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Love: March 2010 Marriage: July 2013 Debt Free: October 2014 TTC: May 2015
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
GTKY: Jobs
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Love: March 2010 Marriage: July 2013 Debt Free: October 2014 TTC: May 2015
Re: GTKY: Jobs
Worst Job: Housekeeper for a private school
Worst paying: Cashier in snack shack at private school
Dream Job: Take over the family daycare. Unfortunately gave this dream up to be with DH. Hoping being a SAHM will be a close second.
Current Job: Secratary and Housekeeper
Love: March 2010 Marriage: July 2013 Debt Free: October 2014 TTC: May 2015
Best job: My current job at an environmental nonprofit. It's a good salary for my field and I'm gaining lots of new skills while doing something I believe in.
Worst job: Being an awful waitress
Worst paying: See above! I just don't have the brain for it.
Dream job: Full time dive instructor-but it pays enough to live on
Current job: Environmental nonprofit work
Worst Job: My last job where we didn't have enough work and I was over qualified
Worst paying: My first job out of the Navy
Dream Job: Watching boxes fill with plastic pellets at my current pay rate and only working 40 hours a week.
Current Job Engineer at a tier one supplier to the heavy duty trailer market.
Love: March 2010 Marriage: July 2013 Debt Free: October 2014 TTC: May 2015
Worst Job: Victoria's Secret
Worst paying: Victoria's Secret
Dream Job: Working for a Judge or "Lady who lunches". J/K (But not really kidding)
Worst Job: A tie between NY and Co. and Kmart…I'm really not a retail person
Worst paying: My first year at the library as a page back in 1997 - $4.75 per hour
Dream Job: Current Job
Current Job: SAHM to our 3 year old, Violin and Viola Teacher, Viola performer in our trio…..it's a lot all at one time but I feel I have a great balance of it all. I can be a mommy and get my creative/professional outlet too.
Worst Job: When I was 15 I worked in the corn fields.
Worst paying: Said corn fields
Dream Job:A sex therapist
Current Job:A school counselor at an elementary school.
Worst Job: Sears
Worst paying: McDonalds, but it was my first job and I was only working less than 15 hours a week.
Dream Job: Owning my own Architect Business
Current Job: Administrative Assistant in a Government branch
Worst Job: Babysitting
Worst paying: Babysitting for this 1 kid and the parents paid me $2-$3/hr (I didn't know what to charge at the time)
Dream Job: Therapist
Current Job: Expeditor at a medical supplies company
Worst Job: Working as a part-time journalist in a small town. I absolutely hated it.
Worst paying: Working as a writing consultant... but it was so much fun I didn't care
Dream Job: Being the tax person for our local community fund to help start-up non-profits with tax advice. This job does not exist (yet), but it's something H and I might try to get established after I have more experience.
Current Job: Corporate lawyer - about 50% mergers & acquisitions/restructuring, about 50% tax work (mostly non-profit/tax-exempt)
Worst Job: working at a shoe store in college
Worst paying: the shoe store. not necessarily because of hourly wage but because I was trying to support myself on that income alone
Dream Job: my current job - I WFH, PT, with a completely flexible schedule
Current Job: consulting engineer doing hydraulics
Worst Job: Waitress- loved my coworkers, but some customers were nasty
Worst paying: Babysitter in high school
Dream Job: Biostatistics researcher (would need to go back to school for my PhD) at our local cancer hospital
Current Job: Advanced Analytics Modeler for a health insurance company
Worst Job: My first teaching job. The kids ran the school, I had to do metal detector duty once a week, had to break up fights because other teachers would just run and hide, and had some kids who just didn't give a damn. They saw no value to education, and unfortunately several of them are already in jail based on what I've heard from other teachers who are still there.
Worst paying: babysitting. I think I got paid $10 to watch 2 kids for a day- now I'm paying a sitter up to $10 an hour- wow did we get screwed when we were younger!
Dream Job: Museum currator/ archeologist/ something to actually use my history degree 'in action' as opposed to teaching I would like to be doing. Not sure I will ever get there though, but that's okay because I still like teaching and want to go back to that some day too.
