Jobs you may not have heard of

Interview with a City Manager for Youth Programs

What do you do for a living? I am a program manager for the Department of Youth and Community Development for a major U.S City. How would you describe what you do? That means that we use tax-levied money to support programs throughout the city.  Those programs range from things like the YMCA, initiatives to [...]

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Interview with a Security Consultant

What do you do for a living? I am security consultant that specializes in regulatory security, more specifically in the energy sector. How would you describe what you do? If it turns on, for example, the gas in your car, the lights in your house, anything like that, it is regulated by the Department of [...]

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Interview with a Sign Language Interpreter

What do you do for a living? I am the state judicial sign language interpreter interpreting in state and local courts. How would you describe what you do? I am an officer of the court and there to serve at the pleasure of the court to ensure that communication services are provided between the court [...]

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Interview with an Environmental Engineer

What do you do for a living? Technically you would call it a stream restoration engineer. It falls under the broader category of environmental engineering. How would you describe what you do to someone? You could probably boil everything that I do down to the main concept that we want rivers to transport dirt correctly. [...]

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Interview with a Geneticist

What do you do for a living? I’m a statistical geneticist. How would you describe what you do to someone? I’m in charge of analyzing and delivering technology that implement DNA into an animal breeding program. I’m also responsible for describing genetics or identifying the uniqueness of different lines and different breeds of chickens that [...]

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Interview with Professional Bass Fisherman Greg Bohannan

What do you do for a living? I’m a professional bass fisherman. How would you describe what you do? My job really consists of two ways for me to make a living. Number one is to catch fish in tournaments and the prize money is a big way that I pay my bills. And the [...]

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Interview with an Allergist/Immunoligist

What do you do for a living? I’m an allergist and immunologist. How would you describe what you do? We treat and diagnose diseases that are produced by disorders of the immune system.  And they include conditions such as respiratory allergies, which are allergic and non-allergic rhinitis and asthma, acute systemic allergic reactions known as [...]

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Interview with Hollywood Stuntman John Stewart

Hollywood Stuntman John Stewart was kind enough to visit with us about his career as a stuntman.  You can find more information about him at his site www.hollywoodstuntman.com What did you do for a living? I was a stuntman and a stunt coordinator. How would you describe that job? It is very physically and mentally [...]

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Interview with a Test Pilot

What do you do for a living? I’m a production test pilot. How would you describe what you do? I fly and do a functional test on the aircraft to make sure that everything works. What does your work entail? Taking a brand new aircraft, checking everything on it, and flying it for the first [...]

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Interview with a court reporter

What do you do for a living? I’m a court reporter. How would you describe what you do? We go to attorneys’ offices and we write verbatim what’s being said in depositions or in hearings and go to court sometimes as well. If you ever see the person on TV sitting there with the machine [...]

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