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So... What do you guys do for a living? - rocknroll237 - 07-12-2012
Just curious really... Wondered what you guys do for a living. I'm a student.
RE: So... What do you guys do for a living? - machine! - 07-12-2012
Get 60% of the money my parents get from the state to feed me, also working at home for some extra. Working at my grandma sometimes too & I did sale news paper some time ago.
RE: So... What do you guys do for a living? - Justin - 07-12-2012
Sometimes get a job on a climbing gym and take care of children (poor children muhahahahah). I m kind of smart and I get scholarship. Im still 18 and don't need so much money.
RE: So... What do you guys do for a living? - Spaceman - 07-12-2012
Several years ago I retired from work.
RE: So... What do you guys do for a living? - PinkRobot - 07-12-2012
I work for a small but rapidly growing internet company, mostly keeping websites filled with fresh content.
RE: So... What do you guys do for a living? - Lee_Stricklin - 07-12-2012
Not much right now. I work as an SA at a local restaurant mostly cleaning dishes and maintaining the place until I can find a better job.
RE: So... What do you guys do for a living? - Mirio - 07-12-2012
Bookkeeper with a mohawk woo.
RE: So... What do you guys do for a living? - Cyber Killer - 07-13-2012
sysadmin (tech support, server setup, network maintenance) and software testing (functional, security) at a software development company
RE: So... What do you guys do for a living? - chooksta - 07-13-2012
me plumber.
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IM NOT F,,KIN MARIO!
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RE: So... What do you guys do for a living? - edh - 07-13-2012
Well normally I worked for a medical equipment company supporting cardiology equipment in the field. In my last job I was pan-European so had a bit of travel which was fun. Few people can say they've done more distance for a company than Neil Armstrong did for NASA!
I'm currently on 'gardening leave' from that job as I can't work for a competitor for 6 months, despite effectively being paid for most of the year anyway. So I take a sabbatical and do some travel, do some programming, work on some other projects, do DIY...
So yeah, I get paid right now to sit round waiting for a better job offer to come up. Although normally I'm not so lucky and instead have to drive around in my BMW and jet set about Europe whilst in between flirting with the competition. Not too bad.
RE: So... What do you guys do for a living? - Loafers - 07-14-2012
I'm a reed licker for the LA Philharmonic.
RE: So... What do you guys do for a living? - Antibody - 07-14-2012
I'm a database administrator and programmer for a not-for-profit educational company. Millions of students use my software for college/uni readiness. If you've been through high school in the past three years, you're likely one of them
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RE: So... What do you guys do for a living? - machine! - 07-14-2012
(07-14-2012, 01:54 PM)Antibody Wrote: I'm a database administrator and programmer for a not-for-profit educational company. Millions of students use my software for college/uni readiness. If you've been through high school in the past three years, you're likely one of them
Sounds like a sweet job!
RE: So... What do you guys do for a living? - merlijn - 07-15-2012
I work as a system engineer for a hosting company in the Netherlands called Net Ground (some shameless promotion is okay as they actually provide us with free servers and bandwidth). Mainly leading the sysadmin team and doing development.
RE: So... What do you guys do for a living? - zykure - 07-16-2012
I'm a physics student (*) at a german university. Right now I'm finishing my diploma thesis, and I get paid by my university for administrating a computing cluster (200 CPU cores) and our workstations. (Which is kinda fun as long as everything works as it should, if you get my meaning...)
After my final exam next month, I will go on vacation for some weeks (yeah!). And thereafter I will again be working at my university, only this time as scientific staff member doing my PhD
* Particle physis, to be more precise. Also, if anyone is interested, I *could* give you many many details. If you want some general info, visit the website of the experiment I'm involved in.
RE: So... What do you guys do for a living? - rocknroll237 - 07-16-2012
Sounds cool Zykure.
RE: So... What do you guys do for a living? - edh - 07-16-2012
Neutrino mass is interesting. We know they have mass because they oscillate and hence are subject to time. If something is subject to time, it has mass. I did a mini-project about the Chooz experiment in France so know a little about neutrino physics. Good to see you'll be able to point your finger somewhere near their mass!
RE: So... What do you guys do for a living? - zykure - 07-16-2012
(07-16-2012, 09:57 AM)edh Wrote: Neutrino mass is interesting. We know they have mass because they oscillate and hence are subject to time. If something is subject to time, it has mass. I did a mini-project about the Chooz experiment in France so know a little about neutrino physics. Good to see you'll be able to point your finger somewhere near their mass!
Wow really? Didn't expect any other neutrino physicists here
The latest result on the third neutrino mixing angle from Chooz (and of course Daya Bay and RENO) was very much discussed in my working group. Now that we know the three mixing angles and the squared mass differences, all that's missing is the absolute neutrino mass! rocknroll237, what are you studying exactly?
RE: So... What do you guys do for a living? - rocknroll237 - 07-16-2012
I'm going to start college in September (doing A levels because I'm in the UK
). I'm going to study Maths, Physics, Music tech and ICT.
RE: So... What do you guys do for a living? - Exitium - 07-19-2012
I'm studying Automation and Systems Technology at Aalto University (Finland). So yea, basically hardcore engineering. I'll start my third year this autumn, even though I had a half-year break in the army. Several years to go till I'm Master of Science in Technology (aka graduate engineer).