How old are you? and what do you do for a living?

I always wonder what the rest of the world does for a living and how old they are so i figured id ask :D . Ill start it off... Iam 22 ( 23 in a couple of days :P ) and i work in a Hospital. Well i dont really work i just hang out and do little jobs here and there for the 2 people who run the hospital. Not exciting but it gives me time to read the forums ;) . So what about the rest of you?


EDIT: Guess ill put in some more input :P . Iam Married, My Wife is 24 we have been married for a year and half.

17
student studing maths mechanics, physics, geography, computing.

Ben

Im 21, student nurse and I qualify in september/october 2005 :-)

Male
24
Married (just over 2 months)
Unemployed :o (Made redundant last week)

Male
23
Radio Announcer, Producer and Operator.

22
Graduate
Engaged
Unemployed

24, IT tech @ two junior school, wanna get a new job so i can get married next year

17, student in year12/upper6th
doing math, physics, chemistry and computing A2s, and mechanics and general studies ASs....yes it is a lot of work

Havent we had one of these threads before?

28, engaged, 9 week old daughter :)
Work for a systems integrator as a CRM project manager

I'm 23, and I've been a photocopier tech for 5 years now..... muppets break, I fix, muppets break, I fix.. etc etc

16

Sales assistant in John Lewis Audio and TV dept.

Studying Physics, Computing, Politics and Statistics for AS level.

16

Sixth Form studying Economics, Business Studies and ICT

No job right now (apart from a Paper Round :o), have applied for Tesco but not holding my hopes up.

31, married, Test Analyst for t-mobile ;) (ex aircraft engineer, and ex DJ!!)

16, Student, doing Maths, Further Maths, Physics and Ancient History.

Currrently an Optical Advisor in Dollond & Aitchison.

24, Project Manager on what is required for Trafficmaster PLC, be it database, web site, or mostly Traffic information IVR services for any of the big Network operators etc.

TiG

23

Errrr...I know what the company does, but exactly what I do...bit of computery stuff, bit of data work, bit of letter setting, bit of printing...bit of customer services type stuff too, bit of everything! Bit of travelling too which is cool!

my GOD you guys are all getting/have got married! And I thought people got married later these days...I'm not even close!

23, separated, working as a sales assistant/pc repairer and epson printer service tech.

20

Currently in officer training for the army - hopefully going to transfer to the RAF

18 yr old student studying Computer and Management Science at Edinburgh :)

17 - year 13 at college (last year) studyin computing, maths, chemistry and general studies

off to do chemistry next year at uni, currently working part time at the NEC in brum collecting car park tickets (:() also got a paperound (:()

26 , living in sin, It analyst for an outsourcing firm in Milton Keynes

24, Head of Security for a £1.6BN estate in central London.

19
i work in a hospital, doing 5 different jobs (well 4 rolled into 1 and 1 extra) as my main job, i return letters to gp surgeries when they went to wrong 1, i also oull patients notes for clinics, teach old ladies to print off emails cos there dumb, and teach my manager who earns 25k how to do basic computer tasks (turn it on etc.) aslo 1 of the 8 people teaching the 4000 workers the new computer sytem coming in, which means, more old ladies, and its more complicated then emails. SIGH

18, studying computer science and biology A2, and psychology AS. i work in a chippy and live at home with family.

19. I.T. Network Administrator.

.. nuff said. oh and I own a Golf GTi 16v 3dr black. :-)

18, student at college studying computer science, business studies and economics. At least one of those is way way above me ;)

I work part time at W H Smith, tills and magazines department

21
Graduate
Unemployed :(

almost 18!

Studying ICT full time

Unemployed

28 :eek:
Set up Solid State Group with a mate a couple of years ago. That makes me a company director but my day to day job is as mainly development. We just landed a really high profile client so I am working my arse off.

Live with my woman who is on the whole marvellous in Bondi, Sydney, and will be moving back to Blighty next summer.

18 and studying boobies at durham.