Current Job: SAHM. This really is my best job, but I don't really consider it a job as much as a huge change of lifestyle. I love watching Colton explore and grow, and wouldn't give that up for the world!
Best Job: Working at the governor's office back in my home state. I loved it, got to meet lots of people and go to fundraisers and other events. For 19 year old college me, it was awesome!
Worst Job: Telephone "Fundraiser". Basically it was a telemarketing job in a call center that called people on behalf of various non-profits to ask people to renew their memberships or donate money. This was at the height of the recession and I only took the job because it was close to my college campus and I wanted to prove to my parents that it's possible to work and go to college at the same time (my parents are very against working and going to school. lol.). I ended up quitting after a few months because it was such a toxic environment. Met some very interesting people that I wouldn't have otherwise though!
Worst paying: Paralegal at a Legal Services office. Loved the job and the people but it was mentally draining and heartbreaking at times because we dealt with a lot of abuse cases, wrongful evictions among other things. I would probably still be working there if I hadn't moved out of state.
Dream Job: Either a writer or something that I could actually use my degrees (History, Anthropology and Poli Sci) for. Being an archaeologist would be cool, or I would like to get back into the political process/campaigning somehow.
Current Job: Online Marketing Coordinator. Basically I work on advertising things through social media and blogging. The pay isn't great but working from home is a big plus, although moving to a new state and working from home is not very conducive to meeting people and making friends...that's my only complaint!
Worst Job: coffee shop barista
Worst paying: see above
Dream Job: wedding/event planner-bonus I get to do this as a board member for the NFP Ballet Company I work with
Current Job: Clinical Trials Coordinator. I take care of all the regulatory side of things for non-industry sponsored trials in my research center. I submit all infomation for IRB (board that oversees research on human subjects), and coordinate contracting and updates with funding agencies. I also recruit and follow patients in clinical trials.
Worst Job: Front desk clerk at a hotel
Worst paying: Grocery store filler/cashier
Dream Job: Professional traveler
Current Job: Insurance Agent and sell Tastefully Simple on the side.
TTC since 1/13 DX:PCOS 5/13 (long, anovulatory cycles)
Clomid 50mg 9/13 = BFP! EDD 6/7/14 M/C 5w6d Found 11/4/13
1/14 PCOS / Gluten Free Diet to hopefully regulate my system.
Chemical Pregnancy 03/14
Surprise BFP 6/14, Beta #1: 126 Beta #2: 340 Stick baby, stick! EDD 2/17/15
Riley Elaine born 2/16/15
TTC 2.0 6/15
Chemical Pregnancy 9/15
Chemical Pregnancy 6/16
BFP 9/16 EDD 6/3/17
Beta #1: 145 Beta #2: 376 Beta #3: 2,225 Beta #4: 4,548
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Worst Job: Hallmark aka Card Hell! I watched(and helped) people spend ridiculous amounts of money on stuff they didn't need. Literally, there are NO necessities in a Hallmark store. It made me sick. That and the people I worked with were all Stepford.
Worst paying: Work Study in College($5.15 an hour) but it gave me the best experience and references.
Dream Job: Philanthropist or Event Planner
Current Job: I run a Title IV program at a Division 1 University. I Moonlight as a Frat Mom and I do Direct Sales on the side.
Best Job: Current job as a SAHM. Awww. Aside from the mushy heart stuff, I find this job very enjoyable. I find that I use more skills and talents in this role than ever before!
Worst Job: Mall jewelry store sales associate.
Worst Paying: Waitress my junior summer of HS.
Dream Job: SAHM and a budget conscious interior designer to help other families make nests.
Current Job: See above - SAHM.
Best Job: lifeguard (with the exception of the persistent sun damage!)
Worst Job: between undergrad and grad school, I worked in the Intellectual Property department of a large law firm, where I did pretty much nothing. I *might* have done a full days work the entire summer. It was beyond boring, and terrible.
Worst paying: lifeguard, but hey, I was a teenager and all that money pretty much went directly to Abercrombie & Fitch.
Dream Job: retirement
Current Job: philanthropic fundraiser