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offline Exaph from United Kingdom on 2005-01-27 02:07 [#01477074]
Points: 3718 Status: Lurker



what do you do for a living?
are you happy doing it?
what do you want to end up doing ideally?

though id get to know you good people better...


 

offline pOgO from behind your belly button fluff on 2005-01-27 02:09 [#01477076]
Points: 12687 Status: Lurker



I work for ntl brpadband Tech Support
It's a pain in the ass
I wanna be an actress or just filthy rich


 

offline Exaph from United Kingdom on 2005-01-27 02:15 [#01477084]
Points: 3718 Status: Lurker



cool, they dont mind you being on here?


 

offline pOgO from behind your belly button fluff on 2005-01-27 02:18 [#01477085]
Points: 12687 Status: Lurker | Followup to Exaph: #01477084



They'd probably have something to say if the knew

I'm not actually taking calls today though. I'm listening to
someone else taking calls cause I've just come out of
training for a new database.



 

offline Matvey from Kiev (Ukraine) on 2005-01-27 02:18 [#01477087]
Points: 6851 Status: Regular



I work as web-designer in a small company run by a friend.

Not happy doing it, 50%.

I would like to work at same position but better paid, or at
least I would like that boss-friend to become a normal
person, not a headache-causing marasmatic corporate
idealist. I would like the job schedule to be more flexible,
so that i could miss some days without being brainwashed
later. I need more free time and more vacations.

I like adbusting, right now i'm into Yushchenko adbusting.
He has flooded the city with different crap which annoys me.
I would like to have more time for music, also.


 

offline Exaph from United Kingdom on 2005-01-27 02:23 [#01477096]
Points: 3718 Status: Lurker



yeah, i work in england where people work ridiculous
amounts. i hate it never have time to ones self but need £.
i dont understand working for majority of my time? i wih i
lived in spain with a siesta; a chance to emjoy life. why
work for a big house if your never in it?


 

offline Matvey from Kiev (Ukraine) on 2005-01-27 02:28 [#01477099]
Points: 6851 Status: Regular



o have some friends who are designers also - they sleep up
to 11 in the morning, can miss the whole day for some
reason, or come to work only for two hours or do, they are
ok to behave like that and get more money than I do monthly.


 

offline JAroen from the pineal gland on 2005-01-27 02:28 [#01477100]
Points: 16065 Status: Regular



im a student, 1st year chemical engineering, so i do nothing
and get money from the state.

im quite content... it has been a bit boring so far but
we'll do cool experiments this semester, a good occasion to
steal new glasswork haha.

i have no idea what i want to do later. i only have a vague
idea of what is possible with my education, but i dont
really care.


 

offline Matvey from Kiev (Ukraine) on 2005-01-27 02:29 [#01477101]
Points: 6851 Status: Regular | Followup to Matvey: #01477099



* o=I



 

offline nacmat on 2005-01-27 02:31 [#01477103]
Points: 31271 Status: Lurker



mornings I work in a architecture studio. (5 hours 600
euros)
evenings trying to finish my project
yes
work there all day with a real salary


 

offline felch king on 2005-01-27 02:33 [#01477105]
Points: 257 Status: Lurker



you guys are all braniacs!!!!!!!!!! i work in kfc and have
just managed to get my second star which means that i am on
fries now. if i stick in i have a good chance of becoming
senior assistant which means a £500 a year increase!


 

offline Exaph from United Kingdom on 2005-01-27 02:34 [#01477108]
Points: 3718 Status: Lurker



thats cool for your friends matvey!

i used to be a student jaroen now about 6k in debt but well
worth it; i got loadsa stuff with the money and had a mint
time; i bought a new pc and went to thailand for 2 months!
in between years.

got a 2:1 which was cool but hasnt really benefited me yet
since ive devloped a passion for photography !

its well worth considering what you wanna do though although
you'll probably change your mind you could still make some
ideas/options..


 

offline JAroen from the pineal gland on 2005-01-27 02:34 [#01477109]
Points: 16065 Status: Regular | Followup to nacmat: #01477103



if you ever finish or draw something cool, be sure to post
it here!


 

offline Exaph from United Kingdom on 2005-01-27 02:36 [#01477111]
Points: 3718 Status: Lurker



cool nacmat, whats the project? sorry to be ignorant.


 

offline JAroen from the pineal gland on 2005-01-27 02:38 [#01477113]
Points: 16065 Status: Regular | Followup to felch king: #01477105



oh fuck, are you happy about that?


