What do we do for jobs?

[Evilseed]

Hello,

When I'm boxing 5 toons (I'm on hunters now after doing shamans) I am often asked what I do for a living. Compared to a typical setup to run 1x WoW, multiboxing often requires more financial dedication to follow through on. I think it would be interesting to see how many people here are in the USMIL, are business entrepreneurs, lawyers, doctors, college students, kids in basements, programmers, etc.

What do you do for a living?

I am an entrepreneur in general and currently the CEO of a content media company which focuses on the online media content side of the Internet. For WoW, you may have has seen one of my projects in Wowhead.com (I was the former CEO until we sold). I also have some developments just around the corner (Any programmers out there? Hit me up!).

[genocyde]

Could be interesting to see!

I am a lab technician for a major avionics company. I do anything from mechanical tests/work to small programming tasks and electrical test design.

2 degrees: mechanical/EET



Genocyde

[Gurblash]

I'm the plant opperator for a Redi-Mix Concrete Company. I sit in front of 6 monitors and a console and push buttons all day long. Really boring work but allows me to chat in IRC and play WoW on my laptop all day.

[Eteocles]

Probably not as interesting as most replies will be but I work with Credit Cards & Chargebacks mostly. Not particularly exciting(hence my trolling the forums all day ;p) but hey it's a living and nice non-laborious computer work :p

Here's hoping Zin'll actually give us a LITTLE insight into what he does specifically ;p Bastard's too reclusive for his own good

[keyclone]

currently, i am a software consultant for nielsen (very glad to be back in florida)

i have worked about 9+ years for DoD and various groups

i have been the cto of 3 companies, all revolving around real-time, centralized, p2p networks (voip, equity trading, remote monitoring for franchise owners)

2 degrees: mathematics/compsci

[Aradar]

Attorney by education, lease administrator, among other things, for family owned real estate company by trade.

Edit: I see people listing degrees so, dual major: Finance/Real Estate with a minor in Economics. Then my JD from law school.

[fender967]

I'm an entrepreneur who focuses on online media content. For WoW, you may have has seen one of my projects in Wowhead.com (I was the former CEO until we sold). I also have some developments just around the corner (Any programmers out there? Hit me up!).That's awesome!

I have a degree in graphic/web design and do mostly freelance work myself.

[Gallo]

I'm a Systems Engineer for Lockheed Martin in the DC area. Working on various DoD contracts.

[Tonuss]

IT Manager for... 11 years or so already, for an engineering firm (geotech/structural).


Compared to a typical setup to run 1x WoW, multiboxing often requires more financial dedication to follow through on.

One of the comments that I see in threads critical of multi-boxing, is when someone says that people should feel sorry for multi-boxers, because "they spend $75 a month." And I always think-- "why would you feel sorry for someone who considers $75 a month an acceptable sum to spend on a hobby?"

I should show them my cable bill, heh...

[Biz]

Intellectual property attorney. I work for a software company that creates and distributes applications for mobile devices.

[minty]

Hmm, fewer IT/programmer types so far than I was expecting. That said, I'm lead programmer for a toy company. Did a sort of double major in compsci and art.

edit: ok I see a couple more techies snuck in since I started reading...

[geoffdavison]

well i have the atypical job apparently..

I'm a radiation therapist .. so i have the fun job of treating cancer patients all day.. love the job.. really fun..

My degree is BS in Radiologic Sciences (Therapy).. and i get to add letters after my name too!!

Geoff Davison RT(T)

[TMNT]

Im 18 and work at subway getting that minimum wage lolol....

[xtobbenx]

I'm a profecianal Piercer/Scarificator/Suspendior and tattooist.

[Bigfish]

Pretty sure Xzin has money which he uses to make money in some sort of self employed profesional entrepeneurship (totally butchered that word) deal where he buys/starts business, turns them in to money makers, and hires someone to manage them. At least, thats what I heard last.

Me. I'm an Economics Major. Graduating in May. Moving to Houston where my wife will be doing an Internship at a law firm before attending Law school, so what I'll be doing as an actual job is up in the air at the moment. Considering checking out the GM department in Austin. Doubt they pay well, but it would be something funto do for a while.

But then, I've never found multiboxing to be THAT cost prohibitive. Start up costs kind of suck, but once you get that out of the way, 75$ a month isn't that much when you consider the type of things other people spend money on, like golf course memberships, cars, movies, console games, etc.

[Evilseed]

I used to dislike people like you when I was 19 (credit cards for young people FTL) :)
Probably not as interesting as most replies will be but I work with Credit Cards & Chargebacks mostly. Not particularly exciting(hence my trolling the forums all day ;p) but hey it's a living and nice non-laborious computer work :p

[Tamu]

Manager of Operations for a SaaS data center specializing in banking services such as online banking/bill pay, document imaging storage, ATM, telephone banking, teller services, etc.

[maxcom]

Sr. Developer for MySpace.com CF, C# and PHP

[The IT Monkey]

I'm the Network Administrator (laugh) of a Production Company (laugh) in Hollywood Ca... I'm the only one in the building who doesn't consider themselves to be "in the industry". The company makes reality TV shows (puke).

I have no degree.

[MrLonghair]

Entertainer, currently freelancing as a radio personality, making peoples lives brighter and giving them a laugh to start the day off with. Considering getting back into standup now that I'm older and more bitter.

(edit: est. 30k listeners "state"-wide. So many people I can rickroll.)

[aetherg]

Computer programming; network monitoring and mapping software specifically. I love wowhead, by the way. It's a fantastic resource. I especially like the fast load times and very tolerable ads; very google-ish.

[raylion]

I'm a data warehouse consultant and semi-pro photographer. Hope to be a pro photographer one day and leave data warehousing behind (photography is much more interesting) :)

[d0z3rr]

Network Engineer

[Xzin]

Serial Entrepreneur.

[Khazrael]

I'm one of those programmers you are looking for. I'm a Java Developer / Web Developer. Currently, we are writing a new Order Entry system for the Company I work for, and I deal a lot with how our web applications connect to our back end, so I work between the both of them. We use a JSF architecture, using EJB3 and hibernate/persistence on the back-end for any fellow Java programmers who know what any of that stuff means.

Good stuff, and we are under some crazy deadlines which is why I haven't had as much time as I'd like to dedicate to my multi-boxing. But our deadline will be up one way or another April 1st, so I'll have more time to roll with it then. I was lucky and got a job at a pretty good company, so I have a fair amount of funding for my whimsical multi-boxing ventures.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

QA Manager for a Bluetooth company. Mostly software but we do some firmware and hardware in-house.

[tigger2577]

GIS (Geographic Information Solutions) developer. I write applications that help people manage and analyze the spatial data with that being from desktop to web application. some of the computer languages I know. VB.net, C#, Asp.net, PhP, Coldfusion, Java, HTML, JavaScripts, ArcObjects, ArcXML, XML, SqL ect.. with my job it is every learning new things as we try to create new was to store and display spatial data.

Degree in Cartographic Scinece

Edit: Added degree and fixed some general errors

[TMNT]

Wow alot of CRAZY jobs that iv never heard of before. Amazing. Would be curious to see roughly what these different jobs made, however that would be a little rude :)

[Xzin]

Guessing some of the higher end ones (attorney, consultant, etc) make low to mid 6 figures.

High 5, low 6 is certainly possible for some higher end "IT" jobs.

Edit: "Programmer" likely (sadly?) does not fall into the above categories. Hard to compete with overseas talent that works for 1/10th of the salary.

[Basilikos]

Although I'm quickly becoming the general developer for our website, I primarily do database design and backend software (PHP specifically) for the company I contract for. My degree is in CompSci with a Mathematics Minor. My emphasis was in software engineering with a heavy reliance on Database systems and web applications. I went down that route because I saw more and more large, real time systems being developed to run in browsers. It worked out pretty well.

As far as other things go, I'm attempting to earn entry to the U.S. Naval O.C.S as a nuclear officer.

[Eteocles]

I used to dislike people like you when I was 19 (credit cards for young people FTL) :)
Probably not as interesting as most replies will be but I work with Credit Cards & Chargebacks mostly. Not particularly exciting(hence my trolling the forums all day ;p) but hey it's a living and nice non-laborious computer work :p


Not to worry we don't send pre-approved card offers and the like ;p We're basically like the Bank, but instead of servicing the Cardholder, we handle things for/with the Merchants; Acquiring Bank, whatever you wanna call it :p(On a related note it's absolutely scary how common and widespread Fraud is...protect your cards, kids, and always sign your receipts/keep an eye on your online statement :P Mostly because Fraud is a pain in the ass for me if your card is fraudulently used at a Hotel LOL)

[TMNT]

Guessing most of the higher end ones make low to mid 6 figures.How do i tell which one is the "higher" end one though lol

[Gurblash]

if it comes with a title or a degree and you have to google the profession name... they are higher than you :)

[TMNT]

if it comes with a title or a degree and you have to google the profession name... they are higher than you :)LOL i had to google Xzin's profession lol. Rather interesting. Id like to hear a more in-depth detail about his business he starts up.

[Khazrael]

Guessing most of the higher end ones make low to mid 6 figures.How do i tell which one is the "higher" end one though lolI can definitively tell you my lowly java programmer position is nowhere near the "higher end" he speaks of :). Certainly can't speak for anyone else though.

However, I will qualify that with the fact that I'm only 23, and I'm already making more money then I would have hoped, only being 3 years into my programming career. Hopefully I can only go up... but we'll see I guess.

[mackenziemi]

Im a Senior Software Engineer for a company that makes simulation software. C#/SQL/.Net

[Sarduci]

Third tier technical support for computers/servers/LAN/WAN/disaster recovery/audit compliance/etc for about 600 companies from 15 mill in assets up to Fortune 100 companies you hear about in the news. It's about as specific as I'm allowed to get due to some funny contract stuff with some of our customers (can't go around advertising we do their stuff for them). All tech stuff most days, interface to middle/upper/senior/board of directors type "stuff" for internal and customer facing activities when needed.

[Jaws5]

Network Services Manager of a Major City (Data center, VOIP, databases, Web, DMZ, Network core and remotes)

2 4 year degrees in Math/electronics 1 masters in HRMD

[geoffdavison]

Serial Entrepreneur.

I love cereal!! Frosted flakes.. mmm mm good!

[Eteocles]

Serial Entrepreneur.

I love cereal!! Frosted flakes.. mmm mm good!

HOLY SHIT IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW! Xzin is Captain Crunch! MYSTERY SOLVED! lol

[bugilt]

Real Estate agent. I've been working in property management recently with the typical winter months market slowdown. I want to get into commercial real estate when I get a few more classes under my belt.

[kibbles]

Lead network engineer for Cingular (sorry, AT&T Mobility).

