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What do you really *do* at your job

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I'm a people person god damnit. I deal with the customers so the engineers dont have to! Why cant you people understand that!
 
Originally posted by: MX2
Well, I generally come in at least fifteen minutes late, ah, I use the side door - that way my boss can't see me, heh - after that I sorta space out for an hour. Yeah, 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.
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:Q What is your profession?
 
Originally posted by: intogamer
Originally posted by: MX2
Well, I generally come in at least fifteen minutes late, ah, I use the side door - that way my boss can't see me, heh - after that I sorta space out for an hour. Yeah, 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.
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:Q What is your profession?
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Sounds like customer support for legacy equipment.
 
Answer phones
give quotes
advise on claims
write policies
change policies
take payments
file
outside selling
cross selling
 
Analyze company financials and insurance applications while trying to decide what kind of risk they are. All of this can be done in about 1-3 minutes. Then it is about an hour of documenting what I am doing and why thanks to Sarbanes-Oxley and state insurance boards.
Then there is the time between accounts that I spend reading threads here.
 
clean patients
assess patients
listen to pts whine
administer meds
patient treatments
listen to pts whine some more
change diapers
feed people
hound/babysit doctors
hound/babysit patients
draw blood
administer blood
change diapers
listen to nurse manager whine
admit pts
discharge patients
keep them alive

 
Originally posted by: purepolly
listen to pts whine
listen to pts whine some more
hound/babysit doctors
hound/babysit patients
listen to nurse manager whine
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so, you are a people person :thumbsup:
 
I retouch photographs.

That is to say, I was hired to retouch photographs. Usually I just move the windows around, zoom in/out, pan around, copy some files, paste them somewhere else, delete them, reboot my computer, surf the web, and so on.
 
1. Is something broken?
- NO (go back to step 1)
- Yes Fix it Fix it Fix it Fix it Fix it Fix it Fix it Fix it Fix it Fix it Fix it Fix it Fix it Fix it Fix it Fix it Fix it Fix it Fix it

2. Is it fixed?
- Yes (go back to step 1
- No - find someone to fix it.
 
I support enterprise applications at several levels: code support/tuning for custom applications (Java & VB), user support, vendor support, attend about 5 meetings a week, reply to emails, write Crystal Reports ...
 
It really depends....today was rather quiet.

Today's high notes:
Reply to some emails for executive handholding
Setup some new extensions on the PBX
Configure some IP phones to go with the extensions and ship to field personnel
Bitch at an ISP for firewalling a VPN client at a remote site
Order some additional IP phones
Order a couple of cheapy 24-port switches for shipment to remote sites
Finally, some general housekeeping and a couple helpdesk responses
 
Originally posted by: purepolly
clean patients
assess patients
listen to pts whine
administer meds
patient treatments
listen to pts whine some more
change diapers
feed people
hound/babysit doctors
hound/babysit patients
draw blood
administer blood
change diapers
listen to nurse manager whine
admit pts
discharge patients
keep them alive
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What are you? LVN? CNA? RN? and PT put together?
 
Originally posted by: lobbyone
Originally posted by: purepolly
clean patients
assess patients
listen to pts whine
administer meds
patient treatments
listen to pts whine some more
change diapers
feed people
hound/babysit doctors
hound/babysit patients
draw blood
administer blood
change diapers
listen to nurse manager whine
admit pts
discharge patients
keep them alive
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What are you? LVN? CNA? RN? and PT put together?
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RN
 
I'm a field service tech. Install, configure, and support all network infrastructure in "my region" for my company.

That's 95% of it. The other 5% is just BS'ing with the people I'm helping.
 
Originally posted by: dr150
Originally posted by: intogamer
Originally posted by: MX2
Well, I generally come in at least fifteen minutes late, ah, I use the side door - that way my boss can't see me, heh - after that I sorta space out for an hour. Yeah, 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.
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:Q What is your profession?
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Sounds like customer support for legacy equipment.
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What the hell. I can almost forgive dr150 with only 2k posts (though he has been around for a while), but intogamer, you lose your geek card.
 
collect fundraiser money from my homeroom
teach chemistry x2
teach ap biology
teach chemistry (again)
teach ap chemistry
write tests
grade tests
grade homework
attend staff meetings once/2 weeks, where everyone is too tired to actually bring up anything useful to talk about
edit: forgot about saturday sessions
 
Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf
Originally posted by: dr150
Originally posted by: intogamer
Originally posted by: MX2
Well, I generally come in at least fifteen minutes late, ah, I use the side door - that way my boss can't see me, heh - after that I sorta space out for an hour. Yeah, 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.
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:Q What is your profession?
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Sounds like customer support for legacy equipment.
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What the hell. I can almost forgive dr150 with only 2k posts (though he has been around for a while), but intogamer, you lose your geek card.
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I think your sarcasm meter is borked (at least for intogamer, not sure about dr150 )
 
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