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pevergreen

07-31-2009, 01:12

Its always interesting to know what people do.

I am the "Operations Co-ordinator" I schedule the technicians to go out and fix phone systems, manage the inventory, order parts and so on.

We used to cover Brisbane city and a bit more area, and there was 3 other franchises. In the picture we are the pink:
https://img380.imageshack.us/img380/5623/oldterritory.jpg
From the city to the edge of our territory was 86.4 km – about 1 hour 25 mins.

Then the company was sold and now there are less franchises and we are dealerships now.

https://img60.imageshack.us/img60/5962/newterritory.jpg

You should be able to see the red lines marking where the old territory ended. We are the yellow, the territory from the City to our edge is now 1,754 km, 22 hours 10 mins straight driving at the speed limit.

Fun fun.

edit: that yellow doesnt show all of it either, take the left side of them map and colour it yellow. Thats what we cover. Uggh, we have 4 techs....

Hooahguy

07-31-2009, 01:25

if were not employed (yet) can we talk about the field we plan to go into?

Husar

07-31-2009, 01:54

I'm a financial and special assets coordinator. My job is to operate a cash register and empty the garbage cans. In other words I sell black gold and collect colourful gold.
Our area extends about 100m in one direction and 40 or so in the other but that's just guessing.
I'm doing a vital job in one of the top ten companies in the world.

seireikhaan

07-31-2009, 04:38

Right now I'm helping a local heating and cooling guy with his quickbook records.

During the school year I work at a china wok.

Samurai Waki

07-31-2009, 04:45

I'm a... hmmm... going to have to give this one some thought. :stupido2:

Trust fund hippy?

Monk

07-31-2009, 05:49

I soak up financial aid to attend classes.

Yup. That's about it. :book:

Ice

07-31-2009, 06:08

Accountant in training... hoping for an auditor position next spring.

I also work in an employment office at school.

Megas Methuselah

07-31-2009, 06:20

University student, but I have a part-time job as a stock & delivery boy at a local drug store. Cute, eh? :yes:

CountArach

07-31-2009, 06:26

Full time University student during the week, but on the weekends I am a customer service guy at a discount Department Store (Kmart Australia). I walk around the store all weekend keeping shelves tidy and helping customers, as well as answering phone calls. I walk a lot there... 17 kilometres over the course of a day two weeks ago and that wasn't particularly busy.

This job has convinced me that the Human species on the whole will not have a glorious future ahead of it. For example the other day a woman called a solicitor simply because I would not sell her a display model of a desk (The store guidelines we are given say that we shouldn't). I called my manager, who told me to sell it anyway... as I was helping to take it off the display it was on it broke...

Sigurd

07-31-2009, 08:32

I work for the oil company

https://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y230/asleka/brand.gif
I am a Senior Systems Consultant and work mainly with the enterprise system - SAP

https://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y230/asleka/SAPLogo.gif

My job is more or less jumping from project to project as an "expert on SAP". Right now I am working in a project to force “help” our contracted drilling operators on the xHydro platforms to use SAP in the area of preventive maintenance.
This is a demand that our friendly Petroleum Directorate has given us. They say: Since you own the platforms, the assets need to be in your system, not in your contractor’s. The Assets we are talking about is the drilling environment with its equipment on the platforms. Everything else is already in our system.
I am currently working in teams of three people, one “SAP expert” (me), a Technician and an Electrician from each platform. We go through all the equipment drawings and consequence classifies every piece of equipment which needs maintenance. We then put them into SAP and make FV programs (Preventive maintenance programs) for them.

Right now my team is working with Brage:

https://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y230/asleka/brage2_468.jpg

I have already done Oseberg C.:

https://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y230/asleka/osebergC_468x195.jpg

We left the big one for last, the monstrous Oseberg Field center (Oseberg B):

https://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y230/asleka/feltsenter_468.jpg

other teams are doing Grane, Oseberg E, Oseberg S, Njord A and Kvitebjørn.

Veho Nex

07-31-2009, 09:07

Freelance... All year round. Build computers for people and lots of tech support.

I make like no money and love my work. :D

Raz

07-31-2009, 09:15

Although I don't have a job right now, I've always wanted to be either a writer some kind (playwright, script writer, novelist etc.) or a lawyer/solicitor (criminal law, not family law or anything like that, I'm not dealing with those annoying family disputes).

