What do you do for a living?

I used to be in investment banking, until I moved to the UK. Now, I am unemployed.. Probably if things remain this way, will have to move back soon.
 
MarkDifferential said:
IanM said:
Hope that you realise that some of us (probably most of us) that have read your post are currently thinking of THE most ridiculous and funny job titles they can come up with.

You have opened the portal......

Ian
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Where are you based? Got any work for a driver with a class 1 licence?
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I think you may have quoted the wrong man, but to answer your questions.

Stoke on Trent.

Unfortunately not.


Ian
 
I'm a geologist.

I did a short stint in mining in Australia where I worked as a production geologist on a small mine site. The industry soiled itself mid 2012 and I found myself at home in the UK shortly after that.

I'm going back to school to do an MSc in Petroleum Geoscience at the end of the year :/

Cheers,

Stu
 
stumunro said:
I'm a geologist.

I did a short stint in mining in Australia where I worked as a production geologist on a small mine site. The industry soiled itself mid 2012 and I found myself at home in the UK shortly after that.

I'm going back to school to do an MSc in Petroleum Geoscience at the end of the year :/

Cheers,

Stu
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You were probably second on the list for a forensics expert for the Pistorius trial with those qualifications! If you've not been following it that is probably lost on you!

I project manage clinical trials for pharma companies.
 
I run a couple of recycling companies - working on electronic wastes.

And I always wanted to be an astronaut - because as we all know - astronauts trump everything!
Ratty
 
michaelg said:
stumunro said:
I'm a geologist.

I did a short stint in mining in Australia where I worked as a production geologist on a small mine site. The industry soiled itself mid 2012 and I found myself at home in the UK shortly after that.

I'm going back to school to do an MSc in Petroleum Geoscience at the end of the year :/

Cheers,

Stu
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You were probably second on the list for a forensics expert for the Pistorius trial with those qualifications! If you've not been following it that is probably lost on you!
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;)
 
Well, I've had a lot of career changes!

Started by working in a research lab for paper, Packaging and Printing, based in Leatherhead. Ended up being the senior Technician in the packaging testing dept. This was a fun and physically demanding job- drop testing fro
zen steel drums from 20feet, filled with antifreeze?
Noise? Oh yes!!

Whilst I was doing this I went to evening college in Londinium to study for prof exams to be a packaging technologist, which I did, so I have M.Inst,pkg.Dipl after my name- I think, haven't used it for years.

Went on to design own brand packaging for WH Smiths's in the early 70's, then Smith and Nephew Cosmetics in Chessington, designing packaging for Mary Quant ( lovely Lady as it happens)

After being made redundant when the company was sold I worked as a tech sales rep for a packaging manufacturing company, but that didn't work out.

So I turned my hobby (restoring Sunbeam Tigers) into a business, went into a partnership with a BMW tech, so we specialised in working on old sports cars and modern BMW's, resulting in us winning the Road Saloon Championship in a BMW 'Batmobile'. He drove, I helped with the spanners!

Bear in mind this was the Late 80's.

We eventually split (amicably) as he wanted to expand the racing side of the business, and I was head hunted to be the service and MOT manager of a local Hyundai garage (anyone remember the 'Stellar', based on the Cortina)

Head hunted again to be the service manager of a local fast fit company and started up from scratch a service and mot department. I was the MOT quality controller for some years, often being asked by the DOT to do reverse MOT's (don't ask- nasty business)

Due to the recession in the early '90's I was made redundant, but long story short, my neighbour owned a pro photo lab and I had been interested in Photography for many years (had a complete colour processing darkroom at home), I used to work in his darkrooms in my spare time, so one thing lead to another and we went into partnership to open a pro quality high street photo lab 20 years ago.

I'm still there, my partner resigned about 8 years ago and is now retired. I've diversified into anything digital as well as film processing ( that's making a comeback like Vinyl records etc) I work a lot with video and Cine films. Any moving or Still Image is grist to my Mill!

I reckon I'll have had enough in 5 years or so (I'm 62 at the moment)

Anyone want to buy me out?
 
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