Well, August 20th, 2007 I am starting my freshman year at high school. I think that it is a time that I need to start thinking about my career. So here I am wondering what you all do, and some other things, so here are the questions.

1. What do you do for a living?
2. Do you enjoy it?
3. Why, or why not?
4. What are some of the positives to your job? Negatives?
5. What is your personality?
6. What subjects did you like in school, which ones did you dislike?

Thanks in advance!

Currently unemployed, looking for work (hopefully trade apprenticeship), im a uni dropout (B/IT)
Meh
Its good coz i dont need to work, its bad coz i hve very little money
As above.
Apparently im an INTJ according to Jung. Or the "Scientist" personality.
In the final two years of school in Australia, you can choose all your subjects, (except english, and you are usually forced to do maths too)

My subjects in year 12 (final year) were:

Standard English, Advanced Maths, Software Design and Development, Senior Science (basically science in general), Earth and Environmental Science, and Chemistry.

1. What do you do for a living?
Starting a traineeship as a IT dude for NCCP, rebuilding and refurbishing old machines for pensioners and students and indiginous people.

2. Do you enjoy it?
Yep.

3. Why, or why not?
Its easy, I am good at it.

4. What are some of the positives to your job? Negatives?
I meet people who will eventually become my clients when i start my own business.

5. What is your personality?
I am honest and shy around people I have not met before.

6. What subjects did you like in school, which ones did you dislike?
Liked all my subjects aside from English.

1. What do you do for a living?

I'm a web developer. Currently specializing in themes for Drupal.

2. Do you enjoy it?

I love it.

3. Why, or why not?

It comes easily to me, it's fun and sometimes challenging.

4. What are some of the positives to your job? Negatives?

I work from home. It's a positive and a negative.

5. What is your personality?

Kinda shy around new people, usually.

6. What subjects did you like in school, which ones did you dislike?

I was a big fan of math and music. Loathed computer related classes because they generally were a waste of my time because I already knew the material better than the teacher.

...

For a living? - i work as a software programmer..

Do you enjoy it? - no.

Why, or why not? - bcoz it requires too much of technical thinking. I m tired of thinking technically..

Positives to your job? Negatives?
+ve - i m not technically bad, office is nearby to home, i work in my hometown

-ve - i m not technically that much good, working late hours.

What is your personality? - Silent, slim and athletic, not good communication.

What subjects did you like in school, which ones did you dislike?
like - subject of my mother tongue, history, physics, geography, english.
dislike - chemistry, maths.

Currently unemployed (but on worker's comp) and trying to finish a university English prep course so that I can go to uni in the fall for Social Work.
It's difficult doing King Lear with essays and stuff when I haven't been in school for the better part of 30 years. Do I like it? Not really but it is a means to an end.
It's tough and because it's distance education I can't talk with the teachers to get their perspective on exactly what they want. It showed in my last marks. Bah humbug!!!
Positives are that I can structure my day and get things done. I can also go and see my dad (he was recently was diagnosed with what looks like terminal cancer). He lives 4 hours away so I go there for a few days then come home to see my husband and do homework. It works for now.
Bad. Strong. Selfish. But getting better about it all. Trying not to be such a control freak and let things slide off my back more.
I liked math, social studies, art (of course! We listened to Beatles records (OMG!) and drew for 2 hours a day! Loved high school 30 years ago!!) and phys. ed. Hated grammar, French, and home ec. Most of you won't even know what home ec is I guess. God I'm getting old.

1. What do you do for a living?

Perpetual student/research assistant. Almost finished undergrad in biomedical engineering with a focus on signal processing and imaging technologies, planning on grad school for fall '08.

2. Do you enjoy it?

Yep.

3. Why, or why not?

I spend most of the day thinking and problem solving. I have the freedom to experiment with different things and try things that nobody's done before. I also have flexible hours and great coworkers that I can bounce ideas off of.

4. What are some of the positives to your job? Negatives?

Positives: See #3. Negatives: sometimes it can be really frustrating when things just aren't working. Sometimes I'll spend a week, or two weeks, or a month, working on a method that just turns out not to work. But really, it isn't wasted time, because I'm always learning. That's probably the biggest positive.

