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Re: Poll: Your job
1. What is your occupation? Wedding and Event Planner
2. Do you like it or hate it? LOVE IT!
3. Is this what you dreamed you'd be when you were younger? Not what I dreamed of when I was younger but definitely what I wanted to be as I entered adulthood, so I did it. Never looked back since.
4. If you answered no to Q3, what would your dream job be? I'm doing it.
1. Registered Nurse
2. Both. Some nights, my patience is stretched really thin, but deep down I love my job and I couldn't imagine doing anything else.
3. Haha, yes! My aunt was a visiting nurse and she used to take me with her on house calls sometimes when I was 4 or 5 and I loved it. And I always had a fascinating with my friends moms who were nurses.
1. What is your occupation? Research Assistant for a health promotion organization
2. Do you like it or hate it? Love it
3. Is this what you dreamed you'd be when you were younger? No, but I did want to be a "scientist" at one point, which isn't so different
4. If you answered no to Q3, what would your dream job be? My dream job changed on a daily basis when I was younger.
1. Marketing Manager
2. Oh, there are good days and bad days...
3. I didn't really have a "dream" when I was younger.
4. Philanthropist
1. I have 2 jobs at the same company. In the morning I am the assistant office manager. In the afternoon I am in sales. It is a theatre and special events lighting company.
2. I like it and hate it. My morning boss is a whinny bitchy ninny. My afternoon boss is ok. I am pretty board here.
3. No.
4. I never really had a dream job. I went to school for Theatrical Lighting Design. I wanted to be a designer for ice shows.
1. What is your occupation? Elementary Music Teacher
2. Do you like it or hate it? Love it!
3. Is this what you dreamed you'd be when you were younger? No
4. If you answered no to Q3, what would your dream job be? I wanted to be the principal flutist of the New York Philharmonic.
1. What is your occupation? demand planner (forecasting for consumer products company)
2. Do you like it or hate it? like it
3. Is this what you dreamed you'd be when you were younger? not in a million years
4. If you answered no to Q3, what would your dream job be? I wanted to be a guidance counselor. I'd also love to be a photographer.
1. Develop loyalty and value props strategies for credit card cusotmers.
2. Love it. I get to identify different needs of the credit consumer and develop card programs around those needs. It's cusotmer behavior analysis driven.
3. Nope
4. I lawyer, I think. Don't really remember
1. What is your occupation? I work in college student affairs
2. Do you like it or hate it? I love some parts and despise others.
3. Is this what you dreamed you'd be when you were younger? I don't think anyone dreams of doing this when they are younger! lol
4. If you answered no to Q3, what would your dream job be? When I was a kid I wanted to be an author. Now my dream job would be to have Samantha Brown's job on the Travel Channel.
1. Invasive Cardiac Tech- I work in the Cardiac Cath lab
2. I like it.
3. No
4. When I was a kid i wanted to be an occupational therapist- I started that in college then realized that I would take home the saddness and I didn't want to do that. I would LOVE to be a photographer.
1. I am a Pediatric Occupational Therapist
2. I love love love it!!!
3. I thought I wanted to be a lawyer, writer, psychologist or photographer.
In some ways I have had some experience at all the things I thought I would be when I grew up...I married a writer, we argue like lawyers sometimes :)and I did some sports photography in College (before digital....yes I am old) I have a BA in psychology...but realized I didnt want to take on the burden of everyone elses pain, so I didnt continue with it (but the BA is Psy is helpful for dealing with my patients and their families)
Where do you work? You look so familiar....
1. school psychologist (still an intern, but only 29 hours to go!)
2. Like it so far.
3. Not really
4. I wanted to be a teacher like my mom, then I was going to be a?meteorologist. Then got a BA in Psych cause I didn't want to do all that physics for meteorology.
Mr and Mrs EST 8.19.06
DD#1 3.28.12
1. Clinicial Psychologist at a residential treatment center for male juvenile delinquents.
2. Like it
3. Yes and no. When I was little I wanted to be a teacher but then changed my mind in HS and wanted to be a psychologist. So now I am a psychologist but never dreamed that I would be working at the type of facility or with the current population that I am working with.
4. Eventually private practice
6/14/10 BFP; 6/30/10 Dx ectopic
11/16/10 BFP #2; DD born 7/26/11
1. What is your occupation? Vice President of Design (I design and merchandise fabrics that we sell to fabric stores and catalog companies)
2. Do you like it or hate it? a little of both...I love what I do, but am unhappy with my owner.
3. Is this what you dreamed you'd be when you were younger? yes (although when i was 10 i wanted to own a diner with all pink decor)
4. If you answered no to Q3, what would your dream job be? I'll answer anyway...because my dream job is to not work at all, and just be home with my kids.
(5 year old twin girls)
www.sugarandspicephotos.com
1. I'm a retail pharmacist.
2. It has its pluses and minuses, but at the end of the day I'd say I'm happy.
3. Nope
4. Well, going off of what I wanted to be as a kid - a paleontologist. I was a dinosaur freak. But if you were to ask me today, I'd probably say either a wedding planner or a ski instructor.
1. professional engineer
2. I never liked engineering...did it to prove a point to someone.
3. hell no
4. I wish I had a job where I was interacting more with people. I love to talk, smile, laugh and I do none of that at work.
1. Asst. After School Program Coordinator
2. I have my days ;-) BUT for the most part I LOVE IT!!
3. No
4. A lawyer... the first woman president... a marine biologist... a teacher. I still have no idea what I am going to be when I grow up
1. What is your occupation? Scheduling Coordinator
2. Do you like it or hate it? I've only been doing it for 3 weeks but love it so far
3. Is this what you dreamed you'd be when you were younger? Nope
4. If you answered no to Q3, what would your dream job be? Well, this is my dream now. Once I got into TV I wanted to be at ESPN so it is the best now. BUT when I was young I wanted to be a lawyer and that isn't my dream now. I couldn't imagine that anymore.
1. What is your occupation? Attorney.
2. Do you like it or hate it? For the most part, I love it.
3. Is this what you dreamed you'd be when you were younger? Yes.
4. If you answered no to Q3, what would your dream job be?
1. What is your occupation? first grade teacher
2. Do you like it or hate it? like it
3. Is this what you dreamed you'd be when you were younger? yes!
4. If you answered no to Q3, what would your dream job be? even though I answered yes, I still dream about being a wedding planner, an interior decorator, and a stay at home mommy
1.) Program Director for group home.
2.) Love it.
3.) Not really
4.) Teacher or Actress, now it would be different
1. What is your occupation? Interior designer for a healthcare architecture firm
2. Do you like it or hate it? Love it!
3. Is this what you dreamed you'd be when you were younger? Yes and no..I had many things I considered in high school..interior design, architecture, dental hygenist and ultrasound tech
4. If you answered no to Q3, what would your dream job be? Eventually I think I'd like to be a project manager for a general contractor but for now I'm content
1. What is your occupation? - Account Manager for a National Medicare-Eligible Senior Fitness Program
2. Do you like it or hate it? Love it
3. Is this what you dreamed you'd be when you were younger? Not really
4. If you answered no to Q3, what would your dream job be? I wanted to be a Fly Girl!! ....Or a dancer on Broadway.