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So what does everyone do here for a living?

Post by NeonVomit » Fri Dec 16, 2005 6:51 pm

Or study, or is still in school?

I'm a student, studying music at Roehampton University here in London, UK. I also work at the union bar.

What about you guys?
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Post by stratoplayer » Fri Dec 16, 2005 8:13 pm

Highschool student, but i also translate some financial reports to help pay for my car
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Post by Stealth » Fri Dec 16, 2005 8:49 pm

I study at the University of Toronto (I hope to finish this summer). I get a student loan, so I'm accumulating debt. :D :(

EDIT: Oh and I hate U of T (not the courses but the students :x ). They are as cold as icebergs.
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Post by stratohawk » Fri Dec 16, 2005 10:58 pm

I'm not really student, not really working, but doing a special kind of job training (student pilot). I have a whole bunch of debts cuz that training costs so much, but at least I have a guaranteed employment. And if the company didn't need pilots cuz of a crisis like there was 9/11 and I don't get a job, my debts are gone. That's a fair offer.
Temporarily I'm in the US, near Phoenix/Arizona. Nice weather all the time. 8)
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Post by IceBreaker » Sat Dec 17, 2005 12:25 am

I study logistics at Kymenlaakso Polytechnic (KyAMK). Right now today our christmas holiday began. 8) :beer:
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Post by htcdude » Sat Dec 17, 2005 12:50 am

I'm an IT Support Analyst, kinda technician dude in a small local company. I wanna get into photography though that's my main goal now.
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Post by Shurik » Sat Dec 17, 2005 1:28 am

I'm a student at Technion, Haifa, studying Materials Engineering and Physics, I want to do an M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering(solid mechanics, elasticity and their applications to MEMS) after that but it depends on my grades ... I also work at one of laboratories in my faculty ...
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Post by Beast_Pete » Sat Dec 17, 2005 1:29 am

I'm studying at the Technical University in Budapest. I'm at the faculty of Informatics, and I hope to become a networks expert one day. I wanna teach networks from next september in my high school. That would be cool.
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Post by Lilith » Sat Dec 17, 2005 2:22 am

I study Audiovisual Communication in the "Universidad Mayor" ('Mayor' University) in Temuco here in Chile. I wanna work in cinematography, that's my goal, but of course I'm opened to work in television. I'm now way more realistic than when I entered the career...my goal and aspiration is to make films and work in that area. I still have not clear my specialty. Direction, script... I like photography direction a lot too...dunno still. Years will tell. :)

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Post by browneyedgirl » Sat Dec 17, 2005 4:34 am

Your jobs are so exciting&I'd love to be back in College right now!!!! :D =P Party on!!! :rvd:
I'm just a lowly factory worker--most often a floater. :( But, given the job situation in USA,(Thanks, Bush) I am glad I have a job&it does pay well, so even though I work just a bit over part-time hours, my salary is enough to get by on.
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Post by NordicStorm » Sat Dec 17, 2005 1:33 pm

I study Computer Science (for an M.Sc.) at a Finnish university. In addition to that, I work full time as a software engineer in a small software company.
Sporadically I also do some webdesign / graphics jobs, but I'm more or less retired from doing that professionally for the time being...
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Post by Heiserich » Sat Dec 17, 2005 2:37 pm

I study political sciences at the university Duisburg-Essen. If everything works well, I'll finish next year (then you can call we Dipl. Soz.-Wiss.:D)...
I hope to get a job at an institute for international policy / development / relations or something like that, perhaps even a job at a university.
Well, let's see. First I have to finish my diploma :?
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Post by Dave » Sat Dec 17, 2005 2:38 pm

i'm in the 8th grade of the Gymnasium.. don't have any plans for studying or sth like that yet, it's too early yet :wink:
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Post by iron_thunder » Sat Dec 17, 2005 3:41 pm

uhh... i'm a metalhead? ;)
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Post by NordicStorm » Sat Dec 17, 2005 3:56 pm

iron_thunder wrote:uhh... i'm a metalhead? ;)
Does that pay well?
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Post by NeonVomit » Sat Dec 17, 2005 7:31 pm

