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Posted by: white eagle Oct 11 2007, 06:23 AM
:)Well we have found out how old everyone is but what does everyone do for dough,(money, 
job ) I myself am a mason and I cut and sell firewood.....
Posted by: mattacuk Oct 11 2007, 06:25 AM
When i have work, im in IT which im very good at. But at the moment finding it real hard to even find work to apply for 
Posted by: Hemlok Oct 11 2007, 06:26 AM
Work at hospital stores/supply 7 to 4. 
Posted by: botoxfox Oct 11 2007, 06:28 AM
I do nothing... I still have some money from my sausage maker days though...
Posted by: Pavel Oct 11 2007, 06:35 AM
Teaching you guys! 
And i also get a small scholarship from my country - 90$ per month since i had very good results in studying during the first year of university.
Posted by: symon Oct 11 2007, 06:45 AM
Remedial massage therapist thinking about going into nursing
warm regards symon
Posted by: Robin Oct 11 2007, 06:47 AM
Nothing really, except from March to August I work here http://www.holmsdrivhus.no/Tekst.asp?HSideID=25
Its ALOT bigger than what you see on the picture though. Its like a family buisness. I do all kinds of stuff, specially heavy lifting, but I also work alot with the flowers and customers.
Actually I sometimes do stuff all the year over there. Last winter there was so much snow there that I had to take a shovel, climb up, and take ALL the snow down from the whole freakin think. It was REALLY exhausting and REALLY cold. After the season is over I help cleaning up, and also before the season start.
This is not what I consider a "real" job, becuase I work with my "mummy", aunt and cousins, but I get really good payment, much more than I deserve actually(I never asked for much, but still I get it 
) but I think its really nice. So far I've worked two seasons there, and I'm gonna work there the next summer aswell, and probably the year after that etc.
In not long I will get my drivers license, then I will probably get some small jobs.
My ultimate goal is to make music my living. Money is not why I play music though, I play it for fun and for people to listen to my music, but I would love to earn enough on it so I wont have to get a regular job
Posted by: Hemlok Oct 11 2007, 06:48 AM
thinking about going into nursing warm regards symon
oh wow, you must have some tricks to keep the calloused fingers nice and smooth then eh?
Posted by: symon Oct 11 2007, 06:53 AM
Actually as my hands have oil on them through out the day i struggle to get them calloused not like the manly hands i had when i was a plasterer for fourteen years
Posted by: VinceG Oct 11 2007, 07:00 AM
I am unemployed. I am looking for a dishwashing job though in a small Mexican Restaurant.
Posted by: DeepRoots Oct 11 2007, 07:05 AM
I'm a checkout boy in Tesco- a pretty big supermarket chain. Just contracted to work one shift a week (part time) as i'm still studying (not in university yet though).
I'm trying to take time away from my guitar playing to get more hours done at work for some better gear.
Its the most boring job ever, but if i'm lucky i'll hum a cool melody and then forget it by the time i get home.
Posted by: PolackHax0r Oct 11 2007, 07:10 AM
I work a Electronic Data Systems (EDS) (In the US) as a system operator running unix based scripts. I write a lot of scripts in ksh as well. Mostly to automate my job and make it easier. When I don't have much to do at work I read the forums and watch the videos here at GMC 
-Justin
Posted by: Owen Oct 11 2007, 07:17 AM
I have no transport, I live in the countryside, there are no jobs, I'm skint. 
*needs a job*
Posted by: fkalich Oct 11 2007, 07:33 AM
I'm a cat herder
http://youtube.com/watch?v=pz1iNSqqixc
Posted by: ZakkWylde Oct 11 2007, 07:41 AM
I'm still in school but during the holidays I deliver beer kegs (50liter barrels) into the basements of every goddamn bar arround my hometown (my back! my fingers!)
Posted by: Hemlok Oct 11 2007, 07:45 AM
Can you accidentally lose some kegs to my doorstep?
Posted by: ActiveX Oct 11 2007, 07:49 AM
I'm a Computer Programmer; Currently working as a Test Automation Engineer for an online gaming and digital entertainment company http://www.bodoglife.com
Posted by: ZakkWylde Oct 11 2007, 07:52 AM
Sure buddy I have nothin better to do than carry some barrels of german beer to drop it off somewhere in the outback^^
Posted by: coffeeman Oct 11 2007, 07:54 AM
I have my own company , I trade with raosted Coffee here in my country , im looking forward to export it , Im also a cosultant in all coffee themes and in sales. So that's it , i f someone wants the best coffee in the world just let me know.
Posted by: swingline Oct 11 2007, 08:05 AM
I stock bread at the 7th biggest Wal-Mart in the world.
Posted by: Guitarman700 Oct 11 2007, 08:19 AM
I'm self-unemployed.
Posted by: tonymiro Oct 11 2007, 08:33 AM
For health reasons I now work 1 day a week paid - University senior lecturer. I also do some training and consultancy in the area of media production and management.
