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¿Question #1516?
rochs77: What is your occupation now, and what was the vocation you were originally trained/schooled for?

ocdspectrum: Psychologist. psychologist.
Blazur: Web developer / web development and database management.
Spirit of 70: I sell insurance now, and I wasn't really trained for any specific thing.
Woelf: Engineering; engineering
JRG1976: I'm a Payroll Manager. I trained for accounting.
arkibet: I was trained for high school, so I should be flipping hamburgers at some minimum wage job. Instead, I make 80k+ doing spreadsheet work.
gmonk: I am a teacher, but my occupation is 'gamer'. I was originally schooled to be 'unemployable'.
ricardofo: Computer Science teatcher. I studied Computer Science at UFRJ (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)
WatchmanX2000: Go away.
pendragon714: pc tech/president
Hector Vortac: pilot weather briefer, trained as a teacher
chisainikkoo: Real estate agent and I went to school to be an author
gmcash: Glorified security guard, computer programmer, lol
AUGG: Systems Analyst/Computer Programmer
WonderLlama: I am a computer programmer. But I was trained to be a computer programmer.
Brad Oliver: Computer programmer for both.
Keonyn: Technical support, was schooled for web development but that field went down the crapper, going back to school next year
Brother Bart: I am an Architecture student, I was a U.S. Marine.
DHEK: I'm a copy editor now. I was trained to be a computer programmer (which I never really ended up being after graduation). It all kinda worked out in the end anyway.
Butterbane: Evil telemarketer. Was over educated to be a Pulitzer Prize winning author & beach bum.
aleo09: sales, bus. admim.
xlorp: I'm an engineer with a degree in German Literature of the 18th Century.
vampywife: Well, I'm a substitute teacher now (it's hard to find a "real" job in Germany as an American) and I was trained in Psychology/Human Relations.
scriptorum: software developer; writer
Shannon Ferguson: teacher...assassin
Geosmores: stay home dad, Computer programmer, Fine art photography, Architecture
ZeroZilla: Box loader, and the lack of schooling is part of why.
Tricky McGee: Actuary; Actuary
Nazhuret: now = baker trained for? slack ass
cowdog: Computational scientist, ditto.
ZombyDawg: Printing. Graphic Arts
dietevil: software engineer; geochemist
KenRude: Construction estimator. Graduated college with degree in construction engineering management.
gr8lookinguy: I am a prostitute, or I need a prostitute. well perhaps both
danryan: Civil Engineer, Same
mrspank: Software developer and that's what I trained to become.
bigbadsteve: shoe repair and none
brainrob: Project manager / business analyst
Mosse: I'm a foreman at a security company. I am a trained graphics designer.
Urutsini: I am currently an Optical Dispenser. My forte lies with computers and I have qualifications in admin/data entry.
confuse_a_cat: I'm a student, and I've been training all of my life.
shizzane: Now: Office Manager for ABC Television O&O's ... Degree: Radio/Television/Film
POvidiusNaso: Classics Student/Computer Tech support. I was trained in Classics.
Agrajag: I'm in software development and marketing. I was an architecture major.
Domokun: Nurses Aid (going to school for my RN), my degree is in Economics
consolewa: Filmmaker. I was originally trained by the public school system to work as a mindless idiot. Perhaps, in a way, I am.
Belash: Supervisor in Casino... History/Politics degree
GrandpaDave: Student...in training to train others
meshuggener: Tightrope walker. Cannon fodder.
sourwyrm: have answered this
Lord_Prussian: Lawyer and same
The Unbeliever: 42
2amp: US Air Force analyst, US Air Force aircraft mechanic
Gecko23: Programmer/System analyst. I attended a US public school, so the trained bit is especially funny.
bluebehir: IT, and was I actually trained/schooled for any particular vocation? I doubt it.
ValJor: I work in IT. I have been trained to work in IT.
KnobDoctor: Engineer. Engineer. I see a pattern here.
JeremyVS: Software Engineer; Software Engineer
Flyspeck23: Student / self-publisher; typesetter.
jimchris: Professional trainer... and I haven't been schooled for it.
skrutsch: teacher, teacher
dakarp: I continue to train to be a biophyicist, after which I will probably do something else.
snoozefest: same
melissa: I am an information management consultant. I studied German Sociolinguistics at university.
Jern: Computer programmer, Building Engineer
jmagnini: unemployed, computer engineering. Just graduated so I'm still looking for that first job
MisterCranky: My occupation now is couch potato, and I'm heading for the hall of fame. I was trained to be a classical kvetch.
AWildEep: Programming.
Mike A: Chemical engineer & software developer. Chemical engineer.
erli: I'm a research technician (molecular biologist). I don't know what vocation I was originally trained/schooled for but I was promised A LOT of money...Apparently, I was lied to.
TiNYTimIDFluffYBunnY: You don't understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it.
queequeg: surgeon, surgeon
Wintergoblin: I work in a clothing store stock room. I wanted to go into marketing
ynnen: I'm a freelance game designer, but my degree is Advertising/Spanish
walk_softly: Hardware configuration management. Records management
djlg: Systems Engineer. Systems Engineer.
m_r_tyler: programmer programmer
darthcliff: Legal software trainer, oh heck no.
kennyb: Engineer
ptper: student, student (engineer)
DenverWolf: Database Analyst ... Trained as a Philosophy major in undergrad and a Counselling Psychology major for Master's
gnomehome: I'm a chemical engineer and now work as an environmental consultant.
BaSL: still training
shippert: Scientist, scientist
Oborro: student
Cal Mac: Civil Servant, in a field related to my original training
Ludocrazy: Copy editor. It's also what I ended up training for, although I started as a musician.
Dave: Software engineer; high-school math teacher.
Fawkes: Finance exec, accounting. Close enough.
chaddyboy_2000: Urban Planner, Landscape Architecture.
tragicpoet: Accounting, English Major
wcordewiner: Programmer, engineer
PghArch: Architect, and the same.
CortexBomb: Sub teacher. My training was to be a haughty intellectual (history, no certs)
TG Mittler: photographer, photography.
louiseh: Tax specialist (Gov't side), physicist.
jttm: Programmer, science
Spielfreak: Software Engineer; Electrical Engineer
jellospike: Full-time gamer.
skelebone: I'm an accounting assisant at present, received my degree in Political Science, and will be attending law school this fall.
CDRodeffer: Office & I.T., chemical engineering.
Blackwind: Freelance gamer!