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2005-01-27 02:39 [#01477114]
Points: 23533 Status: Moderator | Show recordbag



what do you do for a living?

Fix the computer problems of people who are too stupid to
own one. Troubleshoot servers and mssql and Oracle
databases.

are you happy doing it?

It doesn't really challenge me and I feel myself being lowly
de-skilled, so no. But I need the money and it's paying for
me to do my Masters degree.

what do you want to end up doing ideally?

Corporate Intelligence.



 

offline felch king on 2005-01-27 02:41 [#01477116]
Points: 257 Status: Lurker | Followup to JAroen: #01477113



hey we can't all be brain surgeons!! i think i am doing
quite well considering thank you very much!


 

offline pOgO from behind your belly button fluff on 2005-01-27 02:52 [#01477125]
Points: 12687 Status: Lurker | Followup to JAroen: #01477100



You could go work for the taliban with a degree in Chem
Eng.

Make a bomb that will dye the whole world orange


 

offline KADO from The Belafonte (United Kingdom) on 2005-01-27 04:24 [#01477162]
Points: 1484 Status: Regular



(what do you do for a living?)
I'm studying for a BA Hons in Music Production and do a bit
of DJ'ing / sound engineering on the side.

(are you happy doing it?)
Yeah, I just noodle about with music making gear all day.

(what do you want to end up doing ideally?)
Multimedia art and Film scores...yeah big dreams but I gotta
give it a go.


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2005-01-27 04:39 [#01477168]
Points: 35867 Status: Lurker | Show recordbag



On a bachelor in philosophy. Get money from the government,
but I'll need a part-timer soon...

I'm pretty happy doing it, yes, since I've known this was
what I wanted since I was 14.

Ideally, I'd like to work at the university as a professor
in philosophy.


 

offline KADO from The Belafonte (United Kingdom) on 2005-01-27 05:01 [#01477177]
Points: 1484 Status: Regular | Followup to Drunken Mastah: #01477168



i hope you keep making tracks...i like a lot of your stuff,
my favourite is asstastic, it's err asstastic.

i listened to your couisins stuff that you posted in the
thread for tolstoyed, very quirky and cool.

Professor will pay better tho + you get to seduce all those
clever ladies with your mastery of drunkeness. :)


 

offline r40f from qrters tea party on 2005-01-27 05:17 [#01477185]
Points: 14210 Status: Regular



"Commercial cranberry fields today are diked so they
may be flooded. When the berries are ripe, they float,
making harvesting a matter of flooding the field, shaking
the bushes a bit, and skimming off the berries into waiting
trucks."


 

offline Matvey from Kiev (Ukraine) on 2005-01-27 05:22 [#01477189]
Points: 6851 Status: Regular | Followup to r40f: #01477185



that's your job?

not bad, if yes. but how do ya internet from there?


 

offline r40f from qrters tea party on 2005-01-27 05:23 [#01477191]
Points: 14210 Status: Regular | Followup to Matvey: #01477189



no, it's not... it would be nice though. i'm not sure why
i posted it. maybe i just want some cranberrys.


 

offline Matvey from Kiev (Ukraine) on 2005-01-27 05:25 [#01477194]
Points: 6851 Status: Regular | Followup to r40f: #01477191



yes, eating some cranberries now would have been nice.


 

offline eXXailon from purgatory on 2005-01-27 05:29 [#01477197]
Points: 6745 Status: Lurker



currently working in a callcenter/going to do internship in
a local hospital (ICT job)

i am NOT happy with my current job

ideally, i would like to become a music making, ICT genius
pornstar


 

offline stilaktive from a place on 2005-01-27 05:40 [#01477203]
Points: 3162 Status: Lurker



i do creative music tech and get drunk alot. and today im
taking shrooms


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2005-01-27 05:46 [#01477208]
Points: 50073 Status: Moderator



what do you do for a living?
work in an office, boring paper work..

are you happy doing it?
no, i freakin hate it, but i'll start doing something else
soon, hopefully.

what do you want to end up doing ideally?
travel.


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2005-01-27 05:51 [#01477210]
Points: 35867 Status: Lurker | Followup to KADO: #01477177 | Show recordbag



thanks!

