What do you do?

[Tyler Koregaten]

My first/current job is as a State Alchemist. I serve in Germany at Gorresfinn-Furtte.
(I don't care if you don't believe me because I know that I am and that's good enough for me.) Anyhow, they only pay me 2,000 Euro a month(that's about 670
dollars) I am sooo underpaid for what I do. :animesigh (I make their damn research papers and do all of the work with alchemic research and they pay me 2,000 damn euro a month. Damn cheapskates :mad: ) Does anyone else here get unfairly underpaid for you seemingly important job? Join the club.

[Retribution]

[QUOTE=Tyler Koregaten]My first/current job is as a State Alchemist. I serve in Germany at Gorresfinn-Furtte.
(I don't care if you don't believe me because I know that I am and that's good enough for me.) Anyhow, they only pay me 2,000 Euro a month(that's about 670
dollars) I am sooo underpaid for what I do. :animesigh (I make their damn research papers and do all of the work with alchemic research and they pay me 2,000 damn euro a month. Damn cheapskates :mad: ) Does anyone else here get unfairly underpaid for you seemingly important job? Join the club.[/QUOTE]
[SIZE=1]What do you do as a State Alchemist? Change other metals into gold? The elixir of Longetivity? Alchemy is an outdated science that [I]should[/I] have died in the medieval age. Making what you stated means that you make below the minimum wage of America. And from what I understand, the European minimum wage is higher than America's. Is that even legal?

*shrug*[/SIZE]

[Tyler Koregaten]

Actually it is legal because I count as a soldier. Even so, the State Alchemists' Treasury covers research and all of that, so I guess that's why.
By the way, I don't make elixirs or transmute metals, that's not even alchemy. That's an Ancient Egyptian practice called [I]Al-khemi[/I] whixh was the practice of
creating elixirs and transmuting base metals. As you see, many people confused that word as a typo for alchemy, so they used that definition. Almost every source and text uses that definition. This is alchemy's true definition:
The complex science of transmuting objects of certan masses into objects of the same mass through use the of alchemic energy. This science follows a code of laws called the [I]Magnus Opus[/I] and is a rare science which is practiced by less than 1,000 people worldwide. Most transmutations are done through the use of a transmutation circle, which harbors alchemic energy based on the arrays within the circle. Th only object that can bypass a transmutation circle is a Philosopher's Stone or a Red Stone.
There. You should be getting a clearer picture of my occupation now.
Oh, yeah, to become a State Alchemist, you must pass the Stately Certified Alchemist Exam, which takes about 4 and a half hours to do. Oy. :animeknow

[Shadetaro]

O_o... I'm officially confused... if you're a soldier than you use transmutation circles, right? I'm sorry to seem ignorant, but I've been looking for a way to learn how to use circles for about a month now. Everything I find is historic, or it's about pancea, or getting gold... hmm, I should just make a new thread for this stuff...

Anyway, I'm still just 15 and in a tiny town with only two bars for commerce, so I really can't work anywhere...

[ChibiHorsewoman]

[color=darkviolet]I now work at a sheet metal manufacture. Whle I don't actually work on the machines- yet. I do some finish work. The basics like packaging and labeling. Easy as anything.

I make $.7.50 an hour- and if I don't go off ground for lunch I don't have to punch out- cool huh? So I make decent money for easy -albeit boring- work and have a paid lunch. How cool is that?

Now if only I could get the photo job at Target[/color]

[Drix D'Zanth]

[QUOTE=Tyler Koregaten]Actually it is legal because I count as a soldier. Even so, the State Alchemists' Treasury covers research and all of that, so I guess that's why.
By the way, I don't make elixirs or transmute metals, that's not even alchemy. That's an Ancient Egyptian practice called [I]Al-khemi[/I] whixh was the practice of
creating elixirs and transmuting base metals. As you see, many people confused that word as a typo for alchemy, so they used that definition. Almost every source and text uses that definition. This is alchemy's true definition:
The complex science of transmuting objects of certan masses into objects of the same mass through use the of alchemic energy. This science follows a code of laws called the [I]Magnus Opus[/I] and is a rare science which is practiced by less than 1,000 people worldwide. Most transmutations are done through the use of a transmutation circle, which harbors alchemic energy based on the arrays within the circle. Th only object that can bypass a transmutation circle is a Philosopher's Stone or a Red Stone.
There. You should be getting a clearer picture of my occupation now.
Oh, yeah, to become a State Alchemist, you must pass the Stately Certified Alchemist Exam, which takes about 4 and a half hours to do. Oy. :animeknow[/QUOTE]

Anyone else here as allergic to this ******** as I am?

Over the summer I work as a paramedic-certified Emergency Room Tech/med. I recently received my ACLS certification, so now I'm allowed to defibrillate (shock) people and better interpret ECGs. I can start IVs, I perform CPR, assist on many procedures, suture, draw blood, trauma response, bag-and-vent, intubate, and pretty much whatever people throw at me. I'm about as capable as an RN except that I cannot administer medications without a (RN, MD, or DO) witness. In fairness, most RNs are absolutely incapable of proper splinting and casting, I was trained and certified by an Orthopedic Surgeon. Sometimes the doctor will let me stick someone with.. say... Tetanus for practice. Doc's also let me work under their license so I could perform some cool procedures, like a chest tube placement- I basically made a small incision near the 5th intercostal space and rammed a large plastic tube into the lung to drain it of blood. Lots of muscle work that day .

