Your occupation?

[griffin]

So what do people do to pay for their TFs addiction? Are you in a career, a temporary job until something else comes up, unemployed, or at school or Uni? (if at Uni, what are you studying, or aim to become from it)

For me, it's working in a Coles warehouse, but only until something better comes along. I've been there four years now, but it's good money for just stacking boxes.

[STL]

I'm a bum.

(IE. I'm at university)

But that changes as of next February. :( :( :(

[griffin]

Okay, if you post that you are Uni, what are you studying, or aim to become from it?

[STL]

Okay, if you post that you are Uni, what are you studying, or aim to become from it?

Okey dokey!

Funny thing is, I've never aimed to become anything. Uni/my career is something I do b/c I'm good at it. I'm going to be a consultant/analyst in the finance field. I've lined up a position for next Feburary which while I know I'm fortunate, makes me sad b/c I'm leaving behind the best years of life. :(

(as you can tell, I'm a very career driven person:rolleyes: :) :D )

[Zippo]

IT Support at a construction company.

[TheDirtyDigger]

Manage a retail store with a part ownership in it.
Also doing an accounting degree at Uni (slowly but surely) to become a CPA.
Also ref basketball which is great because the Tax Department considers it a hobby still so that income is tax free. This may change in the future. I think refs at some associations actually pay tax.

[iceburn]

just a "senior" Junior Test Analyst at Ocean Software that is practically underpaid but has a good environment to work in. will be progressing into a Junior Developer role in a couple of months which would bring in hopefully more money for my toys and wedding preparations.

am intending to work at this place till mid 2010 before locating for a much highly paid job.

[blackie]

i work at good old safeway, in the produce department, and like STL, im also a bum , studing mechanical engineering at RMIT, although i want to transfer to aerospace engineering, so i can eventually work in aerodynamics :D

[Bartrim]

Been an Automotive Parts Interpreter for the past 7 years. Before that I was a deckhand on a fishing trawler.

I'm about to change careers though but I'll announce that as it happens in the next couple of weeks.

[Deonasis]

I'm a web developer. Some other jobs include a cleaner, draftsman, and in the fruit n veg dept at Woolies.

[Borgeman]

bum also, syudying biomedical engineering at latrobe, working at eb games to keep the food coming in....

George

[GoktimusPrime]

I teach Japanese at high school. I also do some home tutoring on Sundays.

[jacksplatt11]

Currently studying Information Systems at La Trobe, going into last year next year bar any failed classes, have no idea what I want to be so I'll just see where this takes me..

Currently on the payroll at Centrelink, and the La Trobe uni's scholarship department :D..

But unfortunately will be looking for a job for the 3 months holidays, hopefully somewhere like Billy Hyde, and not Target (after 4 years), Big W, Safeway etc...

[JuzMel]

Web Designer at CFA (Country Fire Authority) and yes it's the fire department but I don't fight fires... :p

Previous roles include Wed Developer/Marketing Exec./ Sales Admin (both in Singapore and Australia) in which work encompasses advertising (design), publishing, events management, website development/maintenance and admin for one "lazy" Sales Manager. :rolleyes:

Current job is the best paying one with great benefits, opportunities and reliability so far, and I just joined in May this year, so am gonna stay for awhile. :)

[hanprimus]

I can't believe I work in the wine business for more than 3 yrs now :eek:
And still I can't drink much and easily get drunk :o.

[i_amtrunks]

Web Content Manager at the Australian Water Association.

I'm really the Web Admin/IT department, general fix it guy all rolled into one, but the company is stingy and by listing the job as Content Manager, I only get paid peanuts for the work I do.

It's what I get for studying Digital Animation at Uni, a Degree that is more or less useless. :rolleyes:

[Golden Phoenix]

I work in the busy coffee shop in a city hospital. I am looking for other jobs though. Preferably somewhere where I can get a good staff discount on something I have an interest in.

[Pulse]

Was a Casual Primary School Teacher for 4 odd years (sure it was excellent money but I refused to put up with those kids s#%t any longer!)

Went back to uni & became qualified in the field of TESOL. Currently trying to find work in that field or a position in an educational consultancy role.

[optimus1]

Me? Im at Uni (2nd time around) part time doing my BA (Dip Ed) - Im an education student. My goal is to become a High School teacher teaching History and Geography.

I also work part time in residential property research/support (from my Commerce/Property degree). A couple of years ago I decided I wanted to do something that had more substance and was self fulfilling to me personally and took the decision to go back to uni :)

What's the point of doing something you are not happy with? I think it's never too late to go back and study/train for that job/career path you want :cool:

Im only a few years older than many of my classmates but feel a bit more mature in that im aware of the workforce/business world out there and am not straight from high school.

[Thanatos]

Coles casual employee around Psychology degree at UQ. Hoping to finish in about 2 years if I get my honours and then work in rehabilitation, addiction and criminality, etc. etc.

It's pretty good fun to be honest. Grocery work isn't so bad. Plus 5% extra off from Kmart and Target during sales :)

[optimus1]

Was a Casual Primary School Teacher for 4 odd years (sure it was excellent money but I refused to put up with those kids s#%t any longer!)

Went back to uni & became qualified in the field of TESOL. Currently trying to find work in that field or a position in an educational consultancy role.

Pulse - Good to see you and Gok in Education as well!

[Bartrim]

Can I just say that I am really enjoying reading this thread. It's interesting seeing what everyone does.

[Robzy]

I work in the Entertainment Industry... have done so for 11 years, but only professionally (ie, full time) for about 5.

I studied performing arts/media production at Uni, then got myself an Agent - which is how I get most of my work. I work as a musician, MC, DJ, & I'm in a musical comedy act called "Sung Like a Horse". I've done quite a lot of acting, including working for 8 years at 2 Theatre Restaurants, plays, TV commercials and short films (I just finished shooting one a couple of months ago). I also teach guitar at a couple of schools for extra cash, but mostly for fun! :p

[Pulse]

Pulse - Good to see you and Gok in Education as well!

Bet you wouldn't think it but when I left highschool, I was originally planning to get qualified in the field of Hospitality Management.

I went along to the orientation day at North Ryde Tafe & I decided to head in a different direction :D. Somehow I stumbled in Teaching (Hospitality Management into Teaching? How does that work?) & I'm really glad I did because if I would have stuck it out with HM, I would never have met Lisa Maree... :)

[jaydisc]

web applications (PHP)
database applications
unix sysadmin
mac sys/netadmin
PSD -> HTML/CSS

[GoktimusPrime]

(sure it was excellent money but I refused to put up with those kids s#%t any longer!)
Pppffttt... wait till they get to high school.

optimus1: Don't worry, most kids are manageable if you know what you're doing. :) I won't name the school, but my first year of teaching was at arguably one of the toughest schools in Sydney and yet I was still able to enforce discipline and order amongst my students by the end of my tenure there. Feel free to ask me about it or anything else about teaching either in private or IRL at future fan meets. :)

[1orion2many]

:)Training Co-ordinator(Conveyor belt Splicing, Rubber Lining, Pulley and Roller lagging(Industrial rubber)), I either organise training for people or train them myself. I might be changing jobs at the end of the year and go working on the mine sites but this will mean going backwards as far as positions go. I'd be working getting dirty again:rolleyes:, the good thing is you start on about 120K and go up, I have heard of one of the older Supervisors I used to work with being offered 250K but he didn't take the job as he is retiring at the end of the year.

[gamblor916]

Graphic designer, though these days its more like layout monkey.

[hotaru_oz]

I just got a job working fulltime at Hungry Jacks, I start this Arvo XD

[sifun]

contracting for Australia post doing IT for their non production environments
No I don't work in the post office, and I don't even get free postage :(

[Saintly]

Domino Developer/Administrator
Unqualified Cisco Engineer
Exchange/SQL Administrator
Part time Domestic Engineer
The IT department

[1orion2many]

:)You people are all over-educated, my Brain would have imploded just thinking about going to Uni:D.

[autobreadticon]

studying accounting for professional recognition at uni, i work in a plastics manufacturing factory -part time (i think this is where my fetish for all things plastic dervied from). What i have to get industry experience and pass the CPA exam , oh noes:eek:

[Mr_K]

Technical Writer (Content Author) Lev. II for Red Hat: www.redhat.com.

I have a bachelor in IT and a bachelor in Communication Design.

[autobreadticon]

Dirty we open up an accounting firm, partnership or company some day yeh ???:)

[kurdt_the_goat]

My only full time job ever, is my current job - Senior Web Designer for 5 years at a web development company called Itomic (http://www.itomic.com). Basically that means i design everything we output and code (xhtml/css) website frontends. Also work freelance doing illustrations for an agency connected to Bunnings, for their in store, brochure and tv adverts.

[TheDirtyDigger]

Dirty we open up an accounting firm, partnership or company some day yeh ???:)

Yes definitely Bread.

[Bartrim]

:)You people are all over-educated, my Brain would have imploded just thinking about going to Uni:D.

Ha! My Brain nearly imploded at the idea of finishing high school... which is why I didn't :D I like to think I'm doing alright for a high school drop out.

[Hereticpoo]

Currently: Cushy Procurement and Contracts Admin for mining company. Studying Financial Planning, 4th year.

Previously: Rigger, Soldier, Cable Guy, Boilermaker's TA, my first part time job while at school was - Dish Pig, yuk!

[Bartrim]

I just got a job working fulltime at Hungry Jacks, I start this Arvo XD

Just curious... What would you do if someone came up and asked for 4 quad stackers?:p

[Saintly]

Ha! My Brain nearly imploded at the idea of finishing high school... which is why I didn't :D I like to think I'm doing alright for a high school drop out.

Likewise... my HSC score was so low that I barely made 3rd round offers

[k.wong23]

Currently at uni about to finish 2nd year Commerce - Accounting and Finance at Monash, but taking the next year off as I will be working in accounts payable at GM Holden (company car anyone VE COMMODORE? hehe doubt it though) starting in January.

