What Is Your Profession?

[miwishi63]

Mostly retired clergy, writer, official household cook.

[Maccabeus]

College professor without a classroom, stay-at-home dad (best job in the world, imo!), tarantula-wrangler, maid, cook, and "kept man" (my wife is truly phenomenal) currently masquerading as a high school literature teacher.

 

At the school where I do sub work, there is one other teacher (physics) who uses fountain pens. Between the two of us, there is a small but growing group of students who are trading in their biros for fountain pens.

[Liis]

Secretary, office manager, assistant - man am I tired of this line of work.

I need to evolve somewhere but can't imagine where exactly... you see, the older I get the more I dislike working in general.

Would love to be a stay at home mum but since my hubby already is a freelancing artist that place is already occupied.

[ParkerDuofold]

Hi all,

 

VP of Sales, (including a 10% stake), for a privately held corporation specializing in industrial services.

 

I'm the only dope... eerrr,... uuhhh,... fountain pen enthusiast in da place.

 

Be well all.

 

 

- Anthony

[Astronymus]

Secretary, office manager, assistant - man am I tired of this line of work.

I need to evolve somewhere but can't imagine where exactly... you see, the older I get the more I dislike working in general.

Would love to be a stay at home mum but since my hubby already is a freelancing artist that place is already occupied.

Consider a radical change. Even learning a new profession. It helps and for me it was healthy.

[txomsy]

Bioinformatician

[minassamy]

Psychaitrist

never spotted one using a fountain pen.

[MilanKov]

I work in an art gallery, where I man big art scanner. It is the only scanner of this kind in the whole country and one of the few of its kind in the Europe.

 

Also part time student trying to get my Bachelor degree and freelance translator.

 

I am also writer in my free time trying to write my first novel but so far I only got few snarky essay published in a magazine.

[ParkerDuofold]

Consider a radical change. Even learning a new profession. It helps and for me it was healthy.

+1.

 

If you do not enjoy your work, you're never going to excell in it... and you will stagnate and suffer a stationary career.

 

You don't want to go through life like that.

 

 

- Anthony

[MilanKov]

I work in an art gallery, where I man big art scanner. It is the only scanner of this kind in the whole country and one of the few of its kind in the Europe.

 

Also part time student trying to get my Bachelor degree and freelance translator.

 

I am also writer in my free time trying to write my first novel but so far I only got few snarky essay published in a magazine.

[Zookie]

Retired cabinetmaker. Now I restore antiques on occasion, and write a lot.

[Miskatonic]

I work in Public Broadcasting. I'm an audio engineer/producer with a background in Marketing and Music. A typical Arts and Sciences mess.

 

When our world was more analog than digital, I needed to fill out a short form for internal use so I started bringing a fountain pen into work to enliven the tedious task. I no longer have that daily grind (good thing) so I no longer have a good excuse to use a FP at work anymore (bad thing).

 

I do remember those days when I'd leave my capped pen out on my desk and a co worker would come by and grab my pen to write something down and as soon as they uncapped it they'd invariably recoil like they picked up a snake and put it right back down! I know it's our tribe's rule not to let others write with your pen to protect the personalization of the nib's character, but I always tried to calm my panicked co-workers and encouraged them to try a few lines with a FP to see how little pressure it took to get a lovely result.

 

I converted no one.

 

Likewise the only FP i've seen in the wild of my work life was just a few years ago when the conductor of our cities symphony orchestra was in the studio for an interview, he pulled out a nice, traditional green-stripped Pelican. Of course I complimented him on his choice of writing baton and told him I hoped one day to add one to my small collection.

[melro]

I coordinate the Quality sector of a few cemeteries and funeral house

[Sicblades14]

Research Physicist and have a little tutoring thing going for some extra "side money" that ended up being "side fountain pen hobby money sink"

[zicitron]

Statistics and Business Intelligence Manager. I currently use a Faber-Castell Ondorro and a Pilot Custom 74. I use my fountain pens on a daily basis. At times, for doodling! Most of the time for designing my reporting models on paper before migrating it to the PC. Only one using fountain pens in my office. :-)

Edited March 9, 2019 by zicitron

[Philia]

I am a press spokesman, so a lot of talking, reading and writing every day!

[City74]

I work in the investment field

[Antenociticus]

Writer and editor

[MuddyWaters]

Psychaitrist

never spotted one using a fountain pen.

 

There are a few here with them, but majority use ballpoint.

[inkstainedruth]

"Heck" funny, I parsed it as "Hell". I guess even that's too much!

 

I've solved that problem by writing "(expletive deleted)" to save the server from doing it for me....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth