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I'm a freelance artist and illustrator. I do anything from storyboards for adverts/films/music videos, portraits, illustrations to graphics. I can copy things accurately by hand and have been employed by men in black suits to forge diary entries, signatures and note books, I kid you not.


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 9:01 am
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Vet. Pretty good job really, look forward to going to work which is just as well as I do that a lot.


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 9:09 am
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I import and sell paragliders, speed wings and snowboards.
Keeps me busy if not rich!


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 9:18 am
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I sell chemicals.....into the Rubber Industry.....


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 9:23 am
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i'm 'between' proper jobs atm having just left a start-up in the adv travel market. looking for something similar (but paid...)

currently pay the bills by talking to cyclists about cycle paths for sustrans


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 9:24 am
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Rubber Technologist.... really.

Who for? I might know you?


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 9:28 am
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Erection Consultant (Greenhill Marquees 1997-2001)

Guy who picks up golf balls on the driving range in that quad with the cage on (best job EVER, 2002-4)

Currently Oil & Gas, Former Soviet Union (yawn)


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 9:35 am
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Nice mix of vocations here, dispelling the myth that everyone works in IT.

Er, I work in IT. (-: I'm a "specialist engineer" if my email signature is to be believed. My job entails either Server work or random "it's all gone to custard" escalation case troubleshooting. Currently sat on the Northern Line on my way to a Colo in central London, joy.

I don't drive an Audi, but a Mondeo which it's probably as bad. I laid a brick this mornings, my girlfriend wasn't impressed.

Just to avoid confusion, I'm not suggesting my OH is a brick.


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 9:43 am
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Marketing Analyst, which seems to mean installing a CRM system again.


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 10:40 am
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I work at one of the Big 4. Assurance, so most of the time it's auditing financial statements of different companies, mostly telecommunication and entertainment industry, find it very interesting (accounting seems boring to 90% of my friends) and I do like my job.
Long hours during the busy season and don't spend much time on STW now compared to when I was at uni/working part time.


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 10:47 am
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A&E doctor.... Putting you lot back together 'when you run out of talent'.

@uphillcursing - Any chance you can fix the CT at my hospital, it seems to spend a lot of time broke (something to do with my punters vomiting into it I think).


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 11:04 am
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unemployed joiner


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 11:20 am
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Criminal lawyer ( that is not tautology)


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 11:51 am
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former commercial court lawyer, now bike shop monkey/manager seeking escape route.


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 11:57 am
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For good or bad, I help shape the future.


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 11:59 am
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Engineering manager at a large flour mill in the NW.
The job is pretty varied but as we are American owned the job comes with a huge amount of corporate hoop jumping :/


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 12:06 pm
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underwoodsman!! more comonly known as a coppice worker i cut things down so they can grow again, its a living.


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 12:15 pm
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veranstaltungstechniker, or rather chippy & joiner and occasional bike guide.

have unintentionally slipped into building trade fair stands, putting together conferences and events plus the odd bit of shop fitting.

i get to build some funky bespoke bits of furniture, put together impressive trade stands and some jobs take me to sunnier climes (the week before last Barcelona) and some not so exotic locations (Tomaszcow in Polan, for example).

have been really busy of late, but i have nothing booked from now until the distant future. am usually pretty busy from september till april which leaves me plenty of time in summer. i'll also ride the odd guided tour or drive the luggage van through the alps in summer for a bit of cash and a change of scenery..


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 12:33 pm
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Physician


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 12:42 pm
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I make books. Nice ones, with pictures and words. Sometimes I write books or features for magazines, but mostly I tell writers, designers and photographers what I want and they balls it all up...


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 12:44 pm
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Hearing Aid Audiologist working privately for myself helping people enhance their hearing with high tech hearing systems, job also involves supplying individuals or companies with hearing protection and supporting solicitors with medico legal work (audiological testing and reports) I can also remove your earwax.


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 12:46 pm
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Human rights law and policy. Far less murderer-y, paedo-y and terrorist-y than you'd think.


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 1:04 pm
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EMEA coordinator for Forbes most innovative company in the world.
Basically, I look after stragity for Europe Middle East and Asia for a cloud computing company you've never heard of.


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 1:14 pm
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Try me...

Edit, just checked the list. Use you daily 🙂


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 1:19 pm
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EMEA coordinator for Forbes most innovative company in the world.
Basically, I look after stragity for Europe Middle East and Asia for a cloud computing company you've never heard of.

VMware?


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 1:24 pm
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Contracts Officer for a large organisation.

Given that I have previously worked in a sandwich factory, a plastics factory, data entry and a pet-shop I actually don't mind my job to be honest. Mostly just glad to have a desk tbf.


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 1:30 pm
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I try to reason with drunks


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 1:38 pm
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If this had been started during the 9-5 working week it'd capture the IT crowd, as it is we are usually mostly doing other things at weekends than cruising the Internet.

I work for an online retailer, probably known to most, technically I am employed as a developer, although these days mostly I work with the team to get to the end result and do very little coding myself. I think I want a job where I get to blow stuff up though, that video before looks like fun 🙂


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 1:52 pm
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Develope and sell tests that make IVF more successful amongst other things. Very interesting job. Currently in San Diego (7:40am) unsuccessfully trying to sleep and get onto the PST body clock.


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 3:40 pm
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I'm a guitar teacher. Average money, occasionally very frustrating, but most of the time I absolutely love my job 🙂


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 3:50 pm
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Lawyer, practising in planning and regulatory law.


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 3:55 pm
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I install and look after telephone systems and networks for large companies.

Kind of fell into it. Not sure what I want to be when i grow up yet 😀


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 3:59 pm
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often(195/365) found to be trying to get teenagers to make something that at least resembles what they have designed on the great Education sausage machine.its amazing how long sanding wood can take up when needed 😈


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 5:04 pm
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Senior Sourcing manager for a large telecomms brand (think England rugby) , managing strategic alliances with existing offshore and onshore partners for voice and non voice. Also responsible for procuring and contracting with new partners.

All of the above being known in the real world as - getting outsourcers to do "stuff"


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 5:10 pm
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I repair the Scanners and X-ray machines that are required when you lot run out of talent. If you have had a big stack between the Borders and Leeds you may have been through one of mine

Good Work Fella! Xray machine in Borders General worked fine this afternoon. Tested it with my 3 year old who got rad to the poser of max on his scooter before face / elbow / hand planting onto the tarmac.


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 6:49 pm
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Lawyer in Mid Wales


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 7:10 pm
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Stay at home dad/domestic engineer... (loads and loads of afternoon miles on bike!)


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 7:32 pm
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Clinical Applications Specialist for a respiratory devices company


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 7:34 pm
 AD
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Proutster - the company I work for is based in the north lakes (high performance sealing rather than tyres).


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 7:46 pm
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AD - that'll be JW then?

I often visit, see SW in tech and HW in purchasing, as we sell quite a lot to you.

It's purely a coincidence that my bike is always on the back of the car when I visit and that Whinlatter's on the way home 😆


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 7:52 pm
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😀 Small world indeed - I thought I recognised the name in your profile. SW works for me - I'm the lab manager. I'll make sure to hello next time you're on site!


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 8:02 pm
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Perfect, I'm planning to visit in November!!

See you then 😆


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 8:06 pm
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NeeNaw.


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 8:07 pm
 flip
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Run my small gardening business 🙂


 
Posted : 21/10/2012 8:24 pm
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I look out the window a lot, and price tenders when I put my mind to it


 
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