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I posted this in the offseason thread and was encouraged to create a separate fanpost with a poll. I'm curious about the breakdown on PR between students, professionals, working, non-working, retired, etc rowbots. I get the feeling a majority are students but I could be wrong, of course. 

If you care to do so, you can elaborate in the comments, it's always interesting to hear what people do. (ie professional in what, student where majoring in what...you get the idea).

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I am (a):
Student
19 votes
Professional
40 votes
Not working
3 votes
Retired
5 votes
Working (not professional)
7 votes

74 votes | Poll has closed

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As for me...

I’m a student at Columbia University, majoring in dance. I was considering adding a concentration (a more intense version of the minor) in political science, specifically american politics and political theory, but that’s looking less likely at the moment.

Carlos Gonzalez is a sexy man

by Squeaky on Dec 18, 2009 8:49 AM MST reply actions  

I studied

Music performance (percussion) in college..so naturally when I graduated I needed to do something else. Now I am the web mistress for one of the nations top fine art printing companies. I mostly manage their presence online, do web/social marketing and search engine optimization. I also have my own small business as a photographer.

the time between the season ending and spring training makes me feel dead inside.

by Maria M on Dec 18, 2009 9:00 AM MST up reply actions  

I really enjoyed your photographs Maria..

I would like to ask you more about them, maybe I’ll send you an email?

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by Charlie77 on Dec 18, 2009 10:39 PM MST up reply actions  

Thanks :)

Yes, feel free to e-mail me…I do believe that my email is in my profile.

the time between the season ending and spring training makes me feel dead inside.

by Maria M on Dec 19, 2009 9:24 AM MST up reply actions  

Seems like a good combination. Dance and poly sci. Since most politicians dance around the issues :)

People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~Rogers Hornsby

by pedalpusher on Dec 18, 2009 9:03 AM MST up reply actions  

True

Except I would NEVER go into politics as a vocation. I’m interested in constitutional law and theory, but honestly, I’m planning to dance as a career. Who really needs a real job? ;)

Carlos Gonzalez is a sexy man

by Squeaky on Dec 18, 2009 1:33 PM MST up reply actions  

Just finished being a student

I just finished my second degree in Computer Information Systems a week ago from Metorpolitan State College of Denver (Metro State). I have another degree in History from CSU (Go Rams!). I could never get a job to pay the bills with that degree so had to go back to school. I now work in Boulder at a computer array company called LSI.

Dex Knows
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. -C.S. Lewis

by RockiesDave on Dec 18, 2009 9:01 AM MST reply actions  

retired (and glad of it) ;)

People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~Rogers Hornsby

by pedalpusher on Dec 18, 2009 9:01 AM MST reply actions  

I guess

for the next few weeks I can still be considered a working student. But soon I’ll have an MA in history, and a number of things are lining up after that. Those history-themed pieces I’ve written this year are supposed to get into the hands of some important people in my field of study.

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by Russ Oates on Dec 18, 2009 9:27 AM MST reply actions  

Yes, I've read them..

oh, sorry, I skipped over the last few words in that sentence.

Those history-themed pieces I’ve written this year are supposed to get into the hands of some important people in my field of study.

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by Charlie77 on Dec 18, 2009 10:42 PM MST up reply actions  

Working Professional

I have been an architectural consultant for 14 years working in Denver. Our firm specializes in the design of maintenance facilities, mainly for transit agencies and public works operations around North America.

Thanks for a great season of Baseball!
I'll be back next year for another ride.

by TripleT-Rox on Dec 18, 2009 9:42 AM MST reply actions  

I’m the sports director overseeing three radio stations in North Platte, Nebraska, including an ESPN Radio affiliate where I broadcast games for the local high school and community college. I guess that makes me a working professional, even though it’s hardly ‘work’ and I get to wear jeans and baseball caps around the office.

"You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around the whole time." - Jim Bouton

by Franchise26 on Dec 18, 2009 9:49 AM MST reply actions  

CSU Junior

Agricultural education major.

"I intend to kick your ass today." - Denver Broncos legend Tom Jackson

by wtnelson on Dec 18, 2009 10:24 AM MST reply actions  

Oh Yeah

GO RAMMIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"I intend to kick your ass today." - Denver Broncos legend Tom Jackson

by wtnelson on Dec 18, 2009 10:24 AM MST up reply actions  

Professional

Computer engineering degree currently working for Lockheed Martin.

Caution: Colorado teams are better than they appear.

by ShadowPenguin on Dec 18, 2009 10:46 AM MST reply actions  

Working Professional (or so they tell me)

I do graphic design, publishing stuff, and all sorts of other things for a small-ish non-profit in Lakewood, CO. Love my job, and I never have to wear a tie!

