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what does everyone do for a living?
2008-12-18, 7:59 PM #41
Shift manager at a fast food restaurant (ugh), but the pay is nice and it gets me through school.

I'm also looking for a job at some of the local computer shops so I can leave fast food.
2008-12-18, 8:04 PM #42
My official title is Technical Help Desk Analyst, Sr

I'll detail my job duties in a second, but first some background of the environment:

At my employer we have a help desk, that's technically split in 4 different teams.

We're nation-wide, so we have a lot of branches, so we have the branch help desk. Of course we have a home office and it is quite large, so we have a home office help desk. Each one is capable of taking each others calls, the branch help desk is significantly larger than the home office. (They merged together for a while, but now we're split up again, but will merger together again eventually. We're in the process of a major transition.) Each help desk has an escalation team to call for assistance and advice, and to escalate issues that the help desk cannot. I'm on the escalation team for the Branch help desk.

We deal with in-depth issues with mobile devices (windows mobile and blackberrys), remote access tokens, citrix sessions (virtual apps, and direct server logins) PC hardware issues, major-market software (MS Office, etc...) issues, in-house developed applications, vmware, networking, server, and e-mail issues. It's a fantastic job, though it can be difficult during our current transition. I've been working (voluntarily) 65-70+ hours a week since late January (saturdays and sundays included) assisting with the transition.

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I have also done some 'off-the-record' programming to create tools for the help desks to use. I may also be doing some web-design as well for a new intranet site we're trying to get together for the help desk to use a centralized source for updates, information, and tools, since in the transition we're losing our current site
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2008-12-18, 8:11 PM #43
I'm currently looking for a job after graduating with a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering. I'm looking to do Mechanical Design, but I know I might have to start doing more analysis type work. I had a paid internship last summer working for a glass processing equipment designer and manufacturer. It was a lot of fun, so I know that ME is what I want to do.
"Flowers and a landscape were the only attractions here. And so, as there was no good reason for coming, nobody came."
2008-12-18, 8:23 PM #44
I'm a full-time student but I clean and maintain pools during the summer-time. I also work for my parents by being a night manager at their lodge. Basically high school groups go skiing and I work from 10 PM to 6 AM and make sure they're all in bed at a reasonable hour and aren't smoking and drinking in the dorm.
2008-12-18, 8:29 PM #45
I'm a full-time student and a part-time web development freelancer.
Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.
2008-12-18, 8:52 PM #46
I'm a Signmaker/Digital Print technician. I also hate this time of year, with customers and the boss putting unreasonable demands through.
"You want the truth?! You can't handle the truth!! No truth-handler you!! Bah!! I deride your truth-handling ability!!"
2008-12-18, 9:08 PM #47
Gamestop, currently unemployed for a main.

Working on that though.
D E A T H
2008-12-18, 9:10 PM #48
Resident.
2008-12-18, 9:13 PM #49
Systems engineer at Lockheed Martin. I work on simulations for satellite systems. Very fun stuff.
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2008-12-18, 9:17 PM #50
UPS, driver helper.

I deliver packages and ****.

Its cold, but not that hard.

I get terminated on the 24th. :(

o.0
2008-12-18, 9:27 PM #51
Technical title is Application Consultant (at least that's what my business cards say) because I do a ton of SharePoint-based application design. In reality though, clients pay me lots of money to create applications for them that they don't have the resources to write themselves, not necessarily always SharePoint related.
2008-12-18, 9:39 PM #52
I used to work at a paintball field, until half the staff got layed off...

Now I occasionally fix computers at home.
Nothing to see here, move along.
2008-12-18, 9:50 PM #53
I'm going to be co-ping at Dupont. For those who don't know, Dupont is some massive company that makes scary chemicals. I'll be working with the on plant electrical engineers who maintain and develop the power and process controls.

I'm really happy to get this too, because I'll be making 3700$ a month which is a lot more than people with my GPA usually get. I have to spend most of it on tuition, but it'll be nice to have money! Living with my parents == more awesome computer stuff.
2008-12-18, 10:06 PM #54
I don't do anything for money right now, but in two and half years I'll be a lawyer.
If you think the waiters are rude, you should see the manager.
2008-12-18, 10:16 PM #55
Structural Engineer. I work for a company that specialises in Design and Build contracts for steel framed buildings (warehouses and multi-storey).

It's 80% awesome, 20% soul destroying.
2008-12-18, 11:25 PM #56
I get paid to play music.
On a Swedish chainsaw: "Do not attempt to stop chain with your hands or genitals."
2008-12-19, 1:38 AM #57
Originally posted by Obi_Kwiet:
I'm going to be co-ping at Dupont. For those who don't know, Dupont is some massive company that makes scary chemicals. I'll be working with the on plant electrical engineers who maintain and develop the power and process controls.

