What do you do for a living?

cbdxs · 2012-09-05 22:26:40

I work at the apothecary.

merelyjim · 2012-09-05 23:51:10

I work at Office Depot, selling tech, fixing computers as far as the boss will let me, and fulfilling the role as resident smart-ass. (I know, the last sounds so unlike me...)

merelyjim · 2012-09-06 00:00:07

anlem wrote:

Librarian. It's a dream job for a internet junkie like me. I can use many hours of my workday for hanging in suspicious forums like this with a cover of "information search"..
Besides, searching tips for my conky.conf really is serious work!

Envy. I haz it...

mort · 2012-09-06 00:00:58

Ahhh free stuff... folk can get twitchy when you're asked to pay for it...

I'm a full time parent... My living revolves around stopping the kids from damaging themselves or something expensive and trying to keep them off my keyboard and mouse!

I used to work for the NHS as an Aux Nurse and previous to that 10 years in IT... which I hated... far more fun tweaking your own kit and caboodle

intoCB · 2012-12-17 09:09:10

Looking for work.

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Critanime · 2012-12-17 09:17:29

I am an Auxiliary Nurse, though they re-branded us as Healthcare Assistants. Although I did go to college to study IT. Go figure....

intoCB · 2012-12-17 09:20:53

The cool thing is that what you have ended up fixing can actually thank you now.

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Critanime · 2012-12-17 09:22:02

They can aslo say a few other select things on a weekend lol ]:D

fatmac · 2012-12-17 10:34:17

Nothing......retired. ]:D

magic · 2012-12-17 23:09:28

mineing

dura · 2012-12-17 23:30:49

Just finished my doctorate research into musical entrepreneurship in North West England, starting a postdoctoral research position at QMUL in London in late January. Big tings a gwan.

stolid · 2012-12-17 23:35:29

I take out loans.

I'm currently a sophomore in college, getting a degree in Computer Engineering with a minor in Spanish.

MrPink · 2012-12-17 23:46:04

It's interesting to see such a diversity. I was expecting everyone to be software engineers or other computer related stuff.

For my own part, I study philosophy at the university, which - in this commie country - is actually possible to do for a living, as long as I turn in my masters thesis no more than a year later than the ordained time. This semester i have been able to supplement the education support with an instructor position, which is good for the bank account, but very stressful.

It would be interesting if people, like our architect, wrote how they use our common interest - Linux - in their jobs. I don't think, I do anything that I could not do on Windows - take notes in Zim, write assignments in LaTeX or LibreOffice, but it appeals to me that Linux is not so deeply rooted in the symbolic order of capitalism than the alternatives, though Canonical, Red Hat, and others to some extent are. It is difficult to say what the Open Source community means in that context, but at least it is the possibility of something else.

Enigma · 2012-12-18 03:12:25

I work at a sawmill but only till the end of this year, next year im starting a new job in a bikeshop.
New job and a new city, its gonna be great.

pvsage · 2012-12-18 05:55:21

^ Bike shop? Cool! Repair or fabrication?

Enigma · 2012-12-18 06:05:10

Mostly repair, maybe some fabricaton and selling spareparts.

TonyNoOne · 2012-12-18 14:37:14

I have worked in home automation and custom audio/video for the pat twelve years. I describe myself as a systems integrator. As such, I spend virtually all of my work hours in W7 and/or OSX. Unfortunately there is nothing even remotely close to professional in Linux that applies to home automation. I do, periodically, get to build Vortexbox/Fedora based NASs for clients and I do a sh!t ton of work building enterprise level networks in people's homes.

I absolutely love my work (I am well payed to play with wealthy folks' toys) but, I literally rush home to open my Linux boxes at the end of the day.

bklive · 2012-12-24 03:29:20

Infantryman.

before that, computer systems programmer for the Boeing AWACS (air force type). pretty big adjustment; hated life before, love it now. difficult to adjust to enjoying your job

JT · 2012-12-24 05:02:20

Doctoral student in Psychology. I write and run Matlab code to fit mathematical models of memory. But I could do that in Windows.

My preference for Linux comes from my previous life in computer game Quality Assurance. Before I went back to school and got my undergrad, I worked on and led QA teams. Being poorly paid I could only afford *cheap* computers - this was just before the Xbox 1 was released (2000/2001). Linux was a natural choice for the OS and, from that point on, I was addicted to Debian. The transparency of the open source model felt like a breath of fresh air, and Linux made computing fun again.

Computing should always be fun. What I love about these forums (and this thread) is that people are having loads of fun with #! and are supporting one another. You've put a smile on my face. Thanks folks.

Bärenhäuter · 2012-12-24 21:26:51

Ich bin Sozialarbeiter/pädagoge und arbeite seit einer Ewigkeit im Wohnunslosenbereich.

becker · 2012-12-25 03:04:26

I work in corporate IT support supporting Win Vista and Office 2007 we're almost ready to start the roll out to Win 7 then later Office 2010. Back when I first started with Linux (Ubuntu 8.04) I was taxi driving nights.

brontosaurusrex · 2012-12-25 11:53:31

Things around video (promo producer), 90 % is video editing (also do scriptwriting, directing, lightning and camera work, "director of camera machine"). Wallpapers, flying pinguins, scripting, linix and stuff like that are all anti-depresives for me.

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Super-Nathan · 2012-12-25 12:35:44

By trade, I'm a finish carpenter.
I went from tree-trimmer -> ropes-course construction -> Cabinetmaker
However with today's economy it's impossible. Now I teach middle school English and science teacher in South Korea. Best job I have ever had. Tons of free time, fast internet, and very fair wages.

orionthehunter · 2012-12-26 00:25:01

Along the lines of Super-Nathan, and John Raff, and some others, I'm an English teacher of sorts.

I've been working in rural Japan as an assistant English language teacher in elementary and middle schools for the past 4 years. I studied linguistics and Japanese in college, and have been learning a lot about pedagogy since I started this job... But it ends after next year.

At that point? I dunno... maybe I'll write books. Can I market them to you guys? Maybe I'll write about ninja linguists.

Edit: Someone asked how we use Leenox in our day jobs. Its my full-time OS at work, mixed with some android and OS X at home. Beyond the obvious, I use Inkscape for designing lots of classroom materials, Audacity for making/editing audio materials, and Anki for studying.

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Kuno · 2012-12-26 01:59:14

Few short time jobs, then 13 years of taxi driving 'til i got my degree (M.A. literature & sociology), then merchandiser, craftsman plus temporary jobs as event technician. Since 1996 fulltime event technician/manager in a small NGO. Sys"admin" since setting up a linux-file-server...

Windoze from 3.1 to XP from 1995 on, migration attempts to linux in 2008 ( beeing annoyed of Win => distro-hopping!), Crunchbang since 2009, main OS since Statler came out.

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