What would your ideal PAW job be?

[Sgt_Stadanko]

I dont know if I would want to be part of a commune PAW. I think just keeping my family safe, isolated and fed would be my priorities.

[ninja-elbow]

Admin and records - somebody's gotta' do the paperwork and keep the records for the future.

[SummerZephyr]

Admin and records - somebody's gotta' do the paperwork and keep the records for the future.

@Ninja-Elbow - I said scribner earlier for just that reason; and I'm sure the PAW would necessitate many!

[flyboy207]

pretty good carpenter, hunter, security

[Doctorr Fabulous]

Public Relations chief aboard the ZSS [whateverthefuck we're calling it]

[werepig]

Village idiot

But really. I've razed sheep, goats, cows, ducks. chickens, turkeys, geese, pigs, rabbits and done plenty of gardening....So I think I'd be best at financial planning.

[Old B]

Just call me Jack..... of all trades and master of none:-)

No Ive been a welder and a wrench for over 20 years so those will come in real handy plus Im very well versed in Military vehicles especially Strykers..

[AK47guy]

We'll all be working jobs less than ideal in the PAW but a private security contractor would probably have the best benefits, you can work for whomever has the most resources.

[ineffableone]

Hmm, a job in PAW? Not really what I imagine PAW will really be like. What sort of currency will be paid in this job? What sort of PAW society will have to exist for there to be jobs?

For me, my PAW job is staying alive. That is being a living human being. Hopefully I will be able to do some farming and hunting etc and living a self sustaining life rather than working a job. But basically how I see PAW life, it will be mostly uncertain and quite dependent upon what creates the PAW. So my thinking of my PAW job is very flexible. It will be doing what ever it takes to stay alive. From bushcrafting out in the mountains, to working a farm, to helping rebuild society. I am a bit of a jack of all trades sort of guy and so have at least some skills to fit into most of varied levels of society a PAW world could be.

My ideal "job" PAW or not is crazy old mountain man. One of these days I hope to get up into a little cabin in the woods and live that dream life of the crazy old mountain man.

[Bearcat]

Nice. I forgot about this threa. Glad it got bumped.

[Evan the Diplomat]

Porn producer of hand drawn animated flip books.

I figure in the ZPAW my stick figure style would finally be appreciated.

[NamelessStain]

Inter-coastal waterways trader on the ZSS ship.

- OR -

Suntan lotion application specialist on the Lido Deck.

Note: Suntan lotion application specialist has the right to refuse anyone service... especially big hairy guys who look like they are wearing a coat when topless.

[LivelyToaster]

Umm probably a working footpad/boot grunt that protects traders while traveling down trade routes ext...

There are always gonna be people who want to cause trouble/harm other people for reason x. So there is always gonna be need for me, I cause trouble for people that cause trouble to others.


"If the above post does not make sense I might be 99.9% asleep and doing college stuff."

[Yaivenov]

Vault Overseer. (What, you didn't build one too?)

[6MM]

Armorer, reloader, hunter.

[glaston]

Hmm, a job in PAW? Not really what I imagine PAW will really be like. What sort of currency will be paid in this job? What sort of PAW society will have to exist for there to be jobs?

The context of the scenario is not a job where people are paid for their service. It's where people contribute skills to a common goal of creating a PAW society. Maybe at some point in the distant future of the PAW society will get to the point where people have paid jobs, but for the most part we're talking about a commune of sorts.
Naturally, this will not be in the immediate aftermath of the PAW when everyone is just trying to survive and keep their families safe. It would likely come later, when people realize that survival is futile if there's no real future for anyone.

[ineffableone]

Hmm, a job in PAW? Not really what I imagine PAW will really be like. What sort of currency will be paid in this job? What sort of PAW society will have to exist for there to be jobs?

The context of the scenario is not a job where people are paid for their service. It's where people contribute skills to a common goal of creating a PAW society. Maybe at some point in the distant future of the PAW society will get to the point where people have paid jobs, but for the most part we're talking about a commune of sorts.
Naturally, this will not be in the immediate aftermath of the PAW when everyone is just trying to survive and keep their families safe. It would likely come later, when people realize that survival is futile if there's no real future for anyone.

Yes I figured that out, thus the rest of my post which you cut out explaining my job would be to stay alive, as that is the only reasonable response to such a question in my opinion. The reason I started my comment with the above was the concept of job vs just life is very different. Job suggests a stratified society where you can divide work to different people and have specialization. Rather than the more realistic view of PAW life where folks will be needing to be doing a lot of various things, and likely have no one job, unless they are singularly skilled at a valued necessity. Like a doctor, herbalist, midwife, blacksmith, chemist, etc. Even those with such good specific knowledge would likely still have to take part in growing food, and other farm like activities to stay alive, rather than taking a fee from others for their services.

My feeling is you would have to be adaptable to doing many different tasks in PAW. You would need to be a hunter, trapper, gatherer, farmer, handyman, watchman, and so much more. And this is even while still in a community. In PAW I think there would be generations before things stabilized enough to really have a specialized job. So to me the question of what your PAW job would be is simple, to survive.

[Neddog]

Hunter/trapper/gatherer. So I can remain independent of society and still feed myself and my family.

Unless people still need a photographer... lol.

[SteveCA]

Town Crier. LOL

Blacksmith, toolsmith, bladesmith

and/or

Plant nursery - sell seeds and or seedlings, that is if monsanto hasn't wrecked all the seeds yet.

[Mall Ninja]

Ideal job:

Cook. 'cause how often do you see a skinny cook.

Most likely job:

Bait used to lure the zombies into the kill box.

[Calzonewdippingsauce]

Run a mobile medical clinic splitting time between towns who may not have a town doc or clinic. Also trade and barter in medical supplies for town clinics or docs.

[gunfrog]

Metal worker, Machinist gun smith, fix stuff make parts for things.

[azrael99]

metal worker, blacksmith, gunsmith

"material" hunter.

[NGshooter17]

Dishwasher