What is your job/career? Like it?

by ashitaka 60 Replies latest jw friends

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  LittleToe

  I'm an IT Manager for a health care region. I look after the needs of an area over 120 miles, whilst helping formulate national policy on IT Systems. It takes me all over Scotland, with the occasional opportunity to travel down to England for the weekend.

  The National Health Service isn't the best paid of governmental services, but the stress levels are generally more acceptable. If they weren't, I could always ask one of the local Doctors to prescribe me something

  I worked my way through Support, Development and Project Management routes, before concentrating on more of the strategic stuff.
  I love to see a project done professionally, in-time and under-budget, and usually attain that.

  Has to beat cleaning windows, which I did for a while whilst Pioneering, incidentally
  It also beats thumping nails in the snow, which I also did, as I was a time served Joiner/Carpenter.
  After over a decade on various building sites, I decided it was time for a career change, so re-entered college for a qualification in Computing.

  The rest, as they say, is history...
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  Scarlet

  I am a Bookkeeper at a CPA firm. I specialize in gas stations. I love and hate my job. Love the work hate the long hours especially during tax season.
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  Simon

  I have a good mind for math and logic, but I have no programming experience. Do you think a 32 year old can learn it? If so, on his own, or do you think you must have schooling?

  DanTheMan: Go for it! (note new name

  Seriously, it doesn't matter how much experience you have or don't have ... you pretty much have to relearn everything every few years anyway that you can jump in and catch up.

  The new .Net stuff from Microsoft is a lot easier than some of the old stuff and is new so it should have a good lifespan giving you plenty of time to learn stuff.

  I've always learnt everything from books and experimentation so there is need to go on courses but you may want to if you're starting from scratch.

  Certainly, logic and maths will help. You don't do applied mathematics do you? I have some algorithms I'm working on but I don't know all the symbols to interpret the maths!
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  TruckerGB

  Heres what I do,

  Cheers,

  Rich
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  Warrigal

  Retired as a Veterinary Technician with specialty in anesthesia and emergency services. Some experience with large animals but mostly cats and dogs. Loved every minute of it but the St Bernards got too heavy for me to lift!!!! Currently I teach Agility and campaign my dog to finish her titles in the sport. Warrigal
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  hamptonite21

  I am a account manager for a wholesale mortgage lending company. We give money to brokers and banks for mortgages. I like my job and when the market is good there is always money to be made, Althought I work for the most evil bitch on earth, and thats on a good day and Im not on her bad side! Cant wait for her to have her baby and leave
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  iggy_the_fish

  I grow crystals. Before you get excited, unfortunately not the pretty ones you can buy at hippie stalls on markets. These are semiconductor crystals, used for making high speed communication devices, leds, laser diodes (stop yawning dammit! Stay awake at the back!)

  Do I like it? Well, my heart's not in it really. For my sins I have a degree in Mathematical Physics, and one day I'd love to go back to University and study field theory, but you need a brain the size of a supernova to study that stuff! I'd also like to do some sound engineering. My band are trying to record ourselves at the moment and I'm doing the mixing. I find it fascinating finding the best way to mix the instruments together - how to effect and EQ them and where to place them in the stereo field (goddammit, you've fallen asleep again!)

  ig.
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  WildHorses

  I'm a small business owner. (Cleaning Service) and I love it! It's hard work, but the pay is good and the reward is hearing what a great job I did.

  Now, if I could just clean my house as good as I clean someone elses, It would be perfect.
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  JH

  I am a double agent, working for the Watchtower Society. My job is to get as much information on anyone here.

  If you could all give me more information on yourselves, I would be grateful.

  I'm keeping a close eye on all of you. The eye that you see in the corner is actually a camera looking at you, watching your every move.
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  moreisbetter

  Human Resources. I manage a small HR dept. for a foriegn manufacturing co. I like the work; it's very challenging and quite a bit of stress.. The employees are from several different countries and cultures.

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