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Love: March 2010 Marriage: July 2013 Debt Free: October 2014 TTC: May 2015
GTKY: Jobs
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Best Job:
Worst Job:
Worst paying:
Dream Job:
Current Job
ETA:Current Job
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