Thread: SRP Professions - How about a random poll on what people do for a living?

I work for my rich Uncle.

Darn i wish i had a rich uncle

I was a jackaroo, then a trooper in the South Australian Mounted Police, last 23 years a process operator in the mining industry, allways fly in fly our two weeks on two weeks off. Down under the mining industry is booming.

Cheers

Heelerau

I am a stay at home dad and going to school for a hvac degree

Electrical Engineer. I write software for industrial equipment and touch screens (HMI).

Currently I work for a mfg. of spray booths (automotive and truck), powder coating booths, and industrial ovens. I design their control panels and do customer support.

Originally Posted by ChesterCopperpot

Low level IT tech support, meaning angry people yell at me all day. Please send help.

I'm a Mid-level IT Network / Systems Engineer. That means I get yelled at by the Low level support, high level support, and the Customer.

Originally Posted by timj219

Server/Network geek. Mostly microsoft now but some Linux.

Originally Posted by proximus26

Telecom job... operations... network performance... IT... name it... LTE networks

Originally Posted by mjhammer

Unemployed Information Systems Engineer (after 23 1/2 years was laid off). Self Employed computer repairman. Economy killed that dream. Then I drove a truck, was laid off again.

I've designed, purchased and installed multi hundred terabyte mid-range platforms and now I can't find sh*t.

Costco is starting to look good as a place of employment. Hell I'll even stock shelves! Doesn't seem to be a lot of call for a 55 YO computer engineer these days.

M

So like all of these guys I'm what's classified as the working poor.

Been working since I was 15.

First scrubbed toilets, etc. as a janitor.

Worked retail warehouse (Fedco if anyone remembers back to the stone ages).

During the California Aerospace boom I worked warehouse then migrated to IT support.

Now I work for an IT support contract company in Southern Californa.


... Frankly Costco sounds pretty stress free right about now.

At least you won't have to keep recertifying every 3 years!

Software tester.......you think you guys have it difficult....I get yelled at by the customer for misstakes I 1) didn't make and 2) can't fix....

This thread is making me happy I have a job I at least enjoy for the moment, and also makes me want to try to get a job with a great chef and work my @** off.

Customers like me and my boss(been invited to weddings before), but since I'm the only knowledgeable employee who speaks english fluently I also get to deal with every problem even tho its not in my job descriptions and I don't get compensated for it. I feel for you IT guys, I wouldn't want to deal with problems 40 or more hours a week.

Originally Posted by LX_Emergency

Software tester.......you think you guys have it difficult....I get yelled at by the customer for misstakes I 1) didn't make and 2) can't fix....

Yes, but you live in the Netherlands. You're not allowed to complain about anything, because you live in the Netherlands. Most people dream about such a place.

I live in the Netherlands too. Why wouldn't we be allowed to complain? It is not all hunky dory here.