What do you guys do for a living? [Archive]

JohanZombie

04-16-2009, 10:34 PM

As the topics says.. what do you do during the days? I know that Elliot (AGOFCR?) works in the military and that Eeva studies. How about the rest of ya'll?

I study law during days and work at a closed mental institution during weekends. Pretty interesting job and pretty tough from time to time too (depends on the patients). I block very little at work, and in school I think im kind of a closet-stutter. I just chill and dont talk extremely much. Presentations always goes well though for some reason which im glad of.

Well, so what do you guys do?

emily445455

04-16-2009, 11:39 PM

I'm an undergrad studying Speech-Language Pathology. I graduate in May with my bachelors, then I'm going to do something productive :)

grantM

04-16-2009, 11:54 PM

University Lecturer in Multimedia and am 1/2 wayish through PhD

nik037

04-17-2009, 01:30 AM

unemployed marketing consultant. :) I haven't found a full-time job since I graduated Business School with my MBA.

Zachary

04-17-2009, 06:29 PM

I am currently working at a restaurant. I polish and roll silverware during the evening and I'm an assistant pastry chef during the morning.

It pays the bills, so I can't complain :D

JohanZombie

04-17-2009, 08:29 PM

***What do you guys do for a living?***

If you ask my boss he'd say I don't do a damn thing ;)

Nothing wrong with that... You dont wanna tear yourself out in an early age right :p

Box of Clocks

04-17-2009, 09:46 PM

I work as a window cleaner which can sometimes be difficult as I have to talk to my customers quite a lot.

JohanZombie

04-17-2009, 10:43 PM

I work as a window cleaner which can sometimes be difficult as I have to talk to my customers quite a lot.

Do you clean them on skyscrapes and other tall buildings too? I dont know why, but I thought you were some kind of scientist/doctor.

TenaciousD

04-17-2009, 10:56 PM

I work for my fathers company........ He's a developer/home contractor...... I do alot of miscellaneous jobs....... various construction jobs, landscaping, occasionally bookkeeping, run errands etc..../ Ive been a student off and on for the last 4 and a half years............ Ive actually just enrolled back into school and I have 2 years to go and I'll have a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice.............. Im hoping in the future to be an officer in the military.
-Specifically- Security Forces officer in the US airforce.

cjm555

04-17-2009, 11:37 PM

i am a student by day and janitor by night.

after this semester i will (hopefully) have my electronics Tech degree and starting in june i begin classes for my Biomedical Equipment Tech degree

at work (i hate my job) i clean a bank and a clinic every night... come to think of it i better leave now so im not late...

Mike85

04-18-2009, 08:55 AM

Box of Clocks

04-18-2009, 09:00 AM

Do you clean them on skyscrapes and other tall buildings too? I dont know why, but I thought you were some kind of scientist/doctor.

Not really no. Mainly just normal size houses. I do clean a couple of office buildings but they are very small.

JohanZombie

04-18-2009, 01:28 PM

I am a law student during the day and currently unemployed. My last job wasn't fun at all, so I quit it. And thanks to the credit crunch (and lack of effort hehe :p) I haven't found a replacement yet.

Johan, what kind of work do you want to do when you are done with your law study?

I think I wanna work in court with criminal law. Probably a defence attorney or something like that.. But you never know, human rights and international law is interesting too. The only thing im pretty sure I will not do is buisness/contract law..

how about you? how many years do you have left until your degree?

Zachary

04-18-2009, 02:48 PM

I've always thought cleaning the windows on skyscrapers would be a pretty cool job. Same with changing the light bulbs on top of radio/television towers. I think I saw that on a Coke commercial once LOL.

I guess I should have added the fact I'm attending school as well. Er.. not at the moment anyway, financial issues. I will be going back fall '09 though.

:p

Happy stutter23

04-18-2009, 05:31 PM

I graduated law school last year and haven't found a job in the law related domain.I tried to get a job at the mayor's office as a law consultant or as the romans called juris consult :D but did not passed the interview(i stuttered like hell)it was my first interview.Now i am waiting for an aunt to talk to a lawyer so i can start an internship at his private practice office.To put it in a word:Unemployed!!!

JohanZombie

04-18-2009, 08:05 PM

Mike85

04-18-2009, 08:30 PM

I think I wanna work in court with criminal law. Probably a defence attorney or something like that.. But you never know, human rights and international law is interesting too. The only thing im pretty sure I will not do is buisness/contract law..

how about you? how many years do you have left until your degree?