Currently a telephone monkey for Roy Morgan research surveying people, previously been waiter, sales assistant at Sanity, worked at fast food joints and Target.

[Kyle]

Another uni bum here. PhD student in Maths and sessional academic for the department. My research was done a while back but am still writing up the thesis. Basically given the current week's Australian wool auction data I'm now able to predict (pretty accurately) the prices and outcomes of next week's auctions. Plus I can generate pretty charts and pictures for farmers to understand. ;) I'm a VERY slow writer and too easily distracted by stuff (like this forum). Since my industry scholarship ran out in July, I've been living on a temporary lecturer position within the department. Will be unemployed for a few months as soon as the current semester's teachings are over (like in 2 weeks...) Guess I won't be buying new TFs for a couple of months. :( Am likely to continue as a lecturer for the department next year or do a postdoc somewhere.

[Pulse]

:)You people are all over-educated, my Brain would have imploded just thinking about going to Uni:D.

Do you think I actually focussed on work at Uni? Are you insane? :p

Mate, It was all about the girls :)! In my tute alone, There were about 25 of us in total & about 85% of them were girls! (& there was this one time in 2nd year when there were 2 Swedish girls in one of our subjects... Man, that was a great subject for us guys but you wouldn't believe the level of b#%@$iness in that room... :eek:)

[autobreadticon]

Do you think I actually focussed on work at Uni? Are you insane? :p

Mate, It was all about the girls :)! In my tute alone, There were about 25 of us in total & about 85% of them were girls! (& there was this one time in 2nd year when there were 2 Swedish girls in one of our subjects... Man, that was a great subject for us guys but you wouldn't believe the level of b#%@$iness in that room... :eek:)

i have a friend that changed his career , from Accounting to Psychology(socialogy*) just because of the ratio of girls to guys in each classroom, personally i don't see how that wiould work in the long-term.....

[Kyle]

i have a friend that changed his career , from Accounting to Psychology(socialogy*) just because of the ratio of girls to guys in each classroom, personally i don't see how that wiould work in the long-term.....

There aren't many girls in Maths... Sometimes I wish I did something like Psychology, Marketing, Physiotherapy, Education or even Nursing... :o

[Tropisetron]

Currently finishing my 5th yr Medical studies (BIG EXAM in 4 weeks). Can't wait for next yr as it's a pretty slack yr. Spending 9 weeks in total overseas for an elective in January and August-September.

Currently working casually for a contractor for PURA milk two days a week (monday saturday). Pretty good paying job for 2-3 hours job, almost 30 an hour and that's what paying my hobby off right now.

Oh... and i get free milk too... haha

[sifun]

Another uni bum here. PhD student in Maths and sessional academic for the department. My research was done a while back but am still writing up the thesis. Basically given the current week's Australian wool auction data I'm now able to predict (pretty accurately) the prices and outcomes of next week's auctions. Plus I can generate pretty charts and pictures for farmers to understand. ;) I'm a VERY slow writer and too easily distracted by stuff (like this forum). Since my industry scholarship ran out in July, I've been living on a temporary lecturer position within the department. Will be unemployed for a few months as soon as the current semester's teachings are over (like in 2 weeks...) Guess I won't be buying new TFs for a couple of months. :( Am likely to continue as a lecturer for the department next year or do a postdoc somewhere.

can you predict when our dollar is going to go back up? :D

[Autocon]

WOW

look how many people replied to this topic in one day!!!


:eek::eek::eek::eek:





im at a very unique situation. being a bum:D
im maybe going to do some more study next year, unless i find work!

[autobreadticon]

The AUD will appreciate if :
inflation rises in the U.S or Australia increase it interest rates (but i guess those with mortgages won't be to happy)

Or the RBA can intervene to appreciate the $AUD by decreasing the supply of the AUD

But basically we want a scenario where the F/X market demands more Aussie currency!!!!

I was a little annouyed speculation of the U.S going into a recession , HALTED our AUD to increase, which right now should be around 73c but damn expectation by the market caused caution ...

[pheonix83]

Im an IT Systems Analyst for a major shipping Ports Company

nice way of saying IT dude.

[STL]

Do you think I actually focussed on work at Uni? Are you insane? :p


I'm gonna miss being a bum. :(:(:(

[1orion2many]

Do you think I actually focussed on work at Uni? Are you insane? :p

Mate, It was all about the girls :)! In my tute alone, There were about 25 of us in total & about 85% of them were girls! (& there was this one time in 2nd year when there were 2 Swedish girls in one of our subjects... Man, that was a great subject for us guys but you wouldn't believe the level of b#%@$iness in that room... :eek:)

Why does this not surprise me:rolleyes::D. I must admit I don't think any of the younger males would go to Uni if it wasn't for the social aspect of it;):).

[Hereticpoo]

My only full time job ever, is my current job - Senior Web Designer for 5 years at a web development company called Itomic (http://www.itomic.com). Basically that means i design everything we output and code (xhtml/css) website frontends. Also work freelance doing illustrations for an agency connected to Bunnings, for their in store, brochure and tv adverts.

Please get them to change the Bunnings theme music! Its been the same for 20 dam years! Its so annoying! 5 years eh? Must be a good environment :)

[Golden Phoenix]

Man, that was a great subject for us guys but you wouldn't believe the level of b#%@$iness in that room... :eek:)

I can. about 3 or 4 months back, I was the only guy in the coffee shop...I heard everything and did the only thing I could: smile and nod

[kurdt_the_goat]

Please get them to change the Bunnings theme music! Its been the same for 20 dam years! Its so annoying! 5 years eh? Must be a good environment :)

I would, but i've never actually spoken to a single person on the Bunnings side of things.. i'm a middle-middle-man for a graphic agency. I suggest just not watching TV, there isn't much to miss out on these days anyway!

[Paulbot]

I'm another webhead, Internet Content Management (write, edit, layout, set guidelines, chase people up, manage css, and project manage development) working in Government. I got here via a Arts/Journalism degree, general web-interest, and tech know-how.

Almost seven years now in this job now and I am starting to get the itch for a change...

[GoktimusPrime]

I must admit I don't think any of the younger males would go to Uni if it wasn't for the social aspect of it
Well I think post-school life in general is a real eye-opener for everyone. School-life is so "false" compared to what life is really like. But yeah, socially my uni years were the best and nothing compares... I miss it. :) As odd as it sounds, I do miss studying. ;p Sure there were a couple of assignments and exams that I really disliked, but on the whole I really enjoyed studying. I think I would be a full-time uni student if not for the poverty factor. :p

Let's see... actual university clubs or circles that I joined and participated in (I joined some but never turned up to any of their activities, so I won't count those)...

+ Numerous animé & manga clubs (like, four or five :p)
http://www.geocities.com/goktimus/cosplay_ranmaryouga1.jpg

+ One animé circle
http://www.geocities.com/goktimus/Animeken2.JPG

+ One manga circle
http://www.geocities.com/goktimus/Manken2.JPG

+ One martial arts club (Aikido)
http://www.geocities.com/goktimus/Aikido01.JPG

+ One Medieval and Renaissance recreation society
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/sca.jpg

+ One Japanese cultural club
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/Karaoke/Wasabi%20Idol/P1010189.jpg

+ Two or three international students associations
http://www.geocities.com/goktimus/Ryokan3.JPG <--in Kyoto

...and of course, various private circles of friends. :)
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/group_beach.jpg

Now that I'm working full time such gatherings have become a rarity (T_T)

Enjoy your uni days while you can STL and all other students!! Enjoy them so that the rest of us may vicariously bask in your glory! :p

P.S.: Oh yeah, I joined a Transformers club too, but that was outside of uni. I think they're called "OzFormers" now. ;) Although it was through chatting with Transfans online via university internet connection that I discovered OzFormers in 1997 (the internet was heavily dominated by university servers before AOL :p).

[optimus1]

[QUOTE

optimus1: Don't worry, most kids are manageable if you know what you're doing. :) I won't name the school, but my first year of teaching was at arguably one of the toughest schools in Sydney and yet I was still able to enforce discipline and order amongst my students by the end of my tenure there. Feel free to ask me about it or anything else about teaching either in private or IRL at future fan meets. :)[/QUOTE]

No worries will do! Thanks

And nice pics on the Uni clubs also! Im also a non-appearing member of my uni clubs, but thats mostly due to work and being with other friends

[loophole]

Im currently in my 4th year as an apprentice automotive spray painter, less than 1 year to go i cant wait for tradesman wages but i have been thinking about going to uni afterwards to do something different

[Metroplex]

I manage a hire company that hires scissor lifts, boomlifts & scaffold to construction sites, etc. Its a good thing there is internet access here otherwise id go insane!

[Soundwarp]

Pictures speak a thousand words:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v739/soundwarp/LeePreist-1.jpg

[roller]

philanderer

[autobreadticon]

Pictures speak a thousand words:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v739/soundwarp/LeePreist-1.jpg

COOL, what do you do in the army tho, is it like in the movies, SGT BILKO?

[unicron]

i work for my self as a painter

[GoktimusPrime]

I only see a disembodied head and hands floating in mid-air! Where's the rest of Soundwarp's body?! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTkpuUCgen4) :p :)

I experienced a touch of occupational irony (http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showthread.php?p=55662#post55662) today. ;)

unicron: I bought some second-hand paint once.

























It was in the shape of a house. (bada-boom BISH) :D

[Bartrim]

Oh Gok that was terrible... Where is that image of Ironhide with his head in his hand?

While I was a trainee earning sweet f.a I made extra cash being the dj at the local club. $60 an hr and free drinks. Best wages ever:D

[Pulse]

I can. about 3 or 4 months back, I was the only guy in the coffee shop...I heard everything and did the only thing I could: smile and nod

Mate, I don't think you know just how nasty they can get...

