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Strike For The South
11-22-2005, 19:50
well I will probaly start working at wendys in a couple of weeks and my dad maneges a HEB (gorcery store) My mum tries to keep teh 6 of us in line. EXciting eh~:grouphug:
Duke Malcolm
11-22-2005, 20:05
I work with the ball and chain of Her Majesty's Government and the Scottish Executive as a school pupil under the Department of Education of Dundee City Council, and have no intentions of getting a job soon. And if my parents earned less then the Government would give me between £10 and £30 a week for merely attending school!
My mother works for the same, but as a teacher in a primary school elsewhere in the city.
My father works for NCR as a consultant engineer and designs bits for cash mashines, and has a variety of plaques on the wall affording his name to a variety of U.S. patents.
Mikeus Caesar
11-22-2005, 20:06
Dad is a computing engineer for some big chemical plant (i think Syngenta) while my mum is a Mental Health Nurse with the NHS.
Gawain of Orkeny
11-22-2005, 20:10
Well my dads 79 and he owns a mulitplex theatre and is has been a projectionist for over 50 years.
My late father used to be a tax official, and my mother is a administrative worker at a wholesale dealer in parts of household appliances and the likes. I myself work as a mailman (postman?) alongside my study.
yesdachi
11-22-2005, 20:37
Mom’s a project manager at a factory and my bio dad owns his own machining company. My step dad was a pro gambler but cashed in his chips a few years ago.
Edit: I forgot to mention what I do… marketing, advertising and design.
Hey STF and any of you other youngsters out there, please allow me to offer a bit of advice when choosing a part time after school or during college job. FedEx. I was there for 3 years during college and it was great. They have a lot of 8 to midnight shifts at the airports or “ramp” locations (that’s where you want to be, the ramps are way more fun (Planes are cool!~:cool: )then the “stations” or distribution places and being a driver is no fun, you don’t get to talk with anyone.) They also have a great tuition reimbursement plan and the pay and bennies are nice (plus no union dues~D). And the best part… drum roll please… I lost the 30 pounds I put on while working at a restaurant in high school!
Stop into a location and they can tell you how to apply. :bow:
I work for my father's independent insurance agency :hide: - my mother works as an accountant/office mgr at a trucking/lanscape/grading company.
Sjakihata
11-22-2005, 21:22
Me - student
Mother - project manager for Equal Opportunity projects, funded by the EU
Father - dead
Uesugi Kenshin
11-22-2005, 21:24
I am a student and clean an office, I worked at a college (cleaning again) over the summer full-time as well.
My dad is a lawyer and my mom is a psychotherapist.
SwordsMaster
11-22-2005, 21:39
I'm a student/part time webdesigner/translator/programmer of sorts/fitness instructor/sailing instructor/diet advisor. Yes, I'm a busy guy.
My dad is a railroad engineer and my mum is a kobold/fortran programmer. They are both dead languages, pretty much like phoenician, so she kinda takes care of my lil bro at home.
Marcellus
11-22-2005, 22:03
My Mum works in the library service of Haringey Council. My Dad also works for Haringey council, but in the school finance department.
I'm a student.
doc_bean
11-22-2005, 22:39
I'm a student, both my parents are retired.
my mum is a kobold/fortran programmer. They are both dead languages, pretty much like phoenician, so she kinda takes care of my lil bro at home.
I thought they were still used quite a bit in certain sectors (aerospace mostly) ?
My step dad was a pro gambler but cashed in his chips a few years ago.
He actually made money gambling ? One of the best jobs ever then !
For about half of each year I start fires, the other half I put them out.
This is one we put out. This was quite the nasty place for about 3 hours, the pic is from the day after it burned
https://img59.imageshack.us/img59/1262/atcommsite18ou.jpg
and this is one we started, a training exercise
https://img263.imageshack.us/img263/9176/uwafire26pz.jpg
ichi:bow:
Alexanderofmacedon
11-22-2005, 23:03
I can't imagine that guy on these forums!~;) :bow:
EDIT: Oh yeah, jobs...