I am in my second year. I have no idea yet what I want to become yet. Contract and business law doesn't really interest me either. Social and civil law interest me the most.

So you are most interested in criminal law? You should have defended the owners of TPB, maybe they would have won then. :p

Happy stutter23

04-18-2009, 08:58 PM

Cool that youre a gratuated lawyer att this young age! what would you like to work with in law?

well...i don't know really, i mean i like criminal law or penal law(thats what they call it in my country) but i also like civil law,human rights law,naval or maritime law(you can win a lot of money in this sector).About my age and allready graduated law school in my country we go to university at the age of 18 and Law School last about 4 years then if you want to work as judge, prosecutor, lawyer you have to take an exam and after 2 years you can start practicing but it's very hard in this freakin country:mad: to much coruption:(

Hey about that TPB lawsuit, come on man you do realize the pressure the MPAA or RIAA put on.But there is always the appeal.Long live filesharing :D

JohanZombie

04-18-2009, 11:12 PM

well...i don't know really, i mean i like criminal law or penal law(thats what they call it in my country) but i also like civil law,human rights law,naval or maritime law(you can win a lot of money in this sector).About my age and allready graduated law school in my country we go to university at the age of 18 and Law School last about 4 years then if you want to work as judge, prosecutor, lawyer you have to take an exam and after 2 years you can start practicing but it's very hard in this freakin country:mad: to much coruption:(

Hey about that TPB lawsuit, come on man you do realize the pressure the MPAA or RIAA put on.But there is always the appeal.Long live filesharing :D

What country do you live in? Jepp, TPB got convicted and they got pretty high fines too. But they will appeal and this will take loooong to solve, though, probably with TPB convicted in the end.

Violet

04-19-2009, 12:19 AM

I'm half way through my last year of school and next year i am hoping to do a Arts degree at university. No idea what i will do to actually pay for it though. :eek:

cjm555

04-19-2009, 01:50 AM

I'm half way through my last year of school and next year i am hoping to do a Arts degree at university. No idea what i will do to actually pay for it though. :eek:

student loans are a wonderful/terrible thing! lol

Happy stutter23

04-19-2009, 09:55 AM

What country do you live in? Jepp, TPB got convicted and they got pretty high fines too. But they will appeal and this will take loooong to solve, though, probably with TPB convicted in the end.

Woderful and amazing ROMANIA:D ,it's a great country to bad people live in it :rolleyes: .

Happy stutter23

04-19-2009, 09:58 AM

I'm half way through my last year of school and next year i am hoping to do a Arts degree at university. No idea what i will do to actually pay for it though. :eek:

Don't worry about that Violet,just enjoy the last 's ,months as a highschool student.Go out,party,have fun!!!:D

Zachary

04-19-2009, 08:17 PM

Don't worry about that Violet,just enjoy the last 's ,months as a highschool student.Go out,party,have fun!!!:D

I agree with this. Do not put too much pressure on yourself to succeed straight out of high school. Its not worth it, you will only end up wearing yourself out mentally and emotionally. Not to mention you will rack up student loan debt for something you will in all likely-hood decide not to pursue.

I just turned 24, and I am just now figuring out what I want to do with my life. I kinda wish I would have told those who pushed me to "frikk off" and let me make my own decisions. Its whatever though, I'm in a better place now, even if my current position and wages aren't "impressive."

Seriously, em :D

JFan

04-20-2009, 12:38 AM

I've owned a Commerical Property Management Company for the past 15 years. It was not my first choice but it's a living!!!

Violet

04-20-2009, 12:49 AM

I agree with this. Do not put too much pressure on yourself to succeed straight out of high school. Its not worth it, you will only end up wearing yourself out mentally and emotionally. Not to mention you will rack up student loan debt for something you will in all likely-hood decide not to pursue.

I just turned 24, and I am just now figuring out what I want to do with my life. I kinda wish I would have told those who pushed me to "frikk off" and let me make my own decisions. Its whatever though, I'm in a better place now, even if my current position and wages aren't "impressive."