I don't think I'll ever stop making music.. I love it too
much, but my real ambitions are to become a professor.
However, it's not unheard of for a professor to do gigs and
stuff.. hehehe...

and.. if I would ever get a chance to put out a record or
tour or something (either on my own accord or on a
recor-label), I could definately spend a year or so doing
that even though it would be hard work and put a brake on my
studies... however, that will probably never happen...
unless I can get my act together and make that demo cd I've
been thinking about for four years now... then there's a
slightly larger probability of it happening, but it still
isn't that large, I think...


 

offline Exaph from United Kingdom on 2005-01-27 05:51 [#01477211]
Points: 3718 Status: Lurker



me too tolstoyed, me too. me too.

me too.
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offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2005-01-27 05:56 [#01477216]
Points: 9958 Status: Lurker



I am a tourism info guy/security guard/psuedo-beatcop rolled
into one job. I give people directions, ask street people,
junkies and crack dealers to move along, and follow around
people who are targets for auto crime/shoplifting untill
loss prevention can apprehend them. Its a fucking wierd job,
but it pays more than minimum wage, and as long as I stay on
the radio regularly, and fill my daily quotas, I am left
alone to do what I want and explore downtown all I want, so
I am pretty happy with the job.


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2005-01-27 05:58 [#01477221]
Points: 9958 Status: Lurker



Last question; I would design sound for films for a living.


 

offline uzim on 2005-01-27 06:19 [#01477246]
Points: 17716 Status: Lurker



what do you do for a living?
> student! : )
japanese studies, i passed 1st year successfully and i'm
going to fail 2nd year now (much harder)...

are you happy doing it?
> yeah... work is becoming hard and boring, but the other
students are very cool and being a student implies a lot of
freedom... 3 months of holidays in summer is also great!!
(before the reform this year it was even 4 months...)

what do you want to end up doing ideally?
> when i'll be an adult? i don't even want to think about
it... +_+


 

offline uzim on 2005-01-27 06:22 [#01477251]
Points: 17716 Status: Lurker | Followup to tolstoyed: #01477208



oh yes, travelling. i want to do this as well.
but i need more self-sufficience and more money for that :
)

i thought of the question as what to do for a living
later...


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2005-01-27 06:28 [#01477255]
Points: 50073 Status: Moderator | Followup to uzim: #01477251



"i thought of the question as what to do for a living
later"

well, i thought of it like that as well actually. not that
i'll make money travelling, but to get a job that will allow
me to travel a lot :)


 

offline pomme de terre from obscure body in the SK System on 2005-01-27 08:13 [#01477344]
Points: 11941 Status: Moderator | Show recordbag



> what do you do for a living?

I run an FM radio station

> are you happy doing it?

Yes

> what do you want to end up doing ideally?

Roughly the same thing, just get paid more.


 

offline KEYFUMBLER from DUBLIN (Ireland) on 2005-01-27 08:52 [#01477408]
Points: 5696 Status: Lurker



i cut and paste software code from 9 until 5
it's not a career but keeps me alive
it alows me to travel to play and to learn
and then after that i have a few quid to burn

happy... yep.. it allows me d/l music, surf the web and
listen to tunes all day

i'd like to be a fireman with velcro pants
i'd tend fires all day and save people aunts
i'd slide down a pole into a big red fucking truck
i'd be happy at the end of the day, all covered in muck



 

offline Matvey from Kiev (Ukraine) on 2005-01-27 09:03 [#01477415]
Points: 6851 Status: Regular



I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK
I sleep all night and I work all day.

I cut down trees, I eat my lunch
I go to the lavatory.
On Wednesdays I go shopping and have buttered scones for tea


I cut down trees, I skip and jump
I like to press wild flowers.
I put on women's clothing and hang around in bars.

I cut down trees, I wear high heels
Suspendies and a bra.
I wish I'd been a girlie, just like my dear pappa.



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offline epohs from )C: on 2005-01-27 09:06 [#01477418]
Points: 17620 Status: Lurker



- web developer
- yeah, sure
- i don't make plans further than 2 hours ahead of time


 

offline i_x_ten from arsemuncher on 2005-01-27 09:27 [#01477451]
Points: 10031 Status: Regular | Followup to Exaph: #01477074



i have just started work as a barman, and previously worked
for transco as a gas emergency call handler, which was
fucking awful. i hated that but this new job seems ok. not
what i wanna be doing for long. aim to get back into
education after pissing away the last 2 years of my life


 

offline plaidzebra from so long, xlt on 2005-01-27 10:15 [#01477528]
Points: 5678 Status: Lurker



i work for a cancer prevention study, conducting interviews
and processing blood samples and recruiting participants and
shuffling paper...

it's a great job...

i'd prefer to be independently wealthy, working on music, a
not-for-profit music label, and charitable organizations...