My dad is an optomitrist and my mom is a food research scientist. I will probably be an intern in one of those two places or Dell (uncle manager of Austin plant)
yesdachi
11-22-2005, 23:09
He actually made money gambling ? One of the best jobs ever then !
He did better than I thought he would, no millionaire but plenty to live on (thanks Indian casinos~;)). We were all a little shocked when he said he was going to give up his regular job and start gambling more.
The conversation went like this…
Mom: how do you expect to gamble more without a job?
Dad: shrugs and shows mom his saving account balance.
Me: picks mom up off the floor.
From then on he went to a few local casinos during the week and about every other weekend he would go to Canada.~:)
Togakure
11-22-2005, 23:32
I'm a student/part time webdesigner/translator/programmer of sorts/fitness instructor/sailing instructor/diet advisor. Yes, I'm a busy guy.
My dad is a railroad engineer and my mum is a kobold/fortran programmer. They are both dead languages, pretty much like phoenician, so she kinda takes care of my lil bro at home.
By "kobold," do you mean COBOL?
I sincerely wish it was a dead language, but it is most definitely not. A very large number of mission-critical applications (ALL of California's unemployment insurance benefit check generating systems, for example) in US state and federal government systems are written in MVS/COBOL. Originally coded back in the late 60s and early 70s, layer upon layer of functionality has been added over the decades, poorly documented, with the original programmers long gone. Now, the cost of deciphering these systems to simply understand the data and process flows is prohibitive, before even considering the migration path to up-to-date delivery platforms and programming languages. These severely antiquated systems cost a fortune to maintain, and keep a large number of COBOL programmers employed. As a tax payer I have been mortified about this for years now.
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My late mother was a housemaker and nurturer of two fine sons. Dad is a retired engineer for the California Department of Transportation. Incidentally, my grandfather was the Chief of Northern California transportation under Reagan (then California's governor) back in the day.
I am an information technologist, having functioned as programmer (started with COBOL and Natural/ADABAS, lol), business analyst, network support analyst (remember Novell?), lead applications developer (traditional client-server and early web), technical project leader (data warehousing and business intelligence), IT business consultant, and enterprise IT architect.
In my twenties I earned a living (barely) as a professional musician, playing keyboards in various rock and soul bands, several of which toured the western US nightclub circuit. I did this for about five years before I finally got a clue. It was mucho fun though. I'm glad I did it.
ajaxfetish
11-22-2005, 23:41
Me--student, RA, writing tutor
Dad--retired, career with the Boy Scouts of America
Mom--professional mom
Ajax
me-pupil at school
parents-dentists
LeftEyeNine
11-23-2005, 00:25
I'm a Business Administration dept. graduate from university.. Dedicated to be a graphics designer though.. You should not live a "taught" life..
Mom is a retired embroidery teacher while dad has another working year left with being arts teacher.
Me - I make checks before that - most alreadly know that answer.
Father - Used to build roads and bridges - if you drive in New Mexico, and Oklahoma - you have a good chance of driving on a road he helped to build or repair. But that was his last job for over 15 years - before that he worked in the Oil Fields in South Texas - building pads for the rigs, and before that he built roads in New Mexico. Currently he is semi-retired at my urging - at 65 he still works construction - but instead of supervising he just does the task of running dozers scrappers and blades in fixing roads around Santa Fe. So no pressures and he no longer works more then 40 hours.
Mom - before she died - she was a working for the IRS doing audits for the Criminal Investigation Department.
Papewaio
11-23-2005, 03:39
Me - Used to be in Gold Exploration... out in the Indonesian jungle and the Outback of Aus... now I am bound to a keyboard as I am a Telephony Engineer.
Dad - Farmer and Engineer... earns about 3 times I do and pays half the tax... oh the benefits of owning a business. The hardest working person I know.
