Husbands' jobs

[estrellita]

Mine is a sales assistant and he sells promotional products (like cups, umbrellas, stuff like that with logos on it). It's interesting sometimes, but he's pretty obsessed, lol. He's always looking at products we get from other places and figuring out where they came from and how much they cost. He does get some cool free/cheap stuff so it's nice

[grover]

Legal assistant. He doesn't like to talk about work, but I think the field is interesting.

[MrsMB]

Instructor

[pooh8402]

Project manager installing wifi in public areas, like hospitals, universities, stadiums, military bases, etc.

He used to be IT manager (computer nerd) until recently. This project management job is fairly new to him, but exciting.

[luv2rn4fun]

Accountant (CPA) for a corporate company. Pretty boring to talk about but the people he works with are great and I like hearing about that stuff.

[Deleted]

Full time, he is a lead in manufacturing. Part time, he does pyrotechnics, mainly fireworks.

[bk1]

I thought about posting this the other day!

DH is an Electrical Engineering Technician.

[tacocat]

He's a financial advisor.

His work can be interesting, but I also lose interest pretty quickly with all the numbers talk.

[Deleted]

Dh workd in construction, specifivially for a company that works in telecommunications

[anyastroud]

He is a stay at home dad. Never a dull moment for him.

[luv2rn4fun]

Jul 17, 2014 8:08:31 GMT -5 jjwritergirl said:

Software engineer. It's a great job, but pretty boring.

What kind of software?  I work with software engineers...they create it, I break it.  Better me than our customers  

[polarbearfans]

Lawyer. No. lol we both agreed neither of us are interested in hearing about each other's work days.

[awick14]

My husband makes custom countertops, for very high end homes. I love hearing about the houses he gets to see. They are all so fancy and they spend too much money on their houses. (Some people spend $200-500k on countertops!!!!)

[CrazyLucky]

He works in an R&D lab. Sometimes our work intersects so it's interesting to me. But sometimes it's really boring

[bk1]

Jul 17, 2014 9:43:11 GMT -5 awick14 said:

My husband makes custom countertops, for very high end homes. I love hearing about the houses he gets to see. They are all so fancy and they spend too much money on their houses. (Some people spend $200-500k on countertops!!!!)

This is really interesting. It fascinates me how people spend their money. I also LOVE houses (and probably the only reason I have been able to do the remodel for so long). I love going through houses and seeing layouts, construction details, and so on.

[luv2rn4fun]

Jul 17, 2014 10:11:01 GMT -5 jjwritergirl said:

Jul 17, 2014 9:29:48 GMT -5 luv2rn4fun said:

What kind of software?  I work with software engineers...they create it, I break it.  Better me than our customers  

He has worked on a number of projects ranging from national security to law enforcement database systems. I am not usually allowed to know details, but I know it's more engaging than the majority of development at private sector companies. He is always grateful for the testers breaking things he makes because he is a perfectionist and wants no errors.

His job sounds very interesting!  Definitely better than the typical software engineer projects!  And good for him for wanting the testers to find things and for him being open to making the changes to have the best product possible!  That is a great quality to have and not one that all developers possess (speaking from experience...my biggest frustration right now is with one of our developers...all issues I've brought to his attention are being passed to the next version.  Very frustrating because he's so close-minded to change.  Luckily, this is only going to be released to submit for FDA approval; therefore, no customers will interface with it).

[cactuscookie]

We work at the same company, down the hall from each other. Our jobs aren't identical, but they're pretty similar. We talk about work quite a bit. Come to think of it, I probably talk about it more than him; I use him as a sounding board about my projects, because he tends to ask really good questions. But I'm fairly interested in his job too.

[CajunShrimp]

Principal network engineer for a large Internet company that makes and sells stuff.

The stuff he does is super boring (probably because I don't understand it) but I like hearing stories about his BSC coworker



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[rockinrobyn]

Mine is a full time student. He is going for nutritional sciences to be a Registered Dietician. It is his passion and fits him perfectly. I hear about it a lot and now get dirty looks when I eat ice cream.

He was a project manager and estimator for a commercial flooring company prior to going back to school. He hated it and was miserable, this is a better fit for everyone.

[wanderingenough]

Jul 17, 2014 10:23:11 GMT -5 cactuscookie said:

We work at the same company, down the hall from each other. Our jobs aren't identical, but they're pretty similar. We talk about work quite a bit.

