What do you do for a living?

[Jam]

For people who are in employment... What is your job?

Or if you have recently left work.... What was your job?


Im trying so hard to find a job, but some jobs are a no go for me seeing as i have SA, jobs like Customer service, retail, etc... So it'll be interesting to see what people in the SAUK community do for a living?... and maybe it'll give me inspiration on what types of job I should be looking for.

[Amelia Rosae]

I work in a project for young people in a music center. The young people are kids that've been kicked out of high schools for being mentalists & little bastards.

[josh.t]

Ferryman and professional vigilante

[Between The Bars]

used to be a van driver (it was fkn great! )
used to be stores manager (it was shite )
used work on sales retails < is that the words? f**k knows!!
used to work in factory (it was a bloody nightmare! )

the best job I was as a removal man. kept me fit and it was a heavy shift so me slept good at night.

oh and I was a gardener too for a while ()

[Generation Erm]

dog walker

[Between The Bars]

Originally Posted by Between The Bars

used to be a van driver (it was fkn great! )
used to be stores manager (it was shite )
used work on sales retails < is that the words? f**k knows!!
used to work in factory (it was a bloody nightmare!)

ps, got the sack from these lovely places. then I went crazy!

[Duke of Prunes]

Nothing.

[Scrobes]

DVD and Blu-ray author.

It's like programming but no lines of code, or very few at least. When you put your disc in your player, my company is responsible for what you see and hear, what the disc does, as well as the functionality/style of the disc right from start to finish.

[josh.t]

Can your company edit the twilight films and make them good then?... actually no, you can't polish a turd right?

carpenter, joiner, shopfitter, cabinet maker. basically if it's made out of wood then i can do it.

[black_mamba]

Originally Posted by Amelia Rosae

I work in a project for young people in a music center. The young people are kids that've been kicked out of high schools for being mentalists & little bastards.

I work part time at a similar thing, except we're not a music centre. We're a farm! It's crazy, scary, fun, bizarre, and sometimes touching. SA-wise it's daunting but we're given great training and support from other staff. Can be a great laugh sometimes I just spent my Friday painting a shed, looking after some newborn rabbits, and playing a tournament with the students on the Wii.

Have done about a million other jobs probably couldn't remember them all if I tried.

Originally Posted by el chupacabra

dog walker

Aww I bet that's really nice if you're into dogs. Can you come down and help me with mine? She's normally really well behaved but decided to run out in front of a bus yesterday! Didn't get hit thankfully but am so disappointed in her.

[Detox]

Mercenary bunny.

[Duke of Prunes]

Originally Posted by Scrobes

DVD and Blu-ray author.

It's like programming but no lines of code, or very few at least. When you put your disc in your player, my company is responsible for what you see and hear, what the disc does, as well as the functionality/style of the disc right from start to finish.

Stop putting in those bloody copyright notices. They're easy to skip on DVDs with any half-decent player, but they're a pain on Blu Rays!

[Scrobes]

Originally Posted by Duke of Prunes

Stop putting in those bloody copyright notices. They're easy to skip on DVDs with any half-decent player, but they're a pain on Blu Rays!

Believe me, they piss us off too. Blame the big studios. We have to follow a shit-ton of rules, trust me. Some of them *are* skippable, it depends on the studio.

[Duke of Prunes]

Originally Posted by Scrobes

Believe me, they piss us off too. Blame the big studios. We have to follow a shit-ton of rules, trust me. Some of them *are* skippable, it depends on the studio.

Well, all of them are skippable on DVDs anyway. Just skip directly to the title of the menu or the feature. Most good players ignore the restrictions on when you can/can't change title.

But Blu Rays = adfsafsdf ARGH, because AFAIK, the playback control is implemented in the Java applet on the disc, so they don't rely on the player to give a crap about the restrictions (the controls on the player just send events to the applet presumably), and the copyright notices are usually part of the Java applet itself rather than regular playlists anyway, so there's really no way to get around them.

[MattyMarr]

Qualified car mechanic, did that for 4 years. At the moment I'm in a workshop building air-con and heating units that are used in various different vehicles. I've just finished a trial period working in the office upstairs, hated it, so am back in the workshop again . I also fitted engines on luxury yachts for a while last year.

[firefly27]

This thread hurts me

Originally Posted by BFG

carpenter, joiner, shopfitter, cabinet maker. basically if it's made out of wood then i can do it.

valid till next friday as that's when my current contract expires as of then i'll be dole scum again.

[black_mamba]

Originally Posted by firefly27

This thread hurts me

Hmm you sure it's not your negative thought processes that are hurting you?

[I Love My Cats]

I work with people who need a bit of help. They don't always want my help, or even recognise they need help. Often they want more help than I can give. It's a hard job. However, on the positive side, I was once told by someone that I was less of an arsehole than the other people who work in my building

[Scrobes]

Originally Posted by biscuits

Do you get to watch the DVDs as you make them?

A little bit yes. Been taking a look at Top Gear The Great African Adventure.

[aVoice2use]

I work for myself - creating visual communciations / media - video production and do create the occassional DVD (author up etc)

I see things visually so this helps me a great deal in my work.

[Caribou]

I'm an artist - I draw the dole.

[aVoice2use]

^ i'm a con man - I take this piss!

[Parth]

I'm a Management Accountant.

Happy to answer PMs if anyone is studying or looking to start a similar career and stumbles on this post.