{"id":3003,"date":"2002-08-23T09:30:34","date_gmt":"2002-08-23T14:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=3003"},"modified":"2002-08-23T09:30:34","modified_gmt":"2002-08-23T14:30:34","slug":"occupational_ha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/08\/23\/occupational_ha.html","title":{"rendered":"Occupational Hazards"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s the Friday Five<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

1. What is your current occupation? Is this what you chose to be doing at this point in your life? Why or why not?<\/b><\/p>\n

I am the manager of Documentation Services (actual definition TBD) for the IT group of a large engineering firm.<\/p>\n

Which isn’t what I actually envisioned myself doing at any point along the road, but is largely a matter of decisions I’ve made (or declined to make) over that time.<\/p>\n

2. If time\/talent\/money were no object, what would your dream occupation be?<\/b><\/p>\n

Writer. Unfortunately, time is an object, money is a huge object, and talent is … well, as big an object as willpower is.<\/p>\n

3. What did\/do your parents do for a living? Has this had any influence on your career choices?<\/b><\/p>\n

My Dad worked for a number of banks in his career, both in branches, as a manager, and in HR.<\/p>\n

My Mom was a teacher, quit in order to raise my brother and me, went back as a sub when we were older, and then eventually, after a couple of moves made the credentialing thing an annoyance, worked as a bank teller.<\/p>\n

They had an influence on me primarily as follows:<\/p>\n

a. Work to live, don’t live to work.<\/p>\n

b. Take care of your kids, both in terms of making a living to support them and in terms of being there for them even if it cuts into the family income.<\/p>\n

4. Have you ever had to choose between having a career and having a family?<\/b><\/p>\n

No. Though I was willing to be the “at home” parent, if Margie had been pulling in more bucks than I was. And I was willing to pass on coming to Colorado if it was going to mess up Margie and my relationship (it didn’t).<\/p>\n

5. In your opinion, what is the easiest job in the world? What is the hardest? Why?<\/b><\/p>\n

No idea on the former. Hardest is probably — strike that, certainly — “homemaker.” Underpaid, underappreciated, hugely important.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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