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Weekend Discussion Thread: What Do We Do?

Alert reader Andrew has a bit of a change of pace:

Awhile ago you had a thread on what Msties find funny. Along that same line, I’d like to know what Msties do for a living. Are we computer-hacking photophobiacs who live in our parents’ basement, or are we other societal cornerstones like firefighters, police officers, professors, or clergy? What do we DO?

Interesting! Okay, don’t give out more info than you are comfortable with. And you don’t need to say WHERE you do it or give specific company names or anything.

Me: I’m an editor at a newspaper. Yes, they still exist. You?

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  1. Cronkite Moonshot says:

    I love lamp.

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  2. mattFoley says:

    When I saw my first episode of MST3k (Fugitive Alien), I was a college freshman trying to figure out how to do movie special effects.

    Now? I’m a senior visual FX artist at Weta Digital in Wellington, New Zealand. :grin:

    Rita: “I can’t kill the man I love!”
    Crow: “Then kill the one you’re with!”

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  3. happyjack says:

    #121 bobhoncho….i grew up near detroit/windsor…loved CKLW…
    pretty cool that you know about him (grant hudson)…old memories…

    keep circulating the tapes

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  4. Boggy Geek says:

    I am a fugitive from a chain gang.

    And a visual effects artist.

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  5. Clydeosis says:

    Bolem @221: My boyfriend has a cat that loves everybody, including me, until everyone else leaves the room. The thing will attack me for no reason and my boyfriend thinks that I’m doing something to provoke it. Apparently I’m filled with catnip.

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  6. bobhoncho says:

    #253-Did you check out detroitradioflashbacks.net? Great site full of audio clips of our legendary stations. Just some advice from one Detroiter to another.

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  7. NerveBag says:

    Copywriting, graphic design/creative, media relations and other duties as assigned for a large health care system in southern Indiana.

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  8. Other Stephanie says:

    Yet another librarian, at the moment. I have also enjoyed being a forklift driver. I didn’t try to kill anyone, I swear.

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  9. California Boy says:

    Family physician running a community clinic in rural Northern California for the last 26 years and very long time MSTie.

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  10. I’m a musician and own a janitorial business. My apartment IS actually in a basement though. Although it has a bathroom/shower, little kitchen and is not my parents’, it IS indeed a basement. :)

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  11. BebopKate says:

    Used to be a science teacher, now a temp doing data entry until I can bring the educational system down from the inside…bwa ha ha!

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  12. Ransom says:

    I’m a US Army aviator.

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  13. Alleged says:

    Teacher. And I live in America. That makes me a “Teacher of America.”

    I was also an Army officer, and worked in the Silicon Valley at several chip and chip equipment companies.

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  14. The Toblerone Effect says:

    What I do is my business, Mac, and if you have a problem with that, I have an oil drum and a large pile of drying cement I’d like to introduce you to.

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  15. Leslie B. says:

    Interesting!
    I work at a library, and I’m an actress.

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  16. Fred P says:

    I coach gymnastics. Working with kids keeps me young. I’m also a father of three girls and an excellent husband…but I also want to direct. Thanks for asking.

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  17. scott says:

    #264 – Drew Peterson?

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  18. Hersh says:

    Police officer for 11+ years, with the last 3.5 as a crime scene investigator.

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  19. losingmydignity says:

    I teach college English and I am a fiction writer. I know rejection, let me tell ya. But I’m currently working on a novel–am in fact soaking in it (that means it’s going well).

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  20. MissT3K says:

    I’m a teacher of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Infants and Toddlers. I’ve been a teacher for 21 years – sheez I’m old. :lol:

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  21. Cliff Weismeyer says:

    I’m a fed, currently working in immigration. Soon I’ll be transferring to a different agency to work in international development. I’m also an adjunct professor of history.

    I’m also a (former) Detroiter and Lions fan. No one roots for the Lions by choice.

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  22. erasmus hall says:

    Court clerk-jurors division-in a big city!

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  23. J-po says:

    Retired USAF jet mechanic and currently Physical Plant Director for a Baptist Conference Center

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  24. hammrocks says:

    Until being a smarta$$ becomes a paid profession I’ll have to stick with what I am doing now…a financial analyst.

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  25. silvertwinz says:

    i am a combo sex goddess/housewife and i design jewelry during my day. my hubby is an engineer with the shipping company who has orange and purple as their logo.

    i’ve been watching mst3k since it started. the more i watch and the older i get, the more riffs i understand. (i rock!!!)

