The "what do you work as" thread

[Dalif]

Might as well have it out in the open.

What do you do for a living (in real life). I realize some of you are students, but even so... part timers, summer jobs (if and when required) etc.. perhaps what you WILL be doing in the future, if all things go according to plan.

I, myself, am a 3D graphics artist thingy.. whatever you want to call it. I work at a small company (about 8 employees), where I mainly build architects' 2D drawings of buildings, into a fully rendered 3D environment, with lighting, materials and all the nescessary crap to make the laymen go ":O" and then ":D" with eye candy delight.

I'm by no means 1337, but it's enjoyable overall, and I hope to make my way into game and movie stuff eventually. The company I work in is owned and run by an old friend. We're all gamers, but lately, I've found me boss to be a bit of a tard. I've known for some time he was a bit annoying, but since times are slow rigth now, he's just going apeshit. So I'm looking for a new place.

[Diezen]

Football player.

Basically what I do hehe.

[Salva]

a thingie do...

nah a uhmmm what is it feck.... Jointer <!-- s:D --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="Very Happy" title="Very Happy" /><!-- s:D --> thats it <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt="Smile" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->

when ur elecy goes off im the poor bastard that has to go out in the rain and get in a hole in the ground and fix the broken/blown up/burnt out elecy cables <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt="Smile" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) --> which can have anything from 240volts to 33k volts still going through em... (thank god for rubber gloves :p)

[Zadokk]

Full-time student on a 3 year undergraduate BA degree. I'm studying Philosophy and Social Policy in London. I plan to major in Philosophy (forming 75% of my degree instead of 50%) and focus mainly on Ethics (the SP element provides me with a sociological background).

In terms of money I live of the wealth I've collected over the years but having realised that I can't keep it up I've got a job at a company that provides staff for events and shows. My duties will include things like selling show-guides, ticket selling or kiosk work. My first show will probably be the Ideal Home Show in Earl's Court. It's not a career but it's a student job that's flexible around my lectures and seminars so I'm happy.

I used to work in a computer repair shop for 8 months during my gap year which was great for the first few months but I grew to dislike my boss and I started to feel that I was the one doing the main bulk of the work that actually wasn't specified in my agreement. Nonetheless that was educational and paid a decent wage.

[Agi'nor]

[b:24354]Im a Prison Officer and its a deeply satisfying job i have done many jobs but this one is truly the one i was made to do , i love going to work and dont think about it when i leave so something must be right .[/b:24354]

[Dalif]

[quote=&quot;Agi'nor&quot;:cbfa5]
[b:cbfa5]Im a Prison Officer and its a deeply satisfying job i have done many jobs but this one is truly the one i was made to do , i love going to work and dont think about it when i leave so something must be right .[/b:cbfa5]
[/quote:cbfa5]

Do you make inmates call you Boss? (dunno if you're around them or not).


Boss Bellick.

[Agi'nor]

[b:f65be]Yeah i work on the wings right amongst them , they call you Boss , Guv or Officer[/b:f65be]

[Jai'Rk]

Im a salesman, selling the most boring products (Floors)

floors2go

anyone want a discount on a new floor lemmi no :p

my job sux! sigh...

[Malai]

I'm still in school, I play poker occasionally which gives me some money to play around with.

After school I will probably try more serioulsy with poker for a year or so.
Then it's time for some studying to do, not sure where yet but US, France and England are in my mind. (Economics study...)

Retire at 35 and live on interest ^^

[Clanless]

im owner of salon (3 got chicks working there mmmm) and a gym <!-- s;) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_wink.gif" alt="Wink" title="Wink" /><!-- s;) -->

[Orlando]

Pick up shit at location A
Drop shit at location B

[Salva]

[quote=&quot;Orlando&quot;:33380]
Pick up shit at location A
Drop shit at location B
[/quote:33380]

drug smuggler <!-- s:o --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_surprised.gif" alt="Surprised" title="Surprised" /><!-- s:o -->

[Starko]

Doing my A-Levels at at a sixth-form near Reading, in the UK, studying Business Studies (boring and easy as fuck) Economics (strangly interesting and cunting hard, hate Micro <!-- s:evil: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_evil.gif" alt="Evil or Very Mad" title="Evil or Very Mad" /><!-- s:evil: -->) and Computing (which i fucking love beyond belief (yea i'm a nerd...so are all of us really)even though it can be really hard)

Work a bit at the school doing the odd bit of IT support, get paid fuck all...but i do fuck all hours...the hourly wage is pretty decent though, so it adds up...slowly...

And currently in the process of trying to set up my ebay empire of selling custom PC's...as is made obvious in another thread...in the Nerdhouse.

