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  • #21
    I work for my dad's limousine service. It's only myself and my dad that are here full time, it's great, I get all the horsey time off I need! But sometimes the joys of working with family makes me want to do something else
    www.rideforthecurema.org Thanks to all who rode, we raised $110,000!!!
    If you are interested in a ride in your state, check out our website!

    www.realestatebyrebecca.com

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    • #22
      <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by DressageGeek:
      Jasmine - what kind of geneticist?

      </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

      I'm in the UW-Madison core facillity. I run three big DNA sequencers, soon to be four. We get DNA from all over the world, but mostly the University of Wisconsin system schools. Mostly, I don't know what I'm working with, and I just try to get it to work. I don't have to deal with the grant writing, papers, or worry about funding. We're self-funded. We charge researchers, and that pays our way. Plus, since I still technically work for the University, I still get State Benifits! It's perfect!

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      • #23
        computer programmer. Alas, with the economy sucking, I am currently making web pages. I'm bored out of my skull. I want to get back into school and get into personal finance or investment banking. (hey, the markets are only open from 9:30-4:00, sounds like awesome hours to me! )
        Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion; you must set yourself on fire

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        • #24
          Professional tree-hugging, dirt worshiper...

          I work for a non-profit, regional river conservation group, and I work primarily with landowners on installing Best Management Practices and permanently protecting their land through conservation easements.

          Frankly, it sounds alot better on paper than it is. Love my job, but I spend an inordinate amount of time in my office instead of out in the field.
          Here Be Dragons: My blog about venturing beyond the lower levels as a dressage amateur.

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          • #25
            Feed, muck, clean, laundry, feed again, ride, wash horses, run errands, go ride other people's horses, come home, feed again, cook dinner, clean some more, turn in horses and pick paddocks, argue with hubby about what to watch on TV, make coffee, help with homeowrk, read a book or come online, argue with hubby that I'm online, go back down to the barn for night time tuck in, come up to the house and tuck daughter in, pour another cup of coffee and watch hubby doze off on the couch, come back online until eyes get gritty (or read a book) and go to bed. Up at 5 am the next morning to start all over again.
            Oh, and now I;m painting my barn. Ooo, exciting, huh?
            You jump in the saddle,
            Hold onto the bridle!
            Jump in the line!
            ...Belefonte

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            • #26
              I'm a lending officer at a major Canadian bank. I enjoy my job for the most part but it's not really where i pictured my life...
              http://community.webshots.com/user/cdnjumper

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              • #27
                Structural Engineer working for myself in a small sweat shop. Off hours I help on a 45 cow family owned dairy, farm 200 to 300 acres depending on the amount of rented ground (barley, alfalfa and grass hay). I am the irrigator during the summer and do the feeding during the summer. I also help ride range for a local cattle ranch. Yup, we stay busy and love it.
                Lostfarming in Idaho
                http://i512.photobucket.com/albums/t...etPleasure.jpg

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                • #28
                  By day, I am a civil engineer that designs large diameter (24" - 120") water transmission lines. I'm also heavily involved in project management. The business group for whom I work revolves around politics moreso than engineering, and the only reason I'm still here is for the paycheck.

                  My degree is actually in chemical engineering, so by night, there's the horsey thing, and then I'm eternally applying and sending resumes off in an effort to get back into oil & gas, preferably upstream piping and flow assurance.

                  When bored, I CoTH and peruse either Fool.com or Investors.com. I'm strongly considering returning to school for an MBA in finance.
                  "I did know once, only I've sort of forgotten." - Winnie the Pooh

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                  • #29
                    I design and do page layout for school text books at a Boston publisher. I'm on a big Spanish book right now. I've been doing this for over 20 years with few complaints.
                    Arabian Clique

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                    • #30
                      Executive with a commercial magazine printer.

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                      • #31
                        I manage the stitching department of a custom awning and commercial tent rental business. Days. Then I go home and do tack repair, blanket wash and repair and sew safety orange for horses for hunting season. Mr Macmtn is a 'house husband' (a carpal tunnel disabled former sailmaker)...who cooks ...and cleans ...(Ladies-YES he IS the perfect husband... )He is the ONLY reason I can work two full time jobs...
                        And-occasionally-I get to share a beer with Hizzhonor the Not!! Spoiled Arabian
                        the NOT!! Spoiled!! Arabian Protectavest poster pony lives on in my heart

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                        • #32
                          <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by karassa:
                          (hey, the markets are only open from 9:30-4:00, sounds like awesome hours to me! ) </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
                          Just a word to the wise, if you're going into sales in investments - it's a cut throat market and if you don't make headway fast, you don't last. The joke here is, "don't even bother to learn their name 'til they've been here at least a year."
                          "Dogs are man's best friend. Cats are man's adorable little serial killer." -- theoatmeal.com

