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Poll about work
1) Do you have a career or a j-o-b?
2) If you have a career, did you study/train for it?
3) How long did it take to study/train?
4) If you studied/trained for a different career than you have currently, what was the one you studied/trained for and why are you not doing that now?
5 Do you see yourself in this line of work 5 years from now? How about 10? 20? If not, what do you hope to be doing?
6) Is your job as lucrative as you thought/hoped it would be when you were studying/training for it?
7) If money were not an issue, would you continue with the career you
have now or do something else? If something else, what would it be?
Re: Poll about work
1) Do you have a career or a j-o-b?
Definitely a career.
2) If you have a career, did you study/train for it?
Yes, I have a BME (Bachelor of Music Education) and an MAE (Master of Arts in Education)
3) How long did it take to study/train?
4 years undergrad, then an additional 2 years of grad school (though I worked during that)
4) If you studied/trained for a different career than you have currently, what was the one you studied/trained for and why are you not doing that now?
This is exactly what I set out to do!
5 Do you see yourself in this line of work 5 years from now? How about 10? 20? If not, what do you hope to be doing?
Yup! I love my job (most days!)
6) Is your job as lucrative as you thought/hoped it would be when you were studying/training for it?
It's certainly as lucrative as I THOUGHT, but never as much as I would HOPE! Bring a teacher is such hard work, and I never, ever feel appreciated (monetarily, that is).
7) If money were not an issue, would you continue with the career youhave now or do something else? If something else, what would it be?
Well, I am, so I guess I'll continue! I'd love to make more doing the same thing, but it's just not possible, so this is it, I guess! I'd much rather be happier day-to-day than have tons of things. Although I do dream of opening a catering business someday. I love parties and food!
1) Do you have a career or a j-o-b?
Career, definitely.
2) If you have a career, did you study/train for it?
Sort of...I mean I have my degree in music which was one of the requirements for the position I hold now. So in a round-about way, yes. At face value though, I studied to be a professional opera singer and voice teacher, which was for 12 years. Now, I am the Director of Education for an international singing organization. I no longer sing professionally nor am I teaching voice lessons these days, but I do consult daily with singers and chorus directors. I am also responsible for building curriculum to train them.
3) How long did it take to study/train?
My undergrad took 5 years because I transferred schools after my first year and "lost" credits due to switching from quarter to semester system. I have B.Mus in Vocal Performance and an MA in Vocal Performance with an emphasis in Opera, which took an additional 2 years of school. I continued to have voice lessons and coaching quite regularly after I was done with school.
4) If you studied/trained for a different career than you have currently, what was the one you studied/trained for and why are you not doing that now?
See above. I also was two classes away from a minor in Women's Studies.
5 Do you see yourself in this line of work 5 years from now? How about 10? 20? If not, what do you hope to be doing?
When I took this position, most definitely. Most of my coworkers have been with the company 15, 20, 25 years. There's a lot of longevity there. It's a nice place to work and fun, most days. And they offer a nice 100% match 401K, good health coverage, and lots of accrued time off each year. That said, I am coming up on my 2nd year anniversary there and some days I wonder if I won't become bored with it in time. Only time will tell.
6) Is your job as lucrative as you thought/hoped it would be when you were studying/training for it?
When I was an opera singer I was making a decent living as far as being a professional artist goes, but it was never the big bucks that we all dream of...now...I am paid fairly well considering I work for a non-profit. It definitely is higher than many of the similar jobs in this area. And the in-tangible benefits (time off, flex time, etc.) make it worthwhile too.
7) If money were not an issue, would you continue with the career you have now or do something else? If something else, what would it be?
Honestly? Lately I've been wishing I could be a SAHM. At least until my LO(s) are in a full day of school. Sadly, we won't be able to afford such a change until then so the point is rather moot.
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1) Do you have a career or a j-o-b?
A career
2) If you have a career, did you study/train for it?
I manage a team of software testers, but I started out as an engineer. I have a B of Arts in Computer Science (my school only gave out BAs - weird, I know).
3) How long did it take to study/train?
4 years
4) If you studied/trained for a different career than you have currently, what was the one you studied/trained for and why are you not doing that now?
I didn't study management or anything in school, but I developed the people skills and organization skills on the job and ascended in senority.
5 Do you see yourself in this line of work 5 years from now? How about 10? 20? If not, what do you hope to be doing?
I will definitely still be in the software industry, but at what position I don't know. Director of Engineering has a nice ring to it
ha ha ha!
6) Is your job as lucrative as you thought/hoped it would be when you were studying/training for it?