Wanna go to Uni and do Games Development, focusing on the coding rather than the graphic side of things..partical generators and the like. Which i hope to be doing at Tees/Tyneside if i get the grades in the summer.

thats about it tbh &gt;_&gt;

[Qula]

Im currently doing my A-Levels Studying Music Tech, Philosophy and Politics. Wana go onto Uni to Study Music Tech some where or go and Do Philosophy at Oxford ( yes im aiming high).
Dont have a part time job, though Im might apply for a M&amp;S thats opening around the corner from me.

[Stig]

I am currently holding down 16 different paper rounds <!-- s8) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_cool.gif" alt="Cool" title="Cool" /><!-- s8) -->

[Starko]

[quote=&quot;Stig&quot;:b7285]
I am currently holding down 16 different paper rounds <!-- s8) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_cool.gif" alt="Cool" title="Cool" /><!-- s8) -->
[/quote:b7285]

i thought it was 42...

[AndersoN]

at uni 'learning' engineering.
need your car fixed or a house put up, then give us a call

on the side, i do alot of autocad work for a small 10 man company near home, out of term. doing the same shizzle as dalif i guess, just on a more non-eyecandy level

(i produce prints which would be eligable for any person who wanted to build the given item, enough detail to create it - including materials/dimensions/scales)

it goes well with my engineering degree...

on graduating, i hope to go into some form of accident investigation, looking at how failures (inc. human error) could have happened/been prevented.

enough of my life..

[Dalif]

[quote=&quot;Stig&quot;:85193]
I am currently holding down 16 different paper rounds <!-- s8) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_cool.gif" alt="Cool" title="Cool" /><!-- s8) -->
[/quote:85193]


Stiggeh you heap of used condoms. Sometimes you just crack me up. Do you ride a tricycle with stabilisers too?

[AndersoN]

[quote=&quot;Dalif&quot;:b435d]
[quote=&quot;Stig&quot;:b435d]
I am currently holding down 16 different paper rounds <!-- s8) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_cool.gif" alt="Cool" title="Cool" /><!-- s8) -->
[/quote:b435d]


Stiggeh you heap of used condoms. Sometimes you just crack me up. Do you ride a tricycle with stabilisers too?[/quote:b435d]


singing 'gggggggooo grease lightning..'

[Starko]

[quote=&quot;AndersoN&quot;:882bf]
[quote=&quot;Dalif&quot;:882bf]
[quote=&quot;Stig&quot;:882bf]
I am currently holding down 16 different paper rounds <!-- s8) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_cool.gif" alt="Cool" title="Cool" /><!-- s8) -->
[/quote:882bf]


Stiggeh you heap of used condoms. Sometimes you just crack me up. Do you ride a tricycle with stabilisers too?[/quote:882bf]


singing 'gggggggooo grease lightning..'[/quote:882bf]

now this is why you should all get on IRC <!-- s:D --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="Very Happy" title="Very Happy" /><!-- s:D -->

OOO THIS LECTURE....IIIIIIIS WAAAAAANK!

[Imbaatu]

I'm an &quot;Executive officer of the Department for Work &amp; Pensions&quot;, I work for Jobcentreplus as a Decison Maker.
In a nutshell if someone is absolutley skint they can apply for various grants &amp; loans. I'm the person who interviews them &amp; decides if they can have any money &amp; if so how much they get. I get to speak to lots of ex-prisoners, homeless people &amp; single mums who &quot;accidently left my farkin' purse on the bus, innit&quot;.
I only started doing this job at the beginning of January, before that I worked for the Child Support Agency as an adviser/consolidator/line-manager/jack of all trades.

[Dalif]

[quote=&quot;Imbaatu&quot;:968c6]
I'm an &quot;Executive officer of the Department for Work &amp; Pensions&quot;, I work for Jobcentreplus as a Decison Maker.
In a nutshell if someone is absolutley skint they can apply for various grants &amp; loans. I'm the person who interviews them &amp; decides if they can have any money &amp; if so how much they get. I get to speak to lots of ex-prisoners, homeless people &amp; single mums who &quot;accidently left my farkin' purse on the bus, innit&quot;.
I only started doing this job at the beginning of January, before that I worked for the Child Support Agency as an adviser/consolidator/line-manager/jack of all trades.
[/quote:968c6]

Amusing how sometimes people do what you least expect them to do.

The new job must be pretty interesting at times. But I've worked with things similiar to that, where you talk to people who are skint a lot, and sometimes it can drag you down. Misery misery misery... gets heavy after a bit imo.

[ioiny]

chef

[Taras]

Gas engineer

[Zadokk]

[quote=&quot;Taras&quot;:e87e6]
Gas engineer
[/quote:e87e6]
Does that mean you sit around farting?

