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 OLB 0.1 on November 12, 2013 at 11:44am

Engineer/Project Manager at a telecom company.

Mostly push paper and fix problems others don't want to deal with.

My job exists because of the laziness, lack of focus, and incompetence of others.

Good for job security.

Permalink Reply by Liz W. Durham on November 12, 2013 at 1:59pm

Hmm...five years ago when I posted I had left my employment in the criminal justice system to be home with my, at the time, 2 y.o. son. 

Now though I work at a bike shop in Evanston. Major career shift! So far, it's been worth it (even despite the drastic shift downwards in pay). 

Permalink Reply by Michelle on November 12, 2013 at 2:27pm
I'm an administrative assistant in the orthopedics department at Lirie Children's. :) Mot terribly exciting, I know, but I like it and would like to move up in the healthcare field, though idk to where.
Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on November 12, 2013 at 2:28pm

Law related stuff.  Which, if I had belonged to the Chainlink five years ago, would have been my answer then.

Permalink Reply by Thunder Snow on November 12, 2013 at 2:59pm

Equity theatrical stage manager: occasionally run plays.

Event manage exams at a couple of area medical schools: run video recording equipment, manage the flow of people and time--pretty much like running a play, really.  Occasionally function as a "standardized patient", portraying a medical patient with specific complaints, for med students to deal with, either in a workshop or structured academic exam; then, I grade students' performance and teach correct procedures when necessary.

Spent 11 years in McDonald's Corporation creative services television department, first as television cameraman, then later as video editor and producer.  Edited & assisted at downtown editing houses Northwest Teleproductions & Post Effects, cutting TV shows, commercials & industrials.  Freelance edited for several years after that.

Divvy: currently rebalancing bikes around the city out of a big blue Mercedes Sprinter van late weekend nights.  Earlier this year, assisted in station deployments by driving a huge-azz flatbed truck to the installation site with the station strapped to the bed.  Really, considering that I've been car-free since 2003, it's almost ridiculous the amount of driving I've done in the past six months in the service of getting bike sharing out in Chicago.  I basically hate driving, but I'm weirdly good at it.  Go figure.

Permalink Reply by Michelle on November 12, 2013 at 3:10pm
Heck yeah for stage managers! (I studied stage management in college, but admin uses the same skills, helps kiddos, and also pays me so into the healthcare world I've gone.)
Permalink Reply by Thunder Snow on November 12, 2013 at 3:20pm

Right on, sister!

Michelle said:

Heck yeah for stage managers! (I studied stage management in college, but admin uses the same skills, helps kiddos, and also pays me so into the healthcare world I've gone.)
Permalink Reply by Deet 4.5mi on November 12, 2013 at 4:14pm
Architect.
Permalink Reply by BikeBoy5 on November 12, 2013 at 10:34pm

Same now as 5 yrs ago...better at my hobbies.  Still on AM news shift... still a Ham Operator, but now I can send and recieve Morse code (not too fast, but speeding up.)  Still train my dogs to herd sheep and do some consultations with new puppy owners on socialization of their dog.

Am looking forward to taking my pension in a couple of years...the Golden Rope has me bound to my job.

BikeBoy5 said:

Stagehand working the AM news downtown.  Leave Bucktown 230AMish, return 1130AMish.  In bed by 7PM.  HAM radio operator.  Train Border Collies to herd sheep.

Permalink Reply by Alex Z on November 13, 2013 at 2:23am


Lisa Curcio 4.1 mi said:

Law related stuff.  Which, if I had belonged to the Chainlink five years ago, would have been my answer then.


Apparently you were!


Lisa Curcio 4.1 mi said:

In the legal business at the Daley Center.  There are a number of us who commute by bike.

Permalink Reply by Sydney Barton on November 13, 2013 at 3:02am

I custom paint furniture for interior designers through a Merchandise Mart showroom and spend most of my spare time volunteering for Chicago Honey Co-op. Sadly, my commute is only about 50 feet so not as much biking as I would like.

Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on November 13, 2013 at 3:50am

You live in the mart?:))  I'll be at 1871 tonight for a Chicago B Corp mixer.  B Corps = mission-driven companies.

Sydney Barton said:

I custom paint furniture for interior designers through a Merchandise Mart showroom and spend most of my spare time volunteering for Chicago Honey Co-op. Sadly, my commute is only about 50 feet so not as much biking as I would like.

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