Working on lots of really expensive routers lighting up really really really big pipes nationwide. Good stuff.

And yes, IT people can easily make 6 figures but you have to specialize (for example I'm specifically an MPLS backbone engineer), you have to be good and you have to have the right attitude.

However, as a network engineer for example I would say your current absolute maximum (salary) is about $150k unless you're a high end contractor in which case your bill rate can be substantially higher.

So you younger folks, learn to be good network engineers! It's one of the few jobs that can't be easily outsourced (engineering mind you, not operations) since we still need to be able to "touch" things at times.

[Kedash00]

Third tier technical support for computers/servers/LAN/WAN/disaster recovery/audit compliance/etc for about 600 companies from 15 mill in assets up to Fortune 100 companies you hear about in the news. It's about as specific as I'm allowed to get due to some funny contract stuff with some of our customers (can't go around advertising we do their stuff for them). All tech stuff most days, interface to middle/upper/senior/board of directors type "stuff" for internal and customer facing activities when needed.

Lol! i am tier 2 so i probaly send stuff to you all day long, basically the same thing as he does but i'm only tier 2, someone is always better than me... :(

[Sanctume]

I'm a Mining Engineer, and I mine gold for a living. And WoW! -- ok just kidding.
I heard on NPR how Mining Engineers are in demand due to the cost of precious metal going up in price.

I'm a programmer by day. Accounting software for a media company, maintaining 32-bit apps, developing to .net

Degree: B.S. Comp Sci & Math

[Ellay]

I am also Tier 3 technical support for a California based Software Company, largest perk is working from home :)

2 year Associates degree in Computer Engineering... considering going back for at least a 4 year though - companies care too much about a piece of paper!

[Eteocles]

That's what's odd for me Ellay...most companies do care heavily about those damn degrees(and some of them, like the IT guys, with good reason), and I was told in my teen years constantly how important it can be...but when the time for College came, I didn't have the time(to do it OR to wait on it due to family circumstances) nor the money for tuition...so I've never set foot in college, no degree and I got a decent starter job luckily and have moved up from there, thanks to "wasting" my teen years on the computer, learning the ins and outs of them and how to be effective/efficient with them ;p

I got placed where I am partly due to some job-finding testing and my computer skills scored high on it to bypass most burger-flipping jobs(No offense TMNT =x lol) - All without a degree. And I was homeschooled(For high school only) to boot. Public schools ain't what they used to be, and with the amount of info you can get off the internet, if you have the drive you can teach yourself alot ;p

[Vyndree]

.. largest perk is working from home :)

I hate you. I wanna work from home.



SDET (Software tester) @ Microsoft.

No, I do not work on Windows.

[Dawnstone]

Document Control Specialist for a sheet metal/fabrication job shop. I basically just print CAD drawings all day.

Degree: Associates in Network Administration.

[Sarduci]

Lol! i am tier 2 so i probaly send stuff to you all day long, basically the same thing as he does but i'm only tier 2, someone is always better than me... :( Don't feel bad, there's always someone who knows more than you in something and less in another area. We're hired a few contractors that were geniuses at their area (Active Directory, multi-branch deployment scenario, auditing, server and sql performance tuning) but couldn't figure out how to install basic software on their computer.....

BTW: No degree here, my portfolio of profitable, ROI friendly and completed IT projects have spoke for themselves over the past 13 years. And yes, I am going back to school this year.

[Effex]

Bit of an all arounder me..

Day Job
8 years programming in VBA, mainly Access
3 years Architectural design, claim to fame was doing englands largest church though the council decided the site wasnt right and closed the project grr
6 years engineering design.

Night Stuff / My passion

Danced for Cyberkitten voted englands top small hard dance club for a year then started a small hard dance night of my own, currently waiting for a new venue to be finalised before I start up again.

[Sarduci]

No, I do not work on Windows.I knew I sensed good in you, young one......

<---- familiar with the server performance team and ISA team to a great degree *sigh*

[Khayos]

I work in a warehouse packing boxes of gym spares.

I have no degree and no qualifications after high school either.

I joined the Army for 4 years and got my Sniper certificate, explosives and weapons training.

If any of you hotshots need someone killin I'm your guy. :P (total joke Mr FBI)

I work @ work 8am till 4:30pm weekdays.

I get paid £13000 a year before tax.

And I am currently negotiating with my boss to subsidise me doing a Degree in Computing so I can try and provide something better for my wife and hopefully future kids.

:)

I'm 24 years old on Wednesday too :))

[Xzin]

I dropped out of college. For me, it was the right choice. Can't say the same for everybody else.

[TMNT]

Wow all these IT jobs make alot of money lol. I plan on being an Architect roughly 80k i do believe.

[Khazrael]

I dropped out of college. For me, it was the right choice. Can't say the same for everybody else.I probably should have. I went to one of those 2 year technical colleges that in my opinion didn't really teach me terribly much. I've managed to get a job in my desired field, and I'm sure some of that can be attributed to what I learned in college and the degree I have (which is only an Associates though, no fancy Bachelors or anything) most of my knowledge related to my current job and the reason I got this job is from things I took the initiative in learning on my own.

So basically, I learned what I needed on my own in my own free time, but am still stuck with all the fees that go along with a college tuition. Fail imo.

[Sentack]

Programmer in the personal insurance industry. Mostly in C++.
No Degree. Regret it. I strongly urge anyone in college to finish up, no matter how bad it gets.
Thinking of going back to school to finish up.
Doing decently though in the mean time.

[Sarduci]

Sniper certificate, explosives and weapons training.

...

And I am currently negotiating with my boss
Um, confused as to why you need to negotiate? ?(

[geoffdavison]

College isn't for everyone.. took me two stabs at it 13 years apart to get into the right field..

lets see started with Computer Sci (late 80's early 90's) would have been ok.. but wasn't fun for me... i also spent way to much time drinking and chasing women...

fast forward 13 years.. by that time i had done 4 years in the navy where i was trained in Nuclear power plant operations and radiation safety.. got out worked in Rad Safety and Nuclear power operations at commercial power .. got out of that and became a Financial analyst for a health insurance company (job was denying people health insurance.. it sucked).. decided i wanted to do something worth while so i quit my job at 33 went back to school full time and tada..

I r edumactated...

[Drakkun]

I am an architect for the largest retail developer/owner in the world. I am based in the Los Angeles area. Pretty much I design large malls that cost anywhere from $100 million to $500 million to build. I have a masters in architecture and working towards my AIA license.

For TMNT, I currently make well over $100k after 8 years in architecture.

[Kedash00]

Quoted from "Khayos"
Sniper certificate, explosives and weapons training.

...

And I am currently negotiating with my boss

Um, confused as to why you need to negotiate?

LOL! he has a good point, just post up in a tree somewhere and call your boss and be like

"i can see you through my sniper barrel scope...where is my raise?"

you might get fired/emprisioned, but we all have to take risky chances when it comes to getting a raise :P

[zanthor]

I hate you. I wanna work from home.



SDET (Software tester) @ Microsoft.

No, I do not work on Windows.I've seen the MS Campus, at least the facilities for the Office Team, and it's VERY far from a bad working environment... and enough people around in slippers that you would think you were home...

Me, I'm a Help Desk Supervisor... for a staff of 2 full time and 2 interns, the 5 of us support 250+ users in 8 countries and help maintain a network that spans all our locations. "Help Desk Supervisor" is a lot like calling "Superman" a good samaritan.

[Mudd]

Software engineer for Electronic Arts. I work on the 3D engine and graphics stuffs for PS3 and 360 games. Program in C/C++ and assembly. Contrary to popular belief, we do not get to play games all day.

[Klamor]

living in my mom's basement, trying to get a job at the local movie theatre :)

[Wilbur]

I'm working in support for the worlds leading management strategist company.

2nd Line Tech support & 2nd Line Network Technician.

I dropped out of university after two years, was studying Computer Systems and Networking. It was shit. I'm hoping to get more into network design/management after my CCNA.

[Zutok]

Software Developer (working on a start-up CAD [Computer-Aided Dispatch for Police Agencies]), w/ a Masters in Cryptology & Computer Science.

[Fragmad]

I'm a student from Sweden. I get 100$ every month and still live with my parents :D
So yeah, multiboxing is pretty expensive (altough I'm still on my first free month).

Currently studying to become a Gamedesigner/programmer.

[Grelius]

Been a web developer since graduating (PHP, ASP), now doing all C# development... do a bit more than just web development these days, but we'll see what my manager thinks about that next review time :P.

[Suvega]

Guessing some of the higher end ones (attorney, consultant, etc) make low to mid 6 figures.

High 5, low 6 is certainly possible for some higher end "IT" jobs.

Edit: "Programmer" likely (sadly?) does not fall into the above categories. Hard to compete with overseas talent that works for 1/10th of the salary.

Depends, its pretty much a myth, as the quality of hte code is HORRENDOUS.

Mostly we use outsourced work for porting, executing test cases, manual testing, etc.

[Suvega]

I'm a program manager at Microsoft.

And yes, I work on Windows
MOBILE!!.

You can see my work here-> www.t-mobileshadow.com. I helped lead the team that made the phone look so DAMN COOL.

[Los]

wut wut you said an IPhone? ;)

ot: Back end software - Programmer, I work at a firm that sells stuff on the internetz and we provide the company with a sound working structure.. or smt like that at least :)

[Katharsis]

Retired! *roar*

[Manaburner]

Emergency Physician at a 300 bed hospital. I do a lot of multi-tasking as it is so multiple characters just came natural for me. Fortunately I can't be outsourced.... yet!

[sanix]

I'm a java developper for a fast growing startup company in the bay area.

By the way, programmers can make 6 figures, even in Canada (I used to live in Montreal and Toronto).

[Xzin]

By the way, programmers can make 6 figures, even in Canada (I used to live in Montreal and Toronto).

Of course but generally more senior ones. Entry level? Ehhhhh.

[unit187]

I am level designer for Russian MMORPG. This work seems to be pretty boring for people like me so I am planning to work in near future as freelancer artist (textures, scetches, whatever).

[iztehzha]

I own 3 companies which all is under the internet services category.

C7 HOSTING - Webhosting
C7 GAMES - Gameservers
dotWebs - Webdesign / Programming

[dizz]

Senior developer at MSFT. And no I don't work on Windows either. :)

[Rickson9]

I am an investor. I run my own investment fund at http://www.ticonline.com

In addition to the fund, my wife and I own a few properties and invest in real estate.

I play WoW as I wait for opportunity.

[Xzin]

http://calculatedrisk.blogspot.com/2008/03/february-existing-home-sales.html

USA centric real estate view but shows the spin on real estate numbers and how bad they really are.

[Quix]

I'm the Inventory Control Manager, & Foreign Trade Zone/Import/Export Manager, for a large Swedish Furniture Company's Western North American Distribution Center.
(I work in a big warehouse.)

