What do you do for a living?

[alexp]

Seeming as its all getting a bit heated today, I thought I'd start a nice warm fuzzy new thread.

What do you do for a living? I'm curious. Please take a minute to tell us your job title, what you actually do, and what you like and hate about it.

I'll start:

I'm UK webmaster for Infogrames. This means I made this website (with some help, see the credits link at the bottom,) and I spend my time either writing new things to add to it (patience!) or moderating this board.

I love programming and making cool stuff for the internet out of nothing. I don't particularly like having to act like a scholteacher with some of the "rowdier" elements here, but all in all its a good job and I can't complain...:D

Over to the rest of you..

[tenebra_uk]

There you go :)

Currently on the longest holiday I've ever had in my life, doing some freelance translation stuff (which is not fun but pays) and artist management (which is fun but doesn't pay)

Been a marketer for about ten years, spent the last four working for an American company where I specialised in marketing for the technology industry, though I doubt I'll proceed in that direction. :) I enjoyed leaving my colleagues puzzled - either for producing little blu-tak animals for them or for setting up a full European campaign overnight - but producing advertising campaigns for datacom networks is not exactly my aspiration in life.

Will still be a marketer though; despite having considered a career as a dolphin trainer I still enjoy my job very much, I love exploring different ways of communication and the challenge of being creative when everything seems to have been already said :grngrin:

[Warspite]

I usually spend my days applying to Infogrames to get Alex fired:D

His job sounds fab!!

I work for the Computing Service at a University, and keep the students in check with a sharp tongue and a steely-eyed stare.
that means I monitor their filestore quotas, fix the things they have broken, and run the critical filestore back-ups, and a million other things besides. I'd rather get PAID to be on this BB though...

[WingCommander]

Well, I just started working as Web Programmer about a month ago so I am still learning. I use most of my time playing EoCo, learning from the web pages I see and playing Space simulator games, which are my favourite. I used to make scale model planes and go out with friends, but EoCo has just destroyed all my hobbies and social life :D

[Diablo]

I am just an ordinary average student who studies Economic Law....:grngrin: :tup:

[2potscreama]

I do the exact same thing Warspite does, for a local college.

Only I do it better. :D

[Warspite]

No - I do it better.
Nobody does it better..makes me feel bad for the rest..nobody does it quite the way I do..baby I'm the best...etc.drivel...

ps I bet you don't have to administer the Microsoft Select/Campus agreement for software licensing...yeeeeuuurrrccckkkgkghhg:cry:

[2potscreama]

No, I have a boss that does that for me.

Hah!

[Understudy]

Hmmmmm....

My official title is an 'IT Team Leader'... I'm really a unix programmer/developer in C(++) / perl / oracle / CGI / php / blah / blah / etc.....

I'm also (semi) responsible for 8 other assorted IT type persons (2-Oracle DBA's, 2 VB/ASP programmers, 2 unix/perl/C programmers, 1 unix sys-admin and 1 systems analyst).

We design, develop and maintain software used in house for our Telecoms company, which involves alot of arguing with the rest of the business, and sporadic periods of web browsing in the slack times.

I work too much to have a social life, and my main hobby is repaying the mortgage :grntngue:

[tenebra_uk]

As you would expect I hate Telecoms companies :wierdblu:

[Understudy]

Originally posted by tenebra
As you would expect I hate Telecoms companies :wierdblu:
Why?

[tenebra_uk]

Spent 4 years trying to convince them my company could provide them with the best infrastructure possible on this planet :wierdblu:

You're funny people...you just don't like downtime :rollani:

[Understudy]

Would be OK if everyone stops using the phone:grngrin:

[tenebra_uk]

You should state that in your brochures :lolblue:

[alexp]

not if my broadband went down it wouldn't !!

[tenebra_uk]

Why do you you need it to be so broad :wierdblu: Just be happy with whatever band you manage to get :wierdblu: :grntngue:

[hawke]

Originally posted by tenebra
Why do you you need it to be so broad :wierdblu: Just be happy with whatever band you manage to get :wierdblu: :grntngue:

Tenny Tenny,

what are you trying to do make this in to just another chat thread :grntngue:

well hopefully back to the subject!!!!

i work with computers all day and various other bits of machinery.