[Agi'nor]

[quote=&quot;Zadokk&quot;:691df]
[quote=&quot;Taras&quot;:691df]
Gas engineer
[/quote:691df]
Does that mean you sit around farting?[/quote:691df]

[b:691df]budum dum tsch[/b:691df]

[Taras]

[quote=&quot;Zadokk&quot;:c2aae]
[quote=&quot;Taras&quot;:c2aae]
Gas engineer
[/quote:c2aae]
Does that mean you sit around farting?[/quote:c2aae]

be good if it did <!-- s:P --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_razz.gif" alt="Razz" title="Razz" /><!-- s:P -->

[Comic]

Full time student starting an LLB Law degree in September, should be going to Essex or Liecester uni's. I also work part-time as a Lifeguard at Center Parcs in Elveden Forest, Suffolk (easiest job ever!).

[Marc]

Part time bar man, help with the documents for the pub.

Full time student doing alvls and im off to do computer game programming/design/technology at uni in september (tes, newc, manc met, ports, hull) - im not sure what i wanna do the programming or 3d work so i might just do a 50/50 course or something but yea i like making pictures &gt;.&gt; i also wanna know c++

[Touzoa]

been doing admin work at an accountancy firm on and off for the past year and a half or so, started a theology degree last year and dropped out after 2 months :/, so reapplied and doing History at Durham University

[Red]

Whoo! I'm yet another student! Currently doing A-level ICT in Devon, started doing photography too but the teachers suck and now I can't wait til the year is over so I can feck off to Australia <!-- s:D --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="Very Happy" title="Very Happy" /><!-- s:D -->

I do a lot of computer repair in my spare time for friends and family and some amateur programming (both desktop and web).

I've got a Friday/Saturday job working in a photography studio running and maintaining the computers and network. It's a shame, there's not much call for photographers anymore so he might end up closing down in a month or two <!-- s:( --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_sad.gif" alt="Sad" title="Sad" /><!-- s:( -->.

[imported_hinch]

Co-Own a pub with the missus.

own manage a tinternet backbone/transit provider
own 3x UK data centre's and one in hungary
own generic server hosting company (colo and dedi)
own a web design and development company
own an IT solutions specialising in business intelligence (biztalk/sharepoint/reporting and ticketing systems)

various other bits of crap
generally i spend most of my time with my feet up

[Cieto]

following on from hinch ... er ... i .. er ... do .. er ... like ... um ... web programming. making ecommerce and cms sytems work, that sort of thing.

[Dalif]

[quote=&quot;hinch&quot;:32e72]
Co-Own a pub with the missus.

own manage a tinternet backbone/transit provider
own 3x UK data centre's and one in hungary
own generic server hosting company (colo and dedi)
own a web design and development company
own an IT solutions specialising in business intelligence (biztalk/sharepoint/reporting and ticketing systems)

various other bits of crap
[b:32e72]generally i spend most of my time with my feet up[/b:32e72]
[/quote:32e72]

fucker :p

[Starko]

[quote=&quot;Dalif&quot;:2899e]
[quote=&quot;hinch&quot;:2899e]
[b:2899e]generally i spend most of my time with my feet up[/b:2899e]
[/quote:2899e]

fucker :p[/quote:2899e]

could of sworn that that is what you do <!-- s:P --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_razz.gif" alt="Razz" title="Razz" /><!-- s:P -->

[Dalif]

shhhhh

[Katherina]

Something like a supervisor of the Customer Support at an ISP. Plus being a Network Technologies student.

[-MAGIC-]

[quote=&quot;Taras&quot;:851b4]
Gas engineer
[/quote:851b4]

Thats a bit of a posh word for a plumber <!-- s;) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_wink.gif" alt="Wink" title="Wink" /><!-- s;) -->

im a electrician working in a hotel on park lane, london. basicaly i sit on my arse and wait for stuff to break then fix it.

[LSky]

Right now, pharmacy student.
Plans for the future: pharmacist (surprise surprise!)

[Dalif]

Can you get me some drugs? <!-- s:D --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="Very Happy" title="Very Happy" /><!-- s:D -->

[Taras]

[quote=&quot;-MAGIC-&quot;:ef6c7]
[quote=&quot;Taras&quot;:ef6c7]
Gas engineer
[/quote:ef6c7]

Thats a bit of a posh word for a plumber <!-- s;) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_wink.gif" alt="Wink" title="Wink" /><!-- s;) -->

im a electrician working in a hotel on park lane, london. basicaly i sit on my arse and wait for stuff to break then fix it.[/quote:ef6c7]

pfft you don't have to be qualified to be a plumber you have to be qualified for what i do <!-- s:P --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_razz.gif" alt="Razz" title="Razz" /><!-- s:P -->

[Kendread]

Im in the upper secondary school and im into Tech/IT, mostly I've learnt shit so far in school, about the IT stuff that is.
Atm I'm Learning C# and Java by myself, I'd also like to call myself a Webdesigner. I know alot about computers which I've learned through screwing and picking inside of them, When I quit school I'm hoping for a nice IT job like Support, Webdesign,Sell computer parts or develop Software.