[Nitro]

Software development, mostly microsoft contracts. My wife and I also make a fair bit of money in Second Life we own about 10 sims and run several businesses so I can afford to coast on that for months at a time if I dont feel like working.

[Nitro]

.. largest perk is working from home :)

I hate you. I wanna work from home.



SDET (Software tester) @ Microsoft.

No, I do not work on Windows.

Look up Attenex, they have a location in Seattle and allow a few work from home days a week, pay a fair bit better than Ms as well. They were in deep need of SDET's as of a few months ago. Agile/Scrum shop if you like that style.

[chris916]

I'm sort of shocked not many ppl are in my line of work.



I remodel/regut, basically make all the rich peoples home go from drag to wow!
"Kitchen and Bath remodler"

Doesn't pay near as well as most of your jobs tho, about 50k a year atm. But its damn nice seeing something that I made go from ick to incredibly beautiful. :) Self Pride FTW!



Also, i'm 23. So I guess its not to bad for my age. I'm currently looking around for other ideas tho to make more to support my family better tho.

Xzin: Whoops! Didn't mean to edit, I clicked the wrong button!

[Lokked]

I have an undergrad degree in Engineering Physics, although I'm currently training for Instrumentation Engineering Technology, which will be recognised along with my EP degree as an Instrumentation Engineering Undergraduate Degree by APEGGA after I write a test :p

So.....does that make me a Student??

well, I get paid to go to school :p

Lokked

[Xzin]

I'm sort of shocked not many ppl are in my line of work.
I basically make [other] rich peoples home go from drag to wow!
Doesn't pay near as well.
I'm currently looking around for other ideas tho.



Yeah, totally amazes me too why so few people would choose such an exciting and upwardly mobile career choice.

Not trying to belittle :) You do a great service.

[TMNT]

I'm sort of shocked not many ppl are in my line of work.
I basically make [other] rich peoples home go from drag to wow!
Doesn't pay near as well.
I'm currently looking around for other ideas tho.



Yeah, totally amazes me too why so few people would choose such an exciting and upwardly mobile career choice.

Not trying to belittle :) You do a great service.We all cant be captin crunch with your serial entrepreneurship. Im really curious about how you go about this. If any more light could be shed on how one accomplishes this and roughly how much you make. Do you just make and sell businesses?

[marvein]

I am a systems engineer for an IT general contractor

I have no degree but am certified in A+, Network +, secuirity +, MCSA, and MCSE on both windows 2000 and 2003. (basically lots of fancy letters after my name that mean nothing without experience hehe)

Ive been 'in the industry' since I was 15 (corporate helpdesk technician) and ill be turning 25 this year so I consider myself doing fairly well for not even having an associates degree, sadly I dont have a house though because the market in denver is pretty pricey (even with the recent drops) Its a typical 8-5 job with the ocassional overnighter or extremely long days on a remote job site (just spent 2/3rds of february in neenah, wisconsin on a project, ewww)

[Pararanger]

Well I am a Sergeant in the US Army stationed in Ft. Campbell, KY, currently deployed to Iraq, I tell ya though I should have dual citizenship for this freaking country by now being this is my 4th time here and 5th deployment all within the last 6yrs "Rakkasan"

Edited: I also have a Assoc. Degree in Network Admin, A+, Network +, MCSA, MCSE, and in the process of doing my CCNA, so if anyone has any job openings hit me up, hint hint! HAHA!

[Kicksome]

I run the web-game www.godsoftime.com

[Mosg2]

I'm an E-6 in the Navy--I work in a technical field that doesn't allow me to talk much about what I do :) At my rank though, half of my job is acting as a supervisor for my junior people... Fun stuff!

I have an associates degree in Korean.

[bodefeld]

Scientist, drug research. PhD in biochemistry.

[firest4rter]

Im the Australian and New Zealand Regional Manager for a very large Indian IT outsourcer. Business development is my main focus as that is whats most important for the business at the moment, so I find myself selling software services most of the time.

[Notes]

Running a game store here, set it up 4 months ago, and moving to my second store within 2 months. Basicly I sell anything from Xbox 360 to WoW action figures. Having alot of Xbox 1, Gamecube, Dreamcast and Nintendo games for all their consoles, makes it the place to be for gamers...

And yeah making more then enough to pay for 6 WoW's and everything that comes with multi-boxing :thumbsup:

edit: But to keep the anti-MB community happy: "zomg I gotz riches parrants whoes payz my wow's and I be selling gold lotz and also charrakkterz!"

[opt]

i work for an electrical company, ive started my trade as a refridgirtation mechanic & i live in rural australia.The key is not to smoke or drink too much, but you can still enjoy life just find your balance:)

[Kfunk]

Same thing as Mosg2 except I'm out of the military and contracting with the NRO. Arabic.

[Team_Supa]

Medium size business owner of a network engineering / design firm, currently working on fiber links in Australia mainly, and tenders in for the new trans oceanic links.

MCSE / CCIE / DIP IT internetwork comms.

[Eteocles]

Notes: WTB [Wii] PST =(

[d0z3rr]

I guess people are forgetting cost of living. For those of you in the higher 6 figures it definitely doesn't pertain to you. But anyone making less than 120k knows what I mean.

Here in VA 90k a year is nothing spectactular. In fact, it's below average. Average salary my county is $101k/year. Neighboring county is about $99k/year. Condominiums are selling for $500k, Townhouses $700k. If you want a single family house, look to buy from from the 1960's for about $350k.

If I was making my salary in the Midwest (colorado, north dakota, wyoming) I'd be frickin set! But Northern Virginia is a nice place despite the cost of living.

[Ziran]

I work as an IC design engineer for a mid size company in US.

Ziran

[Gallo]

I guess people are forgetting cost of living. For those of you in the higher 6 figures it definitely doesn't pertain to you. But anyone making less than 120k knows what I mean.

Here in VA 90k a year is nothing spectactular. In fact, it's below average. Average salary my county is $101k/year. Neighboring county is about $99k/year. Condominiums are selling for $500k, Townhouses $700k. If you want a single family house, look to buy from from the 1960's for about $350k.

If I was making my salary in the Midwest (colorado, north dakota, wyoming) I'd be frickin set! But Northern Virginia is a nice place despite the cost of living.

You live in Fairfax County? You must be close to me. Yeah, the cost of living is really high here. You know its bad when for Fairfax county you can apply for Low-Income housing loans if you and your spouse make less than $110k/year. LOW INCOME? WTF!? I just bought a townhouse, so even higher costs... booyah.

[geoffdavison]

Notes: WTB [Wii] PST =(lol should have said something a month ago.. traded mine in for a PS3..

[DarkslayrX]

Real Estate Developer (Condos, Apartments, Retail, Student Housing and MOB's (medical office buildings))

Despite the downturn in the housing market and tighter lending practices, things still look good.

[Eteocles]

Notes: WTB [Wii] PST =(lol should have said something a month ago.. traded mine in for a PS3..

I hate you. Not just because you traded a Wii when the stock is still so low this long after release, but because of all things you had to trade for it was a ps3, Gaming's "D" student. :P

[geoffdavison]

Notes: WTB [Wii] PST =(lol should have said something a month ago.. traded mine in for a PS3..

I hate you. Not just because you traded a Wii when the stock is still so low this long after release, but because of all things you had to trade for it was a ps3, Gaming's "D" student. :P

Ehh :P well the DVD wars are over and I wanted a blue ray player :D

Plus the fact I moved from atlanta where i had 3000sq ft house to northern cali where we have 1000sqft.... ugggggggggg

[TMNT]

Yeah the prices are INSANE In cali.

[Gallo]

Yeah, welcome to the lands of high cost of living Geoff. Though, I'm moving this week from a 700sqft apartment to a 1800sqft Townhouse :) I'm excited.

[Biz]

Rent for my one bedroom apartment in NYC is $2700. And that's below average. QQ :thumbdown:

[Gallo]

Rent for my one bedroom apartment in NYC is $2700. And that's below average. I have no sympathy.

Yeah, coming from a smaller city in Western NY, it was hard to wrap my head around such high costs of living. I've come to the conclusion that things are all relative though. Most people in the country couldn't fathom buying a house for $400k or more. Here, its normal... its just that more of your net worth is tied up in housing. Crazy though

[Clanked]

I'm an E-6 in the Navy--I work in a technical field that doesn't allow me to talk much about what I do :)
I have an associates degree in Korean.
Hello fellow intel guy. :)
Linguist?

Personally I am Intel for the USAF. We basicly are supposed to know everything about enemy aircraft/sams/aaa.
However, I am currently working on becoming specialized in computer network attack/defense. My job is one of those "do everything" jobs. We are supposed to have general knowledge on everything, and be able to quickly research in depth into anything.

[Decepto]

I'm a web application developer. Python, Rails, Php, etc.

[geoffdavison]

The rental market in this area is weird too.. they collect 20 or so apps for a rental property and then decide who they want to rent to.. i'm used to first come first served... weird competing just for a damn place to live

[Decepto]

Software engineer for Electronic Arts. I work on the 3D engine and graphics stuffs for PS3 and 360 games. Program in C/C++ and assembly. Contrary to popular belief, we do not get to play games all day. Can I ask what routines you are writing in assembly? I remember writing inline assembly with pascal for graphics routines. But, at this day in age, writing assembly for anything other than systems or kernel development seems unnecessary.

Edit: Oh wait. I see ps3, I'm sure you've got to write a bunch of assembly for the cell processors.

[Decepto]

Running a game store here, set it up 4 months ago, and moving to my second store within 2 months. Basicly I sell anything from Xbox 360 to WoW action figures. Having alot of Xbox 1, Gamecube, Dreamcast and Nintendo games for all their consoles, makes it the place to be for gamers...

And yeah making more then enough to pay for 6 WoW's and everything that comes with multi-boxing :thumbsup:

edit: But to keep the anti-MB community happy: "zomg I gotz riches parrants whoes payz my wow's and I be selling gold lotz and also charrakkterz!"I hope your store does well. I can't speak for anyone else, but in my experience, every game store or comic book store that I've seen open closes within 1 to 2 years. It's really sad. I guess you just have to have the right location. Do you sell on ebay as well?

[elo]

JOATC IT guy with some project management experience working for a flight simulation company. Low level web and SQL programming/scripting skills, general network admin, server admin on Windows and Linux. Basically I fill the gaps for the companies I work for. I ramp up quick and basically get things done where the specialists throw up their hands and say 'not my problem, talk to the ______ guy'. I love it because I get to play with such a great spread of technology and people. Currently I'm working on an SCM system for work that blatantly defies SCM, a 70TB storage upgrade, and some process improvement in the CM realm.