I'm really happy to get this too, because I'll be making 3700$ a month which is a lot more than people with my GPA usually get. I have to spend most of it on tuition, but it'll be nice to have money! Living with my parents == more awesome computer stuff.


$3700/mo while still in school..?

Jeez...maybe I need to find a different line of work..
woot!
2008-12-19, 1:53 AM #58
I run a transport company, we deliver bread to grocery stores. It's insane how much people buy food under christmas, and then it suddenly stops :|
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2008-12-19, 1:59 AM #59
Team Leader for the Online Shopping department at a Sainsburys store.

Bloody mental the crap people order this time of year.
2008-12-19, 4:45 AM #60
Originally posted by JLee:
everybody knows. :ninja:


This. :)

(Or at least anyone who's not completely oblivious does.)
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

Lassev: I guess there was something captivating in savagery, because I liked it.
2008-12-19, 5:00 AM #61
Originally posted by Michael MacFarlane:
I don't do anything for money right now, but in two and half years I'll be a lawyer.


I'll be calling you in three...
TAKES HINTS JUST FINE, STILL DOESN'T CARE
2008-12-19, 5:02 AM #62
Originally posted by Sarn_Cadrill:
This. :)

(Or at least anyone who's not completely oblivious does.)


Paid cameos on "To Catch a Predator"?
TAKES HINTS JUST FINE, STILL DOESN'T CARE
2008-12-19, 5:12 AM #63
Hurr.
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

Lassev: I guess there was something captivating in savagery, because I liked it.
2008-12-19, 5:30 AM #64
Professional gambler.

Or at least I will be once I start winning...
The Massassi-Map
There is no spoon.
2008-12-19, 5:55 AM #65
Professional Expert
Detty. Professional Expert.
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2008-12-19, 7:14 AM #66
Campus Ambassador
Office ***** and Prospective Students' Parents' whipping boy. Unpaid: Secondary technical service.


(Basically, I give tours, answer phone calls, make phonecalls, and teach everyone's parents how to use the computers.)
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2008-12-19, 7:26 AM #67
Graphic Designer and Production Manager
Was cheated out of lions by happydud
Was cheated out of marriage by sugarless
2008-12-19, 7:26 AM #68
Originally posted by Spork:
Professional gambler.

Or at least I will be once I start winning...


Magic not working out for you? Or are you just using your sleight of hand techniques in a more productive way..?
2008-12-19, 7:35 AM #69
Speaking of jobs, shouldn't you be at work martyn? :P
nope.
2008-12-19, 7:40 AM #70
It's friday, I'm leaving in 5 minutes and I've been here since 7:45 :P
2008-12-19, 3:49 PM #71
Computer Repair (software/hardware). I specialize in laptops but occasionally work on desktops as well. I actually went to school for programming but things didn't quite work out that way...
? :)
2008-12-19, 4:27 PM #72
Originally posted by Malus:
Systems engineer at Lockheed Martin. I work on simulations for satellite systems. Very fun stuff.


People like you contributed to the Columbine High School massacre. Massacres are fun, huh, Sicko?

Originally posted by Greenboy:
UPS, driver helper.

I deliver packages and ****.

Its cold, but not that hard.

I get terminated on the 24th. :(


The future is not set, there is no fate but what we make for ourselves.
"I would rather claim to be an uneducated man than be mal-educated and claim to be otherwise." - Wookie 03:16

2008-12-19, 4:29 PM #73
I'm a student currently, working on a BBA in Management Information Systems. I've got 3 semesters left before I graduate. Then I'm not sure what I'll end up doing, although I wouldn't mind looking into database-related careers.
2008-12-19, 4:36 PM #74
Full time student in computer science. Part time jobs as research assistant for a couple labs here.
2008-12-19, 4:47 PM #75
Originally posted by Wookie06:
People like you contributed to the Columbine High School massacre. Massacres are fun, huh, Sicko?


Am I the only one confused here?
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Ye Olde Galactic Empire Mission Editor (X-wing, TIE, XvT/BoP, XWA)
2008-12-19, 4:59 PM #76
yea seriously wtf
[01:52] <~Nikumubeki> Because it's MBEGGAR BEGS LIKE A BEGONI.
2008-12-19, 5:04 PM #77
But he wins for the Terminator quote.
2008-12-19, 5:09 PM #78
Full-time music student. I have one semester left, currently also working part-time at a recording studio. Sometimes I teach and play gigs too.
COUCHMAN IS BACK BABY
2008-12-19, 5:09 PM #79
I am an engineering major, fire protection and safety technology....but I work part time as a parking enforcement officer on campus.
Warhead[97]
2008-12-19, 5:23 PM #80
Quote:
The future is not set, there is no fate but what we make for ourselves.
No, he's seasonal. UPS hires people just to help through Christmas. Christmas eve is always their last day.
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