[Dalif]

[quote=&quot;Kendread&quot;:01769]
Im in the upper secondary school and im into Tech/IT, mostly I've learnt shit so far in school, about the IT stuff that is.
Atm I'm Learning C# and Java by myself, I'd also like to call myself a Webdesigner. I know alot about computers which I've learned through screwing and picking inside of them, When I quit school I'm hoping for a nice IT job like Support, Webdesign,Sell computer parts or develop Software.
[/quote:01769]


You screw inside a computer? Must be uncomfortable.

[Starko]

o you're a naughty heatsink aren't you.

/spank

<!-- s:P --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_razz.gif" alt="Razz" title="Razz" /><!-- s:P -->

[vistorx]

professional soldier, armored infantry

[eiproshie]

Football player.
And 25% on Volvo..
o_O

[Deepsea]

My job title is 'Customer Services Email Advisor' for a UK mobile phone company.

This basically means I spend all day answering emails. A large number of which are complaints. From people with exceptionally bad spelling and grasp of the english language.

Generally ' can't believe you cut me off you bunch of twats without warning blah blah blah' when people haven't paid a bill in 5 months <!-- s8O --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_eek.gif" alt="Shocked" title="Shocked" /><!-- s8O -->

Being a time served online gamer, there's been more than one occasion that a colleague has received a mail written in a combination of txt spk and pure hardcore l33t and needed a translator. I'm known on the department as 'the guy that somehow can read and understand that shit!!!'

A bit like the wizened old white woman from Airplane who steps forward and says 'excuse me miss, allow me, I can speak Jive'.

This can in turn be both a hilarious and suicidal endeavour. But it keeps me in Red Bull, the missus in Blossom Hill, and my little 10 month old girl in nappies and smiling- so it's fit for purpose until I retire or get famous.

Oh, I'm also a part time rap artist and full time sarcastic/random twat. Just thought I'd throw that one in as a curve ball for you.

/exit stage right, pursued by Ricardo Montalban.

[ioiny]

^ best post in here so far <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt="Smile" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->

[podge]

i have the delightful role of senior banking advisor...

basically, means instead of handling the routine, transfer funds from account A to funds-lacking account B, I get lumbered with specific shit at short notice and loads of grief... businesses, students (all of you die of aids now, especially if you cunts have to get your fucking mother to stand by you on the phone reading your account number to you from a bank statement), mortgages, blah blah blah.

i don't really give a monkey's left nut for it, but it pays the bills, at least until I can find an agent/publisher who wants to sign up my manuscript and the other 5 in progress.

then i can give up working properly and be a full-time dad (gaming time allowed, they will be encouraged to partake) and make sure the kid(s) don't become chavs and require shooting.


(and Ricardo Montalban is pure ownage [img:667ea]http://www.poster.net/montalban-ricardo/montalban-ricardo-photo-ricardo-montalban-6205391.jpg[/img:667ea] )

[Salva]

[quote=&quot;hinch&quot;
generally i spend most of my time with my feet up[/quote]

hah i do an awfull lot of that aswell :p thats why elecy is so expensive <!-- s:D --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="Very Happy" title="Very Happy" /><!-- s:D -->

[Zadokk]

[quote=&quot;Salva&quot;:127d0]
[quote=&quot;hinch&quot;:127d0]
generally i spend most of my time with my feet up
[/quote:127d0]

hah i do an awfull lot of that aswell :p thats why elecy is so expensive <!-- s:D --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="Very Happy" title="Very Happy" /><!-- s:D -->[/quote:127d0]

:O

/tells Watchdog

[Salva]

[quote=&quot;Zadokk&quot;:7e6c4]
[quote=&quot;Salva&quot;:7e6c4]
[quote=&quot;hinch&quot;:7e6c4]
generally i spend most of my time with my feet up
[/quote:7e6c4]

hah i do an awfull lot of that aswell :p thats why elecy is so expensive <!-- s:D --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="Very Happy" title="Very Happy" /><!-- s:D -->[/quote:7e6c4]

:O

/tells Watchdog[/quote:7e6c4]


/looks busy....