[tenebra_uk]

Go on, Hawk ;) Sorry, still have my nightmares with telecoms ;)

[Warspite]

Basically Alex, so far we are all techno-boffin-back-room-boys type people.Sorry.

On a lighter note, in a previous incarnation I was a Gumshoe.:bounce:

[tenebra_uk]

Originally posted by Warspite
Basically Alex, so far we are all techno-boffin-back-room-boys type people.Sorry.

No, I'm not :eekblue: And I'm not a boy either :wierdblu:

[Understudy]

Originally posted by tenebra No, I'm not :eekblue: And I'm not a boy either :wierdblu: Hurrah! We're saved....

Originally posted by Warspite
On a lighter note, in a previous incarnation I was a Gumshoe I'm trying to think of something less interesting than a gumshoe to have been in a previous live, but am failing.....:rollani:

Perhaps I should worry more about what I want to be in the next life... :confblue:

[Warspite]

well I wasn't actually a SHOE:rollani:

Tenny, I know you're not a boy, but that doesn't mean you can't be classed as a "backroom-boys type person" dude. You still know all this techie stuff, even if you are far too Italian to be a nerd like the rest of us...

[tenebra_uk]

Originally posted by Warspite
You still know all this techie stuff
I had to pretend I did :grngrin:

you are far too Italian to be a nerd like the rest of us... How many examples of Italian nerds do you need? :grntngue:

[alexp]

I was a recruitment consultant once. (ducks)

[tenebra_uk]

*pointing at Alex* :lolblue: :lolblue: :lolblue:

[Understudy]

A friend of mine worked as a recruitment agent for a while........ until a decent job came along and he took it :lolblue:

[alexp]

yep, same here :lolblue: :lolblue:

as my best man said in his speech when I got married "he worked for a recruitment consultant for a year, and the only person he managed to place in a new job was himself!"

[2potscreama]

Originally posted by alexp
I was a recruitment consultant once. (ducks)

Trust you to let the side down :lolblue:

[2potscreama]

Originally posted by tenebra


No, I'm not :eekblue: And I'm not a boy either :wierdblu:

Feel free to accuse me of being sexist, but I never realised you were a gal, Tenebra.

[tenebra_uk]

:lolblue: Well, I've got my share of embarassing past...I was lecturer at university for a little while :blush: I swear I was forced to do it :rollani:

[tenebra_uk]

Originally posted by 2potscreama


Feel free to accuse me of being sexist, but I never realised you were a gal, Tenebra.

Ermm...how should I take that :lolblue:

[tenebra_uk]

I guess I will have to pretend I'm really offended...:grntngue: :lolblue:

[Understudy]

I have a bad habit of not reading words properly, and just assuming that they say what I think they say......

Anyway I thought for a moment that Tenny had claimed to be a Musketeer...
'Hey! I though they were French not Italian?' :confused:

:lolblue: :lolblue: :lolblue:

[2potscreama]

*shrugs*

How do you take it, eh?

;)

[alexp]

:rollani: :rollani: :rollani: 2 sugars :rollani: :rollani: :rollani:

[2potscreama]

Look, bog off you. You turn up late for work, then you admit that you were a recruitment consultant.

You seriously expect anyone to be making you a cup of coffee after that?

[tenebra_uk]

Originally posted by Understudy
Anyway I thought for a moment that Tenny had claimed to be a Musketeer...

:lolblue: :lolblue: I've been trained to use the sword but I wouldn't go that far :lolblue: :lolblue:

BTW Alex, what's going on with the posts, either Screama has become a time traveller or something is not working properly :confblue:

[2potscreama]

Originally posted by tenebra


:lolblue: :lolblue: I've been trained to use the sword but I wouldn't go that far :lolblue: :lolblue:

BTW Alex, what's going on with the posts, either Screama has become a time traveller or something is not working properly :confblue:

Actually, I just noticed that. The posts have moved around, yes?

[Understudy]

I think I went back in time...... :grngrin:

Not that this server doesn't seem to be gaining a minute a week on average....



And now its 5 minutes behind?