Mum - Used to be a secretary (Scotland Yard was one of her more interesting job locations) and real estate agent... nowadays looks after the house, pets and Dad.
master of the puppets
11-23-2005, 03:49
i work at dominoes pizza ~:joker: ~D YAY!!!!!
my dad works as instrument manager of Imclone systems in NJ.
My parents are both deceased for a living.
When alive, my father was a tank commander in WWII, played pro football after the war, and later was a civil engineer. My mother spent her last twenty years doing volunteer work; translating books into braille, braille term papers into text, reading books onto tape for blind college students, and working at a suicide prevention hotline.
Moi? I kill trees, build log homes, and write for a regional newspaper.
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My mother spent her last twenty years doing volunteer work; translating books into braille, braille term papers into text, reading books onto tape for blind college students, and working at a suicide prevention hotline.
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My mother also did volunteer work for the Blind - she did the initial training and socialization for guide dogs.
Gawain of Orkeny
11-23-2005, 05:53
Wow Ichi and Beruit need to get togther. Their almost in the same field. Bye the way you can both keep your tree huggin jobs. Im too old for such shennanigans. Didnt anyone ever tell you guys to stay outa the woods. Especially when its burning Ichi. Reminds me Of John Wayne in that movie where he fights the oil well fires. Go get em Duke
KukriKhan
11-23-2005, 06:24
Ma & Pa push up daisies these days.
Before that, Dad welded frames on Mustang autos, after leaving his Ontario, Canada farm.
Mom (after 20 years raising kids) kept books for Burroughs/UNISYS, first in Detroit, then in California.
I've been getting a gov't paycheck since age 16 (39 years now). I've been: lifeguard, recreation director, mailman, infantryman, military policeman, personnel sergeant, sysadmin, and various 'flunky' positions I would just as soon skip describing...:)
Currently doing time as mailman again, in a mid-sized southern California town of 130K people. Could retire next year, but won't (can't afford it yet).
Heh. Had aspirations of journalism and law, but fate had other plans.
Muska Burnt
11-23-2005, 07:09
i have a job at the a cafe at my school i work at lunch or mornings i used to work after school but im doing wrestling but my mom is a nurse and my dad is with afordable housing but since bush my dad makes 3/4 pay so he is a consultant too
Mouzafphaerre
11-23-2005, 07:14
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I'm a composer, lacking regular training, waiting for things to get into way before attempting to -have to- take it abroad. We also have a quasi-group with friends, which never managed to get professional and isn't likely to. I quit business school.
Father is a retired journalist, founder and forced-to-retirement manager of the drama school of local government, ex-actor and director on stage, and a writer of novels and screenplays for years now. Mother is a housewife, coming from a farmer family.
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Ser Clegane
11-23-2005, 10:13
Me:
Analyst for a management consultancy (as I am a chemist I focus on the chemical industry)
Mum & Dad:
Both retired - my mother was manager of a supermarket, my father was driving a roadsweeper for the municipal sanitation department.
Somebody Else
11-23-2005, 10:16
My father did once sell weapons systems to China. Now he writes books (as well as still dabbling in the business world).
I'm a student, planning on becoming an officer in Her Majesty's armed forces in a few years.
I am currently a system consultant in the oil business.
My father is a contractor/construction site manager (which is a great help when you are building a house).
My late mother was an accountant.
Can we put our next of kin into this? My wife is studying to become a pharmaceutical chemist.
Both my father and my grandfather were sailors when they were young, I stayed a landlubber even though being employed by His Majesty’s Royal Navy a couple of years.
