Buddha 0 Posted March 18, 2003 Well, I just graduated from college and am currently substitute teaching in the area that I grew up in. I really get along well with kids and it is great feeling to help someone learn something new that they did not understand. But since substituting does not have health or dental insurance I deliver pizza on the weekends to make some extra pocket change and health and dental come out of my paycheck. If I don't have a FT contract teaching positon by September I am moving to West Palm Beach Florida and am going to try my luck there. I also dabble in making custom stuff for Corrado's see my signature. So this is how I get $ do fix the Raddo, and have a little spending cash on the side. Other than that I play guitar, listen to music alot, and work on ideas for the Corrado. What do you guys do? Do you like it?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andi 2,147,483,647 Posted March 18, 2003 I'm unemployed and have been since just before Christmas. Looking at getting back into IT, but hating London more and more, so moving 150 miles north and moving in with the gf. My "$" to fix the raddo currently don't exist - hence why I'm v. skint and car kinda neglected at the mo :( Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Robch 0 Posted March 18, 2003 I'm an Auditor. And yes sometimes it is as boring as it sounds, but not always! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim 2 Posted March 18, 2003 I am a 'Senior Computer Technician' for City College Coventry (http://www.covcollege.ac.uk) in the West Midlands. I am responsible for a bunch of servers, I help manage the team (kind of *grin*) and I do all the other normal techie jobs as well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scott 0 Posted March 18, 2003 Computer Analyst for a media and Telecommications company.... currently studying MCSE so that I can get into Networking and Database........ doing ok *:) Yeah its not a bad job - working in the heart of Manchester does have its benefits .... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GazzaG60 0 Posted March 18, 2003 Im lead infrastructure technician for a major domestic appliance firm (russell hobbs, george foreman, carmen etc) nt4 mcse still updating. work just outside manchester city centre. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
20valver 0 Posted March 18, 2003 Studying a computer science degree at Nottingham Trent uni. Currently in my 3rd year, on a 12 month placement at adidas Stockport, just outside manchester. Doing a mixture of stuff, database work, management reporting(BO), some intranet stuff and lots of corrado research! :lol: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dave_Corrado16v 0 Posted March 18, 2003 Im a Graphic/Web Designer, working for a small Charity based in sunny Wiltshire (http://www.hopeandhomes.org) Its nice to work somewhere where you know the boss isnt making a wedge from your efforts ;) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iceman 0 Posted March 18, 2003 I run a lanscape company on top of going to auto school. Plan on going through the BMW step program and have plans of doing the auto racing portion of BMW. I install and customize audio systems for some extra loot and work on friends cars. Besides that i am big into music, I played semi-pro hockey last fall into winter, and i snowboard whenever humanly possible. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CazzaVR 0 Posted March 18, 2003 I'm a Primary Scool Teacher in Canterbury, currently teaching year 4 (8-9 yr olds) + year 6 Science. Love working with the kids, and the summer holidays :wink: , but the paperwork is an absolute bugger. Worth it though, 'cos every day is different. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Valver 0 Posted March 18, 2003 Technical Support Analyst for computer outsourcing group. Trying to get into Voice/Telecomms Support/Installation. :D Most of my cash has been going on the house, but soon it shall be completed and then the car (Golf 16v) will be 'spoilt'...........not literally!! :shock: :D :twisted: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VR6 0 Posted March 18, 2003 Bin man. Nah seriously, training as an accountant....although my main job is setting up/administering companies/trusts and generally making very wealthy people even wealthier!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dan 0 Posted March 18, 2003 We design, manufacture and install sign systems for schools, hospitals, hotels airports etc. Something different everyday :D . Today i'm messing about, nursing a severe hangover :cry: and, tommorow I'll be 80 feet up in a machine trying to fix a sign. :shock: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
G60 0 Posted March 18, 2003 i am a 'website designer' although that's not the title i would have given myself. more like 'web developer'. i work for CAA Mid-Western Ontario.. CAA is the Canadian Automobile Association. http://www.caamwo.on.ca their website is completely hideous and i hope to redo it as soon as possible..if i'm still here. i tend to move around from job to job a lot which is bad since i'm trying to save money to start a business.. a shop and space to rent to related trades and for storage..not to mention the money needed to keep a corrado tip top. ..i like computers but sitting in a box all day bustin my chops for someone else isn't my scene. always looking for something new! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