[2potscreama]

It's "The Tenebra Effect"!

;)

[alexp]

yea, I just had to do a bit of juggling to keep the thread in the right order. funny....

oh well, French hosting..:lolblue:

[2potscreama]

Originally posted by alexp

oh well, French hosting..:lolblue:

Did you have to tell me that? I feel all dirty now... :lolblue:

[Understudy]

On the bright side, its caught up 3 minutes already!!

[tenebra_uk]

:lolblue: :lolblue: :lolblue: It's Friday!

[2potscreama]

BEER NIGHT! oh wait, no, thats tomorrow. Damn.

Hang on, this isnt a chat thread.

This is a serious thread about what jobs we all do.

Or dont really do, in Alex's case.

:lolblue:

[alexp]

that was below the belt!

I'll have you know I'm busily coding a new "user sites" feature. (Most of the time is going on trying to make it hack-proof - with you lot around I'm leaving no doors open!)

While I'm creating this major work of programming art, you lot are sitting here nattering, and I'm the one who "doesn't really do any work"???

The cheek of it :rollani: :rollani:

[tenebra_uk]

Screama, did you really need to mention that "b" word? I'm struggling to keep away from the fridge :bigeye:

[Warspite]

Like the man says -

" I would kill everyone in this room for a drop of sweet beeerrr"

Friday means sgutting down and going home at 4pm. Can you believe that in this day and age!! 4PM!!:bounce:

[2potscreama]

Originally posted by alexp
that was below the belt!

I'll have you know I'm busily coding a new "user sites" feature. (Most of the time is going on trying to make it hack-proof - with you lot around I'm leaving no doors open!)

While I'm creating this major work of programming art, you lot are sitting here nattering, and I'm the one who "doesn't really do any work"???

The cheek of it :rollani: :rollani:

Yeah, you're right. To be fair, you probably are the only one of us actually doing any real work.

Didnt mean to hit below the belt. Usually I aim for exactly belt height. Only some #people# wear their belts lower than others.

[WingCommander]

Originally posted by 2potscreama


Yeah, you're right. To be fair, you probably are the only one of us actually doing any real work.

Didnt mean to hit below the belt. Usually I aim for exactly belt height. Only some #people# wear their belts lower than others.

Hey, I'm really working too!
In fact, I think I have written about 4 lines of code in last 5 hours !:D

[IcyMist]

I was a machine operator ( I operated plastic injection machines) for a little while to make money while i was going to school ( I go to school for e-commerce and web design).

Now I'm thinking about taking an A+ course also so i can build pc's and sell them on the side.:)

I want to start my own business because either making sites or building pc's (or both maybe) because...I want make money for myself, not for anyone else lol :angel:

[alexp]

oh I've written a good 10 LOC today. Well, mostly copied & pasted actually :lolblue:

I did write them originally though (that was yesterday, when my brain didn't keep slipping out of gear)

Regarding belts, some #people# wear their's so high that they call foul even if someone only tweaks their nose!

[edit]

fair play to you Mr Mist....Are there many web dev contracts going in Canada, or is it as quiet as the UK and the US?

Alex wants to know what i work.

Hmmm is it from interest? 2pod hates studied people, o. k. he mock me all the time.

I*m Profi in communication because my clientel are people who wants to learn. I manage courses, workshops and trainings. I*m not a trainer, I*m a manager. I sell and coordinate courses for management-training, Computerskills, methodical technics and so on.

Why do you ask my firend?:(

[alexp]

Just curious. same reason I asked everyone really...

PS just noticed we're over 1000 members at last!

That's an excuse for a pub lunch if I every saw one...:tup:

[IcyMist]

it's .. Miss Mist lol :) ..and it's very quiet over here in regards to the web div..that's why i want to start an extra thing on the side ( the pc building thing)

[alexp]

sorry Miss!!! :blush: :blush:

I'm not sure if there's much money in building PC's either is there? All the big operators can do it at such low cost that small companies can't compete with their pricing. More likely you'd make some money doing set up for people - you know, showing them how to use their cable modem, fitting new cards / ram and perhaps a bit of training...

