Tell everyone what you do for a living?

CanwllCorfe · 03-23-2012, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Heh. You and I have even more in common than I thought.

You worked in construction too?!

LoathsomePete · 03-23-2012, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by CanwllCorfe

Out of work masonry laborer. I could probably get another construction job since I have experience, but the only reason I did it is because it was my dad's business. I actually kind of miss it.

I know the feeling, I got my first real job at a lumberyard when I was 15 because my grandfather use to own it. As labourous as the job was, going home tired but with a feeling of accomplishment was nice. I've always been interested in masonry, I tried forming but absolutely hated it, same with steel-stud framing.

**Janszoon** · 03-23-2012, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by CanwllCorfe

You worked in construction too?!

Yep, for my dad, like you.

Unknown Soldier · 03-23-2012, 04:21 PM

I'm a waste management consultant and have a masters degree in this. In theory this should be a great job, but it really sucks at the moment due to the continuing global recession, as nobody really gives a crap at the moment about waste minimisation in the UK. I actually work from home, due to cutbacks in the industry. Before that I worked as an estate agent and times were really good and before that..............well piss off, I'm not telling my life story on here!

CanwllCorfe · 03-23-2012, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by LoathsomePete

I know the feeling, I got my first real job at a lumberyard when I was 15 because my grandfather use to own it. As labourous as the job was, going home tired but with a feeling of accomplishment was nice. I've always been interested in masonry, I tried forming but absolutely hated it, same with steel-stud framing.

Yup. That's what I miss the most. And what kind of forming do you mean?

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Yep, for my dad, like you.

In.sane.

jackhammer · 03-23-2012, 05:44 PM

I'm a chef but truth be told it's not exactly high end and the pay is crap but I have been working with food in some capacity or other for well over 10 years now either as a chef or manager.

I really would love to work in the music business as a journalist or something similar.

LoathsomePete · 03-23-2012, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by CanwllCorfe

Yup. That's what I miss the most. And what kind of forming do you mean?

Concrete forming, I would not recommend it.

Freebase Dali · 03-23-2012, 06:11 PM

Since I'm currently a full-time student and don't actually work, I'll go ahead and outline my previous work experience, and what I'm going to be doing in a few months.

First job, I was a car detailer.
Second, I started doing metal fabrication and worked at a factory that built large building heaters.
Third, I stocked a distribution warehouse that supplied beauty salons.
Fourth, I went back to fabrication and worked as a welder/fabricator at a sign and awning company (we built the Wachovia signs, the Best Buy signs, Amscot awnings, etc.)
Fifth, I said f*ck all that and joined the Army as a computer network administrator because I figured the job would include air conditioning. Did that for 6 years and got out.
Now I'm full time schooling for Computer Network Administration with a free ride from VA, and will graduate in the summer.
Then.. I hope to get a job in that field and will turn down anything lower than 40,000 a year.

Fingers crossed.

WWWP · 03-23-2012, 06:36 PM

I more or less got my degree in Early Childhood Education to be a preschool teacher and then realized I didn't really want to teach, I was just going through the motions because it was an easy option for me. Now I'm a Religious Studies student and work in a local, independent bookstore to pay the bills. In a perfect world I will end up being a writer/musician who has studied all of the things that interest me.

midnight rain · 03-23-2012, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

I'm a waste management consultant

Is that what you tell your therapist?

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03-23-2012, 05:44 PM	#36 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	I'm a chef but truth be told it's not exactly high end and the pay is crap but I have been working with food in some capacity or other for well over 10 years now either as a chef or manager. I really would love to work in the music business as a journalist or something similar. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

03-23-2012, 06:11 PM	#38 (permalink)
Freebase Dali Partying on the inside Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 5,584	Since I'm currently a full-time student and don't actually work, I'll go ahead and outline my previous work experience, and what I'm going to be doing in a few months. First job, I was a car detailer. Second, I started doing metal fabrication and worked at a factory that built large building heaters. Third, I stocked a distribution warehouse that supplied beauty salons. Fourth, I went back to fabrication and worked as a welder/fabricator at a sign and awning company (we built the Wachovia signs, the Best Buy signs, Amscot awnings, etc.) Fifth, I said f*ck all that and joined the Army as a computer network administrator because I figured the job would include air conditioning. Did that for 6 years and got out. Now I'm full time schooling for Computer Network Administration with a free ride from VA, and will graduate in the summer. Then.. I hope to get a job in that field and will turn down anything lower than 40,000 a year. Fingers crossed.