An added perk is that I'm allowed to attend any surgery at the hospital because I'm a budgeted employee. So I've been able to witness many surgeries; from an aneurysm repair to a full-hip replacement. This experience has been invaluable.

At the moment I'm working on my undergrad studies and preparing for Medical School

[Sage Kaley]

(laughs) Ok then I have one for everyone that seems to entertain people whenever they first here it: My first and to date only job was...

(drumrolls)

Official Pickle Sorter. Not at a nice plant either that you see on TV. Dark and loud and dirty and omg the pickles!! Nasty, some with worms, some with sticks in them, some oddly clear looking or rotted...and where did they go? The relish bin.

I made your pickles and relish. I need some thanks. (waits)

We even got a dead animal stuck in the machine one day. It was not a fun job. 7 an hour though, which was awesome for me. But such long days...6...8...11 hours. I was underage! Child labor I say! But It was money so I dealt with it. It bought Christmas presents and that was all that mattered. But damn...

And my coworkers? Well...I liked the Spanish ones. There were a lot of them and I knew basic stuff. They were nice and good workers. The teenage girls there were annoying and the older woman was odd, told me all Canadians are from space or something and that the mothership would come back for them. She was serious.

...So there, my job. I hope you are all entertained/disgusted/slightly scared.

[Sandy]

[quote name='Drix D'Zanth']Anyone else here as allergic to this ******** as I am?[/quote]

I'm with you on this, Drix. That Tyler guy must have some serious issues if he sincerely believes that he works as an Alchemist to the German government. But meh, whatever gives his life some spice...

Okay, to the subject at hand, I'm currently a student of Social Care, and once I graduate, I will get a Bachelor's degree on that. I'm specializing to children and youth, and I will most likely go work with the latter ones.

Despite the sound of it, this work isn't mere child's play (although playing is a crucial factor to a child's development), as I will most likely have to deal with difficult clients who come from various backgrounds and some will have very heavy issues on their hearts. I'm not going to be payed much, from about 2000? to 3000? per month (the minimum limit of a monthly salary in Finland is about 1500?, by the way), and the work I will do is taken pretty much for granted, but I trust I will enjoy it nevertheless, to get to help young, growing people on their worries and make their angsty lives more meaningful etc.

My youth wasn't a happy one, so I aim to make it better for others, and that's why I want to work in this area. So there.

[SunfallE]

Well my first job ever was working for a department store in the house-cleaning department. Not the most exciting job to get up early and clean the place up to get it ready for opening for the day. It didn?t pay very well either as I only got about $4 dollars an hour. You can?t live on that around here, but at the time I was going to college and grants made up the difference.

I went through a number of different jobs after that, but now I?m working as a Semi-Truck Driver. It?s not the most glamorous job either but unlike other stuff I?ve done it at least pays well. I usually get anywhere from $3-5,000 a month depending upon what bonuses I earn from driving extra miles each month. And that?s just as a beginner. The longer you drive the more your pay per mile goes up.

As a truck driver I see all sorts of weird and wacky things on the road. When I?m driving there isn?t a day that I don?t see something. Usually it?s an accident or two or like one time when I was parked for the night and someone else?s trailer caught on fire. The force from the tires exploding shook the entire truck and woke me up. And the trailer was parked over 100 feet away. I also see the strangest things in the road too. Just last month there was a wheelbarrow right in the middle of the freeway.

If you don?t mind being away from home a lot it?s a good job as there?s always work that needs to be done.

[visualkei]

My job. Neither terrible nor wonderful, though it has its moments where it can be either. I work at a school, basically a tutor and teacher. I tutor kids in homework-- babysit. And I teach a computer class-- Internet.


I gotta say, the 3rd-5th graders are the worse. They're loud, talk back, don't listen, a bunch of punks I'd love to sit around and make fun of till the point they will cry. Then I'll beat them up cuz I'm stronger. =P Also, the worst ones are usually the ones that look like geeks. It's like, the geeks know me and my coworkers aren't real teachers and use this opportunity to act up. Then they're quiet and pretend they've never met you when their parents show up. Little shitheads. Lol. Not to mention it's hard for me to keep my hands off their homework cuz I really want them to complete it.

Then there are the K-2nd graders. Adorable little punks that never know where they're going. I thought I really wouldn't be able to stand kids their age but I was wrong. It's so much easier to control them. Plus they're soooooooooooooo kkkkkkeeeeeeeeyoooooooottt! It's hard to get them organized though, because their attention span is like 3 seconds. The only kinder/1st grade I have is a homework class that goes to cooking before they go to me. They always make food, and sometimes they'll share it with me.

Kid: "Do you wanna try this?!"
::offers me peanut butter rolled up like a poop in his bare hands::

Teachers: "Okay, next we're going to do Yoga!"
Kids: "Aw... We dont like yogurt..."

Yesterday a girl drew me a picture and after giving it to me, she hugged me. Not knowing what else to do, and feeling left out, another girl put down her crayon and joined. It's funny how the little ones hug you for no reason... or the wrong reasons. =P


My very first job was a hostess at a chinese restaurant. My boss was this guy who'd say "One for nonsmoking please" every time he'd enter the dang restaurant thinking he'd made the most hilarious joke in the world.