I agree with whoever stated that $75/month isn't a lot for a hobby. Hell I'd surpass that if I played two games of golf a month. Seriously if people think $75/month is a lot for a game they should be spending their extra time working on their career or moonlighting. $75/month is NOT enough margin to deal with life's issues (Dr's visit $30+, tire replacement $75+, speeding ticket $80+, washing machine breaks $80+, etc. etc.).

[Gallo]

I agree with whoever stated that $75/month isn't a lot for a hobby. Hell I'd surpass that if I played two games of golf a month. Seriously if people think $75/month is a lot for a game they should be spending their extra time working on their career or moonlighting. $75/month is NOT enough margin to deal with life's issues (Dr's visit $30+, tire replacement $75+, speeding ticket $80+, washing machine breaks $80+, etc. etc.).

The line I always give people is "Shoot, $75 is less than a lot of people's cell phone bills".

[Los]

holy shit at salaries coming by here, time to move to the u s of a

[Gallo]

holy shit at salaries coming by here, time to move to the u s of a I don't know where you're from, but it its Europe/UK, remember that currency rates are crazy lately. $1 USD = 2 British Pounds or 1.5 Euros. So, $100k USD is $50k pounds.

[Lynly]

I work as a project manager for a large global law firm, managing back office systems as well as high level analysis of various things. My degrees are in Economics & German Studies with a minor in ComSci.

[yarr]

i'm a new Electrical Engineer for Raytheon (Government contractor)

[Lynly]

Rent for my one bedroom apartment in NYC is $2700. And that's below average. QQ :thumbdown:LOL... bet you don't spend $500 a month in gasoline though. $2,700 is below the average of a typical mortgage in CA and that's before all the "extras" (taxes, HOA fees, etc.).

[Tonuss]

Rent for my one bedroom apartment in NYC is $2700. And that's below average. QQ :thumbdown:I was very lucky in my timing, I got an excellent deal on a co-op just before my salary really began climbing. Big apartment (3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths), balcony, river view... paid it off in less than five years and I pay less than half as much per month for maintenance you do for your apt (sorry!).

But yes, cost of living can be a bit of a shock to people who don't live in a big and expensive city. :x

I have to say, I really wish all of those retards who "feel sorry for" us because we spend... gasp!... $75 a month on WoW accounts are reading this thread. Does $75 a month seem like so much now? Muahahahahahaaaaaaa...

[tommyg]

PhD candidate, studying Computer Science, specifically Bioinformatics. I make 10k per year (that's no typo, 10k per year) after student fees with my research assistantship. Basically, I write my own custom data mining tools in C# to be used on protein networks and ontologies. The actual work and the flexible schedule are nice, but I would have done something different if I had to do it all over again.

[Dorffo]

Presentation layer developer (web).

So I pretty much sit around building websites and/or other interactive media (Flash/Silverlight).

[marvein]

I agree with whoever stated that $75/month isn't a lot for a hobby. Hell I'd surpass that if I played two games of golf a month. Seriously if people think $75/month is a lot for a game they should be spending their extra time working on their career or moonlighting. $75/month is NOT enough margin to deal with life's issues (Dr's visit $30+, tire replacement $75+, speeding ticket $80+, washing machine breaks $80+, etc. etc.).

The line I always give people is "Shoot, $75 is less than a lot of people's cell phone bills".

I always use the line of "i spend more than that on my gf each month" that way its a double shot as in, yes I can afford this, and yes I have a life/gf so move along hater.

[Skuggomann]

Well i do Scool and wen i need monney i give ppl a handy in the ally ;)


also in the summer i work in places like subway exept its in iceland so i get aroudn 400-500$ a weak (depending on how much i work)

but usually i dont work at all, but heii icland wasent voted the best place to live in the world for no reason ;)


/e rubs lotion on his chest

[Kopitar]

We grow these...
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/whri/research/mushroomresearch/mushroomquality/mushrooms.jpg

[Thedonsquad]

I'm an E-6 in the Navy--I work in a technical field that doesn't allow me to talk much about what I do :)
I have an associates degree in Korean.
Hello fellow intel guy. :)
Linguist?

Personally I am Intel for the USAF. We basicly are supposed to know everything about enemy aircraft/sams/aaa.
However, I am currently working on becoming specialized in computer network attack/defense. My job is one of those "do everything" jobs. We are supposed to have general knowledge on everything, and be able to quickly research in depth into anything.E-5 Army Military Intel here... i work at EPCOT!... haha, j/k... there are a lot of giant white golf balls around tho. =)

[Thedonsquad]

Rent for my one bedroom apartment in NYC is $2700. And that's below average. QQ :thumbdown:LOL... bet you don't spend $500 a month in gasoline though. $2,700 is below the average of a typical mortgage in CA and that's before all the "extras" (taxes, HOA fees, etc.).
HAH! Try the 2970 GBP for my place... yes thats nearly $6000 a month

not to mention the $8+ a gallon for gasoline...

to top it off i head to tokyo in a year. i don't think i'll be living off base as the prices for tiny places are crazy

[Stealthy]

Product Manager for a large IT distribution company in Australia, currently looking after Toshiba & Microsoft.

It gives me access to cheap hardware & software! :D

Cheers,

Stealthy

[mimo72]

I am in the US Army E-5(SGT) Ammunition Specialist(89B). Prior service US Marines Corp (E-5)SGT Aviation Hydraulic Intermediate Mech(6062) 12yrs. 10 mos. 6 more years to 20 and planning on retire :D right at 20 yrs. Currently 3 boxing shaman, recently got some hardware to 5 box only problem is due to change duty location so everything is packed for atleast a month before I can setup my rigs :cursing: . Anyoung Ha Sayo :thumbsup: from S.Korea

[Lyonheart]

Automotive locksmith

[khundawg]

Photographer, check the site link for my work.... Any for any of you 1920x1080 types out there, ya, I know my image on the landing page is too small.

[Psybercop]

15 Years US Air Force Special Operations (it stopped being fun for some reason), Then became a Deputy Sheriff (13 years) where I was a Cybercrimes Investigator and SWAT Certified (Room entry, Breaching, etc) was on my way to K9 and Sniper but life threw me a curve and I crippled my shoulder on a call of a burglary alarm. So now I'm unemployed and looking for work with the exceptions of my part time jobs that pays most of the bills and allows me to box when I have time.

[pb13]

Finishing up my honors comp sci with minor in mathematics degree this april.
In fact, its been about 30 minutes since I finished the final report for my undergraduate comp sci thesis.

[TheGreek]

Solutions Architect for a Major US IT outsourcing company.

Basically, I go into a company that has put out an RFP for hosting/managed services and figure out what it would cost for us to turn around and provide hosting and managed services to them so that they can concentrate on whatever their business was meant to do, and leave the IT to me.

Unfortunately, part of my job is leveraging offshore resources to bring the cost of services down. I have to admit that I am one of those evil guys that kills some US jobs every year. Not a part that i'm proud of, but its all because of the mortgage. (Thank you for smoking)

The Greek

[Doubleo7]

Correctional Officer - Clinical Care, Maximum Security,

and a full time student studying business and computers.

[kermitforney]

Database Developer/Administrator/Architect
WebDev/Programmer C#, C++, VB.Net, CSS, HTML, ActionScript, etc. . . . .

my 2 cents

[Atorifan]

Mostly QQ, fyi

I'm a process server. I serve south of Seattle in WA down to/through the northern part of Pierce county (the next southern county). It's typical that I drive 100 miles a day. I'm the guy that gets to ruin holidays, see struggling families get papers in front of their (hopefully) clueless kids, deliver to seniors who might be in the last residence of their lives. Ya, it's loads of fun. The work isn't difficult, except I get blamed for people knowing the system and just don't open the door. And then I get to go back to them over the next few days. Then start the process the next month. I've served some of the same tenants for 6yrs, almost monthly. I get to deal with a legal system that's more on the tenant's side, than on the people who are getting ripped off. It's not legal, but it's not illegal; like joyriding. Dealing with managers who won't tell me that the guy is out of town, oops, or in jail. 'Oh, ya the address is SE 272nd street' and not 272nd St. SE, (sorry you went across the county/town area because I'm too dim-witted to get the directional in the right place (even though that's the only property I own).

Listening to the boss about how I'm not performing well, when I've been up at 5a work til 9 or 10, try and sleep in the day. I'll try to start about 7p which helps with traffic and when most people are home, ending after 11p many nights. I work 7 days a week, most of them this double shift. So I switched to just staying up til 5am Trying to nap after midnight often results in failure. I'm often so tired, my brain is mush. But being who I am, I really don't fit in with many people, nor do I really try any longer. So, it's what I can do, work wise, no degree. While I'm no where near being successful, for the few wants I have, I'm pretty definitely comfortable.

With all this, I really could go on n on...and on, really. Been on my mind a lot lately. After the 1600th door that you can see/hear that they are there, but you're impotent, it really is a pretty sad job. There's a few bright anecdotes involving women wearing near or totally nothing. Luckily, I haven't been really assaulted, or set on fire as a NY Marshal was (with his own lighter, no less). Some kind, friendly people along my route that bring a smile to me on a monthly basis. Mostly, though, it's the avoiders and the people who are there on a daily basis and often monthly, that claim they don't live there. They promise to inform the legal resident who should be back 'in an hour'.

Sorry for the rant. In closing, personality and my schedule is what brought me to multiboxing.

[Bloodyeye]

I'm a Dry Etch technician at Intel. The toolset I work on makes the little interconnect lines for connection transistors and sram together. 0.45um stuff these days. I work 12 hr days, 4 on 4 off and 3 on and 3 off. So, I play on days off and not much on days that i work 12 hrs and have to get up at 0430 sucks....

BS EET

[Kaynin]

I run three family companies.. However!

It's 65 euro a month for me. That's like, about the same amount I'd spend when going out on a saturday evening. Instead of wasting my money on alcohol I just waste it on entertainment. If you think about it, there are far sillier things people waste money on and it's not really that much money at all. xP

[KSboxers]

I'm a Dry Etch technician at Intel. The toolset I work on makes the little interconnect lines for connection transistors and sram together. 0.45um stuff these days. I work 12 hr days, 4 on 4 off and 3 on and 3 off. So, I play on days off and not much on days that i work 12 hrs and have to get up at 0430 sucks....

BS EETI was wondering if any manufacturing people would show up. I did wet etch maint for Agere/Lucent/AT&T (name changed every couple years or so) for about 10 years, then the plant closed and moved to Singapore. So then i moved to ID and worked for Micron doing photo maint for 2 years. They had a big reduction to move some work overseas and dumped 1000 people. Pretty much all the new people (guess who that included :thumbsup: ). So now my wife and i are back in FL where the state is currently funding my reeducation (special program for people in career level jobs that have been outsourced out of the country). Lucky for me i have a house the i inherited and paid off both my cars while i was in ID. So i do a bit of consulting work and go to school, but mostly play WoW and go hang out at my sisters condo on the beach. I never thought i would be so happy to lose my job. Did manufacturing maint for 12 years and always wished i was doing IT work. But as you know it's feast or famine, so when i wasn't getting layed off i was spending every second at work with no time to go to school. I should have known something was wrong when all the way through college i never liked the hands on stuff but loved the theory.

