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Offline Womble

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What do you all do for a living?
« on: September 01, 2009, 05:04:07 AM »
Alas playing with old hardware doesnt pay the bills, what do folk on here do for beer/ebay tokens?

I am a consultant for a network err consultancy firm down here, had 4 weeks of crap client related nonsense during hours and study after hours but its now over so all is well again in my world.
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Re: What do you all do for a living?
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2009, 05:31:54 AM »
I am a design and technical manager for a printers. www.baxterstheprinters.co.uk

This involves looking after clients artwork, designing new artwork, making printing 'plates', working with the print production manager and also, you probably guessed . . . looking after the network of computers, laser and inkjet printers, our internet bits, the ftp server etc etc!

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Re: What do you all do for a living?
« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2009, 06:27:29 AM »
I do bookkeeping for two playgroups and a craft shop, also do outwork for a company making jewellery, and also make birthday/christmas cakes!!!!

Doesn't pay much but every little helps!
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Re: What do you all do for a living?
« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2009, 07:22:36 AM »
I was a sales reptile  in the textile trade until we no longer had a textile industry in the |UK :'(
I then became a house husband 6 years ago and work part time for RBS in their voucher processing unit. Crap hours, crap pay, crap people but it helps keeps the wolves from the door.
Only one more year and I have to go and find a real job :o
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Re: What do you all do for a living?
« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2009, 08:26:48 AM »
I write intelligent CCTV software for Windows:

http://www.icode.co.uk/icatcher

This includes maintaining the website/CCTV Shop, writing the C++ core modules, the Java web view applet and the iPhone Apps.

(I also do technical support and the occasional bit of telephone sales)

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Re: What do you all do for a living?
« Reply #5 on: September 01, 2009, 08:29:42 AM »
Im an evil systems analyst.  ;D

Spend my days working on Unix and Windows servers, networks, phone systems, Oracle, MSSQL and loads of other stuff....

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Re: What do you all do for a living?
« Reply #6 on: September 01, 2009, 08:58:17 AM »
I'm unemployed at the moment :(
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Re: What do you all do for a living?
« Reply #7 on: September 01, 2009, 08:59:05 AM »
I work as a game designer for sony studio liverpool.
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Re: What do you all do for a living?
« Reply #8 on: September 01, 2009, 09:56:58 AM »
I do a very similar job to Andy (we both went to Print college together), mainly creating/reprographics for packaging oriented print.

So when you eat your Pizza/Ready Meals or watch a DVD next time, I most likely had a hand in creating the packaging that made you buy it in the first place :)
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Re: What do you all do for a living?
« Reply #9 on: September 01, 2009, 11:00:37 AM »
I've worked in the electronics / IT industry since 1996 repairing various equipment, currently job hunting :-\
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Re: What do you all do for a living?
« Reply #10 on: September 01, 2009, 11:28:25 AM »
A technical author for a software house that does insurance stuff (programs, websites etc.).  There's three of us, two spend most of their time doing the 'F1' type of help whilst I mostly do the internet sites - crafting up the documents that define how a client's website will look & feel compared to our 'template' site.  Plus other odds & sods.

Oh, and a pedantic sod when it comes to spotting smelling pistakes :)
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Re: What do you all do for a living?
« Reply #11 on: September 01, 2009, 02:49:23 PM »
I run my own business providing IT support for local businesses.
http://www.c4all.co.uk is 10 years old and my hair is going grey at an alarming rate  :o

This computer lark was only supposed to be a hobby :)
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Re: What do you all do for a living?
« Reply #12 on: September 01, 2009, 04:58:48 PM »
I repair watches as a living and bloody enjoy it too!
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Re: What do you all do for a living?
« Reply #13 on: September 01, 2009, 05:08:46 PM »

Been in IT all my working life in a variety of Tech Support, Project Management and IT Management roles. Took VR from my job last year as I fancied a bit of a change from a large corporate environment, so been bitting and bobbing for a while trying out a few different ideas and will probably end up running my own business in some form within the next 3-6 months or so...


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Re: What do you all do for a living?
« Reply #14 on: September 01, 2009, 08:19:38 PM »
Initially I trained to be an electronic engineer, but there weren't enough jobs available round here for that sort of thing, so I re-trained as a computer engineer.

I currently offer technical support in a school, teach programming on a voluntary basis, and I'm training to become an iPhone programmer.
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