What do you do?

4 year bachelor's degree in computer science. I also run my own site which pulls in about 15-25k / year.

Where do you work?
MSFT

Location?
Boston

Age?
25

What do you do? (Title/keywords)
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

What field/industry?
B2B tech

Wages?
~110k (not including below, obvs)

Bonuses/SEP?
10-25k bonus, 10-25k stock

Benefits?
Full health/dental/vision, 401k match, free domestic partner (girlfriend) coverage, food/drink, charity match, health club / health related reimbursements

Where do you work? Big company

What do you do? (Title/keywords) Electrical Engineer (Electromechanical systems)

What field/industry? Aerospace

Wages? just under 90k

Bonuses/SEP? None

Benefits? Yes.. but they arent that great so I use my wifes

Age - 27

Education - MS in EE

Where do you work? Law firm

What do you do? Legal Intern (in my 3rd year of law school in NYC)

What field/industry? Residential Real Estate and Mortgage lending/refinancing

Wages: Part-time hourly

Age: 24

Education- BA: Philosophy, Politics & Law and History (double major) and soon my JD (May 2013)

Where do you work? - Hospital

What do you do? (Title/keywords) - Chief Nursing Officer (Was a Trauma Nurse for 12 years, followed by ED Director, Disaster Coordinator during Katrina, and Director of multiple areas of the hospital) Also Board Certified in Emergency/Trauma Nursing.

What field/industry? Healthcare

Wages? $150k'ish

Bonuses/SEP? Incentive Plan that starts at $5k and goes up to $75k/yr. Anything past $15k is damn near unobtainable.

Age: 38

Education: I have my Masters in Nursing and finishing my Masters in Healthcare Administration.

Benefits? Great health coverage. Job security. Can be a very rewarding job, but VERY stressful (as is many others posted here).

Right now I work for Windows and specifically the next release, from an OEM partner perspective, in a TPM role, internal at MSFT. A piece of my puzzle is trying to win share for Windows Phone, which is... a battle to say the least. But it's a lot of fun, and a lot of new gadgets come my way to tinker with.

BrutulTM_sl said:

Nice! That makes at least 3 people on this board working in agriculture. What sort of feed to you make?

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The bulk of what we make is for milking cows and calf feed. But we handle feed for just about any animal in the area.

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Where do you work? - Hospital

What do you do? (Title/keywords) - Chief Nursing Officer (Was a Trauma Nurse for 12 years, followed by ED Director, Disaster Coordinator during Katrina, and Director of multiple areas of the hospital) Also Board Certified in Emergency/Trauma Nursing.

What field/industry? Healthcare

Wages? $150k'ish

Bonuses/SEP? Incentive Plan that starts at $5k and goes up to $75k/yr. Anything past $15k is damn near unobtainable.

Age: 38

Education: I have my Masters in Nursing and finishing my Masters in Healthcare Administration.

Benefits? Great health coverage. Job security. Can be a very rewarding job, but VERY stressful (as is many others posted here).

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I've specialised in mental health since graduating, but am considering trying to get into a supported grad entry program to ED or ICU. Would you recommend emergency/trauma nursing and masters etc?

Where do you work?
At a private residence. Also a student.

What do you do? (Title/keywords)
Certified Nursing Assistant - Basically I assist the elderly with their activities for daily living. I currently only have one client that I work part time for (used to be full time) and going to school to earn my Associates in Nursing. Hoping to go beyond that when I am more financially stable.

What field/industry?
Medical field.

Wages?
$15 an hour

Bonuses/SEP?
Nothing really.

Benefits?
Experience! The elderly man I take care of helped me get a job working for his daughter, a Dermatologist. I was trained in her office to do medical assisting. It was a great experience. I eventually did have to quit (after about a year of part time), so that I could focus on school. I still take care of him once a week and will be going back full time during winter break and then part time during the school semester.

As far as health/dental/vision benefits, nothing unfortunately.

grimshaw_sl said:

I've specialised in mental health since graduating, but am considering trying to get into a supported grad entry program to ED or ICU. Would you recommend emergency/trauma nursing and masters etc?