[tenebra_uk]

Originally posted by alexp
That's an excuse for a pub lunch if I every saw one...:tup:

Find a pub :tup:

[alexp]

oh don't worry, I know where they are !!

[tenebra_uk]

Have your friends finally managed to drag you to the Half Moon? :)

[alexp]

no actually, but now its a bit warmer I will probably end up there soon enough..

[Understudy]

Sorry mate, I've just re-read the thang about the SHOE....

I think I read all that too literally.:blush:

Still, it was a chance to completely hijack the thread that tenny missed.:grngrin:

[tenebra_uk]

Originally posted by Understudy
Still, it was a chance to completely hijack the thread that tenny missed.:grngrin:

Looking for a partner in crime? :grngrin: Always up for it! :bounce:

[Hardwire]

Originally posted by alexp
no actually, but now its a bit warmer I will probably end up there soon enough..

Warmer...? I think you are forgetting something there Alex, summer was yesterday ;-)

[alexp]

oh you're here then :cool:

[Hardwire]

A little hair and :cool: could almost be you :p

[2potscreama]

Originally posted by alexp
Just curious. same reason I asked everyone really...

PS just noticed we're over 1000 members at last!

That's an excuse for a pub lunch if I every saw one...:tup:

You're paying, mate.

[suicidesquad]

Currently on my first year of a computing course, which I'm bored of....quitting at the end of this year. Then next year I'll be doing AS Psychology and Sociology, which will lead up to joining the police force and ultimately becoming a Police Psychologist.

At the moment, I'm working in Local Government....trimming hedges and the like.:sour:

[tenebra_uk]

:tup: S Squad! :grngrin:
Just be prepared to realise you are a stereotype yourself, that's the worst part when you study sociology and psychology :rollani:

[suicidesquad]

Stereotype? Damnit, that's probably one of the main things in life that I don't want to be. :(

[tenebra_uk]

I know...but you can't escape :cry:

[2potscreama]

What are you then, Tenebra?

[tenebra_uk]

Psychological profile, you mean? :confblue: a tenebra :bounce: According to NLP (neuro linguistic programming) I'm a sound (as in hearing) type though :grngrin:

[2potscreama]

Ok then, what exactly is a Tenebra?

[tenebra_uk]

:dark: :bounce: :grngrin: :lolblue: *

*chemical composition of a tenebra

[2potscreama]

all those different ingrediants huh?

[tenebra_uk]

Hey, a stereotype but not plain :grngrin:

[Understudy]

A dark bouncing grinning laughing one eh?

Sounds dangerous ?:rollani:

Is it common stereotype.? :bigeye: :grngrin:

[tenebra_uk]

Common? Yep! Very contagious :grngrin: :bounce:

[DaisyDuke]

hey guy's :)

backroom techie's, well I am a payroll supervisor, so I am the nasty person that takes the tax out of your pay :(

but I used to do the payroll for...yes wait for it.....a recruitment agency in Nottingham ..... great bunch of folks :D

I also have, computer qualies......does that make me a techie too:bounce:

[Whitewolf]

Student struggling to get along with classmates.heh
Minor techie.
Gamer :)

[2potscreama]

STUDENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!:dark:

[alexp]

well enjoy drinking my taxes tonight then :rollani: :devil:

[DaisyDuke]

Most definately will :D

the fridge is stacked ;)

[2potscreama]

Bah!

You know I got accused of being a student once.

Wasnt bloody funny either.

There's a pub in Grimsby called The Barge. It's a barge. Funnily enough.

It used to be the hangout for goths, druggies, bikers, punks... you could set your watch by the fights they had outside on a Saturday night.

About 4 years back, me and 2 mates walked in there looking for another mate, got halfway down the stairs and some massive bloke in a studded leather jacket pointed at us and yelled "STUDENTS!"

It all went deathly quiet, and everyone looked at us. Our mate wasnt in there. Needless to say we didnt stay for a drink.

It's all changed now though. All you get down there is students these days.

Ah, for the good old days.

[Whitewolf]

lol.
I was mistaken for my friend's father once.
That freaked me out!

[Steve_Shapiro]

I work retail and I'm a student as well.

[2potscreama]

:dark: