What do you do for a living?

[Budgernaut 6,255]

Research Analyst for government pharmacy programs.

Bio degree. Wanted to be a teacher. In 2 years promotions have spiked me from making 25% more than teacher starting salary to exceeding top-end teacher salaries by a comfortable margin.

I wish I could teach, but I don't want my kids growing up with bad schools and questionable income streams in this part of the country.

Funny you should mention this since I'm starting to apply for biology teaching positions right now as I'm finishing my degree at the end of the year.

[TasteTheRainbow 8,726]

Research Analyst for government pharmacy programs.

Bio degree. Wanted to be a teacher. In 2 years promotions have spiked me from making 25% more than teacher starting salary to exceeding top-end teacher salaries by a comfortable margin.

I wish I could teach, but I don't want my kids growing up with bad schools and questionable income streams in this part of the country.

Funny you should mention this since I'm starting to apply for biology teaching positions right now as I'm finishing my degree at the end of the year.

What state?

[taulover55 354]

I work for an insurance company that deals primarily with farms but my day can be as varied as quoting for a Chihuahua in the morning to dealing with a claim where someone has fallen from a height and injured themselves to sorting out a car insurance quote and then helping with single farm payments/ employment help etc.

I really enjoy it but I am the tech guy in the office (all systems upgrades/issues are filtered through me before they have to ring the helpdesk to get new equipment sent through as its properly Borked)

I'd much rather join the police force or fire brigade but my time is getting short with the entry requirements for the jobs and they rarely come up in my area

[Fuego Estelar 401]

Accountant in Southern Spain.

 

Also I run long distance races as a hobby (up to 60 miles)

[LastAbys 62]

By day, I'm your average mild mannered Office Depot freight associate.  But at night, I transform into a mild mannered assistant instructor of Tae Kwon Do.

[heychadwick 11,357]

 

 

Research Analyst for government pharmacy programs.

Bio degree. Wanted to be a teacher. In 2 years promotions have spiked me from making 25% more than teacher starting salary to exceeding top-end teacher salaries by a comfortable margin.

I wish I could teach, but I don't want my kids growing up with bad schools and questionable income streams in this part of the country.

Funny you should mention this since I'm starting to apply for biology teaching positions right now as I'm finishing my degree at the end of the year.

What state?

 

 

Hopefully not mine.  North Carolina doesn't pay it's starting teachers more than 5k over the poverty line.  No wonder we are in the bottom 5 of the US for education.  

[Searchghost 2]

I work at the corporate office of Batteries Plus Bulbs as a bulb support representative.  I answer technical questions for our stores as well as source hard-to-find bulbs among other things.

[rym 211]

Wow, all these jobs sound so....professional and adult and grown up and meaningful. 

 

I'm just a lowly middle school cross country coach and the guy that stripes all the gaming fields for the school that I work at. In Texas, when the temps are 100+ in the summer and the early part of the school year, being out there in the sun can bake you. I pass the time thinking of lists I wanna play. 

[fistfulofforce 394]

I joined the war on terror in 2001 joined the U.S. Army was a cavalry scout then a tanker then became part of special forces jsoc. Spent the better part of a decade and a half seeing the world in the hardest way. One divorce and a beautiful girl later I took early retirement and run a couple websites for collecting and manage my time being a dad teaching my kids the importance of strategic gaming. Missing the tip of the spear and my buddies but glad to be with my family every night.

[WarriorPoet 352]

Research Analyst for government pharmacy programs.

Bio degree. Wanted to be a teacher. In 2 years promotions have spiked me from making 25% more than teacher starting salary to exceeding top-end teacher salaries by a comfortable margin.

I wish I could teach, but I don't want my kids growing up with bad schools and questionable income streams in this part of the country.

Wow, how did I miss this the first go-round? Oh well...

As a teacher looking outward at higher-paying jobs, the only reason I'm not looking for something outside my current field is that my long-term goal is to be a tenured professor, so the more education background I can put on my C.V., the better (and teaching allows me to go to seminars and keep my mind engaged in the world of para-academia).

Out of curiosity, how would you being a teacher effect your kids' schooling? I understand that in your state, education is in an awful state and that effects the quality thereof and the stability of income therefrom, but how does not being a teacher enable your kids to have a better education?

 

 

Funny you should mention this since I'm starting to apply for biology teaching positions right now as I'm finishing my degree at the end of the year.

