just finishing up my third year at UC Berkeley majoring in Chemistry.

I work for a mechanical contractor and my title is "Project Manager." Basically we do commercial ventilation work. I don't exactly love my job but I like it enough to stay at it. I've got a pretty good deal too. I work exclusively for one salesman doing all the layout work (CAD) and management of his projects. Our deal is simply that if the work is done I work when I want. I have flexible hours and get to work at home if I chose. I'm paid a salary and sometimes I'm very busy and sometimes I'm not, but overall I average less than 40 hrs/wk. I could make more $$ at another company, but the flex time is worth an awful lot to me as I've been able to spend a lot of time with my family.

I'm a Silicon Valley computer software guy, finishing up my MBA on the side.

I was at a couple of the big SV companies - Apple and Sun - and then went to a couple of dot-coms, neither of which survived. After the bust I found a government contract. It was unexciting work, but the pay was OK and I was limited to 40 hours/week, which was a huge novelty for me. That gave me time to work on the MBA at UCLA - I fly down there every two weeks for two days (great program, highly recommended).

My plan was to make my escape from the gov't job after the MBA was over. But suddenly I've found myself in a pretty advantageous place in the food chain on a system that handles $100 million worth of transactions per day, and that kind of experience doesn't come along all that often. So it looks like I'll stick it out a bit longer, but after the MBA is over this summer I'll have lots of time on my hands to pursue other side interests.

Working 6-8 hours a day, no payment, officially unemployed, poor
-> school

other than that, earning some money with giving extra lessons

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pank, wait abit if you're going to qualify as a pilot. I did the course, not far away from you at Säve Flyplats in Gothenburg, Sweden. Great experience but cost a fortune considering the availablity of positions these days. I've got friends who are now paying the airlines to fly for them just to get some hours!! I drew the line there

yeah, I know its expensive. I read sometime, before september 11, that I you got educated directly under SAS you were guarantied job afterward... but I doubt that's true today. Also the education @ SAS is 100k more expensive (swedish kroner=~$100/6,5*10^3) then equivalent non-SAS places.

I thought one had to have perfect sight to be let in, but I might be wrong,or?
Well, I you find job in near future.

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pank, SAS have a flight academy in Norway which is pretty OK. It's tough to get in now, though and I'm not even sure that SAS are still hiring.
I did the JAR European license which is a real pain, too as the system is not quite functional yet. You can read all about that on the net.
There are quite a few "Mickey Mouse" flight schools around, too, where you'll just end up wasting money so watch out for those. My advice to anyone who's interested in a career in aviation is to go take the Private Pilot's License first, or even the Ultralight License. You can take the fixed wing Ultralight license in Denmark for around 30,000 D Kronor and then rent the planes for around 200 kronor per hour wet. They're just like standard light aircraft but with a maximum takeoff weight of 450 kilos including fuel, pilot, passenger & plane. Lots of fun, too. By the time you've learnt to master one of those you'll know whether flying is really for you and you won't have blown a fortune finding out Just a thought..

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I like Mickey, but one better have a eye open for that kind of schools...

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Kroner. Tough language

Thanks for the advice. I went to some pilot site, and found out, that you can get a license as 17... just my age. That's kindda strange, you have to >18 to drive a car...

Engineering New Model Project Manager for an automobile manufacturing company, who commutes in a used car.

Accounts for an entertainment distributor. We're the largest in Europe, and I get to buy games, CDs, DVDs, games consoles etc for very nice discounts

The free samples also help.

Doesn't leave much money for the equipment if I'm not careful though

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You'll be 18 by the time you get it Sorry about the kronor. Married to a Swede

Currently the Regulatory Risk Manager for a large UK based Bancassurer. I was in the Royal Navy for 12 years, left and got into training and development, moved to the current compliance job in order to get work in NI.

I love the place, the job fills my day - I't rather be training and developing people than acting as gamekeeper.

CS major at Georgia Tech.

Laboratory Manager working with a team of analytical chemists and technicians in the largest oil re-refinery in the world. We take in used oil and recycle it producing lubricating oils, kerosene, asphalt, etc. Only product that is not resold is the residual water from the process.

I'm a monk.