Definitely - I sucked it up in college (e.g. all I did was study) knowing that hard work would pay off. I feel pretty fotunate to be in an industry that has proven to stick around. I did endure the dot-com bust and did a bunch of contract jobs for a few years, but I have never been without a job not by choice. Everyday, I face different challenges, and I love figuring out solutions (people and software related).
7) If money were not an issue, would you continue with the career you have now or do something else? If something else, what would it be?
I really do enjoy what I do. Maybe if I didn't have to worry, though, I would want to do more of the voluteer things I like to do and really train for marathons.
1) Do you have a career or a j-o-b? Career
2) If you have a career, did you study/train for it? Yes. After 15 years in HR I decided I needed a change so I went to cosmetology school.
3) How long did it take to study/train? 2 years of night school (5 hours a day, 4 nights a week....along with a full-time job).
4) If you studied/trained for a different career than you have currently, what was the one you studied/trained for and why are you not doing that now? I also studied/trained/worked in a completely different career before this. I mentioned my HR experience and I also have a degree in Organizational Behavior.
5 Do you see yourself in this line of work 5 years from now? How about 10? 20? If not, what do you hope to be doing? 5 and 10 years - yes. In 20 I better be retired!
6) Is your job as lucrative as you thought/hoped it would be when you were studying/training for it? It's pretty much what I expected.
7) If money were not an issue, would you continue with the career you have now or do something else? If something else, what would it be? I'd still be doing this....I'm certainly not doing this for the money now! It's so hard to get a hair business up and running since most people have established relationships with their stylists so I know that the money won't be coming in for a few years.1) Do you have a career or a j-o-b? These days, a career.
2) If you have a career, did you study/train for it? I currently am, for my MLS (Master of Library Science).
3) How long did it take to study/train? If I went full time,1.5 years...since I'm not and am taking at least 1 semester off because of the boys, more like 4 years.
4) If you studied/trained for a different career than you have currently, what was the one you studied/trained for and why are you not doing that now? My undergrad degree is in fine art - drawing and painting. Unfortunately I went through the entire degree before I realized I didn't want to be a gallery artist! Hence working as a graphic designer, which probably would have been a more appropriate degree choice...
5 Do you see yourself in this line of work 5 years from now? How about 10? 20? If not, what do you hope to be doing? I hope so, although I'd like to move more into the collection management side (specifically cataloging).
6) Is your job as lucrative as you thought/hoped it would be when you were studying/training for it? Ha! Being a librarian is NOT something you do for the money lol!
7) If money were not an issue, would you continue with the career you have now or do something else? If something else, what would it be? Probably, although I might swap to museum curating. That was my first plan when I decided to change careers, but you basically have to wait for someone to die to get a job...This is funny to me because at my school, the fine art degrees (like I have) were all B of Science! I always thought that was weird.
1) Do you have a career or a j-o-b?
OK, I guess I'm the only one with a j-o-b here.
2) If you have a career, did you study/train for it?
n/a
3) How long did it take to study/train?
n/a
4) If you studied/trained for a different career than you have currently, what was the one you studied/trained for and why are you not doing that now?
I studied/trained to be an adult ESL teacher (I guess it's called ELL in the US?) There are a few reasons I'm not doing that now or haven't even started
i) Call this setting the women's movement back 50 years or whatever, but I decided to make being able to spend time with DH on weekends, and taking long vacations a priority while we had to be apart. We decided that for the first bit, we'd focus on getting his career started. With my j-o-b, it's really easy to start and stop whenever I want.
ii) Full-time adult ESL work is quite hard to come by here. There are job postings now and then, but they tend to go to "internal" candidates (substitutes teachers - which I think is fair).
iii) I tried getting some kind of work-sponsored visa in the US but couldn't.
5) Do you see yourself in this line of work 5 years from now? How about 10? 20? If not, what do you hope to be doing?
I really hope not. I hope to be teaching.
6) Is your job as lucrative as you thought/hoped it would be when you were studying/training for it?
My j-o-b actually pays more than I ever thought it would and the benefits are quite generous. If the plan were for DH to come to Vancouver, I'd look into getting some further training for a management level position. I'm kinda nervous about losing this security when I go to the US.
7) If money were not an issue, would you continue with the career you have now or do something else? If something else, what would it be?
I really enjoy teaching so whether money were an issue or not, as long as I could find full-time work, I think I'd continue with it. (If I got a teaching job to begin with)
1) Do you have a career or a j-o-b? A believe I have a career...
2) If you have a career, did you study/train for it? Yes, absolutely
3) How long did it take to study/train? Not including college, I've spent 2 years learning a language and job-related skills, an additional 5 months for more language training, 5 months for law enforcement training and countless additional hours for more specific training.