Recalling this one particular tute with the Swedish Girls, Lisa was in my ear for the entire one hour tute - going on about how she swore that she saw the better-looking Swedish Girl dropping off a kid at the Uni's daycare centre (which mean't it just had to be hers :D *shakes head*). The conversation then changed to "what type of girl she probably was... " & about how the Swedish Girls blatantly flirted with the Lecturer... :eek:

That particular day opened up my eyes to a whole new level of b#%@$iness... :eek:

[Kyle]

& about how the Swedish Girls blatantly flirted with the Lecturer... :eek:

I wish some Swedish girls would blatantly flirt with me... :o

[Golden Phoenix]

Mate, I don't think you know just how nasty they can get...

Recalling this one particular tute with the Swedish Girls, Lisa was in my ear for the entire one hour tute - going on about how she swore that she saw the better-looking Swedish Girl dropping off a kid at the Uni's daycare centre (which mean't it just had to be hers :D *shakes head*). The conversation then changed to "what type of girl she probably was... " & about how the Swedish Girls blatantly flirted with the Lecturer... :eek:

That particular day opened up my eyes to a whole new level of b#%@$iness... :eek:

Oh, I think I've had about the same level of nastiness, if not worse.
They are all best friend for life while still in the room, but as soon as they leave there will be a mud slinging contest.

[GoktimusPrime]

Swedes a (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1KSaUEu_T4)re freaky (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXfHyDCcTGQ&NR=1) :p

[blackie]

i have a friend that changed his career , from Accounting to Psychology(socialogy*) just because of the ratio of girls to guys in each classroom, personally i don't see how that wiould work in the long-term.....

good work kids, but i think i win. when i did vce i had a whole school of girls. i think there were 8 guys in my year level :D

[Pulse]

It sounds like you enrolled yourself in a girl's school "by mistake"... :D

[blackie]

ahh well actualy i did :P
except it wasnt a mistake
i didnt do vce see, i did the IB (wow that rhymed :P)
and the boys campus of my school didnt offer it but the girls campus did, so i shipped myself off down the road for 2 years filled with women, who got very angry one a month for some odd reason. still, was fun :D

[Rampage]

For me, it's working in a Coles warehouse, but only until something better comes along. I've been there four years now, but it's good money for just stacking boxes.

same thing but for your German rival

[Trailer Park Ninja]

I'm a career public servant, pay ain't too bad but the benefit entitlements are even better. :D

[GoktimusPrime]

blackie: so did you go and study at a university overseas?

No offence, but I'm not entirely sure why people choose to study IB over VCE or HSC. afaik Australian high school certificates are widely recognised overseas too... I mean, I did the HSC and it didn't disadvantage me from gaining a scholarship to study at a university in Japan (http://www.daito.ac.jp) *shrug* In my experience people tend to pick it over the HSC/VCE more out of "prestige" *shrugs.again* Again, JMHO. :)

Still, from a language teacher's POV the IB is great since studying a foreign language is compulsory! :D So just out of interest which language did you study?

[llamatron]

PhD student in Maths and sessional academic for the department.

Postgrads represent!

Physics PhD here. Financially supported by 2 scholarships + teaching / marking undergrad stuff. Oh and a wife.;)

[blackie]

blackie: so did you go and study at a university overseas?



nah never had the drive to stiudy overseas




No offence, but I'm not entirely sure why people choose to study IB over VCE or HSC. afaik Australian high school certificates are widely recognised overseas too... I mean, I did the HSC and it didn't disadvantage me from gaining a scholarship to study at a university in Japan (http://www.daito.ac.jp) *shrug* In my experience people tend to pick it over the HSC/VCE more out of "prestige" *shrugs.again* Again, JMHO. :)


ahh but ib has a MUCH (read amazingly) better conversion rate for enter scores etc. i honestly would have struggled to get 70 in VCE, but came out with 85 from IB




Still, from a language teacher's POV the IB is great since studying a foreign language is compulsory! :D So just out of interest which language did you study?

ahh i did german, and a bad job i did at it. i think i got a 3 :S the lowest mark the teacher ever got. still i know im crap at languages, i got a credit last semester in the "how to write a report etc" subject, but got HD's in both the maths/physics subjects, and in IB i did chem and physics, so yeah im a science/maths guy, hence engineering :P


*shrug* In my experience people tend to pick it over the HSC/VCE more out of "prestige" *shrugs.again* Again, JMHO. :)



Prestige my ass, everyone thinks your smart cause you do IB, i just chose it to be at the girls school :P jokes :D
it is seen as a more prestigious option, but also as a different one. im not sure what HSC is like up there, but our VCE is vastly different than the IB, and its good, cause ive cruised through first year, because most of the material ive already covered. although i did learn some needless things such as special relativity in detail and astrophysics. but hey they were interesting, just completely useless to me now :D

[genechan]

I work at Woolworths, in the Deli......I don't mind the company, but Deli is the worst department to work in~! D< I am changing departments soon - YAY

But as a career, I would love to study a TESOL course and go overseas :D *coughjapancough*

[liegeprime]

OKay I work in the high stressfull and quite depressing Intensive Care Ward in one of the Big Hospitals here in NSW. We get all the shittiest patients :mad::mad: (read: deathly sick) as a Registered Nurse. Had to undergo a short bridging course when I migrated here to update/augment my qualification and get registered here as an RN. At first it can be quite a depressing work area, but you get used to it. :D. Shiftwork though is shitty anyway you look at it. I used to work as an Occupational Health & Safety Nurse/ Corporate Nurse, Private Clinic Frontliner Nurse in Philippines for 10 years before going here. I dont even like Nursing in the first place, sigh. But its a stable job, it pays for everything, especially this expensive hobby. :p:p So I dont end up like my Sig Message hehehehe

[genechan]

OKay I work in the high stressfull and quite depressing Intensive Care Ward in one of the Big Hospitals here in NSW. We get all the shittiest patients :mad::mad: (read: deathly sick) as a Registered Nurse. Had to undergo a short bridging course when I migrated here to update/augment my qualification and get registered here as an RN. At first it can be quite a depressing work area, but you get used to it. :D. Shiftwork though is shitty anyway you look at it. I used to work as an Occupational Health & Safety Nurse/ Corporate Nurse, Private Clinic Frontliner Nurse in Philippines for 10 years before going here. I dont even like Nursing in the first place, sigh. But its a stable job, it pays for everything, especially this expensive hobby. :p:p So I dont end up like my Sig Message hehehehe

WOW :eek: That would be stressful too~! A friend of mine's mum is a nurse, I remember her doing all sorts of shifts through out the week - crazy!

[STL]

ahh well actualy i did :P
except it wasnt a mistake
i didnt do vce see, i did the IB (wow that rhymed :P)
and the boys campus of my school didnt offer it but the girls campus did, so i shipped myself off down the road for 2 years filled with women, who got very angry one a month for some odd reason. still, was fun :D

You for real? Which school was that? I did IB myself and there are only very few schools that are qualified/permitted to teach it. I wish I had done IB at whatever school you went to. Oh man, heaven o heaven.

[blackie]

tintern mate :D
what subjects did you do?
bet you were a 40+ student :P
would like to hear why you chose it too, since ive spilled my guts

[liegeprime]

WOW :eek: That would be stressful too~! A friend of mine's mum is a nurse, I remember her doing all sorts of shifts through out the week - crazy!


Ahh yes and it doesnt help to lighten up if youve been assigned an unstable patient trying to go croak at 2 am :p.

[STL]

tintern mate :D
what subjects did you do?
bet you were a 40+ student :P
would like to hear why you chose it too, since ive spilled my guts

Tintern? Urgh... not my first choice to be surrounded by girls for... shudder... but I would've lived. As I'm sure you would've. :) Oh man, you have had the year 11-12 of a lifetime. Colour me green!

I did English HL, Economics HL, History HL, Methods, Physics and Spanish. I have to say that in hindsight the best subject for me was Spanish b/c it's opened so many doors for me in life. I spent a good while working and living in Brazil courtesy of Spanish. Yes, Portuguese isn't the same but they're close enough to understand what's going on. When I got back, that Brazil experience changed a lot of things in life and allowed me to start collecting again.


Why did I choose IB? I actually wanted to go overseas actually. I'd travelled to the US and UK scouting schools, talking to administrators to get a feel. I really wanted to travel. At the end, the admissions dept at the University of Chicago said to me if I scored a mininmum 42, I was in w/ a 50% scholarship. I fell short at 41. My own fault really. I've always been rather complacent with my intelligence and ability (still am) and thought I couldn't fail. Well, I guess I did in the end and it taught me a thing or two. I was virtually untouchable for 2 years in high school b/c of my raw talent. Head of School caught me on many occassions just kicking footy or having a hit when I was supposed to be in class (as you know, we don't have spares like those in the VCE) and just played dumb. I pulled the marks, won the economic/maths/lit awards for the school, they didn't care. But in the end I was taught a very harsh lesson in humility. Talent and ability will only take you so far in life.

I dunno, I don't regret it. Sometimes I wonder what it would've been like but uni has been good to me here and that's how eventually I met my missus who've I've been with for 3 years now - longer than my 6 month average before that. I've gotten to enjoy a lot more years in Australia while travelling as well as had other amazing opportunities in the workforce whereas my principle reason for wanting to go to Chicago was for the prestige which would've been nice but ultimately maybe not made that big a difference as I would've always returned to Australia no matter what.

As for the matter of prestige and IB. It's there, Gok, I assure you. The VCE is inferior to the HSC but at the end of the day both of those are inferior to the IB. Recognition comes from being measured against the best in the world and being accepted to have achieved a level of quality that is global. You show your VCE or HSC to the US universities or the European ones, your odds of a call back are minimal. When I was visiting overseas universities, just the fact that I had a scholarship to study the IB meant I was treated very well and with great interest. I hadn't even started my IB at that point yet.