Seriously, em :D

haha thanks for the advice :)

peebee

04-21-2009, 07:31 AM

I'm honestly amazed that there's so many law students on this forum... it's actually really inspiring...

kwe

05-06-2009, 11:23 PM

I work in the video games industry. It's my dream job so I know i'm very lucky on that score, but I'd ABSOLUTELY give it up if I could be cured of my stammer instead.

fearfactory

05-07-2009, 02:06 AM

thank God I was able to finish BS nursing even I stutter... am a mild stutterer anyway..

ricardo

05-18-2009, 03:12 AM

I have a master in computer science. I currently work in a High Particle Physics Research Institute but I want something different. I might be going to do another master or phd in computer graphics.

jrod1986

05-18-2009, 05:03 AM

I'm a student working on a Bachelor's degree while in psychology while working part-time for a doctor's office--good thing I don't have to talk to anyone!!! Haha....right.

grantM

05-18-2009, 06:17 AM

Wow Ricardo come over to me university and do your post-grad!

cjm555

05-18-2009, 03:46 PM

as of last friday i am an official Electronics Technician! :) june 1st i start class for The Biomedical Equipment Technician program... so about another year and a half to making around $60k starting!

ricardo

05-18-2009, 04:38 PM

Wow Ricardo come over to me university and do your post-grad!

In which University are you doing your phd?

grantM

05-18-2009, 09:35 PM

I lecture and study at the University of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia in the Graduate School of Information Technology & Mathematical Sciences (including games lol)

ricardo

05-19-2009, 08:11 PM

I'm trying for a scholarship in Japan (wish me luck) but if that fails I really might consider going to Australia..haha. My proposed research topic is in real-time rendering.

I read your article and I'm impressed. I'm getting better but doing presentations/conferences/seminars/etc I still get a bit nervous because of the blocks that sometimes happens. My last one was in front of around 100 people and I was the last one! It was "painful".. lol

bolo

05-20-2009, 10:35 AM

I'm a work from home software/website developer. Which I see as both a blessing and also at the same time something that doesn't help me and my stutter.

A blessing in the sense I get to see my family everyday and my little boy growing up, yet negatively it restricts my exposure to other people, reducing any 'practice' in speaking with people on a day to day basis. I definately think I've become more introvert since working from home. But as I said seeing all the little stages my boys going through makes up for it.

afic12

05-22-2009, 05:20 AM

It is really nice to see so many doing Law...always wanted to study law,but couldn't coz of my stutter.... I am doing bachelors in geomatic engineering....hoping to do masters in future ...and finally to land in a good job...

DKoz

05-22-2009, 05:49 PM

Perseverance

05-23-2009, 12:35 AM

I was trained as a lift engineer and use to install intruder alarms,
many years ago I developed Mental Health problems and for 11 years I worked as a volunteer electrician for a charity
I'm about to undergo some Mental Health training and become part of the MH support team in the

WhiteLatinoBoy

05-23-2009, 03:47 AM

as of now i am working at burger king...haha.
its kinda tough cuz i am constantly talking to customers but its not so bad i guess.

im going into accounting at the moment. i love numbers :]

barrymcgee

06-15-2009, 01:29 PM

Nice to read such a wide range of people..

I'm a web developer for the BBC in London :)

Plucky Purcell

06-19-2009, 07:04 PM

I'm a CNC Machinist, but unemployed at the moment. Hope this economy will turn around!

I went to college for English at first, but after 2 years I lost my focus and finances. I hope to go back for business and botany. (I want to have an orchid nursery.)

ClinPsy

07-06-2009, 05:51 AM

Im starting school again this Fall. I will be starting my doctorate in clinical psychology with a specialization in child psychology. In essence, I plan to be a child psychologist in the future. :D

BunOne

07-06-2009, 06:29 PM

I have been in the music production industry in Canada for the last 10 years... I'm pretty well known in the industry up here.

Jaykon

07-07-2009, 12:30 AM

im an art director/graphic designer. its good times.

chrish15

07-12-2009, 01:08 AM

I am a accountant, I have a B.S. with a major in Accounting and minor in Forensic accounting. I will soon be working on my CPA. I work in a small firm, and talk with clients on a daily basis in person, on phone, its crazy. I do stutter, but its all good most the time. My dream job would be to work for the FBI as a forensic accountant.

nowayout

07-12-2009, 04:13 PM

I am a web developer .. working as a freelancer ... Although I would love to work on some regular job someday ...

nosaj

07-16-2009, 01:20 PM

I'm a writer. Currently finishing a screenplay, and thinking about writing a play about a girl with a stutter.

