What do you do... really...

[erkishhorde]

Kinda like the what's your job thread but what do you actually do at work.

I just started working at an architectural firm for their new structural division. I ride into work at about 7:45 and just sit there figuring out what size beams should go into the building for 9 hours. The structural group usually goes out to eat lunch together where they seem to talk about sports all the time.  Not terribly interesting to me. I surf the DML about 3-8 times a day depending on how badly I need a break.

Pretty boring. Hopefully I'll get more important stuff to do soon but this is a good warm up. Let's face it though. Most of the work I'll be doing is either computer models of the building or hand calcs. Pretty boring and plain until the building starts being built and I get to go out and see it.

So what do you REALLY do at work.

[SteveH]

I babysit and pull teeth.

Ahh, the joys of consulting !

[Sinister]

So what do you REALLY do at work.

I figure out how to build shit that architects and structural engineers actually think will work because it fits on the paper.

[NAKID]

Right now, I go to school. For the time being, school means I get there about 8, bullshit til about 830. Instructor comes in, bullshit a few more mins. Then he goes over 1-2 subjects taking between 30-60 mins. After that, we go to the gym to workout or play sports, or we go for a run. After that is home. I'm typically home by about noon.

However, next month, I start the hard part of school. I'll be there from 0630 til about 18-1900...

[KnightofNi]

i try to find new and unique ways of dodging the new and unique ways mgmt find to blame me for things i didn't know about ro told them about 3 months ago.

i also try to think outside the box when it comes to goofing off and maintining the appearance of doing work.

[ducpenguin]

Catch bad guys... (Kinda)

[SacDuc]

I figure out how to build shit that architects and structural engineers actually think will work because it fits on the paper.

I in turn try to figure out how to take an ugly structure (that has been made even uglier by several engineering revisons and a lot of "I had to" by the framers)  beautiful and acceptable to the clients again.  

[ducpainter]

As little as possible...

but mostly I sand.

[SacDuc]

i also try to think outside the box when it comes to goofing off and maintining the appearance of doing work.

On that note: 23150 in Brick Breaker. SUCK IT!  

sac


/ it starts back at level 1 after you finish all 34

[Le Pirate]

i get to work at about 0730

we BS for 30-60 minutes

I go run a couple water quality samples


....then the rest of the day, I'm essentially a fish farmer. stock em', feed em', harvest em', and put em' in the lakes around the state (though that part is only every so often)


sometimes I have research projects going on, but they still involve fish farming 

[IZ]

In a nutshell (leaving out all the negative stuff), I help my clients become better communicators.

[ducpainter]

In a nutshell (leaving out all the negative stuff), I help my clients become better communicators cell phone photographers.

[ducsix]

I am a prof at a major east coast engineering school.

Therefore I spend my time as follows:

30% writing journal papers
30% writing grant applications
25% traveling and giving conference talks
5% doing actual research
5% cracking the whip to get my students and postdocs to do their research
5% pretending to teach

[Ash]

i manage project managers and i actually like my job a lot.  i have good employees and interesting projects in my portfolio

[jclin]

I pour liquids from one container to another. Then I click a bunch of buttons on the computer.

I'm a scientist.

I also bribe my gf with home cooked meals so she'll stay with me. She won't admit it though... but who dates a scientist besides ugly girls?

What? She is not! Shut up!