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rockbetty
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spare me the "I climb!" response! :wink: obviously you do, but what do you do for a living/career? just wondering - in the "Common Climber Guys Names" post, moabbeth said "Just like how 80 percent of all climber guys are either engineers, computer techs or mechanics" - so true! but I suspect that women climbers are a little more diverse in their professions, and i'm curious to know from what walks of life you all come. i run a professional theatre company for young audiences. which means :( my climbing is cyclical, according to our production schedule. there are days i dream of having a job that's 9-5, which would let me climb more. you?
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maculated
Mar 1, 2004, 5:50 AM
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I bet the ladies are actually pretty categorical, too. Most I know fit into the liberal arts. I'm a grad student for English lit and teach composition theory.
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macherry
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Okay, usually i'm pretty sarcastic when asked this question, but i'll fess up this time. I'm a full-time parent/part-time bike store employee (negotiating to take over bike store business) volunteer guide/host at local ski hill. My spouse lives in the states, so i'm pretty much a single parent during the week. Have two teenage kids, which is great because i have lots of free time to climb/ski/bike. BTW: degree in liberal arts----english major. Used to be a journalist!
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rockbetty
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In reply to: I bet the ladies are actually pretty categorical, too. Most I know fit into the liberal arts. well, i stand shamed. :oops: and here i thought we were more diverse than the boys! my undergrad's in music... macherry - how long have you and your spouse lived across the border from each other? that seems almost unimanageable to me, but obviously you've been coping with it well!
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I currently hold a job at a graphic design firm in South Jersey, and am graduating in the spring with a BFA concentrating in graphic design. I also code websites and do some freelance design work. Hopefully, though, I will be accepted to Colorado U. for their graduate programs, that way I can climb and study. HA! Did I say climb and study, I meant climb.
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I am a partner at one of the "big 5" (not sure there are 5 left!) consulting firm. I specialize in outsourcing. Lots of travel for work= lots of frequent flyer miles for play!!!
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macherry
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In reply to: In reply to: I bet the ladies are actually pretty categorical, too. Most I know fit into the liberal arts. well, i stand shamed. :oops: and here i thought we were more diverse than the boys! my undergrad's in music... macherry - how long have you and your spouse lived across the border from each other? that seems almost unimanageable to me, but obviously you've been coping with it well! It's been almost 2 yrs. It does have it's good and bad. We did not want to give up our home in the mtns. and the compromise would be the commute. He lives 4 1/2 hrs away. Hs work coule possibly take him farther away
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rock_diva
Mar 1, 2004, 3:06 PM
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In reply to: I bet the ladies are actually pretty categorical, too. Most I know fit into the liberal arts. Guess I fit in more with the males. I'm a high school math teacher and coach volleyball and basketball. I am also a grad student, finishing my masters degree in educational technology this May.
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Well, I tried an arts degree for a couple of semesters in my undergrad, but I couldn't get the scientist out of me. Right now I'm in grad school studying cliff ecology. - as for a job in the future, well, with a degree in cliff ecology let's just say the prospects aren't exactly looking great...
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maculated
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In reply to: Right now I'm in grad school studying cliff ecology. - as for a job in the future, well, with a degree in cliff ecology let's just say the prospects aren't exactly looking great... Yeah, but you get a good username out of it. Scientists, too. I know lots of women scientists.
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blackmountaineer
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Engineer. Not many female engineer climbers around here. Most are teachers, physical therapists, graphic designers or permanent students.
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rockwomyn
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Well full time I work for a real estate company/residential builder. I am a licensed REALTOR, however I do not actively sell these days. Instead I do all of the company's advertising, marketing, website maintenance, photography and numerous other tasks. I also tend bar about 20 hours a week. So add 40 + 20 and it = no time to climb at all. :( It sucks now but once all the debt is gone I am cutting down to part time, going to go back to school and making time to climb my booty off as much as possible. :D
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maculated
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In reply to: Engineer. Not many female engineer climbers around here. Most are teachers, physical therapists, graphic designers or permanent students. Man, you have got to be one of the the coolest women I know. You're breaking all kinds of stereotypes. I love that. Thanks.
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I'm only 16, LOL but I'm going to school to own my own outfitters... right now I teach dance...
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iamthewallress
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I'm in the scientist/engineer category. I'm a biochemist. I work at a biotech company developing better detection tests for the "mad cow" disease protein.
