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What do you do for a living? Do you enjoy it?
I myself am a full time student, but I work at a large company as an Elctronic Orders intern, and I also work as a TA in the computer science department at my school. I definitely like the TA job better, but both jobs pay alright and I make enough to cover tuition for the most part, so I can't complain.




I work as a Network Administrator at a community college with 800 students + faculty and staff. I have considered quitting at times, I really dislike the culture around IT. I almost did not get hired after being an intern for 4 months because I don't drink and I dislike American Football. I also got onto my boss for playing video games at work I prefer a more professional environment. I kind of realized that I do miss being outside I grew up on a farm and am used to a lot of physical labor. At times I just want to shut my brain off and move boxes or something simple I miss having tasks like that. Mental stress is so much worse, I can't sleep at night because my body feels so full of energy but mentally I am drained.
We rotated out the rest of the department 8 months ago and my work load got a lot worse, however overall I like who I work with a lot more and things are getting a lot better. I have been making improvements in my personal life that have also made work a lot less stressful.
Sorry to hear that you don't love it. I can definitely relate to the whole missing physical activity thing. I was a grocery store and produce clerk for a while and I really enjoyed it looking back. I also miss the built in exercise I got from it; once I went to nothing but desk jobs I gained like 30 pounds in a couple of months.
I think it is a bit of nostalgia, I had to work at 105-110F it sucked. Ya my weight has been has increased though I am trying to eat out less and quit drinking soda at home, swapped to Tea for my caffeine needs has really helped. I do enjoy my job some days maybe just not as many as I had hoped, but it is improving and that is kind of why I stay here.
I work as a designer, for web and mobile apps. I love it!
Got really lucky with having a passion early on for this type of thing before I even knew it was a viable career path. The emphasis on creativity, new technology, and UX/psychology is very interesting to me in particular.
I'm an Art Director/Graphics Manager for a sports tv network. I enjoy it quite a lot. I'm not making bombs, and I'm not contributing to the decay of society. I'm just putting sports on-air so that people can have some fun in their lives.
I'm a full time nursing student. The rewarding parts of taking care of people are what make it worth it. At least, that's my mantra. It gets hard.
I'm a PhD student in comp sci. I work part-time at a company so my overall pay isn't that bad at all, but every day I have to ask myself whether this road is really worth going down. The research is rewarding in its own right, but I have no intention of ever entering academia, and I constantly wonder whether life would be more profitable if I'd just gone into industry right after undergrad.
I'm considering a PhD as well and I was wondering about your experience with it. What kind of salary are you able to earn while pursuing your doctorate? Do you work full or part time?
My salary triples from the stipend that they give grad students. Part time - if I worked full time it'd be even more! CS is insane...
Nothing at the moment. Left a job recently.
Planning on going back to school.
I originally studied accounting and hated everything about it.
I got into digital marketing which I loved A LOT but nearly killed myself doing it, and when I asked for a raise/help, I got pushed out essentially.
Now I work as an Administrator because I don't want to wear out my body or stress over things that don't matter, but I'm bored and still resentful that I'm forced to sit at a desk (even if its doing nothing) to make money so I can live and function. I also commute about 3 hours a day (total) and while that's not really a lot for the average worker, its really feeding into my depression and anxiety.
So no, I wouldn't say I enjoy what I do for a living. Or having to do anything for a "living". Why can't I just live.
I work as a software tester. It is a job that pays the bills and like many other jobs it has good days, bad days and very bad days. As of recently I moved into test automation more than manual testing, mostly to stay relevant in the field. However, wanting to move somewhere and actually doing that is not always the same. So for now, it is mostly manual testing and on hte lookout for a more technical project.