What do you guys do for a living? (Page 5)

Pulmonary and critical care physician.  Last year was my last year of fellowship...had a lot of free time to train.  Now, that I actually out practicing...I am looking at 4am workouts...Trainer rides indoor when on beeper call, and not being able to workout 2/5 weekends when on call. But as others have said...im just doing it for myself and my health. Not looking to beat anyone out there but to show myself and family (wife, 2 kids) that they can do  anything if they set their minds to it!

Well, I generally come in at least fifteen minutes late, ah, I use the side door - that way Lumbergh can't see me, heh - after that I sorta space out for an hour.   I just stare at my desk, but it looks like I'm working. I do that for probably another hour after lunch too, I'd say in a given week I probably only do about fifteen minutes of real, actual, work.

bts 

Reference Librarian here. 

Pretty much a 9-5er, but an 1.5 hour commute and a challenging community make the days seem longer sometimes.  I jam a workout in at lunch with longer ones on the weekends I'm not working.  Now that the weather is finally warming up and my running distances are becoming longer, I'll move my running outside in the evenings.  Same with biking.

I don't think your goals are unrealistic.  And it's only March/almost April...plenty of time to train for an 1/2 Iron. 

boy you're just a straight shooter with upper-management written all over you. 

If I had a dollar for every time "major" or "very large" was mentioned in this thread I could quit, but since that's not happening -

Right now I'm work with bankruptcies and charge off's at the first bank that Capital One bought.

But that just pays the bills for now, I'm about 7.5 classes away from my Accounting degree

Most days, I'm a software engineer for American Airlines.  On good days, I write mathematical optimization algorithms that manage the "off-schedule operations" (i.e, what flights to cancel) for the largest airline in the world.

Winter: Part-time Ski salesman

Summer (ie off school): Par time industrial pump mechanic/shipping and recieving/landscaper/handyman for my grandfather's/father's company. I may need to get ISO certified this year.

Right now you could say that I'm in-between jobs.

I am a mortgage banker for 1st Tenn Bank.

We are 100% commision and I have a good business going, so I have a totally flexable schedule (meaning I do whatever I want), now my clent manager on the other hands works her butt off for me... lol

My schedule is 9 something to 4 something.... So I have lots of time to train or and the YMCA is rifht next to my work...

I manage the business office of an orthopaedic practice.  Anybody wanna know what Medicare pays for a total hip replacement?... that's the fascinating data that I know.  I also have a small sewing business at home.  Mostly home decor items (custom slipcovers, pillows, curtains).  And I volunteer in the Spanish speaking community.

Training time is a challenge for me, because of my inablity to say "no" to a project, whether at my 9-5 job, or sewing.  So I have to make a conscious effort to schedule workout time. 

Some well intentioned fool once told me that I should get married so that I dont' have to work so much.  I bet all you wives and mothers out there would get in line to punch him in the face for that remark. 

Yeah, I noticed the "major"/"very large" adjetive.  And I'm guilty as charged.  Some of us just don't want to mention our politically incorrect companies.  We'd end up in COJ defending our companies.

TJ

OK, that sounds pretty dang cool to me. 

Dolphin-trainer turned high-school science teacher!

"OK, that sounds pretty dang cool to me. "

So... what? Medical billing didn't sound cool? I'm hurt, I really am... 

LOL    he's got most of us beat.

Ohohoh... you are a Foof Scientist.  I got both my BS and MS majoring in Fd Sci.  Couldn't find a job.  Got re-trained to be a Analytical/BioChemist. 

Many people don't understand Fd Sci.  Thought I was studying to be a Nutritionist or Chef.  One good example is that the Powerbars/Clif shot type of things are works of Food Scientists.   

My day gig is as a database developer for a market research firm. We have 2 young kids and my wife is taking a full course load in grad school at night and she has a part time job with weekend hours so training is either really early or really late. I can usually get 1 or 2 swims per week in at lunch time.

I also have this other little side thing doing stuff for a guy called Ron that occupies a bit of my time.

I am a librarian at a "Major" and "Very Large" University.
But I am very small, and am paid very little. There, does that mitigate my grandiosity?