Guest Jlall Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 I've always kind of wondered what jobs the posters here had (especially since some people seem to post from work). I was surprised to find out echognome was a professor for instance :) Right now I work at SCA promotions (Bob Hamman's company) as a "consultant" on various gaming projects, such as poker software and a virtual stock market game. I also am a profitable poker player, and play and teach bridge for money (my goal is to have enough demand to do this full time). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrexford Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 Criminal defense and appeals. Mostly drugs. And, despite some thoughts I have shared, I get paid in money, not barter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 Product Management and Corporate strategy: Most recent full time gig was as a Technology Strategist for Symantec. Currently doing consulting. I'm hoping that I get into the PhD program at MIT. If not - which is looking increasingly likely - I'll (probably) whore myself out to Accenture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 I work for a nonvirtual stockmarket company. Funny you should ask today of all days, the powers that be just talked about new positions which would mean a heck of lot less time for bridge. Just talk for now. I tried to explain that growth, expansion and making more money is not everthing. :).Matt the Economist Prof can explain Utililty functions, Opportunity Costs and The Theory of Comparitive Advantage better than me and how it applies to bridge versus work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshs Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 I work in the research division at countrywide mortgage doing statstical research and helping to improve their default model (We try to predict the probability that a given loan with certain characteristics defaults. ) I visit BBO online while I wait for my SAS code to finish running.... Before this I worked on probabilistic risk analysis on engineering (usually NASA or DoD) projects and on terrorism/security risk analysis (I designed software that finds any security vulnerabilities a site has and to quantify how likely it is to get passed the security and get to a particular target). In that job I did a combination of Operations Research type modeling and statistical modeling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echognome Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 My job seems to be no secret. :) I am called a Lecturer here in the UK (assistant prof in the states). I teach and research in echo-nomics of course. I do most of my research in antitrust and regulation and also more generally in studying cooperation among groups. Most of my work revolves around game theory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elianna Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 I teach high school science classes, but I'd prefer to teach math classes. (Yes, I don't have as lofty a job as others, oh well.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTodd13 Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 I guess my title is senior research scientist. I do software research for Intel Labs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miron Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 Application developer. We develop (software & hardware) security products. The basic idea comes from checking that the guards are patroling. But it can be used anywhere you need to check people in time and place (posts are big customers, now we made an offer for bus inspectors...). If you are interrested write me PM :blink: (I will not make that big advertising to write here the web site). We are small company so I sometimes take part also at exhibitions around the world. BTW: exists some bridge club database? F.e. if I'm at Birmingham (Will be at May) is there any chance to play bridge (and when etc.). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 Registered nurse working full time at St. John Medical Center in Tulsa. I have Friday, Saturday and Sundays off. Winston Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
42 Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 Between being a bank clerk (hated it!) and now being secretary at the Department of Mathematics at the local university I raised more or less succesfully 2 children. During that period I studied psychology for some time but quit because the children started to rebel. Now it is too late to start from scratch, I am not interested in examinations anymore. Bridge competition is already enough in this area...I would do it all again but if I would being told to do something else I would like to be a profiler or do something which has to do with music. In any case I must have people around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbleighton Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 Application developer/project manager for OLAP applications - they sit on top of the everyday transactional systems that companies use, and provide more sophisticated reporting capabilities. Before that, I was an application developer for transactional systems. Before that, I worked in the insurance industry (marketing, management, and actuarial work). Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joker_gib Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 IT consultant mainly in "Business Intelligence" Alain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 That's actually a good excuse to ask whether there are any BBF'ers in the Salt Lake City area. I am currently a math PhD student, and will have a job for 3 years at the University of Utah from September on. Arend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 I'm an IT consultantI teach at the University of Buenos AiresandI teach bridge Luis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walddk Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 Journalist by profession (19 years); have been running a bridge centre 30 km north of Copenhagen with around 1,000 members since 1989. Three Danish internationals employed on a part-time basis. The sacrifice I made was to virtually give up playing at the highest level myself. I miss it a little, but not a whole lot, because I had won a fair amount of national and international tournaments before I decided to make my hobby my job. Roland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbleighton Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 "Most recent full time gig was as a Technology Strategist for Symantec. Currently doing consulting. I'm hoping that I get into the PhD program at MIT." Richard -I thought you already finished your PhD at MIT. Another one? Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 Richard -I thought you already finished your PhD at MIT. Another one? ABD (All But Dissertation) on a PhD at Indiana University in Economics, focusing on Game Theory SM (Masters) in Engineering / Management at MIT I'd like to go back to Sloan and finally complete a Doctorate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillybean Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 Mother, Wife, Taxi driver, Cook, Cleaner, Interior Decorator, School librarian, Dog Walker, TD ;) In my past life I was an IT professional for a New Zealand Oil Company and before leaving NZ for Canada I ran a car rental depot for a short period, that was fun. jb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 My company's core business is land development and we also build shopping centers. My current projects include a Walgreen's (Riverside), 120 lot subdivision (Highland), 5 acre shopping center that is anchored by a Henry's (branch of Wild Oats) (Laguna Hills), and a mixed use (residential over retail) project (Garden Grove). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 I'm a junior researcher (on the basis of merrits, not age, that is) at the biostatistics dpt at Univ of Amsterdam but I'll start in a senior position in Leiden, dpt of Human Genetics, next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DenisO Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 I'm retired now but spent nearly 40 years in the UK nuclear industry as a mechanical engineer/physicist - and really enjoyed it but not quite so much as my current job :). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 I'm a junior researcher (on the basis of merrits, not age, that is) at the biostatistics dpt at Univ of Amsterdam but I'll start in a senior position in Leiden, dpt of Human Genetics, next week.Does that mean you will no be senior researcher (on the basis of merits, not age)? SCNR :)Congratulations,Arend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junyi_zhu Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 That's actually a good excuse to ask whether there are any BBF'ers in the Salt Lake City area. I am currently a math PhD student, and will have a job for 3 years at the University of Utah from September on. Arend well, I am also at U of Utah and a phd student here. Welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigpenz Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 Dentist Salmon Steelhead fishing guide on the side Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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