What's your day job?

ChopinsMuse · Dec 14, 2016

Hey writers,

I'm a year off to finishing school. I love writing, and really can't imagine a life without it. However, I understand it is not a stable career and those who do make it a stable career have to have not only talent, but luck, chance and fate in their hands. So while I will always do it and always have stories to tell, I realise there has to be a more realistic backup in regards to making income.

Right now, I'm thinking about going to uni to pursue degrees in either music or law, and write on the side.

Just wondering what you lovely people do when you're not busy tapping away at the keyboard.

Melanii · Dec 15, 2016

I don't have a job, and probably never will - as I'm disabled (kind of, really sucks, but meh).

Instead I try to occupy my time with hobbies and story development. Nothing gets finished when it comes to the actual storytelling though. >>

jliz0808 · Dec 15, 2016

My day job is to stay at home and take care of my four children. I used to long to stay at home with the kids and now that I do I long to work. I guess that is life!! I am lucky I can pop onto AW and not feel so lonely. Wouldn't it be great to make a living writing; one day!!

technoglobe · Dec 15, 2016

I'm a middle school English teacher. I spend my days trying to help kids figure out that reading and writing isn't that bad.

Lillian_Blaire · Dec 15, 2016

I'm an artist and art teacher. I co-own a small crafting business. Nothing exciting, but it gives me plenty of time to write.

anakhouri79 · Dec 15, 2016

I stay at home with my two kids, but I also cover shifts for people at the old bookstore where I used to work full-time. It's nice to get out of the house a couple days a month and actually talk to grown-ups about my favorite subject!

chompers · Dec 15, 2016

I doodle.

Jaymz Connelly · Dec 15, 2016

I'm retired now, but my last job I was an EA (Executive Assistant). It involved a lot of different things - arranging travel (and applying for necessary visas on boss's behalf), making restaurant reservations, collating and distributing reports, organizing team functions, and just generally being approachable so that if anyone on the team didn't feel they could go directly to the boss, they could bring their complaint/problem to me and I would ensure it got resolved.

I loved that job so much.

Lavern08 · Dec 15, 2016

I'm retired now too, (after over 40 years working in corporate america) - the last 15 years, I was the office manager at an accounting firm - Lurved the job - Except during "tax season"

I do freelance copywriting from home.

Sometimes, I miss the people, but I don't miss that 40-minute commute or the stress at all - Nope, not at all. :tongue

Jaymz Connelly · Dec 15, 2016

Lavern08 said:
I'm retired now too, (after over 40 years working in corporate america) - the last 15 years, I was the office manager at an accounting firm - Lurved the job - Except during "tax season"

I do freelance copywriting from home.

Sometimes, I miss the people, but I don't miss that 40-minute commute or the stress at all - Nope, not at all.

Yeah, I don't miss the commute at all either. I told my boss if he could come up with a transporter (a la Star Trek), I could keep working. :ROFL:

Jason · Dec 15, 2016

Not me - once my nest egg is replete, I am checking out of gainful employment and eating Cheetos, writing, and whatever my heart desires until the end of my days. :roll:

For now though, I am a technical trainer for a major telecommunications company. I train network engineers, NOC techs, sysadmins, etc. on how to deploy, install, commission, use, and troubleshoot our hardware and software.

allthefeels · Dec 15, 2016

I'm a lawyer - I practice employment defense litigation (defending employers against claims from employees, essentially).

ManWithTheMetalArm · Dec 15, 2016

I'm one of the annoying people who calls you over the phone and asks, "Hello sir/mam, would you like the take our brief survey today?" "PISS OFF!" "I understand, we can call back at another time. You have a good day!" Not for much longer though, as the place I work at is closing for good in February, so with luck, I'll be able to find a new job this month, hopefully at someplace like Barnes and Noble.

ChopinsMuse · Dec 15, 2016

allthefeels said:
I'm a lawyer - I practice employment defense litigation (defending employers against claims from employees, essentially).

Do lawyers get paid per case, or is there a set payment per year? (like teaching)

Nightender · Dec 16, 2016

I make plastic bags. If you've ever seen clear diaper bags made my Procter & Gamble, the ones with the promotional sticker on them, those are the kinds of bags I make.

