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What do you do for a living?
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Aaron Gelb
United States
El Segundo
California
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Ok, I know it seems that gamers are always on this website during the working hours of the day (not to mention into the wee hours of the night) but I assume most of us have real jobs/careers!....don't we? I'm interested to see what kind of mix we have out there in. 1) Select a game that describes what you do for work(could also be a shameless plug for your company) , and then 2) also write in the description what your favorite games are..this way we can see if there are similarities or differences between what people do for work and what types of games they favor...maybe we'll discover that doctors hate operation, or that pilots love wings of war...have fun!
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Posted Wed Jan 24, 2007 10:25 pm
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Scott Alden
United States
Dallas
Texas
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Webmaster
I'm the owner/operator of this website. Most of my tasks revolve around programming the site - fixing bugs and adding new features. I also run BGG.CON - the premiere gaming convention for BoardGameGeek.
I previously was a video game developer - Sin, Heavy Metal FAKK2, and Duke Nukem Forever. I've also worked in the computer graphics chip business (3Dfx) and long ago was an engineer for BNR/Nortel.
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Eric Aldrich
United States
California
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I've worked on audio software for several years -- mostly the stuff the RIAA will sue you for using in a way they find unacceptable. My guess is most of you have something I've written on your machine....
Favorite game: Diplomacy.
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Mark Slater
United Kingdom
Newport
Newport, South Wales
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I work for an ISP doing ADSL provisioning
Current favorite games, Powergrid, Yspahan & Tikal
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Vaughan Cockell
United Kingdom
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I'm a psychiatric nurse.
Wandering round killing things in games is certainly better than doing the same to people at work! 
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Keith Gray
Scotland
Edinburgh
Midlothian
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I write kids' books. I've never played Lunch Money but the theme seemed to fit with some of the stuff that happens in my books.
Most played games at the minute are Mr Jack, Downfall of Pompeii, Gloria Mundi and Citadels.
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Charles Stampley
United States
Austin
Texas
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I am an Army Civil Affairs Officer in Baghdad working on reconstruction planning and projects
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Elke M
Belgium
Lier
Antwerp
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I'm an archaeologist...almost! I'll receive my masters degree in June.
I'm specialising in Western-Europe, so I can get a job as an urban archaeologist.
Games that I like : Abstracts (Zèrtz & Clans are my favourites), Descent (with expansions), Arkham Horror & Battlelore. I also like Power Grid, Citadels and Clue (I know...).
I expect that Tigris & Euphrates will be my all time favourite one day, but I still don't 'get' it entirely...
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Cynthia Landon
United States
Orlando
Florida
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I print t-shirts.  I received my college degree in Linguistics with a minor in business, but it is much more fun working for yourself and creating fun t-shirts for people to wear.
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Brad N
United States
Madison
Wisconsin
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A manage corporate Web sites for a utility company (maybe I should have selected Power Grid).
I prefer medium and lighter games and my favorite game theme is espionage... wish there were more good ones. I have yet to play Top Secret Spies, but I'm hoping to get a chance sometime soon.
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Tim Mitchell
Canada
Sooke
British Columbia
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I write letters for the B.C. Ministry of Transportation, often telling people that there's no way we can build a bridge from Vancouver Island to the mainland.
Favourite games are Struggle of Empires, Duel of Ages, Vinci and Puerto Rico.
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Tony Rowe
United States
Santa Clara
California
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I am a game designer on the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Unleashed game for PS3 and XBOX360. I've also been working on the upcoming next-gen Indiana Jones game.
Some of my all-time favorite games are Ra, Cathedral, Carcassonne, Advanced Civ, and Lifeboat (shameless plug for my friend's card game!).
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Brian Collins
United States
San Francisco
California
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Why, I manage the Gator Games store in San Mateo, California! Visit us on line at www.gatorgames.com - See you there.
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Gavin Wynford-Jones
France
Ferney-Voltaire
Just across the border from Geneva, Switzerland
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Freelance technical writer, interface guru and occasional translator. Over the last few years, I seem to have drifted into a banking and finance speciality, which is rather useful in this part of the world... To counterbalance that, and to polish my soul a bit, I also do work for the ILO in their on-going fight against child labour.
I've not been able to play anything over the last few months, for various reasons, but am looking forward to getting back into the swing of things and finally opening some of my Essen purchases! Yum!
Gavin
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Jay Adan
United States
Erving
Massachusetts
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I'm the director of Marketing, PR and Sales for GameTable Online - a subscription online gaming site.
