What do you do for a living?

[Spagett]

I was wondering what you guys do for a living? It seems that almost all decent jobs now days require drug testing and random drug testing, and I was curious what kind of jobs you fellow marijuana smokers have. It almost seems like if you want to have a good life and make a decent amount of money, you have to quite toking. What do you guys think, honestly.

[Trip06]

International banking

[rebgirl420]

I'm a full time student. I'm trying to become a teacher (majoring in History). But I'm also going to start taking Dental Assisting classes so I can make some extra cash ont he side. As most teachers start as subs and thats not always full time. It's nice to have something to fall back on.

So no drug tests for me. :thumbsup:

[katyowns]

I'm work in the restaurant industry. I like my job and have plans to open my own place, probably a diner, in the future.

Working with food has always been a haven for those that use illegal substances. There's kind of a ongoing joke that if food service started drug testing they would have no cooks left.

[weedmaster]

i'm a bricklayer and foreman of a small building company earning £35,000 a year, so being in charge it's green at work all day everyday.:D

[Mr. Clandestine]

Self-employed. Freelance writer, private contractor, village idiot.

(Still trying to figure out how to get paid for that last one.)

Anyway, fuck drug testing. That's the reason I started working for myself, and I never plan to look back. :jointsmile:

[irkenelite]

i work at hollywood video rentals. Not a bad job but i have to be plenty:stoned:or its earth shatteringly boring.

[budsmoker only]

shit right now mainly just a student going for a biology degree to become avet....

[THClord]

college student here

[flow]

poker

[Mississippi Steve]

heating and air conditioning contractor/master tech

[Storm Crow]

I'm just a Special Education teacher's aide, but I love the work! :D

[chongman420]

I'm a machinist in a factory :jointsmile:

[smok3y]

Unemployed just now.. Was paid off in december..
Had an interview on monday for a floor layin company, so fingers crossed I get the job..:jointsmile:

[Psycho4Bud]

Gigolo....if any of you ladies have $4500 laying around contact me.:lol5:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbXPHiyE7uE

Have a good one!:jointsmile:

[smok3y]

^^ LOL ^^

[silkyblue]

I really in disguise/congnito


Im Bette Midler

:hippy::hippy::hippy::hippy:

[Mr. Clandestine]

Gigolo....if any of you ladies have $4500 laying around contact me.:lol5:

Hahaha, AND you're a mod for one of the coolest damn websites on the planet. Alright, now I'm envious... :D

[smokey2315]

im 19 and i toke over my dads landscaping company. my life is pretty much set and ill be a millionaire before im 30. so i smoke weed EVERYDAY! real jobs arent for me. plus i never could make the money i make now doing a real job.

[dragonrider]

im 19 and i toke over my dads landscaping company.

Toke over? Or took over?

Both, I guess.

[dragonrider]

I am the Supreme Commander, so no one questions what I do.

[stinkyattic]

Lab manager... some days you're the scientist... some days you're the rat. Today, I feel an irresistible urge to gnaw electric cords. It's gonna be a looooong week.

Garden consultant... this is where my heart is at, teaching others techniques for sustainable lifestyles that rely heavily on home-grown food, and, of course, medicine. I intend one day to open a B&B that offers weekend workshops in subsistence-level food production.

[Breukelen advocaat]

Woman in a bar, to Charles Bukowski:
"So, what do you do?"

Bukowski:
"I'm an interior decorator"

Woman's response:
"Don't talk filthy!"

[human8]

freelance fartist....

[dragonrider]

Garden consultant... this is where my heart is at, teaching others techniques for sustainable lifestyles that rely heavily on home-grown food, and, of course, medicine. I intend one day to open a B&B that offers weekend workshops in subsistence-level food production.

Off topic for the thread, but anyway...

Last week I visited a "Market Garden" or "Market Farm" --- basically a one- or two-acre farm that grows crops for local farmer's markets and local specialty restaurants. The guy who is running it grows only heirloom varieties selected for exceptional flavor, not for high production or the ability to trasnport. He's committed to local food production. He's following organic practices but hasn't bothered getting certified because of the cost.