Mithrandir

07-31-2009, 09:35

I moderate several online fora on a website about the totalwar series. I make obscene amounts of money.
And I sell camelmilk.

Rob The Bastard

07-31-2009, 10:23

Moros

07-31-2009, 10:57

I'm a student but I'm also a bartender and I'm also night responsible at a club at times.

Ja'chyra

07-31-2009, 11:12

Short answer is civil servant, long answer........... I'd have to kill you.

pevergreen

07-31-2009, 11:58

Employee.
Service Technician.

Multi talented cable monkey/wretch. Commenly found skulking around in the darkened plant rooms and riser cupboards of customers building, stringing comms cables from PABX Room MDF's/cabinets to tenants Comms/Server/Computer Room.

I like my job:
You get to do bank jobs.
Seriously.

:)

ie. One of the guys I schedule. :grin2:

We call 'em Customer Service Engineers. Makes it fancy. But you can be anything in that job (I did it for a few months before the company was sold etc). You could be a sparky, a cabler, an IT guy, a plumber...anything.

I of the Storm

07-31-2009, 12:07

:study:

Currently I'm finishing my PhD thesis on models of continuity in the chronicles of medieval monastic orders. From january on I'll be working for a research project on transmission contexts of sermons of Meister Eckhart, probably for the next three years.

I guess that makes me a scholar.

I of the Storm

07-31-2009, 14:24

Much kudos to the PhDs on the .Org. I hope some day to get a PhD in the History field, but it's just a pipe dream as of yet.

I guess you'll be going to the university later on the Army's expenses, right? It's up to you then, once you hold a good, preferably excellent, Master in History a PhD is just one book away. There are lots of scholarships around you could apply for. But be warned, History is a very competitive field of work as there aren't many jobs around. But it's rewarding.

Husar

07-31-2009, 14:25

Oh, yes, I'm also a student and the above is just a side-job that cannot pay for everything.
Not yet anyway.

caravel

07-31-2009, 15:37

https://img268.imageshack.us/img268/2852/graphic1a.jpg
Well what did you expect? :inquisitive:

Martok

07-31-2009, 19:14

https://img268.imageshack.us/img268/2852/graphic1a.jpg
Well what did you expect? :inquisitive:
Yup. That's us. :yes:

GeneralHankerchief

07-31-2009, 19:24

Undergraduate student. This summer I've worked a variety of odd jobs, including that of tolltaker (night shift), camp counselor, and one time, the pig (http://www.famousdaves.com/catering/) in a catering run.

pevergreen

08-01-2009, 00:13

Yup. That's us. :yes:

:cry:

I may be the 'newest' addition BUT THAT JUST ISNT FAIR. :cry:

KukriKhan

08-01-2009, 02:15

Senior Executive Operational Specialist for a Hardcopy Secure Delivery Systems Company.

id est: Mailman

And part-time (Tuesday and Thursday nights) bartender at The Sunset Bar 'n Grill (http://www.yelp.com/biz/sunset-lounge-escondido).

https://jimcee.homestead.com/sunsetBar.jpeg

Caius

08-01-2009, 02:26

My employer is TosaInu and I get paid 0.25 cents per hour 24/7 because I am a Senior Member.

Megas Methuselah

08-01-2009, 02:43

:cry:

I may be the 'newest' addition BUT THAT JUST ISNT FAIR. :cry:

I lol'd when I first saw the pic. :smile:

Kurando

08-01-2009, 06:04

I'm a Corrections Officer at a Federal Penitentiary.

http://www.justicebehindthewalls.net/pages/images/01_00_01_02_01_000.jpg

Beirut

08-01-2009, 11:39

I'm a Corrections Officer at a Federal Penitentiary.

http://www.justicebehindthewalls.net/pages/images/01_00_01_02_01_000.jpg

I am someone who hopes never to meet Kurando at work. :sweatdrop:

Lemur

08-01-2009, 14:52

Disorganized, frantic corporations deliver their reams of notes to my email inbox, and I convert their ramblings into sleek 5-minute scripts for the web or video. Apparently I'm very good at it, 'cause I keep getting more clients. Sometimes they ask me to write speeches for their executives.