Very cool! You've done your student teaching, then? Make sure you read Gadge's post on the first page of this thread before you teach your first class; it's good to have realistic expectations so your first year doesn't eat you alive. And really, if you survive that first year, it all gets much easier.

 

Wow, all these jobs sound so....professional and adult and grown up and meaningful. 

 

I'm just a lowly middle school cross country coach and the guy that stripes all the gaming fields for the school that I work at. In Texas, when the temps are 100+ in the summer and the early part of the school year, being out there in the sun can bake you. I pass the time thinking of lists I wanna play.

Yay, Texas educators! Don't discount yourself for being a coach; so long as you're teaching your sport meaningfully and vigorously, you're making a difference.

[Budgernaut 6,255]

Funny you should mention this since I'm starting to apply for biology teaching positions right now as I'm finishing my degree at the end of the year.

Very cool! You've done your student teaching, then? Make sure you read Gadge's post on the first page of this thread before you teach your first class; it's good to have realistic expectations so your first year doesn't eat you alive. And really, if you survive that first year, it all gets much easier. 

No, no student teaching. I'm shooting for a faculty teaching position at the college level that isn't adjunct but has liitle to no research requirement. I've TA'd 12 semesters of biology (21 sections total) and I've completed the certificate in college teaching program offered through my school. This summer I'm working with my advisor to redesign her course for this Fall so I have more experience in class preparation. I'm hoping that all of that combined with a Ph.D. can get me the position I want. My ideal is to teach lower-level classes. I really want to teach Freshman biology, both molecular and evolutionary. I also want to teach both majors and non-majors. I want to teach majors because the majority of them are trying to be doctors an dentists and I want to help them see early on that a good doctor is a biologist first. They need to understand how to see the body as a product of evolution as they diagnose their patients. I want them to appreciate, also, that they are part of a field much larger and more intricate than mere physiology. For the non-majors, I want to equip them with the critical thinking skills and biological background to see through scams and propoganda that sound technical or make scientific claims, but are utter garbage.

I've just heard so many complaints about intro bio through all my universities and I want to be a part of making it a positive, life-changing experience for Freshmen.

[TasteTheRainbow 8,726]

Out of curiosity, how would you being a teacher effect your kids' schooling?

The difference in quality between different school districts is extremely large. Given the size and kind of house we need, where my wife works, and the cost of those houses in decent school districts a teacher salary would effectively force my kids to go to a C or lower school.

[TasteTheRainbow 8,726]

Funny you should mention this since I'm starting to apply for biology teaching positions right now as I'm finishing my degree at the end of the year.

Very cool! You've done your student teaching, then? Make sure you read Gadge's post on the first page of this thread before you teach your first class; it's good to have realistic expectations so your first year doesn't eat you alive. And really, if you survive that first year, it all gets much easier.

No, no student teaching. I'm shooting for a faculty teaching position at the college level that isn't adjunct but has liitle to no research requirement. I've TA'd 12 semesters of biology (21 sections total) and I've completed the certificate in college teaching program offered through my school. This summer I'm working with my advisor to redesign her course for this Fall so I have more experience in class preparation. I'm hoping that all of that combined with a Ph.D. can get me the position I want. My ideal is to teach lower-level classes. I really want to teach Freshman biology, both molecular and evolutionary. I also want to teach both majors and non-majors. I want to teach majors because the majority of them are trying to be doctors an dentists and I want to help them see early on that a good doctor is a biologist first. They need to understand how to see the body as a product of evolution as they diagnose their patients. I want them to appreciate, also, that they are part of a field much larger and more intricate than mere physiology. For the non-majors, I want to equip them with the critical thinking skills and biological background to see through scams and propoganda that sound technical or make scientific claims, but are utter garbage.

I've just heard so many complaints about intro bio through all my universities and I want to be a part of making it a positive, life-changing experience for Freshmen.

I wish I could like this twice. You're the exactly the kind of person bio programs need. Best of luck.

[Fuzzywookie 2,145]

I wish I was a stay at home dad for a little while. That would be nice.

[thespaceinvader 17,568]

Admin at a university.

[Space Cadet 170]

What do I do for a living "Breath"

[Mechawyvern 30]

I work at a call center tech support desk for Toyota.

[Vellcrow 101]

Retired USAF.

 

I now work at a school district print shop, so I can print all the custom X-wing cards and rulebooks I want!

 

Edited July 1, 2016 by Vellcrow