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So, besides obsessively reading chainlink...

What does everyone do for a living?

I work at a construction company on Ashland and Armitage as a project administrator - where swearing is a way of life, we drink too much coffee, work too hard, and party harder. I also do theatre work, mostly in management, and writing.

Mmm.

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on March 29, 2009 at 2:48pm
On the floor where my office is located, we have some real slobs using the ladies' room. The thing I mind more than some of the slobs is people bringing their cell phones into the bathroom and talking while peeing, flushing, etc. Ewwww!!!! Discretion seems to be a thing of the past for them, or perhaps it never existed in their world. I don't need to hear the melodrama of their conversations, and I'm sure the people on the other end aren't thrilled with the background noises.

M.A.R.K. said:
I clean floors now, and the occasional bathroom.. Doing this I have learned that women are almost as filthy as cats.
Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on March 29, 2009 at 3:03pm
To put the previous comment in context, I work at a Loop law firm in a job where I wear several different hats - database maintenance, file room and offsite storage manager, docket manager, accounts receivable and other accounting tasks, procedures training, and other odds and ends as needed. The firm handles litigation, corporate, employment, estates and estate planning, intellectual property and real estate law, so it's an interesting mix of cases. We share a floor with a few other small offices - odd mix of people.

When I'm not working, I'm: riding my bike, taking pictures (www.urbanimage5.net), listening to jazz (www.jazzshowcase.com) and other tasty music, gardening, having fun with my cats, enjoying a day or evening with my significant other (when we're actually home at the same time - he works nights, I work days), blogging (http://www.ridge99.blogspot.com/), and otherwise enjoying life.
Permalink Reply by Mike Bullis 5.5-6.5 miles on March 29, 2009 at 6:59pm
I'm the 'Senior Technical Support Supervisor' for an International Railroad Equipment Supplier. In english, it means I run the shop and am the wrench with the most seniority. I cover the stuff that our customer service staff can't handle (like opening up a book and reading it), talk customers through repairs(Yes, I know the manual is in five languages, just read the english parts), do 'in field repairs' (it fell off the back of a truck at 70 mph, got hit by a train, been sitting in the weeds for ten years and you're pissed that it doesn't work?), train customers on new equipment(I've never run it before, either. I guess we'll learn together), somewhat of a liason between the sales staff and the customer(The sales idiot told you what?), train employees,(Ok, one more time, we do not put gasoline in diesel engines), and I swear I have flown in and out of every major airport (and many little ones) in this country more than twice last year. I'm not burned out or anything.

The shop is only 5.5 miles from home and near the Fox River Trail, so I bike in when I'm not flying. It is about the best part of my job.
Permalink Reply by Jim "Niterider" on March 30, 2009 at 6:36am
Facility maintence and building security for the last 17 years. For now I work for a property mangement company. Right now I have been working on 3rd shift for the last 7 years. Never a dull moment at night in Chicago or the South Loop. Gated comunity people are a tad weird and get all sorts of weidos on the street to deal with at night and sometimes in the parking garage or lobby. So far so good. I fix things people break and break things I can no longer fix. Deal with security related issues like cctv cameras, checking out strange people hanging around, helping residents with problems, dealing with drunks now and then. Take the train in from Kenosha almost every day unless I feel like a 68 mile comute. When I am not working than I go night riding in the burbs or Kenosha. Sometimes take the bike on board Metra to see how many people I can get to stare at me in my night riding gear for laughs.
Permalink Reply by jonathan kabb on April 21, 2009 at 7:36pm
I manage the Uncle Dan's in Lincoln Park. I have more stuff than any person should ever have.
Permalink Reply by Danielle on April 21, 2009 at 9:45pm
I work at a bike shop and a doggy daycare/boarding/walking facility that houses shelter dogs. Bikes and dogs...can't go wrong with that! I am also putting my fancy degree to good use...LAWL
Permalink Reply by Homebuilt on July 6, 2009 at 4:13pm
Ha! I was just in there Thursday buying some tent stakes. I think you made $0.25 profit off me. (oh well)

jonathan kabb said:
I manage the Uncle Dan's in Lincoln Park. I have more stuff than any person should ever have.
Permalink Reply by Ryan L on July 6, 2009 at 4:13pm
I came to Chicago almost 10 years ago to intern at Chicago Recording Company trying to get into the Music Engineering business. After about 7 months of dealing with the absurdity of the Major Label recording business, I fell into a job working with websites for a company that manages not-for-profits, been doing that ever since. I also run an A/V company on the side that sets up and records trade show presentations, but I only do that once a year for one of my web clients. I have a good friend from collage who helps me with those sessions and it is a blast. It's in a different city every year which is awesome.

Other than that I have been playing pretty much every open mic possible on the north side of Chicago since the day I moved here. I was in a band called a month of somedays for a couple of years and then started a band called the night meeting (Radiohead and Sunny Day Real Estate are 2 of my favorite bands, so, um, yeah). Writing and playing music is for the most part just a hobby, I have no intentions of making it big in any way. I actually write a lot of music in my head while riding my bike, not sure what the connection is but it happens a lot :)
Permalink Reply by Alan Ortiz on July 6, 2009 at 4:18pm
I've been self-employed as an independent consultant the last nine years. *cross fingers* My work is rather broad -- awareness/management coaching, project management, instruction/training, business process improvement, hr/talent development. Why solo? I got tired of working for small-thinking or closed-minded managers and executives who cared less about what they were doing for/to the company than I did. Take a look around.. there are an awful lot of them, with enough really good ones sprinkled in just to keep my hope alive in human nature.

The biking helps relieve stress and I actually come up with new thoughts on a really good ride. It can be monotonous working at home continuously and so I pack my tech/work stuff and spare clothes in my panniers, head out somewhere 10 or so miles away and find a coffee shop with wireless to do some work in. I even bring my swim stuff and sun block with me to mix in water time with that work. Really can't beat the lifestyle overall.
Permalink Reply by Bob Kastigar on July 6, 2009 at 4:30pm
Got 'cha all beat!

I'm retired so I can ride my bike all day.

Formerly, I worked as a TV technician. No heavy lifting, no outside work, and the checks didn't bounce.

Bike riding is more fun.
Permalink Reply by Alan Ortiz on July 6, 2009 at 4:39pm
Have you heard of First Fridays at Old Town School? There's a singer/songwriter group that meets there on that day (this Friday for example) and they share their stuff with each other and give good supportive critiques and ideas. If you're not familiar with them, think about sitting in for a taste.

Ryan LaGasse said:
Writing and playing music is for the most part just a hobby, I have no intentions of making it big in any way. I actually write a lot of music in my head while riding my bike, not sure what the connection is but it happens a lot :)
Permalink Reply by Noel Cunningham on July 6, 2009 at 5:03pm
graphic designer in south loop.

sometimes i dream about opening a destination farm for urbanites to come pick fresh fruits and veggies... where i can create unusual pickled recipes and sell them in pretty mason jars. my dream ends when i remember that i have to leave the city to do this. for now, i just pickle in my tiny apartment. My rooftop is expected to yield atleast five peppers this season. big wow.

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