What do you guys do (JOB)??
Apr 2, 2003 at 10:19 AM Post #46 of 211
Although my work at the moment hardly deals with the nitty gritty anymore. I've been moved around from being a Project engineer, Building Maintenance engineer, back to Project Engineer, Estate maintenance engineer & finally... pencil pusher, I don't know what my official job title is now! Doing odd jobs directly with the big bosses as & when they require it.
 
Apr 2, 2003 at 12:26 PM Post #47 of 211
I work at Georgie Boy Mfg.
I do...

Customer Service, (Listen to old men whine)
Tech support, (Is the battery charged? Doh!)
Warranty Claims, (Why do you want paid 3 hrs to do a 1 hr job?)

and

Help the boss with his computer :)
We make those BIG luxury motor homes.
GBM

Before that I was a machinist / tool & die maker for way to many years.
 
Apr 2, 2003 at 1:37 PM Post #49 of 211
kindergarten and elementary teacher. 4 years.

doing volunteer work at a center for kids with special needs.

will be going to med school come fall.

and a part time head-fi browser.
 
Apr 2, 2003 at 6:17 PM Post #50 of 211
IT Manager (computer geek) for a group of Nephrologists (kidney doctors).

I install & manage our:
office PCs (71 at last count),
network & servers (9),
wide-area-network & VPN (10 physical locations in 7 cities),
Point-to-Point wireless links (2 in 2 cities).

My latest projects:
Creating our own education channel on the cable tv's dialysis patients watch. Each patient has a 10" TV attached to the chair.

Setting up a digital dictation system at the clinics, that auto-transfers the dictation to the transcriptionists at the main office.

I've got a fun job but being a one man show is a bit tiresome
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Apr 2, 2003 at 6:31 PM Post #52 of 211
hey, we can list all our jobs? okay then:
dishwasher (shortest job i had)
shoe salesman
door to door salesman
butcher
house painter
computer lab admin
amusement park ride operator (including the oldest merry-go-round in the us and a roller coaster)
tape duplication
customer service
sales
telemarketting (yuck! - second shortest job i had)
mural painter
barber
barista (at starbucks)
waiter
building subcontractor
quantity surveyor (estimator)
qa lead
ste2 @ ms

my dad was firm believer in working, so i've had jobs on and off since i was 15. it really taught me the value of hating work.
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Apr 2, 2003 at 6:32 PM Post #53 of 211
Forgive me Guys.... I have a small telemarketing (40 positions) operation....but I do not call 10 pm selling telephone lines...

Ari
 
Apr 2, 2003 at 8:33 PM Post #55 of 211
Sr. Web Application Developer - basically develop a bunch of web based apps for a large financial company. I also do allot of web based projects in my company on the side. Been working in the computer field for 12+ years in networking, technician, programmer, graphic design, video editing, computer store owner for a few years, database developer and what ever else is needed
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Apr 2, 2003 at 10:43 PM Post #56 of 211
high school student w/97 gpa in honors and AP classes... math and science tutor... egh, keeping grades up sucks. too much time.

btw, redshifter, ur job sounds awesome!! im also a computer geek and being PAID to break code would be awesome.

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Apr 2, 2003 at 11:02 PM Post #57 of 211
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Originally posted by austonia
whats really cool is I don't even have a college degree hehe... got in '99 during the boom years


Same here
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don't really need a degree in computer field. Most people just care what one knows and the experience one has. I actually dropped out of collage after 6 months to open a computer store. I could not stand the waste of time and money having to take the classes for things I already knew or didn't care for
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Apr 2, 2003 at 11:10 PM Post #58 of 211
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Originally posted by dariusf
Same here
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don't really need a degree in computer field. Most people just care what one knows and the experience one has. I actually dropped out of collage after 6 months to open a computer store. I could not stand the waste of time and money having to take the classes for things I already knew or didn't care for
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Same here. Plenty of college, but not in CS, and no degree either.

Got my start in programming in the U.S. Army; one of the few MOS's that actually are in demand in the civilan sector. It's nice to see that the computer field remains open to anyone with the initiative to make something of it.
 
Apr 2, 2003 at 11:23 PM Post #59 of 211
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Originally posted by dougli
It's nice to see that the computer field remains open to anone with the initiative to make something of it.


initiative to make something of it

Very well said. I have a few friends some of them my formal computer store employees that have put in the time and effort to make this hobby in to a full blown careers and now make around 80-100k a year with high school diplomas. On the other hand I have friends that are in to computers that seem to try to make it for years and never succeed. I see allot of people that get out of collage with some IT degrees and think they are hot shots and when it comes to the real world projects just totally crumble.

The coolest thing about my job is the fact that its also my hobby. If I didn't go to work I would be doing the same thing at home
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Apr 3, 2003 at 2:56 AM Post #60 of 211
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Originally posted by aeberbach
JMT, do you administer the advanced customer hostility and belittlement training, or do you just hire people who hate people, and let them develop at their own pace?
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WOW!!!


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I 'bout choked to death laughing at that post.
 
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