Adult Escapists: What do you do for a living?

[sidecord]

U.S. Air Force Security forces, still in training, with not many bills, so i have a bit to spend on whatever

 

[M920CAIN]

I work in pornography. Wait no... I'm just a student in Electronics & Telecommunications... I sometimes work with softwares & hardwares & networking stuff for food & stuff, but basically I'm unemployed at the moment.

 

[Koroviev]

I collect and compile information for entry into an Internet database (translation: I compose brief bios about dead actors). I also volunteer at the local used book store a few times a month. I'm presently seeking something slightly more long-term. I'm in college right now.

 

[tock333]

I am a freelance translator, teacher trainer, and e-Learning consultant... I work at home and can budget my time, i.e. can play video games while my wife is out earning a steady income for us!

Just kidding... I pay all the fixed bills and she takes me out to dinner and buys me beers!

It can also happen that deadlines mean not much time to game in one week but more in another... But in reality there is no such thing as not enough time to game, just not enough time to sleep!

 

[Illesdan]

I now work as a cashier at a Native American operated casino. I had worked there before as a supervisor in facilities (janatorial) and briefly as a blackjack dealer, but that was all over a decade ago. I started back in April and the only thing I regret is that I didn't leave the newspaper industry faster to go back to the casino. It was a hard decision, and for a few months, I worked at both places just to make sure I would do any better with one company over the other, but in the end, there was just no comparision. I was getting to where I dreaded going to the paper; I hated nearly all the people I worked with, the management is atrocious, and all the equipment is a barely-operational safety violation. There wasn't a day that went by that I wasn't nearly yelling at someone to pay attention to what they were doing.

When I went back to the casino, I had forgotten how much fun I used to have with the employees and customers there. Sure, it's a half-hour commute for me vs. the seven minute commute to the paper, but I think I'll manage.

 

[boyvirgo666]

I go to school and and do freelance IT and computer repair work. I wish that school didnt suck so fucking much most of the time

 

[Bloodastral]

Design & Planning Manager for a Project & Facilities Management company. There's quite a lot to my job which makes it interesting, but pushing through the occasional planning application through local government councils can be a headache.

 

[Nuke_em_05]

Accounting Clerk for Municipal Government.

Going on 4 years now.

Doesn't support my gaming habit as much as my wife, baby, mortgage, and utilities... but I do have spare scratch now and then for a new game.

 

[Xyliss]

I'm a Maths Teacher in a secondary school. I love it but it's a lot of hard work and sadly leaves little time for gaming

 

[ZantetsukenQ]

I'm 25 years old and I run my own direct sales and marketing company. Tough to find time to be a massive nerd with 80 hour weeks, but I manage to find a way, haha. Love what I do and the people I work with, and I've developed massively, personally and professionally. If you are career minded and looking for some options during a time of economic strife, I recommend it to anyone.

Massive kudos to the doctors, nurses and firefighters. You guys are amazing. (No offense to anyone else, you rock too )

 

[Asmundr]

Freelance Security.
Its just as fun and as stable as it sounds ¬_¬

Hopefully that'll change in a few months to a year. I'm planning to go into the games industry.
It's got a better health plan than pay-as-you-go insurance.

 

[Shivarage]

Though I'm 29 I find it hard to class myself as an Adult. Adults have stability and responsibilities and generally know how to take care of themselves, while I do not have any of those things.

You'd be surprised xD

 

[hotacidbath]

I'm a seasonal zookeeper at a small zoo. I'm 23 and a recent graduate with a wildlife education degree and the goal of being a zookeeper until I can't do it anymore. This is my first real job within my career field and I couldn't be happier with the choice I've made. I'm also looking for part-time work at pet stores or vet clinics, but that's just for some extra income to build up my savings.

 

[anthony87]

Right now I'm in college doing digital media. Specifically working in the areas of animation, 3D modelling, 2D and 3D design/advertising, sound engineering and web design.

I'm sure one of those things will land me a job someday ^_^

 

[Realitycrash]

I study moral philosophy at the University of Gothenburg.

You mean Ethics? Cause I'd love to do something along those lines. I can probably blackmail my parents into financing my dream of becoming a classical philologist, but I've too much pride for that.

Eh, it's a wee bit more than just ethics, but fine, let's call it that. Honestly what I study doesn't translate well into "moral philosophy" OR "ethics", but that's because Sweden has a retarded classification system when it comes to philosophy.
Then again, I don't have to blackmail my parents, because in Sweden, studying doesn't cost a dime.
Except for the loans you take to support your living, etc (but you can always work at the same time).

 

[Realitycrash]

I'm a senior data analyst and office manager for a logistics consultancy company.

And yes, the job is exactly as glamorous as it sounds!

Huh, weird...

I'm a Senior Data Analyst for a large UK charity, working and living in London =p. Doesn't pay as well as a private job would, but I like the feeling that I'm working towards something other then making someone above me some money, and I recommend working in charity sector to anyone. Also, the people are really laid back and I get to spend unfair amounts of time online. Like now for instance!

Also, I'm surprised that so many of you are unemployed... In my experience adult gamers tend to do pretty well for themselves, because lets be honest lads, most of us were geeks in school!

Some of us were not computer or math or science geeks, some of us liked Shakespeare, and history, and politics, and philosophy.
For people like me on that end of the spectrum, what we are geeky in has little to no job opportunities outside academia (to which there are a tonne of phds and very few spots to fill) or education.
By grade 12 in High School I was taking only classes of that sort: English, Banned Literature, World Politics, World History, Philosophy, and the like.
I'm trying to get my undergraduate for philosophy and history double major, and I was hoping to use that to get into Law School as both of those require analysis of issues and truth-conditions, as well as a tonne of reading and writing. However, I picked a University that is too hard for me and I was too stubborn to accept that. Now I'm in 4th year and I have 2.9 GPA (out of 4, and my school has no "bonus" marks for an A+ grade because they think that's ridiculous. some school they will give you a 4.33 if you go over 95% in a class). Law School requires 3.5 at bare minimum, but you really need a 3.7.
So yeah... I'm going to be a teacher it seems.

Don't worry, so will I.
For some of us would rather face economic uncertainty than give up what we love doing.
I study Philosophy and Literature at Uni. Job prospect is close to none (and yes, I am going for a PhD), yet I refuse to yeild. If I end up a paperpusher at the age of 35, but with my PhD, that's fine. I'd rather face that life of horror than knowing that I never dared to go for the live I really wanted.
Stay strong, bro. You only get one life. Please live it the way you want to live it, and not the way other people want you to live it because they are afraid to aim for their own dreams.

 

[JoesshittyOs]

I'm currently taking my basics at a community college, preparing to get my EMT to hopefully become a paramedic.

I'm still kinda doing my transitional phase from High School to the Real World, and I really don't think I'll be able to survive with a boring job.

 

[noobium]

I'm a full time student at a university and I'm jobless as of right now but I hope I can find a job by mid November because I really want to play Skyrim

 

[CODE-D]

Reading so many unemployed, schooling and menial jobs is making me depressed.