As far as I can make out after a few months loitering here; STW community is made up of:

1. IT crowd
2. Coppers
3. Brickies

Behind usernames and the odd stand-out opinions, there isn’t much to go on to build a picture of what makes this strange, argumentative and yet on occasions supportive, kind and entertaining place.

(I do wonder whether some people here even own a bike….)

Jobs, or whatever you do during the day…

I’ll start. Business Analyst 🙄

I keep the wheels on the bus going round and round.

I work for the 5th emergency service. I install/maintain all the dispense systems in pubs so you get the perfect pint every time.

I work as a mechanical engineer/pipe fitter, wanting to get back to my painting and decorating.

I make sure that we will all have power in the future, that we can efficiently leverage our valuable fossil resources by supporting and balancing an unpredictable renewables driven grid whilst minimising the impact on our environment.

s’OK

I make stuff out of wire.

I am employed in the production of primary contact food packaging.

Double post

I am in Operations on a fuel storage depot owned by a govt dept based in Whitehall, looking after, storing and distributing aviation fuel in rather large quantities across a network nationwide via road and pipeline. Shift working non suit wearing type of job….so no Audi or IT Dept under me 😉

I design (parts of) mobile phone networks and write SW tools to help my colleagues / customers do the same. 95% of our business is in Africa / Middle East, although there is the occasional bit of work in London for O2:

Here’s someone putting up our kit in London:

Installing an Access Point by brf, on Flickr

NB I do a side line is self build shonky workshops, if anyone is interested?

Unfortunately I am at work today – project deadline looming

I am a manager in an oil company – used to be a geologist

I do as little as possible as often as possible – well it pays the bills 🙂

I do as little as possible as often as possible – well it pays the bills

thought as much….it shows 😉

Sports science undergrad, pretending to write a dissertation on a sunny Saturday afternoon 🙁

I am going through yet another period of job-loathing. It will pass. I am a portfolio manager for an insurance company. PFIs, water companies, ATCs etc.

I am also a business analyst

It’s what you find yourself doing if you fail to decide what it is you want to do when you grow up and lack ambition and drive

The official secrets act prohibits me from fully participating in this thread – or I just have to kill you all afterwards 😉

The official secrets act prohibits me from fully participating in this thread – or I just have to kill you all afterwards

It’s OK, you can tell me, I’m cleared to UK Eyes A, just put [Private] [/Private] in your post….

broom broom, wee woo wee woo etc etc.

technical manager in food production supplying the lovely major retailers

I work in ADR.

How do u guys get all these jobs!!!!!!!

I am the scorn of STW, I manage team of IT and telecoms recruitment consultants.

How do u guys get all these jobs!!!!!!!

Normal route: blackmail, extortion, etc…

global core clutch actuation engineer for the blue oval.

Service and calibration tech for aerospace ultrasonic NDT scanners.

manager of 2 psychiatric units in the community, built up the service to specialise in schizophrenia, both long term and early intervention in pyschosis.

I administer halogenated ethers. This sounds far more glamorous than the reality.

Andy

Run a medium sized factory. 120 people I want to keep in work.

What’s “the blue oval”? It sounds as if I should know….?

What’s “the blue oval”? It sounds as if I should know….?

Ummmmmmmmm…..Ford?

What you get up to is your business, how you get up there is mine

Wedding photographer mostly, specialist dog photographer secondly, with other photographic stuff as and when the work comes in. Especially driven and motivated right now as just back from £600 course with legendary photographer. And that was before the bar / acomodation bill :-0

Brum brum, wee wooo, wee woo! Bwooop thud. etc

Me & mrs Zip own a gift shop.
I’m in charge of chocolates 🙂

Retired

OK – thanks. Sorry, no interest in cars. (No offence, porter_jamie!).

I do IT for the police and lay bricks in my spare time, what do I win?

Train driver, freight not cattle carriers 😉

I support severely learning disabled adults with autism for Brighton & Hove City Council. I’m also in the last few months of an adventure education degree.

As the deadlines loom I spend far more time writing assignments on MTB than I do riding 🙁