Work (as it often does) spills beyond 1 day as for me it also includes research and publishing - I edit an academic journal (just been asked to do another), copy edit and do academic proofreading. Currently I'm contracted to write 2 books (one due April next year, the other sometime next year). None of this extra academic related work is paid. If my wife and I got paid for all the work we have done gratis we'd probably be quite rich 
. We try to be as self- sufficient as we can so that our low cash flow can pretty much match our low income.
Cheers,
Tony
Posted by: Kizaze44 Oct 11 2007, 08:35 AM
I own this company w/ a partner in the movie biz. But I'd much rather be playing my Les Paul!!!
www.brainstorm-digital.com
Posted by: fkalich Oct 11 2007, 08:56 AM
Work (as it often does) spills beyond 1 day as for me it also includes research and publishing - I edit an academic journal (just been asked to do another), copy edit and do academic proofreading. Currently I'm contracted to write 2 books (one due April next year, the other sometime next year). None of this extra academic related work is paid. If my wife and I got paid for all the work we have done gratis we'd probably be quite rich
. We try to be as self- sufficient as we can so that our low cash flow can pretty much match our low income. Cheers,
Tony
I thought you were English. Wonder why I thought that.
Posted by: RobM Oct 11 2007, 09:25 AM
job ) I myself am a mason and I cut and sell firewood.....I'm disabled and get my money from Social Security Disability Insurance, been that way since 1991
. I'm thinking about going back to school to become an X-Ray technician but I hear the waiting list to get in is like 4 years long , even then I doubt my back could take the rigors of working again. Last jobs I had were in IT but then I couldn't do even the most sedentary positions without taking time off every two weeks due to pain. Now, the bottom has fallen out of that market even if I could do it I wouldn't be making the money I once did.
Posted by: SLASH91 Oct 11 2007, 10:01 AM
I work for a lawn service. Good pay with somewhat regular raises, and I get my meals payed for. But, it gets HOT! !
Posted by: Hungus Oct 11 2007, 10:19 AM
I go and show the government what jobs I have applied for twice a week
Posted by: fkalich Oct 11 2007, 10:24 AM
But, it gets HOT! ! I was about to say, that sounds tough in Louisiana. Do they provide you with mosquito spray also. I commented on the mosquitoes outside last time my brother from Mississippi came up. He said "you call these mosquitoes?" I took his boy out in my boat, and i could never convince him that he can walk through the shallow water. He said the poisonous snakes hang out there. Could not convince him that our water snakes are harmless.
LSU looking good. Are you all excited about them down there?
Posted by: Smikey2006 Oct 11 2007, 10:26 AM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=pz1iNSqqixc
I am jelous of your job
OH i want coffee.. omg im a fiend.. send me some
email me at [email protected] or at [email protected] and we can work out a deal Also I work at a small grocery store here in town stocking dairy.. this is for the rent.. I am currently a student at UWO in Canada studying business, on the side i run a small guitar shop with a few fellow business students.. right now progress is almost at 0 but as soon as my 6 years are up.. get ready world
Posted by: kahall Oct 11 2007, 10:32 AM
Hello! Coffee is the only drug left for me. What is the deal on your coffee? I am very interested in the different coffees of the world. There is a starbucks around the corner and I am their best and easiest customer. "Yes I will have a large cup of bold no room, you fruity latte mocha drinkers get out of my way."
And I think I have mentioned here before...I am an IT dude for a florist in the midwest. Stop by and http://www.theflowerweb.com/.
Posted by: SLASH91 Oct 11 2007, 10:46 AM
LSU looking good. Are you all excited about them down there?
Lol, yeah, this is a frickin dangerous place
Mosquitos aren't really that bad cause I'm always moving ( I edge and weed eat), but snakes are. In fact, just today one of the other guys saw like a 2 foot long water moccaosain.We Killed a copperhead a few weeks ago too.
Posted by: Wallimann Oct 11 2007, 10:49 AM
I do several things...
Teach on GMC
Teach at a local music school
Work for Google from home
Translate stuff
Test videogames
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Posted by: Scott Gentzen Oct 11 2007, 10:57 AM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=pz1iNSqqixc
I always liked the Airplane commercial. Kind of a good metaphor for IT work sometimes.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=L2zqTYgcpfg
Dude, that's badass. I'm a home roaster...I like my coffee green.
I have a guy here that imports direct from a farm he owns in Honduras.
Posted by: SDMF75 Oct 11 2007, 11:05 AM
I'm an Insurance Agent. Working with the public can be lots of fun. Some very interesting people 
tend to wonder into the office from time to time.
Posted by: Ayen Oct 11 2007, 11:11 AM
I'm a Lady of the Evening.
I need the money!
Posted by: Scott Gentzen Oct 11 2007, 11:25 AM
Depends on the area, I think and what your specialty is. Where I am (DC metro area), the jobs are out there but the heavy demand isn't in the same areas it was even 5 years ago. I know I've had to adjust my skillset a lot in the last couple of years to hopefully be where the market is when I'm ready to change up.
