What do DU'ers do? Work,student ,what?---

[candy]

I'm retired and if the internet was around in my family raising days or my working days I would have been lucky if I could give 2 hours a week to DU.

I see lots of people who are here much of the day and I'm just curious.This is NOT a criticism,just a question.

Thanks!

[Midlodemocrat]

1. I work from home

and I do research on the internet full time for my job, so it is pretty easy to pop over to DU and see what is up.

[Wat_Tyler]

2. I monitor left-wing internet groups for an unnamed security agency.

[Midlodemocrat]

3. LOL!!!

[Trumanway]

15. Wow...

You mean you get paid to DU? Sweet.

[kick-ass-bob]

42. He is lying.

He only monitors this one - and quite constantly, I might add.

[skygazer]

4. I'm on a surgical leave from work

But I have to go back in January. It's going to be like withdrawal for me. I get panic attacks just thinking about it!

[sazemisery]

5. self-employed

Manage bail bond agents in Oklahoma and Kansas for an insurance company. I have a virtual office so I am always in cyberspace.

[jasmeel]

7. grad student in neuroscience

I really should be doing my work! ;)

[kimchi]

9. What a cool job!

I would be jealous except that I'm a social science kinda person. Now get back to work!

[liontamer]

55. really me too!

(back to homework)

[kimchi]

6. I'm a Domestic Goddess.

Which really means I'm an unpaid housekeeper, gardner, cook, and nanny. Somedays I love it; other days I want to strangle something. I spend quite a few more than 2 hours on DU; because it is my one guilty pleasure. At first my husband wasn't pleased, now he's just glad I didn't choose shopping as my hobby!

on edit: I'm planning to go back to school as soon as DD goes to kindergarden. I'm not continuing in Archaeology; not sure what I want as my second career. A degree in history? Politics, law or McDonald's are good fits!

[lovedems]

26. Another Domestic Goddess checking in!

I spend way to much time on DU as well. In between laundry, keeping the house cleaned, running the kids around...

I used to work in social services. I was a case manager for pregnant teens and teen mothers. I gave up my job when I was pregnant with my 2nd son. I might go back to work when my baby goes to kindergarden (2006) but I have become quite used to being a permanent piddler. I have a million projects around my house and garden and just running my kids around is a full time job by itself!

[tigereye]

37. I work at home mostly

writing reports. But I am also a mom, so I have the flexibility to pick my kid up when school is over. But with flexibility comes less money. That's the trade-off. This is my water cooler, so to speak.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

43. Same here.

I'm usually only here when my son is sleeping.

[tech3149]

8. self imposed unemployment

I quit working in 2001 because I couldn't stand the way the business was being run. I didn't see any other satisfying opportunities. When Bush* made it clear he was going into Iraq, I vowed not to go back to work until he was out of office.

[Phillycat]

10. I'm at work...I post while I'm waiting for other stuff...

Like, if I'm on hold (like right now) on the phone, if I'm waiting for a spreadsheet to open, if I'm in the middle of a project and waiting for someone else to do something so I can proceed. It's always running minimized at the bottom of the screen so it takes only half a second to click over.

[flvegan]

11. I cram an 8 hour work day into about 3 hours of actual work

1 hour of that is lunch. The rest is all DU, baby!

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

12. I read and type VERY fast

thus making it easier to be here.

I don't know if the ability to read and type really fast is a good or bad thing, because it does allow me to be here more.

Anyway, I do work full-time, but my job is one of those where I am either NOT here at DU at all or I have plenty of time in front of the computer, rarely in between. For instance, I won't be seen her at all on Wednesday, because I will be at a conference all day.

Tomorrow will be a bit difficult too because I am going to be in and out of my office all day (meetings at other locations).

So it just depends.

[PULEEZ]

56. WOW,..

It must be nice to have a government job, be paid with our hardworking tax dollars so you can spend your time learning to type fast on political boards.

[madrchsod]

13. didn`t have a full time job

for over two years...now i work second shift-4 to 12. post after 1 when i get home...no kids,18 yr old who helps clean the house,lots of time to do nothing but sit here and type....

[Trumanway]

14. I would suspect that DUers come in all possible combinations....

as we know that people of all races, social groups and economic status support Democratic principles.

Perhaps the ONE thing all DUers do is to talk over the ideas to attain those principles.

[Beware the Beast Man]

19. I'm eating a tangerine right now.

So now I have "Tangerine" by Led Zeppelin stuck in my head.

[Phillycat]

20. Also, they all hate Creed.

[GreenPartyVoter]

16. Home with my youngest. Do occasional freelance editing and

clean up the house every couple of weeks so hubby doesn't think I am just home screwing around.

(Well, actually he does think that cause I haven't kept up on either the housework or the editing lately. *lol*)

[ResistTheCoup]

17. Airline Pilot

Always have my computer on layovers - that's when I have the most free time.

[Dzimbowicz]

18. During my free time at work

Then I look to see if there were any responses around supper time.

[VTdem]

21. freshman Public Policy major at Virginia Tech

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

22. I work for a factory which makes liturgical gaments for orthodox mormons

hence my free time

[Wat_Tyler]

23. Hooray! God Bless the Bush Economy!

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

25. And God bless Brigham Young. The REAL Brigham Young - not the

imposter

[mainegreen]

24. Programmer

Always attached to a damned computer.

