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My real job is quite boring in comparison to some of the jobs here. I'm a Human Resource Director for a local Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. Been there just over 15yrs and love the people I work with.
My other job is that of a Scuba Diving Instructor which I love. Helping people learn and getting to see 3/4 of our world is amazing. I've meet some wonderful people and been able to travel to some amazing places.
Some people know of my craft habit and enjoy my work. I just wish there were more hours in a day to "do it all."
I work at a nuclear power plant in Central Illinois. I started there in 1981 when it was still under construction and I guess I was too since I was only 19! I work in the supply dept and do a variety of tasks - some technical - some not so much. It's close to home and it's paid the bills all these years so I guess I'll stay. Most of the people in my department know about my crafting and of course the ones I call 'friend' know because they've received goodies!
First off, I read this entire thread....loved to see what everyone does.
I personally think the SAHM have the most valuable jobs of all!
I work for Cananda Post. Yep, I am your mailman! Or to be politically correct you 'Letter Carrier'. I LOVE my job....except in the SNOW, RAIN, and extreme HEAT. LOL I just keep telling myself...You are getting paid to exercise, you are getting paid to exercise....lol
Seriously though, I do love my job!
Some of my fellow employee's, (the women) know that I make cards. Some have asked me to bring them to work to sell...but I haven't worked up the nerve to do so yet. They do look at the one's that I personally bring in to mail though!
Very interesting thread! I unfortunately have to work & cannot stamp & cruise SCS all day! LOL
I am a Branch Manager (3 branches actually) of a staffing company/temp service. I have been there for 7 years & totally love it! I am in my car a lot - my home base is 34 miles from home while my furthest office is 67 miles from home. I went to college for marketing so this is right up my alley. I am of course responsible for all 3 offices & the majority of the sales. I knock on company doors all day & talk w/ HR people & plant managers. I love that I get paid to talk!!!! I am so good at that, so I am told! LOL
Everyone one on my team knows that I create, and they love receivng anything handmade from me. Everytime I make them something they want me to sell that particular item! Since I have so many people to buy for in my office(s) I make things for just about every holiday I can.
Cool thread. Very Neat to see all the great occupations we have!!! I'm a respiratory therapist for the past 26 years. Everyone at work knows my crafty side thats forsure. I'm a mother to one 22 yearold son and a 4 legged Weimaraner named Jake. He loves to sit at my feet while I stamp cards.
Cathy
I'm a Programmer/Analyst at a large online wholesale bead and jewelry making supply company. I work on internal programs for different departments - photography (they do all the photos for the website and the catalog), warehouse (storing all those lovely things), and breakdown (we buy in bulk and this department splits them into the smaller packaging we well). I love it because I like learning about all the different departments, but I've been doing this same type of thing for 23 years so it gets kind of old. Two girls in my department do cards - they're the ones that got me hooked. I found SCS and the rest is history.... or at least my spare time is history.... I can't surf much during the day so I don't post much, but I try to read all the posts when I get a chance.
My 'other' full time job is my soaping business - I do a Saturday Art Market every week from May-Sept, and also sell online and at some other art fairs in the area. I've also done a little bit of wholesale but with my 'real' full time job that gets to be a bit much. I'm trying to keep my biz small now so I don't go crazy, and then will expand it when I retire from the day job. For someone who works with computers I really hate them at times Card making, stamping, and soap making are my creative outlet.
Medical transcription service owner, sold company, retired, teacher, medical transcription, went PRN, started Christian Paper Crafts Magazine. And now I'm adding web designer to my resume. Now gotta get back to work doing medical transcription to pay for magazine.
I'm surrently unemployed but just finished up going back to college for Dental Assisting. Hoping to find a job in this crummy economy- wish me luck. I have been a Pharmacy Technician, customer service agent, and an elevator apprentice. I just got tired of all of these jobs eventually and wanted to go back to school to hopefully do something I really like that utilizes my skills and talents with good pay and good benefits. So far I'm loving what I have learned and hope to stick with this until I get really old and retire someday.
Cool thread. Very Neat to see all the great occupations we have!!! I'm a respiratory therapist for the past 26 years. Everyone at work knows my crafty side thats forsure. I'm a mother to one 22 yearold son and a 4 legged Weimaraner named Jake. He loves to sit at my feet while I stamp cards.
My DH and I are self-employed doing swimming pool service and repairs. I have my own route that I take care of and he has his. Much better this way. LOL I also do all the bookwork. I started the business about 20 years ago just wanting a *part-time* job. Yeah right. Then he decided to do it too. Worked out great when our two kids were young. I would take then with me which was nice. Now they are older, as I am, and have their own jobs elsewhere while Dad and Mom still clean pools! Gives me lot's of thinking and creating time in my head. My sister got me into stamping about 3 years ago. She also shared SCS with me! I love making cards. It really relaxes me I am so thankful for that. I have one customer that knows of my hobby and looks forward to seeing weekly what I have created.
What a fun thread. Have enjoyed reading about everyone! Tobi, tried to listen to your song but it said it wasn't available. I'll try back again later. Bye Ya'll.......see you in the gallery! :0)
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I'm an administrative assistant for a Fortune 500 company. A few of the people I work with know about my hobby of scrapbooking and cardmaking. In fact, my old boss gave me a gift card to Archiver's when I left her for another job. Sweet!
My official title is Administrative Assistant, but it is a very small company and I basically do anything and everything that needs to be done. From the website to bookkeeping to ordering, whatever needs to be done I pretty much take care of it. I have been here over 12 years and it works. I work with all guys and although they know I love design, I do some of the brochures that go out, but I have never shared my personal crafts with them. Most men just do not get those things. lol
What a great thread! Very neat to see what everyone does!
