The Friday Five
1. What is your current occupation? Is this what you chose to be doing at this point in your life? Why or why not?
Computer programmer - for computer-aided dispatching systems. It's not what I thought I'd be doing, five years ago (I thought I'd be programming computer games, and in any case didn't even know computer-aided dispatching software existed at the time), but it is what I chose - I like knowing I make a difference, and I like the challenge when it's not absurdly overwhelming.
2. If time/talent/money were no object, what would your dream occupation be?
Full-time student. No, seriously. I adore learning and playing.
3. What did/do your parents do for a living? Has this had any influence on your career choices?
Dad was a programmer/engineer/management type until he retired. Mom, while mostly a homemaker, also did a stint of temp work and picked up some technical stuff. And yeah, Dad's career path seems to have corrupted me. Exposure to computers at age eight, in an era when that was not yet routine, will do that. :)
4. Have you ever had to choose between having a career and having a family?
No.
5. In your opinion, what is the easiest job in the world? What is the hardest? Why?
*boggles* I haven't got a clue. And I suspect it depends on the person. Of the numerous jobs I've never tried, I can't even say which one I think would be "hardest" or "easiest" for me.
Computer programmer - for computer-aided dispatching systems. It's not what I thought I'd be doing, five years ago (I thought I'd be programming computer games, and in any case didn't even know computer-aided dispatching software existed at the time), but it is what I chose - I like knowing I make a difference, and I like the challenge when it's not absurdly overwhelming.
2. If time/talent/money were no object, what would your dream occupation be?
Full-time student. No, seriously. I adore learning and playing.
3. What did/do your parents do for a living? Has this had any influence on your career choices?
Dad was a programmer/engineer/management type until he retired. Mom, while mostly a homemaker, also did a stint of temp work and picked up some technical stuff. And yeah, Dad's career path seems to have corrupted me. Exposure to computers at age eight, in an era when that was not yet routine, will do that. :)
4. Have you ever had to choose between having a career and having a family?
No.
5. In your opinion, what is the easiest job in the world? What is the hardest? Why?
*boggles* I haven't got a clue. And I suspect it depends on the person. Of the numerous jobs I've never tried, I can't even say which one I think would be "hardest" or "easiest" for me.