I've also written non-fiction books (nothing I want to advertise here, though), and articles for magazines. Never seriously pursued fiction, but I'll let the Orgahs know if I do.

Just a day or two ago I whipped up a temp website (http://www.k-bars.com/) for my wife's new business, a protein/meal/health bar that tastes a lot better than anything else out there. (Trust me, if mankind goes to Mars, we're going to want these things in the life support module.) We're almost ready to go live with this project, just a few more kinks to work out — nothing crazy, just stuff like which cc processor to use, how we're going to collect in-state sales tax, etc.

Scurvy

08-01-2009, 15:12

Student, although I work as a Customer Services Assistant at a Library on Saturdays and Sunday mornings, and over ther Summer I have been working at an Employment Agency.

:2thumbsup:

Hooahguy

08-02-2009, 03:58

now i feel left out.
im a student, but also interning to become a speech therapist, specifically in the stuttering field.
believe it or not, a good speech therapist makes a lot of money. the guy i intern under makes around $375k a year, before taxes. no joke.

Samurai Waki

08-02-2009, 04:31

I'm a Corrections Officer at a Federal Penitentiary.

http://www.justicebehindthewalls.net/pages/images/01_00_01_02_01_000.jpg

Wow, and all this time I thought Canadian Prison would be a more cozy affair. :clown:

Megas Methuselah

08-02-2009, 05:57

Wow, and all this time I thought Canadian Prison would be a more cozy affair. :clown:

EDIT: nvm.

Furunculus

08-02-2009, 13:13

blender artist.

Crazed Rabbit

08-03-2009, 09:24

Unemployed. The worst time to graduate in the past 15+ years, and I manage to pick it. Anyone looking for a ChE grad?

CR

Dutch_guy

08-03-2009, 09:40

My employer is TosaInu and I get paid 0.25 cents per hour 24/7 because I am a Senior Member.

You should really ask for a raise.

:balloon2:

Moros

08-03-2009, 15:40

You should really ask for a raise.

:balloon2:

Dutch guy! how are you?

drone

08-03-2009, 18:52

Embedded software developer and systems engineer. I wish I did more of the former and less of the latter. :rolleyes:

Ice

08-03-2009, 19:06

Unemployed. The worst time to graduate in the past 15+ years, and I manage to pick it. Anyone looking for a ChE grad?

CR

I'm surprised you can't find a job with a Chemical Engineering degree.

Hosakawa Tito

08-03-2009, 23:11

Unemployed. The worst time to graduate in the past 15+ years, and I manage to pick it. Anyone looking for a ChE grad?

CR

It's tough for all grads right now, but that's a good field. Hang in there and keep plugging.

I'm a Corrections Sergeant with 25+ years service in the New York State DOCS. I worked mostly max jails *Sing Sing & Attica*, but am currently at a Shock Incarceration *Boot Camp* Facility for first time offenders.

Strike For The South

08-04-2009, 00:02

Gorcery Clerk.

tibilicus

08-04-2009, 01:59

I worked mostly max jails *Sing Sing & Attica*, but am currently at a Shock Incarceration *Boot Camp* Facility for first time offenders.

Saw a program on tv the other day about shock incarceration, seems like a neat idea. Do you have an idea what the percentage of re-offence is for those in shock incarceration?

KukriKhan

08-04-2009, 02:55

Unemployed. The worst time to graduate in the past 15+ years, and I manage to pick it. Anyone looking for a ChE grad?

Angelo Fatah. Lebanese-American. Friend of mine. Got his Chem PhD from UM in 1969 amid promises of the early 60's "live better, chemically", and thought he'd get a position at Dow Chem in Midland, Mich. His family, immigrant grocers, gave him a full ride. Hit the early 70's mini-recessetion in the face. Drove a taxi for 3 years, acted in Detroit Repertory Theatre plays (where I met him), stocked shelves at his Father's stores (much to his and their chagrin).

Finally caught a break in the mid-70's when he expanded his "will live in" horizens to include 'anywhere in North America': found a job with an oil company in the Gulf of Mexico, and by last report I heard, was an exec at Dow, supervising genetic research.

Moral: ya make plans, then life happens. Be cheerful anyway.

