what is your job?

[goodboi1112]

Well i want to know what all you guyes job is.


You may know me as the noob who can only afford 2x well not even that with my job.. but i dont multibox i just want to know what your jobs are.

[Marathon]

Teacher . Summers Off :thumbsup:

[goodboi1112]

Teacher . Summers Off :thumbsup:i thought teachers didnt get paid that much xD. do you 5box?

[Multibocks]

Power Industry. I work a lot, but I get stretches of time off that make my friends envious... oh and the pay is fantastic (my epeeness is showing!)

[aboron]

in my opinion, good teachers don't get paid anywhere near what they are worth to society in general, but that doesn't mean they are paid horribly compared to working a McJob.

As far as 5-boxing expenses are concerned, I spend more at 7-11 in 2 weeks than 5 accounts cost for the month. I recently set up a separate direct deposit account from my paycheck to pay for games, 7-11 coffee and snacks, and computer hardware upgrades, and it gets 3% of my net paycheck.

[Ogloo]

i get striaght a's each quarter which my dad gives me 500$ each quater=2000 a year.. Also, I do some drawings for people for there buisnesses for money and stuff.. Finally, I do stocks, ive made a bunch of money from the stocks that went down from the terrible economy, then when they bounced up.. Im 15 lol, so im in a different situation though, I would not trust the stock market, or ur dad to give u money for a job well done..

Maybe you have a talent that can give you some extra money? like if you are a good ______ you could provide ur work to people.. What you are good at is for you to figure out..

[Sajuuk]

Wendy's.

Fin.

[razorbax]

I work in a average payed Technical Support Role.



When you add up the costs of Boxing, once you have the hardware that is, its really a small amount and can easily be budgeted for.



Though in my case, the wife does the budget, so no 5-boxing for me;)

[goodboi1112]

I get paid 6.55 a hour but they work me like 10-13 hours every 2 weeks because im 15.

[F9thRet]

Retired about 5 years ago , Bought a Cattle Ranch, wound up becoming the fire chief for our local volunteers. For being Retired, I haven't worked this hard since I was in the Corp.

Stephen

[Bot]

i make signs and my wifes a vet tech. we do pretty ok

[Caspian]

I manufacture and distribute spaghetti noodles.

[alcattle]

ok, I help build big airplanes. One day pays for all the WoW and other fun stuff per month.

[Drew]

I teach Kindergarten - in Japan! :)

I used to be in the US Army (Why do I see so many military and ex-military people in WoW?) but got out in 2001. I started teaching shortly after that. I taught in South Korea for 2 years and moved to Japan just about 5 years ago. Teaching may not be the best job I've ever had, but it's hard to find fault with a gig that pays me to go play at the park. ^.^

[Krycek]

I'm system administrator/tech support/coder(perl/php/c++/c#/sql).

[Marathon]

I teach Kindergarten - in Japan! :)

I used to be in the US Army (Why do I see so many military and ex-military people in WoW?) but got out in 2001. I started teaching shortly after that. I taught in South Korea for 2 years and moved to Japan just about 5 years ago. Teaching may not be the best job I've ever had, but it's hard to find fault with a gig that pays me to go play at the park. ^.^

Same here, 11 years in the Army. I got out and now I am a teacher. The pay in Houston is very respectable. Especailly when you look at my contract is actually only for 187 days out of the year and that does not count my sick and leave time :thumbsup:

Oh and yes I 5 box. .

[rahven32]

I'm a machinist. Lathes, mills, etc. Mostly cnc (program and run the parts) on swissturn lathes. Layed off atm though economy kicked our company in the ass. Went from to much work to basically none! As far as the cost of multiboxing it's nothing really. Everytime someone in game asks how I can afford it I ask how they can afford cable. 5 boxing is less than a month of cable (with the good channels at least). Not only that if you get cable it's usually a ton of reruns for the most part. So I cancelled cable and started boxing, never watched tv anyway!

[Tight]

I use to be a currency broker. Now im the general director of my fathers holding company.

So i guess i do ok.

[Moorea]

last time someone asked for jobs it was tim to fish some personal info... I think we should stick to playing and in game personae...

