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  • #21
    I am a returns specialist for a wholesale plumbing and heating supplier. That is a fancy word for administrative worker who makes no money at all. Fortunately I have a pretty flexible schedule and can easily get to the horse after work.

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    • #22
      Police Dispatcher, good job, excellent pay for my area but not a job I'd do just anywhere. I deal with Stoopid all day long. Most are somewhere below the top of the food chain. Work holidays and weekends as well as shift work. However, when I have time off, I usually have time off. Don't tell anyone I work with, but I do like my job. I like knowing the things I know (and they are helpful things to know), I like being able to help those who need it and I like being able to legitimately tell the others that they need to start working on solving their own problems.

      The downside is that I used to think people were mostly good. Now I assume they are stupid till they prove otherwise.

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      • #23
        I am an insurance agent, specializing in group benefits. Before I had DS, I kinda sorta made time to ride. Now that I am a full time mom and working part time, I pretty much don't ride anymore. But...hopefully that will change in the future!
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        • #24
          Systems Analysist for a major health insurance company. Free lance writer for equine publications. Certified Equine Sports Massage Therapist. Full time mom. Full time barn hand (my own that is). Full time kennel operator (with 5 dogs in the house).

          I am lucky that I am a full time telecommuter, so I work from home. I'm unlucky in that I do put in a lot of unpaid overtime due to "agressive timeframes", which means impossible deadlines. Which means not as much time riding with all the other chores to do. But that is okay, life is good.
          There are friends and faces that may be forgotten, but there are horses that never will be. - Andy Adams

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          • #25
            Systems analyst and Oracle DBA for a Department of Defense contractor, and home-based custom firearm manufacturer.

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            • #26
              I'm semi-retired now, but I worked for years as an interior designer for a variety of home builders doing their model homes. Now I just work when I want, which isn't often! Gives me lots of time for my three horses.

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              • #27
                I just graduated in May with my BA. I majored in Sociology, with minors in Writing and Business. I want to go into Marketing Communications.

                For now, though, I work at PETsMART and I am Marketing & Promotions intern for a non-profit that empowers kids & teens who've lost a parent or sibling [www.katesclub.org].

                Still trying to find my career job though!
                CLIPclop Bodyclipping by Morgan
                Serving North GA with high quality clips.
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                --> Always The Optimist (reg. Simply Stylin) // '02 Thoroughbred

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                • #28
                  I am a full-time researcher and student. I study ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis aka Lou Gherig's Disease) and I am finishing up a master's in bioinformatics and will go on to do an MD/PhD in 2011. At the moment, I would make quite a bit more money flipping burgers or serving coffee, but ultimately I will make a very fair salary that will allow me to ride and show as I please. My job and schooling are both incredibly time consuming and I spend an incredible amount of time in the lab, but my work schedule is 100% flexible and I have enough undergrads working for me that I am able to go to horse shows or go to the barn and still get work done (whether I do everything on the computer and Skype into meetings, etc. or I go into work early, go to the barn, and then go back to work). I love what I do, but it is very consuming and stressful.
                  Nine out of ten times, you'll get it wrong...but it's that tenth time that you get it right that makes all the difference.

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                  • #29
                    I work in the Title Insurance industry, specialize in power plant / energy projects (gas, wind, solar, geothermal) and municipal / school bond financing.

                    Its a tough industry to be in right now (residential division is HURTING), but luckily I am in fields that are a bit more stable. I have still have a job (company has down sized 35%) but I have seen a hefty loss of income this last year.

                    Hours are your basic 8-5, I get 3+ weeks of vacation a year. I earn enough to keep one horse at a not so fancy place, and the barn is between work and home. I make it out to the barn 5-6 days a week.

                    I really enjoy my work, and love my boss and co-workers (we are a small group of 4!). So, even though we are going through a "tough" time, I am still very happy with my job. That makes all the difference!
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                    • #30
                      For two more weeks: receptionist, museum teacher/guide, and zoo assitant registrar. In two weeks: museum educator (and other duties as assigned--we're a small museum!) for a local history museum associated with a two-year college. I won't know what to do with myself when I'm not working 60 hours a week!
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                      • #31
                        Originally posted by Punkie View Post
                        I am a full-time researcher and student. I study ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis aka Lou Gherig's Disease) and I am finishing up a master's in bioinformatics and will go on to do an MD/PhD in 2011. At the moment, I would make quite a bit more money flipping burgers or serving coffee, but ultimately I will make a very fair salary that will allow me to ride and show as I please. My job and schooling are both incredibly time consuming and I spend an incredible amount of time in the lab, but my work schedule is 100% flexible and I have enough undergrads working for me that I am able to go to horse shows or go to the barn and still get work done (whether I do everything on the computer and Skype into meetings, etc. or I go into work early, go to the barn, and then go back to work). I love what I do, but it is very consuming and stressful.
                        Punkie - good for you that your PI promotes mentorship of undergraduates! And if you're real nice to them, maybe then they'll all chip in for your birthday, like mine did, and get you a saddle pad with skulls and crossbones!
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                        a 501(c)3 organization helping 501(c)3 equine rescues