I was there with a group to see the composting operation, which is the key to his success. They make some big, hot piles! We helped them construct a pile that was roughly 5 or 6 feet on a side and at least 5 feet high. They rely on some amount of volunteer work and "work share" arrangements, so I will probably go back a few times in the summer for their Friday harvest parties, which they do before Saturday farmers' markets. You get paid in veggies. So, if this thread is about what you do for a living, I guess I'm one of those guys who will work for food. Ha ha!

So anyway, Stinky, if you set up your B&B, I will definitely come out for a weekend workshop. As a special gift to you, I will build you a "hot pile." And I'm thinking maybe you should try to set your place apart by offerring an upgrade to B&B&B --- Bed and Breakfast and Bongload.

Now, back to the thread. Up until about a year ago, I was a technical writer, doing mostly software documentation. Now I am an unemployed guy who posts on canncom, does projects around the house, does "house elf" duties such as laundry and grocery shopping and gardening, pursues interests, works for food, and attempts to decide what career to follow next. It's been a great year.

[LuciferN]

Computer Technician

[Psycho4Bud]

I intend one day to open a B&B that offers weekend workshops in subsistence-level food production.

I have weekend workshops too if ya got an extra $4500 laying around.:D

Have a good one!:jointsmile:

[stinkyattic]

I have weekend workshops too if ya got an extra $4500 laying around.I think I can get you a consulting position at the B&B... Yuppies with blue license plates (CT, NY, RI) who head north to the mountains on weekends tend to have a bit of spare cash kicking about here and there... :D

[Psycho4Bud]

Yuppies with blue license plates (CT, NY, RI) who head north to the mountains on weekends tend to have a bit of spare cash kicking about here and there... :D

Offer is only valid for "yupp-ettes".:s3:

Have a good one!:jointsmile:

[LdyMarsRN]

I was wondering what you guys do for a living? It seems that almost all decent jobs now days require drug testing and random drug testing, and I was curious what kind of jobs you fellow marijuana smokers have. It almost seems like if you want to have a good life and make a decent amount of money, you have to quite toking. What do you guys think, honestly.
I'm a Registered Nurse, but I'm on SSD at the present time, and probably will stay on it. I can't practice with MMJ anyway. Between SSD and LTD I do pretty darn good. I am still licenced. (Unless they see this and figure out who I am. LOL!) Sometimes I do miss it though. ;)

[Trip06]

Im just doing w/e gets me by for the moment, Drywalling, Metal Salvage, Pouring concrete, Roofing and siding shit Like that. Im going back to a full time job really soon here and collage gunsmithing this spring.

[soimzach]

i'm a full-time student.

[EmoRebellion]

Im an Account Executive for a large IBM reseller. I basically sell big computers to even bigger companies (and get paid well to do it). Im going to be 21, and will already making over six figures this year.

No drug tests for mee! :jointsmile:

[carinia]

Emo you gotta tell me how to get THAT job. :)

Im in customer service, but I just gradated college a year ago with a lot of 'restaraunt' experience - which you were so right about katyowns. :) Eventually Id like to be an account rep for large businesses that order from my business. :)

Most of the other tokers I know are all in the construction biz, concrete or carpentry n such. :)

[EmoRebellion]

Emo you gotta tell me how to get THAT job. :)

In high school I was part of ROP, and did alot of work maintaining the school infrastructure and website. I was recruited by the local Geek Squad at 16, and worked there until I was 18. I got the majority of my certs while working there. They paid for my A+, Network+, Security+, and my first few MCPs.

After I got tired of working a retail-type job, I quit and got hired at Kaiser. I met some good contacts there, and also finished up my MCSE. I eventually got promoted up to a site lead, and started making pretty decent money. I liked my job, but it was alot of hours. The drive was killing me (over 300 miles a day), and so was the big-business red tape bullshit. I decided that if I stayed at that job, I would send my self to a stress-induced early grave. I gave my 2 weeks without even having another job lined up. I had some money saved up, and started collecting unemployment for about 4 weeks.

Shortly after I quit, I realized that the money was on the sales side, not technical. I took my contacts that I made at Kaiser, and took a job with this company. It was really tough at first. I was young, and had almost no experience on the sales side. Both of those were really working against me. Luckily, I have a really strong technical background, and that helped give me some credibility with clients. Its all about getting your name out there, making contacts, and building relationships.