4) If you studied/trained for a different career than you have currently, what was the one you studied/trained for and why are you not doing that now? The language-related job is technically a different career but it is spilling over into my current job field as well. I was a linguist prior to becoming an agent. I am not a linguist anymore because although I love the language and culture, I hated what my job entailed (sitting in a windowless building for 8-12 hours a day with headphones on). So I decided to do something I am more interested in and I can also use my language skills with this job as well.
5 Do you see yourself in this line of work 5 years from now? How about 10? 20? If not, what do you hope to be doing? I definitely see myself doing this in 5-10 years. In 20 years, I will either be finishing up my time (gotta love military and government retirement) or already finished. If I am finished, I'd like to be a Junior ROTC instructor at a high school.
6) Is your job as lucrative as you thought/hoped it would be when you were studying/training for it? Oh absolutely.
7) If money were not an issue, would you continue with the career you have now or do something else? If something else, what would it be? Yes, I would. I am taking a huge pay cut doing my job for the military as opposed to another federal agency or civilian company.
Most would prob consider it a career, but sadly it's just a j-o-b to me. 2) If you have a career, did you study/train for it?
Yes. 3) How long did it take to study/train?
1 year of nursing school. I did an accelerated program, second bachelor's. My first degree was in Exercise Science. 4) If you studied/trained for a different career than you have currently, what was the one you studied/trained for and why are you not doing that now?
n/a 5 Do you see yourself in this line of work 5 years from now?? How about 10? 20?? If not, what do you hope to be doing?
Prob part time. Nursing=job security and benefits. I hope to start doing photography in a couple years on the side. 6) Is your job as lucrative as you thought/hoped it would be when you were studying/training for it?
No. The pay in Vegas sucks and I work at the lowest paying hospital in town. 7) If money were not an issue, would you continue with the career you have now or do something else?? If something else, what would it be?
I would pursue photography and maybe some other things. I have tons of interests but also tons of fear. Can I just have Samantha Brown's job??? ?
1) Do you have a career or a j-o-b? Career - I'm a flight superintendant aka aircraft dispatcher
2) If you have a career, did you study/train for it? Yes
3) How long did it take to study/train? My background is in aviation, it took 2 years to get all my flying licenses and a couple of years as a flight instructor to build enough hours/experience to be hired to fly commercially. For my current job, it was another 9 months of training for a dispatcher license and on-the-job training.
4) If you studied/trained for a different career than you have currently, what was the one you studied/trained for and why are you not doing that now? I'm still in the same field - aviation but I ended up doing something a little different than planned. My plan was to fly commercially for the airlines but my timing was off - hiring for pilots is very cyclical. By the time I had enough experience to fly for a small commuter carrier, Sept 11 happened and the airlines stopped hiring and started furloughing pilots. I eventually flew for a cargo company but I hated it. All along, I was an airline employee and when my current position opened up, my flying background was a good fit.
5 Do you see yourself in this line of work 5 years from now? How about 10? 20? If not, what do you hope to be doing? I'm retiring here!! Only 30 more years to go. I've already got 5 years with this job, 11 with the company.
6) Is your job as lucrative as you thought/hoped it would be when you were studying/training for it? It's better than I hoped for. The pay, work schedule and benefits are amazing (not typical of most airline jobs). I would elaborate but it causes great envy
7) If money were not an issue, would you continue with the career you have now or do something else? If something else, what would it be? Absolutely yes - wouldn't change a thing - I'm going to grow old here.
That IS funny. I hate in interviews, I always get the "You have a Bachelor of Arts in...Computer SCIENCE?" Hey, man, I didn't make the rules! And can I just say, we have quite an amazing group of diverse ladies on this board? Pretty cool!
Is that the same as "air traffic controller"?
1) Do you have a career or a j-o-b? career
2) If you have a career, did you study/train for it? yep. you need undergrad and law degree and have to pass the bar. in addition I went to a certain school b/c they offered specific training for my tiny niche of the law.
3) How long did it take to study/train? beyond college I had to go to grad school for the equivalent of 3 years (I finished in 2.5 which is how I graduated before DH even though we started in the same class - that helps because I got to pick where we live now b/c I got the first "real" job offers)
4) If you studied/trained for a different career than you have currently, what was the one you studied/trained for and why are you not doing that now? n/a
5 Do you see yourself in this line of work 5 years from now? How about 10? 20? If not, what do you hope to be doing? yep.