[Mini]

I am currently attending what's equal to a technical high school, and planning to attend to the university to be an IT Engineer next year. In my spare time i am a magician.

[dancook]

I'm a web developer, ecommerce websites and internet applications and general design work, I never went to uni and I am now 25.

http://www.elephantbeanbags.co.uk ('http://www.elephantbeanbags.co.uk')

http://www.lasiesta-uk.co.uk ('http://www.lasiesta-uk.co.uk')

http://www.thebigcookshop.co.uk ('http://www.thebigcookshop.co.uk')

http://www.metz-uk.com ('http://www.metz-uk.com')

I'm also developing, almost finished, an epos project - till software to be used in about five lighting stores. Programmed from scratch, uses CFC Ajax and has very in depth stock control.

[Emo?]

Still in tha School, only 1,5 year left! :P but that a good thing, more time for WoW :thumbsup:

[Oswyn]

Field Applications Engineer for a microprocessor company that's not Intel. :)

[Ðeceased]

Research Scientist/Computer Modeller/translator for a Nanotechnology Company and in my spare time I'm training to be a teacher

BSci in Chemistry (should have done Maths tho :S)

[Bloodyeye]

I'm a Dry Etch technician at Intel. The toolset I work on makes the little interconnect lines for connection transistors and sram together. 0.45um stuff these days. I work 12 hr days, 4 on 4 off and 3 on and 3 off. So, I play on days off and not much on days that i work 12 hrs and have to get up at 0430 sucks....

BS EETI was wondering if any manufacturing people would show up. I did wet etch maint for Agere/Lucent/AT&T (name changed every couple years or so) for about 10 years, then the plant closed and moved to Singapore. So then i moved to ID and worked for Micron doing photo maint for 2 years. They had a big reduction to move some work overseas and dumped 1000 people. Pretty much all the new people (guess who that included :thumbsup: ). So now my wife and i are back in FL where the state is currently funding my reeducation (special program for people in career level jobs that have been outsourced out of the country). Lucky for me i have a house the i inherited and paid off both my cars while i was in ID. So i do a bit of consulting work and go to school, but mostly play WoW and go hang out at my sisters condo on the beach. I never thought i would be so happy to lose my job. Did manufacturing maint for 12 years and always wished i was doing IT work. But as you know it's feast or famine, so when i wasn't getting layed off i was spending every second at work with no time to go to school. I should have known something was wrong when all the way through college i never liked the hands on stuff but loved the theory.Nice, I've been doing this for about 15 yrs now. Originally from Fort Walton Beach FL. After joining the USAF and letting them pay for College I went to work for Intel after 10 yrs in the military. Been here in New Mexico ever since. Was avionics technician on F-111 aircraft and ben working electronics ever since. Hope it lasts till the house if paid off, 6 more years, never know in the semiconductor business.

[KSboxers]

Nice, I've been doing this for about 15 yrs now. Originally from Fort Walton Beach FL. After joining the USAF and letting them pay for College I went to work for Intel after 10 yrs in the military. Been here in New Mexico ever since. Was avionics technician on F-111 aircraft and ben working electronics ever since. Hope it lasts till the house if paid off, 6 more years, never know in the semiconductor business.
omg, NM? haha. one of my old coworkers is at Intel there. Tell Geg Yatco i said hey. This is the old SOB he gave a professional reference to Micron after Agere closed. Tell him i finally gave up on the manufacturing industry. Greg is probably hangin around some aspect of maint. He was the best eng i ever met. Motivation + logical thinking to the extreme. Sadly i never had the natural mech ability he does.

[Zenthor]

Software support. Translation...I get yelled at for others programming errors.

[farkenell]

it specialist, I do varying jobs dealing with IT related stuff. I work in a prison too :) great fun.

[turbopinto]

I work at a little computer processor company that rhymes with "swintel" in lovely (not) NM. gas systems.

[Marathon]

7th Grade Texas History Teacher for Houston I.S.D. :thumbsup:

[Myth]

WOW... by chance have I put any of you to work? :P

I am a Technical Recruiter/Accounts Manager for an IT Consulting firm.

If you need a job look me up I am sure I can find something good for a fellow boxer.

-Myth

[kayb]

10+ years as a consultant to the airforce. Radar systems, link systems, electronic warfare.

[TMNT]

I just cant believe this topic has gotten this big this fast. Day 1 it had 4-5 pages lol. Very diverse career topics

[Wilbur]

Is it only me who's not entirely surprised that a lot of us work as "technologists"? I thought we would have had a lot of people who worked in IT, but I had no idea of the hugely diverse skill set available to us Multiboxers :-D

[Gallo]

I'm certainly not surprised that a lot of us are "technologists". Who else in their right mind would set up 5 computers for 1 game... or even think of running 5 clients off 1 PC? :)

[Xzin]

I am not very surprised really. I assumed a broad yet geeky inclined user base. Your average burger slinger isn't *likely* to have the capital and mental resources to figure all of this out.

[Gallo]

I am not very surprised really. I assumed a broad yet geeky inclined user base. Your average burger slinger isn't *likely* to have the capital and mental resources to figure all of this out.

Well, I think that misses the point a little. We have a ton of IT-related fields in here, but where is the Human Resources Exec? Where is the Fund Manager? Where is the Civil Engineer?

[DarthLucid]

PhD candidate, studying Computer Science, specifically Bioinformatics. I make 10k per year (that's no typo, 10k per year) after student fees with my research assistantship. Basically, I write my own custom data mining tools in C# to be used on protein networks and ontologies. The actual work and the flexible schedule are nice, but I would have done something different if I had to do it all over again.haha, grad school, good times. Before I split on my PhD, I was making 19k a year-- a while ago admittedly -- however, that's for living in Cambridge, MA, which could well be worse than 10k/yr. I knew people who lived in people's attics, and still the rent wasn't cheap. Somehow, though, I didn't think it was a big deal.

[Taipan]

Greetings,

After a quick shot as an officer in the French Army under the direct orders of a Foreign Legion general (ouch... but best leader I ever had, RIP Sir), moved to HongKong to run an export business then back to France for an MBA (INSEAD for those familiar with that field).
Later joined the world 2nd retail chain as deputy director, int'l purchasing, -after an assignement in Istambul, Turkey- while investigating private business opportunities in Australia.
Switched to online commerce during the dot.com boom and sold my company to a major US online media property while the crash was homing in :D , spent some time there as part of their EU Managing Board.
Until I re-launched two companies, one in environmental-friendly technologies and one in online commerce.
Currently looking for the next-gen idea that'll get me excited and rant again about days being only 24 hours long (and no, not all Frenchies are lazy buggers going on strike until retirement) 8)

/salute
PS : I played Space Invaders in arcade outlets back in 78; yes I'm that old of a fart :thumbsup:

[Katharsis]

I dropped out of college also. I had a 3.0 average and 12 credit hours remaining. But, what would one do with an art major? I moved to the beach and drove a garbage truck for a year. But that was a long time ago.


PS : I played Space Invaders in arcade outlets back in 78; yes I'm that old of a fart

Pffft, I started out on Pong.

[pinotnoir]

I am a firefighter for Kansas City Mo. I have been on the job for 13years. I also own a wine shop and run the website plazawine.com.

[warden1337]

sysadmin at an ontario university. pretty happy here.

you can't work in a place with more beautiful women... well maybe a resort in mexico.. :)

W.

[tommyg]

I am a firefighter for Kansas City Mo. I have been on the job for 13years. I also own a wine shop and run the website plazawine.com.Woots, KCMO! I grew up there and really miss it here at school. Well, I don't miss the snow and ice and subzero temperatures during the winter, but South Carolina just isn't as nice as home. Clemson University is kind of out in the country, so I'm basically a "city boy yankee" out in the middle of the rural South. :S

That's awesome that you own a shop in the Plaza. I've always liked that area and wanted to live there. Maybe I'll get an apartment down there someday when I get tired of school. :thumbsup:

[Zite83]

Glad to see a Subway person in here :p I'm a 24 year old Su-chef at a middle class restaurant and I cook food for people that pay to eat it! Go food! I really need to go back to school and do what I love most.... Comptuers, programing, and video games

[Khazrael]

I am a firefighter for Kansas City Mo. I have been on the job for 13years. I also own a wine shop and run the website plazawine.com.Nice, I live in the KC area as well, on the Kansas side though (Olathe). Nice to see some (relatively) local folk around.

[TMNT]

I am not very surprised really. I assumed a broad yet geeky inclined user base. Your average burger slinger isn't *likely* to have the capital and mental resources to figure all of this out.Hey....I make sandwiches at Subway :P hahaha

[sanix]

Greetings,

After a quick shot as an officer in the French Army under the direct orders of a Foreign Legion general (ouch... but best leader I ever had, RIP Sir), moved to HongKong to run an export business then back to France for an MBA (INSEAD for those familiar with that field).
He he, ca fait plaisir de voir d'autres francais multiboxers :)

Currently looking for the next-gen idea that'll get me excited and rant again about days being only 24 hours long (and no, not all Frenchies are lazy buggers going on strike until retirement) 8)
QFT, I work 12h a day on average as a Senior Java developer for a startup company in the bay area

[Eteocles]

No worries TMNT, making a complex, custom-order sub is far more challenging/rewarding than sticking a slab of meat under a heat lamp and calling it a day :p(Not poking fun at you, promise)

[starfired]

I am an entrepreneur in general and currently the CEO of a content media company which focuses on the online media content side of the Internet. For WoW, you may have has seen one of my projects in Wowhead.com (I was the former CEO until we sold). I also have some developments just around the corner (Any programmers out there? Hit me up!).
Own a web design + advertising company in Vegas. Hit me up you entrepreneurs for killer (or simple for your web 2.0 fans) branding on your next project!

[TMNT]

No worries TMNT, making a complex, custom-order sub is far more challenging/rewarding than sticking a slab of meat under a heat lamp and calling it a day :p(Not poking fun at you, promise)Thanks man. Thanks. Xzin doesn't think a subway sandwich artist can MB. Well here is living proof. 400 bucks a month covers my MB'ing expenses.

[Mokoi]

have a degree in New Media, and early in my career I took to Film and Television before I found out it was an empty soul-sucking gravitational pit of emptiness.
I worked on some movies you may know, including Blades of Glory and Vantage Point recently.

now I am a student studying to get my teaching degree and hopefully be able to sleep at nght secure in the knowledge that my lifes accomplishments wont plateau at "I was able to make it look like Will Ferrell could skate on ice"

hopefully...