[DAY-DREAMER-MAN]

am a personal trainer at a gym:cool:lol

[Kryptonite24]

full time student

[earthbrown8]

After I was honorably discharged from the military I alway sought jobs that didn't involve testing. I was a cook, cab driver, auto parts saleman. Now I'm working at a service station.
Have never had to provide a sample sinse 1988 and feel strongly against it.
eb8

[jh80ww]

I'm just a Special Education teacher's aide, but I love the work! :D

for what school if I may ask, but just answer me this, does it start with an A?

[jimmy8778]

i work full time at the moment, i work in retail, in a dog wash, its cool, i can make tips, and i really dont even have to wash dogs, i just have to clean up after other people wash their jobs, and my boss is atleast once was a confirmed toker, not sure about him anymore, but hes cool with it, the only problem is i think he can tell if i come in high. I got him and the assistant manager turned on to radiohead. I was a student last semester, but i took a semester off because i stopped going to class completely and i wasnt getting paid cause my boss thought i was in school, but i work 8 hour days, 5 days a week, and its not so bad, especially after getting paychecks.

[jagarr]

i work in IT, small company
money sucks but i enjoy it

and enjoying your job is worth like infinity dollars so, its coo :thumbsup:

[SMOKIN A WHILE]

computer draftsman for an architect

[EmoRebellion]

i work in IT, small company
money sucks but i enjoy it

and enjoying your job is worth like infinity dollars so, its coo :thumbsup:+1 for that! :thumbsup:

[FreshNugz]

i work in IT, small company
money sucks but i enjoy it

and enjoying your job is worth like infinity dollars so, its coo :thumbsup:

RIGHT ON!!! I couldn't agree more. Drives me nuts to be a slave all for the sake of some 'money'...everyone wants the money. I wish we lived in a world where everyone could have a job doing something they loved. Society in general would be so much happier, imo. And there are far too many people who can't do what they enjoy because of some sort of restriction, and ignorant of the fact that this person would be so much more productive in that place than the inevitable one guy who's working there just cause he needs money. Sucks how we all just slave for cash...but we have to.

Sorry, hIgh ramble. lol.


Oh and for those who started their own business from scratch and it's now successful, how did you go about doing it...just curious.:jointsmile:

[the image reaper]

retired longhaul truckdriver ... 31 years out there, over 4,000,000 safe miles (and a couple scary ones ;) ) ... :S2:

[Mississippi Steve]

[QUOTE=
Oh and for those who started their own business from scratch and it's now successful, how did you go about doing it...just curious.:jointsmile:[/QUOTE]

12 hour work days, then another 2 or 3 hours of paperwork, *EVERY DAY*, then there is the 5 - 7 semester hours of continuing education and training every year to keep up with the ever changing technologies, and investing every extra penny back into the company.

To start a successful business today, you need a *MINIMUM* of $50,000 in start-up seed money, plus a years salary. I would also highly recommend some business courses at the local JC.

Good record keeping and book keeping is paramount. I get audited every 3 years whether I need it or not. Be able to track where every penny went (literally). Get a very good tax preparer, and put 30% of your gross profits in a seperate savings account so when it comes time to write those checks to the IRS, you *have* the money in the bank.

FWIW, it take a minimum of 5 years to make or break for a start-up company.

If you make it past the first year, you have done better than 90% of the other new start-up companies, if you make it to 5 years, your have pretty much beaten the odds, but.... the longer your company is in business, the more you have to work to *STAY* in business.

The best advice I can give is... *NEVER* be the low bidder, *NEVER* do "cheap", *ALWAYS* work to be the very best at your vocation.

Heard in the local grocery..."Mr Steve isn't cheap, but he is really really good"

[stinkyattic]

Heard in the local grocery..."Mr Steve isn't cheap, but he is really really good"Yup. That's what I say about my mechanic. He charges more per hour than the dealership, but he's been wrenching VWs since God was a child and works much faster and more efficiently than the $10 per hour techs with the clean polo shirts :D
And he's got an almost cult-like following of loyal customers as a result.