When I was interviewing for graduate work, you have no idea what an advantage it was b/c many people are fascinated when they interview you and its a great opener b/c it sets out the fact that you are a high achiever and someone who is willing to do the hard yards. Doing the IB makes a few statements about you that you don't have to say. That's the cold hard truth. If you did the VCE/HSC, you're just back with the rest of the pack. Of course, there are other defining features in a job interview process too but IB will always help you in terms of recognition especially at the screening stages.

The other aspect is that like Blackie was pointing out the IB gives you skills that the HSC/VCE never will. The VCE/HSC system is so centric around memorisation, exams and assessment tasks whereas IB is far more focused on learning, technique and skill sets. At the time I did IB, the opportunity to learn in an autonomously and explore issues for yourself taught me a lot about efficient studying and ways to frame things. It's been invaluable for me at uni b/c I've been able to be a bum for all of my uni life yet maintain marks that other people just freak out at. Yes, I'm a very able person but IB gave me a lot of the basic skills and mind set to help me be more efficient. Things like the Theory of Knowledge and the Extended Essays are exercises in spoon fed or repetitious learning; they force you to open your mind and look at how you manage things.

[Pulse]

<snip>

But as a career, I would love to study a TESOL course and go overseas :D *coughjapancough*

Wishin' you lots of luck with that :)

I got my TESOL paper through ACU (only took me 1 semester) & the prac was much more fulfilling than my normal teaching ones... :rolleyes:

I've had a go at teaching ESL to K-6, intensive-english Uni Students & recent adult migrants and I'd have to say I enjoy working with recent adult migrants the most (they really wanna be there). But once you find your niche, you'll just know... :)

[jacksplatt11]

All this nonsense about going to girls schools to do another type of high school certificate haha :p.. I come from a town with 2 schools to choose from (one was a private catholic school so there was no way I was going there so really, only 1 to choose from) and we were never told about any of this, obviously my school wasn't good enough haha... I only found out what IB was after looking it up just now

[Eruntalon]

I completed an Arts Degree last year at La Trobe, took 2008 off. I tried getting a graduate job for next year but all my offers were rejected.

All of this year I was planning on taking a CELTA course around December but I now plan on taking post graduate studies in Hospitality Management next year. I've also tried applying for a few Advanced Hospitality Management certificates in the city for next year and I'm just waiting for interviews.

I currently work two jobs at Nando's and a Japanese Restaurant, still live with my parents.

[The_Damned]

work at woolworths started in deli in 92, then moved to the bakery in 98 and completed an apprenticeship and now i am tic in the produce department. so 16 1\2 years working in the same place.::eek:

[Soundwarp]

COOL, what do you do in the army tho, is it like in the movies, SGT BILKO?

Lol sometimes it is :p


I only see a disembodied head and hands floating in mid-air! Where's the rest of Soundwarp's body?! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTkpuUCgen4) :p :)

I experienced a touch of occupational irony (http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showthread.php?p=55662#post55662) today. ;)

unicron: I bought some second-hand paint once.

:D

Hahahahahahaha

[heroic_decepticon]

so 16 1\2 years working in the same place.::eek:

that's a long time and a long committment :D

[GoktimusPrime]

I've personally never taught IB so I must admit that I'm not too knowledgeable/familiar with it (hence the much shrugging in my previous post :)). I did one of my prac teaching blocks at a school which had a lot of students doing IB and some of teachers there told me that the IB was fundamentally/substantially not much different from the HSC and that it was a course that some students chose because it was perceived to be superior and/or more prestigious than the HSC but in reality they were both more or less as good as each other.

Again, it's just what I've been told - I cannot speak from personal experience as I have never studied nor taught the IB curriculum.


The VCE is inferior to the HSC but at the end of the day both of those are inferior to the IB. Recognition comes from being measured against the best in the world and being accepted to have achieved a level of quality that is global.
I've heard some teachers argue that the VCE is superior to the HSC. *shrug* Again, just second hand information as I've never experienced the VCE curriculum first hand. Also, the HSC is supposedly meant to be reasonably good by global standards.


You show your VCE or HSC to the US universities or the European ones, your odds of a call back are minimal. When I was visiting overseas universities, just the fact that I had a scholarship to study the IB meant I was treated very well and with great interest. I hadn't even started my IB at that point yet.
So they told you that the fact that you had enrolled for IB placed you at a greater advantage over those studying the VCE?


The other aspect is that like Blackie was pointing out the IB gives you skills that the HSC/VCE never will. The VCE/HSC system is so centric around memorisation, exams and assessment tasks whereas IB is far more focused on learning, technique and skill sets.
While it's true that the IB has an entirely different form of assessment and curriculum I don't think it's accurate to say that HSC is centred around "memorisation" if by that you mean rote-learning. Rote-learning is something that is largely frowned upon by most educators and is only used in areas where nobody has devised a better method of teaching something, e.g.: multiplication table. There are still some things that still need to be taught and learnt by rote - but it is avoided as much as possible. The current HSC is outcomes based. Syllabuses vary between different subjects of course so some subjects (possibly mathematics) may lend itself more to memorisation than others.


Things like the Theory of Knowledge and the Extended Essays are exercises in spoon fed or repetitious learning; they force you to open your mind and look at how you manage things.
HSC does involve a lot of spoon-feeding, this I will admit. I disagree on "repetitious learning" though - again, not so much on rote. We need to focus more on making students into independent learners (the lack of independence is where all the spoon-feeding comes in). But in my prac-teaching I saw IB students who were worse than spoon-fed, they were bottle-fed. I don't know if this is the norm, again I'm only speaking from my limited observation.

As for schools that offer/teach IB - in Sydney I've only seen IB offered/taught in private schools and never in public schools.


I currently work two jobs at Nando's and a Japanese Restaurant, still live with my parents.
Please tell me you can take orders in Portuguese and Japanese. I went to a Japanese restaurant a few weeks ago and asked the waitress in Japanese for a glass of water and she gave me a bowl of miso soup... GRAAAAAAAAAARGH!

I don't care if she isn't able converse to me about theology in Japanese, but you'd think she'd be able to take a freakin' order. (-_-)

The Portuguese and Japanese words for "thank you" are similar. :)

[STL]

Again, it's just what I've been told - I cannot speak from personal experience as I have never studied nor taught the IB curriculum.


I don't really think it matters what you or I have experienced. It's the simple fact that universities across the globe themselves regard it highly that says enough. You also need to look no further than the conversion rates between VCE/HSC and IB to get an idea of the comparative difficulty. I mean a bare pass in IB is the equivalent of an ENTER of 75 odd in VCE. Facts speak for themselves.

And as I've alluded to, you need to look beyond just what the education fraternity thinks and look at employers too.



So they told you that the fact that you had enrolled for IB placed you at a greater advantage over those studying the VCE?


They didn't even register what VCE was to be honest. IB they understood straight away and appreciated the standard that I would be achieving. This and the SAT tests would be what was relevant to my success.




While it's true that the IB has an entirely different form of assessment and curriculum I don't think it's accurate to say that HSC is centred around "memorisation" if by that you mean rote-learning. Rote-learning is something that is largely frowned upon by most educators and is only used in areas where nobody has devised a better method of teaching something, e.g.: multiplication table. There are still some things that still need to be taught and learnt by rote - but it is avoided as much as possible. The current HSC is outcomes based. Syllabuses vary between different subjects of course so some subjects (possibly mathematics) may lend itself more to memorisation than others.


Well the VCE says that as well. Unfortunately, what you say you do is very different from what you actually do. I tutor kids from all sorts of backgrounds, both as part of volunteering and private work b/c I enjoy teaching. I can tell you now, that students will tell you that a large part of learning is memorisation. Teachers tell the students otherwise but that's not what happens on the ground. Most uni students who have just left high school will tell you that too.

At the end of the day, I think that the modern school environment makes it very hard for a teacher to open the minds of kids up. There are just too many distractions. Yes there are the studious type but they are in the minority. The vast majority of students though have a myraid of social concerns and learning is on the lower end of their spectrum.

The main thing it comes down to though is a school by school basis. We've got to remember that each school approaches things differently. I'm not one to say which school is better but unfortunately that the future seems to dictate that wealth will be a prime indicator of academic success.

[heroic_decepticon]

Hmmm... I'm probably out of sync with the discussion you guys are having with high school and HSC because I didn't do that here and even Uni feels like an eternity ago (but I did read the entire thread with interest!).

I'm a lawyer at one of the 'big three' Australia law firms, and... erm... girls in the corporate world are so much hotter than any I've met while in school/uni :p

[Pulse]

I hope your other half didn't hear you "think that"... :D (You know they have better hearing than Superman, Don't you? ;))

[STL]

I'm a lawyer at one of the 'big three' Australia law firms, and... erm... girls in the corporate world are so much hotter than any I've met while in school/uni :p

I've found law school to be full of gold too. Much more than I expected when I first entered. My mates and I always thought arts would be the sh*t but how wrong we were. But sometimes I wonder how many of them only made it b/c of their parents. It's kinda cool but kinda sad in a way.

[Kyle]

I've found law school to be full of gold too. Much more than I expected when I first entered. My mates and I always thought arts would be the sh*t but how wrong we were. But sometimes I wonder how many of them only made it b/c of their parents. It's kinda cool but kinda sad in a way.

*Some* of the arts girls at my uni scary me... :(

[blackie]

lol you guya have it good, i guess im being punished for having such a good run, because the girls in my course arnt great.....

[STL]

lol you guya have it good, i guess im being punished for having such a good run, because the girls in my course arnt great.....