5. What is your personality?

I'm fairly outgoing, straightforward, cynical, I like to try new things, I can't stick to a routine, and I love to argue.

6. What subjects did you like in school, which ones did you dislike?

I liked maths and sciences, as well as English, French, music, and drama, but not history or gym.

1. What do you do for a living?
Work Part time as a supermarket Cashier, and am halfway through a degree in Electronic Engineering with a module of Physics.
2. Do you enjoy it?
I enjoy the degree, i hate working in a supermarket :P
3. Why, or why not?
love learning new things, and i find electronics really interesting, the supermarket is boring, i hate sitting on my arse for 4-5 hours at a time scanning peoples shopping.
4. What are some of the positives to your job? Negatives?
meh same as 3.
5. What is your personality?
Quiet and Cynical when sober, Loud Obnoxious and Cynical when drunk
6. What subjects did you like in school, which ones did you dislike?
liked electronics, history, and Design Tech (woodwork), hated english, art and maths.

Oh yeah, I should add to GuitarRocker: I wouldn't think too hard on a career at the moment. I would recommend taking the courses that seem interesting, and as importantly, have good teachers. When you get to university (if you choose that route), the same thing applies.

Still in high school, part time job.

1) I make dough for several bagel stores.

2) Enjoy it? Hell yea.

3)I make my own hours, take breaks as long as I want, and if I don't want to work I tell them I'm not coming in and they find someone to do my job. I get $37.50 (thats US dollars) for one day, usually about an hour and a half or two hours.

4)Positives, see #3.
Negatives: I can only work 4 days so there's no room for more hours for more money. The owner won't buy an air conditioner so it can get about 110 degrees farenheit in the summer in the back room where I am.

5) Argumentative, I like to debate and play devil's advocate. I like routine for work/school, it just makes things easier. I like to have fun when not learning, and while learning.

6) Physics! Calculus! Art History! Statistics!

Good on you! It's never too early to start thinking towards the future.

My background is in interior design but right now I'm working as a project manager for a construction management firm. Basically, I act as an agent for the owner and protect their interests in agreements between them and the architects and contractors.

Not really.

It's kind of a middleman position and I can't help but think that our role is mostly superfluous in the construction process. I also very much miss design. There's nothing creative about what I do and I desperately need that kind of an outlet.

The number one positive is that I have a lot of time to surf the internet. I've had all kinds of time to catch up on politics, science, Microsoft's blunder of the day, who the RIAA is sueing now, what Linux is up to... whatever they have on Slashdot. It's the staple of my day. But seriously, the best thing is all the people I get to work with. I've cultivated great working relationships with many contractors, repeat clients and vendors.

The biggest negative, aside from the boredom, is the stress. It's not the stress of too much to do or not enough time... it's the stress of knowing that if I make a mistake, it could cost someone thousands or millions of dollars. I make construction schedules and budgets, I sometimes order materials, I estimate my time for project completion and we bill out based on that figure. If I'm wrong, or off, or forget to carry a 1, it could cost someone a lot of money.

I'm artistic, creative, outgoing when I have to be but a complete hermit when I can get away with it, disorganized and lazy but very personable.

In highschool... I loved English Literature. And Drama. That was it. I disliked everything else. Now, I wish I could go back and take history, poly sci and US government again. I never really developed a desire for learning until after I had completed all the g.e. courses and was in a private interior design school. That was really eye opening as I realized of how much fun studying and learning can be and how rewarding it feels to work really hard for something you care about.

Nothing academic that I learned in design school has been in any way relevant to my career, not even when I actually did design work. But what it taught me was how to push myself past what I thought I could do, how to believe in my ideas and how to respect both my talents and my limitations. That's just something you just can't put a price on.

Hope that helped!

Not that you asked... but... you're just starting highschool. If there's one thing I could do differently, I would have goofed off more, challenged my teachers a little, ditched class a lot more and got in a whole lot more trouble. You're only young enough to get away with it once. You've got the whole rest of your life after that to be responsible and mature.