What do you do for a living?

[Julhelm]

3d artist at a major game developer.

[Lord Pounder]

After sales support for the UK and Ireland Online Apple store. Just started this week and am still in training.

I also volunteer as a literacy tutor for a special needs group.

[J]

War Profiteer.

(according to some)

Now I'm curious what do you do exactly?

He's a janitor in a military/defence company.

[Broomstick]

Well, as of today I am officially an apprentice cobbler.

[Elmca]

High School Science Teacher. Currently Chemistry, although I've also taught Earth/Space Science and Biology.

[PainRack]

Nurse in a haematology unit.

[Raw Shark]

I drive a taxi. It pays about the same as the corporate job I ditched for it, but I get to make my own schedule and can respond to certain kinds of aggravation with hitting.

[Karza]

Software engineer. Also continuing MSc studies on the side.

[The Jester]

Software engineer. Also continuing MSc studies on the side.

How's the job situation back there?

[Knife]

Over paid pezz dispenser. Otherwise known as a Nurse.

[Silver Jedi]

Sales and Marketing Coordinator for a small art studio. The owner and his 2 assistants make functional sculptures (furniture, birdbaths, fountains, etc.) and I do pretty much everything else. Today I am part salesman, graphic designer, delivery boy, receptionist, secretary, and photographer. Other than actually sculpt, the only thing I don't do around here is drive the forklift.

[Themightytom]

Employment and Education Advocate for a soup kitchen and shelters.
I also work at a nonmedical substance abuse recovery center, and teach martial arts to inner city kids.

[Joviwan]

IT grunt for middle schools

[Isil`Zha]

Currently... looking for work as a Network/System Admin/Engineer whathaveyou.

Got laid off from my last job as a field engineer when the company decided to not do billable work anymore and focus on managed services, so my position was cut.

[The_Saint]

Jack of all trades

[Eternal_Freedom]

In addition to my student life already mentioned, I am also helping teach science and maths in primary schools and acting as an ad-hoc a-level physics tutor to my GF and her mates. Rewarding work, even if the pay is negligable.

[DaveJB]

Freelance video editor and producer. I've mostly been doing post-production stuff for other for the past 2-1/2 years, but have started shooting more of my own stuff of late.

[Korto]

Carer for my wife, and main parent for my kids.
Used to also work part-time as foundryman at the TAFE (Technical college), until Those Upstairs noticed that we were only getting one or two new students a year, and for perhaps a decade the course had been used as a kind of craft social club for a bunch of old-farts past retirement, so the course was cut at the end of the year.
Now I'm On-Call as a General Assistant in case someone needs a fill in, but as I need a day's warning so I can make arrangements, I don't get much. [/dry understatement]
Not a real problem financially, the pension in this country is really quite generous (not the dole though, or study allowance, or anything that isn't defined as "Pension"). That foundry job was a lot of fun, though.

[Mr Flibble]

Technically I'm a Structural/Petroleum Geologist. In practice I also have to do a lot of geophysics, I.T. support/maintenance and marketing work.

[Karza]

Software engineer. Also continuing MSc studies on the side.

How's the job situation back there?

I don't have any statistics on hand, but at least the ministry of labor website lists plenty of openings in the Helsinki area. Less in other cities, though I still managed to get a permanent full-time job in Turku even though I didn't have any experience. So, pretty good I guess, especially considering the overall economic climate.

[Surlethe]

Math teacher / grad student / private math tutor.

[phongn]

Software developer and systems administrator for a major national laboratory.

[RazorOutlaw]

Part-time retail associate and part-time workstudy at the college I attend.

[DarkSilver]

Mechanical Engineer; I work in downhole tool design.

...you work for Baker Hughes don't you?

I'm a Mud Logger/Field Geologist on Drilling Rigs in the South Eastern United States and Gulf of Mexico.
Basically means I go out on drilling rigs, set up some equipment, and monitor variables like rate of penetration, levels of gas coming out of the hole, temp of the drilling fluid, and any trends which can indicate issues downhole or changes in formation. I also collect samples of what we drill through, and check it for the presence of hydrocarbons which can then be extracted after the well is drilled out.

[Phantasee]

Does that involve frequent helicopter rides? Or do you go to the rigs by boat?