What do you do for a living?

[collige]

uni kick out

doing an internship for a label atm but am losing a decent amount each day

back to uni or get a job soon

How do you get kicked out of uni?

probably for no good reason

[Intended Malice]

Out of work clinical diagnostician (oncology). God damn depression, and (full) socialized medicine take over.

I'm a Biotech Lab technician / failed Graphic Designer / wannabe ANYTHING now (out of work since Jan). Don't judge me, job market is terrible right now...

What did you do? Specimen handler? I tried to break into that as I was doing my undergrad, to no avail; I didn't get anywhere in the field until I received my retainer in 2009. Which was subsequently rescinded as all hell broke loose. Apparently letters of recommendation, honors letter, training at prestigious Nobel laureate research institutes and vouches from PhD's were for naught. I had offers for (his) post-doc research by a professor in biochem, I had to turn it down as I was carrying 15 units that semester and I didn't feel like disappointing or slowing down the pace. Fuck academia.

[kultron]

I manage a record store/head shop. If only the pay was better

[LA_Boxers]

Medical Underwriting Administrator. Pays ok, people are alright and theres very mimimal pressure on my job. I can just forget everything at 5pm and also get to use DSF during the day......FTW.

[clifford_-]

Builder. Not much else to say.

[tr0tsky]

Do public affairs and Parliamentary work for a trade union.

I've handed in my notice and as of mid-October I shall be a free man.


I'm gwan backpacking for 6 months.

Don't drink the water in India or you will be pissing shit from your anus according to someone who just got back from seeing his family.

Been there, done that.


You've not lived until you've accidentally shat green liquid all down your white cotton trousers on the back of a cycle rickshaw in Bombay.

[tr0tsky]

Builder. Not much else to say.

Best job I ever had was as a builder for a summer.


Working with Polish lads and having 4 pints every lunchtime ftw.

[sonar]

nothing atm, finished my psyc degree in june but haven't found any graduate jobs which 1. i would be able to do 2.look remotely in the direction i want to go. rubbbissh.

[fornogoodreason]

uni kick out

doing an internship for a label atm but am losing a decent amount each day

back to uni or get a job soon

How do you get kicked out of uni?

for no good reason

no academic reasons i passed the year.
for some reason i decided all my uni choices on deadline day without reading the book and just picked the best 5 for my course which also happened to be the 5 most boring/strict.
got a police caution for the most minor offence ever and they showed me the door. nice one.

[clifford_-]

Builder. Not much else to say.

Best job I ever had was as a builder for a summer.


Working with Polish lads and having 4 pints every lunchtime ftw.

Yea those are the good days, breakfast at the cafe in the morning, pub at lunchtime. But when its pissing with rain and shit needs to get done, you dont get such luxuries!
Alot of our work is fixing stuff that has been bodged in the first place. Often BUT NOT ALWAYS by eastern european tradesmen.
This is what the customers/guvnor tell me anyway.

[the acid never lies]

Often BUT NOT ALWAYS by eastern european tradesmen.
This is what the customers/guvnor tell me anyway.

Then again I suppose given the odds that the fellas on any given site will be Polish that's to be expected.

I used to work on a site but it was keeping up with the paper trail as opposed to working with my hands.

Now I'm out of work and studying again, doing something with very little societal value. I do love it though.

[jazzamataz]

At the moment - working p/t in Asda. Just finished my degree - however, the money I am making is going
towards setting up my record company.

In the future - I will be working in mental healthcare - it's just a case of when, not if. long tings.
The record company is what I would LOVE to do for the rest of my days.

Was it you that was doing the psychology degree?

I'm the Technical Accounts Manager for an inkjet company. I go around looking for research and development contracts, look after customer interests, help direct some of the research work, do general troubleshooting amongst other things.

Yep, it was me.

[kay]

At the moment - working p/t in Asda. Just finished my degree - however, the money I am making is going
towards setting up my record company.

In the future - I will be working in mental healthcare - it's just a case of when, not if. long tings.
The record company is what I would LOVE to do for the rest of my days.

Was it you that was doing the psychology degree?

I'm the Technical Accounts Manager for an inkjet company. I go around looking for research and development contracts, look after customer interests, help direct some of the research work, do general troubleshooting amongst other things.

Yep, it was me.

Good luck with getting into mental healthcare! Takes forever but could be well worth it!

[firky]

Team leader and risk assessment dude for a substance misuse charity - part time.

Barman - part time.

Graphic design / photography / computer geek - cash in hand favours.



Would really like to take my work and apply it in a clinical setting but I am not quite sure what to do!! Need to finish this degree first and I quite fancy doing an MA at the OU for the hell of it........ I am one of those people who has done everything

[jazzamataz]

At the moment - working p/t in Asda. Just finished my degree - however, the money I am making is going
towards setting up my record company.

In the future - I will be working in mental healthcare - it's just a case of when, not if. long tings.
The record company is what I would LOVE to do for the rest of my days.

Was it you that was doing the psychology degree?

I'm the Technical Accounts Manager for an inkjet company. I go around looking for research and development contracts, look after customer interests, help direct some of the research work, do general troubleshooting amongst other things.

Yep, it was me.

Good luck with getting into mental healthcare! Takes forever but could be well worth it!

It's well planned for...

I'm 25 now so I've only just become eligible for (the majority of) counselling courses in my local area.
Have a few contacts in the NHS too so once i'm in my course, I'll try and hook up a good apprenticeship
so it's not totally impossible either. I know it's ridiculously hard to get into - but without sounding
too corny or shit, I actually just want to help people.

[the acid never lies]

At the moment - working p/t in Asda. Just finished my degree - however, the money I am making is going
towards setting up my record company.

In the future - I will be working in mental healthcare - it's just a case of when, not if. long tings.
The record company is what I would LOVE to do for the rest of my days.

Was it you that was doing the psychology degree?

I'm the Technical Accounts Manager for an inkjet company. I go around looking for research and development contracts, look after customer interests, help direct some of the research work, do general troubleshooting amongst other things.

Yep, it was me.

Good luck with getting into mental healthcare! Takes forever but could be well worth it!

It's well planned for...

I'm 25 now so I've only just become eligible for (the majority of) counselling courses in my local area.
Have a few contacts in the NHS too so once i'm in my course, I'll try and hook up a good apprenticeship
so it's not totally impossible either. I know it's ridiculously hard to get into - but without sounding
too corny or shit, I actually just want to help people.

[tr0tsky]

At the moment - working p/t in Asda. Just finished my degree - however, the money I am making is going
towards setting up my record company.

In the future - I will be working in mental healthcare - it's just a case of when, not if. long tings.
The record company is what I would LOVE to do for the rest of my days.

Was it you that was doing the psychology degree?

I'm the Technical Accounts Manager for an inkjet company. I go around looking for research and development contracts, look after customer interests, help direct some of the research work, do general troubleshooting amongst other things.

Yep, it was me.

Good luck with getting into mental healthcare! Takes forever but could be well worth it!

without sounding too corny or shit, I actually just want to help people.

You sound like a fucking homosexual.

[jazzamataz]

You sound like a fucking homosexual.

I was going for stoned hippy... interesting that homosexuality is what you associated with
what I said.

[afincham83]

child protective service investigator

[slothrop]

You've not lived until you've accidentally shat green liquid all down your white cotton trousers on the back of a cycle rickshaw in Bombay.

I like the way you feel the need to clarify that it was an accident...