Claims Adjuster for a major insurance company.

Pros - Large office, good pay, good benefits, cafeteria on the first floor, masseuses come in every wednesday, you hear some of the craziest fucking stories ever, you have access to very cheap car stereo equipment, virtually every company in the united states offers deals to my company, you get hook ups at body shops, chop shops, detail shops, mechanics, you can buy total loss vehicles if you want them, and when people ask what I do I tell them the same thing that Edward Norton does in Fight Club. Technically that's not true but when I say I'm an "adjuster" they cannot figure out the meaning.

Cons - Everyone hates me.

Branch Manager for a bank

I manage our main office branch that houses all our administrators, CEO, president, and middle market lenders. Of course I only supervise our two tellers but being at the main office means I take on a ton of responsibilities for the bank - from developing our advertising to performing random branch audits.

Pros:
- Have my own desk in the back where I have zero face-to-face customer interaction
- Convinced the bank I needed Adobe CS3 and am the only one with PhotoShop, Illustrator, Acrobat, and LiveCycle. I usually spend my days teaching myself how to create PDF forms.
- I really lucked out in this job in that I actually have a voice there...a rare thing in a bank. The secret to being successful in any job is to make those around you look good.
- There are actually some decent people that I work with.

Cons:
- I hate banking and never wanted to get into it. I was unemployed for 6 months after graduation. If you have a degree then getting a job at a bank is just as easy as McDonalds.
- Zero satisfaction. I once worked as a custodian at Disney World and scrubbing vomit in a confined space was way more satisfying than working in a bank.
- Economy. Now is not the best time to be a banker. Luckily I have pretty solid job security *knocks on wood*
- I am both overpaid and underpaid at the same time - but I'm going to lean towards underpaid.
- Ever had an angry customer? Try screwing with their bank account.
- There are actually some real bastards that I work with.

I also forgot to mention, at my job, 3pm on Friday we drink beer! Paid for by the company! I'm currently sitting at my desk drinking a Stella...mmm.....

I came into the field at the tail end of the 90s IT boom. I slipped in right before it came to a screeching halt. I felt bad for some of the guys I had gone to college with who were a year or 2 behind me because it was a lot harder for them to get their foot in the door. After a year and a half at that first job I started to look for a better job and it took almost a year for me to find another one, and at that one I wasn't there 3 weeks before they started laying people off and they even cut an IT person. I'm thinking the only reason it wasn't me was because that guy made more.

I'd say right now, at least around my area, the market is very healthy and it's a good time to get into it. Especially the healthcare field. My current job and my last one both were with healthcare companies, and I bet I've been contacted for about 10 other developer jobs at healthcare companies.

Currently: Business Management Intern @ Walgreens...w0ot.

Pros: Do something different everyday and know how to do the basics for every part of the store...and employee discount...
Cons: Days can be long, and stocking stuff is annoying.

Job: Dairy/frozen foods clerk at grocery store

What I do... My job is to make sure all the milk, eggs, cheese, pizza, fries, ice cream ect.. is filled. also deal with customers and call in orders for the food (read a bunch of numbers over the phone)

Pros:
real relaxed most of the time nobody cares about their job
one of best friends work there

cons:
crazy people
Drunk homeless people
most people that shop there I know they cant read and most can't understand when you talk to them in simple english
customers that come in to make trouble such as when they try to get food for a cheaper price by finding a lower
price tag in the store and saying it was for that price.
The worst thing would be people that yell at you because we are out of something they start freaking out asking for
a manager and if they don't they ask you "do you do this to make people mad or something?"

So a real fun job

Officer, US Navy, Submarines.

Pros: See the world, amazing people work for you/with you, no-cost security clearance, got payed to attend college, in charge of a 4 billion dollar machine, operate a nuclear reactor, use a periscope, shoot torpedoes, shoot tomahawks, job security, standing OOD at sunrise in the middle of the pacific with dolphins chasing down the side of the boat smoking a cigar with your lookout.

CONS!!!: 9 months away from home, 60 days underwater, regulators up your ass, terrible bosses, no sleep for 65 hours, living space smaller than a coffin, divorce rate at 80%, pulling in to a foreign port and having to work all 5 days you're there, using the damned periscope, having 30 degree water leak onto your head for 45 minutes while using the damned periscope, pitching and rolling, no chicks, no alcohol underway, captain up your ass, being in charge of a 4 billion dollar machine, having to treat the awesome people that work for you like children, shift work for 5 months in port, radiation, insane paperwork, shore tour = Iraq, field day, ORSE, working in an organization rooted in the past that is loathe to make changes to support this generation and the next.

Holy shit, man. But the dolphins make up for it, right?

I'm out at the end of August. Dolphins are awesome though...they play around with the boat.