That's the true harbinger of spring, not crocuses or swallows returning to Capistrano, but the sound of a bat on a ball. ~Bill Veeck

by rockhead on Dec 18, 2009 10:55 AM MST reply actions  

I need you to come up with some more design ideas for Purple Row Cares..

I remember you asked to help and then I never did reply.

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by Charlie77 on Dec 18, 2009 10:43 PM MST up reply actions  

I'd love to help

Send me an email (in my profile) and let me know what you’re thinking.

That's the true harbinger of spring, not crocuses or swallows returning to Capistrano, but the sound of a bat on a ball. ~Bill Veeck

by rockhead on Dec 19, 2009 10:43 AM MST up reply actions  

Student

Senior in Chemical Engineering at Colorado School of Mines. What I do next is still up for debate (grad school or job/career?).

JFK

by jrockies on Dec 18, 2009 11:29 AM MST reply actions  

recent graduate from CSU in Environmental Engineering

I’m technically an engineer-in-training and field technician, so I don’t guess you could call me a professional yet, though I’m co-writing the company’s proposal for our next big project

"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein

by Andrew T. Fisher on Dec 18, 2009 11:40 AM MST via mobile reply actions  

Professional

I’m a production editor for a publishing company, managing production of college textbooks in the humanities, social sciences, and languages disciplines.

by holly96 on Dec 18, 2009 11:48 AM MST reply actions  

Retired

I’m retired and live in Asheville, NC where I enjoy watching nearly all the prospects pass through on their way up the ladder. We see all the T’s home games and 15 to 25 road games a year.

by GaryBee on Dec 18, 2009 12:47 PM MST reply actions  

This is sweet

and what I want to do eventually. Sounds like fun. You should post more in the pebble reports about these games you attend and let us know what you see.

JFK

by jrockies on Dec 18, 2009 1:01 PM MST up reply actions  

Professional

I work in Quality Control for Amgen, so I work for one of those big bad biotech/pharmaceutical companies everyone likes to think makes too much money. I am trying to transition to Regulatory Affairs/Compliance so I can help ensure our drugs are safe for the patients.

I too, have a small side income as a landscape photographer. (some of my Rockies related images have been posted in the fanshots links).

by Prospector on Dec 18, 2009 1:52 PM MST reply actions  

Working

In the Army at Fort Carson

by WanderingRoxFan on Dec 18, 2009 2:24 PM MST reply actions  

I have a lot of friends

who are in the Army at Ft. Carson. It also helps that I grew up in Security. Do you get to many Sky Sox games?

JFK

by jrockies on Dec 18, 2009 2:54 PM MST up reply actions  

I honestly haven't

I try to get to about a dozen games at Coors during the summer instead

by WanderingRoxFan on Dec 18, 2009 11:01 PM MST up reply actions  

Not a bad idea...

I generally try to catch more Rockies games too, but it is really hard to pass up $2 Tuesday’s if/when I’m in town. $2 for Parking, Ticket Anywhere and Beer.

JFK

by jrockies on Dec 20, 2009 2:19 PM MST up reply actions  

My name is Elmer J. Fudd. I'm a millionaire....

I have my own Construction Management firm, and lately I’ve been doing real estate development, mostly flips of residential property.

And if I can’t secure financing and property at the same time soon, it will look a lot like unemployment.

by Redhawk on Dec 18, 2009 4:03 PM MST reply actions  

Currently, I'm a high school student

Impossible not to have positive thoughts.

I want Sam Deduno to pitch already.

by bballrox4717 on Dec 18, 2009 5:46 PM MST reply actions  

Heavily involved in music, drama, and

acapella groups :D

Impossible not to have positive thoughts.

I want Sam Deduno to pitch already.

by bballrox4717 on Dec 18, 2009 5:47 PM MST up reply actions  

So you're one of the stars of Glee?

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by Charlie77 on Dec 18, 2009 10:45 PM MST up reply actions  

Ah, well no (I wish) :P

But I still watch it and enjoy it, even though it really doesn’t offer many parallels to my life

Impossible not to have positive thoughts.

I want Sam Deduno to pitch already.

by bballrox4717 on Dec 19, 2009 7:52 AM MST up reply actions  

I haven't had the time to check it out yet

but my music teacher is certainly endorsing it.

Impossible not to have positive thoughts.

I want Sam Deduno to pitch already.

by bballrox4717 on Dec 19, 2009 10:47 AM MST up reply actions  

Those are some

quality activities. Are you good at math too, as I know that music and math seem to go hand in hand.

JFK

by jrockies on Dec 20, 2009 2:20 PM MST up reply actions  

I'm naturally good at Math

but I haven’t been blessed with good teachers in it….

Impossible not to have positive thoughts.

