What do you do for a living & how did you get there?

[Iorek]

Thought this might be an interesting topic.
I am actually in the process of stepping down from a dpt. manager position in a retail chain so I can go back to school before I can't afford it. Figured this would be a good way to see what careers are out there.

[Sexual_Chocolate]

i work in retail design (interior architecture)

how did i get here? got fired from vodafone & started working for my dad

[ganglife]

im a forest fire fighter with the British Columbia Forest Service got the job by working hard and doing good in bootcamp
best job in the world in my opinion but sucks that its seasonal

[ganglife]

im a forest fire fighter with the British Columbia Forest Service got the job by working hard and doing good in bootcamp
best job in the world in my opinion but sucks that its seasonal

[abelard]

there's only the most subtle of disconnects between gang life and firefighting in British Columbia

[deadly_habit]

student, programmer, and other odd jobs atm
got here by getting sick of being retail management and sales for the last 7 or so years

[Kochari]

I'm a "student" because I wanted to avoid responsibility and eat cheese on toast for 3 years.

[incnic]

im on benefits.

[wubstep]

What a perfect, perfect 3,000th post.

[wubstep]

What a perfect, perfect double post.

[parson]

I PEE ON TEENAGE GIRLS FOR A LIVING. I GOT HERE BY WAY OF DUBSTEP.

[ThomasEll]

I'm a student, but work in Asda because I didn't want to eat cheese on toast for the next 3 years.

[Electric_Head]

Design Engineer/ Launch Engineer, I got here by studying and working my ass off.

[wub]

European Sales Operations manager for a global telecommunications company. I got here by getting laid off from a previous role as a marketing manager, and taking an entry level position here about 5yrs ago after my redundancy package ran out. Got promoted within 6 months, then got into my current managerial role about 8 months ago.

[Johnlenham]

Medical devices equipment librarian
Basically make sure stuff at the hospital is working and clean to use on patients around the hospital.
In reality I spend 2-3hours a day working and the rest on the internet looking up music.

Got it after being made redundant from a shitbag warehouse job two years ago. Trying to get a job in London now but when you only have GCSE's and no kind of connections its hard as fuck.

[Forum]

Rental agent. Was complete luck i got the job

[magma]

I'm a 'senior' Windows server engineer for a bank. Left school after my A Levels, got a job on the phones with AOL/Compuserve and did huge amounts of home-geekery which was enough to get me in as a support monkey at a little company in Bristol - got made redundant when the company went down, so I started contracting, moved to London and from there it's all been working hard and keeping my eye on where the best contracts are*.


*not spent enough time on the second bit recently.

[weedlefruit]

Work in a technical support centre, Myself along with 5 colleagues are the full tech support for about 8 or 9 rather large electrical retailers. Good pay, good scope for movement within the company and a good laugh most of the time.

Totally not what I want to be doing but at the moment while I sort my life out it's pretty good.

Got this job after being made redundant from a hard but enjoyable card manufacturers where I was in charge of inventory of stock but generally my background is retail

[JFK]

Transport Logistics Manager for a large water company.

I got here through working my way up from an admin role.

I hate it though. I would rather shovel shit for a living tbh.

[PinUp]

I'm an accounts assistant for a business travel agency in London.

Got a job working 3 days a week for a small business/marketing management company near my house for a year and got some experience then my dad offered me a job at his company, I wouldn't say it's my dream job or anything but it's pretty good and it pays well which means I can hopefully move out soon.