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                          • #33
                            Senior Account Manager for an advertising firm. The work is stressful but I really like my coworkers and my hours are fairly flexible as long as I get everything done.
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                            *Phenix* 1990 Trakehner Mare
                            *Vanderbilt* 2001 OTTB Gelding

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                            • #34
                              <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content"> I want to get back into school and get into personal finance or investment banking. (hey, the markets are only open from 9:30-4:00, sounds like awesome hours to me! )
                              </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

                              Haa haaa haa, hee hee hee, ho ho...that is the funniest thing I've read all day. If you are seriously thinking about getting into finance / IB, you need to do some more research. Sure the market hours are great. But the WORKING hours are much, much greater than that. Let's see. When I worked for an IB, the analysts (that's where you start) worked, oh, I don't know...18 hours a day maybe? Sheesh, I'd come in and they'd be catching naps under their desks during a 24-hour shift! Then if you can hack it for two years or so, maybe you'll be asked to stay as an associate. Then you could be lucky and work 14 hours a day. After a few years of that, you'll either get promoted or "move on"...now you're down to 12 hours a day. It is a pretty crappy way to make a living, if you ask me. Sure there's lots of money, but no free time to enjoy it.

                              Ok, now on to what do I do all day...

                              Wake up, feed dogs, feed horses, clean pastures, water/drag arena, ride one horse, feed lunch, eat lunch, ride second horse, run errands, feed dogs, do other chores (weed-eating, clean house, laundry), feed horses, eat, take a shower, watch TV, go to bed!!!

                              (And of course I'm popping in to check on COTH throughout the day also)
                              "A horse's face always conveys clearly whether it is loved by its owner or simply used." - Anja Beran

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                              • #35
                                Corporate lawyer. I needed to make enough money to pay for my horses but now I work too many hours to enjoy them! I ride early in the morning and the work long hours in the office and post on OTTH when sitting on boring conference calls. I WILL NOT be happy if video phones ever catch on....but since I'm probably not the only one surfing the web while working--they probably never will! Opps gotta get back to work.
                                ** Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip. ~Winston Churchill? **

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                                • #36
                                  I'm a Medical Technologist and work in the Blood Bank/Hematology Department of a medium sized hospital. I also work a few nights a week feeding horses at the barn where I board my horse.
                                  ~Re-Riders Clique~
                                  ~Midwest Clique~
                                  ~2004 Sucks~

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                                  • #37
                                    I am a vet school professor. Teach grad students molecular genetics. Mainly do basic research on infectious diseases. Also clone things and make diagnostic tests. it is a great life. Ponies are 5 minutes away in the back yard. Did the same thing in a medical school first, but much more stressful. Auburn is a great place (don't tell anyone).

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                                    • #38
                                      <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">quote:
                                      I want to get back into school and get into personal finance or investment banking. (hey, the markets are only open from 9:30-4:00, sounds like awesome hours to me! )



                                      Haa haaa haa, hee hee hee, ho ho...that is the funniest thing I've read all day. If you are seriously thinking about getting into finance / IB, you need to do some more research. Sure the market hours are great. But the WORKING hours are much, much greater than that. Let's see. When I worked for an IB, the analysts (that's where you start) worked, oh, I don't know...18 hours a day maybe? Sheesh, I'd come in and they'd be catching naps under their desks during a 24-hour shift! Then if you can hack it for two years or so, maybe you'll be asked to stay as an associate. Then you could be lucky and work 14 hours a day. After a few years of that, you'll either get promoted or "move on"...now you're down to 12 hours a day. It is a pretty crappy way to make a living, if you ask me. Sure there's lots of money, but no free time to enjoy it. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>


                                      Pocket Pony tells it straight! I work in investment accounting and do some related operational and regulatory reporting work for my company's Treasury Department. We have flex time, so I normally get to leave each day at 4PM(except for the periods when I need to work 10-12 hour days, but there aren't a whole lot of those). The guys I deal with at Bank of America who are on the other side of our trades laugh when I ask them if they're going to be out of the office by 6pm.
                                      And don't forget, it's an international market. It never closes.
                                      Only one cat - must not be totally crazy yet!

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                                      • #39
                                        I am an Asset Manager for Commercial Real Estate Loans. My company is great. I generally work 8:30-5:30 with an hour and a half a lunch to go ride. Most of my co-workers & boss know that I do this on an "occasional" basis. Little do they know it has become an almost every day occurance. As long as I stay ahead of my work its fine.

                                        The work itself is OK, but the pay is very good. However, living in So Cal, I STILL can't afford to have a horse without the financial help of my wonderful parents.

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                                        • #40
                                          Sr. Accountant for a government contractor.
                                          If you cannot set a good example, at least serve as a terrible warning....

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