Your Job

A_Northern_Soul · Post by **A_Northern_Soul** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 1:46 pm

saturdayindex wrote:I work as a freelance AutoCAD drafter for civil and structural engineers. Soon I'm going to be getting involved with some architectural drafting as well. Been doing it for coming on 4 years now. Anyone need a drafter over in the UK, I'll be glad to relocate!

You'd be lucky - no jobs at all in anything construction/architectural related just now; people are being laid off all over.

I'm going for a shiny new management job - if I get it, I'll have 20+ off my own staff to do my bidding

mechanismj · Post by **mechanismj** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 4:07 pm

Right now I'm working in a Halloween store. Your basic screwing about ensues daily.

I don't know what I'm going to do after it closes for the year, though.

polar sky · Post by **polar sky** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 1:38 pm

I work at a flexo printing press refurbishing plant. I also due graphic design for them as well. I work on flexo style printing presses not hp xerox type machines but huge machines that print out anything from potato chip bags to wrappers that go around bottled beverages.

(example of a flexo press)

polar sky · Post by **polar sky** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 1:52 pm

vonarx wrote:sandwich slinger

Subway?

YELLOW · Post by **YELLOW** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 3:44 pm

College Student

mechanismj · Post by **mechanismj** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 5:50 pm

polar sky wrote:I work at a flexo printing press refurbishing plant. I also due graphic design for them as well. I work on flexo style printing presses not hp xerox type machines but huge machines that print out anything from potato chip bags to wrappers that go around bottled beverages.

(example of a flexo press)

That's neat. How did you land that position?

eppers · Post by **eppers** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 8:43 pm

i'm supposedly getting a graphic design job soon, i hope.

reading your previous posts about disabilities and such, god, i seriously wish you all the best. I still wonder why us (in the arab world) don't have as much psychological disorders, and i thought living here was more stressful.. makes you think..

i've been through the hardest time in my life the past 3 months, but i'm managing to stay chill at most times, but sometimes it just gets to me, and i get quite depressed, hope it fades away in the next few months.

cmx · Post by **cmx** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 9:46 am

i'm a light- and cameraman for film and tv and
i should spend more time on twoism

A_Northern_Soul · Post by **A_Northern_Soul** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:50 pm

YELLOW wrote:College Student

Those were the days....

turquoise70 · Post by **turquoise70** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:51 pm

Well I'm still a student but I'll be graduating in the spring. Someday I hope to get a job in communications, something that lets me write. I want to write for a magazine or a newsletter or whatever - it's my one skill that's consistently impressive, it's pretty much all I can do for money besides jobs that anyone, anywhere can do - which I have a feeling I'll be doing for a long time before I land a writing job. But that's okay. I don't need a lot of money, I just need something to do that makes me happy.

observation · Post by **observation** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 11:39 am

I'm a literacy and numeracy tutor. After zigzagging my way through fine art, adult education, university research and producing audio for visually impaired people. I trained as a fine artist but I found the art world a pretty grim place to be. Plus only about 0.1 percent of arts graduates can actually make a living as an artist. The most consistent thing I have done throughout this whole period is write about art. The best gig I had was setting up and running a digital recording studio in a community centre. Another really fun job was making a CDROM about art. I had a great boss then and really cool colleagues.

My current job is pretty good, I like working with people, however the company I work for is utterly shite. Can't have everything I suppose...

It would be great if you could take the best bits of past jobs and join them together... your favourite colleagues, your best boss, the nicest place to work in, the best activities in your job, the chance to learn new things, the best salary, proximity to a great lunch place, working 3 minutes away from home...

lawrenke · Post by **lawrenke** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 12:50 pm

I used to work as a customer assistant in Marks & Spencer, until I decided it was time to study again and go to university

vonarx · Post by **vonarx** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 10:35 pm

it's easy to save what the cannery pays

vonarx · Post by **vonarx** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 10:42 pm

polar sky wrote:
vonarx wrote:sandwich slinger
Subway?

nah, cafe in pittsburgh. my boss is a really good chef, so i'm learning a lot about cooking and running a business and stuff like that. someday i'll have a place of my own.

polar sky · Post by **polar sky** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 1:35 pm

vonarx wrote:
polar sky wrote:
vonarx wrote:sandwich slinger
Subway?
nah, cafe in pittsburgh. my boss is a really good chef, so i'm learning a lot about cooking and running a business and stuff like that. someday i'll have a place of my own.

That's awesome. I always wanted to be a chef, I love to cook.

Skytree · Post by **Skytree** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 6:51 pm

I'm an addiction rehabilitation specialist by day, and a home producer by night.

In between, I go to school for renewable energy systems, which is my future career path.

A_Northern_Soul · Post by **A_Northern_Soul** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 6:55 pm

Skytree wrote:renewable energy systems, which is my future career path.

Any particular area?

Skytree · Post by **Skytree** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 7:59 pm

A_Northern_Soul wrote:
Skytree wrote:renewable energy systems, which is my future career path.
Any particular area?

R&D hopefully, though I wouldn't mind administrative/political work either.

In terms of particular technologies, I'd be happy doing whatever I could, provided the tech was forward thinking enough.

My senior project will involve a new idea for wind power (involving static charges).

saturdayindex · Post by **saturdayindex** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:23 pm

Skytree wrote:I'm an addiction rehabilitation specialist by day...

Do you have a degree for that?

Skytree · Post by **Skytree** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 9:35 pm

saturdayindex wrote:
Skytree wrote:I'm an addiction rehabilitation specialist by day...
Do you have a degree for that?

The addiction treatment field is still so new, no you don't. I've got a certificate and 7+ years of experience. The job pays for a degree in a different field though.