[keyclone]

last time someone asked for jobs it was tim to fish some personal info... I think we should stick to playing and in game personae... i would agree. very odd for a 15 year old that doesn't have a job to ask for job details from other people.

it's fairly obvious people have real jobs. what are real jobs? check the newspaper, craigslist, monster.com, or dice.com (and/or numerous other sites)

[EaTCarbS]

like if you are a good ______ you could provide ur work to people.. What you are good at is for you to figure out..

Some interesting things came to mind there 8|

[Void]

Stop smoking and pay for 5 wow accounts. 1 carton of cigs a week is anywhere between 120-160$ a month. 5 wow accounts is 75-100$. pick your poison

[Fef]

like if you are a good ______ you could provide ur work to people.. What you are good at is for you to figure out..

Some interesting things came to mind there 8| I :)'d

[jettzypher]

army medic


I used to be in the US Army (Why do I see so many military and ex-military people in WoW?) but got out in 2001. I started teaching shortly after that. I taught in South Korea for 2 years and moved to Japan just about 5 years ago. Teaching may not be the best job I've ever had, but it's hard to find fault with a gig that pays me to go play at the park. ^.^ do you happen to teach at arnn elementary by chace?

[Malekyth]

Intergalactic Gun-For-Hire. Did you see the story about the Methrazaar ji'in-runners' Aldebaran section being bombed? Yeah, that was me.

[Scritchin]

Carpenter and also aged care.

[lsoares]

Hello,

I multibox with 5x shamans atm :s

I used to be Teacher some years ago but i switched to Analyst/Programmer Eng. last year...

cheers and have fun :-)

[warbringer]

Male prostitute on weekdays.
Female prostitute on weekends (more time to do my make-up then).

[Drew]

do you happen to teach at arnn elementary by chace?
I've never taught for a DoD school, just private ones.

[Otlecs]

I'm Warbringer's pimp.

But only at weekends.

[shaeman]

I'm a career criminal and Evil Genius.

I find time to multibox betweeen hatching despicable plots and attempts at world domination.

[keyclone]

most days... this is my job:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cfWc5KcbpPI/SMbcnY8hvJI/AAAAAAAAAN0/sWX7mu8dxGc/s400/worlds-worst-jobs-2.jpg

other days... i'm this guy

http://www.whatsjamesdoing.com/Blog/bad%20jb.jpg

hey, it's not all bad... at least they give me a stool

[DrChaos]

I work for a bank. And ya, I multibox.

[warbringer]

I'm Warbringer's pimp.

But only at weekends.Don't beat me again please! I'll get you your money!

[Zapht]

I work in Satellite Telecommunications as an engineer. Which is just fancy-talk for "I sit around a lot and twiddle my thumbs!" Kinda like the Maytag repair guy, only for washing machines in space (Which break even less.)

Truthfully, it's boring as hell. But it pays the bills nicely.

[Svpernova09]

450 bs
450 jc
450 mining x3
450 alch x2
450 enchanting
434 lw
450 skinning

[Gurblash]

450 bs
450 jc
450 mining x3
450 alch x2
450 enchanting
434 lw
450 skinning

... wtf Bear

[EvoX]

I work for a defense contractor.

[Owltoid]

I tell insurance companies how to invest their money (work for an asset management company and I develop their strategic asset allocations)

[falsfire3401]

Stop smoking and pay for 5 wow accounts. 1 carton of cigs a week is anywhere between 120-160$ a month. 5 wow accounts is 75-100$. pick your poison

Try smoking here in Canada lol. It's $80 a carton. My wife and I both smoke, and we spend $400/mo sadly just on smokes. Really wanna quit...

[Taliesin]

Who decides that the work day is from 9 to 5 instead of 11 to 4? Who decides that the hemlines will be below the knee this year, and short again next year? Who draws up the borders, controls the currency, handles all the decisions that happen transparently around us?

I'm with them. Same group, different department.

[falsfire3401]

Who decides that the hemlines will be below the knee this year, and short again next year?

I love summer. Short skirts and shorts everywhere on women :)
Not to mention all the scenery at the beaches...