TK421

07-17-2009, 03:30 AM

I graduated with a BFA in Visual Effects & Motion Graphics back in December. For 6 months I was working as an assistant designer at a small production studio in Chicago, but that company recently went out of business. I'm back on the hunt for something in the web/film/TV field.

I do 3D animation, and would love to one day work in California at one of the big animation studios like Pixar, Dreamworks, or Digital Domain.

I've been graduated and out in the real world now for close to 7 months, and so far my stutter has not been a major problem for me with me during interviews and on the job. Of course I am constantly nervous about it when preparing for interviews, but I tend to speak pretty fluently when I get to talk about my passion as a digital artist.

Fortunately most of what I do consists of me sitting behind a computer screen. I do have to collaborate with others, but I'm often too excited to worry about my stutter.

lglovesjp

09-01-2009, 12:13 AM

I work in McDonalds where I have worked for over 2 years now so they are quite understanding and used to my stutter and I go to college where I rarely talk so I don't know if anyone knows I have a stutter.

Vedd

09-01-2009, 05:26 PM

I graduated from university last year with a B.A. in English and I've been working as a Security Guard for the past 4 years. I make a little bit above minimum wage but I live with my folks so its not so bad (girls you didn't read that). I hope to have a better job someday.

elliejelly

09-02-2009, 03:02 AM

well I'm a student right now - B Biomedical Science. One day hoping to get a masters or PhD in microbiology. We'll see if I still like learning in those later years. Anyway, I am also one of those closet-stutterer types, so people either think I am shy or they think I am a snob :P

famousnj

09-02-2009, 06:09 PM

I am a Test Engineer..my work requires me to do more communication..in start i used to get nervous..but now everyone knows that i stutter so i communicate them easily..

Anneka15

09-05-2009, 06:04 PM

I go to school :)

thatCALIdude

09-08-2009, 10:04 AM

I've always thought cleaning the windows on skyscrapers would be a pretty cool job.

:p

well they pay pretty well for obvious reasons

thatCALIdude

09-08-2009, 10:06 AM

finishing up my last semester in college, about to get my bachelors in business and honestly im tired of school. of course graduating is cool but i gotta do a presentation in front of the business faulty/students

: (

racer965

09-20-2009, 02:37 AM

I deliver pizza, And I hate answering the phone and calling people whenever I cant find there house!!! I ABSOLUTELY DREAD IT, but i like the job in general.

howeee

09-21-2009, 02:40 AM

I work for myself collecting used car tires and I wholesale them. I have been doing that on and off for 35 years. I have been partners in a tire store. I also worked for Firestone retail stores selling tires and service .I had a small business for 5 years working the gun and knife shows selling holsters, lasers and night vision.

In addition to the used tires, I collect repair and sell vintage bikes,,mostly as a hobby but make a little money from it too.

Mullen

09-21-2009, 11:04 AM

In addition to the used tires, I collect repair and sell vintage bikes,,mostly as a hobby but make a little money from it too.

"Bikes" as in bicycles or as in motorcycles? I picked up an old bicycle for $5 at a garage sale last month that has a skip-tooth chain on it. I think it might be pretty old. It needed a new back tire, but other than that it seems to work just fine.

Ariakkas

09-21-2009, 04:43 PM

i work at a state school for the deaf, and work part-time as a sign language interpreter.

like others, im a closet stutterer, so most people dont realize that i have a stutter. of course i spend the vast majority of my time using sign language so my stutter doesnt really come into play, which is nice.

im going to school also, right now my major is security operations, but i want to get a little more technical, perhaps computer forensics.

howeee

09-21-2009, 07:55 PM

yea bicycles,,,I found a skip tooth Hawthorne womens bike yesterday. Womans bikes have little value,,this one happened to have a very good seat and somone put some schwinn parts on it that have some value.

What kinda bike did you get?

Mullen

09-22-2009, 09:50 PM

What kinda bike did you get?

I'm not really sure. It's got the "sweetheart" chainwheel, so I think it's a Schwinn. The seat is labeled "Skyway", but it may not be original. The frame looks to me like that of the Hornet, but it's missing so many of the old parts that it's hard to be sure. It's still a nice bike, a relic of the past that still works.

dookers

09-30-2009, 08:36 PM

I'm an accountant

mateo

10-01-2009, 04:25 AM

Currently I am a computer technician. It's a fun job when i don't have to talk to customers, but when i do it could be the worst job. Right now i am in school studying networking but i don't think that it's for me.

