What do you do?

[garnpet]

One of the threads in the Lounge that I found interesting was what people did for a living in their "other" lives - outside OVAS.

Now, I know some of you are saying, "Hey, you're not supposed to advertise businesses or services that you provide".  True, but this rule will be relaxed for this thread, as long as you don't over do the self-publicity part.

[Rybren]

Okay,  I'll start...

I'm an Aerospace Controller (Air Defence Radar Controller) in the Air Force.

[robt18]

I work at Big Al's East end....

I'm also in school at U Ottawa for commerce specializing in marketing. Soo if anyone's looking to hire marketers soon...

[Brine]

Industrial Design...I design stuff...

This is a Motorcycle Trailer I designed for my brother's chopper.

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[Nerine]

I do a few things! I'm co-owner of The Pink Shears - "Baste, Knit One, Yarn Over" - a wide range of handmade items

I also sell Avon, teach piano, and will take any odd job anyone has to offer
PM me if you're interested in an Avon book or want prices on piano lessons or are looking for the link to our shop

*edit* Well since this is what do you DO, and doesn't say what do you do for work...

I am a guild leader! Look me up: Phedre Dysis on Guildwars...I can be found in the temple or somewhere in Cantha right now...we're a small Kurzick guild always happy to help others out and are currently re-saving up for a guild hall (I spent all my cash on new armor and signets of capture) Our guild is Ordo Rosa Aurum - ROSE

[ajm1961]

I'm a national training program manager at Canadian Blood Services.
My department develops courses related to regulations and quality principles.
Have I bored you enough now?

[Hookup]

I am the Managing Director for Global ITSM Services for Emtec inc.

Basically I sit at my desk and have conference calls all day.  When I'm not doing that, I live on a plane.

[Darth]

I work in the sales dept of rogers call center I know you all hate me (or rogers)

[White Lightning]

I manage two long term care facilities  for adults with developmental disabilities. Mostly just push paper,fight the union and train new staff. When I am lucky I actually get to hang with the clients.

[garnpet]

Just returned to work after 2+ years at home looking after the kids.  Data Warehousing Project Leader at Statistics Canada.

[nissannx]

Electrician and co owner of Two Brother's Construction, I'm one of the brothers lol.

[RossW]

Database Developer/Administrator who wants to be a BI Developer and is looking for the opportunity to make the leap.

[Saltcreep]

Like Garnpet, I made my living at Statistics Canada. Almost 35 years with the Labour Force Survey. We provided those lovely employment and unemployment statistics you hear about every month. Was a 'survey processing officer', although I have no idea what that actually meant or who came up with the title. Retired in January so now I spend a lot of time at the cottage when I'm not tending to my 'Honey Do' list at home. Spending a few weeks in Florida at the moment and when I get back, probably put together another tank or two.

[Yams]

I am like Rybren...

I am a Resource Management Support (RMS) Clerk for the Military... do most of the administration / finance side of the military! (Army by Element though)

[Fishnut]

I'm a Realtor with Century 21 Capital Realty Inc. Brokerage.  I work as part of a 2 person team within my office called The Di Labio Home Team.  My team-mate is the senior agent (27 years in the business) so it's in his name.  We represent clients in several neighbourhoods in Ottawa from first time home buyers to people buying or selling million dollar homes.  We also have clients who are investors either looking for income generating properties or flips.  I've even represented a couple OVAS members!

I hope this revised version doesn't offend anyone.  It's tough not to self promote as much as possible because if I'm not looking for clients, I'm not getting clients and I'm not making money.  I have days where I wish I was like all of you government workers who get to go to work at the same time every day, go home at the same time every day and get all the perks of a salary position...like a regular paycheck and benefits.  What's there to worry about?!  Then again, I think I would go insane in a cubicle with all that office politics/gossip .  I get to put my office wherever I like...often in a Starbucks somewhere .

Please PM me if you have any questions about the business or need some advice.

Cheers

[cdylnicki]

I am the Petcare Manager for a local PetSmart.

I also worked for Big Als in Oakville before moving to Ottawa last October (I helped put the Oakville store together prior to opening, and worked fish room and hard goods for multiple years).

I have an advanced diploma with honours in Marketing from Sheridan College & a degree in Management from Griffith University in Brisbane.

I moved to Australia in 2008 for 13 months, and had to quit my project coordination position at Scotia Capital in order to do so. The recession hit while I was overseas, and Petsmart was willing to hold a job in Ottawa for me until I got married last October (I had to move to Ottawa as my hubby is stationed here).  I would absolutely love something challenging & involving multi-tasking if anyone has any ideas.

[Brent Shaver]

I am currently an Assistant Property Manager and work as a Sound Engineer for live bands when I am not on call around South Western Ontario and some of Quebec.

[Malyon18]

Went to St. Lawrence College for 3 years and got my Civil Engineering technologist diploma then I took a semester off to work for my families construction company in Cornwall during that time I worked on the new RCMP headquarters and the Cornwall Community Hospital expansion and now I am back at Ottawa U finishing my degree in civil engineering, gonna get that little iron ring hahaha

[JD]

I mix chemicals to make new chemicals.
Things that make you say, hmmmmmmmm.
Chemical Controller, E.I DuPont Canada.

[omarh]

MSc Grad student at UofO by day and DJ by night! .................bascially work on animal models in studying molecular basis of heart failure.

[Darth]

I am the Petcare Manager for a local PetSmart.