[Xzin]

No worries TMNT, making a complex, custom-order sub is far more challenging/rewarding than sticking a slab of meat under a heat lamp and calling it a day :p(Not poking fun at you, promise)Thanks man. Thanks. Xzin doesn't think a subway sandwich artist can MB. Well here is living proof. 400 bucks a month covers my MB'ing expenses.

That's not what I said :)

[Eteocles]

Regardless they get some respect out of me too...being on their feet all day in that heat and dealing with pissy "HURRY THE FUCK UP AND FEED MY FAT ASS OR ILL SIT ON YOU" people...it's like customer service but instead of talking to someone over the phone in yer nice comfy cubicle you get to deal with them up close and personal...s'why I'm glad I took the work part instead of phone team, I sat with the phone team one day and listened in on some Merchant calls...I don't understand how any of them keep their sanity dealing with that all day. You think customers bitching are bad you've never heard a Hotel Manager who's pissed we debited their $5,000+ charge back to the customer for fraud...lord lol

Bottom line: I salute thee, people who put up with other people, especially picky people, all day. :P

[kermitforney]

[/quote]QFT, I work 12h a day on average as a Senior Java developer for a startup company in the bay area[/quote]

Woohoo, Bay Area IT FTW!!!!!

[kermitforney]

QFT, I work 12h a day on average as a Senior Java developer for a startup company in the bay area

Ok, got it right this time!! 8|

[keyclone]

there is nothing wrong with working subway...

before i was full time software, i did just about everything i could...
1. mowing lawns (constant from 8..18 )
2. shoveling driveways (12..18 )
3. worked a farm (2 years, 13..14)
4. bus boy / dishwasher / stock boy / short order cook (4 different jobs, 14..16)
5. sold assorted goodies for my high school class (13..17 .. good for salesmanship and gets exposure talking to customers)
6. fast food.. burger king, deli (15..17)
7. parts runner for an auto shop (17..18 )
8. gas station attendant (17..23, multiple stations)
9. construction (19, concrete forms.. sucked hard)

at 19 i worked for bowmar ali (def. contractor)
at 19 i worked for Wang labs (goes to show how old i am.. and yes... i do fart dust)
at 20 i worked for an MIT think tank/def. contractor outside of boston for 4 years

then it was real work. in all of those jobs, i made squat (<$8/hr) until i was 23.. when i decided i knew more then the others and pushed for a raise to $15/hr or i was walking (really, i was pissed they made me cancel my 3-day weekend trip with my girl at the last minute.. and i was brought to dc to run the office of 10 people... all of which made 3 or 4 times what i made)

the point being, set a goal for yourself... disregard the temporary jobs along the way... and you will succeed in getting where you want to be, so long as you continue to take positive steps in the direction you want to be. avoid anything that could be considered a negative step, and it'll all work out in the end.

[Los]

holy shit at salaries coming by here, time to move to the u s of a I don't know where you're from, but it its Europe/UK, remember that currency rates are crazy lately. $1 USD = 2 British Pounds or 1.5 Euros. So, $100k USD is $50k pounds.Don't worry I do know how to calculate something like that, and still I see a lot of high end stuff. Besides the fact that even if the conversion would be wacko at this moment, it also was a few years back. Still, seeing as almost every American at least gets divorced once in a lifespan, its prolly for all the alimony? :P

[pinotnoir]

Regardless they get some respect out of me too...being on their feet all day in that heat and dealing with pissy "HURRY THE FUCK UP AND FEED MY FAT ASS OR ILL SIT ON YOU" people...it's like customer service but instead of talking to someone over the phone in yer nice comfy cubicle you get to deal with them up close and personal...s'why I'm glad I took the work part instead of phone team, I sat with the phone team one day and listened in on some Merchant calls...I don't understand how any of them keep their sanity dealing with that all day. You think customers bitching are bad you've never heard a Hotel Manager who's pissed we debited their $5,000+ charge back to the customer for fraud...lord lol

Bottom line: I salute thee, people who put up with other people, especially picky people, all day. :P

Chargebacks piss me off. Its like a form of rape for business owners. Many of the chargebacks that are made to businesses are legit charges. The credit card holders lie their asses off and it ends up costing the retailer or online store. Not only do they receive the product or service free of charge. The company they scammed it from gets a fine for every chargeback. Its a total cash cow for the credit card companies. And its all at the expense of businesses. If Visa, MC, Amex, and Discover decide they want to do something about chargebacks they could. Until the cash cow ends your always going to see Joe Blow disputing the charge for Shemale Bangers website even though he spanked himself blind watching it. Once the wife finds out or he gets tired of it all he has to do is call his CC company and say I never made that transaction. The money is returned and the company who owns shemale bangers site takes it up the ass in fee's. Not to mention if you get enough chargebacks you can lose your merchant account.

I only use an adult website as an example because they suffer a large portion of false chargebacks. I had a few at my retail shop and it pisses me off. Because I know the people didnt use a stolen card and the person who made the chargeback never canceled the card to get a new one. FYI for anyone.. You can pretty much get anything free right now if you do not sign a receipt at the store. Order online anywhere and its a gamble for the ecommerce company.

I hope I never have to call you one day.

[Eteocles]

Yeah...lord some of the things I see...thankfully we don't process for porn companies so no dealing with shemale bangers disputes ;p But we do process for places like Steam, Gravity(Ragnarok Online's company) among many others...my first few months I didn't like half the shit I saw either, but thanks to Visa/MC's processing rules if the cardholder submits the right info we have to automatically debit it and then the Merchant's got 45 days to prove 'em wrong =\ I feel so bad for some of 'em but I don't have much of a choice, I'm the messenger basically...s'why I took up the Good Faith(last chance/after 45 days're up) work queues, helps a little to give merchants that last shot before they go after the cardholder themselves if the bank says no.

Though that's not to say some are asking for it either...if you ever own a non-online business, DO NOT SELL A DAMN THING WITHOUT GETTING THE SIGNATURE AND CARD IMPRINT OR SWIPE. Soooo many don't bother and it fucks them in the end. You get a signature and you're golden in most non-Airline fraud cases. And if you buy shit online, actually READ the "Click to accept" bullshit they give you; that alone can return the chargeback to the bank on non-fraud cases :p

Luckily for our merchants though Pinot, it's been policy since about 1 year ago to represent any chargeback a merchant responds to around the "5 days left" mark if there's anything remotely useable, in an attempt to help out the Merchants being screwed around like you mentioned. Doesn't mean the greedy bastards won't come back in on you in Arbitration though, but even if that happens there's always Good Faith then good old fashioned Collection Agencies ;p

(And in that hotel example above, the manager was pissed because he sent us a response within 3 days of the debit...useless information, we sent him a letter asking for specific info such as anything signed by the cardholder to validate the charge, he sends us the same shit again, we send another letter bolding what we NEED according to visa and stating a picture of the charges isn't going to help since we know what was charged already, and the THIRD time he sent us the SAME shit. That's when we had to call him up and the above happened.)

Yeah, it's quite the business. lol; and as I said, I specifically avoided the phone team, I was just listening in...the only people I ever spend time on the phone with are the banks trying to get Good Faith stuff taken care of

[Simulacra]

I'm a IT Contractor Java/C#/Sybase/Sql Server. I mostly work for filthy merchant banks to help them extract as much money as possible from their unsuspecting clients by writing systems they don't really need and charging them for the privilage. I've been in the industry for over 20 years - no degree and I even dropped out of high school. I got my start in a mining company, the boss called out from his office and asked if anyone wanted to be a programmer, I put my hand up and never looked back. 20 years later I make AU85 per hour and generally work 40 to 45 hours per week, of which 10 would be reading these forums lol.

[junx]

I guess my job would be being lucky. I was one of the first 20 hires at Amazon.com(I'm still haunted by Jeff Bezos laugh) and then later managed to stumble into a somewhat ground floor position at Google(I worked in Labs). I left both companies with large stock options when the companies got too cult like for my taste. I'm currently doing contract work with NY government.

[Hoho]

I'm a C++ programmer writing some sonar software atm. Before that I wrote some Java/PL/SQL/Apex stuff for Estonian central bank.

[Gallo]

I guess my job would be being lucky. I was one of the first 20 hires at Amazon.com(I'm still haunted by Jeff Bezos laugh) and then later managed to stumble into a somewhat ground floor position at Google(I worked in Labs). I left both companies with large stock options when the companies got too cult like for my taste. I'm currently doing contract work with NY government.Those stock options must be treating you pretty well :)

[Rhod]

15 Years US Air Force Special Operations (it stopped being fun for some reason), Then became a Deputy Sheriff (13 years) where I was a Cybercrimes Investigator and SWAT Certified (Room entry, Breaching, etc) was on my way to K9 and Sniper but life threw me a curve and I crippled my shoulder on a call of a burglary alarm. So now I'm unemployed and looking for work with the exceptions of my part time jobs that pays most of the bills and allows me to box when I have time.


Correctional Officer - Clinical Care, Maximum Security,

and a full time student studying business and computers.

Nice to see some other LE people. I'm currently an Investigator with a mid-size suburban department. A few of us play Wow, and 2 of us are multi-boxers. :D

[Molt]

I'm a research engineer for the BBC, nice organisation to work for and get to play with shiny toys.

Very nice to see the range of skills we multiboxers have in real life, interesting to know what others do and also a nice retort to the "All multiboxers are losers who live in their mother's basement" style quips.

[briyan]

I do IT/support and some software development for a furniture wholesaler. Work from home, make about $85k salary which is pretty solid here in my home state of Colorado. I am 26 yrs old, however, and my inner entrepreneur is going crazy; I am taking steps toward launching my own online business, complete with a big pay cut (initially) and more enjoyment (I hope) ;)

[Dinkydau]

Retired Army Warrant Officer - Air Defense systems was my speciallity, but moved into the automation support field for the Army's logistical systems before I got out. I've been a computer geek ever since I was trying to load all the drivers into high memory of DOS 6.2 to play games.

Still working as a contractor to the Army here on beautiful Fort Bragg. Airborne!

Johnny

[deidriana]

wow... I work tech support at the cable company, Teir 2... wich means idiots are already pissed off by the idiot agents they talked to before me... And then they want to act like i am a retard because i'm a girl. :( After reading this post and seeing the tons of people out there with 'real' jobs makes me want to actually go back to school. I am turning 21 this month and have been going back and forth on what I want to do in life in general. There is a new game development program here i was wanting to get into, I took a few classes in it but work got in the way and... lets say I like to eat. I was wondering if there are any game coders/graphics/designers with any regrets or wishes. Any body want to give me an idea for a cool job? I like art and I like logic... And i dont want to be an architect.... Oh and I will begin 5boxin my locks as soon as i get the accounts and my old pc ghosted to run 2 of the accounts :D so i am excited about that.