NordicStorm wrote:
iron_thunder wrote:uhh... i'm a metalhead? ;)
Does that pay well?
That's my third 'profession'. :D

Pay sucks :x

I'm hoping to do a Masters in Music Therapy when I finish my BMus.
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Post by soulforged the secon » Sat Dec 17, 2005 8:34 pm

i'm still in school,last year

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Post by Jester » Sat Dec 17, 2005 9:26 pm

I work in the marketing and promotions department for a local cable and high speed internet provider. We used to be part of Time Warner but split off from them. My job has many facets, but to describe it accurately I would say dealing with customers, on line support. Keeping customers happy when they put an order in to disconnect. Negotiate prices, and packages. I made $33,000 this past year, and there are all kinds of other perks like season passes to the Universal Studios Theme parks, and free tickets to Orlando Magic basketball games. I get top notch health benefits and the company matches you dollar for dollar in a 401K investment package.


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Post by HvyMtlClickWitch » Sat Dec 17, 2005 9:43 pm

I just finished community college, and I'm starting my last two years at the university in the spring. I'm majoring in Lighting Design. Originally i had a dual major in Psychology as well, but as per some good advice, I'll finish Lighting Design first and go back for Psychology afterwards.

I also work full time as an assistant manager/inventory manager in a toy store. If the pay didn't suck, i wouldn't work full time. 8)
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Post by Jester » Sun Dec 18, 2005 4:39 am

What university will you be going to?


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Post by Miguel_Ricardo » Sun Dec 18, 2005 6:12 am

after quiting Medicine and then Music, I started Architecture in the University of Buenos Aires, I hope I stay!

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Post by HvyMtlClickWitch » Sun Dec 18, 2005 6:24 am

Jester wrote:What university will you be going to?
FAU. I don't want to leave home.
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Re: So what does everyone do here for a living?

Post by Dragon » Sun Dec 18, 2005 3:47 pm

well i studied Philosophy, Psychology, Fine Art and Textiles in College [Cardinal Newman]
now i work on a bar most of the time but im only staying for Christmas [they pay time & 1/2 over xmas and the tips are good over xmas too.]
then im going to work in a game shop in Kirkham or Preston until i save up enough money to learn how to drive then try and get a Tattoo artist apprenticeship at Studio81 [where i get tattoo'd]
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Post by Stratolily » Sun Dec 18, 2005 5:26 pm

I'm unemployed. Pretty, ah? :?

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Post by Lilith » Sun Dec 18, 2005 5:33 pm

Stratolily wrote:I'm unemployed. Pretty, ah? :?
XD

damn it...nothing new here, huh?... :roll:

what do you do anyway? :?

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Post by HvyMtlClickWitch » Sun Dec 18, 2005 5:49 pm

Dragon wrote:well i studied Philosophy, Psychology, Fine Art and Textiles in College [Cardinal Newman]
What is Cardinal Newman? We have a high school here by the same name. Is there any significance to the title?
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Post by Lilith » Sun Dec 18, 2005 7:42 pm

iron_thunder wrote:uhh... i'm a metalhead? ;)
wow..that sounds so exciting...

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Post by Jester » Sun Dec 18, 2005 7:44 pm

Cardinal Newman. Cardinal is a title given to high ranking priests in the Catholic Church. Every region has a Cardinal. Like a chain of command they sit above the Bishop. Pope Benedict was a Cardinal before he was Pope.

We almost played Cardinal Newman back in 1993, instead we played St.Thomas Aquinas and got our asses handed to us in the state playoffs


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Post by HvyMtlClickWitch » Sun Dec 18, 2005 7:50 pm

Thanks, I knew what a Cardinal was. I meant was there any significance to the name academically.
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Post by Dragon » Mon Dec 19, 2005 1:14 am

http://ic.net/~erasmus/RAZ22.HTM

[my college has a very religious ethos]

http://www.cardinalnewman.org.uk/typical-day.php
[so weird, the guy on this page is my best friend/cousin Chris.]
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