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RAAF Radio Tech Ground, got a RAAF postgrad course in Minicomputers, 26 years later & I'm still fixing computers, they are a bit smaller & a bit smarter but heaps less reliable. :D I'm a whole lot larger, a big smart R's, & only reliable if I feel like it. :rolleyes:
Sheetmetal worker out of school (no apprenticeship though) -> glazier -> joinery assistant (docking and milling staircase parts) -> builder's labourer -> maker of green houses and shade houses ->warehouse packer -> music shop retail assistant -> help desk operator -> computer programmer -> web developer -> forum hanger on.
All seems like a logical progression to me, what's the problem?
Although I served my apprenticeship as a patternmaker these are the occupations I have had in my life time so far.
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Retired Person
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Geeze Baz, did you ever stay in one job long enough to get smoko? :D
Soldier/electrician -> civi electrician -> data technician -> electrical supervisior -> photocopier salesman -> call centre operator -> dispatch officer.
Seems that nobody has confessed to the Al Bundy profession yet.
Marine Engineer Trainee , stayed at it for 25 years same company ( got the watch ) then fled
Lectured for a while and did some consultant work , then full retired into the shed and have never had less spare time ,list of projects a mile long and two grand kids under 2 yrs ,
The trouble with life is there's no background music.
Russell
You were a Trainee for 25 years? :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ashore
Man, you must be a slow learner. :D :D
Yes Cliff I did get to have some smoko. Some of those occupations I wasn't in them for very long and a lot of the time I was doing at least two at the same time working about 80 hours a week up to 7 days a week.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers
Always found there was something new to learn espically when they got rid of shipwrights , lecco's , radio operators and engineers had to look after the problims in their fields as wellQuote:
Originally Posted by duckman
Introduce computers , plc's , more electronics etc and it never stops
But when they got rid of stewards , no way was I going to learn bed making, vacuuming , toilet cleaning etc , imagine if shmbo found out , life at home would be hell
The trouble with life is there's no background music.
Russell
trained as a wanka, workong as a bullshyte artist
Did you have to go to school for that or were you self taught:pQuote:
Originally Posted by Zed
I'm still working in the End User computing field (aka computer nerd, interpreter liasion person - you know, the one who can talk jargon with the programmers, then turn around and decipher it for the everyday users - well, I try:D ) after doing my obligatory (thanks Dad!) uni degrees, albeit not quite in the same field, as the first one was in Secretarial Studies, and believe me, you don't want me for your secretary!!!! :p
cheers
RufflyRustic
Either you had an excellent teacher or you were a natural.Quote:
trained as a wanka, workong as a bullshyte artist
:D
Started out with a French Polishing apprecticeship, worked in that trade for a few years then left to do a Comp Science Degree. Now work as a Analyst Programmer.
Funny thing though, when i was a polisher i'd go home and tinker on the PC, now im a AP i go home and make sawdust :)
Studied numbers in university for a few years. Still don’t know what I can do with it. Luckily found some stupid enough to employ me as a computer programmer.