[NightFire]

medically retired from the army

E-6, Avionics engineer for 4 years, MLRS for 3 years. Line of duty injuries put me on the 100% disabled list.

[Code]

Hello community, nice to meet you^^

I've been playing WoW a little over two years now, multiboxing for a few days. I can't seem to stop configuring my GUIs... Single pixel alignment incorrect == fail... Hopefully leveling on a PVP server won't take too long d(..)b

I work as a Senior Test Automation Engineer for a major insurance company. Must...resist...urge to automate. No worries, I'm following all the rules and am equipped with teh epic ethics.

[synkt]

Origionally a body piercer / tattoo artist but lost interest when it became too "pop culture".

Degree in internal combustion engine systems design. (fancy way to say I desing and draw pictures of prototype engines)

Certified Marine mechanic and currently working towards Aircraft maintenance certification while working for a small airline.

[Hoho]

Software developer. Used to write web applications, this got boring really fast. Now I write sonar software and things are much more interesting, especially considering that our small company should have one of the best, if not the best sonar technology in the world :)

[Havelcek]

I'm a management consultant in the financial services space, specifically wealth management, regulatory and retail banking business areas. I generally manage teams who are are brought into to save projects that are in crisis, both IT and business. I'm currently looking for opportunities to work in more of a private equity turn-around type model. After 5 years with my current firm I need a change of scenery.

I'm stupendously lucky in life and love. My wife of two years is a successful executive in the insurance space and we live in northern New Jersey surrounded by friends and family. I only get to WoW a few hours a week these days so I multi-box in order to get the best "bang for the buck" in terms of time spent. I've really enjoyed this community so far and the replies in this thread illustrate the maturity that can be found on this site.

[Djarid]

What a fascinating thread :) here is my contribution

Wannabe developer... I spend about 60% of my time scripting as it is ;) Perl, Javascript, powershell, c# and vbscript [gag, lame language] but the systems side at my level just pays too well to start at the bottom again

@Ellay and Eteocles

2 year Associates degree in Computer Engineering... considering going back for at least a 4 year though - companies care too much about a piece of paper!

I have to agree with Eteocles here... I have no educational qualifications and am a senior engineer in the Global Active Directory team for Nestlé. To be Fair, I have been lucky in contracts and worked my way here over 10 years although would have happened quicker without a set back in UK IT in 2000.

@TMNT

Depends on the company, I have done the Architect role and it only paid about 40K GBP (hmm I suppose that is $80k)
My current role pays 150% of that and is lower in the hierarchy: I am in operations not design atm but fancied on working on the largest single Windows 2000 domain (at that time... we have since consolidated to a mere 780 Domain COntrollers ;) ) NOTE: Don't ask me why it is a single domain [shakes head] I am operations :p


Like quite a few guys on this list, I used to be in the Military, British Army that is ;) Sounds like a similar role to Mosg2, I had to multibox there too ;) In fact I worked with our US and Canadian counterparts quite a few times... much better tech than us but not quite as flexible (you have to be flexible on the British Army budget!! :p)
@Kfunc: Russian, Serbo-Croat and Spanish

@Khayos
No sniper rifles for me but I did have the opportunity to play with a Barret Light 50 in the Balkans ;)

@Wilbur
I just surprised that the percentage of "Technologists" isn't higher... what I do find incredible is that the rather small MI community has such a high representation. BTW for all those ex-colleagues ;) when were you in the job? 87-97 for me.

[Shiena]

What do you do for a living?
Let's see. I started years ago with a engineering, then I switched over to business economics / software engineering, which I finished with a degree in a combined private university course. I have been very active as part of the Apache Software Foundation, and now run a few related Open Source projects of my own and sell support services for a living. Mostly work with C/C++, C#, and Python. Software engineering always has been fascinating me, I wrote my first application and sold it when I was 12 back when the Commodore 64 just got released.

What do you play?
If I do not multibox, I do play a blood elf paladin with protection spec doing quests and heroic runs. If it's multiboxin, it's a team of five shamans I just started playing. Once I mastered the inner secrets of multiboxing, I will probably start a group setup with five different classes.

[Skuggomann]

Origionally a body piercer / tattoo artist but lost interest when it became too "pop culture".

Degree in internal combustion engine systems design. (fancy way to say I desing and draw pictures of prototype engines)

Certified Marine mechanic and currently working towards Aircraft maintenance certification while working for a small airline.


Dam, thats deverse XD

so you can diesign a engien, piers and tatoo it and then instal it in a plain :P

[Evilphtbstrd]

well thought i would add to this lol

i am a manager for a security company and on weekends i also work as a doorman/bouncer for the same company

[Eteocles]

I doubt many of you will get the joke or reference, but...

Onoes Pht, you work for Valve don't you?! Programmer by week, bouncer by weekend for the RAVE BREAK!S Valve holds. :p

Also, ding, 200th post in this thread; WTB sticky.

[Elili]

Guess I'm late on this thread, but here goes anyway.

I'm enlisted in the United States Army, I've done a multitude of work, but originally enlisted into Airborne, and became a Medic, (68W). I later went to a few schools at Ft. Bragg, Eglin AFB, and Monterey, Most notably the Defense Language Institute (DLI) in Monterey California. I'm currently working as an instructor at Eglin AFB in Florida.

I hold an associates in Applied Science, and a BA in Nursing, hold a Nursing License in the state of FL, and NC, as well as a Paramedic Certification in FL, and NC.

[Talamarr]

Wow, great thread; can't believe I missed it the first time.

I'm a Senior Software Engineer, currently working for a software company that creates products for non-profits. I've been doing some sort of programming since I was in the 5th grade (Commodore 64 BASIC FTW!). I really love what I do but I'm really itching to start off on my own. The whole Serial Entrepreneur is really intriguing to me. I've thought of doing similar things with online businesses; buying up struggling sites, improving them, making them profitable and selling them off. In 13 years of professional development, I've seen "management" ruin tech based companies more times that I can count.

EDIT: Oh, I dropped out of college too (GO HOKIES!). Low 6 figure income. It seems a lot of us got lucky and rewarded for playing on the computer all those younger years :D

[Jaese]

24, still in college (IT), still working retail. If that doesn't scream failure I don't know what does.

Anyone in the DC area want to give me a tech job? :pinch:

[HPB]

I work full time for a cable company in the technical operations department as a dispatcher. I'm going to school online full time. It's nice that I can use my WoW gameplay for some homework assignments. I'm studying for a degree in Game and Simulation Programming.

[Coke]

Running a game store here, set it up 4 months ago, and moving to my second store within 2 months. Basicly I sell anything from Xbox 360 to WoW action figures. Having alot of Xbox 1, Gamecube, Dreamcast and Nintendo games for all their consoles, makes it the place to be for gamers...

And yeah making more then enough to pay for 6 WoW's and everything that comes with multi-boxing :thumbsup:

edit: But to keep the anti-MB community happy: "zomg I gotz riches parrants whoes payz my wow's and I be selling gold lotz and also charrakkterz!"


I was thinking of starting my own gaming store. How is it? Good income?

[Narezza]

I sell drugs for a living!

Really, Im a pharmacist, but my dad always thought it was funny telling people that I was a drug dealer.

[Webster]

I would have missed this thread, otherwise. I am currently an MBAstudent, having finishedmy BS in April. I work in cardiology, specifically as a cardiovascular and electrophysiology technologist. (I am well versed in the plumbing and electrical system of the heart.) Now almost 37, I have been an EMT, firefighter, bouncer, security guard, Penguin's Yogurt guy, boat washer, property inspector, contractor helper on kitchens and baths, salesman for Earthlink,... that may be all.

Looking for a career change. Anybody have any affiliation with medical device sales specific to vascular or cardiac pacing in Los Angeles Area.

Nice to get to hear from so many people.

[Lorune]

I work as a Engineer / Purchaser for a Small It company.

I hold no degrees at all :)

doing a Computer Science education at the moment though in the evenings.

[Korruptor]

IT stuff.

[Motgib]

I am an active duty Marine. My Primary job is as a Communications Electronics Technician. Sounds really fancy but basically it's component troubleshooting, ordering replacement parts, and basic repairs. All of the component problems usually get sent to a maintenance warehouse where someone smarter then me fixes them.

I am currently the Training Chief for about 800 Marines. (ie I ensure they are up-to-date in all annual training requirements) (Schedule new training events, etc)

I have about 7 years in the service, and I have been tossing around the idea of getting out and following a career more closely related to the things I love to do (Computers, WoW, Design, etc.)

Sadly I have no degree, but have managed to accumulate quite a few credits lol

I'm from KCMO as well (Platte County).

[Meathead]

Im a 3d Architecture Started at the age of 12 I also work as a Computer Tech Other then that I play WoW! :thumbsup:

[Ticks]

I am a server engineer for a large IT out-sourcer.

[Xinxo]

Resource Coordinator ( IT ) for Canadian Military @ CFB Gagetown

[NevadaGuy]

I'm the Senior Microscopist / Failure anaysis specialist for a large titanium manufacturer, 33 years and soon to retire.

[Pure Hairy]

United States Navy - Electronics Tech. Currently somewhere in the Pacific... hope to be back soon

[Meeo]

Senior Wireless Systems Consultant for Aruba Networks and Cisco Systems

[Groovy]

IT Manager and Support with some C++ and Java programming for a small private medical research company.

[Rigz]

Not to many Blue collar responses.
Hardwood Floor installer/sander/retailer.
There is nothing like getting paid to get a little dirty everyday.

[Borsch]

Blue collar and then some myself. Spent 4 or 5 years in commercial / industrial construction, framing, concrete work, etc. As of now, I am just about finished my welding apprenticeship. Building stuff for a living is a good thing, I'd prefer not to stare at a computer for a living, and then come home and do it as a hobby :P

[Sajuuk]

I...work fast food.

Quiznos, to be specific.

[Bena]

visual effects.. cgi stuff

[Malekyth]

Hey, there are a few game developers on here. Cool! Not too surprising, really, the fiddly workarounds inherent to multiboxing are very familiar to us. I'm an animator and modeler ... my last gig was the latest Dawn of War expansion, and I worked on three Unreal titles and a couple other things before that. Currently I'm Between Engagements as our volatile industry sometimes insists we be :) ... got a couple possibilities brewing though, and in the meantime I've become downright addicted to multiboxing. Today Arcanist Doan died, and one of my locks has a snazzy new dagger that she can't even use for two levels. Awesome.

[Anozireth]

Just graduated last week with my BS in Computer Science. If anyone has any job leads in the Seattle area, I'm interested... 8)

[Bradster]

It manager by day, Gnome punter at night with a side order of wife aggro.

