What Do You Do?!?

Ok, I've been wanting to do this for awhile now.
But I just can't take it anymore, the curiosity is killing me!

Every few days i come in here, sit down, flip on the computer, and type in mountainproject.com into the address field.

I go right to the forums.
I don't do Facebook, or twitter, or any of the other social sites....I simply do not have the time to keep up with all the streaming drama, and BS.
One day I'll come in here and find a thread, let's call it "WHY THE F DID YOUR F'IN DOG TAKE A HUGE SHIT ON MY PACK?"....it has one post...maybe two.
Then, 24 hours later I come back and there's 9 pages of backfire as to EXACTLY why that dog takes huge shits everywhere, and if "you don't STFU i'm gonna SHit On Your Face!"

So, my question is this fellow MPers;

What do you all DO? For a living I mean.
How is it that most of you can post shit on websites ALL DAY????
Obvisouly most of the culprits have "desk jobs" .....but.....don't you actually HAVE TO DO WORK at that desk????
Doesn't your boss ask to see what you've been doing all day?

ANyway, I only ask because I am in DESPERATE need of a NEW JOB!!!
I'm sick of busting my ass all day in the Hot Ass Sun, while other (obviously smarter) people have found jobs with fluffy office chairs and AC~!

Dont be shy....please help a brother out?

Note: Dirtbaggers need not reply....sorry, I'm well acquainted with that strategy, did it for years....now I gotta raise a family :-/

Cheers

As little as possible. . .

As soon as you get that 'cushy' job inside with AC, you will soon want to be back outside.

(first post in a month or so...)

Desk jocky checkin' in... trading operation at a financial firm. I write programs to do my job so i just need to press a button at the time needed. I also have three monitors so I can do a lot of different work at once (def need at least two). Do your work on time and well and you're boss shouldn't give a fu*k what your doing.

I actually tried to move to Denver/boulder two years ago and sent 300+ resumes out for office jobs... I only got one call back for a bank teller job, it was pathetic. All my parent's friends and friends of mine were telling me about a lot of folks leaving that area because they couldn't find any non manual labor related work. I got one call for a job here in CT and did one interview and landed a great gig!

Jeff Chrisler wrote:As soon as you get that 'cushy' job inside with AC, you will soon want to be back outside.

+1

two words. alt, tab......

Bank Teller checking in... And no I don't do any work and I hate it. Nothing worse than going home knowing you accomplished nothing. I work at a ranch in my free time just so I can feel accomplished. I pretty much volenteer there.

slim wrote:two words. alt, tab......

Pretty much sums it up. Not that hard to "multi task". Only problem is when I was on my feet all day, I was lighter.

And yes, Cushy chair and A/C are gladly traded for the pleasure of NOT breathing recycled air.

slim wrote:two words. alt, tab......

Ditto on knowing your shortcut keys.

A lot of us (i.e. me) have ADD and cannot concentrate on a single task for hours on end. I design aerospace parts all day and work on ACAD indefinitely. Occasionally going on MP (about once and hour) and checking the for sale forum or perusing the forums helps kill the minotiny.
When I used to install cabinets I would listen to music in order to pass the time.

PS. I used alt+tab twice while writing this response.

Everyone at work asks me the same thing. I don't do much the majority of the day... just sit on a stool in front of MP, staking out deals on SNC, and reading up on political theories and antiwar papers. If you were ever forced to do what I do on a daily basis you would probably go insane, or atleast mentally unstable, within a brief amount of time. It is time to clock out and hit the gym because of the damned 80 degree weather and 75% humidity. I'll read you tomorrow MP.

Ciao.

Randy W. wrote: And yes, Cushy chair and A/C are gladly traded for the pleasure of NOT breathing recycled air.

I once worked at a building that had a waterfall next to my window and I could open the window and basque in the sweet sounds and smell of the river. These days I'm on the top of a 7 floor building with huge windows and an exit door next to my desk (which stays open most days it's not above 85 deg and 80$ humidity). Fresh air all day today... it's gorgeous in CT today!

Professor.

I don't post all day. But I do read it more than once per day. NO FB, here. I use Twitter, but for work, keeping up with the markets.

Sweet gig. Like Morgan, I've tried to relocate west, but there's no place that needs what I do. First world problem, to be sure.

Fairly sizable thread on this back in the day:
mountainproject.com/v/what-…

I work for Ellanor.

I work at IBM in Boulder, Doing helpdesk work. So when there's no calls coming in, I'm on the forums. oh yeah B-)

I'm currently in school for a degree in Mechanical Engineering, so that's my main focus. I work part time at the local gym to cover my expenses.

Of course, I'm not taking classes during the summer, so I usually have 2 or 3 days off a week. Lots of climbing and lots of Mountain Project. I'm afraid I won't have time for either when school starts back up in a month, though...

Boulder IBMer as well; sales.
I'm consistently taking home the biggest bonus so whatever is on my computer screen when folks walk by isn't an issues and leaving everyday a 3pm to climb is noted but not also not an issue as long as I'm one of the top performers.

Love the cool ACd air. Love the benefits and love the pay.

EDIT: it's no wonder why I perform so highly. I've got to keep my mind off of climbing until 3pm everyday!

2nd EDIT: To get through college I worked full time in the evenings running an outdoor inline hockey rink; so I've had it both ways. While having my days free to study and climb was awesome, I wouldn't take it back.

I make movies, though I wouldn't recommend it for a job transition, as the tagline is, "if there's anything else you can do and be happy in life, do that." I've also had to do a lot of begging, stealing, and borrowing to get where I am now, which isn't that far.

Laser scientist.
But often, I'm stuck at my desk making PowerPoint presentations or some other non-science, which is when I check MP every 15 min.

slim wrote:two words. alt, tab......

My brief finance/quant job had no privacy, so I wrote a script that would make numbers and graphs fly around so it looked like I was working, then I could dick around on my 2nd monitor.

sqwirll wrote:I work for Ellanor.

/;-) +1 I'm a usually unemployed educator now for last 11 years,,dirtbag sometimes. Check in here 4AM, then sleep in, check again throughout the day and respone to any forum that sounds interesting or stupid. Leave comments, maybe post a pic if I did anything worthwhile lately. More ice cream and sleep. Repeat.

Stich wrote: YOU are the sort of BORING that CHICKS don't dig around here. Capice? Make this place funny and/or interesting or both or STFUESAD (eat shit and die is the last part of the acronym BTW). Now think about that.

Whoa!...Touchy Subject??

Oh, I get it, You're Unemployed!--The Gay Porn Industry is flailing and they had to let go all the Middle-Aged Fat Guys with flacid cocks!

I mean, it's understandable Stich...."Out with the old, in with the new", right?

Don't cry, you'll find something else