If it's not too much to ask (I'm always interested in medical stuff), but what's the strangest thing you've ever seen in a body?VanQ said:I work in a Pathology Lab. I spend my days elbow deep in every bit and piece of the human body you could imagine. If it's in the human body, I've seen it pass through the lab. And probably handled it. Brains, blood, urine, faeces, hearts, entire fresh limbs in various states of cancer or worse. I perform everything from routine Thyroid Function Tests to Cancer Antigen tests.
I've worked in Histology, Molecular Pathology, Cytogenetics and spent some time in but not actually working in Haematology and Blood Bank. I recently applied for a position in Biochemistry and Endocrinology. I'd love to try out some of the stuff they do in there.
It's extremely interesting and rewarding work. I go home every night knowing that I help hundreds or thousands of sick people every single work day and never have to actually deal with a patient face to face. I know that sounds nasty, but I'm an introvert. This is the best I can do.
You know, it's funny. When you're seeing all sorts of parasites and tumors and things that are generally unpleasant in all different parts of the body, it all tends to blur and you forget most of what was where. Usually out of privacy concerns for the patients involved.eatenbyagrue said:If it's not too much to ask (I'm always interested in medical stuff), but what's the strangest thing you've ever seen in a body?VanQ said:I work in a Pathology Lab. I spend my days elbow deep in every bit and piece of the human body you could imagine. If it's in the human body, I've seen it pass through the lab. And probably handled it. Brains, blood, urine, faeces, hearts, entire fresh limbs in various states of cancer or worse. I perform everything from routine Thyroid Function Tests to Cancer Antigen tests.
I've worked in Histology, Molecular Pathology, Cytogenetics and spent some time in but not actually working in Haematology and Blood Bank. I recently applied for a position in Biochemistry and Endocrinology. I'd love to try out some of the stuff they do in there.
It's extremely interesting and rewarding work. I go home every night knowing that I help hundreds or thousands of sick people every single work day and never have to actually deal with a patient face to face. I know that sounds nasty, but I'm an introvert. This is the best I can do.
I've always wondered how one could get into the software development field, working for a startup company would be a good place to start. I imagine you'd get to make company specific programs that they need and whatnot.Weaver said:I'm a software developer at a startup company! It's stressful, but I'm in a cool office space and I'm doing a job directly relating to my degree.
Do you guys fill peoples cars for them or is it like the UK where we have to get out and do it ourselves? 5delta4062 said:Lived here my whole life. I wasn't even aware that was a job here.Really Offensive Name said:Pretty much. It has other names, eg petrol canopy attendant, gas station employee. But we are most commonly called Console Operators in Australia.shootthebandit said:whats a console operator? Im guessing it means you work at a petrol station?
Librarian high-five!Jandau said:I'm a librarian at a small university library.