I used to be that too about 2 years ago

[JetJumper]

I do systems Integration and Quality Assurance testing on the products manufactured where I work.

www.datacast.com

[holachicka]

I work for the Privy Council Office which is directed by the Privy Clerk (He is the most senior public servant who reports directly to the Prime Minister). I work in the Machinary Of Government section. I am the assistant to about 8-10 (depending on time of year) that are mostly lawyers...I help with research, ensuring that the proper formatting and various procedures are followed for Ministers, House of Commons and PM correspondences sent out (you'd be surprised, they all have their own preferences which leads to letters, memo and notes being sent back due to wrong font being used or paragraph settings), sending and receiving packages that are of an urgent matter and basically, a lot of running around. It is sometimes a little boring, if the House isn't sitting, but all in all, it is a very interesting job - A huge change from when I was working in the HR division at HRSDC. One of the perks is I've gotten to eat at the Parliament Restaurant in Central Block. It is the most amazing food I have ever tasted!!

So, now that I am done boring you all - I will continue reading what other members do for a living

[ciaus]

Started  a new job this week! 
Technical Consultant at Innovapost, providing capacity planning and strategic expertise for virtualiztion activities within the Canada Post corporate infrastructure.  I am a cog in the machine....

Ciaus

[JetJumper]

Started  a new job this week! 
Technical Consultant at Innovapost, providing capacity planning and strategic expertise for virtualiztion activities within the Canada Post corporate infrastructure.  I am a cog in the machine....

Ciaus

Congrats!

[holachicka]

Started  a new job this week! 
Technical Consultant at Innovapost, providing capacity planning and strategic expertise for virtualiztion activities within the Canada Post corporate infrastructure.  I am a cog in the machine....

Ciaus

WORD!

Congratulations on the new job-arino

[Hookup]

Started  a new job this week! 
Technical Consultant at Innovapost, providing capacity planning and strategic expertise for virtualiztion activities within the Canada Post corporate infrastructure.  I am a cog in the machine....

Ciaus

I didn't know you did that!  Congrats...  Are you on March Rd?

[Brent Shaver]

Congrads on your new position, hope it works out well for you...

[new2salt]

Run into burning buildings, when all others go running out, and everything else a normal Firefighter does.
Also Dangerous Goods Spill response. Get to wear other fancy looking personal protective gear.
This stuff makes quite the fashion statement.
So if you spill methyl ethyl bad stuff of tetra ethyl kill ya.
We just might have a reason to meet face to face.


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[smalltownfan]

Some people are going to yell at me because I didn't get a bus to their stop on time but here goes anyway;

Superintendent of Operations, AM Service, Transit Operations Control Centre, OC Transpo


View from my Console

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[holachicka]

haha - smalltownfan, very, VERY, brave of you That's awesome. A lot of people dont think of the work behind coordinating all those buses. Awesome pic!

[freshfishies]

I am currently staying home with our 5 year old son (and loving the 3 hours of alone time in the morning for school!) yay!
I am a chronic retail worker (blah) but hey...someone's gotta do it 
Just took some time off to be a family and relax a bit
Which gave me all this free time to do my fish stuff! 

[mseguin]

Management for Farm Boy

[soleil1980]

I am a lab tech for Health Canada at the Environmental Health Centre

[Blackstitch]

I work crazy hours at a printing plant in the east end of Ottawa. The great thing about my schedule is that I only really work three days a week, leaving me with four days off every week to do what I want.

[Bubbles]

I work at PWGSC (Public Works)
I`m currently on french language training for the next year but usually I work right on Parliament Hill doing construction project management.
I too have eaten in the parliamentary restaraunt and have the Privy Council as one of my clients.

JD

[Baigle]

All sorts of jobs here!

I work as a mortgage broker with Mortgage Alliance.  The hours are kinda of all over the place but I really enjoy helping people find the best financing solutions and I learn new stuff every day.

[Stussi613]

Started  a new job this week! 
Technical Consultant at Innovapost, providing capacity planning and strategic expertise for virtualiztion activities within the Canada Post corporate infrastructure.  I am a cog in the machine....

Ciaus

Small world, you must work in Mr. Scott's organization, right?

[Stussi613]

I work for one of the worlds biggest computer companies as a Data Management Specialist.  The title doesn't give it away, but essentially I'm a Systems Architect responsible for scoping and designing large storage subsytems like SAN's (Storage Area Networks - think of big trays of hard drives that servers connect to if you aren't familiar with the term), Data Warehouses, Private Storage Clouds and Backup and Recovery products and methodologies.  If that isn't fun enough, I specialize in solutions for Messaging deployments like MS Exchange, and Virtualization.  In a nutshell I help people design and implement systems that let them manage data from the time it's created to the time it's destroyed.  My customers range from Federal to Provincial and Regional Governments across Canada. 

As some of you may know, I travel for a living. 

Allot.

[NjOyRiD]

National Grocers here; warehouseman!

[FocusFin]

National Grocers here; warehouseman!

I worked at NG for a year or two in high school many years ago. My favorite part was working in the bond room, I'd think of excuses to walk by the pipe tobacco aisle because I loved the smell. My least favorite part was getting stuck on nights, I could never get used to it and would always fall asleep on break. The way we used to screw around I'm just lucky I never brought down a skid of Mott's Clamato on my head

[NjOyRiD]

I worked at NG for a year or two in high school many years ago. My favorite part was working in the bond room, I'd think of excuses to walk by the pipe tobacco aisle because I loved the smell. My least favorite part was getting stuck on nights, I could never get used to it and would always fall asleep on break. The way we used to screw around I'm just lucky I never brought down a skid of Mott's Clamato on my head

its been a while they got rid of that bond room it got really strick, hards standards...whoa, I wanna go to goverment! lol