I want Sam Deduno to pitch already.

by bballrox4717 on Dec 20, 2009 2:22 PM MST up reply actions  

Well

being good with something does not mean the people teaching it are good.

JFK

by jrockies on Dec 20, 2009 2:24 PM MST up reply actions  

High School Studnet here

No majors or anything, obviously.

Foxes are naughties

by crazedjohn on Dec 18, 2009 6:56 PM MST reply actions  

Oops

I’m a student not a studnet. I do not net studs, nor am I a stud that nets. Well I suppose I occasionally net fish. But the stud part is debatable.

Foxes are naughties

by crazedjohn on Dec 19, 2009 1:06 PM MST up reply actions  

Hope to soon be working professional :( (software support)

Dear Rockies-Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster season! Best turnaround in MLB history to become NL Wild Card Champs.

Garrett Atkins-So Long, Farewell, Auf weidersehen, Goodbye!! You were a great Rockie! GOOD LUCK!
Troy Tulowitzki-MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba- Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!

by SDcat09 on Dec 18, 2009 7:12 PM MST reply actions  

I'm working, but definitely not a professional.

I am a CADmonkey, piano teacher, and retail wench who is applying for architecture grad school.

uh, yeah.

Saved by the buoyancy of citrus.

by Justus on Dec 18, 2009 8:55 PM MST reply actions  

You ought to learn Butterfiles and Hurricanes if you haven't already

"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein

by Andrew T. Fisher on Dec 20, 2009 2:48 PM MST up reply actions  

likewise

Well, that and Hysteria. A band that can pull off that bass riff and piano bridge on the same disc earns my lifetime respect

"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein

by Andrew T. Fisher on Dec 21, 2009 7:55 PM MST via mobile up reply actions  

Working, not professional. I don't think.

Work two jobs and go to school. Winrar!

A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day.

by A.J. Haefele on Dec 18, 2009 9:50 PM MST reply actions  

retired

domestic engineer and day care mother for special needs children.

by butterfly on Dec 19, 2009 12:37 PM MST reply actions  

PhD Student at RPI in Troy, NY

Officially student, although I don’t have anymore classes required before I graduate, just research, so I think it could count as a job as well (since I am paid to do this school thing as a research assistant). The PhD is in either Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering, though I am probably more of a physicist at this point.

3 out of 4 sounds so much better than 2 out of 3...

by realmenwearpurple on Dec 19, 2009 4:35 PM MST reply actions  

Traveler?

I was a working professional back in the summer, I have my electrical license and was working on the base housing on the Air Force Academy, I also just (may) graduated with a double major in Economics and Business Administration from CSU (go Rams!) Had a real nice 60k a year job (not bad when you’re only 24 a bachelor and no kids) but deciding i had more freedom then I was likely to have in the next 30+ years I threw it all away, packed my bags and moved to Christchurch, New Zealand on a one year working visa. Now I bartend riverside in New Zealand’s second largest city while enjoying the sun and the beach (its summer here, stays mid 60’s to mid 70’s) and the gorgeous women.

by Zachm219 on Dec 19, 2009 5:51 PM MST reply actions  

Studied Abroad there in 2004

In Dunedin, and was born in Wellington (though never lived there). Had a blast. Skied a ton, traveled all over. Enjoy your time down there, i’m a little jealous.

by Hizilla on Dec 19, 2009 9:51 PM MST up reply actions  

I'm a student, an insurance professional

and I write for the Colorado Springs Independent.

"Don't tell me about the world. Not today. It's springtime and they're knocking baseballs around fields where the grass is damp and green in the morning and the kids are trying to hit the curve ball." -Pete Hamill

by Bryce on Dec 19, 2009 6:31 PM MST reply actions  

Professional

And proud to be a CSU Ram.

by elstunk on Dec 20, 2009 2:25 PM MST reply actions  

Senior Business Admin major at CSU (Finance & Marketing), minor in History...

and don’t know what the heck I want to do besides be the GM of the Rockies.

Eschew Obfuscation!

by Jeff Aberle on Dec 21, 2009 1:35 PM MST reply actions  

Are

we going to find out the results to that questionnaire we took back in October?

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by Russ Oates on Dec 21, 2009 1:40 PM MST up reply actions  

Yes you are...

as soon as I make my thesis presentation (should be by late February/early March).

Eschew Obfuscation!

by Jeff Aberle on Dec 21, 2009 3:19 PM MST up reply actions  

How about being commissioner of MLB?

People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~Rogers Hornsby

by pedalpusher on Dec 21, 2009 2:15 PM MST up reply actions  

But that could end up being like "Brewster's Millions"

It might be hard to run the Yankees into the ground even if one tried. (but the Mets have shown it’s not umpossible!)

by Redhawk on Dec 24, 2009 12:22 PM MST up reply actions  

It's pretty sad that one franchise has

such an enormous financial advantage over everyone else that it would actually be difficult to run them into the groud if you tried.