Der dude! you do engineering! Melbourne's engineering dept is probably the scariest this side of the hemisphere so consider yourself lucky. But I hear the RMIT fashion and visual arts faculty ain't bad either. ;)

[heroic_decepticon]

I hope your other half didn't hear you "think that"... :D (You know they have better hearing than Superman, Don't you? ;))

hmmm... yes, I better start running like the Flash... :D


Der dude! you do engineering! Melbourne's engineering dept is probably the scariest this side of the hemisphere so consider yourself lucky. But I hear the RMIT fashion and visual arts faculty ain't bad either. ;)

Fashion and visual arts facs can't be bad!

[blackie]

HAHA yeah i hear the fashion dept. is quite nice too. Just being in the city in general is great IMO.

[1orion2many]

*Some* of the arts girls at my uni scary me... :(

:)That's normal to be scared of females Kyle, it's called self preservation;):p:D.

[GoktimusPrime]

...and here I thought university was an institution for higher learning rather than for picking up. :rolleyes:

For whatever reason all my ex-gfs from uni were from different courses (e.g.: actuarial studies, software engineering) rather than from my own course (B.A. Dip.Ed). I did try to pick up and or date some girls from my own courses but they never worked out. *shrug*

How the hell did this become a pick-up/dating thread?! (o_O) Let's get back on topic and discuss things relevant to occupation.

[k.wong23]

Education and girls go hand in hand :D

Majority in Commerce are fugs but there are always the few hotties hehe

[GoktimusPrime]

"What is your profession?!"
http://www.thechair.gr/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/spartans3.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMwwb4F5j8I)

[Sam]

I am what is known as a "Web Developer", but I prefer "Copy and Paste Expert".

[valkyrie_76]

You could say my old job title was 'adult babysitter'.......or in other words a Prison Officer but I had a gutfull of that (9 years of my life with that). And you think being a teacher for snot nosed kids were bad.......try their parents :)

Now Im taking it easy being Security/Emergency Services and watch the ore trains go by in Port Hedland.

[GoktimusPrime]

...ah yes... I've taught children of prisoner-parents before... not fun... (they make Summer Heights High's Jonah Takalua look like an angel). (-_-) (>_>)

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/lifematters/galleries/2007/2070240/thumb/01.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mwk0RKyFZfA&feature=related)

[Golden Phoenix]

How the hell did this become a pick-up/dating thread?! (o_O) Let's get back on topic and discuss things relevant to occupation.

Some of the girls in my shop ain't to bad.

[Pulse]

Education and girls go hand in hand :D


Are you talking about edjumacation? :D

I don't know how the hell I got 3 pieces of paper during my time at Uni... *scratches head*
cos thinking about it now, most of Uni was a blur... :D

[heroic_decepticon]

cos thinking about it now, most of Uni was a blur... :D

That's the good part isn't it. heh

[dirge]

UN Weapons Inspector.

You think the North Koreans are trouble... wait until the world hears about the Evil Scientists™ of São Tomé e Príncipe!

[heroic_decepticon]

UN Weapons Inspector.

You think the North Koreans are trouble... wait until the world hears about the Evil Scientists™ of São Tomé e Príncipe!

SIR! ;)

[iceburn]

That's the good part isn't it. heh

was the good part until you sit in the exam room/hall ;)

[STL]

Education and girls go hand in hand :D


No argument there.



Majority in Commerce are fugs but there are always the few hotties hehe

No kidding. Melbourne has to have -the- fugly Commerce faculty. I hated that half of my double degree to no end. It didn't help either that I majored in finance. The few hotties that exist in Commerce all do marketing or management :rolleyes:

Did I mention I snuck in three management electives in my time? :D

[Eruntalon]

My dream occupation would be to work as a Lonely Planet reporter...

[heroic_decepticon]

It didn't help either that I majored in finance. The few hotties that exist in Commerce all do marketing or management :rolleyes:


Dude, when you work in finance, the chicks will come to you :D

[ChlorHex]

I work in a teaching hospital... I'm one of the dudes in a very small team that conducts education sessions and keeps an eye out on TB, VRE, MRSA and all the other nasties (especially the multi-resistant ones) that make folks sick :)

[DigDug]

...yet ANOTHER teacher (does this day something about the personality types attracted to the profession? :rolleyes: )

I teach IT and, on occasion, geography/enviro studies or electronics. It beats being a bum at Uni; it is harder work but Anna Bligh pays better than Kevin Rudd!

[liegeprime]

I work in a teaching hospital... I'm one of the dudes in a very small team that conducts education sessions and keeps an eye out on TB, VRE, MRSA and all the other nasties (especially the multi-resistant ones) that make folks sick :)


Aaaah yes I think ive met your counterparts here in NSW in our hospital they do random checks now and then, but are virtually undetectable while they're doing it. :p

[hungta]

I am now officially a phone monkey after 3 months of unemployment.

It's my first job so yer, yay me.

[STL]

Congrats, man! More TFs to you! :D

[omegaprime]

sense i wasnt beening orginal ill post what i do here i fix computers i put ads in the news paper to get jobs lol i also do cleaning and i self teach myself 3d animation

[Deceptic_Optic]

I work at the biggest Printing Company here in Australia used to be known as Hermis Precisa Australia. Since we were 55% Kodak own since they had put their share in the market . It was then bought by the Second biggest printing company Salmat and the two largest printing company merge together making it biggest print company in Australia. I have been working here for almost 5 years now straight from Highschool. And started a role of a Printer Operator, which was the bmost boring job ever and work my way up as a Senior Digital Operator *sounds kewl* it just means more responsibility and I work more on colour management based customers. So we are the one who are resposiblle for printing Telstra Bills, Sydney Water, Centerlink, H3G, NRMA, RACV, GIO and etc. from stetements, cheques, bills notice of infringement which means your fines, speeding fines, parking fines, insurance, baby bonuses and the list goes on. But hey i love this job to bits paid for the house, car and this very expensive collection. +1 I can even print good quality photos from my printer for FREEEEEEEEE :D but yeah this is my occupation.

[1AZRAEL1]

I work at the biggest Printing Company here in Australia used to be known as Hermis Precisa Australia. Since we were 55% Kodak own since they had put their share in the market . It was then bought by the Second biggest printing company Salmat and the two largest printing company merge together making it biggest print company in Australia. I have been working here for almost 5 years now straight from Highschool. And started a role of a Printer Operator, which was the bmost boring job ever and work my way up as a Senior Digital Operator *sounds kewl* it just means more responsibility and I work more on colour management based customers. So we are the one who are resposiblle for printing Telstra Bills, Sydney Water, Centerlink, H3G, NRMA, RACV, GIO and etc. from stetements, cheques, bills notice of infringement which means your fines, speeding fines, parking fines, insurance, baby bonuses and the list goes on. But hey i love this job to bits paid for the house, car and this very expensive collection. +1 I can even print good quality photos from my printer for FREEEEEEEEE :D but yeah this is my occupation.

Thats funny, I'm printing manager for a Call Centre, you know the kind, we call up asking for you folks to donate some of your hard earned money to some charities, and I print out the letters for those people. Not the greatest job, but it pays ok and is paying off my house and my increasing collection :o

[sanbot]

I can even print good quality photos from my printer for FREEEEEEEEE :D but yeah this is my occupation.

Awsome, free quality photos!

My official job title is Performance Analyst i.e. its an over glorified title for what is basically a reporting job. I tell the big boys upstairs whether the companies investments funds are doing well or whether they better do something if they want to keep their big fat bonuses so that they can continue buying their private jets and all that other stuff that only big boys upstairs can buy :p

[rateeg]

I'm a male gigolo.
A man-whore.
That's my occupation. :)
































just kidding.
Im work on a rotational moulding industry for resin plastics.

[omegaprime]

[QUOTE=rateeg;120543]I'm a male gigolo.
A man-whore.
That's my occupation. :)


QUOTE]

i beat that pays well lol

[shokwave2]

I'm a delivery driver for a local fruit wholesaler. I get a lot of free food from the cafes and restaurants i deliver to, and i also get a good perve when delivering to the uni. Don't know how many times i've almost crashed the van while hanging my tongue out the window.

My previous jobs have been: meter reader for Sydney Water, call supervisor for Yellow Pages, night packer at Woolies, various jobs in NAB Account Management Centre, working my way up to Team Leader.

Looking for a new job at the moment. Illawarra or Gold Coast.:D

[STL]

Awsome, free quality photos!

My official job title is Performance Analyst i.e. its an over glorified title for what is basically a reporting job. I tell the big boys upstairs whether the companies investments funds are doing well or whether they better do something if they want to keep their big fat bonuses so that they can continue buying their private jets and all that other stuff that only big boys upstairs can buy :p

Move laterally. ;)

[rateeg]

can you guys give me a job?

[sanbot]

can you guys give me a job?

Unfortunately we don't need a man whore at the moment, please try again in a few months time :p

[mknell]

Currently I am a Xerox Docucare, in short I fix & maintain photocopiers & printers in my certain building. I print lotsa stuff too lol


I work at the biggest Printing Company here in Australia used to be known as Hermis Precisa Australia. Since we were 55% Kodak own since they had put their share in the market . It was then bought by the Second biggest printing company Salmat and the two largest printing company merge together making it biggest print company in Australia. I have been working here for almost 5 years now straight from Highschool. And started a role of a Printer Operator, which was the bmost boring job ever and work my way up as a Senior Digital Operator *sounds kewl* it just means more responsibility and I work more on colour management based customers. So we are the one who are resposiblle for printing Telstra Bills, Sydney Water, Centerlink, H3G, NRMA, RACV, GIO and etc. from stetements, cheques, bills notice of infringement which means your fines, speeding fines, parking fines, insurance, baby bonuses and the list goes on. But hey i love this job to bits paid for the house, car and this very expensive collection. +1 I can even print good quality photos from my printer for FREEEEEEEEE :D but yeah this is my occupation.