Just because I'm married and older than most of the scenery by a fair chunk doesn't mean I can't look...

[Coltimar]

Stay at home dad, part-time web consultant.

[Svpernova09]

Who decides that the work day is from 9 to 5 instead of 11 to 4? Who decides that the hemlines will be below the knee this year, and short again next year? Who draws up the borders, controls the currency, handles all the decisions that happen transparently around us?

I'm with them. Same group, different department./Armageddon

Could you bring back 8 track tapes?

[Siaea]

Sewing machines. I repair 'em. Family biz, been doing it since I was 11, and I'm 35 now. I actually make a proverbial killing since I'm commission only, so if I'm not lurking d-b or WoW forums, I can make up to $150 in an hour.

[falsfire3401]

Sewing machines. I repair 'em. Family biz, been doing it since I was 11, and I'm 35 now. I actually make a proverbial killing since I'm commission only, so if I'm not lurking d-b or WoW forums, I can make up to $150 in an hour.

Interesting. I've personally never owned a sewing machine, neither has my wife. Her mom bought us one a couple years back that's still in the box. It's that busy a trade is it?

[Siaea]

Sewing machines. I repair 'em. Family biz, been doing it since I was 11, and I'm 35 now. I actually make a proverbial killing since I'm commission only, so if I'm not lurking d-b or WoW forums, I can make up to $150 in an hour.

Interesting. I've personally never owned a sewing machine, neither has my wife. Her mom bought us one a couple years back that's still in the box. It's that busy a trade is it?You'd be surprised. We have some computerized embroidery machines that go up to $10k, and that's a household machine. Commercial multihead embroidery machines go for 5 times that. It's a pretty big market with the 'crafty' women and such, with quilting and embroidery clubs and the like.

[Caspian]

From the looks of the first pictire i thought you had to collect your own sto....

ok that was bad


most days... this is my job:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cfWc5KcbpPI/SMbcnY8hvJI/AAAAAAAAAN0/sWX7mu8dxGc/s400/worlds-worst-jobs-2.jpg

other days... i'm this guy

http://www.whatsjamesdoing.com/Blog/bad%20jb.jpg

hey, it's not all bad... at least they give me a stool

[Khatovar]

i get striaght a's each quarter which my dad gives me 500$ each quater=2000 a year..

Holy crap, will your dad adopt me? I was lucky to get $20 for straight A's when I was in school.

[Sajuuk]

i get striaght a's each quarter which my dad gives me 500$ each quater=2000 a year..

Holy crap, will your dad adopt me? I was lucky to get $20 for straight A's when I was in school.You mean...your parents gave you money for good grades? Lucky.

[Frappuccino]

Work at investment bank (IT)

Living in Japan. Yen is a nice currency to earn :D

[Khatovar]

You mean...your parents gave you money for good grades? Lucky.

Good grades = Money from Dad 8o
Bad grades = A meeting with Mom and the Wooden Spoon™ ;(

[keyclone]

You mean...your parents gave you money for good grades? Lucky. no kidding. the only thing i got for good grades was... not grounded.

[Redbeard]

I work in IT as a general helpdesk support / development guy (I dabble in ASP.net, etc).

As for the money for grades... I never really got an allowance, but if I made honor roll (As basically) my mom would always buy me a game. I remember when Final Fantasy 3 came out and we got it, my mom was like "How can it be final fantasy if its the 3rd one?" Lol. God bless her =)

[Pippin]

Enterprise Security Admin - Software Compliancy. You know the EULA's that everyone cicks through? I actually have to read them and no they do not give me Meth to keep my up. I have to supply my own 'crack'. I swear Mountain Dew sales have gone up on Cherry AMP since I took this job. God I misse the 32oz one.

[Lunarsunrise]

aww i have no job at the mo, i was made redundant. But usually i am an account manager (not one that sells one that looks after accounts..i don't do cold calling and annoying people!)

so i guess my job is cleaning up after effex (he is kinda messy), playing wow and looking for a job :)

[Marious]

I am a professional pimp, I have a few hoe's that make money for me so paying for WoW X5 is easy.

