Jobs & Careers

EPOCH6 · 10-29-2014, 08:26 PM

What does Music Banter do for work? Where has Music Banter worked? Where does Music Banter want to work?
This thread is for bull****ting about work or bull****ting about how hard it is to find good work.

After 3 years of trying to push my way into the tech industry I finally got my first serious full time job as a cellular systems lab technician back in June. Now I spend 8 hours a day configuring, testing, and building technology that extends cellular coverage into hard to reach areas like skyscrapers, shopping malls, underground parking garages, and tunnels. It's a comfortably challenging mixture of electronics & IT. Basically the engineers score a contract with a big name mobile carrier to design a large cellular system for a particular project, they design the system, they pitch the system to the carrier, the carrier buys it, the hardware is shipped to me, and then I set up and test the entire system before it ships to the carrier for use in their project. On slow days I'm either repairing devices, assembling electronics, laser engraving, or troubleshooting systems over the phone. Sometimes I get to work on wire-tapping systems for the government / penitentiaries, sometimes I'm working on coverage systems for airports, sometimes I'm working on radio networks for oil rigs in Northern Canada, and I never have to leave the lab. It's a pretty killer first job and I plan on sticking around as long as I can.

2 years ago I was a cashier in a dollar store.
Before that I was roofing / working construction.

DwnWthVwls · 10-29-2014, 08:49 PM

I'm a student and part-time produce employee for ACME.

EPOCH6 · 10-29-2014, 08:50 PM

What are you studenting about?

DwnWthVwls · 10-29-2014, 08:57 PM

I'm working on getting into the MA/Doc program for Physical Therapy, and still haven't decide if I'm going for my Ba in Bio or Environmental Sci.

What did you get your degree in to land that gig? Networking or something? Looks like fun.

EPOCH6 · 10-29-2014, 09:19 PM

2 year technology diploma in wireless communications. About 75% radio electronics / 25% data & networking I'd say.

Key · 10-29-2014, 09:20 PM

I'm a truck unloader for a thrift store. It's not as glorious as it sounds, but I love it.

**Frownland** · 10-29-2014, 09:28 PM

Don't worry, doesn't sound too glorious.

I'm on the hunt for a job, I have an interview on Monday for a Blackboard (site students use to upload assignments, register for classes, etc.) technician. Hopefully that goes well.

Blarobbarg · 10-29-2014, 10:36 PM

I've worked at my parents hydroponic garden center (basically a retail store for specialty garden supplies) for as long as I can remember, worked as a deli dude slicing meat and frying chicken, bagger/cashier/self scan supervisor for a large grocery store, became an entrepreneur for awhile and became the middle man for an Amish group that produced organic, natural jams and jellies (basically sold them at farmers markets and such), volunteered in Nicaragua as an intern of sorts and worked with children mostly, freelanced as an elementary school tutor, volunteered again at a church and world mostly with youth in bad situations (talking them through their issues and making sure they didn't hurt themselves or others and such) and now I'm about to start a job as a teachers assistant at a private school, for 2 to 6 year olds. Most of these jobs have overlapped in one way or another. There has rarely been a time in my life that I've only had one method of income.

grindy · 10-30-2014, 12:24 AM

I study mechanical engineering. Two semesters left.

grindy · 10-30-2014, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by EPOCH6

What does Music Banter do for work? Where has Music Banter worked? Where does Music Banter want to work?
This thread is for bull****ting about work or bull****ting about how hard it is to find good work.

After 3 years of trying to push my way into the tech industry I finally got my first serious full time job as a cellular systems lab technician back in June. Now I spend 8 hours a day configuring, testing, and building technology that extends cellular coverage into hard to reach areas like skyscrapers, shopping malls, underground parking garages, and tunnels. It's a comfortably challenging mixture of electronics & IT. Basically the engineers score a contract with a big name mobile carrier to design a large cellular system for a particular project, they design the system, they pitch the system to the carrier, the carrier buys it, the hardware is shipped to me, and then I set up and test the entire system before it ships to the carrier for use in their project. On slow days I'm either repairing devices, assembling electronics, laser engraving, or troubleshooting systems over the phone. Sometimes I get to work on wire-tapping systems for the government / penitentiaries, sometimes I'm working on coverage systems for airports, sometimes I'm working on radio networks for oil rigs in Northern Canada, and I never have to leave the lab. It's a pretty killer first job and I plan on sticking around as long as I can.

2 years ago I was a cashier in a dollar store.
Before that I was roofing / working construction.

Your job seems great. Glad you found something you like, it's so rare.

10-29-2014, 09:28 PM	#7 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Don't worry, doesn't sound too glorious. I'm on the hunt for a job, I have an interview on Monday for a Blackboard (site students use to upload assignments, register for classes, etc.) technician. Hopefully that goes well. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

10-29-2014, 10:36 PM	#8 (permalink)
Blarobbarg Do good. Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota Posts: 2,065	I've worked at my parents hydroponic garden center (basically a retail store for specialty garden supplies) for as long as I can remember, worked as a deli dude slicing meat and frying chicken, bagger/cashier/self scan supervisor for a large grocery store, became an entrepreneur for awhile and became the middle man for an Amish group that produced organic, natural jams and jellies (basically sold them at farmers markets and such), volunteered in Nicaragua as an intern of sorts and worked with children mostly, freelanced as an elementary school tutor, volunteered again at a church and world mostly with youth in bad situations (talking them through their issues and making sure they didn't hurt themselves or others and such) and now I'm about to start a job as a teachers assistant at a private school, for 2 to 6 year olds. Most of these jobs have overlapped in one way or another. There has rarely been a time in my life that I've only had one method of income. __________________ https://rateyourmusic.com/~Blarobbarg ｡･::･ﾟ★,｡･::･ﾟ☆　^my RYM^　｡･::･ﾟ★,｡･::･ﾟ☆ (◠‿◠✿)

10-30-2014, 12:24 AM	#9 (permalink)
grindy . Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: . Posts: 7,201	I study mechanical engineering. Two semesters left. __________________ *A smell of petroleum prevails throughout.*

10-29-2014, 09:20 PM	#6 (permalink)
Key . Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 13,153	I'm a truck unloader for a thrift store. It's not as glorious as it sounds, but I love it.