I wonder if Bud Selig will give the Yankees a receipt with their World Series purchase

by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Dec 25, 2009 2:46 AM MST up reply actions  

Yeah, but for all they've got, they don't win it every year, do they?

People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~Rogers Hornsby

by pedalpusher on Dec 25, 2009 9:47 AM MST up reply actions  

God has a sense of humor :)

Dear Rockies-Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster season! Best turnaround in MLB history to become NL Wild Card Champs.

Garrett Atkins-So Long, Farewell, Auf weidersehen, Goodbye!! You were a great Rockie! GOOD LUCK!
Troy Tulowitzki-MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba- Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!

by SDcat09 on Dec 25, 2009 10:28 AM MST up reply actions  

Registered Nurse

I work weekends when I take a break from my wonderful, energetic 2.5 y/o daughter who is an up and coming Rockies fan.

by hawperox on Dec 21, 2009 9:50 PM MST reply actions  

Start 'em young.

People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~Rogers Hornsby

by pedalpusher on Dec 21, 2009 10:33 PM MST up reply actions  

It blows my mind

that there are little Rockies fans now who will grow up without a memory of the first two full decades of the franchise.

"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein

by Andrew T. Fisher on Dec 22, 2009 3:41 PM MST up reply actions  

So thats what it's like to be a Broncos fan..

who grew up during the 80’s. Oh wait, that’s me.

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by Charlie77 on Dec 23, 2009 12:50 AM MST up reply actions  

or without memories of the Denver Bears/Zephyrs.

And I don’t remember anyone complaining about the altitude when the Bears played.

People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~Rogers Hornsby

by pedalpusher on Dec 25, 2009 9:49 AM MST up reply actions  

I'm not sure what I wanna be when I grow up..

I used to work in advertising and then I earned my MBA. Since then I’ve been a retail manager and currently I sell HDTV’s. In my spare time I work for a non-profit agency. I’m thinking about getting my PHD so I can teach, because I think Dr. Drysdale sounds really cool.

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by Charlie77 on Dec 21, 2009 11:55 PM MST reply actions  

College financial planner

been there 6+ years.

To all of the doubters, to all of the haters, one simple message:
We will be back! Our purple knights will be victorious once again.

by The Lodo Magic Man on Dec 22, 2009 7:32 PM MST reply actions  

Currently attending Bryant University

Work at NUWC (Naval Undersea Warfare Center) in Newport RI between semesters.

I wonder if Bud Selig will give the Yankees a receipt with their World Series purchase

by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Dec 23, 2009 12:11 AM MST reply actions  

Not sure if this counts as "professional" or not...

I’ve been working as a paralegal for 20 years, in various forms of commercial litigation, from patent litigation, to complex commercial stuff, to my present firm, where I’m in automotive franchise litigation.

It’s just tiding me over until my #1 hit single. Or I can tell myself that. ;-)

Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave

by Mondogarage on Dec 23, 2009 10:09 AM MST reply actions  

KInda off topic

but how is Mrs.Mondo doing? Looking forward to Christmas I bet…. Best to you both and here’s wishing you a WONDERFUL new year.

by butterfly on Dec 23, 2009 11:38 AM MST up reply actions  

THIS!!! +1,000,000,000

Dear Rockies-Thank you for a wonderful rollercoaster season! Best turnaround in MLB history to become NL Wild Card Champs.

Garrett Atkins-So Long, Farewell, Auf weidersehen, Goodbye!! You were a great Rockie! GOOD LUCK!
Troy Tulowitzki-MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba- Re-sign!! he's en Fuego!!
Brad Hawpe- I hope I get to see you in a Rockies uniform again!
Dexter Fowler - prowling CF, WC in his talons, leaping Utleys in a single bound!

by SDcat09 on Dec 23, 2009 6:22 PM MST up reply actions  

What they said

Here’s to a wonderful Christmas for you both. Can’t imagine how sweet this one will be for you. What a wonderful gift you’ve been given. I registered for Opening Day tix. If you don’t get picked and I do, my code is yours.

That's the true harbinger of spring, not crocuses or swallows returning to Capistrano, but the sound of a bat on a ball. ~Bill Veeck

by rockhead on Dec 23, 2009 10:53 PM MST up reply actions  

If you don't mind me asking

What happened to your wife?

(If you don’t want to talk about that part of it I completely understand.)

I wonder if Bud Selig will give the Yankees a receipt with their World Series purchase

by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Dec 24, 2009 12:13 AM MST up reply actions  

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