Defend your profession!!!

[tuberculatious]

Accountants would make excellent presidents.

 

[Varda]

wow, cool..you know how to hack sciforums?

don't worry plazma, we're just going to improve the chain of command here...yes, improve..

I know a lot of things that I choose not to talk about.

 

[scifes]

I'm a full time mother. I don't get paid and work more hours than some brain surgeons. My kids are little bastards though, so maybe I'm not very good at my job. At least I don't have to answer to a boss.

looool i couldn't stop laughing...mainly because it's so TRUE..
mothers are stronger than super man...i once read a report by some house wives association..measured how much profit housewives would make if they did all what they do for their children for money instead for free..

and if i remember correctly..they would get paid more than doctors..

what Mom isn't a full time mother?

some have to work..i guess that's what she means.

Without me...y'all's shit would still stay broke.

i got a pic i came across by coincidence, i've gotta post it here, if i find it..

so you're a plumber?

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Pfft.

There is no defense.

All practitioners of The Devil's Trade should be crucified forthwith.

I'd quit myself, but I sold my soul long ago to gain entry into the fraternity of the Black Art.

???
you a devil?

I wasn't aware that they offered courses in "collage" making...

you'll never believe it..before, i never spelled that word right.
i just finished a report and wrote college a dozen times...CORRECT!!

THANK YOU!

Human Resources Manager.

Without us there'd be no cheesy company picnics, long borrrrrrrring meetings on diversity, annoying "you can do it" speeches and--oh yeah--staffing in general.

~String

lol, so you baby sit grown ups?

Well I'm a full-time student, but I work pretty much all the spare hours I have in a restaurant.
People who work in the food industry, and I mean all of them, work hard. Plus, you need to have good people skills (or else the job will help you to develop them).

Furthermore, I believe that hard work is character-building.

oh boy, you sure have it squeezed..full time student AND working??
i have the least amount of credits and living with my parents AND screwing up..

i really admire you..

I'd like to...but so far haven't really decided on my future career. There are so many options and I'm literally lost in that sea of decisions. I guess I'm going to do something with languages and/or history or.....oh man...too many options especially when you don't have a particular talent for something...

do you have a super hero? best movie? best cartoon?
something you always dreamed of being?

Lol, it's called being an intern. I don't get paid shit. I'm a licensed PI working as a criminal investigator for the Public Defenders Association. Believe me, it's hard work and you do change ppl's lives; in fact, depending on the case, their lives might rest in your hands. As far as manual labor goes, I clean houses on the side (have been for 5 years) and before that I changed oil for 3 1/2 (since I was 14).

AAAWESOME!!
it's so amazing how people with such interesting lives get wounded up in such a seemingly boring place..
so like do you use UV light to discover trails and lasers to find trauma points and always carry a gun and see gruesome crimes everyday?

why is it that everybody here has a cool life style except for me?

you just wait till i become an engineer..(if i ever become one)

Accountants would make excellent presidents.

at least they'll know how to clean behind them after stealing all the people's money.

I know a lot of things that I choose not to talk about.

that's why they have PM..

 

[tuberculatious]

at least they'll know how to clean behind them after stealing all the people's money.

the first thing you learn in accountant school is that this is illegal.

 

[scifes]

the first thing you learn in accountant school is that this is illegal.

the second thing you learn is not to give a damn..

 

[tuberculatious]

No no. that is false.

Second thing we learn is to think tabular.

 

[scifes]

No no. that is false.

Second thing we learn is to think tabular.

alright then...third thing you learn is not to give a damn..

not to mention that when you start thinking tablular you've stopped thinking at all

 

[tuberculatious]

third thing was where the emergency exits were i think. not sure.

 

[scifes]

third thing was where the emergency exits were i think. not sure.

fourth thing is not to give a damn.

fifth thing is how to hijack a thread.

sixth thing is how to do so while actually making the hijacked laugh his head off..

you should try stand up comedy..or miming..

lol btw what's tabular?

 

[tuberculatious]

accounting gives me everything I need.