[The Figment]

retired longhaul truckdriver ... 31 years out there, over 4,000,000 safe miles (and a couple scary ones ;) ) ... :S2:

I drive a large Delivery truck About 400 Miles a Nite,four days a week....Scary around these parts = "Slideways" Oh,how I can Equate!!!

[jagarr]

To start a successful business today, you need a *MINIMUM* of $50,000 in start-up seed money, plus a years salary. I would also highly recommend some business courses at the local JC.

in addition to my 9-5 i have my own business and i gotta say steve is pretty much dead-on.

i borrowed 20 grand extra to grow my already five years+ old business and it lasted a week.

one week and it was allllllll gone. truthfully it was gone before i even cashed the check. i don't think id try to start a biz today without at least a hundred grand. its rough out there!
owning your own business is GREAT and lots of fun, but it is 100x more work than just getting a job and working somewhere and forgetting about it when you go home at 5. being a business owner means you are at work every second you're awake and if you aren't, you're doing it wrong.

[swice1]

pool lifeguard

[psychocat]

My favourite job is custom spraypainting vehicles , it's rewarding in so many ways.
Rust bucket to beauty is a good feeling , the expertise to do it isn't cheap either :D
If you like your job you will be so much better at it.

I was a structural engineer for a long time too.

[eggrole1]

I used to call myself a student, then I heard about a better job and switched. Freelance social observationist. Never get a gig, but the benefits are great.

[mikemdvvm]

I manage a research lab. My second occupation is trying to get laid as often as possible . :)

[Euphoric7]

I'm a student and it's usually as dull as it sounds. :D

[smokin dope]

i drive heavy hauler at suncor in the alberta oilsands.

komatsu 930e 320 tonne and cat 797 haulers

[slantedcorners]

I'm a student, studying music management...so I sit around 3 days a week discussing what band is better and which video was cooler...it's pretty much awesome. :thumbsup:

[StickyIcky66]

Im a radio Presenter.....and involved in production!

[brentxzi]

DEA agent. I specialize in busting small grow-ops and computer surveillance.

[MadSativa]

Im profesional Giggalo, or some might call Man Whore, I make the world a better place by spreading the love, and planting seed like ghingus kahn

[jsn9333]

One day I want to patent something related to growing weed that can be used for growing other plants as well and make a fortune. I've got a basic idea right now, but patent law says once an idea is published in a magazine or public forum it is un-patentable. So... you'll have to wait for the infomercial. ;)

Right now I'm in law school full time. My fall-back is to become a patent attorney and represent large corporations as they sue each other over frivolous patent claims. Nothing is better for lawyers then rich people suing the pants off each other. :thumbsup:

No drug testing at most law firms, from what I hear. Like the restaurant biz someone mentioned earlier... if they drug tested they would have to fire 75% of their work force.

I'm taking the "Patent Bar Exam" this summer. You don't have to be a lawyer to take it, it just certifies you to file patents on behalf of others. I figure then I'll be able to patent my own idea. I would just hire a lawyer to do it... but after my first year of law school I have decided that I trust lawyers about as far as I can throw 'em!

[ldg420]

i am a server in a fish house rester aunt............making as much legal money as possble.............:stoned:

[Dark]

Garden consultant... this is where my heart is at, teaching others techniques for sustainable lifestyles that rely heavily on home-grown food, and, of course, medicine. I intend one day to open a B&B that offers weekend workshops in subsistence-level food production.
I'd love to learn more about this, as it's something I'm really interested in. Any hints where I could start?

As for me, I'm a college student/poker player

[stinkyattic]

I'd love to learn more about this, as it's something I'm really interested in. Any hints where I could start?I started with a BS in fisheries and wildlife conservation and a summer job at a hydroponic pesticide free commercial scale basil production facility. Then went to Alaska to work in the fishing industry. Keeping a balance between taking what you need and leaving enough to sustain the environment for another season is important, and working in the food production industry was eye-opening. I've also worked at several restaurants (back of house, with the exception of a 9 year part-time bar manager stint) and have the interest in food. It just seems like it all comes together, and this site has really honed my practical indoor growing skills enough that I feel confident about year-round indoor crop production even in New England.
Whew that was long... sorry! :jointsmile:

[apocolips31]

I am in college now to become a Computer Engineer.

