What do we all do for a living?

djmc0 · 30 Dec 2011 at 16:16

I work at a data centre for a major swiss bank. I'll be honest, I generally get paid pretty decent money to sit on my arse most days. But the job that I do is could be seen as high profile, so when called into action, I can not afford to mess up. I work in IT, and my main responsibility is cabling, network topology, and san layouts (to a degree)

The worst (and the best) is when a service fails, and no one can work out why, I am the only person to actually check the media (cabling) Always feels great out thinking someone that earns £15k a year more than you, and to be fair, I earn a decent wage.

aceface57 · 30 Dec 2011 at 16:53

IT Support for an Oil Company, love it.

PAz · 30 Dec 2011 at 17:53

thewanted said:
Nice! We've had a lot of guys recently leave to become PFEs. There seems to be some sort of project at MS to poach our techs.

Hoping to become a SharePoint PFE at some point in 2012/13 at the Reading office.

EDIT: Are you transactional?

Dedicated.

Big PFE recruitment drive going on at the moment, you should apply if it interests you

Yojimbo01 · 30 Dec 2011 at 17:57

Chem eng student and part timer at Tescos

thewanted · 30 Dec 2011 at 17:58

PAz said:
Dedicated.

Big PFE recruitment drive going on at the moment, you should apply if it interests you

Cool

I don't quite have enough experience for a SharePoint PFE role just yet.

DAnDan · 30 Dec 2011 at 18:00

Stan_Lite said:
I've never met a sane geologist offshore - they're all completely bonkers. Most mud engineers aren't much better - must be the fumes

Amp34 said:
Fumes? You mean Alcohol right?

You guys should come and join us in the labs sometime, making something useful from what you lot dig up

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Chasser · 30 Dec 2011 at 18:13

Ex-RAF, currently job hunting. This previous post explains what I did up until very recently: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=20447191&postcount=252

zooankski · 30 Dec 2011 at 19:56

Licensed Aircraft Engineer for a big Orange airline

Malevolence · 30 Dec 2011 at 19:59

zooankski said:
Licensed Aircraft Engineer for a big Orange airline

Braniff International?

bowey · 30 Dec 2011 at 20:04

welding engineer and i have afew websites with adsense

The Funktopus · 30 Dec 2011 at 20:41

Engineering Cadet, training toward become a qualified Engineering Officer of The Watch in the Merchant Navy with Wilhelm Wilhelmsen Group, a Norwegian shipping line that mainly operates Pure Car Truck Carrier and Roll-on/Roll-off cargo vessels.

Bony Maloney · 1 Jan 2012 at 14:24

Jokester said:
What platform if you don't mind me asking?

Montrose Alpha

Stan_Lite said:
Slacker

Same industry but on the drilling side (not north sea. I'm in the Med just now - off the coast of Egypt). We're the ones who do all the real work so the likes of Bony Maloney can sit around pushing buttons all day

We're North Sea Tigers and you know it

Happy New Year from the North Sea to all you Overclockers