I am thinking of becoming a police officer but i don't know if my stutter will qualify me as a candidate. Any thoughts?

Sparkle

10-28-2009, 02:36 PM

I am a full-time student...Will graduate feb. 2010 with a BS in psychology and will be attending dental school in 1 yr.

colesmiles

10-30-2009, 01:59 PM

Check-out chick.
But hopefully uni, creative arts degree, creative writing - majoring in screenwriting. So yay film industry. We shall see.
If not, then teaching, or perhaps a double degree with psychology.

axeman

11-05-2009, 03:56 PM

I work for a UK Bookmakers as an odds compiler for NFL and Darts. Not much talking involved, thank goodness. Just plenty of maths and watching sport.

Nemo

11-07-2009, 09:33 AM

I have worked in language-related fields for most of my life - journalist, copywriter, author, translator, editor and proofreader. As the focus is on written rather than spoken language these fields have certainly helped me in minimising the negative effects of stuttering. On the downside, these jobs are not well-paid.

I have a legal training, but in retrospect my decision to study law was a bad choice for me. I know that some people who stutter do manage to practise law, but I found it impossible after graduating. Had I known as a teenager what I know now, I would definitely have chosen a profession not requiring sophisticated oral communication skills.

MoonWolf

11-11-2009, 03:44 PM

You can still find me in the schoolbanks, studying Arts, My main interests are manga drawings and classic art. I do got a dayjob in the local supermarket tho´, but that´s just to keep my mother from nagging at me :)

-Moon

Sliderman3000

01-24-2010, 02:27 PM

I'm an undergrad studying Speech-Language Pathology. I graduate in May with my bachelors, then I'm going to do something productive :)

I think at some point I might want to be a speech therapist as well. What do they teach in school for stuttering treatment?

ImaBitch

01-25-2010, 11:24 PM

I'm Stephen King.

outsidemike

01-27-2010, 04:24 AM

machinist, I mostly work at rebuilding hydraulic systems for mining equipment and other heavy machinery.

I'm working on a hydraulic cylinder right now thats 20 feet long, 4 feet in diameter and weighs in the the neighborhood of 6 tons. and she's a small one compared to what
i have done. I've helped rebuild ones that weigh over 60 tons

fearfactory

02-01-2010, 01:45 PM

blessings are just coming.. I just got hired for a job as transcriptionist.. the pay is good. our company is american/chinese owned. able to handle the job since sharp hearing acuity is all we need..

and just recently.. I was able to pass our National Licensure Examination (nursing)..
am so happy... God is really good..

Sliderman3000

02-04-2010, 12:59 AM

Aerospace Engineer. I've worked on various Space Shuttle and Expendable Launch Vehicle Programs. Anyone have a tendency to stutter while talking to Astronauts? That would be me.

paul1355

02-07-2010, 12:24 AM

I'm an undergrad studying Speech-Language Pathology. I graduate in May with my bachelors, then I'm going to do something productive :)

I like your choice of major. A stutterer should know the whole science to the problem.

marks1981

02-12-2010, 09:14 AM

Im a Business Analyst for an IT company in Melbourne and struggle with the phone and presentations at work.

LostBoyd

02-12-2010, 08:12 PM

just finished my Master's in mechanical engineering and now looking for a job.

ThisCharmingMan

02-14-2010, 02:23 PM

I work for the National Probation Service, my role is split between assisting ex-offenders with their reintegration into society and monitoring their behaviour to check for signs that they're returning to their bad old ways.

Additionally, I volunteer 12 hours per week assisting adults with learning difficulties.

In October I hope to go to the University of Southampton to study for an MSc in Social Work.

Zachary

02-15-2010, 08:09 PM

Heyas! Update!

I'm currently working as a line chef for a local pizzeria. I am also attending a university for Computer Science - Information Science.

thatCALIdude

02-16-2010, 08:46 AM

thatCALIdude

02-16-2010, 08:47 AM

i just graduated with a bachelors in business and im trying to get a government job but its been a dry well so far.

gowtheflo

02-17-2010, 02:11 AM

im in school, becoming a speech language pathology assistant. its very rewarding, but sometimes a challenge, especially when my client's speech is better than mine.

joepws

02-20-2010, 02:37 AM

I work construction in the oil refineries as a Steam-fitter. Love my job, but because of my accident I may be looking at retrainning to do something else. s when your told that you can no longer work in the field you love...took me long enough to figure it out the first time, then to have to find something different. Uhgg, guarentied I'll not like the next career path. I'm not much of an indoors kind of person. I like being outside in the fresh air.