[Dor]

Started a business to pay my way thru college.... got 2 degrees (bs chem and sci ed).. and never used the degrees. Now 17 yrs later and I still run that same business. I want my tuition back!!

[Chester]

Housewife. Don't let the name Chester fool you, thats my cat. He was sitting next to me when I was regestering, so I used his name.

[F9thRet]

Second post but here goes...

Served in the USMC 86-92, saved up my money from that time, and went to work for Allied Signal as a lab tech, stayed there a few years, went to AOL through AOL 3.0 left them, started my own Martial arts school, stayed with that until about 2000, then I had enough to retire.

So the wife and I bought a ranch in Oklahoma, I became the fire chief for a volunteer fire dept. and retirement is killing me now.

Just started multiboxing, 2 shammies, and I love it. So glad I found this place.

Stephen

[bbj]

SAP R/3 Security and compliance Officer for General Motors South Africa.

[Gadzooks]

I feel lonely now, my field is vastly underrepresented here! :)

I'm a art director/designer for a large manufacturer in Northern California, and I freelance in the music industry, I co-founded and run a small studio where we create the art for albums and merchandise and websites, we do everything, from designing logos to photography to video. It's a total blast, I love my jobs, and when I'm not doing that I still paint and draw and sculpt, and last year I picked up a copy of Silo and ZBrush, and am adding 3-D to my arsenal.

[Freddman]

Navigation Data Analyst, work with aeronautical and navigational charts for airliners.

[Xealous]

<-- Customer service manager for a gaming company... ofc I'm not gonna say which one >.< :P




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(EU - The Sha'tar - RPPVE) *What can I say I'm addicted...

[Ken]

I'm a programmer for Sony working in Amsterdam on a PS3 game. (no degrees here)


Started a business to pay my way thru college.... got 2 degrees (bs chem and sci ed).. and never used the degrees. Now 17 yrs later and I still run that same business. I want my tuition back!!

Hahaha, thanks for the laugh.
It feels good to be self-made doesn't it?



<-- Customer service manager for a gaming company... ofc I'm not gonna say which one >.< :P

Oooh! Ireland! Iwannabethere! :love:

[Carnage]

Im a 17 year old student, Im going back to college in september and starting my new course - The Higher national dipolma in ICT : http://www.bridgwater.ac.uk/pages/under19s/coursespec.asp?courseCode=R1114A

Not sure what i plan to do for work after that.

[Doostin]

well i read through a few pages but didn't see any Pizza delivery people!

everyone thinks i fit the mold perfectly but i really dont. i tell people i play video games all night, i live in a basement, i deliver pizza for a living, and i live off of pizza and mountain dew.

after they hear all that, they assume the following:

I live in my mothers basement
I'm overweight
and i'm 40

truth is, i'm under 30, pay rent, (not my mothers basement) and and skinny as a toothpick. but it is truly amazing all the idiots online that ask that question "wow you must be rich, what do u do for a living" when they see u 5 boxing. someone else on here mentioned the same thing i always say. "75/month is nothing compared to what i spend when i'm in a bowling league, or go golfing 2-3 times a week" i live on a golf course and it costs 20+ bucks just to walk 18 holes, i used to golf 36+ holes a week when i worked on the course but screw paying that much for 4 hours of entertainment. not to mention its 100+ degree's outside =p

so yes, i deliver pizza, make decent money at it, and it gives me a lot of free time to play games with my friends =D
oh and gas prices going up is killing my income, please do me a favor and dont take it out on your pizza delivery person by not tipping them. just remember we're in the tip industry, 15% is good enough, but more is always appreciated =P

btw i'll be posting pic's of my setup soon hopefully. just got my new pc on july 23rd and finally got all my monitors and keyboards situated the way i like em. 3 pc/monitors 5 chars.

[voodoogriff]

oh and gas prices going up is killing my income, please do me a favor and dont take it out on your pizza delivery person by not tipping them. just remember we're in the tip industry, 15% is good enough, but more is always appreciated =P
I work 2.5 jobs atm. Sandwich delivery, Freaky Fast, Freaky Good. And I'm a supervisor with Big Brown. And I donate plasma =D People who don't tip need to be sterilized.

[sikerdebaard]

I'm a student ICT. Nuff said. Dutch educations suck. A master in Artifical Intelligence is what I'm aiming for tough.


I'm a programmer for Sony working in Amsterdam on a PS3 game. (no degrees here)
Hmmmz....... Killzone? :p

[Ken]

[...] just remember we're in the tip industry, 15% is good enough, but more is always appreciated =P
I never understood the American attitude towards tipping...



Hmmmz....... Killzone? :p
Yes :)

[sikerdebaard]

[..]

Yes :)http://gathering.tweakers.net/global/smileys/worshippy.gif

[Carnage]

How would i go about getting a job in the game programming industry once ive finished college?

The only job ive ever had is a paper round ;)

[Ken]

How would i go about getting a job in the game programming industry once ive finished college?

The only job ive ever had is a paper round ;)

By beginning with fun hobby projects right now (if you're not doing so already) imo. Think of some game/multimedia application that is fun and challenging, start designing and then start coding :)
If you want some samples of projects, here's my project website: http://lifeisdigital.net/

The best way to get in is to be able to show what you can do. That's how I got in without a degree.

[Myro]

I am currently working on my Bachelor of Computer Science and am part of a co-op program. Right now, I am working with the National Research Council of Canada Information Security Group as a java developer / researcher. Doing stuff with text mining / machine learning in the area of health care privacy. Definitely interesting work and I find I'm learning way more here than from any of my courses.

[Frosty]

I worked for an ISP for 9 years running it's web development department and it's wireless internet department.
I worked with the first wireless broadband products in our area starting back in 1999. I did everything from programming, radio planning, base equipment installation and working with the product engineers to help them trouble shoot software/hardware problems. Started to get into Mesh Networking and WiMAX before I left. Lots of neat stuff. Jobs in that field are hard to come by!
Now working as an IT consultant for one company, and a PHP developer for another.

Degree = NONE! But I did major in everything for at least one semester. :P

[Malt]

I am a high school teacher specializing in teaching English Language Acquisition to children recently immigrated from crisis in their home country. It's the most difficult and rewarding job I have ever had.

[moodswing]

I'm a SR Network Engineer for a Cisco Gold partner specializing in b2b VOIP.

[Naysayer]

[...] just remember we're in the tip industry, 15% is good enough, but more is always appreciated =P
I never understood the American attitude towards tipping...

(If you don't want to read profanity, don't bother reading the movie quote below. I tried to clean it up as best I could to avoid trouble. :) )


Reservoir Dogs

Nice Guy Eddie: C'mon, throw in a buck!
Mr. Pink: Uh-uh, I don't tip.
Nice Guy Eddie: You don't tip?
Mr. Pink: Nah, I don't believe in it.
Nice Guy Eddie: You don't believe in tipping?
Mr. Blue: You know what these chicks make? They make s**t.
Mr. Pink: Don't give me that. She don't make enough money that she can quit.
Nice Guy Eddie: I don't even know a f*****g Jew who'd have the balls to say that. Let me get this straight - you don't ever tip?
Mr. Pink: I don't tip because society says I have to. All right, if someone deserves a tip, if they really put forth an effort, I'll give them something, a little something extra. But this tipping automatically, it's for the birds. As far as I'm concerned, they're just doing their job.
Mr. Blue: Hey, our girl was nice.
Mr. Pink: She was okay. She wasn't anything special.
Mr. Blue: What's special? Take you in the back and suck your d**k?
Nice Guy Eddie: I'd go over twelve percent for that.

Mr. Pink: Look, I ordered coffee. Now we've been here a long f*****g time and she's only filled my cup three times. When I order coffee, I want it filled six times.
Mr. Blonde: Six times. Well, what if she's too f*****g busy?
Mr. Pink: The words "too f*****g busy" shouldn't be in a waitress's vocabulary.
Nice Guy Eddie: Excuse me, Mr. Pink, but I think the last f*****g thing you need is another cup of coffee.

Mr. Pink: I'm very sorry the government taxes their tips, that's f****d up. That ain't my fault. It would seem to me that waitresses are one of the many groups the government f***s in the ass on a regular basis. Look, if you ask me to sign something that says the government shouldn't do that, I'll sign it. Put it to a vote, I'll vote for it, but what I won't do is play ball. And as for this non-college bullshit I got two words for that -learn to f*****g type. 'Cause if you're expecting me to help out with the rent you're in for a big f*****g surprise.

[Kayley]

I'm an internet Athlete.

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/6221/20040421hue8.th.jpg ('http://img135.imageshack.us/my.php?image=20040421hue8.jpg')


(http://www.penny-arcade.com/)

srsface.

R&D, currently improving the camera systems in buses/trains etc. Boring :((
Bank alarms on the other hand were fun :P

[TMNT]

I'm an internet Athlete.



best answer by far

[Caspian]

Really really exciting here.

Systems engineer (Unix admin) for a profitable US Airline.

Props out to the military folks, was US army from 93-97, spent time working with the Air Force in Korea in 94-95.

Play semi-pro baseball as my second hobby. Led my league in batting for the first time ever this season, woohoo.

Also part of a 3 generation WoW family. My dad started us all playing and both my kids play too. My oldest is starting to multibox our 3 solo 70's for dailies. She will be a freshman in HS this fall.

[Dorffo]

How would i go about getting a job in the game programming industry once ive finished college?

The only job ive ever had is a paper round ;)

By beginning with fun hobby projects right now (if you're not doing so already) imo. Think of some game/multimedia application that is fun and challenging, start designing and then start coding :)
If you want some samples of projects, here's my project website: http://lifeisdigital.net/

The best way to get in is to be able to show what you can do. That's how I got in without a degree.

Quoted for Truth ^

as an aside - something important to realize (and that no one told me) is when it comes down to it - most aspects of game development are exactly the same or worse than other application development/programming, it's not nearly as different as one might hope.

[Stormweasel]

Coming home in a week after a year off travelling and heading straight for the welfare system while I job hunt/play Warcraft. I´ll be getting a job in facilities management as a career change from the hell of sales.

Incidentally, in the UK you can now apply for handouts online which are then be paid directly into your bank account, meaning you can get on the welfare system merely by alt-tabbing from WoW. The strides our government has taken in technology are truly astonishing.


Very nice to see the range of skills we multiboxers have in real life, interesting to know what others do and also a nice retort to the "All multiboxers are losers who live in their mother's basement" style quips.

To add some balance to all the people here with really cool impressive and interesting jobs/lives, I will in fact be living with my fiance in my future mother-in-laws basement until we both have jobs. It´s sad but at least it has a twist to it in the no-life stakes :P