This.

Same company. Buildings right next to each other. I find his work interesting, he finds mine less so (because it's more clinical and he is a business/opps type). It makes it easy when we are telling stories though, because at least 50% of the time we know the people the other one is discussing.

[luv2rn4fun]

Jul 17, 2014 10:32:24 GMT -5 jjwritergirl said:

Jul 17, 2014 10:15:23 GMT -5 luv2rn4fun said:

His job sounds very interesting!  Definitely better than the typical software engineer projects!  And good for him for wanting the testers to find things and for him being open to making the changes to have the best product possible!  That is a great quality to have and not one that all developers possess (speaking from experience...my biggest frustration right now is with one of our developers...all issues I've brought to his attention are being passed to the next version.  Very frustrating because he's so close-minded to change.  Luckily, this is only going to be released to submit for FDA approval; therefore, no customers will interface with it).

My H actually got a promotion of sorts onto a better project (his current job) because the previous engineer wouldn't work well with the testers, so they ditched him and brought on my H. I don't understand the people that are resistant to their advice because it really isn't a personal slight against them, it's part of the creative process so to speak. My sister in law is a tester for really boring software for a health insurance company and she runs into the same frustrations as you mentioned. It must be a universal complaint  

Way to go JJ's DH!!! That's awesome!

Sorry to hear about your SIL...I think it's part of any tester territory.  It just depends on the teams and timelines.  Many times things are driven because the product just needs to get out.  But that's not a good enough excuse for me.  I take pride in what I do and want the best product out the door.  The way I look at it is that I will do my job, make my comments/recommendations, and then the team can decide how to proceed.  If they move forward then at least it's documented that I was opposed to it.  I try not to take it personal but sometimes that's really hard. 

[christy082]

He's an aerospace/mechanical engineer. I enjoy hearing about some of the projects they work on, but the technical stuff is usually over my head.

[awick14]

Jul 17, 2014 10:09:11 GMT -5 bk1 said:

Jul 17, 2014 9:43:11 GMT -5 awick14 said:

My husband makes custom countertops, for very high end homes. I love hearing about the houses he gets to see. They are all so fancy and they spend too much money on their houses. (Some people spend $200-500k on countertops!!!!)

This is really interesting. It fascinates me how people spend their money. I also LOVE houses (and probably the only reason I have been able to do the remodel for so long). I love going through houses and seeing layouts, construction details, and so on.

I know hey, we bought out house for 300k, that's usually the low end people spend on their counters. How do people do this!!!

I love houses as well but I still couldn't do all the renos that you have been doing, you are a brave brave woman. Lol

[awick14]

jjwritergirl- I know hey. I knew that people spend a lot of money on houses but when DH started his job I was shocked at the money people spend on certain things in there house.

[megkat]

DH works in customer service. Right now he works in a call center for a large office supply store, but he's actually starting a new job next month doing at home support for Apple

Every once in a while he'll have a funny story- but generally no, his work stories are usually super boring and require a ridiculous amount of background information to even make any sense

[katiek]

H is a communications coordinator at the regional government. I think I find his work more interesting to hear about than he finds it to talk about!

[krystee]

H is a lawyer and currently does contracts management-type work.

[megkat]

Jul 17, 2014 12:53:28 GMT -5 jjwritergirl said:

Jul 17, 2014 11:51:25 GMT -5 megkat said:

DH works in customer service. Right now he works in a call center for a large office supply store, but he's actually starting a new job next month doing at home support for Apple

One of my friend's husbands has this job. He seems to like it and hasn't felt the need to move to anything different in 3 years. I hope your husband has an equally positive experience. Customer service can be a bitch sometimes. 

I am so glad to hear that! And yes, I don't know how he does it- I tell him all the time that I could never do his job. I worked retail in college for a few years and that was more than enough dealing with customers for me.

[loira]

Mine is a full time student as well. Completing his PhD in American Political History. I find it interesting, and I learn a lot about it since I edit his thesis on a regular basis. Still, because it's not my country there are times when I feel like enough is enough. That's usually when I make him watch a documentary about Pierre Trudeau or watch Bon Cop Bad Cop so that my culture doesn't get neglected lol.

[sarahsas]

My h works in IT for a local university. His stuff is SO technical that I fall asleep if he talks about much! Luckily he doesn't go into depth often! My job is much more interesting and drama filled, lol.