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So...

What do all you guys and gals on here do for a living???
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I worked in a leisure centre for about 10 years. Back in school now.
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I work in human rights, specifically related to privacy as a human right.
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I'm a vaguely-underachieving student.
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James S Roper wrote:I'm a vaguely-underachieving student.
+1
cheers maus
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James S Roper wrote:I'm a vaguely-underachieving student.
-1 for the hyphen
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Matt Morrison wrote:
James S Roper wrote:I'm a vaguely-underachieving student.
-1 for the hyphen
-+1 for the hyphen
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Statistician.
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Statistician.
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Engineer (now retired)

hardware (aircraft 1945-66)
software (telecoms 1966-90)
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Sixth Form Student
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I'm a Purchase Ledger Consultant for a Hotel Booking Agent.
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I'm a retired (retired in 2003) after sales manager in the motor trade (mainly Citroen).
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I'll bite, I have the different job amongst us anyway. Not sure if weird is the right word, but not like most.

Currently, I'm a theatre director in the Off-Off Broadway community of New York City. Nothing major, just houses that seat less than 100 people.
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Brian Moore wrote:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------>
Professional devotee? :)
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Gaoler
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A full-time, high-intensity, unpaid labourer (a.k.a. student).
I'm not dead yet. In a rut right now because of stress from work. I'll be back later in S89. I also plan to bring back the Mastergram - if I can find a way to run a timer or clock through pure MediaWiki without having to upload to Vimeo every time.
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Johnny Canuck wrote:high-intensity
They must do things differently in Canada.
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Unemployed presently [née Student]
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Taxidermist.

ok not really but it's more interesting than being an insurance underwriting temp
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Matt Morrison wrote:
Brian Moore wrote:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------>
Professional devotee? :)
Just proving that I'm never going to be a professional anything-to-do-with-computers - I knew it would get screwed up in everyone's browser except mine.

To me it now looks like I'm also going to be a professional Matt Morrison, though I'd previously been unaware that that was a career prospect. Quite excited.
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Brian Moore wrote:
Matt Morrison wrote:
Brian Moore wrote:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------>
Professional devotee? :)
Just proving that I'm never going to be a professional anything-to-do-with-computers - I knew it would get screwed up in everyone's browser except mine.

To me it now looks like I'm also going to be a professional Matt Morrison, though I'd previously been unaware that that was a career prospect. Quite excited.
Ha, I was just being annoying to be honest - the arrow did indeed point to your avatar.
Funnily enough in your latest post it now finally points to "Devotee"... and I guess once I post this you're going to be a Postsman. (edit: half way between a Postsman and a joiner.)
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Uni student, but as of next June hopefully an Occupational Therapist.
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Freelance translator.
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Jennifer Steadman wrote:ok not really but it's more interesting than being an insurance underwriting temp
Company?
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Jon O'Neill wrote:
Jennifer Steadman wrote:ok not really but it's more interesting than being an insurance underwriting temp
Company?
She'd take some company from you any time, Jono ;)
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I am a social worker.

But the job i really want to do is to work for the British Board of Film Classification, watching movies and deciding if their a U, PG, 12A etc.
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I give opinions about basketball, publically via articles for web media companies, and privately via consulting contracts with agencies. And I teach young kids science. The two spheres are not in any way related.
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Media Student and Part Time Customer Service Assistant
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Trainee actuary and professional darts referee
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Pharmacist
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Administration Assistant/de facto Storeman
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Jon O'Neill wrote:
Jennifer Steadman wrote:ok not really but it's more interesting than being an insurance underwriting temp
Company?
Just realised I never responded to this. It's for a small 'niche' motor insurance company (that's how my recruitment agency sold it to me anyway) called Service Underwriting. Basically I just enter data about cars and motor insurance policy-holders all day. Fascinating stuff. The people I work with have grown on me though and I'm the agency's inaugural 'temp of the week' so it seems I'm good at entering data about cars and motor insurance policy-holders all day :)

Probably won't be there much longer though as they're no longer going to be dual-processing stuff in the near future. (Not that I'm there this week anyway as I'm on work experience for my local paper.)
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Recruitment Consultant (IT)
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