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                        • #32
                          I'm a RN working In ICU. 12 hr shifts but only 3 days a wek is required so plenty of time for my kids and horses
                          ___._/> I don't suffer from insanity.. I enjoy every
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                          • #33
                            Private duty wound care nurse, I see one patient a day on my way to the barn in the AM and then again in the Pm, I work for a total of 30 minutes a day.
                            I also babysit for a teacher at my daughters HS, I pick the baby up when I drop Dd off at school, take the baby and my two youngest to the barn, muck one stall, help feed and head home for the day, I then turn around and head back around 2:30pm, drop off baby pick up DD and we all go ride, see my patient on the way home and dinner is on the table by 6pm!
                            DD has no gym at school ( last period ) she gets her credit for riding and the teacher has her planning period last period so Dd is done school early and baby is returned by 2:15pm.
                            Kim
                            If you are lucky enough to ride, you are lucky enough.

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                            • #34
                              Another professor here, not tenure track, and getting ready to do a stint of adjuncting between full time jobs. This is the downside of the academic gig - normally I lovelovelove my job but not so much this semester. I'm doing the same amount of work for roughly half the pay and no benefits because of budget cuts. I'm one of those who is place bound, and so am having difficulty finding a job, so I'm considering having to move eventually. I should start a visiting instructor contract of 3 years in January and that will give me some time to plan my options and for the economy to recover - public school teaching is even an option as long as I could go into the baccalaureate program.

                              As for the job, though, the hours, while long, are great for riding, as I set my own schedule and work from home. Early on I focused on online education and set myself up as "THE" guru in teaching English online at our college. So they don't want to lose me, plus I get to teach ALL my classes online. It's a lot of work but I typically get up at 4am, teach for a few hours, go ride, then come back and grade and finish up, then I'm done by the time my daughter gets off school.

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                              • #35
                                Operations manager for a fire suppression/prevention company...

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                                • #36
                                  I'm a trimmer for my off the farm job....probably not full time really but I trim all the horses on my farm also except for about 3 of them. I trim 6 days a week...so I guess that's my "job" if you will. On the farm, I train youngsters (mostly) and do all the things needed to keep a boarding and breeding farm running. Mowing, fixing things, more mowing, spraying weeds, dragging the ring, cleaning stalls, cobwebbing, etc....

                                  I used to be a Financial Analyst and have a CPA certification. I walked away from that job with a smile on my face and would rather trim feet than do year end audits anyday!

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                                  • #37
                                    I'm currently a Peace Corps volunteer in Guatemala. Horses have really taken a back seat in the last few months...after lots and lots of searching, I've discovered that there are only 2-3 not frightening places to ride in this whole country. I'm actually in the process of looking for a horse to buy right now, for transportation purposes - I live in a little town about 2 hours from the capital and do lots of work in extremely rural areas that can be difficult and dangerous to get to.

                                    I don't get paid, rather just a monthly stipend, but living costs in Guatemala are dirt cheap and it's been easy ridiculously easy to do in-country traveling so far, which I adore.

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                                    • #38
                                      I'm a clinical Registered Dietitian in a hospital. Also finishing my Master's degree.

                                      Caitlin
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                                      • #39
                                        After roughly 30 years working as a RN (sometimes shiftwork, sometimes a more "normal" 9-5 kinda schedule, sometimes fulltime, sometimes parttime) nowadays I work doing assessments on families in crisis when children have been placed in foster care. Most of my "work" is wordprocessing and is done at home. Horses are at home, too. There are a few days when I dont get to ride because I have to spend most of the day driving to where the kids or the parents are to interview them or attend meetings or court, but, weather and daylight permitting, a day I dont ride is usually a day when I was just too disorganized to fit it in.

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                                        • #40
                                          Retired Navy, working four days a week as private aide/companion/PT for 2 CP clients, one adult, one child. I work from about 2PM to 8PM Tues. thru Fri., so I have all my mornings, in addition to weekends and Mons. for riding.

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