SwordsMaster
11-23-2005, 11:56
I sincerely wish it was a dead language, but it is most definitely not. A very large number of mission-critical applications (ALL of California's unemployment insurance benefit check generating systems, for example) in US state and federal government systems are written in MVS/COBOL. Originally coded back in the late 60s and early 70s, layer upon layer of functionality has been added over the decades, poorly documented, with the original programmers long gone. Now, the cost of deciphering these systems to simply understand the data and process flows is prohibitive, before even considering the migration path to up-to-date delivery platforms and programming languages. These severely antiquated systems cost a fortune to maintain, and keep a large number of COBOL programmers employed. As a tax payer I have been mortified about this for years now.
Yeah, I did mean COBOL. ~D The spelling was kinda odd...
Anyway, my mum has been outof business for over 20 years so I don't think there is redemption for her......
But here in Europe, COBOL has been superceeded a VERY long time ago, except in old banks, and large companies but they have their own staff that has been there for ages....
Divinus Arma
11-23-2005, 14:26
I'm a military cop.
U.S. Marine Sergeant.
My parents are both deceased for a living.
When alive, my father was a tank commander in WWII, played pro football after the war, and later was a civil engineer. My mother spent her last twenty years doing volunteer work; translating books into braille, braille term papers into text, reading books onto tape for blind college students, and working at a suicide prevention hotline.
Moi? I kill trees, build log homes, and write for a regional newspaper.
What division/unit as tank commander? What football team? I'm very
interested ~:cool: if you don't mind telling.
@ichi- pleased to see/meet you ~;) .
Oh I forgot one of my father's professions for a time. For about 4 years he was a professional Game Cock fighter. Man the trouble and time it took for me to get my security clearance when I went into the military.
It might be because during this time period (1974-1978) he traveled to most if not all Centeral America nations - and several in South America.
What division/unit as tank commander? What football team? I'm very
interested ~:cool: if you don't mind telling.
@ichi- pleased to see/meet you ~;) .
It's the old story, he never really talked about it, except for being injured when he closed the tank lid on his finger and cut it clean off while fighting in Italy. I think it was the 1rst Canadian Division. Possibly the Grenadier Guards. I wish I knew more. I know more about my grandfather in WWI than about my old man in WWII.
He played for Montreal.
King Henry V
11-23-2005, 20:45
I am serving out my time at school, another three years left.
My mum manages her own property and my dad works for the Geneva Stock Exchange, but he is really a physicist and used to work on the particle accelerator at CERN.
Duke Malcolm
11-23-2005, 21:06
I'm a student, planning on becoming an officer in Her Majesty's armed forces in a few years.
Huzzah! A fello prospective applicant to Her Majesty's Armed Forces! Might I ask which service, corps, et cetera?
It's the old story, he never really talked about it, except for being injured when he closed the tank lid on his finger and cut it clean off while fighting in Italy. I think it was the 1rst Canadian Division. Possibly the Grenadier Guards. I wish I knew more. I know more about my grandfather in WWI than about my old man in WWII.
He played for Montreal.
Thanks for the info ~:cheers: . I'm a huge sports fan and a military nut ~;) .
The_Doctor
11-23-2005, 21:22
My dad is retired. He has worked as a docker, owned a betting shops with his brother and for Barclays Bank, I can't remember the name of the job something to with selling things.
The new Doctor dresses like he used to (only different colours):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/gallery/doctor10_01/800/t1.jpg
He claims they copied him.~:cheers:
My mum works in an office for the local council as an admin officer.
I have never had a job (I am 20), I am at college and on the dole. I am looking for a part-time job.
Craterus
11-24-2005, 18:29
My parents are pharmacists. They deal with legalities of drugs, and what needs to be in adverts. Stuff like that.
Goofball
11-24-2005, 19:56
I'm a commercial banker, dad is an engineer working in Qatar, mom is a professional student.
Mouzafphaerre
11-24-2005, 20:05
My dad is retired. He has worked as a docker, owned a betting shops with his brother and for Barclays Bank, I can't remember the name of the job something to with selling things.
The new Doctor dresses like he used to (only different colours):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/gallery/doctor10_01/800/t1.jpg
He claims they copied him.~:cheers:
My mum works in an office for the local council as an admin officer.