6) Is your job as lucrative as you thought/hoped it would be when you were studying/training for it? hmmm, I guess. I could have went to work for a firm in another state and would be making more but the hours would be a lot longer and the job would be more stressful. I like that I leave the office right at 4pm 99.99% of the time, get lots of vacation and admin leave and could wear jeans everyday if I wanted. Those things are worth more than money to me
7) If money were not an issue, would you continue with the career you have now or do something else? If something else, what would it be? I would probably research my family history and get more varied experience in my field (since I could work for free) and see what opportunities became availableNo, I'm more like the ground captain. The training for my job is similar to what the pilots have to go through without the actual flying - reading/navigating/planning with aeronautical charts, aircraft systems, meterology. I do things like the flight planning, choosing routes and altitudes, fuel and weight allowances. If something should happen in the air, medical issues or mechanical problems or weather anomalies, I'm the captain's partner on the ground - we make joint decisions as to what to do or where to go.
Air traffic control does the directing of the flow of airplanes into an airport or a "block" of air. And sometimes - those people in air traffic control make me nuts - they have different ideas of how and when they want air traffic to flow vs where I want my plane to go.
But thanks for asking - I do love my job
1) Do you have a career or a j-o-b? I'd have to say both a career and a job? I'm not quite sure what I want to do when I grow up!
2) If you have a career, did you study/train for it? I got my BS in Nursing.
3) How long did it take to study/train? The usual undergrad time of 4 years
4) If you studied/trained for a different career than you have currently, what was the one you studied/trained for and why are you not doing that now? N/A
5 Do you see yourself in this line of work 5 years from now? How about 10? 20? If not, what do you hope to be doing? Not sure if I see myself as a bedside ICU RN in the next 5 years. Hopefully, I would've figured out if I wanted to get my MS in Nursing -OR- hit more of my artsy side and do a degree in photo.
6) Is your job as lucrative as you thought/hoped it would be when you were studying/training for it? The pay as a RN isn't too bad here in OR, but I have to saying nursing is a pretty tough job. I don't think that we are paid enough for the stuff we have to do.
7) If money were not an issue, would you continue with the career you have now or do something else? If something else, what would it be? I would probably do some photography...its been in the back on my mind for years! I did a lot of photo in HS but dropped it in college thinking that the $$ just wouldn't be there. Boo
1) Do you have a career or a j-o-b?
a career
2) If you have a career, did you study/train for it?
yes, way too much LOL
3) How long did it take to study/train?
4 years of college ...then 4 years of more specialized studies/training
4) If you studied/trained for a different career than you have currently, what was the one you studied/trained for and why are you not doing that now?
n/a
5 Do you see yourself in this line of work 5 years from now? How about 10? 20? If not, what do you hope to be doing?
yes
6) Is your job as lucrative as you thought/hoped it would be when you were studying/training for it?
my job isn't really lucrative, but I knew that going into it...no one really goes into it for the money.
7) If money were not an issue, would you continue with the career you have now or do something else? If something else, what would it be?
I will probably always work part time, even if only a few days a month, just to keep my skills sharp...but I would love to be a SAHM if we could afford it. after MH finishes his training in 2014 I might be able to do that...
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1) Do you have a career or a j-o-b?
hrm...this is actually hard for me to answer. a few years ago, i would have said career. now - maybe a little of both? i often would prefer to stay at home and sit on the couch instead (hah). have no desire to be director or VP of anything...
but the path is there if i chose to work for it.
2) If you have a career, did you study/train for it?
yes
3) How long did it take to study/train?
4 years undergrad
4) If you studied/trained for a different career than you have currently, what was the one you studied/trained for and why are you not doing that now?
my degree is also in Computer Science, but after 2-3 years, I knew I didn't want to write code forever. I switched to managing engineers for a while, then decided i wanted to be closer to the business, so i moved into product management. Many people in my position have MBA's; I learned what i know on the job. i wouldn't have been able to make the switch if i didn't have my background/prior job experience.
5 Do you see yourself in this line of work 5 years from now? How about 10? 20? If not, what do you hope to be doing?
yes, most likely...i haven't figured out what i want to do when i grow up!
so given the lack of other options, i'll most likely stick with this by default.
6) Is your job as lucrative as you thought/hoped it would be when you were studying/training for it?
yup. i'm in the software industry. more is always welcome, but as it is, i can't complain
7) If money were not an issue, would you continue with the career you have now or do something else? If something else, what would it be?
MH and I decided long ago that I would have the option to be a SAHM if I chose to. so we'll see what I decide! that said, i may want to work part-time, but that's not something you can do in my field...so i don't know what i'd do!
TOTALLY agree.