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I'm 23, and I've been a photocopier tech for 5 years now..... muppets break, I fix, muppets break, I fix.. etc etc

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muppets sit on copier...muppet's a**e breaks, doctor gigles and fixes, you fix copier, muppet can't sit down for weeks, you giggle too...etc

24(just)
MSc grad., unemployed...loafing/enjoying life at the mo'...aiming for job in new year :)

I just turned 23, and Im a professional bastard. Id use a four lettered word, but it'll only get censored :p

And Im unemployed - and no, Im not scamming off the dole.

21 - Unemployed, just finished 4 years of college. Debating wether to look for a job or go to Uni next year, i'll have to make up my mind soon though...

19
Studying Multimedia degree
Living with partner
Unemployed (and loving it :D)

19, tech support desk monkey (its gayer than it sounds :( )

I also play the online casinos quite abit which bumps the salary up nicely :D

Soon to be self employed / partneship though, fingers crossed :o

- 23 :)
- Export-Import manager
- Computer maniac
- Party participator :o

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- 23 :)
- Export-Import manager
- Computer maniac
- Party participator :o

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Trotters Independant Traders?

LOL!

I'm surprised at the number of unemployed people. Not that there's anything wrong with that ;) I have been laid off twice in the last few years what with the dotcom bubble etc. I am not in any way having a go, and I know how it feels (lots of sleep hehe) but I am surprised. Is anyone else?

I'm 34
Married (2nd time)
4 Children, all girls, 2 by each marriage. (luvem to bits!) :D
Senior Design & Development Engineer & C.A.D Supervisor in water treatment industry.
Yes, that includes sewage!:eek:

21 Years old
I.T. Assistant at Mr Fothergills Seeds :)

Have been for just over 2 years,

26 Years old, married for 15 months, Web Developer for a hardware firm.

Wethered out the dotcom bubble here OK so far...

30 yr old, Technical Assistant (Data champion : WAP, GPRS, MMS, Bluetooth connections and things like that) for the team I am on and standard customer service advisor for T Mobile.

21 years old

I'm a web developer for a Motivational Management company. Basically means i get to design websites, code them in ASP, JavaScript, VBS, and create back-end systems in Access, VB and SQL.

Fun :)

19, studying chemistry with medicinal chemistry Mchem at Glasgow Uni, currently unemployed and very stressed. Still living with mummy too :D

17 still living with the rents, second year at stourbridge college studying economics, computer science and business studies.

Part time job atm as a checkout monkey at sainsburys, gotta love it ;)

17 yo.
Studying AVCE ICT (Second year) at Oaklands college St Albans Hertfordshire.
Like knoxville im a checkouts monkey at sainsbury's

Yes Dabeeeenster, very suprised, its not nice and i think the amount of umemployed techies is due to the fact that online job search sites are not once they were once were.

I think it now takes a lot more effort to get a good job paying what you want.

I don't think this has quite sunk in yet to the industry as a whole
TiG

Had to happen though. Also, in a way it's been good for the industry. I lost count of the number of total muppets that were given jobs as "developers" in 1999. I worked with some shockers!

Yup - I know my company used it as an opportunity to get rid of a lot of people who weren't exactly acheiving a lot. It's just a pity that now everyone here is spread so thinly.

/me waits for Saracen to post...taps fingers on desk...

:D

20, Student Living at home, at reading uni studying business economics and food marketing (1st year), also work part time a local blockbuster video.

23 years old (24 on Friday 5th!!!), working in accounts dept for a very large global freight company. Currently studying AAT (accounts qualification) in spare time.

Used to live in a pub in Ali G's hometown (they cut me from the film coz I was too ugly!)!! :D :D :D :D

27 yo, unemployed and would be doing techie-type hardware stuff if I had the choice! :D :D

28
IT Security Analyst for a building society, worked here nearly 4 years now
BSc in Computer Science & Cybernetics at Reading Uni (93-96)
Been divorced just over a year, want to go live in Sweden with my new girlfriend ideally :D

21, currently working as a project manager for american express while doing a part-time masters. live in brighton, currently not got a gf but seeing a couple of girls from time to time

18, Self Employed (computer retail) :)

I'm 22 and currently doing a masters in digital signal and image processing. Hopefully when I'm finished, I'll be offered my old job back as a research engineer for Mitsubishi.