I am a fulltime paramedic, part time college instructor (paramedic students) and SU hobby demo... My colleagues know my hobby because I try to bring projects into work to do during downtime between calls (although we are way to freakin busy nowadays to do that!). When my last partner started working with me my supervisor warned her that it would be very EXPENSIVE working with me ( I have gained quite a few customers/followers from my work colleagues!!!!)... SHe has managed to resist succumbing to this hobby, but despite that I have somehow managed to be sucked into making her wedding invites- all 130 of them!!!
Diane
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I am an RN on the pediatrics floor at my local hospital, were I have worked for the past 10 years. I also recently started working the at our local clinic pediatrics phone nurse job several days a month.
I am the proud mother of 2 great kids ages almost 7 and 4 1/2 I have been stamping/crafting for almost 5 years now and love it. I do find that I don't have as much time for it as I would like. But I am hoping as the kids get older, I will be able to spend more time doing it. I do love being a nurse and that is truely my passion, helping others, mainly children!!
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I worked at a bakery for dogs (yes we made birthday cakes and other treats for dogs) for three years. Now I am a mail lady walking seven miles a day. I love my job ! I get to walk all day, play with the dogs and say hi to all the people that wait for me. It took a while for all of the dogs on my route to like me. when I first started on my route all of the dogs would bark now they sit by the door and wag there tails . love that.
I am one of four ladies that work in my office and none of them are crafty. the only person that talks crafts with me is a guy whos wife is really crafty. He actually likes to see all the cards i made before i mail them.
Previous life I was a Forecasting Manager for a large medical diagnostics company in Indianapolis. Met my DH there, and my SU demo works there. Lots of stampers at the company. Found them all in the cafeteria stamping away one night when I was working late, and the rest is history.
Worked full time for 28 years, and thought I was set with my 401k. Might go back to work in a few years after the losses last year!
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It was fun reading about all the "real jobs" everyone has.
My full time job is "CPC" or Certified Professional Coder for a group of ER Doctors.
My part time jobs are caring for my grandchildren on a daily basis and making sure they get off to school okay in the mornings. You would be shocked to know that people want to charge almost $700 per month in day care to do this just because one of them is mentally challenged. That is such a ridiculous amount for a couple hours in the mornings.
I also teach scrapbooking at the LSS and help work the quarterly crops they hold. And I teach private classes for cardmaking and altered art.
I have always wanted to be a "CSI" person and I saw that there was one on here - I am so envious.
Nice to see a fellow Mail Lady on SCS! I love my job too!
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I worked at a bakery for dogs (yes we made birthday cakes and other treats for dogs) for three years. Now I am a mail lady walking seven miles a day. I love my job ! I get to walk all day, play with the dogs and say hi to all the people that wait for me. It took a while for all of the dogs on my route to like me. when I first started on my route all of the dogs would bark now they sit by the door and wag there tails . love that.
I am one of four ladies that work in my office and none of them are crafty. the only person that talks crafts with me is a guy whos wife is really crafty. He actually likes to see all the cards i made before i mail them.
It has been fun to hear of the wide variety of jobs. I work for three different towns, combined it is full time. I am town clerk/administrator for two, and finance officer for three. I have a lot of night meetings, but I like what I do. I like knowing whats going on in the town!
I'm a stay-at-home-mom to a one-year old and I'm currently growing a second. I rarely find time to stamp anymore . . . but I wouldn't trade my life for anything!!!
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Such amazing and interesting crafters on this board! I'm a RN and thinking of going back to school to become a nurse midwife. I also have a set of Angel Wings for fun!
Am an auto claim adjuster for a national insurance company - a very interesting and complicated job -- but I just LOVE it - always a new story - always something new to learn -- Gerry
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I work full time at McDonalds as a store manager and part time at a gift shop. Plus SU...as you can probably imagine my SU business suffers a bit, wish i could do it full time!!
I have enjoyed reading about all the different jobs..I am an office manager at a resort. Our busy summer season is getting ready to kick off!
Keep on stampin' & scrappin'!
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I am now to my third career even if I am 36. Now I teach painting in my own studio since 2003 and also design painting pattern which are published in magazine and sell my designs to art supplies store and boutique and to travel teaching as well. I also give few stamping workshops as I have students who does both painting and stamping.
Before I was Computer Scientist working in CSE here in Ottawa,Canada which is the equivalent of the NSA in states working in computer security field as a software specialist ans before I was a Mission Planner at the Canadian Space Agency for the Radarsat1 and 2 Satellite.
And way before that my first career I was violinist in Quebec Symphonic Orchestra. As I also loved science I decided to go back to University to learn computer science and change career and than now I am back to Art field but visual art instead of music so it means that we can get the girl out of the art but we can not get the art out of the girl. (do not know if it is the right translation of the french on peut sortir la fille des arts mais pas les arts de la fille)???
So here it is my career path. I live in Quebec province in Canada with my husband. I have no kids yet.
Well, I work full time in an ER. My kids are grown, so my "free" time is usually spent making cards and scrapbooking. If I "HAVE" to spend time with my retired husband, then I do. hahaha
My co-workers buy my cards, and sometimes even my SU stuff, since I am a hobby Demo.
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Well, I am an RN and work full time in an ER. My kids are grown, so my "free" time is usually spent making cards and scrapbooking. If I "HAVE" to spend time with my retired husband, then I do. hahaha
My co-workers buy my cards, and sometimes even my SU stuff, since I am a hobby Demo.[/quote]
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I am a Electrical Engineer for an aerosoace company. So is my husband. We met while lab partners in college. Math was and still is my favorite subject. Most of my co-workers know that I craft.