 

[jessiej920]

AAAWESOME!!
it's so amazing how people with such interesting lives get wounded up in such a seemingly boring place..
so like do you use UV light to discover trails and lasers to find trauma points and always carry a gun and see gruesome crimes everyday?

why is it that everybody here has a cool life style except for me?

you just wait till i become an engineer..(if i ever become one)

Lol. It may sound cool, but it's a lot of paper pushing and annoying telephone calls and lots and lots of red-tape and protocol. I only get to go to the scene of the crime if the attorney recommends it and no I don't get to use the cool laser-light thingy that shows blood. I do get to interview homeless ppl, drug addicts, drug dealers, criminals, and other colorful characters and measure and diagram buildings, take photos, and generally associate with ppl that may or may not want to kill me at some given point. It is awesome, but you have to really love it to enjoy it. I have an interview this week. The guy has a criminal history so thick it could be a phone book. Yay me.

 

[Varda]

Sounds... horrible.

 

[jessiej920]

Only if you hate a challenge

 

[Varda]

Well, digging through shit to find something can be a challenge. Doesn't mean it's pleasant.

 

[scifes]

Lol. It may sound cool, but it's a lot of paper pushing and annoying telephone calls and lots and lots of red-tape and protocol. I only get to go to the scene of the crime if the attorney recommends it and no I don't get to use the cool laser-light thingy that shows blood. I do get to interview homeless ppl, drug addicts, drug dealers, criminals, and other colorful characters and measure and diagram buildings, take photos, and generally associate with ppl that may or may not want to kill me at some given point. It is awesome, but you have to really love it to enjoy it. I have an interview this week.

ever been to an assassination?

The guy has a criminal history so thick it could be a phone book. Yay me.

don't forget the pepper spray!
or electric baton, or water hose, or a mad dog, or whatever you have to to make the guy talk

Sounds... horrible.

lol that's what i used to think of sitting for hours in front of a screen drying your eyeballs till they shrivel up and crack..

until i saw Die Hard 4..

 

[Varda]

lol that's what i used to think of sitting for hours in front of a screen drying your eyeballs till they shrivel up and crack..

until i saw Die Hard 4..

hehe

but, well, since this is the defend your profession thread, I'll list the advantages:

- Pays very well.
- Is effortless for most of the time, when a challenge does come, it's actually exciting.
- I'm doing something that people use every day, millions of times a day, and I can go to an ATM and see the direct result of my work.
- I get to work from home.

 

[scifes]

hehe

but, well, since this is the defend your profession thread, I'll list the advantages:

HEHEHEHE

well since this is the defend your profession thread, i guess someone has to list the disadvantages..

- Pays very well.

can't say anything about that..

- Is effortless for most of the time, when a challenge does come, it's actually exciting.
- I get to work from home.

exactly..getting fat and unhealthy..

- I'm doing something that people use every day, millions of times a day, and I can go to an ATM and see the direct result of my work.

rephrase? i can't dismantle this if it's not securely built

(jk, my father is a computer engineer)

 

[Varda]

HEHEHEHE

well since this is the defend your profession thread, i guess someone has to list the disadvantages..

exactly..getting fat and unhealthy..

Actually, my time flexibility allows me to hit the gym at any time of the day. In fact, I can work from the gym.

rephrase? i can't dismantle this if it's not securely built

What I meant is that the work I do is substantial, material, can be seen, yelds results, get to see people using it, I feel like I contribute.

(jk, my father is a computer engineer)

So is mine. And my two sisters, and my brother, and my brother-in-law, and my husband.

 

[scifes]

Actually, my time flexibility allows me to hit the gym at any time of the day. In fact, I can work from the gym.

but do you?

although i think burying dead dogs is enough exercise:grumble:..

What I meant is that the work I do is substantial, material, can be seen, yelds results, get to see people using it, I feel like I contribute.

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aaagh dammit..you got me..but i can still say that that's not inclusive to computer scientists only..actually many jobs yield more apparent results..and many times in computer jobs you don't see what you're doing..so there!

So is mine. And my two sisters, and my brother, and my brother-in-law, and my husband.

FAMILY OF GEEKS!! lol