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18 and studying boobies at durham.

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Sounds fantastic. Must have missed that one out when I was filling in my UCAS form. Man, I'm gutted.

This is all a bit too asl, but...

I'm 22 and am a pimp.

Hey Paul - just missed me - Was at Reading 96-99 doing Computer Science!

Yes, Kevin Warwick is still mad...

I'm female.
19, just started a masters degree in music at Clare College, Cambridge. My home is in Warrington.

19 (ok so in about a weeks time), male
College student
Part time ink cartridge refiller :cool: (i wish the job was cooler than it sounds)......../sarcasm

so there are others who been threw the pain.....o well.

19 on the 7th. Programmer and Alfa Romeo enthusiast :)

I work for a branch of the government you don't hear about very often.

That's all I can say.

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LOL!

I'm surprised at the number of unemployed people. Not that there's anything wrong with that ;) I have been laid off twice in the last few years what with the dotcom bubble etc. I am not in any way having a go, and I know how it feels (lots of sleep hehe) but I am surprised. Is anyone else?

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Yeah i was surprised, to no one i know is un-employed i feel for you all hope you all get a good job soon (Or at least a job ;) )

I'm 29 years old
Work for a tesco food distribution warehouse, it is hard work but pays the bills:rolleyes:
I am on a course for an A+ PC masters degree, at the moment though so hopefully things will look up.

18, male
Studying computer science at cambridge
unemployed :D

Question - I know that the ideal is to do a job that you love and/or get right into your chosen career path, but what do people think about just doing a more boring or hard-work job to earn and save cash until something better opens up?

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I work for a branch of the government you don't hear about very often.

That's all I can say.

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I didn't know sainsbury's were part of the government now ;)

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Question - I know that the ideal is to do a job that you love and/or get right into your chosen career path, but what do people think about just doing a more boring or hard-work job to earn and save cash until something better opens up?

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I think it's a good idea. If you have a job, it's another reference on your CV, plus - you're going to have money to support yourself independently (which will also bode well during an interview if you're young). As long as you don't get into the "I'll start looking for a real job in 6 months, I'll quit next week, I need the money, I'll start looking for a real job in 6 months, I'll quit next week, I need the money" loop, and keep your eyes open for opportunities at ALL TIMES - you'll do fine. A job you take up as a stop-gap/money earner is not a career, so don't make it one.

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Part time job atm as a checkout monkey at sainsburys, gotta love it ;)

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Do they pay you in bananas?

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Do they pay you in bananas?

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I heard it was peanuts myself (Groan!):D

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You're fired.

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Too right. That was bad, Mr. Nest. Bad. Never do that again, mkay?

Good.

;)

I think i would rather have a job that i like doing and get paid less then have a crap/boring job and get paid more. i want job satisfaction not the money

25, Male, Computer & Network Engineering Graduate, Unemployed :(

Looking at retraining for something where there are actually jobs available not paying peanuts..

I want money. But, I get job satisfaction, too. I'm a Business Analyst for a Publisher [no, not a PIMP. Hardly as glamourous.]. Work varies from project to project, work with different people on each piece of work, I have to think all the time, always learning. Can't ask for better.

And I left Uni after year 2. Luckily.

: edit: double post!

Kinda sucks that there are so many out of work, especially in the IT sector. :(

"we always said, if anybody ever new what we did, we'd failed"

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I think i would rather have a job that i like doing and get paid less then have a crap/boring job and get paid more. i want job satisfaction not the money

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I used to think the same way, but the reality is the cost of living in the U.K. especially in the southeast where i live is too much..