Things are spreading out geographically into unusual locations too...like Google building datacenters in rural NC and the like. Companies like IBM have a lot of jobs that are location-independent. It's interesting times.
Posted by: JVM Oct 11 2007, 11:53 AM
Teach on GMC
Teach at a local music school
Work for Google from home
Translate stuff
Test videogames
]
How'd you get into testing videogames?
Posted by: fkalich Oct 11 2007, 12:00 PM
you may not be familiar with the old "Li'L Abner" comic strips. It ran from 1934 though 1977. Back then newspaper comic strips were a big thing, the most important thing in the paper to many people.
http://deniskitchen.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=bios.lilabner
Anyway, Li'L Abner earned his living as a mattress tester, it sound similar to the above job.
Posted by: Scott Gentzen Oct 11 2007, 12:09 PM
http://deniskitchen.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=bios.lilabner
Anyway, Li'L Abner earned his living as a mattress tester, it sound similar to the above job.
A friend of mine in high school (mid-80's) had a summer job testing condoms one year. The job wasn't what you'd expect and wasn't fun from what I remember.
Posted by: Animosity Oct 11 2007, 12:48 PM
Teach on GMC
Teach at a local music school
Work for Google from home
Translate stuff
Test videogames
That is a badass life! Can I borrow it for like a week or so?
Posted by: AIB234 Oct 11 2007, 01:10 PM
I'm currently a student at Fanshawe College in London, ON taking computer networking.
On my previous coop I worked as a Computer Technician for the University of Guelph and in the winter I've applied for jobs in the Toronto area as a Network Admin or Security Specialist.
Yes, Mike and I live in the same city. No, he still has not invited me to a gig.
Posted by: blindwillie Oct 11 2007, 02:54 PM
Just about anything
Posted by: Scott Gentzen Oct 11 2007, 07:05 PM
I think we had a thread about this a few months ago.
I'm one of the many IT people on GMC. Generically, I'm a systems administrator. More specifically, I do applications and data hosting and architecture.
Posted by: Spiderusalem Oct 11 2007, 08:20 PM
I'm a music major gunning for a future in sound engineering.
Soon, I hope to begin Busking (Street Performing). Guess thats gonna make me a professional glorified hobo.
Posted by: tonymiro Oct 11 2007, 08:21 PM
Nope I'm not English fkalich. I'm half Irish (father) and half Hong Kong Chinese (mother) but I have spent a lot of my life in England. I view myself as (part) Irish and am proud of it. I live in S Spain because of my health but if all things were equal would live back in C Cork where my father's family are from.
On being (part) Irish I always liked the quote, 'the issue with the English is that they do not remember Irish history. And the issue with the Irish is that they will not forget it.' Said, I think, by Lord Birkenhead during the negotiations for the 1921 Anglo-Irish peace treaty.
Cheers,
Tony
Posted by: Juan M. Valero Oct 11 2007, 09:44 PM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=pz1iNSqqixc
Well, I'm a farmacist
and of course I give some lessons here in guitarmastersclass
Posted by: Francis Viviers Oct 11 2007, 09:58 PM
Well im a Linux Systems Engineer. I design customized linux systems for clients :-) and im getting into session playing at churches for extra cash and fun
Posted by: Understudy Oct 11 2007, 10:36 PM
I work in the HVAC field. I am a field mechanic for a small A/C & Heating company. I do mostly installations and alot of service work, we also due alot of routine maintenance on systems. I climb through hot Florida attics all summer long or spend my days on rooftops that are over 115 degrees F. It doesn't pay a ton of money, but I guess it pays the bills..... 
. I plan on winning the lottery on saturday, it is up to 25 million USD. Then I won't have to work so hard in the heat
Posted by: javari Oct 11 2007, 11:10 PM
I'm a photographer...
Posted by: Wallimann Oct 11 2007, 11:33 PM
My brother is a full time videogame testor for the biggest French spoken gaming website.
I help them out sometimes. :-)
Posted by: Resurrection Oct 12 2007, 06:09 AM
Cheers,
Tony
Being from Northern Ireland, I can testify that your quote has a lot of truth in it! I think we have reduced the gulf, however
Anyway, back on topic. I make a living working for a company that designs and manufactures audio processing equipment. My time is split between writing software, designing microchips and managing a small team of engineers.
Posted by: RobM Oct 13 2007, 04:53 AM
I help them out sometimes. :-)
I've tested many online RPG games but never got paid for it(many in the early alpha stages). I also tested a couple of stand alone games(seven kingdoms and it's follow up's) a few years ago and the best I got from that was a free game and a mention in the game manual.
Posted by: yeahbah! Oct 19 2007, 02:17 AM
I'm a Software Developer and a Stock Trader
Posted by: Skewlbuzz Oct 19 2007, 02:58 AM
At the moment I'm working full time (37 hours a week) as a lifeguard at one of the local swimming baths..
Gonna start medical studies september next year..
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