Ok that was a joke I am not actually a pimp. Engineering for a telecom company pay is fine and being single with no wife or kids helps.

must be nice to get money for good grades gratz! I did not get good grades and no money even if I did lol.

[lordmythic]

IT desktop support w/wife and kids

I grew up poor so good grades or not I had to pay for my own games. So after one summer busting my butt with 2 paper routes I was able to buy my first used pc in 1982 .. an Atari 400!! with upgraded ram (48k!! ..not meg...Kb!). Various summer jobs were the only thing supplying my gaming habit.

My kids are growing up spoiled though.. the student got honor roll this year so she got a tmobile g1 with data plan (luckily walmart had em for 100$). I'm making my wife pay for the data plan because I don't need extra bills cutting into my gaming budget.

[lazygirl]

Work at investment bank (IT)

Living in Japan. Yen is a nice currency to earn :DHow do you like it? And how did you find it? I also work in IT (more on the business/data/process side though). I speak Japanese and when I was consultant worked for a Japanese client briefly. I've occasionally looked at some of the sites like career cross and pondered pursuing another international opportunity. But the work until all hours- stay out even later drinking - roll in rather late in the morning-rinse-repeat culture of at least where I was didn't fit too well with me.

I'd love the perspective of someone actively working in IT in Japan.

[Xorn]

Customer Support at ... erm somewhere.


You mean...your parents gave you money for good grades? Lucky.
You mean...you got good grades? Lucky.


Try smoking here in Canada lol. It's $80 a carton. My wife and I both smoke, and we spend $400/mo sadly just on smokes. Really wanna quit...
If you really want to quit then quit. If you don't quit then you don't want to quit which is your problem - right? :)

[aboron]

So after one summer busting my butt with 2 paper routes I was able to buy my first used pc in 1982 .. an Atari 400!! with upgraded ram (48k!! ..not meg...Kb!).

I used the paper route method to buy my first computer also, but I went with a brand new Vic20, so then I could not afford to upgrade the ram from the default 3k for quite some time. I could actually run the thing out of memory from typing in basic code by hand. Later I got a summer job at a "Kindercare" using that Vic20 to teach a basic computer literacy class to very young kids, I would haul it there on my bike and set up at a little tv in the teachers break room.

[Frappuccino]

Work at investment bank (IT)

Living in Japan. Yen is a nice currency to earn :DHow do you like it? And how did you find it? I also work in IT (more on the business/data/process side though). I speak Japanese and when I was consultant worked for a Japanese client briefly. I've occasionally looked at some of the sites like career cross and pondered pursuing another international opportunity. But the work until all hours- stay out even later drinking - roll in rather late in the morning-rinse-repeat culture of at least where I was didn't fit too well with me.

I'd love the perspective of someone actively working in IT in Japan.

How is it? It's great, in a single word I guess.
There's kind of two parallels working here, if you're at a domestic 'nikkei' company then it probably somewhat fits into your stereo type of long hours, after work drinks etc, but I've only worked at US/European 'gaishi' firms in my 3.5 years here, and there's none of that. Hours can be long depending on how busy you are of course.
How did I get in to it? Started out contracting at a job I found thru careercross as you mentioned, built up some contacts and moved around from there.

[asgradth]

I'm a Sr. Validation Tech for AMD/ATI (Austin). It is my job to test our stuff 'real world' before it's released. The best part of my job is... I turned my EQ2 6-box config into a test... So everytime we go through a major rev, I get to 6-box EQ2 for 3 hours and get paid to do it (sometimes OT on the weekend and they feed us!!). It's good to be a tester.

*boss thought i should mention, we do not use keyclone or innerspace, we use custom internal software, similar to these apps but designed for ... other things. i just tweaked them over to multibox eq2, tho it doesn't do nearly as good a job as keyclone/innerspace. Maximizer FTW

[Gadzooks]

Art director, designer, illustrator. Art major here. :) I make pretty good money, looking at increasing that next year. I work full time, and have a freelance career that has cycles of up and down, the extra cash has paid for all of my bigger toys (plasma, extra computers, ect..)