[crispini]

28. User interface designer.

Ditto.

Unless I'm in a meeting. YAWN.

[Texasgal]

27. RN at a Lasik surgery center

We only have surgery on Thursdays, the rest of my time is spent charting on my computer.... So I find it easy to just click on DU to see what everyone is up to!

[Ernesto]

29. I'm a happily retired UNION man

Fortunately for me I'm a member of the Sheet Metal Worker's International Association. My money went into a defined contribution pension account. In other words, no company can file chapt. 11 to get my retirement money.
I'm also a Mr. Mom while my UNION RN wife works toward her retirement.

[candy]

36. Thank God for the unions------my parents' generation and my---

generation were given good,middle class lives because of the unions.

[NoSheep]

30. I work in a home office alone...at least while my boss has been working

elsewhere across town. I check in and out all day long. Sometimes I'm too busy. Sometimes I'm all caught up and can spend all the time I want if he's not around. P.S. He's a Republican and asked last year why I am a "liberal". I told him I thought most republicans were immoral!!!!! That shut him up! BTW...he's pretty immoral! Cheats wherever possible.:shrug:

[motely36]

31. I work full time as a programmer

and am a part time grad student going for a Masters in Computer Information Systems.

That basically takes up all my time, although I do do Community theatre when I have the time!

[jdots]

32. i am a cult leader for the " Diffys"

the pay is lousy but the perks are good

[JohnKleeb]

33. student but soon to be employed as a clerk at a store too

then intern in februray.

[Minimus]

34. I'm home "sick" today, but even when I am at work I hang out here

during the day. I work with repub. southern baptists and DU is what gets me through the work week.

[xpunkisneatx]

35. I'm a senior Biotechnology/Microbiology major

Just registered for my last semester this morning...Taking a class called NeoDarwinism and its challengers. Should be cool.
I am also a Patient Care Assistant (fancy way of saying ass-wiper) at a local hospital. I do that every other weekend and one other shift a week. And finally, I am doing an internship at a place called the Clinic for Special Children. Its for amish and mennonite kids that have metabolic disorders. he disease I am working on is called Crigler Najjar and it only affects about 200 people world wide. This kids have really high bilirubin levels and have to sleep under UV lights for 12 hours a day...the only cure is a liver transplant. Im sequencing their parents DNA looking for polymorphisms and such and then checking their bilirubin level to see if being heterozygous for this disorder has an effect on bilirubin levels (bilirubin is toxic to the brain...causes you to be jaundiced (yellow)) So, i am crazy busy...yet I still find time to check up on DU at least 3 times a day!

[lpbk2713]

38. Retired also.

Retired 4 years ago at age 56. Got about a year and a half to go before I can file for Social Security. I just hope to hell Shit-for-Brains doesn't totally ruin SS before I can get there. He's already devastated my 401K and IRA. Why these assholes voted him in I'll never figure out.

[Kathleen04]

39. Student

Freshman undergrad. :)

[MrModerate]

40. Training Manager on large motorway project, Romania

Don't have a cute job anymore, sad to say -- but I used to be an actor ("and then I decided I preferred eating regularly and living indoors . . .")

[kick-ass-bob]

41. I work for the government.

So I have lots of extra time while waiting for things to get approved.

[Frogtutor]

44. Work from home part-time(online tutor) and domestic goddess

[deadparrot]

45. High school student.

I'm here at this time because he had a half day for teachers' meetings.

[Left Is Write]

46. I am....

...a "stay at home" mom (quotations used because we very often DON'T stay home) who manages to balance preschool, the gym, aspirations toward being a "real" writer (read: published), a well-run household, AND downtime on the internet. If I had a full-time job, though, all of my leisure time activities (including the gym and the internet) would have to be scaled back.

[MercutioATC]

47. Air traffic controller....I have REALLY odd hours.

My "Monday" could be any day of the week, and it can change every four months. Currently, this is my schedule (in REAL days of the week):

Saturday: 3:00pm to 11:00pm
Sunday: 1:30pm to 9:30pm
Monday: 7:00am to 3:00pm
Tuesday: 6:00am to 2:00pm and then back in at 11:00pm Tuesday night until 7:00am Wednesday morning.

It's a hell of a schedule, but it means my weekends are from 7:00am on Wednesday until 3:00pm on Saturday. :)

[bigwillq]

48. I'm a sports writer

for a newspaper in New Haven, CT.

I work basically second shift but when I have to just work in the office, I usually get paid to DU!

[kitkatrose]

49. Oopsie.

:)

[kitkatrose]

50. I'm a biology student.

I have no life. :cry:

[jzodda]

51. Attorney here

Check from work mostly

Just found the site recently, wanting a place like this to goto for a long time.

[yellowdogintexas]

52. currently unemployed, outsourced to India

in June. looking for work,

daughter is grown, husband is working out of town

When (if) I get a job I won't be here as much because then I will have to have actual regularity in my schedule.

[sbj405]

53. Work - government cube farm

Secure, but boring as hell

[dr.strangelove]

54. Hard to work when there is DU around

but I am a lawyer.