 

offline JAroen from the pineal gland on 2005-01-27 11:42 [#01477598]
Points: 16065 Status: Regular | Followup to uzim: #01477246




are you happy doing it?
> yeah... work is becoming hard and boring, but the other
students are very cool and being a student implies a lot of
freedom... 3 months of holidays in summer is also great!!
(before the reform this year it was even 4 months...)

right on!


 

offline melack from barcielwave on 2005-01-27 11:48 [#01477601]
Points: 9099 Status: Regular



what do you do for a living?
keeping happy my parents being nice and good student.
are you happy doing it?
well, its ok...
what do you want to end up doing ideally?
good music, not much work, enough money for living.


 

offline deepspace9mm from filth on 2005-01-27 11:56 [#01477619]
Points: 6846 Status: Addict



What do you do for a living?
Art student / car park attendant. A truly ideal combination
of soul searching and sitting on my arse.

Are you happy doing it?
Not particularly... my job is actually less stressful than
college, due to various personal issues. Which i guess isn't
really a good thing. But at the same time, i'd sooner
struggle through a bad year at college than be stuck with no
career prospects in a useless, boring job.

What do you want to end up doing ideally?
I'm honestly not that sure anymore. I mainly just want to
get away from this shite-arsed town, and the only route out
i can really see is to get myself to uni, pronto. I'm just
hoping i enjoy it and get enthusiastic about being creative
again once i get there.


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2005-01-27 13:17 [#01477725]
Points: 19190 Status: Moderator | Show recordbag



''what do you do for a living?''

Uh... nothing right now. Between jobs, between...
educations. I intend on going back to school in September,
but for what, I don't know. It's a secret to all.

''are you happy doing it?''

Sort of. Life is supremely enjoyable at this precise moment,
mostly because I'm a bit of a spoiled brat. But I'm
sabotaging myself and doing my future a great disservice. I
think...

''what do you want to end up doing ideally?''

I don't know, and that's why I'm not doing anything right
now. I don't want to commit myself to a path that I'm not
happy taking, a path that will not lead me to happiness. My
first two years of college were a waste and I realized they
were leading me nowhere interesting. I'm very unmotivated.


 

offline manicminer from Paris (France) on 2005-01-27 13:31 [#01477746]
Points: 1423 Status: Lurker



i studied environmental science and then an environmental
engineering masters back in the uk....

....... i'm now working as an environmental engineer in
lithuania. just started it very recently after spending a
few months teaching english.

enjoying it so far, but it's a new thing for me (and
obviously therefore difficult), but add to that the fact
that it's also in a foreign-language environment (still
don't speak much lithuanian at all, it's a bloody IMPOSSIBLE
language - look at this: a very difficult language indeed

my plan is to continue doing this for a while, see how it
works out. the hours a long and the pay is crap really
(although not too bad for lithuania). they might get sick of
my incompetence, or it might work out. i'm just giving it a
go. if it doesn't work out, it's back to blighty.

long term..... well, for years i dreamt and harboured loads
of crazy artistic/musical ambitions. now i think i'd be
quite happy just to work on environmental stuff. maybe one
day go back to uni and do a phd. who knows....


 

offline virginpusher from County Clare on 2005-01-27 13:41 [#01477763]
Points: 27325 Status: Lurker | Followup to Ophecks: #01477725



My answers are the exact same


 

offline mimi on 2005-01-27 14:57 [#01477859]
Points: 5721 Status: Regular



what do you do for a living?

i work in a restaurant (ever been to a Culver's?), but i go
to school full time, so i don't really work that
much...around 25-30 hours a week.

are you happy doing it?

yeah, it passes the time and pays the bills (well, most of
the bills). i used to work in a call center, and time just
stood still. at least in the restaurant i get to move
around all day; be on my feet. i like it if they have me
prep food in back so i don't have to deal with customers,
but that rarely is the case.
so that's why i go to school, i guess! i think when summer
comes i will try to get a part time job at victoria's
secret, though.

what do you want to end up doing ideally?

my big plan is to have my own clothing/jewelry store. i
like clothes and jewelry, so...i can't think of anything i'd
be better at.


 

offline nacmat on 2005-01-27 15:40 [#01477930]
Points: 31271 Status: Lurker | Followup to Exaph: #01477111



art centre+library= mediatheque


 


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