What do you do for a living?

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jackie

Discussion Starter · Jan 15, 2008

Well up until July 07 I was a student studying mechanical engineering at heriot watt in Edinburgh. I graduated in July but while I was at uni worked at a local visitor farm, did this for 6 years. I now work at Europe's biggest nuclear site as a mechanical engineer. So now I am 22 and in Cumbria working for a living. Sometimes when I was at uni I used to think to myself "why am I here" but now am working in a profesional job I realise why and without it I wouldnt be able to afford to have and run my R without it.
What do you guys and gals do then?

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pomme

· #2 · Jan 15, 2008

Well i have the fun of trying to teach 150 11-16 year olds geography everyday, yey

na only joking couldnt ask for a better job, summers are my dream, ahhhhhh

just so i can do my love which is being a scuba diving instructor

Very Cherry

· #3 · Jan 15, 2008

ive been a web designer with my own business up until recently where ive sold it and moved into property developement with web consulting on the side

its hard work, can be stressful but my times my own whenever i need it, which is priceless for me as i can be a hands on dad 24 hours a day

G

· #4 · Jan 15, 2008

Up til Sept 06 I was a project manager and my back ground was in Risk management and process control.

Up til April 07 caroline was the business development manager for a sameday logitics firm and her background was in major accounts and Planning and Implementation.

Now we both work in a call centre!! No stress. No work to take home. No more restless nights and a much more relaxing lifestyle!!

davefish

· #5 · Jan 15, 2008

I buy and sell oranges.

jackie

Discussion Starter · #6 · Jan 15, 2008

Rob & Caroline said:
Up til Sept 06 I was a project manager and my back ground was in Risk management and process control.

Up til April 07 caroline was the business development manager for a sameday logitics firm and her background was in major accounts and Planning and Implementation.

Now we both work in a call centre!! No stress. No work to take home. No more restless nights and a much more relaxing lifestyle!!

So you are the buggers that phone me up and offer me silly things, ha ha just kidding mate, at the end of the day your job should be something you enjoy doing

G

· #7 · Jan 15, 2008

jackie said:
So you are the buggers that phone me up and offer me silly things, ha ha just kidding mate, at the end of the day your job should be something you enjoy doing

Nope! We're in the retention department....... Inbound calls only!! I only talk to people who ring me!

N13KKF™

· #8 · Jan 15, 2008

im a qualified electrician started as an apprentice in 1999 course was about 41/2 years qualified in 2004 and now a selfemployed electrician. well atm a selfunemployed spark so if anyone needs any work done?!

G

· #9 · Jan 15, 2008

davefish said:
I buy and sell oranges.

Can you also get Bananas?

Skee

· #10 · Jan 16, 2008

I build trucks for VOLVO in Gothenburg 3-4 days a week, evening shift.

davefish said:
I buy and sell oranges.

Nice one =)

Manu_R32

· #11 · Jan 16, 2008

I was working in the Gibraltar Duty Free Shop at the airport from September 07 till Jan 08 but have left the job and shall concentrate abit more in studies....mean while shall also give my dad a hand in the supermarket and his business....

(If any one smokes lol £8.55 a Carton of Marlboro Lights or B&H Gold) :xD

cesc

· #12 · Jan 16, 2008

I don't work

.

Kraft

· #13 · Jan 16, 2008

I am a Engineering Manager (currently a Quality manager), but in 2 weeks time, we have bought out a competitor and i am going to run the factory!.. (very very exciting).

We are a sub contract CNC Milling and Turning company, doing 60% of our work is for the F1 teams.

Very interesting, but hell you have to work for it!..

Mattchaps

· #14 · Jan 16, 2008

Up until October 2006 I was an accountant and had been for 5 years.

Now I'm an affiliate marketer, playing with google ads and alike!

StuOwen86

· #15 · Jan 16, 2008

I work in a Transport Office, Planning work out for Artic Drivers and 8 other lads who drive smaller 17.5t lorries, Has its perks because we deal mainly with Abattoir's amd Butchers shops we get some of the best cuts of meat (somtimes free lol) and the best free range eggs from farmers that we deal with too, So i get to see where my meat come from and what happens to all the bits that dont get used as we render everything for renewable energy.

http://www.pdm-group.co.uk/

This is our website.

DSGlee

· #16 · Jan 16, 2008

I did the risk management, corporate governance audit work thing, boring stuff, covering 10s of thousands of miles a year, up and down the country and europe.

Retired early last year, working 12+ hrs a day driving for 4hrs to and from the office.

Had 4mths off, now my wife's found me a little driving job part time.

James (caxton01)

· #17 · Jan 16, 2008

Well I did a year of engineering at collage in Cambridge (Had to do two weeks work experiance as part of the course)
I went to Ciba-Geigy in Duxford Cambridge,I did not get paid But I got a job.(Started Sept 1989)
Producing helicopter blades for westlands (GKN),Lynx,Seaking,EH101,etc
Aircraft flooring,Hawk, Euro fighter,.......

Now the company is called Hexcel, (Im now producing resin and filming onto silicon paper) for A380 and A350etc.(Just spent 10M on our new plant and still adding and expanding)

http://www.hexcel.com/

Jimmy T

· #18 · Jan 16, 2008

Nothing as exciting as some of your guys! Second line IT support for local goverment. Although with local goverment reform starting here in Cornwall, we could be a much larger body very soon! Big things to come!

k3vkr

· #19 · Jan 16, 2008

Nothing too exciting for me either...Technical Manager/Designer at a specialist roofing, cladding and rainscreen contractor. Only been in the job for 2 months, before that for 5 years i was a Designer for the largest Curtain Walling contractor in Scotland.

Skee

· #20 · Jan 16, 2008

i see allot of Deskworkers here:xD

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