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What do you do for work?

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I'm not sure this is the place I should be posting, but I couldn't find anywhere else.

I would just like a rough explanation of your job title and what you do.
No need to list what company you work for or where.

As for me, I am a "Strategic Sales Executive". At least that's what it says on my business card, but we all know, I'm just a sales rep. LOL.

I work in the electronics industry mostly dealing with board level components. So Semiconductors, Resistors, Capacitors, IC's. If its electronics, I probably deal with it.
 
Admin/Server monitor for a web hosting company.

Assist in maintaining server performance and stability for all servers on the farm (1,000's of them) This includes contacting customers regarding coding issues, as well as hardware (such as RAID, chassis, and other hardware issues), mitigating denial of service attacks, tracking down run away processes etc.
 
Unix System Engineer

Although the job title says Unix, it also include Linux. Primarily dealing with IBM AIX and Redhat Linux.
 
Software Development for a manufacturing company, so I create and maintain all their internal software.
 
I work at a heavy truck dealership; selling parts. I'm trying to start up my own gaming lounge/device repair shop.
 
a thread like this should probably be in General Mayhem, the subscription off-topic area.

For my job:
Radiological Safety Engineer

Tasks:
Shielding calculations, software validation
 
Writer; worked in politics, marketing, finance, high tech.

Now writing for the gaming industry (Vegas, not XBox ;)). Money is good, they fly me to sin city every 3-4 weeks, and I stay in the Wynn/Encore for free.
 
What about schooling? Was everyone able to get their degree's and graduate from college/universities?
Did anyone go through the Trade School route? Also, if you guys can list how long it took for you to finish school, I'd appreciate it. FYI: I'm a 22 and I'm still struggling to find out what I want to do, and It's hard to decide since there's so much to do.
 
Linux "engineer" at a web hosting company. I mostly focus on small scale high availability solutions (handful of nodes, rather than an entire data center).

I did most of a Computer Science degree, but dropped out and never went back to finish. The lack of a degree did hurt me, until I managed to get my foot in the door at my current employer. I started out doing phone/email based support and worked my way up.
 
Azuresnow said:
Leezard,
How did you come across this job? Did you finish school? Just curious, oh and Age if you don't mind me asking.
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I lucked into working in the web hosting industry. I had a website and spoent a lot of time on the companies forums helping where i could. They offered me $200 a week to moderate their forums, 1 month later they offered me a remote support position. I worked up to CS manager at that job and they moved me and my family from TX to MI.

Quit there and wentr to work for a larger host as CS manager, they moved us back to TX

They relocated to CO and we did not want to move, started over at a MUCH larger host as a support rep, that was 3 years ago this past march.

No schooling, and I had very little linux experience prior to this job (the first job I did everything via cpanel/WHM). I could get around via ssh but was not very good with it.

Got a TON of hands on training over the past three years.

I'm 45, I had been a Windows user since Win 3.1 so I got a late start in linux
 
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iOS dev.

I really want to go into game development. Thinking of subscribing to Unreal Engine 4 and making my own games but that's going to be an insane time sink. Not sure if worth.
 
I'm a cashier at The Home Depot lolololololol.

*frowns and ducks out of thread*



I actually enjoy my job. Helping people improve their lives and surroundings is rewarding. ;)
 
I work for a major contractor in the city, providing quality control in civil engineering, geo-technical situations. Involved in all forms of heavy highway construction for the gubment.....
 
Cerulean said:
I hold people's hands and do part of their job for them
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So you are in an IT position? :p

I am a Systems Administrator. I work at a single location but also support another location remotely.

I also do other stuff such s scripting, programming, reporting, etc. for the company as a whole (America and Europe).

I have a BS in Software Engineering, but have never held a position as a programmer. I've been doing IT type stuff since I was about 14... so been in the game as it were for over 20 years now.

Most of my skills are self taught. Classroom work is really not my cup of tea. It bores me to tears and I always had an awful time even staying awake in classes.

Book learning is also not really a good way for me to learn. There is really only one book on programming that I read cover to cover. It was a book on optimizing C code. The only author I have ever run across that knew how to make a programming book interesting.

The way I learn is by doing. If I get stuck, a few searches on the internet and I am on my way again.

edit: The way I got started was after my family got our first ever computer when I was 12. It was stock for maybe a few months before I started tinkering with it. I even shorted the power supply out at one point. Made me super scared that I had fried it for good. Took it apart and found a blown power transistor. Had one of my parents take me to the parts store so I could buy a new transistor. Replaced it, and to my great relief it worked like new. And yes, I removed and replaced it by myself. Anybody else here do soldering work when they were 12 or younger?
 
Owner of a single employee electrical engineering company. I do custom IT work, Linux, automation, EE stuff.
 
Accounts receivables manager in manufacturing. Basically I collect money from our customers when they don't pay well; opening accounts, determining their credit limit and so on.

Switching jobs in 10 days or so. After traveling a total of 130 km a day from my home to my soon to be former employer; my new workplace will be less than 10 minutes away from home. When you're 45 years old, being on the road can be a burden sometimes...
 
That's the end of that. Remember people, off-topic posting is for the subscription-only General Mayhem subforum.
 
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