Lol we both print HQ prints Free lol, and my company provides the onsite printers & photocopiers for some of those sites, well I know we do for Telstra, Sydney Water & Centrelink. Though I'm based at the RTA in Parra, and one section even uses my printers to print of all those fixed speeding camera pics

[Deceptic_Optic]

Currently I am a Xerox Docucare, in short I fix & maintain photocopiers & printers in my certain building. I print lotsa stuff too lol



Lol we both print HQ prints Free lol, and my company provides the onsite printers & photocopiers for some of those sites, well I know we do for Telstra, Sydney Water & Centrelink. Though I'm based at the RTA in Parra, and one section even uses my printers to print of all those fixed speeding camera pics

wow nice! yeah we have something in common i actually work and maintain of the Xerox iGen its more of a digital colour press check it out and be amaze of what it can do, we are based here at matraville salmat have you heard of it? Igen is liek called the Optimus prime of Xerox Printers... lol

[mknell]

wow nice! yeah we have something in common i actually work and maintain of the Xerox iGen its more of a digital colour press check it out and be amaze of what it can do, we are based here at matraville salmat have you heard of it? Igen is liek called the Optimus prime of Xerox Printers... lol

Lol indeed I have heard of it but they won't let them get it here at the RTA lol their biggest is an APCIII 7500 which they so don't use to its full, it is now the newest and biggest copier Xerox have out that isn't for production and print rooms. But I must say Xerox does give the best quality (i've seen the others) and also the best service :) lol

[Deceptic_Optic]

Lol indeed I have heard of it but they won't let them get it here at the RTA lol their biggest is an APCIII 7500 which they so don't use to its full, it is now the newest and biggest copier Xerox have out that isn't for production and print rooms. But I must say Xerox does give the best quality (i've seen the others) and also the best service :) lol

iGEN is good when it works well, just the maintenance is the headache cos techs dont look at it now operators do. how long yuo been working there for? like the job?

[mknell]

iGEN is good when it works well, just the maintenance is the headache cos techs dont look at it now operators do. how long yuo been working there for? like the job?

ahhh I see, I've been working for Xerox for 7 years now but been at RTA for around 2 years

[Deceptic_Optic]

ahhh I see, I've been working for Xerox for 7 years now but been at RTA for around 2 years

nice! 7 years you must really love your job, see with me im learning as much as i can with the igen then look for a acompany that pays more, compare to my job now its not even half of what other igen operator gets. but then my company is pretty darn stable so still hesitant on looking for new one. il probably wait for 10 years for the long service leave :D

[nettie!]

- uni
bachelor of music - final semester
to do grad dip ed next year

- teacher
music teacher 5 days a week
two primary schools, one music school and private tuition

- target
layby / refunds etc

- other random f&b jobs
like superbox attendant at aus open etc

[klystron]

Mines a bit classified and I cant really post on a open forum.
Suffice to say I work with the computers and equipment that enable large black ships of war that operate below the water to fight and kill other ships of war.
;);)

[gantz]

Im in the Public Service *sigh*

[TheDirtyDigger]

Mines a bit classified and I cant really post on a open forum.
Suffice to say I work with the computers and equipment that enable large black ships of war that operate below the water to fight and kill other ships of war.
;);)

Seamen!

*giggle*

[shokwave2]

large black ships of war that operate below the water

You fix blocked toilets?;)

[SentinelPrime]

I am a qualified Cabinet Maker. :)

[16364279]

i notice the forum is dominated by my fellow accountants aswell as lawyers, I.T guys, and teachers

:)

[Tiby]

Lawyer, specialising in Family Law, and director of an event management company.

"Divorces by day, weddings by night" is my motto!

[MV75]

Car park attendant.

Yes, I do see plenty of cars with transformers faction symbols on them. :)

[yukitora]

i'm a mummy - (and was contract graphic artist) Centerlink pays for my collection!

[heroic_decepticon]

Lawyer, specialising in Family Law, and director of an event management company.

"Divorces by day, weddings by night" is my motto!

Lawyer too :D
Transactions and disputes in relation to major projects and construction.

When the pie has shrunk, more people fight over smaller slices of pie.

motto: "I help fight for larger slices of pie"

[Vector Sigma 13]

Lawyer too :D
Transactions and disputes in relation to major projects and construction.

When the pie has shrunk, more people fight over smaller slices of pie.

motto: "I help fight for larger slices of pie"


MMMMM Pie....
:D

[Vector Prime]

Interesting reading about other people's careers, thought I would contribute my 2 cents worth.

I work as a Finance & Insurance Manager within the automotive industry and have been in the same industry for the past 8 years.

Was a salesman early on and moved onto sales management roles and now finance... but after so many years, I've grown stale of the industry and am currently on the hunt for a new career.

Probably will end up in a banking or a consultant type of role, but not 100% sure yet.... anything with less stress and shorter hrs - even happy to take a massive pay cut! :D

[Autocon]

looking for a job

[Bartrim]

Interesting reading about other people's careers, thought I would contribute my 2 cents worth.

I work as a Finance & Insurance Manager within the automotive industry and have been in the same industry for the past 8 years.

Was a salesman early on and moved onto sales management roles and now finance... but after so many years, I've grown stale of the industry and am currently on the hunt for a new career.



I recently left the motor game after 6 years for the same reason. (I used to be a Parts Interpreter at car dealerships)

My brother and I now own a wholesale food packaging business.

[Geminii]

I suppose I should throw in my two cents.

Primarily, I'm a business workflow efficiency consultant specialising in medium to large IT helpdesks and other teams which have similar ticketing/workflow setups (call centres, other IT teams, admin areas etc). I can usually knock off about 50% of the running costs while making the working environment a heck of a lot better for the techs and a lot less stressful for everyone. Turns out a lot of Helpdesk and Service Desk teams get really easily bogged down in old policies and procedures without realising it.

I pretty much just go in and detangle everything, then get the bosses to fix all the things that the techs have identified as problems. It turns out that bosses are a lot more willing to listen to you if you wear a suit, talk in terms of dollars and man-hours, and charge half a million bucks a week - even if you're repeating exactly the same things that the techs have been saying for years. And yes, I can show the financial advantages of things like nice furniture, multiple screens/PCs per tech, advanced diagnostic software, paid industry cert training, high tech salaries etc.

To keep my hand in, I also take on contract roles as an actual IT helpdesker. Hey, it's what I've been doing for over ten years, so I'm not too bad at it. It also gives me the excuse to evaluate a helpdesk from the inside and ferret out the particular local causes of stress and inefficiency, so I can then offer a comprehensive capacity improvement project to the Powers That Be when my time's up.

I write monthly articles for a national Helpdesk industry publication. It's more about getting my name out there than being paid, though.

In my spare time, I invent things, or at least conceptualise them and run them past a local thinktank with links to manufacturers.

[Golden Phoenix]

And yes, I can show the financial advantages of things like nice furniture, multiple screens/PCs per tech, advanced diagnostic software, paid industry cert training, high tech salaries etc.

Can you come into my work and show my boss the financial advantages of letting me sit on my ass all day and do nothing

[Geminii]

Possibly. :)

I'd bet my fee that I'd be able to make the incoming workload lighter and more consistent, for starters. Probably be able to give you more control over future crises, too.

One point, though - even though I've convinced a number of my own bosses (back before I was doing this freelance) to let me sit around all day doing next to nothing, it gets to be bloody boring after the first couple of weeks. Even surfing the net all day isn't the thrill it might first seem. There's always the nagging feeling that at any minute the boss (or the boss's boss) is going to ask "So what have you been doing all day?", and you won't have an answer.

Plus you get a kind of disconnect with your co-workers - you don't really have the same things to moan about over lunch or at the water cooler. It just doesn't work out well in the long run.

It is nice to have a couple of minutes to yourself here and there between jobs throughout the day, though, and I can fairly easily justify that on a capacity/flexibility basis.

[Geminii]

currently on the hunt for a new career.

If you're looking for something in the meantime, I could use a sales digger. Finding new clients is a side of the business that appeals to me about as much as stapling my eyebrows together. I'm much happier (and more productive) actually running the numbers onsite than running the sites to ground. With a good spotter, I could complete two or three projects a month, maybe more.

50% commission sounds like a good start? :)

[snaketales]

I've been in journalism for the past 17 years (gawd I feel old typing that...): 12 as a journalist and the past 5 as a sub. That job involves checking journos' work and doing newspaper design.
And our four kids keep me occupied too.

[mightyant]

Manager for a cinema complex. It's a recent change for me and I'm all the better for it!

[roller]

Manager for a cinema complex. It's a recent change for me and I'm all the better for it!

any chance of some free posters bud? :D

[mightyant]

Ha ha we'll see ;)
We sell them off to fund the christmas party woop woop

[llamatron]

Manager for a cinema complex. It's a recent change for me and I'm all the better for it!

Which complex? PM if you want.

[turtle boy]

I'm a welder, no need to say more lol

[Burn]

I'm a welder, no need to say more lol

We need one. Care for a move north?

Don't mind the the 250km/hr wind and rain, it goes away after a few hours.

[Autocon]

any chance of some free posters bud? :D

duuude free tickets!! between ants and tets we could see free/cheap movies for life:cool::p

[turtle boy]

We need one. Care for a move north?

Don't mind the the 250km/hr wind and rain, it goes away after a few hours.


lol whats the company?

[Trent]

I was searching for something unrelated and found this thread, read all 17 pages and thought i'd throw down.