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  26. GizmonicTemp says:

    Josh #174 – That’s me. And the only statistic that matters is how many Msties play the bass.

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  27. Scruffeus says:

    I am a venture capitalist currently involved with a technology company. I am helping them commercialize formally “top secret” or “black project” revolutionary technology originally developed for the DOD and DOE. Taken to the extreme – Clayton or Pearl Forrester could rule the world with this technology – I’m not kidding – It’s already beginning to be deployed in devices.

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  28. NormalView82 says:

    FIRST IMPRESSION SPECIALIST! (ahem)…receptionist.

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  29. happyjack says:

    #276…i play bass….i miss the Ox…

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  30. NormalView82 says:

    FIRST IMPRESSION SPECIALIST (ahem)…receptionist.

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  31. Currently works in a warehouse. Did have two jobs in the photograpic field in the 1990’s. One in a photolab the other as a wedding photographer’s assistant. Both jobs went belly up in the early 2000’s :sad: Does “dabble” with video from time to time :mrgreen:

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  32. The Toblerone Effect says:

    @ 267 scott: good guess, but no….I’ve only been married once and she’s alive and well!

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  33. Joetenac says:

    I am a Juvenile Corrections Officer.

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  34. Robyn Ross says:

    When I discovered MST in 1992: Manager of a nude beach.

    Then I became a program director of a Rocky Mountains Public Radio Station.

    Now: Media producer, web producer and (hopefully) going back into terrestrial radio!

    PS: MST3k saved my life. I kid you not! :eek:

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  35. Trilaan says:

    Hotel Night Auditor of a Red Roof Inn and a Comfort Suites

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  36. Cerulean says:

    I dislike the term homemmaker as I didn’t exactly make this home. I prefer the term “Domestic Diva”. I also build & create virtual content, drink a bottle of vodka to the head while saving the world from zombies, & panic at the sight of sharks.

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  37. GizmonicTemp says:

    happyjack #279 – Who? (bad pun, sorry) At least we still have Les Claypool, depending on your taste.

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  38. Fred P says:

    # 271 Cliff Weismeyer, I’m also a Michigander (and Lions fan) and I have a Freiend from North Carolina who is a Lions fan by choice. He’s not from there and has no ties to Michigan Go figure, and Go BLUE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :smile:

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  39. Fred P says:

    I’m a terrible typist :oops:

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  40. Lucky Jim says:

    College student, though I’m currently doing illustrations for a non-fiction book. It’s a lot of fun.

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  41. Ben says:

    I’m a production manager for a midsized publishing house. The odd thing is, in a department of only thirteen people, two of us are MSTies. What are the odds?! (Two in thirteen, I suppose.)

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  42. BigRiggBlues says:

    I do boot blacking.
    I like it VERY MUCH!

    No, seriously though, I’m a recent University of Arkansas graduate with a BS in Computer Science. While I am looking for a job in my field, I work giving out parking tickets on campus. Yay US economy!

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  43. porpoise says:

    Registered Nurse

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  44. Cornjob says:

    Re:#221 and cats

    When a cat is scared it doesn’t want anything near it and will attack anything that is. A traumatized cat who is friendly will sometimes get overstimulated ar startled or just set off by some purely internal trigger and get scared in an instant for no obvious reason. If the cat is on your lap being petted the motion of your arm will scare it further often causing the cat to lash out or run off terrrified. Don’t take it personally.

    Some cats just get overstimulated easily. Any pleasurable sentation can become painfull if it becomes too intense. Think of being tickled excessively. Some cats who get overstimulated easily will lash out suddenly when being petted goes from being fun to unpleasant. This is something you can watch out for more easily.

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  45. MiqelDotCom says:

    whatever pays the bills … Website/graphic designer, internet consulting, researcher/archivist, avant garde jazz musician, painter/artist/beatnik, line-cook & semi-professional weirdo.

    Awesome topic … such a diverse group we are!

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  46. Debra says:

    Small Business owner/ barista/ knitter

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  47. WILDbore says:

    I’m glad to see my fellow Arkie MSTies represented here!
    Back to the topic, after my fair share of dead end customer service jobs, and selling everything from locks and safes to coffee, and being in the medical industry (the elderly + flu shot season = HELL), I’m now a professional misanthrope, and a screenwriter and film student.

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  48. Matt says:

    I’m a third-year Journalism student at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst (and originally from Rutland, Vermont, of “Time Chasers” fame). I write for the paper, produce and content for websites, teach amatuer improv classes, and make sandwiches and stuff for dining services I want to make a living writing fiction, but I also have dreams of starting the first great web journalism model.

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