Quoted from DanQverymuch:

Would you believe, daycare center owner?
Once upon a time, I was a database administrator/developer. When my wife was pregnant in 2002, she couldn't find a daycare center she liked, so despite having the world's sweetest telephone voice, she quit her phone support job to open her own center (not in-home). And I helped, a lot.
It grew, and I left my other job in 2004, though on paper she was still sole proprietor.
Then tragically in 2010, both she and the center's director were killed in a freeway accident with a semi when the semi driver decided it was a good idea to pull over through an on-ramp's merge.
Somehow I was able to keep the center alive, I incorporated it and found people to run it, and it is still going strong with around ten employees, at this point I only spend around five hours a week on it myself.
I am also working on getting my resale shop open, although the real money there is in eBaying out the back. I myself can't believe all the stuff I've piled up for that purpose.
The majority of my time is used up single parenting my now 14-year-old girl, which is ordinarily difficult enough, but part of her head is still stuck being a seven-year-old whose mommy was ripped away from her in an instant and who understandably fears the worst from any given situation.

Quoted from TheLaw:

POTW

Quoted from Jumping-Box:

I never used SVHS. I started with 3/4 inch tape, then Betacam, then digital SX Betacam, then Sony XDCam (blu-ray disc) Soon cameras won't have any local storage. Video will be uploaded to a server.

Quoted from Grateful_Pin:

Out of college, with a degree in marketing and business, I worked for an investment bank. Which meant in actuality... a bank teller I soon found out. I was fired after maybe 3 months because the back ground check revealed I was arrested with buddies and charged with a misdemeanor for car stereo theft in high school.
I worked for 3 1/2 yrs in transportation brokerage. Called truck companies to see if they had a truck in or near......and negotiated a price for them to haul freight back near their origin city. Gave directions and baby sat truck drivers until delivery. Before cell phones do they called from pay phones.
Decided after 6 months on this job I needed to own a business and work for myself. Decided to go back to school and have been a dentist with my own practice for 15+ yrs. Stressful and a grind but I can’t imagine doing anything else. Take about 10 weeks off a year and work 4 days a week. And I just bought this as an equipment expense for marketing purposes so there’s that.

Quoted from Grateful_Pin:

Completely agree. But just a quick word I used. I’m laying in bed awake again due to a herniated disc pain that I’m sure has something to do with straining my back daily so there’s that. And I’m doing dentistry on people everyday...I’m really good at it and my patients,bless there heart do, amazing well for me most of the time. Bad word to use. I’m completely blessed but it’s not easy all the time.

Quoted from Frippertron:

My degree is in Business Admin. I'm only applying for part time positions and nobody wants to interview someone who hasn't worked in 5 years. I've been bringing up two kids basically alone, my wife works 70 hours per week and my nearest family is a sister a solid 4 hour drive from me and my parents who retired in South Carolina, a 15 hour drive away. Honestly, it feels like discrimination because I put my family first these last few years. I've applied for tons of jobs, my resume is sound, I'm in school work towards a medical career with credentials, so it's not that big of a deal, but I don't think I can get an interview at McDonald's right now.