I barely got my HSC. Passed 2 of my 6 subjects, English and Metalwork. Failed maths, physics, chemistry and economics. The funny thing is that i'm not dumb, quite the opposite, its just that everyone was telling me this was the most important time of my life and I needed to study, not hang out with my GF, mates or anything like that. I had an EVIL maths teacher who called my parents and tried to get them to sell my guitar.:mad: So I rebelled and didn't study once for the HSC. And it showed. Looking back I do regret it, But it hasn't hindered me with getting to where I am. After school finished I was a bum for 6 months until my mum told me to do something or move out (it was an empty threat but for her to make I figured she must be worried), So I enrolled in a fitter/turner pre-apprenticeship course at TAFE. That was good. I learned how to use a lathe properly, improved my welding skills and built some tools that I still use today.

When that finished I applied for a HEAP of jobs and got nowhere. So I gave up for a little while and me, the GF and a few mates took off down the coast for a few weeks. Half way through that my mum rang and told me get home as I had a job interview in 2 days. I told her that was interesting as I hadn't applied for any. Turns out she had applied for it for me.

Thats how I got my electrician apprenticeship at the Port Kembla steelworks. I breezed through that, then went back to TAFE and did my Diploma Elec., Got bored at the steelworks as my boss had jammed me into a role that made him look great but was boring as hell for me.

So I did my Adv. Diploma and got a job at an electricity network provider. Did a 2 year traineeship and worked my arse off to make sure I was noticed and to get a good reputation which landed me a great job 7 minutes from home.:D

So at the moment I am a maintenance program manager AND a construction project manger. However I am losing the project manager portfolio soon and picking up the customer service role instead. I really enjoy the work and it keeps me busy, flat out infact. I spend most of my time in front of a computer but its more tiring then when I was on the tools.



Sorry for the essay. I'm bored.

[jena]

This is an interesting thread, I'm glad you revived it Trent. Your story was an interesting read, it's good to see that people can still get to a good place in life after making mistakes during their schooling years.

As for me, I think many people on here by now know that I am a teacher. I have a Bachelor of Visual Arts (Graphic Design). After I graduated, I received the Visual Arts Graduate Studio Access Grant from my Uni where one graduate got free studio space to work in for a year. The La Trobe Uni here in Mildura shares classrooms with the local TAFE so during my year with free studio space I actually ended up teaching two classes, I taught Typography to the Diploma of Graphic Arts students and Digital Media to the Diploma of Visual Art students. It was amazing! I decided then that I didn't want to be a graphic designer, I wanted to be a teacher! So I got my Cert IV in Training and Assessment and then went off to Uni again to get my Graduate Diploma in Education. I'm into my third year of teaching now but sadly I have not scored myself a full time teaching position. Art/photography/vis comm teacher jobs don't come up all that often and I don't want to move. But I've settled myself into an awesome VCE school as an emergency teacher and I work almost every day. I love my job. I also continue to work at TAFE, teaching an introductory course in digital photography. And on the weekends I work in the layby/sound & vision department at Kmart. So I technically have 3 jobs, but the whole lots of them are casual.

That got long! I blame Trent for inspiring me.

[liegeprime]

It's so nice to read people who find jobs they love :):)........ (in my Leonard voice now) wonder what that's like ....

[Trent]

You could always change career and find out...

[liegeprime]

You could always change career and find out...

nah, can't mortgage can't wait , sigh

[KillinSpoon]

Oh god, this is extremely interesting to see how much the guys I know have progressed!
As STL mentioned wayyyyyy back, yes the RMIT fashion department is pretty mint. The only way to their building is by trotting straight through mine, I don't mind oneee bit :D
(They probably do though, there are a lot of weirdos in my department)

Looking at blackie and his dreams of getting into aerodynamics, well, that's just gone completely out the window!
STL in uni? Looking at where you are today, you moved up the chain pretty quickly!
Kyle, it's good to see that there is a math phD here (even though you're barely auond anymore)
I had no idea that llamatron was a physics phD either! You guys have just become very valuable to me :P

I guess this is my turn? We'll see how this changes in time haha.
I'm a final year math student with my honours year sorted out.
I want to research a variety of fields, such as renewable energy, animal conservation (this does contain math, go away) and pattern matching (which is the money maker). It just so happens that where I am has one of the best known professors in the pattern matching/discrete mathematics fields. So, I'm definitely in the right place for something! Plan on obtaining my doctorate, just not too sure where.
As for a current job? I work at uni running labs/tutes for programmers, run the programming club at uni and work in a pharmacy.

[loophole]

Im currently in my 4th year as an apprentice automotive spray painter, less than 1 year to go i cant wait for tradesman wages but i have been thinking about going to uni afterwards to do something different

Not much has changed for me, I finished my trade almost 3 years ago.

I did start uni at the start of this year but have dropped as I want time and money more ;)

I am however still doing one subject one day a week which is Visual Arts which I am absolutely enjoy doing and wil continue to until the end of the year.

[blackie]

still working at coles
still at uni -sigh-
also repair mowers

yup, life is moving along in leaps and bounds

[iceburn]

still working at coles
still at uni -sigh-
also repair mowers

yup, life is moving along in leaps and bounds

lol :D
ah well, better off than getting crap pay in Singapore;
still prefer being in Melbourne with you lot

[Golden Phoenix]

And I'm still a phone monkey, albeit a "Technical Agent"

[Slag]

still working at coles
still at uni -sigh-
also repair mowers

yup, life is moving along in leaps and bounds

Maybe you could create a transforming mower... That thing would be vicious..:D

I fix and install air-cons, cool rooms and freezer rooms.
has it's moments

[Paulbot]

I start a new job tomorrow. Well it's the same sort of work I've been doing since I last posted here, managing online communications, and it's in the same organisation, just a different part, with more responsibility and more money. Same but different.

[Ultra Mackness]

Good luck with the new job Paul!

I started out like Blackie, working at Coles while doing Science and Engineering degrees at Monash Uni. After floating my way through neuroscience, astrophysics, mechanical and biomedical engineering majors I decided I prefered education and did a DipEd and wound up teaching VCE physics and maths and now first year uni math, at of all places, the school where I attended as a student.

[blackie]

paul
fix the new public transport app
its pure and utter crap
and as always, any public transport problem is clearly your fault :P

[KillinSpoon]

Good luck with the new job Paul!

I started out like Blackie, working at Coles while doing Science and Engineering degrees at Monash Uni. After floating my way through neuroscience, astrophysics, mechanical and biomedical engineering majors I decided I prefered education and did a DipEd and wound up teaching VCE physics and maths and now first year uni math, at of all places, the school where I attended as a student.

What do you teach specifically? (in terms of uni math)

[M-bot]

I'm a nurse. Specifically, I work in the community, caring for people in their homes.

Between my profession and my TF hobby, I have taken a vow of poverty... ;):D

[KalEl]

I do project management (commercial and major loss and structural drying). For insurance companies and private tenders.

[Stug]

My background is in environmental engineering. Been with the same employer for 16 years in ever changing roles. Currently the manager of the sustainability office.

[Ultra Mackness]

What do you teach specifically? (in terms of uni math)

Melbourne Uni run an enhanced math program for year 12 students which encompasses a couple of their first year subjects. Content wise it involves some proofing, number theory (incl. complex), linear alg, Vectors and multi var. calculus! It's been a while since I've done it, and teaching it is far different from just doing it, but my ceiling for math in the last few years has been Y12 Spesh and it's good to be able to push through that again :)

[Kyle]

Oh god, this is extremely interesting to see how much the guys I know have progressed!
As STL mentioned wayyyyyy back, yes the RMIT fashion department is pretty mint. The only way to their building is by trotting straight through mine, I don't mind oneee bit :D
(They probably do though, there are a lot of weirdos in my department)

Looking at blackie and his dreams of getting into aerodynamics, well, that's just gone completely out the window!
STL in uni? Looking at where you are today, you moved up the chain pretty quickly!
Kyle, it's good to see that there is a math phD here (even though you're barely auond anymore)
I had no idea that llamatron was a physics phD either! You guys have just become very valuable to me :P

I guess this is my turn? We'll see how this changes in time haha.
I'm a final year math student with my honours year sorted out.
I want to research a variety of fields, such as renewable energy, animal conservation (this does contain math, go away) and pattern matching (which is the money maker). It just so happens that where I am has one of the best known professors in the pattern matching/discrete mathematics fields. So, I'm definitely in the right place for something! Plan on obtaining my doctorate, just not too sure where.
As for a current job? I work at uni running labs/tutes for programmers, run the programming club at uni and work in a pharmacy.

As a data analyst/modeller, I use a number of tools and techniques from data mining/machine learning/pattern recognition nowadays, but I believe them to be different from the discrete pattern matching that you do.

I will soon become an unemployed academic in under two months, when my contract expires. Been using most of my spare time (if any) trying desparately do find a new job but with no luck so far. Will see how I go in two months time.

[Sharky]

i work in Engineering/Design.. Mostly Electrical High Voltage, Earthing and Bonding and Rail Design mostly, Subsatations, Transmisson, Rail Networks, Signallining and Communication... etc.

[Accel]

Residential Building Estimator and Scheduler.

[liegeprime]

I'm a nurse. Specifically, I work in the community, caring for people in their homes.

Between my profession and my TF hobby, I have taken a vow of poverty... ;):D


Good to know there's another one of the same profession round here:D

[GoktimusPrime]

Residential Building Estimator
That gave me the following silly image as the job description...

<points at a house> "That's be someone's home."
<points at a shed> "That's not."
<points at a flat> "That's also someone's home."
<points at a supermarket> "That's not."
...etc. ;) :p :D :p

[KillinSpoon]

As a data analyst/modeller, I use a number of tools and techniques from data mining/machine learning/pattern recognition nowadays, but I believe them to be different from the discrete pattern matching that you do.

I will soon become an unemployed academic in under two months, when my contract expires. Been using most of my spare time (if any) trying desparately do find a new job but with no luck so far. Will see how I go in two months time.

