels.
Not the most rewarding or challenging of jobs, but the location, coworkers and worktimes are hard to give up.

 

[Ryan Smith]

Technology journalist slash video card reviewer.

 

[meltdown75]

Property assessor / customer service guy for assessment corporation. WoooOOOop

 

[vshah]

software engineer

 

[BikeJunkie]

Software Engineer (independent consultant)

I actually hate what I do, but I'm good at it and I've found a client that I like quite a bit and the work is about as easy going as it gets. I have concerns about my future because I'm not climbing some corporate ladder (will anyone want a 65 year old developer in 20 years?).

But I'm strapped in with golden handcuffs. I make great money and enjoy a high degree of personal and creative freedom, but there is zero job satisfaction and I hate working behind a desk.

If I could do it all over again, I'd make "not having a desk" my #1 career criteria, and "spending less than 50% of my time inside" my #2 criteria.

 

[SlowSpyder]

IT support. The company I work for has a lot of field-based end users (they work from their home, not out of a building) with laptops, tablets, thin clients, etc. I support those users, work projects upgrading some of the different businesses within our company, and work on a lot of roll outs for acquisitions. My role is maybe 20% project management and 80% IT support.

 

[Jadow]

lead systems engineer for a 90 million revenue business.

 

[highland145]

I'm usually a happy go lucky guy, I have a low stress job (mowing lawns mostly) and don't ask for much from the world, but lately I've started to think I could be doing so much more.

lead systems engineer for a 90 million revenue business.

Awesome. I see you've applied yourself.

 

[Xonim]

QA Analyst for a federal agency. I test changes to IBM mainframe systems.

Nearly finished rewriting my resume to start looking for something a bit more fulfilling. I feel important exactly not at all, and I don't like that. I want some responsibility. Think I might need to aim for a smaller company.

 

[BikeJunkie]

Awesome. I see you've applied yourself.

You haven't asked him which one made him happier

 

[DT4K]

QA Analyst for a federal agency. I test changes to IBM mainframe systems.

Nearly finished rewriting my resume to start looking for something a bit more fulfilling. I feel important exactly not at all, and I don't like that. I want some responsibility. Think I might need to aim for a smaller company.

Smaller companies have pros and cons. The good is that your contribution to the company is more likely to be noticed. It can also be good if the company is growing because there may be a lot of opportunity to move up with that growth. The bad is that sometimes the benefits suck.

 

[highland145]

You haven't asked him which one made him happier

The 2nd obviously. We don't allow lawn boys in OT.