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  1. 21-06-2007, 08:23 PM #1
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    What do you work as?

    seeing another thread, and funkstars job thread (lol) i just wondered what everybody does for a living, seeing as this is a techno forum, i just wondered if like 99% is in the IT business

    be a good insight for me (as im only a student so far) what kinda jobs are out there and what people do right now!

    well technically not a job, but illl start

    i do a: BTEC national IT diploma in systems support
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  7. 21-06-2007, 09:01 PM #7
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