I have never had a job (I am 20), I am at college and on the dole. I am looking for a part-time job.
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The blonde aint bad at all. :stunned:
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edyzmedieval
11-24-2005, 20:19
My dad has a big car parts company, with over 4000 clients...
My mum works as an accountant at the company.
And I am more like a secretary. I check my dad's email every day, and report him the important ones. ~:)
Evil_Maniac From Mars
11-25-2005, 04:14
My mother teaches Biology. My father is retired.
My dad died in '03, but at various times he was a Marine Corps officer, a C.I.A. recruiter, a novelist and a columnist for a national mag. I think he was permanently scarred by his time as an altar boy. My mom is a business consultant, a job which makes her an ungodly sum of money, since she is supposed to be very good at it.
My wife is a pro chef, although she's taking a break to raise our brood. I'm a computer dude who has been forced into management. I also write articles and the occasional book when the money is right. If it sounds schitzophrenic, that's cause it is.
Voigtkampf
11-25-2005, 08:34
The entire family runs a growing construction enterprise, employing currently more than 60 people.
Dad – cappo di cappi.
Mom – holds all the accounting department and IRS off our back.
I – I do everything that needs being done; run constructions sites on different locations, up to 700 kilometers from each other, organize workforce, negotiate new business, material supply, coordination with the supervisors, obtaining new work, buying property, design building projects, sell apartments, doing vast array of paperwork, from simple correspondence to arranging so called construction books and architectural designs. And yes, I iron my shirts, cook and clean my own house, because I’m still single. :knight:
Aside to that, I write for two computer magazines and attempting to bring to an end my law faculty. Getting there soon, hopefully. ~:rolleyes:
Geoffrey S
11-25-2005, 14:33
Dad: runs a software company.
Mum: translates, and at the moment part-time secretary at dad's company.
Me: student, and I work at a local gym hall (setting things up for matches, cleaning up etc.) and give maths tuition to struggling younger students.
The_Doctor
11-25-2005, 18:25
The blonde aint bad at all.
I agree.
Billie Piper is her name.
Mouzafphaerre
11-26-2005, 00:37
I agree.
Billie Piper is her name.
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:medievalcheers:
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Kaiser of Arabia
11-26-2005, 04:21
My grandma (whom I live with) is real estate manager for Ritas Water Ice.
Somebody Else
11-26-2005, 14:53
Huzzah! A fello prospective applicant to Her Majesty's Armed Forces! Might I ask which service, corps, et cetera?
Not sure yet - infantry of some sort - something interesting though. So, ghurkas or guards or something. Maybe the RM if I feel tough enough.
littlelostboy
11-26-2005, 15:10
I am serving out my time at school, another three years left.
My mum manages her own property and my dad works for the Geneva Stock Exchange, but he is really a physicist and used to work on the particle accelerator at CERN.
Particle accelerator at CERN? Why that sounds right out of Dan Brown's Angels and Demons.
rasoforos
11-27-2005, 13:03
I am working for an Insurance Broking company in the UK ( One of the Big Uns but not the biggest yet.. ). So that makes me an Insurance Broker.
SO IF YOU NEED INSURANCE IN ENGLAND THEN PM ME ~;)
At the moment I am a Graduate Trainee which is a pilot scheme for my company ( they havent had an 'all locations' trainee programme before ) which involves me going through practically every different department and most locations throughout the firm.
I ve done my Special risks and Energy part ( Oildrills, Wind Generators and lots of Lloyd's stuff, loved it! ) and I am going to finish my Commercial Insurance part in December. Then I am leaving London for Leicester, Birmingham, Coventry, Nottingham and a bunch of other places till May, when my training programme end I get a post.
After that I do not know where I end up. I hope it ll be London and I hope I ll get me a Lloyd's pass but its gonna be tough...
Parents are both in Greece.
My mom is a businesswoman
My dad is an @#$^%$%
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