I never got money for good grades, but the deal with my dad was, get good grades, and he'd pay for college, which he did for all 5 of us. I got okay grades in HS, but the first semester in college something clicked and I really enjoyed school, so grades were never a worry after that.

[Yamio]

IT System Engineer for hospital computer systems worldwide. 5 day on / 5 day off shift, and the pay is pretty good. Basically I work 6 months out of the year. The trade of? An incredible amount of stress.

My dad wasn't the kind of guy to pay me and my brothers for good grades. He wasn't wired that way.

When I was in high school all my buddies parents were either buying them cars or helping out buying them, so I asked my dad if he'd buy me a car. His answer? "My dad didn't buy me one!" Wasn't funny then but it's funny now.

[Mooni]

Government contractor. Teacher of students age 18-50. I wish I could tell you more because DAMN I LOVE MY JOB AND IT'S COOL but suffice it to say I'm in a desert somewhere teaching stuff to armed service members. I have a high school diploma, about 180 college credits but haven't been motivated enough to make a degree out of them. My only relevant experience was 6 years in the Army, 6 months in Iraq.

If you're worried about what happens when you get older, if you can afford this or not, for a lot of us this is a hobby. When I was working at an internet phone company for $10/hr I would still pay for 3 accounts, because I wasn't spending money "pimping my ride" or renting blockbuster DVDs or going out drinking and shaking my tush on the weekends. But at the time my roommate was spending $900 a month some months buying new parts for his street-racing-worthy car. So don't ever let someone nag you about multiboxing bills; just find a way to make it work.

P.S.: For those of you making jokes about pimping etc, enjoy:



http://www.mopo.ca/uploaded_images/everquest-720736.jpg

[Jar]

Retired Machinest, retired investment broker.

3 box Eq1
4 box WoW
2 box Shaiya
2 box AOC
2 box Aion

[d0z3rr]

Lots of IT people here.

I am in IT too and I work for a company people loooooove to hate.

[Iceorbz]

US Navy Submariner!

I deal with torpedoes and tomahawk missles, as well as the LAN Administration.

[Wilbur]

Network Engineer
Online Gambling industry.

[thefunk]

US Navy Submariner!

I deal with torpedoes and tomahawk missles, as well as the LAN Administration.

tom Clancy ftw

I have in the past sold wine, mobiles, Internet; bought toilet seats and brushes for a retailer, now I guess for a living. And use that awful program sap.

[Zub]

I have in the past sold wine, mobiles, Internet; bought toilet seats and brushes for a retailer, now I guess for a living. And use that awful program sap.

And I work at SAP. Senior Support Engineer.

[Dasana]

Machinist. Working right now and posting from my blackberry FTW :)

[lans83]

Taxi Cab Dispatcher. long hours for low pay, but with perks. Bills get paid on time and still have spending money for what ever I want. Family business, office job with AC, cable, I get away with playing my console games in here on slow days, or watch movies while working. Now I'm able to get online here with my laptop, but have to leach the net from next door, which happens to be my house :D I get to walk to work everyday, so no worries about gas prices. I don't smoke, so WoW is my addiction. Single, no kids yet, tho I hope not for much longer :( Been thinkin about tryin to get back into the military after I got booted out back in 01. Goin to talk to the recruiters about it, so job title may change in the near future.

[moosejaw]

Work at a Water treatment plant making millions and millions of gallons of clean water every day for St. Louis County. Our plant can make 200 + million gallons/day during peak summer demand. Going on 5 years in this job and it is the best job I have ever had. I have to work rotating shifts and occasional 12 hour shift but it beats the hell out of my 11years of Submarine service as a nuke mechanic. I don't have to deal with coners like the TM/FT above, lol.

I commute less than 1 1/2 miles one way to work. I haven't filled the tank in my TDI Passat in over 4 months. LoLdiesel

[Alemi]

Right now, I work customer service for a national LTL trucking company. Prior to this, I was the regional manager for the west coast for a vehicle transporter. Layoffs are great - but at least I have something to at least cover the rent. :)

[suicidesspyder]

Well can i say jobs instead of job lol. I work at two restaurants both full time 40 hrs+ each but meh. Get to play wow two days a week other then that up at 430am and bed 1130pm hehe.

