For a living? Driving through OKC each day and seeing all the different businesses gets me curious as to all the jobs and small business possibilities.

Me? I'm in the corporate training and development industry. I design and deliver technical training courses, for private industry and government etc., along with some management responsibilities for my organization. Maybe not a glamorous career, but it's fun for me and I do enjoy it.

How about you guys? I bet there's some interesting and unusual work being done in OKC, alongside the traditional occupations, trades and businesses.

So...What do you guys do?

Lawyer.

Retired from the City of OKC since 2006, spend time between home in Tuttle and cabin at Tenkiller.

Semi-retired software developer but still do database recovery with customers world-wide, all done via the Internet.

Lawyer with an emphasis on Guardian ad litem work (representing children in the courts) but have been on a Sabbatical for the last year since we moved back to Oklahoma from the east coast. I've been taking art classes to compliment my quilting but haven't been motivated to get back to legal work. I probably will hold off on that for at least another six months because I have a grandbaby due in February and will be out of town quite a bit. Even then, my preference is to stick with part time. Full time GAL work is hard on the heart.

IT Systems Administrator (a.k.a. "server guy")

IT Security Analyst and C# Developer. When I relocate back to Oklahoma City, that is the type of job I will be hunting for.

Retired from Union Pacific Railroad in February 2010 after 44 years.

Banking for past 15 yrs

Railroad switchman, Katy/UP. 30yrs downtown.

Social Studies Teacher/Professor

Electrician for 40+yrs..

Administration for a non-profit...

Pretty much a retired lawyer, pretty much a full time amateur Okc historian, and, when I can't seem to find it possible within me to avoid and/or escape it (although I don't care much for political discussions), taker of positions on contemporary Okc political issues, and, always, one who is intensely interested in the Oklahoma City Thunder.

I'm retired.

While I'm a licensed Private Investigator now and previously worked for several large corporations doing marketing and public relations, I'm lucky enough to make the bulk of my living in a way that was not possible a decade ago. I earn my living mostly through the Internet (a subscription based website I own, Google ad revenue through about half a dozen websites I own, I'm a YouTube Partner - so YouTube pays me based on views - over 40 million views so far, and I license video clips to production studios and networks all over the globe). Allows me to work from home and at my own schedule.

architect

Special Projects Coordinator in the Community Development Department of a local city.

High school Biology/Chemistry teacher in my 34th year. Wow. Where did the years go?

SAP Security Consultant

Payroll processor & IT manager for a local payroll service provider - 9 1/2 years.

Delivery Driver

Aircraft maintenance at Will Rogers. Part-time waiter.

Petroleum Landman specializing in handling of federal mineral rights.

I write sales pitches on cardboard signs for the scruffy looking people on street corners

Wacky laid back hybrid employment. Most of the time, self employed online sales (vintage hifi, musical instruments, timepieces..) and other time as a jack of trades for a boutique guitar effects pedal company. I do a lot of writing, product photography, electronics tech work, ordering stuff, accounting, and leisurely lunches.

VP of Sales and Marketing, HVAC Manufacturing Company

Credit Analyst at a locally owned bank.

Business Analyst for a software company in Tulsa

Coal miner

professional freeloader

Marketing Director at a national home care company that has a very specific niche: working with veterans and spouses of veterans to help them understand, apply for and obtain a very specific benefit from the VA that provides them funding of up to $23,000 per year for home care. We then coordinate all the care on an ongoing basis and do all of the audits and VA reports for the families.
God, that sounded like a commercial. I guess I'm used to the "elevator speech."

Programmer.

Travel business.

Lawyer with emphasis in insurance defense and civil litigation.

Emergency Dispatcher City of OKC Water/Wastewater.

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(Not going to lie, I hated this movie actually..I just had to)

Illegal street racer.

Illegal street racer.

You and Brian Bates. LOL

http://www.okctalk.com/showthread.php?t=24115&page=2

Corporate Finance, Strategic Planning

Employee Benefits Specialist/Human Resources

Network System Administration

Account Executive - Jones Public Relations, downtown.

Also, stats crew / post game quote-taker at home games for the Oklahoma City Thunder...is this really our 5th season of professional basketball? wow.

Architect/General Contractor

Aerospace engineer.

Retired remodeler, now happy being the handyman for friends and past clients.

Licensing Technology Director for a large multinational chemical company

UNIX Sys Admin for 10 yrs (was MVS Sys Prog for lots of years before that). Currently employed, but looking and have been for months, so if anybody knows of any UNIX Sys Admin jobs out there, please let me know because they are very very few and far between in the OKC metro area, I've only seen/heard about postings for 5 positions since 4/09 when we moved back. :whiteflag :Smiley259

Legal Research for the Department of Labor currently. Before that I performed legislative research for Former Senator Brogdon for 4 years.

Internal Audit. Before that was I/T Help Desk-er....

From time to time, ah heps folk with questions and/or troubles, some of whom possess both the ability and willingness to compensate the efforts.
Others would if they could, and perhaps someday may. It's been known to happen.

Director of Employee Communications for locally-owned financial institution.

Retired gov't, now self employed. Machining hobby/business.

Tuxedo rentals & retail manager.

Architecture, finally getting around to take the ARE to become a licensed architect this year after working in the field for 22 years. It has only taken 10 or so years of nagging by friends and family and a desire to strike out on my own in the future to get me to that point. I was in OKC until 2003, now in Austin.

Financial Planning - mostly in Denver at the moment but split between Denver and OKC

Sacker at Crest Market (formerly known as Discount Foods) - Home of Rock Bottom Prices. It is quite a lovely career.

Systems Analyst

Marketing/PR/social media

Geologist/GeoTech