You'd think that, but I'm actually more into clustering methods and machine learning. Which just so happens to be what you've been doing! Could I grab your name? (in a pm, of course) So that I can take a look at your publications and learn some :D I hope you the best of luck with your search! Teaching at uni doesn't interest you at all? Shame, I could have tried to grab you as my phd supervisor :p


Melbourne Uni run an enhanced math program for year 12 students which encompasses a couple of their first year subjects. Content wise it involves some proofing, number theory (incl. complex), linear alg, Vectors and multi var. calculus! It's been a while since I've done it, and teaching it is far different from just doing it, but my ceiling for math in the last few years has been Y12 Spesh and it's good to be able to push through that again :)

Ahh yes, that program. This was the reason why I stayed away from Melbourne. I believe that lin alg should be brought down to year 12 level though, you can do so many cool things with it and it is the basis (haha) for just about all math down the track :/

[Bartrim]

That gave me the following silly image as the job description...

<points at a house> "That's be someone's home."
<points at a shed> "That's not."
<points at a flat> "That's also someone's home."
<points at a supermarket> "That's not."
...etc. ;) :p :D :p

LOL. We used to have a similar joke with one of the staff at John Newell Mazda. Because they try to sound all professional the main guy that did rego checks was officially called "Vehicle Assessment Technician" So everytime we had a new apprentice he would get introduced to everyone...
Workshop Foreman: "This is Dave our Vehicle Assessment Technician"
Apprentice: "Whats that?"
Foreman: "Basically we line things up in front of him and he says Yep thats a car, yep thats a car, yep thats a car, ye... wait a minute thats a chicken!, yep thats a car":p

[GoktimusPrime]

Foreman: "Basically we line things up in front of him and he says Yep thats a car, yep thats a car, yep thats a car, ye... wait a minute thats a chicken!, yep thats a car":p

Ahahahahahahahaha! :D

[UltraMarginal]

Ahahahahahahahaha! :D

that's what I said.:D

[deadonarrival]

I am currently employed as a Co-Manager (Assistant Manager) of a Liquorland store.

[Yukitora]

'contract' illustrator/artist/40k model painter. a bum most of the year and mother of 1. i should put some pics up of the protoform who has now grown to almost fit my shoes.

[deadonarrival]

'contract' illustrator/artist/40k model painter. a bum most of the year and mother of 1. i should put some pics up of the protoform who has now grown to almost fit my shoes.

I applaude you then. Nothing compares to this, it would be the most satisfactory job

[Trent]

Regional customer service manager retired a month ago, so rather than replace him, they said I can do his job… as well as my own. For no more money. So now I deal with all facets of the angry public, residents, developers, the occasional politician.

Fun and games.

[Kazza]

I'm a casino dealer at Crown.

[GoktimusPrime]

Do you own any sets of Transformers playing cards? (I know they're not casino legal, but for casual gaming w/ friends ;))

[Kazza]

Do you own any sets of Transformers playing cards? (I know they're not casino legal, but for casual gaming w/ friends ;))

Lol, no i dont, but i do have some simpsons one, but at this stage i'm sick of looking at cards outside of work, unless its collectible pokemon cards lol.

[theshape]

Pharmacist working in freo

[GoktimusPrime]

I used to go out with a pharmacist. It was fun telling people that I was dating a drug dealer :D :p ;)

[theshape]

Hehe my wife is a teacher :)

[James18]

FIFO asset reliability technician near the goldfields....:)

[morg176]

out of high school I was a watchmaker (assistant) for 3 years, then did tafe for years looking for work and slowly dying of a genetic disorder, also a tae kwon do instructor (free).

got the genetic disorder fixed (with 3 months to spare), usher at an entertainment centre. went to uni science (geosciences), packed in the tkd, did a little admin/personal assistant work, went back to uni to do teaching [primary]

got thru the GradDip teaching course at UOW (most ridiculous course I have ever done) now a casual primary teacher in about 5 schools. Have taught in 10 different schools [det and cath]. And yes i am still an usher:eek:

[rocman12]

Professional Toy Collector! :)

[GoktimusPrime]

Professional Toy Collector! :)
I want this job!! (imagine being able to claim your toy purchases as a tax deduction! :eek:)

[rocman12]

I want this job!! (imagine being able to claim your toy purchases as a tax deduction! :eek:)

I could only wish!!! I would be receiving 100% of my tax back!!!
I consult banks on risk and compliance issues

[Autocon]

Could you claim tax if it were for a museum collection?

[Trent]

Could you claim tax if it were for a museum collection?

This is what I was going to say.

[Slag]

I always thought, If you started up an online shop or had a market store and sorted out an ABN for the business, sell the occasional toy or 2. I don't see why not. Your business would just run at a loss .. forever.. You would think that would be tax deductible..and your real job would cover your expenses. (pretty much what is happening now anyway) But, if you ever did decide to sell your toys you would probably have to pay tax on any profit you made in the year of selling. But if you weren't working a real job at the time,, I think you can make 18k a year without paying tax at the moment....I wish i looked into it 3 or 4 years ago.. but I'm no accountant

[Yukitora]

this month, i'm a cosplayer.....

[SkyWarp91]

Right now I'm a storeman. Not getting paid enough for my liking, looking to get an education or a degree for something I will enjoy after doing some thorough research then I'll be happy with where I am at.

[Bartrim]

After starting to watch Justified I wanna be a bad ass cop:o:p

[LordCyrusOmega]

Little bitch that has to deal with arseholes and sulky coworkers who think they know it all and break down at the first bit of critisism.
I've had a bad day

[lj7369]

Woolworths, Management, Produce.
Pros. I eat fruit. i get paid WELL.
Cons. Can be boring. Is boring.

In all seriocity. (i know, i made a word!!!) i enjoy what i do, its long hours, but i work with a variety of people in a creative and ever changing environment. and i eat fruit.

[jazzcomp]

housekeeper :)

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Babysitter for 8 large computers as they do the job I used to do:o

[Trent]

Babysitter for 8 large computers as they do the job I used to do:o

Impressive that it takes 8 large ones to do your job. A lot of people could be replaced by a robotic arm. Or even a calculator. And then those people aren't usually required to look after them ;)

[Omega Metro]

Business owner by day. Night filler by night.:)

[blackie]

Woolworths, Management, Produce.
Pros. I eat fruit. i get paid WELL.
Cons. Can be boring. Is boring.

In all seriocity. (i know, i made a word!!!) i enjoy what i do, its long hours, but i work with a variety of people in a creative and ever changing environment. and i eat fruit.

the worst part about that is the overtime your expected to do without actually getting paid

(been there done all that before :P )

[lj7369]

the worst part about that is the overtime your expected to do without actually getting paid

(been there done all that before :P )

dead right, hasnt been too bad lately, 5am to 4pm at the worst, to be honest i have convinced myself its all good.
ill hear back this week if i am up to open a new store, should be interesting, but i am dreading the overtime.
plus side....... more fruit.
Pays for the plastic addiction.

[octopunchshotfisrt]

certified weirdo that sits in the back rows in class.

[Trent]

certified weirdo that sits in the back rows in class.

Bachelor of Arts then?

[crankcase76]

Was a construction worker with local councils, but due to old age ( HaHa ) i have moved into vehicle transport. Which is cool as i get to drive the newest cars before they get to the car yards and alot of exotic cars like Porsches,Lamborgines, Ferraris. :D

[Oberon Sexton]

Pharmacy student. Currently working in a local pharmacy. Used to be a bouncer in Brisbane city and the valley (sometimes Caxton st hotel during sports events, and also did music festival security). Never want to do security work ever again. :p

[CyberiusPrime]

Commercial Insurance Broker
(peddling the devils promise).
Also studying advanced diploma in management

[BruiseLee]

Used to work in advertising helping clients get people to buy crap they may not need. Now work on the research end and help advertisers target and communicate to people to buy their crap which they probably still don't need...

[Gofigure]

Clinical psychologist

Love my work but it can be ..... Stressful

My Geek interests are very helpful in not taking things too seriously hehe

[octopunchshotfisrt]

touche. No, just a student.

[Reflector]

Underground coal mine fitter here.

[morg176]

I teach and I ush :D

[Megatran]

Food industry in R&D (Product Development), though my background is Chemical Engineer. People need to eat, right.

[DaptoDog]

Portfolio Manager at a boutique fund manager. Dream job.

[CHILENO20]

Duty Manager @ a Club(hotel) in the CBD

[Handsprime]

I've been a TAFE Student for the past 4 years and will probably get a job later in the year

[Raider]

Wow Megs I figured you must be an undertaker or something given the size of that necro bump.

Occupation: dad joke enthusiast/tax lawyer :p

[TAAUBlaster]

Office admin for wallframe/roof truss manufacturer. Officially I'm office admin, but I also do deliveries to site, forklift driving/unloading, manual timber work, and dealing with irate construction workers who don't read the plans we send to site before starting the job :p

[ZoonMaster5000]

Printer for Fairfax media on permanent night shift.

[UltimateGalvatron]

High School Student :cool: ;)

[millhouse]

I work for a politician.

[prjkt]

Store manager of a camera retailer by day, event photographer on my days/nights off

[MayzaPrime]

Test Manager and IT Consultant

My part time job is Transformer toy collector :D

[Megatran]

Wow Megs I figured you must be an undertaker or something given the size of that necro bump.

Occupation: dad joke enthusiast/tax lawyer :p
I have the right to remain silent. Oh wait, your a tax lawyer. :p

[GoktimusPrime]

Store manager of a camera retailer by day, event photographer on my days/nights off
This lens itself to a joke, but I shutter to think of what may snap to mind.

[5FDP]

^ Awesome dad joke :p

[Bartrim]

After starting to watch Justified I wanna be a bad ass cop:o:p

Ha! Just digging through this thread and I found this post by me in 2012. I'm on the way there :D

[kovert]

Ha! Just digging through this thread and I found this post by me in 2012. I'm on the way there :D

NSWPF?