[Diwa]

Web/Multimedia Developer in a Korean based MMORPG production house. It's nice to work with people whose behind the game. You'll gonna hear conversations about PVP system, Auction house, Weapon designs etc. Some of them came from Blizzard and started WoW and Diablo. They still wear their Blizzard jacket though.

[Whowantstoknow]

Financial Controller

[Akera]

Pilot. Off work until November though.

[Redbeard]

Pilot. Off work until November though.

Do you get wireless in the cockpit?

"Ted: Ummm Bill, we need to change our heading to get around this incoming storm."

[2 minutes later]

"Ted: Bill? Did you hear what I said?"

"Bill: In a minute dammit, the raid is almost over!"

=)

[Drizhal]

I manage and work a morgue where we distrubute bodies to fast food restaunts, know why you gain wieght at places like the golden archs? =P



Obviously kidding...







Law Enforcement, Corrections specifically.
Long hours, moderate pay, great benefits. Great time off work rotating 12 hrs shifts, works out to working only 2 weeks a month.

[Raigirin]

Just finished my MBA some 14 days ago.
Before that I was working as a manager,making computer games.
Been doing that since 1996, so yes I'll probably go back to that again. :)

[mooglej]

Like many, military, and in the IT field... Gonna try to get out soon and land a contract IT job somewhere. Maybe Hawaii...

[Simulacra]

IT and I need a job, my contract ends in 3 weeks with nothing on the horizon >.< Oh to be out of work before Christmas. So if any of you are in need of the best SQL Developer to ever hit the planet gimme a yell :)

location: Sydney, Australia - yes we have computers and electricity

[crazyfrogy]

I am a last yesr uni students, oh yeah

[Chronic1337]

hussler and potsmoker

[Allestaria]

Stay at home mom of 3..
I also have my own candle - bath & body business.

Before that i was a Restaurant General Manager(at the age of 22). But was working 80+ hours a week. So I quit that job to become a school bus driver part time... That job turned out to be another 80+ hours a week. Worked 4 months at Auto Zone. Decided I didn't want to teach men about vehicles anymore.. Started my own business.

[Ejercito de un hombre]

I work for brazil´s central bank (government bank - regulates the financial market) as an accounting analyst (amazing pay check for our standards), this job also offers great benefits (life time job stability, health insurance, 35 hours a week). The downside is that i lost 3 years of my life studying to the selections for this job.. the competition is huge.. tests happen from 4 to 4 years, and there were like 100 vacancies to 30k candidates.. thank god i got succesfull and now i can multibox peacefully (until my wife get´s home, them everything is over...).. next years i´ll probably move to England to start a master´s degree in london university (and finally be able to play wow at 30ms latency.... try to multibox with 250ms lol).

[zenga]

Before that i was a Restaurant General Manager(at the age of 22). But was working 80+ hours a week. So I quit that job to become a school bus driver part time... That job turned out to be another 80+ hours a week.

Not that it's my business, but you triggered my curiosity ... 80 hours a week as a school bus driver :O
Sounds like day and night school to me ... pick the kids up in the morning, deliver them at school, maybe clean the bus (kids after all), pick them up at school, deliver them at home ... thats what i expect how a typical school bus drivers day looks like.

[Clovis]

I'm in the mortgage business -- currently writing 2nd loans for Wells Fargo. Prior to that I was with Countrywide and Wachovia for the last 3 years.

[Multibocks]

OMG hope Wells doesnt go under like the previous two =)

[Flekkie]

i get striaght a's each quarter which my dad gives me 500$ each quater=2000 a year..
Holy crap, will your dad adopt me? I was lucky to get $20 for straight A's when I was in school.
You mean...your parents gave you money for good grades? Lucky. You mean...you got good grades? Lucky.:D

/montypython

Eh, you were lucky to have a school!

I had to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night half an hour before I went to bed, drink a cup of sulphuric acid, work twenty-nine hours a day down mill, and pay mill owner for permission to come to work, and when we got home, our Dad and our mother would kill us and dance about on our graves singing Hallelujah.

(And you try and tell the young people of today that ..... they won't believe you!)