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My job can best be described as a chief of staff / lobbyist for a government agency.  I am kinda a spinnster who puts out fires as they occur. 

My boss is very cool and laid back.  My hours are VERY flexible as I don't have to be in the office to do 90% of my job.   

Not just children.  There were several great lines in all of those movies that made me laugh!  Do you just do hair or feathers as well because the feather-work on Vlad in HHaW was very good.  Which character was your biggest challenge, Manny the mammoth?

And let me guess - your digital landscapes are great but the lawn at your house SUCKS and is the worst in the neighborhood!  Right?  Be honest.... 

I am an Account Executive for a liquor distributor..

Get to go on "work" trips to wineries and distilleries. Been to a large brewery in Ireland (guess), a very large tequila distillery in Mexico (again guess), and numerous vineyards in California. Very little work occurs on these trips - - unless you count 'product knowledge'.

I'm a design engineer...

And one thing that makes me happy about my job is that they pay me... Oh, wait, can't say that.

Let's try again.

And one thing that makes me happy about my job is that it's only 8.5 miles away and... Oh, yeah, can't say that either.

Um, let's see...

Oh, I got it! I'll try one more time!

And one thing that makes me happy about my job is... Uh... Uh... Hold on, I got it... Uh...

Okay, I guess I got nothin'.

See, this is about where I'm at, except instead of a design engineer I'm a test engineer and instead of living 8.5 miles away, I live 62 miles away and spend 3 hours per day riding the bus.

But I do get every other Friday off. 

Was a Fireman...30 years...Rode around on a fire truck and did hero work (actually I did the coolest job a Fireman can have...I drove the back end of a Ladder Truck for about 12 years).

Loved to chance to help people that needed it...RIGHT NOW.  Worked 24 hours on and 48 hrs. off and generally worked with folks who were also risk takers and simillarly disfunctional but fun to be around.

I am a mommy...I get snuggles and hugs, I get to teach her all day long. 

I do Corporate Strategy work for a large consulting firm. One program I run is our Client Loyalty Program, which basically entails working with account teams to gather feedback from their clients, and address any issues that may arise. I really love this area of my job because I get to help busy people do their job better, and hearing firsthand from clients how we've helped them (or not, as the case may be) gives me a renewed sense of purpose for the work we do on a greater level.

I also make a lot of power points, which umm.. does NOT always give me a renewed sense of purpose, but on the other hand, when I think about what our group does -- working to improve the profitability of the firm -- and realize that our company running better and staying in business will continue to employ 17k people, well, that's pretty cool.

I am a small business owner.  I am a manufacturers sales rep for companies in the Life Sciences field.  I took my years of operations management experience for a large medical/research school and turned it into something that I hope will be profitable for me and my family.  So far so good. 

What I like most: I set my own schedule, have very few real deadlines and can train most anytime I want.

What I don't like: pressure to chase down sales and keep things moving at a pace that satisfies the companies that I work with

Best job ever - - and probably the most important