Hosakawa Tito

08-04-2009, 03:39

Angelo Fatah. Lebanese-American. Friend of mine. Got his Chem PhD from UM in 1969 amid promises of the early 60's "live better, chemically", and thought he'd get a position at Dow Chem in Midland, Mich. His family, immigrant grocers, gave him a full ride. Hit the early 70's mini-recessetion in the face. Drove a taxi for 3 years, acted in Detroit Repertory Theatre plays (where I met him), stocked shelves at his Father's stores (much to his and their chagrin).

Finally caught a break in the mid-70's when he expanded his "will live in" horizens to include 'anywhere in North America': found a job with an oil company in the Gulf of Mexico, and by last report I heard, was an exec at Dow, supervising genetic research.

Moral: ya make plans, then life happens. Be cheerful anyway.

My youngest sister & her husband are chemists. Both finished their degrees at Berkeley. He now works in the medical research department at Harvard and Traci works for a pharmaceutical company in Boston. It didn't happen upon graduation, but keep plugging at it and good things can happen.

Here's an article on shock incarceration (http://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/10/nyregion/prison-boot-camps-prove-no-sure-cure.html?pagewanted=all), my facility at Lakeview and our superintendent Moscicki.
The main problem with people who go through the program is the "home environment" they return to after release. As with most things in life if one truly wants to change and turn their life around they will, but it isn't easy, nothing in life worth having is. However, sending first time felony offenders is like sending them to Criminal University where they can learn from the professionals, and is a sure way to lose them, Kurando can attest to that. Shock is a safer more positive environment for inmates and staff. The programs, from ASAT *Alcohol Substance Abuse Treatment*, GED's, work programs, etc... are geared toward instilling self-discipline, self-respect, and a positive work ethic to change ones life for the better. You get out of it what you put into it, your choice. I believe it's better way to go than regular jail. Some make it, some don't. Our most well known graduate is Curtis Jackson aka 50 Cent.

Sigurd

08-04-2009, 13:40

Unemployed. The worst time to graduate in the past 15+ years, and I manage to pick it. Anyone looking for a ChE grad?

CR
How about getting a higher degree? "When the market is slow get more education" is the so called wise thing to do here.
I know too little about you degree. Is it comparable to a Bachelor degree in Chemistry? Why not go for a Master - it will surely add to your paycheck when you get a job.

Lemur

08-04-2009, 15:35

To expand on what Sigurd posted, isn't it a lot easier to get stipends, grants, free money etc. for grad school? I never pursued a higher degree, but my friends who did all talked about how much easier it was to get money once you were past your Bachelors.

Ice

08-04-2009, 15:48

How about getting a higher degree? "When the market is slow get more education" is the so called wise thing to do here.
I know too little about you degree. Is it comparable to a Bachelor degree in Chemistry? Why not go for a Master - it will surely add to your paycheck when you get a job.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_engineering

Chemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with the application of physical science (e.g. chemistry and physics), and life sciences (e.g. biology, microbiology and biochemistry) with mathematics, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms. In addition to producing useful materials, modern chemical engineering is also concerned with pioneering valuable new materials and techniques - such as nanotechnology, fuel cells and biomedical engineering.[1] A person employed in this field is called a chemical engineer.

Chemical engineering largely involves the design, improvement and maintenance of processes involving chemical or biological transformations for large-scale manufacture. Chemical engineers ensure the processes are operated safely, sustainably and economically. Chemical engineers in this branch are usually employed under the title of process engineer. A related term with a wider definition is chemical technology.

I think it's that.

Mouzafphaerre

08-05-2009, 05:07

.
I'm a freelance warlord squeezing skulls, cutting off heads and looting villages in Calradia. Ended my contract with King Graveth of the Rhodoks recently and have been guiding Lethwin Far-seeker through his claim to the Nord throne against King Ragnarr. I'm also a sworn Camelite Monk and christen the newly enlightened brethren with the holy camel urine.

In my spare time I translate between English and Turkish, make and occasionally compose music. :yes:
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Beirut

08-05-2009, 10:52

Dutch_guy

08-05-2009, 11:18

Dutch guy! how are you?

Hey Moros, doing fine thanks.

As for the topic, currently a medical student but trying to finance my student life with various nondescript low paying jobs.

:balloon2:

Hosakawa Tito

08-05-2009, 11:40