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John_Vella
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:55 am
Posts: 7935
Location: Manchester.
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I don't want to hijack the thread, but if you're making enough to stay afloat, isn't being happy with what you're doing the most important aspect of any job? Also, Heather's back! Yaaaaay!  _________________John Vella BSc (Hons), PGCE - Still the official forum prankster and crude remarker  Sorry  I'll behave now. Promise 
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HeatherKay
Moderator
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:13 pm
Posts: 7262
Location: Here, but not all there.
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I've never really gone away. It's just I don't have the excuse to spend all day playing on the pooter and wasting time on the interwebs any more! I ought to clarify my position a little. Yes, I'm making a little money, but I wouldn't really be able to survive on it if it wasn't for the fact Best Beloved is behind the scenes paying for most of the household bills! Either way, it can be an interesting, sometimes fulfilling and frustrating, and very often varied way to make some kind of a living. _________________My Flickr | Snaptophobic BloggageHeather Kay: modelling details that matter. "Let my windows be open to receive new ideas but let me also be strong enough not to be blown away by them." - Mahatma Gandhi.
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Paul1965
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:29 pm
Posts: 5975
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"I hadn't known there were so many idiots in the world until I started using the Internet." - Stanislaw Lem
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am
Posts: 12700
Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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Drilling Fluids Engineer
Oil rigs. North Sea.
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Burn_IT
Has a life
Joined: Fri Dec 13, 2013 6:44 pm
Posts: 90
Location: Polesworth
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Professional Software Engineer retired Software and hardware engineer though mostly nothing nowadays. I had a nasty accident at home and while not a cripple, life can be very painful, so I sit and critisize everyone else. _________________I cannot remember the last time I forgot something
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steve74
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 12:43 pm
Posts: 1798
Location: Manchester
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 Graphic Designer. I worked in advertising and corporate design for 18 years - mainly blue chip B2B and the financial sector (pre-crash). Then I was made redundant in 2013, I spent a good few months applying for "Designer" jobs when what they actually wanted was "Web Programmer / UI / UX / Developer... oh and a bit of a designer". Sole-destroying time.
Eventually I found a job later that year which took me in a slightly different direction, still a graphic designer, but now in the promotional merchandise sector. Basically, anything that is branded - from a pen, corporate clothing, bespoke products manufactured in the far east, and everything in between.
Far more varied than my previously agency role, every day is different and I'm working on the likes on Bentley, Jaguar Land Rover, Disney, Sainsburys, Nike and JD Sports to name just a few. While it does have its stressful moments, generally I'm enjoying it more than the agency job. Been here 4 years, so maybe time to start looking around? Can't see me returning to a design agency job though, things have moved on too much, it's all web and social media these days - although I do some web stuff, my strength is design rather than coding.
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veato
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:17 am
Posts: 5550
Location: Nottingham
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IT Technical Specialist for the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) although based in Nottingham rather than the head office in Swindon.
I'm mainly involved in SQL, SharePoint, VMWare, Veeam and F5 Big-IP plus all the underlying stuff - windows server, IIS, etc etc. "Infrastructure" seems to be the single descriptive word regarding what I do.
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Blue_Nowhere
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:57 pm
Posts: 2220
Location: Here for now...
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Excellent, now I know where to come with my SQL and SharePoint problems in future. Thread has served its purpose.
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brataccas
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:14 pm
Posts: 5664
Location: Scotland
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Hybrid Fleet Manager/HGV Artic Driver  _________________
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oceanicitl
Official forum cat lady
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:04 am
Posts: 11039
Location: London
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Currently IT Manager at an advertising agency
Previously Mac Engineer (and sometimes PCs) for 20 years and 5 years as Avaya Telecom Engineer
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am
Posts: 12700
Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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At the moment I'm helping to decommission this.... 
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hifidelity2
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 1:03 pm
Posts: 5041
Location: London
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Project manager working on transport, ticketing and Crossrail
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