[BlazedinBA]

student, majoring in business

[Markass]

computer technician..:thumbsup:

[hardon]

I too am in college, going for my network administration/information technology degree....I also work part time for one of the largest banks in the US....It pays decent, but I really, *really* hate the job I do...Im a collector, lets put it that way :(

On the plus side, I am pretty much guaranteed a job with the economy the way it is!

Off to study for my Cisco final....*sigh*

[GrinKyle]

Worked as a full-time bus boy for 7 months after High School.... HATED IT.. decided to be self employed. Now working as a logger doing small jobs that big companies don't do.

That TV show Axeman, I do that, but there is just 1 of me, instead of 6-8 on the work site.

I was very lucky my father knew how to run a company and take care of equipment. I wouldn't be doing this today if he didn't have the tractor, cat, saws that I use today(My father has started and sold both company's and now lives worry free)

There is nothing that I know of better than the sound of a 200-400 year old giant falling. I personally think that logging needs a new route in how we built our houses or general uses of wood, but for now, Im glad i am able to experience it cause in another 2 generations all they will be cutting down is tree farm trees the width of normal car tire.

Oh and I replant and don't clear cut. Also sell firewood on the side, and send semi rotted trees to be turned into sawdust(Which is more money than actual trees sometimes because of the current market being pretty terrible.)

and unban my other account, it was up @ 4/25

[Greenthing]

If i let you know what i do i would have to kill you, so i wont tell

[lilpayaso13]

I work for a factory that ships out boxes of food. I make 300-400 a week and yes we had to get a drug test at the beginning, so I had to not smoke weed for a couple months. After the drug test im happy becuase THERES NO ANNUAL DRUG TEST YAYYYY. So yeaaaaa thats wut I doooo

[LoveStoned]

I am a Project Manager at one of the countryâ??s biggest Drapery and Rigging manufacturers. It's awesome, the pay is good and they never tested me.. not to mention they know I'm high half the time but donâ??t complaine.

[Highscore]

I am still a student. But I do have a job at a Bob's Store. I am part of the "Replenishment Crew." But thats a fancy way of saying the guys that take all the clothes/footwear off the truck, size em, categorize em, and fool around. But it SUCKS and im quitting soon. I figure why work 5 hours on thursdays and 7 hours on sundays when i can just work on sundays at a grocery store and make time and a half.

[dopefiend]

i am a pizza maker (not the pizza hut one with the frozen pre-made dough and instructions on the wall on how to make everything, an actual pizza maker that has to make everything from scratch). i am starting school in the fall for 3d animation and modeling and will probably have this pizza job until i finish college

[Satan666]

Bum

[Nightrafe]

I'm a factory worker. We make electrical motors (handmade)
But I've sollicitated at the Belgian railways. Hope to work there.
Gonna be difficult with the drugtest :(

[hydrocannabis]

I'm a factory worker. We make electrical motors (handmade)
But I've sollicitated at the Belgian railways. Hope to work there.
Gonna be difficult with the drugtest :( how do U get a job at a factory.


I started with a BS in fisheries and wildlife conservation and a summer job at a hydroponic pesticide free commercial scale basil production facility. Then went to Alaska to work in the fishing industry. Keeping a balance between taking what you need and leaving enough to sustain the environment for another season is important, and working in the food production industry was eye-opening. I've also worked at several restaurants (back of house, with the exception of a 9 year part-time bar manager stint) and have the interest in food. It just seems like it all comes together, and this site has really honed my practical indoor growing skills enough that I feel confident about year-round indoor crop production even in New England.
Whew that was long... sorry! :jointsmile:

and where can I meet a ladie like U.

UR life sounds dammmm COOOOL.:thumbsup:

[the image reaper]

Dude, get in line ! :wtf: ... we been sniffin' around stinky's attic for a long time, I claim seniority :computerlove1: ... :S2:

[wesley willis]

im an apprentice rv technician in bc fixing trailers and whatnot. i enjoy the work and the company i work for is paying for my 4 years of schooling. the pay isnt bad either.

