All right, since so many seem to have missed it. Just promise we won't
rehash the Tattoo thread, ok? :)
Dan
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>
>To: MG List <mgs@autox.team.net>; Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>Date: Friday, September 18, 1998 7:48 AM
>Subject: FINALLY The OCCUPATION IS HERE!!! [LONG]
>
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>>Gawd! What a mess I asked for when I started this!
>>We are so varied in our careers I nearly need to just say that I got ~220
>>responses from the MG and Spridget lists and we have ~220 careers. It is
>>not quite than bad. But nearly.
>>
>>The easy stuff first:
>>Ages:
>>Averge: 41.5 (I like that I'll be 42 in December)
>>Minimum: 15
>>Maximum: 67
>>Median: 42 (What is the meaning of life? you ask?)
>>
>>Not everybody gave their age. I had to agrue with a couple of persons of
>>the female persuasion to get theirs. (I won't name names as you know who
>>you are!!)
>>
>>Now here is a basic summary: (these are grouped [lumped] as best as I
>>could)
>>The majority of responses are from people who work with computers in some
>>way (no big surprise here)
>>40 total (11 software devel, 6 Sysadmin 23 misc)
>>The next biggest category is:
>>Engineers 33 (10 mechanical, 3 electrical, 20 various others)
>>Students 17 (12 Graduate, 5 others inc HS)
>>Attornies 9 (various)
>>Insurance people 5
>>Retired from various careers 11
>>
>>Then some interesting occupations:
>>2 Brit car restorers
>>1 Air Traffic Controller
>>2 Chemists
>>1 Cook
>>1 Critical Care Nurse
>>1 Housewife
>>1 International Banker
>>1 Cop
>>1 Police School Liason
>>1 Lifeguard
>>2 Psychologists
>>2 Social Workers
>>1 Cartographer
>>1 Pharmacist
>>1 Freight Trader
>>1 Paralegal
>>1 Roadside Assistant Technologist
>>2 Special Education Teachers
>>1 Biology Teacher
>>2 Wildlife Biologists
>>1 Housewife
>>2 Company Presidents
>>1 Marine
>>1 Army Captain
>>1 Helicopter Mechanic (in Hawaii)
>>1 Bartender
>>1 Tatoo Artist
>>1 Furniture Designer
>>1 Attendant BMIHT
>>Several in sales of some sort or another.
>>
>>
>>As you can see we are a widely diverse lot. The majority seem to be in a
>>technical field, but a rather large group is in some way helping others
>>(Medical, teaching, social services etc). About the only thing we don't
>>have is a politician, of course they may hve avoided the survey, ya know
>>plausible denial.
>>I have left some out as there are just too many. Sorry.
>>
>>I will post the entire group of emails to a web page in a few days. First
>>I need to find out if anyone wants their names removed from the emails.
>>Other wise I will just post all of them as I got them. Not sure how but
>>perhaps as an ASCII file you can download and peruse at you leisure -
>>suggestions? Right now I have them in a FileMaker Database.
>>
>>Larry Macy (Brain wracked from too much yime trying to catorgorize this
>>list)
>>78 Midget (Getting cleaned this weekend for the "Rocks")
>>
>>Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
>>macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
>>System Administrator/Manager
>>Neuropsychiatry Section
>>Department of Psychiatry
>>University of Pennsylvania
>>3400 Spruce St. - 10 Gates
>>Philadelphia, PA 19104
>>
>>Voice mail 215 662-2890
>>
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