My mom hasn't worked since I was a baby. She is more of a socialite. My dad supervises drilling for buildings. If you want to build a skyscraper or put in an elevator, he is your guy.
Post by liverandonions on Jan 5, 2017 1:50:33 GMT -5
My mom has mostly done admin work, but she quit because of and boss and never went back. She said she's retired. My dad is an allergist and my stepmom is a tax attorney for the state.
My parents are retired but my mom was an educator (CC level) and my dad was in software/system sales and partially owned a software house when he retired.
My mom was a teacher. She taught kids with autism fo 30 years, starting in 1978. She was the first teacher in the US to have a full self contained classroom of students with autism earn high school diplomas. She wrote a curriculum and co-authored college text books on teaching methods. Other countries (the minister of education from France and the head of the Israel Dept of Ed are just a couple that come to mind) came to observe my mom's classroom and adopt her methods when setting up their own programs. She later spoke on the lecture circuit at Universities.
My dad was in finance. (He's a great guy and pretty accomplished also but finance just isn't that exciting to write a full paragraph about.)
Dad passed away at 53 Mom currently works for the VA, but had been a SAHM for at least 15 years before my dad unexpectedly got sick, so I have no idea how retirement works for her.
Mom: Daycare provider (in-house/at-home) and later School (Board of Ed) Admin. <-- She retired two years ago.
Dad: Mechanic, while going to school, then a teacher. Taught Philosophy and English Lit at the university level, and then HS English and Auto Body Shop Class (remember when schools had stuff like that?).
He stopped teaching students and went into the admin side and does database design (for the school system and independently) and now teaches the teachers on how to use the latest technology. <-- He wants to retire this spring or summer (but not really lol).
Dad was in transportation research and consulting (helping major cities solve public transportation challenges).
Mom was a teacher, and then transitioned to educational research and curriculum development. Stopped working when I was born, but started very actively volunteering once my sister and I were in school (and still stays active with volunteer work).
Both my parents were teachers. Now my dad is a handyman of sorts and works more than he did teaching. My mom volunteers at low income schools with Kids Vision (screens and gives kids glasses). She was smart and saved for retirement in addition to her pension. My dad, not so much. They divorced 30 yrs ago.
Dad is a service writer. Mom does something in real estate.. like an admin or office manager maybe? I don't really know. Neither of them will ever retire.
Dad - school psychotherapist/psychology teacher (he just retired at 74 though he's still doing private practice work) Mum - librarian (she retired at 65)
Post by fivechickens on Jan 5, 2017 8:03:16 GMT -5
My mom retired about 10 years ago. She worked at a hospital (she worked at the hospital over 30 years) when she retired she had been in charge of adult day care in the office. She died 8 years ago.
My dad was in the navy the first time he retired and an electrical lineman the second. He also did a stint working on converting power systems on submarines for the shipyard (probably not the technical description for that job lol)
My mom was an office manager for awhile. The last couple years she's been doing taxes through one of those chain places that give tax classes.
My mom doesn't work. She quit her job delivering payrolls nearly 5 years ago to start watching my son. Before that she worked in the office at my high school for a few years. Before that job she had a few different office jobs. She didn't work when my siblings and I were younger.