In the past I have done PR for Wizards of the Coast, PoxNora and others, was the marketing director for the Stargate Worlds MMO and was the marketing director for Cyberlore Studios - makers of the critically acclaimed MAJESTY: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim.
I'm also one of the owners of Greenfield Games, the largest game store in Western Massachusetts.
Favorite Games:
Big City, Warmachine, Flames of War
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Gregory Amstutz
United States
Chula Vista
California
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I am a Security Officer for the World Famous San Diego Zoo.
Favorite games: M:tG, Carcassone, Blue Max
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surly curmudgeon
United States
Connecticut
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I work as a development chemist for a food-ingredient manufacturer.
Favorite game at the moment is Carcassonne, due primarily to it being one of the few games I own. I also played, and enjoyed, rail games like Iron Dragon and Euro Rails years ago.
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Philip Dasler
United States
Houston
Texas
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I'm a software engineer (their fancy word for programmer) at the Johnson Space Center on the new Crew Exploration Vehicle which will replace the Space Shuttle, take us back to the moon, and then hopefully on to Mars.
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Luscious Dick Toronto
Greenland
Federal Way
Washington
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I suppose I should say that I'm a professional writer. I like to think I am, but I know where my office is. I am a professor of philosophy.
I'm all about backgammon.
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J.A. Cadena
Mexico
Monterrey
Nuevo León
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I'm a senior planner/buyer for a world class HVAC manufacturer. Everytime you feel the nice temperature of a Home Depot or a BB&B store we are responsible for it.
My favorite games include: El Grande, Princess of Florence, Powergrid and Settlers of Catan. My gaming group also likes "all fun" games like 6 nimmt! and Diamant.
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Board Game: Poker
[Average Rating:6.78 Overall Rank:372]
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Marc Gilutin
United States
Playa Del Rey
California
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I host a poker game (Omaha Hi-Lo) in a large Los Angeles area casino.
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♫ Eric Herman ♫
United States
Richland
Washington
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Funny list. I'm a kids' music artist, by the name "Eric Herman".
Just getting back into board games after many years (used to play Axis & Allies and Samurai Swords a lot), and only discovering and trying out a lot of the Euros. So far my favorites are Tikal and Settlers.
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dave klokner
United States
Slidell
Louisiana
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I work in the pipeline industry. Natural Gas Transmissions.
I like all games, but mostly Titan, Hansa, Hive and of course Powergrid.
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Aonghus O Nia
United States
Dorchester
Massachusetts
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I design fire trucks
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Atnier Rodriguez
United States
Orlando
Florida
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I am a receptionist for an executive/office space leasing building.
My faves are Ra, Last Night on Earth, Kingsburg, Manila, Modern Art, Race for the Galaxy, Blue Moon City and many others.
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Bruce Miller
United States
Grand Rapids
Michigan
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Me? I don't do anything. I'm unemployed. I live from the fat of other people.
Can I borrow your anime?
Wicked TV, and you have a Wii?
Nice library, you own the entire A Game of Thrones octet? Can you lend it to me? It would really help me play the game.
Oh, you own a A Game of Thrones? Let's play!
You're having a party, but I have to bring something?  Does 2 litre bottle of holiday Coke count as something?
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Posted Wed Jan 31, 2007 12:15 pm
Tokyo
As little as possible.
Greenville
South Carolina
From what I can tell, you are commenting on the people who have posted here. As I'm sure you're aware, things like this thread disproportionately attract the participation of people who are pretty happy with their situation in life.
I scanned the responses before I added one of my own, and I saw a whole lot of high-end jobs . . . that doesn't tell me so much "people here mostly have high-end jobs" (which might or might not be true) as much as it tells me "people with high-end jobs are posting on this thread."
That makes perfect sense to me. I'm a mother, and I can tell you, the mothers who speak up about their children's situation are disproportionately those who think their children are "advanced" (and/or tend to be willing to bend the truth in that general direction). Listen to a parenting discussion sometime, and you'll come away with the conclusion that the children are little Einsteins. There's reality, and then there's the picture that people will volunteer to paint, eh?
Canberra
Ferney-Voltaire
Just across the border from Geneva, Switzerland
Strewth, mate, 30 is NOT middle-aged!!!
Gavin
Zagreb
I m an artist and illustrator.
My favorite games are Gift Trap, Modern Art, Power Grid, Ceasar and Cleopatra, Lost Cities, Blokus, Kahuna and Entdecker.