When you first leave school, unless your mum & dad kick you out on the streets.:eek:

It's easy to get under the illusion that you can pick a job & career that you like and thats that but 9 times out of 10, thats not the case you have to take the job (and wages) that fit your situation... well thats what happened to me:(

I want job satisfaction, but i also need the money so job satisfaction has had to take a back seat, but hopefully the situation will improve.

I hope for yourself evildoc614 and everybody else here that you all find yourself in a job that gives you job satisfaction and enough money(but not too much Greedy!) to live on too ;)

age 29.

3D and 2D Graphic Designer for the last 6 years.

problem is many university students doing IT think there gonna walk into a job. i just interviewed for a post the other week and just because people have a degree, like the old saying 'experience counts for everything'

20, Male
Student/part time at sainsburys
But failure at this whole life malarky.

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30 yr old, Technical Assistant (Data champion : WAP, GPRS, MMS, Bluetooth connections and things like that) for the team I am on and standard customer service advisor for T Mobile.

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Doxford is it then ?? :)

That makes 3 ppl here working for T-Mob then -


Me - 25, work as 2nd line tech support for T-Mob (THD as Ferral will know us as ;)) Deal with Blackberry, GPRS, UMTS, Connectivity and basically anything else data related that frontline support (TDMS as Ferral will know them as) cant resolve.....

Hate it, want a new job where I am not stuck with a headset on for 10 hours a day trying to help ppl that dont know how to switch their phone on but want to connect their P800 to their Ipaq for GPRS net access using bluetooth :rolleyes:

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I didn't know sainsbury's were part of the government now ;)

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That's just my cover.....

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Originally posted by Russ
Trotters Independant Traders?

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option 1:
If that is a real company name than NO

option 2:
If that is some kind of a british joke - I don't get it

option 3:
TIT - yes, tits are always appreciated :o

[can I say tits here ?]

its off Only Fools And Horses

Russ you so need to explain to the poor chap :P

TiG

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Russ you so need to explain to the poor chap :P

TiG

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aye, las i pressed enter i thought, hmmm if hes polish he still wont have the foggiest :p

24

I.T tech

(navision developer, hardware/software support)

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Originally posted by Russ
aye, las i pressed enter i thought, hmmm if hes polish he still wont have the foggiest :p

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this i do understand

Edited by Deckard

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Originally posted by p0lish
this i do understand

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hi, Trotters Independant Traders is off a UK TV show called Only Fools and Horses, about 2 wheeler deeler brothers and there uncle and partners, feel enlightened :)

Edited by Deckard

k
thats all i wanted to know
i don't like sarcasm, especially ethnic
flaming isnt fun, believe me

it wasnt sarcasm, i was saying, you wont know what only fools and horses is cos ur polish, and seeing as its an english tv show... dunno why i bothered

Edited by Deckard

heh
dun worry
i wont bother u with any polish idiomatic crossword puzzles :o

we are all here to have a gewd time =]

Ok chaps, tiff over, let's get back to telling each other what we do... especially seeing as my attempt to seem glamorous and secretive has failed totally.

I have another Questions.. Would you rather work at a job you hate and get paid more or work at a job you love and get paid less? Just wondering because my wife said the extra money would make up for hating the job and i said no amount of money would make me want to do a job i hate.

once u get used to the extra money (which the wife would spend for you) u will hate work with a passion.

do a job u love get paid less, then find a side line to bring in some extra dollar. nothing illegal obviously

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I have another Questions.. Would you rather work at a job you hate and get paid more or work at a job you love and get paid less? Just wondering because my wife said the extra money would make up for hating the job and i said no amount of money would make me want to do a job i hate.

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I'd rather do a job that i love and get paid less.:cool:

I get the feeling Im joining in a bit late here but whatever...

20, male, studying medicine at bristol uni. Means I dont have to do any REAL work for about 3 years yet! :)

far too many posts to read, I just found this in a search!

15, Student @ tonbridge school, Kent

trawl?!!