What does everyone do for a "living"

[Spogatz]

I am a computer support manager for the CDC.

[bigcranky]

Photographer at a small university. Pay is okay, and I get good time-off benefits, though it's busy during prime hiking season so I mostly go in the winter or mid-summer. Now with a kid in college we're still trying to save as much as possible every month -- we're up to about half our paychecks now, I think.

[Footslogger]

I recently quit my job. So I guess I don't do anything for a living anymore.

'Slogger

[notorius tic]

Work on a Golf Course that has a Bald Eagle nesting so I am walking an Loveing nature every day.

[Nicksaari]

its so neat to hear about what you all do for a living, everyone seems so blessed!
i have the feeling that the toil we endure is paid ten fold when we step out onto the trail ... at least for me, work is taking up the time between adventures.

[DAJA]

Bureaucrat for provincial government until July 24.... Soon to be self employed/subsistence homesteader...

[Dingus Khan]

RN - like hooch I work 3 12's, try to pick up a shift a week, and make the most of the days off I have.
I live simply and have everything I need to be happy.
Just bought a house though, that might change

[B Thrash]

i buy and sell untaxed liquor

I bought some of that rot gut from you last Trail Days, hadn't got over the hangover yet.

[man2th]

I am a computer support manager for the CDC.

i used to be stationed next door at DCFD, had to run a few calls in there, pre 9/11,downstairs (gulp) gave me the creeps

[kayak karl]

unemployed
been getting jobs here and there. i do historic restoration. next week i get to restore a 1800 covered wagon using the tools of the time. (everything is belt driven) ill get so wrapped up in the history ill probably make $5 an hour, but back then i bet they made that in a week

[World-Wide]

Active duty Air Force for the last 19 years, 3 months. Plan to retire this coming February at age 39 and focus on a new degree, Land Management. Would love to work with the U.S. Forestry Service. But before all that I intend to attempt a thru-hike in March 2010. When on the trail I'll decide what I want to do when I grow-up! :-)

[zoidfu]

IT work for a nonprofit company- helping children get healthcare when their parents can't afford it. Well, my coworkers do the legwork, I make sure they're able to.

[2011_thruhiker]

I am a founder/president of a cat rescue in Virginia (www.shelbys.org) and that is my 24/7 job-we rehab severely abused and terrified cats as well as work with law enforcement all over Virginia in hoarding/collector/kitty mill cases. (it's hard, exhausting mental work and a very dirty job) It's very stressful-we spend a lot of time in court, documenting, medical care, and then when that is all done-we work on spayin/neutering when well enough and then onto behavior modification. We just recently did one case that we pulled 34 Maine Coon cats/kittens out of a really nasty situation with the help of the sherriff's department-30 were really critical with upper respiratory, ear infections-the ear mite infestation was disgusting-we only lost one though-which was amazing. The more I see what these cats suffer through-the less I like people...

Sorry, don't mean to go on and on-it's kind of my life...

Before Shelby's I was involved with EMS for 18 years.


So the trail is my relief, my mental downtime and revitalization-I get very very cranky if I don't get on the trail.....

[Serial 07]

outfittin' in damascus!

[Chenango]

I make drugs! Actually I am a Lab Manager in a pharmaceuticals company. Having 5 weeks vacation helps. Retirement next year will really help with the time. (Well maybe semi-retirement until the stock market recovers a bit. Anyone else out there semi-retired?)

[Don H]

Firefighter/EMT, 25 years and counting.

[sheepdog]

i pick up cans and sell meth part time.

[warraghiyagey]

Me Too! Small world. . .

[superman]

i pick up cans and sell meth part time.

Do you give a hiker discount on the meth? Every spring Winter and I circle the block collecting cans and bottles in a large garbage bag as they appear from the snow. My real work is heavy looking on with a propensity to gawk. Retired is a state of mind and my mind is definitely retired.

[Bidwell]

Marketing Manager @ Backcountry.com... the outdoor perks and benefits are great!