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Those of you who love what you do...what is your work?
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Anonymous
| I'm a children's entertainer. I love it. I meet tons of fun parents and kids. I count my blessings everyday that God steered me this way. It's kind of funny too. If I wasn't doing this, I don't know what I would do. I don't have a back up plan. It's a good thing I love performing, I feel I have the best job in the world. Great question, Op. |
Anonymous
Is there anyway I could get in touch with you? I have an idea that's been bouncing around my head for quite awhile and I think you might be interested in it? |
Anonymous
PP here -- I work for a trade association and have graduate degrees in both technology (MIS) and public policy. I work in our government relations department and work with both our grassroots specialists as well as with our lobbyists. I also work with our association's IT department and membership department. What makes me feel great about my job is that I know I am making a difference for our members across the country, so my situation is more of a passion than a job. I do much of my work remotely and I have great flexibility for my kids. The pay is ok (low 6 figures) but I have both a great manager and incredible flexibility, and I can't put a $ value on that. |
Anonymous
| I am amazed how many lawyers there are on here! |
Anonymous
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Why? Law can be a wonderful profession, despite the bad rap it gets. It can be incredibly intellectually challenging and creative, especially once you get past the tough junior associate years, and for those of us at big firms, we have a lot of flexibility and don't have to clock in and clock out. I get a lot of satisfaction for helping our clients out. They come to us when they are in a jam or need a tough issues sorted out, and when we are able to deliver a solution it is a great feeling. I also get to do pro bono work paid for by my firm--how many people get to do that? I've helped out victims of domestic violence, foster children being adopted, mothers about to lose their housing, and so forth.
Sure, there are problems with the job, but overall it is a great gig if you are cut out for it. |
Anonymous
| oh no - not that lawyers love their job, but how many lawyers there are in general - it seems to be the majority of posters and I think it is impressive. I wish I had gone to law school! |
Anonymous
Thank you for the advice. I was a graduate assistant during the year I spent working toward an M.Ed. in Special Education. The two professors for whom I worked definitely let me know that as associate professors they earned almost exactly the same as they did as special education teachers in a public school system. However, they placed the stress level at about 5%, yes 5%, of that as during their time as special education teachers. Having spent three years in the public school system as a teacher of children with special needs I can relate to the desire to contribute to the field while at the same time seeking to balance that with a reasonable amount of work related stress. I think teachers of children with special needs have a different threshold/barometer of stress than those in other professions (stress due to the politics and policy of special education, not due to the students). I am planning to pursue a Ph.D. in Education with Literacy/Reading as a primary concentration and Special Education as a secondary concentration. I don't necessarily see myself working as a professor with (or striving for) tenure. I would be content to teach at a community college, as an adjunct, or as a lecturer. I also think a Ph.D. would open doors with agencies such as Head Start, state licensing/policy making agencies, etc. Thank you again for the advice. |
Anonymous
I used to be a teacher but left the field after 2 years due to an extremely high level of stress. |
Anonymous
What produced the stress? Feeling like you were never doing enough? Not educating enough and creating decent human beings, like another poster stated? What kind of school (and area) did you teach in? |
Anonymous
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I work in policy - it's a total "DC" job and I really like it even though I never thought I would.
I set out to work with people one-on-one, but landed a job based on the fact that it was a good opportunity at the time and good pay. But I have found that it can be so much more effective to help people through policy changes so it is really rewarding. It also helps that since having a baby it is a lot more flexible. If it didn't work for my family I would not like it. |
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what's the coolest thing you ever found? |
Anonymous
Hope it's not the Barbie head described here http://www.snopes.com/humor/letters/smithsonian.asp |