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Really depends on your long term goal. Emergency/Trauma is a bit of a special calling, but on a resume makes you HIGHLY desired. If you plan is masters for Nurse Practitioner, then go ER hands down. If you are looking at Nurse Anesthetist, then go ICU. Both will require 2 years prior to application.

If you are looking at management (wasn't my first choice, but just kind of happened), then either is fine. If you have the opportunity to get any Case Management experience, jump all over it. A nurse exec that truly understands the financial aspect of care delivery is extremely rare, and will pave your future. I was lucky enough to get 2 1/2 years directing Case Management under a phenomenal regional director. The result was a resume that recruiters die for.

Where do you work?i dont iam unemployed / long time sick

What do you do?absolutely nothing

What field/industry?

Wages?16500$ a year

Bonuses/SEP?270$ a month from the state for having Coeliac Disease

Benefits?time for 14 hours of gaming a day ? and the state pays most of my medical bills / doctors wellfarestate ftw

been unemployed since 05 and is currently hovering between a disability retirement and retraining to a low risk flex job

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Where do you work? International Supply Company; based in Toronto but we service all of Canada.

What do you do? Enterprise Sales

What field/industry? Tech

Wages? 60k base + quarterly bonus; pull in 75-85k when all is said and done.

Benefits? Yup, med/dental, stock plan, travel expenses, etc. Get to work from home when not out with clients.

Age - 31

Education - BA Business

Where do you work?
City of houston Fleet management Department
What do you do? (Title/keywords)
Manager
What field/industry?
Government
Wages?
35k, raises every year
Bonuses/SEP?
8 hours off per paycheck, caps at 3 months vacation
Benefits?
full everything

easy job, love government work lol

Where do you work? Large State University

What do you do? Assistant Professor of Chemistry - run a research lab (7 grad students, 1 postdoc, 3 undergrads) + teach one class a semester

What field/industry? Academia

Wages? 79K base (9 month) - if I get grants then I can add an additional 2 or 3 months.

Benefits? State Health Plan (is not very good). Can have my students work on what I want to work on! Eventually if everything goes well, tenure!

Age - 34

Education - Ph.D. Inorganic Chemistry

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Where do you work?i dont iam unemployed / long time sick

What do you do?absolutely nothing

What field/industry?

Wages?16500$ a year

Bonuses/SEP?270$ a month from the state for having Coeliac Disease

Benefits?time for 14 hours of gaming a day ? and the state pays most of my medical bills / doctors wellfarestate ftw

been unemployed since 05 and is currently hovering between a disability retirement and retraining to a low risk flex job

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14 hours of gaming a day to not eat Gluten? I'm in. Though I'm sure gluten free frozen pizzas are expensive and/or taste like ass.

porkchop sandwiches_sl said:

14 hours of gaming a day to not eat Gluten? I'm in. Though I'm sure gluten free frozen pizzas are expensive and/or taste like ass.

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Glutenfree everything tastes like ass, but you would also have to get my busted up back and mental issues as part of the whole deal

Where do you work?

A large research university in the DC area

What do you do? (Title/keywords)

part-time graduate student, part-time researcher

What field/industry?

public policy/economics/academic research

Wages?

student stipend of about 6k a year

Bonuses/SEP?

none

Benefits?

My tuition is reduced drastically, and basically pays for itself by the end of the semester. I get health insurance too, but turned down some of the other benefits. My boss occasionally gets called onto capitol hill to congressional hearings on things like welfare reform, so I get to edit his speeches, fact-check, etc. and accompany him to congress which is kind of cool.

Kind of at a crossroads of what I want to do when I graduate (scheduled to be this upcoming summer). 2 years ago my dream job was to be a researcher at a think tank. I got the opportunity to intern for one this past summer, and it turned into a part-time job that I currently work at. I hate it. Academic writing is so boring and uncreative. It fits the same personality type that goes into computer science/coding, which is not for me. I now have no idea what I want to do when I graduate, I refuse to work for the government and am no longer interested in research positions. I really don't know what else I'm going to do with a degree in economic policy, and my undergrad degree is in psych so it's not like that's something I can fall back on lol