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I"m a medical technologist. Work in a hospital laboratory. Get to work with a lot of cool machines that analyze blood, whole and the serum fraction.
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I'm currently a paralegal for a civil rights law firm/non-profit. Was going to be a civil rights lawyer but realized I just couldn't practice law every day for the rest of my life, no matter how important the cause. So now I'm trying to figure out what kind of grad school to go to- maybe journalism.
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I'm also a scientist...well in training...a long training. I'm currently in my 5th year of graduate school at Stanford. I study how cells in marine animals die in response to envirnomental pollution. Hopefully, I'll have my PhD in a year or so. :lol: Luckily, academics is a good place to make your own schedule (if you have a nice professor) and you can go climbing whenever you want. And, if you work in the right field like I do, it gives you an excuse to go visit exotic places in the name of science; and they usually pay for your tickets. :D
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iamthewallress
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In reply to: I'm also a scientist...well in training...a long training. Once you start doing research all day long, you are a scientist without qualification in my book. We're always in training. ;-) My joke in grad school was that I had a wonderfully flexible schedule: I could work whenever I wanted to work, as long as I wanted to work nearly all the time. :lol:
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In reply to: Once you start doing research all day long, you are a scientist without qualification in my book. We're always in training. ;-) My joke in grad school was that I had a wonderfully flexible schedule: I could work whenever I wanted to work, as long as I wanted to work nearly all the time. :lol: Hurray, I'm offically a scientist then. My favorite part about still being "a student" is that I get to tell people I'm in the 23rd grade. :P
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Mar 2, 2004, 4:35 AM
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television news assignment editor for an LA tv station's 10pm newscast. I chase news all day...listen to a zillion police & fire scanners, set up stories, launch the chopper on high speed pursuits, firestorms, mudslides, gang shootouts, route all my ground photographers and reporters to stories, make sure all our newscast's live shots happen. It's great, the day is over at 11pm and when I walk in the door at 2:30pm I have no idea what the next 8 1/2 hours will bring me. I could have a major plane crash, earthquake....or precious little going on like tonight where I can sneak in and out of rc.com :wink: ! No day is ever the same twice. And my hours let me climb a lot. I left here at 11:01pm Friday when the show cleared air, drove straight to Vegas, climbed in Red Rocks all weekend, drove to Joshua Tree from Vegas last night to see some friends, stayed o'night, hung out there all morning playing with the dog, slacklining, etc and around 12:30pm left JT and drove here to work and walked in almost exactly at 2:30pm. Albeit I need a shower...usually I try to go home and shower and feed the cats before I start work Monday :wink: . damn, must be a Ladies Room honesty effect. I think that's the first time I have actually given a straight answer and not said "long haul trucker," "astronaut" or some other fantasy job of mine :lol: .
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Currently... college student and non-profit intern. I'm studying political science and public service, and interning at a non-profit that takes at-risk and inner-city youth on outdoors trips, primarily climbing. (Check it out, we're having our annual Climb-A-Thon fundraiser on March 13, 2004, if you're in SoCal you should come! http://www.outdooroutreach.org) BUT... I just was offered a job for after graduation. So in June I will be working for an environmental lobbying organization (more non-profits, woohoo!), working to save programs such as the Endangered Species Act and the Clean Air Act from our lovely president's assaults. Then, sometime in the fall, I will be heading to New Zealand for a year! So that's what *I* do. After New Zealand, I hope to get involved in lobbying for education reform, though I'm not sure how exactly yet. Meg
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In reply to: I'm currently a paralegal for a civil rights law firm/non-profit. Was going to be a civil rights lawyer but realized I just couldn't practice law every day for the rest of my life, no matter how important the cause. So now I'm trying to figure out what kind of grad school to go to- maybe journalism. I do - am a lawyer, mostly company law - means not much time for much else... BUT don't work on weekends so climb then...
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I'm a mechanical engineer, and the director of business development for my company, so I get to do a little engineering and sales at the same time! :D My company does energy conservation projects for hospitals, universities, and the federal government. I have three girls (who are all learning to climb) that I don't get to spend enough time with since I travel a ton, but they have also had a good change to see a lot of the world too, and that makes me really happy. We live in the town where the Boston Marathon starts - which turns this place upside down for one day a year. Lots and lots of runners live here.
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