Your best job

[Nufy]

Originally Posted by lansing pete mcroon

Currently at my best job. Geologist for a gold exploration company.

Daily duties; helicopter rides, quadding on glaciers, looking at cool rocks, and figuring out one hell of an interesting deposit.

You sure you're not a CPA ??

[InglewoodFan]

In my late teens/early 20s I worked at a mining plant out in Exshaw. I was lucky to get the job after getting kicked out of U of C for piss poor marks. Made great cash and it was shift work, four days on and four days off. Skied my ass off, had enough cash to pick up the bar tab for my friends still in school, had a cool apartment. It was a pretty sweet deal, got to learn a ton about plant operations and heavy equipment driving. Then I got laid off and just went back to school and got my degree. Never looked back, happy to be not working outside anymore.

[Matata]

Current. I work for a small company and wholly manage one portion of the business on my own and the everything I do is technical mumbo jumbo to the owner, so I'm left to do as I please as long as I make money and am helpful to clients and coworkers. Pandemic has really cleared out the office so I work from home 3-4 days a week. The work is complex, but I've done it for long enough that I can smoke weed and listen to podcasts all day long and still do most of my work at a very productive rate.

Being so autonomous has had a dramatic impact on how I see myself, the business environment and even the world at large. Downside is being responsible for so much BS and taking a vacation is such a pain that I rarely string more than 3 vacation days in a row, because juggling my schedule to clear off a week or two is a nightmare

[GoinAllTheWay]

Originally Posted by Nufy

You sure you're not a CPA ??

I think you know it's CPA for sure when they keep turning their heads, pointing at things and saying "there!". If not, can't be CPA.

[Slava]

Originally Posted by Nufy

You sure you're not a CPA ??

Originally Posted by GoinAllTheWay

I think you know it's CPA for sure when they keep turning their heads, pointing at things and saying "there!". If not, can't be CPA.

You guys are too hard on them. They singlehandedly saved the music industry as I understand it. They are most definitely not super boring and looking over spreadsheets and balancing accounts.

[604flames]

I spent two seasons doing play by play for my home town WHL team. We were awful, but it was a blast. Did a handful of games at the Saddledome which was also surreal.