Itescipt

03-16-2010, 09:30 PM

Like the title says, What do you think about LU? I've heard some people saying its useless because nobody plays GTA3 but i would like to know what you guys think.

Also what kind of things would you like to know about LU that havn't been answered elsewhere?

I guess this thread would be better if we had actually released something, but we're working on it

Branden

06-11-2010, 05:11 AM

I'm a police officer and previously in the military as a weapon specialist.

xterra03

06-21-2010, 06:41 AM

I'm a High Lift Truck Operator in a Cold Storage Warehouse. I LOVE my JOB!!! I have to talk all night long, but everyone understands and I don't get stuck USUALLY!!!

Miko

09-29-2010, 08:48 PM

I used to work at front desk as a Concierge. I was SOOOO MUCH affraid first because of my stuttering, but I felt straight from beginning that THIS is for me - it was like opening a secret box - my dream for years. :-) I am a content editor/ translator now and own 2 websites, but would like to go back to work with customers.

rockerjosh

10-05-2010, 04:29 AM

i went to a job training program for people with disabilities. But stopped going to that knowing i will not be satisfied with job like flipping patties or cleaning floors. So I am planning on going to college when they accept new students. I can't decide what i want to major in at the moment. I thought about Sign language, Music, Radio-TV Broadcasting as a audio engineer and even Speech Pathology. I am not doing much as of right now but just gettting readying the future.

amoro

11-03-2010, 01:48 PM

I'm currently working in a coffee shop as barista. I make different blends of coffee and i really enjoying my work.

daniel00

11-10-2010, 04:17 AM

im currently still in school studying IT networking. I use to be a salesman at a electronics store here in Canada. yeah salesman!! a person who stutters worst nightmare i would say. But i go though it and it helped me a alot with stammering and being in front of random people!!

In the future i hope to work for a big company working in their IT dept. and hopefully gaining experience and making my way to the top.

srdonjuan

11-18-2010, 06:11 PM

I work as a professional artist/oil painter. I paint landscapes and portraits. It's a good job for my stuttering in many ways since I don;t have to put myself in situations that cause lots of anxiety etc, but having a job that makes you do those things can also be a blessing too. But I have had to market my own work which has been very hard but a growing experience too.

mizzOe

11-29-2010, 04:36 AM

Really good to see a lot of people who stutter have good jobs - makes me feel crap about the job I've got haha I clean government offices 4hrs a night 5 times a week - the pay is pretty good, but nothing spesh - pays the bills and I get by.

I want to study, but I don't know what to do? I'm real paranoid about going back to class, meeting new people etc it used to be easy for me in high-school to make friends, but after high-school it got real bad with meeting people.

cjm719

12-09-2010, 08:01 PM

I'm a licensed cosmetologist but I just graduated from Nursing school. So i'm currently looking for a nursing job.

Scottishstammer

12-20-2010, 03:19 PM

nerrad

01-03-2011, 08:00 PM

I'm in my last 5 months of high school and I can't wait till college. I'm enrolled in the drafting and design program at my school and if I get into the school I want to, I plan on studying architecture. I can't believe there are no architects here! That makes me nervous... But if architecture doesn't work out I want to study some type of biology. But after taking AP bio this year, I'm not so sure about that either lol.

As for a job, I'm unemployed. Mostly out of fear of communicating unfortunately. I've been trying to find a job that fits my stuttering but that's absolutely insane considering you have to speak to do anything these days and you can't be picky with jobs in our economical state. I'm deathly terrified of working in fast food and I'd much rather work at a restaurant as a host (you make more too). How has you guy's experience been working in the fast food industry?

KevieKee

06-29-2011, 08:34 AM

I'm a volunteer firefighter/EMT but I also work for a private ambulance company. It's amazing that I ended up in this line of working considering for a long time I hated for anyone to hear me talk and now I make my living talking & making decisions for the better of someone else. I have my says when I am fluent, then I Have my days when I can't even say my name. I adopted a name for those days. It's kinda funny & sad at the same time. I hate talking on the med radio because everyone in the ER can hear the consults but I've never slighted my patients and have always given the best care of my ability. Because I was there people have lived. I'm glad I stepped outside of my comfort bubble where I didnt have to talk to people (I was going to be a writer) because I would've never met the people I know & love today.