Highest paying job I've ever had too.

Before that, I was a college teaching assistant, worked at a bookstore counting money, passed out samples, arranged office supplies, and drove a forklift.

I'm weird, I know.

V.J. Allison · Dec 17, 2016

I am a stay at home mom to a 12 year old with autism disorder and ADHD. Life is certainly interesting for us. I can't write while he's home either, he has a habit of reading over my shoulder, and he has a photographic memory.

It's not pretty, considering I write romance stories.

WriterDude · Dec 17, 2016

I was once dismissed as just 'the data guy', and the Peter Pinciple seems to be in effect.

cmi0616 · Dec 17, 2016

I graduated from college in May and found a job working for a non-profit. I'm applying to MFA programs, so I'm hoping that this will be a kind of temporary gig, but I do like what I'm doing in the meantime.

Speaking of, on a slightly promotional note, if you've got old sneakers lying around your closet, please consider donating them at a drop-off location near you.

gavintonks · Dec 17, 2016

I mentor small business, have a bacteria that eats human sewerage thats is cleaning up sewerage smells, and have projects like managing a client's property rentals and installing touch screens in mall kiosks.

Ink-Pen-Paper · Dec 17, 2016

I am the information management section for a small federal program which requires importers to file information about the wood or wood products being imported in the the U.S.

ZachJPayne · Dec 17, 2016

I am a virtual assistant to another writer, Shaunta Grimes, which makes sure I have a whole umbrella of virtual tasks to do.

I'm a query intern for a literary agent, which means I read a lot of slush.

I'm also a full-time college student. I can't decide whether or not I want to be an English teacher, try to make a full-time gig of acting, or go to law school.

LadyV · Dec 17, 2016

I'm a plant healthcare technician for a tree company. I visit people's homes to treat their trees and shrubs for pests or fertilize them.

darkangel77 · Dec 21, 2016

I'm a physical therapist in a hospital, contracted here indefinitely. Money's nice, but the 1-hour commute each way isn't...throw in NYC traffic and you could have a nightmare. Luckily the facility I'm at now isn't super busy (especially around the holidays, where people don't like coming in for their sessions), so it leaves me a little time to daydream and brainstorm on slow days.

darrtwish · Dec 26, 2016

Graduated in June from university with an honours B.A. in History, now in college to be an early childhood educator so I'm in school full-time. I also provide respite care for kids with diverse abilities and referee minor hockey

ChipsAhoyMcCoy · Dec 26, 2016

I'm an undergraduate student full-time (majoring in Political Science and double minoring in Peace & Justice Studies and Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies), but I have 2 part-time jobs writing for a college news site and on the salad bar/subline on campus. I'm studying abroad for the entirety of 2017, though, so the salad bar/subline job is on hold until 2018. Hopefully I'll have landed a job in the Poli Sci department or something by then and won't have to go back to making food, but we'll see.

What's your day job?

ChopinsMuse

Melanii

Talking Fruit

jliz0808

technoglobe

Lillian_Blaire

Procrastinator Extraordinaire

anakhouri79

chompers

Jaymz Connelly

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree

Lavern08

Sit Down, and Shut Up!

Jaymz Connelly

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree

Jason

Ideas bounce around in my head

allthefeels

ManWithTheMetalArm

Has One Badass Arm

ChopinsMuse

Nightender

V.J. Allison

Sunny with a Side of Evilness

WriterDude

Writer?

cmi0616

gavintonks

Ink-Pen-Paper

Life Is Full Of Stories

ZachJPayne

Beware: #amQuerying

LadyV

Tree Hugger

darkangel77

Head in the clouds

darrtwish

ChipsAhoyMcCoy

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What's your day job?

Talking Fruit

Procrastinator Extraordinaire

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree

Sit Down, and Shut Up!

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree

Ideas bounce around in my head

Has One Badass Arm

Sunny with a Side of Evilness

Writer?

Life Is Full Of Stories

Beware: #amQuerying

Tree Hugger

Head in the clouds

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