funky 0 Posted March 18, 2003 thats a lot of profesional careers im just a paint sprayer hopefully soon to be a business, looking for premises at the moment got a good bloke think called andi ? :lol: designing my webpage so if your after some good bodywork mail me Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
G60 0 Posted March 18, 2003 good call man.. my friend does bodywork and just got laid off from the stealership ((Mod edit: ) 'not very nice people'). i'm tryin to convince him to get a shop goin. white collar is nice and clean and you get pretty flaming shit like a nice crisp suit but running a business is the way to go..imho. more satisfaction. good luck with that. :D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuck 0 Posted March 18, 2003 I work as an Aerospace Engineer in Belfast. Not nearly as glamarous as it sounds, and we are going through the third set of redundancies since last year :x Perhaps we should be asking a different question. 'Who has a job and hates it???' Me Me Me Me Me Me Me!!!!!!!!!! I do feel lucky to have a job at the moment tho..... You could say I'm a dissalusioned ex-student, who desperately wants back the student life........ with money......without exams....... :D :D :thumb right: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banana Man 0 Posted March 18, 2003 I currently work at my local motor factors which has it's bennifits :D but the pay is absolute c**p so I might look for another job in a couple of months or so!!! Once I have replaced a few more bits on the corrado for super trade of course!!! :D :D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vr6storm 0 Posted March 18, 2003 i'm a litho printer for the local council(been there 13 years :roll: ) so graphic designers are the bane in my life :wink: :lol: LOL.....only joking!!!!and on weekends i work for europcar(which is actually owned by vw btw)....so get to drive a few nice motors every so often like golf tdi's,e-class mercs,rover zt-t's and for a while octavia turbo's :shock: ......though most of the time its crappy rover 25's or 45's :( Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stormseeker 0 Posted March 18, 2003 I'm a Network Support Engineer working for Marconi. Voice/Telecomms/IP/SDH/ATM/Photonics you name it, we support it! Job is pooh, but the people I work with are sound and the money is OK! If the company survives that is... Chris. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted March 18, 2003 It seems most of us are techies then because I'm an IT Consultant too! My main area of expertise is Networking and comms. I'm Cisco and Meridian PBX certified, currently reading Cisco PIX and internet security as Firewalls are the biggest growing IT sector at the moment. You'd do well to get into Security 8) Unfortunately I'm not working in that field at the moment but I do have a contract with a huge insurance company as a project/planning analyst, which is funding the Corrado and other hobbies, so can't complain. Hopefully the war will dust over quickly and then I'll get back into the mainstream again once the economy recovers. Hobbies include Golf, domestic Hi-Fi, Radio controlled cars, mountain cycling and of course tweaking the Corrado! Cheers Kev 94 VR6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vr6storm 0 Posted March 18, 2003 It seems most of us are techies then because I'm an IT Consultant too! My main area of expertise is Networking and comms. I'm Cisco and Meridian PBX certified, currently reading Cisco PIX and internet security as Firewalls are the biggest growing IT sector at the moment. You'd do well to get into Security 8) Cheers Kev 94 VR6 pardon!!sprechen zee english :scratch: nah seriously its times like these i wish i stuck behind school with all the so-called "nerds" and "geeks" playing with their zx81's and spectrums.......cos all these "geeks" and "nerds" are now driving about in some well-sorted machines these days......just shows you how trying keeping with the "in-crowd"means feck all when your older Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim 2 Posted March 18, 2003 Hehe... kev is speaking my language. I am currently on a CCNA course which was split up and spread over two years of twice weekly night school.. its driving me INSANE and I wish I had just gone for a fast track or similar style of course. Thankfully we are in the middle of Semester 4 so by Summer it should be all out of the way. Cisco certainly seems to be the field to get into ... a license to print money, if the consultants that come and visit us are anything to go by :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stormseeker 0 Posted March 18, 2003 You'd do well to get into Security 8) Oooooh now you're getting me excited, that's my other hobby (apart from my Corrado...) I'm into Linux iptables/ipchains and have a smoothwall running at home on my adsl connection... 8) Don't even start me on VPNs/ipsec/pptp and all that.... I'll get my coat..... :oops: :oops: :lol: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vr6storm 0 Posted March 18, 2003 You'd do well to get into Security 8) Oooooh now you're getting me excited, that's my other hobby (apart from my Corrado...) I'm into Linux iptables/ipchains and have a smoothwall running at home on my adsl connection... 8) Don't even start me on VPNs/ipsec/pptp and all that.... I'll get my coat..... :oops: :oops: :lol: guys guys come on....................us poor non computer-types are getting seriously lost here :scratch: ......i reckon learning mandarin chinese would be easier to understand :wink: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites