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What's your job?

dan_teod - 20-2-2008 at 14:56

I would like what's your job at this moment.

I am research assistant at a organic chemistry lab.

[Edited on 21-2-2008 by dan_teod]

12AX7 - 20-2-2008 at 15:01

Student?

BromicAcid - 20-2-2008 at 16:42

Production chemist

chemkid - 20-2-2008 at 17:38

Student as well

Sauron - 20-2-2008 at 20:26

Retired.

When still active:

Defense journalist (bureau chief for ASEAN), consultant, arms dealer, infantry weapons editor for a major defense journal. Manufacturer of specialized firearms for special operations community. Writer and lecturer.

7he3ngineer - 20-2-2008 at 21:57

I'd hate to see what you accomplished when you were working full time Sauron!

Mechanical engineering student (although trying to somehow include some chem. eng. as well... double degree if I can, fail that, postgradip maybe).

Josh

Darkblade48 - 20-2-2008 at 23:41

Student as well, microbiology specialist.

chemrox - 21-2-2008 at 00:20

Consultant and researcher

jokull - 21-2-2008 at 06:59

Materials science student (pursuing PhD); earning some money as consultant for the chemical industry.

Broken Gears - 21-2-2008 at 07:13

Im a toolmaker or moldmaker at a medical research company.

YT2095 - 21-2-2008 at 07:23

Contractor, I Fix things.

woelen - 21-2-2008 at 07:52

I am working as an IT-consultant, designing and writing software.
Besides that I am working more and more as software architect.

DrP - 21-2-2008 at 09:19

Formulator / Industrial/Production Chemist

bfesser - 21-2-2008 at 10:55

Undergraduate Chemistry Major (Student)

bereal511 - 21-2-2008 at 11:43

Undergrad biochemistry/chemistry major.

Eliteforum - 21-2-2008 at 12:31

Quote:
Originally posted by Sauron
Retired.

When still active:

Defense journalist (bureau chief for ASEAN), consultant, arms dealer, infantry weapons editor for a major defense journal. Manufacturer of specialized firearms for special operations community. Writer and lecturer.


IE: Bullshitter ;)

I myself work for myself. Two very diverse jobs, model contract agent and two jobs that clash into one, web design/programming and IT repair & maintenance.

Ozone - 21-2-2008 at 14:14

Full time Research Chemist (carbohydrates/analytical/polymer), Ph.D Candidate on the side (I defend in a month or two). After then, Assistant Prof., I suppose.

I am between business cards;).

Cheers,

O3

Elawr - 21-2-2008 at 17:54

Medical doctor.

DerAlte - 22-2-2008 at 00:17

Don’t have one, past it. Retired (apart from consultancy) for 15 years. Used to be an Electronics Engineer and worked on just about everything: Missiles, Radar, Microwave and Satellite communications, Cellular technology (early days of, military, and air to ground), spooky work for the nameless ones, what have you…. Had fun doing so in 3 different countries..

Der Alte

bereal511 - 25-2-2008 at 08:52

Oh wow, good luck Ozone! I hope to be in the same shoes in a good 8 - 10 years.

Twospoons - 25-2-2008 at 13:40

Electronics engineer (18 years now). Currently working with GPS, but I've been involved with many areas of electronics.

Ozone - 25-2-2008 at 16:59

Thanks Bereal511! I'll take all the luck I can get.

Best of luck to you, as well!

Cheers,

O3

biochemist - 25-2-2008 at 21:24

designer of peptide & protein therapeutics

theobromacacao - 26-2-2008 at 05:01

Food Technologist

len1 - 26-2-2008 at 05:52

Theoretical physicist, formerly uni lecturer now at reserach organisation

LSD25 - 26-2-2008 at 06:12

Stewdent

a_bab - 26-2-2008 at 07:26

Computer programmer for a living.

Entomologist, chemist for fun (although lately the live took over :()

student

stereochem - 29-3-2008 at 06:59

organic / stereochemsitry

vulture - 29-3-2008 at 08:27

Ph.D. Student

ScienceGeek - 30-3-2008 at 07:40

Student - Upper Secondary school - senior year - International Baccalaureate

Leaving for Hungary next year to study medicine :)

Clandestine-Chemist - 30-3-2008 at 22:01

I'm a Biochemistry/Chemistry undergrad student

i also do Small Cell lung cancer research for Translational Genomics Research Institute (tgen) miRNA function and things of the like.

franklyn - 21-4-2008 at 12:05

" My specialty is being right when other people are wrong "
- George Bernard Shaw

Saerynide - 21-4-2008 at 15:39

Chem. engineering undergrad student. Working on hydrogel research :D

Jobs

MadHatter - 21-4-2008 at 18:51

Jack of many trades: Commercial driver, CDL trainer, office manager, database designer.
Previously, systems programmer/analyst. Use those skills in the office job also.
Sidejobs: A/C technician, hardware/software installer.

Other jobs in past: bartender, short order & prep cook, industrial paper shredder and forklift
operator.


[Edited on 2008/4/21 by MadHatter]

NERV - 4-5-2008 at 01:21

Currently I am a Chemical engineering undergraduate, and I was for a few years until recently working part time as an Analytical chemist for the environmental testing industry.

Th0r - 5-5-2008 at 08:41

Scholar in Advanced History, Chemistry and standard Physics. I'm also studying Electronics and German.

Ritter - 29-6-2008 at 10:21

Retired & part-time consultant on IP (patent) matters for a major biotech firm.

brew - 29-6-2008 at 14:41

Biomedical Sc undergrad- At 45.

solo - 29-6-2008 at 18:24

Once a diesel engine master mechanic ....then went to school and degreed in theoretical mathematics at Berkeley...got bored and went to Stanford and studied Medicine..ten years of saving people got the best of me hence, I became a general contractor and designed and built custom homes ....moved to my homeland Mexico, now for the last 6 years an organic chemistry researcher with emphasis on clandestine chemistry and natural alkaloids...till i get bored....currently at 62 I'm interested in developing fuel cells and making diamonds from lightning rods....haven't got any hits so far.............solo

Th0r - 2-7-2008 at 13:35

An update, I now have a small paying Saturday job with flexible hours. I basically got the job so I could pay for more Chemicals and to get some money in the Kitty. When I have got what I needed I'll quit.

ProChem - 8-10-2008 at 11:15

Research Scientist in fragrance ingredient synthesis. Some of my stuff is in functional and fine fragrances.

hashashan - 12-10-2008 at 04:40

Just quit my job as an electrical engeneer and going to be a full time MSc student for material science

sbovisjb1 - 12-10-2008 at 18:37

A student in Computer Science in Canada. I have an interest in Computers and Chemistry, so to sate the two loves, Cheminformatics is the path I shall probably go down. I'm told I should be able to make a tidy living off it. If that fails, I could allways become a Medical Doctor.

Panache - 15-10-2008 at 19:54

Running a small distillery presently, cheap wine---ethanol under vacuum---dilute to catering grade vodka for weddings and stuff. However in parallel am taking three years during this to try to create a new fine liquor product, you know like Mr Campari and Mr jaermeister did. Am hating it, worst decision ever, want to just see it out, sell up and go back to research, which will be tough as it will have been a decade by the time i'm ready, hopefully i won't need to be paid for a couple of years, this always makes one an attractive candidate. if that doesn't work out i might go land demining somewhere where its needed, thats the only other thing i can think of i might want to do.

Originally undergrad in chem, hons in industrial org, PhD in Mat Eng (polymer film additives), whilst 'consulting' in the uni's commercial arm, worked for two years in research (on JSF epoxies which still are not finished lmoa), opened a bar, opened my first distillery, opened a cafe, got embezzled by my sister, lost everything, sat on couch for two-three years, then got some investors together for this current thing.
i need a drink.

sbovisjb1 - 16-10-2008 at 14:58

@Panache sounds like a wild life. :o

prole - 5-11-2008 at 17:36

Got my first job in a lab today. Asked my advisor at uni if she knew of any scientific menial labour positions available, and yes!, she did. I clean and organize dirty glassware, and get to keep what they throw out (which is a lot - she found a rotovap and vac. pump in the trash and got them to work). It's a soil analysis lab, testing for the presence of various contaminants. If her new grants come through, then she brings me on full time as an undergrad assistant. Believe me, I'm not in it for the money, but I'm happier than a pig in shit.

[Edited on 11/5/2008 by prole]

martin21 - 26-11-2008 at 22:59

student in chem. engineering technology and lab tech in a chemical plant... oh, and I brew beer!

Magpie - 8-6-2017 at 06:33

I stumbled on this thread and am just in awe of many of the posters - they make me feel narrow minded.

I'm a retired chemical engineer turned hobby chemist. I have worked in synthetic rubber, pulp & paper, and nuclear fuel processing/waste management.

JJay - 8-6-2017 at 07:41

I guess you'd probably call me a systems analyst.

Texium - 8-6-2017 at 08:57

I am a student (undergraduate chemistry major), and I work in a research lab at my university. My job mainly involves organic synthesis, which is my favorite part of chemistry, so I'm quite happy with it.

mayko - 8-6-2017 at 12:20

I'm a research technician in a university biology lab. Most of my day is spent on bioinformatics, but I sometimes get to spend time at the bench, pipetting very small amounts of liquid back and forth from tiny tubes. I also have several fruit fly species and subspecies I keep alive.

Loptr - 17-8-2017 at 07:42

Principal Software Engineer

[Edited on 17-8-2017 by Loptr]

unionised - 17-8-2017 at 10:48

By qualification (and the first 20 odd years of my career, I'm a chemist.
My job title is "knowledge analyst" and I work for a bit of the government that doesn't like me to mention it on the web.
It's nothing exciting and you have heard of it- they are just a bit shy.

diddi - 17-8-2017 at 13:49

ex Chem math teacher. now mainly consultant IT customised programming

[Edited on 17-8-2017 by diddi]

barbs09 - 17-8-2017 at 16:21

Exploration geologist in Western Australia: using geological, geochemical, geophysical, historical and any other available data to search for that mostly elusive precious yellow metal.

j_sum1 - 17-8-2017 at 16:49

Quote: Originally posted by barbs09  
Exploration geologist in Western Australia: using geological, geochemical, geophysical, historical and any other available data to search for that mostly elusive precious yellow metal.

What, yellowcake?

UC235 - 17-8-2017 at 17:53

I work a lab position for a company making highly purified enzymes. I have also become the go-to guy to ask chemistry questions to since most of the employees are so bio-focused that they can't troubleshoot badly behaving reagents.

barbs09 - 17-8-2017 at 18:04

j_sum1, sorry should have been more specific, gold. Although Carnotite, a Uranium ore, is not overly rare in some of the nearby inland salt lakes.

OldNubbins - 17-8-2017 at 18:05

Design sawmill machinery

AvBaeyer - 17-8-2017 at 18:25

Retired. Started as a Ph. D. bench chemist at a major pharma company in 1975, went west to join the biotech revolution in the late 1980's and had a great time with the excitement of several start ups. Ended my career as a senior executive responsible for everything from new lead discovery to process research with a large biotech company. The worst part was always having to deal with the green eye shade guys. But it was great fun with the "youngsters" in the labs, though. Now it is back to the test tubes and beakers and having to wash my own glassware but I love every minute of it.

AvB