[BlazinHaze]

I work in the reprographics field, which apparently does not drug test :)

And, I'm about to start a new job at a competing company...hoping they won't ask me to pee.

[Smokez]

Actor

[Nightrafe]

how do U get a job at a factory.



we have so called interim-bureaus. You have to apply there and they look for the work you want to do.

but atm I'm unemployed. Mostly those contracts are only for short periods

[stinkyattic]

I think around here we would call that temp services- a lot of temp agencies staff factories, so that the factory managers can 'try out' employees before offering them benefits and a permanent position. If the temp worker does well, he will be asked to join the regular factory staff. Yankee Candle is a big employer in my area and that is how they get their help. Just stay away from Labor REady unless it's all you've got- if you have ANY type of experience, education, or training, a regular temp or staffing agency will be a better bet in terms of wages and eventual job placement, and they will occasionally even offer other incentives.

Lol... reap, sniffin around the 'attic'... :wtf:
Hydro... there's no more chips off this blockhead, but I'd say that the chicks I've gotten along with best are ones I've met in unusual types of fields- liek the greenhouse/nursery industry. It tends to attract chill, hardworking, laid-back stoner chicks who value friends and free time more than material things. Organic farms are a great place to meet awesome people... and it's that time of year! Farm labor ftw.

[XXBlaze of DesiréXX]

I work at a Jewelry Store called Vivah Jewelry.I love my job, i love my crew (which is just us 4 girls), and my boss is the nicest woman ever!:Dand.....I get to wear as much of our jewelry that i want!:) but I just graduated highskool so, im prolly gonna start college in January, and im takin Media Broadcasting, so i can acheive my dream to become famous!:jointsmile:


keep on tokin:stoned:

[Forwhat420]

Full time student...part time lab technician, hmmm?, blackjack player, disabled Iraqi veteran!! Attending program for Associates in business management, plan to continue as far up as MBA, but basically I just plan to own a few businesses. Maybe a nursing home for starters, then a hotel somewhere up near the Washington-B.C. border. Maybe Mt. Vernon somewhere?

[SnSstealth]

Dude, get in line ! :wtf: ... we been sniffin' around stinky's attic for a long time, I claim seniority :computerlove1: ... :S2:

i call deuces!!!!!!

i train dogs for a living...so much easier than dealing with people...lol
whiskeytango

[Sir Bliss]

Full-Time student.

Part-time Lab assistant

Part-time Sports Retail Salesman

[Tox]

Graphic design for an auto magazine. :stoned:

[FourTwenty4Life]

Inherited a large sum of money. Essentially set for life. Work PT from home as an accountant for an insurance agent friend of mine.:hippy:

[ConanTroutman]

Student but also part-time relief farm-hand. Milking cows mostly, good fun and good pay per hour. Short hours which suits me and all the milk I could want..well not really but I drink about a pint a day (drinka-pinta-milka-day, any Hancock fans in the house,not the film btw) so it would be handy.
Would not do it medicated though, that would just be scary/really hard.

[SickBuds]

High School Senior + Boat Club Launch Driver(maybe they should drug test that one..haha)

[smok3y]

Any one noticed that this thread is a year old??

:jointsmile:

[Purple Banana]

I'm a student, nursing tech, substitute teacher, and a naturalist for the Department of Natural Resources :)

[Metaphor]

I go to community college and work at panera 8$/hour. I also get income through selling shit on ebay & craigslist, mostly craigslist though, cut out the middleman.

[biostrength]

Chef/Caterer/Waiter/Personal Trainer/Toker :jointsmile:

[JaggedEdge]

Student and pizza delivery. Neither of which drug tests.

[JaggedEdge]

Any one noticed that this thread is a year old??

:jointsmile:

I rarely do :(

[josh g]

I haven't posted since March of 2008. WOW.

Yeah, I still work at a headshop. :D

[thedeadone]

I repair office machines--- copiers, faxes, printers, and duplicators.:stoned::stoned:

[axxxxe]

make financial loans available to people with few means in undeveloped countries, farmers, cooks, transportation etc. small pay back large karma return. peace

[Juice3jmk]

Im in my final year of high school... but i still put in a lot of hours at the Dollar Tree. Loads of fun...

[MadSativa]

I am a meat popsickle