TheGecko
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| posted on 17/5/06 at 12:58 AM |
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Analyst/Programmer for a University
I specialise in Corporate Data Integration - basically writing interface programs that shuffle and split/merge data between systems. Currently team
leading a project to develop our new access provisioning system - creates computer accounts and electronic door accesses in near real time as staff
and students flow in and out of the various sytems. Interesting stuff but runs into more political problems than technical ones 
Through most of the 80's I was a computer technician on Macintoshes and PC's. Don't miss that at all 
Dominic
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donut
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| posted on 17/5/06 at 06:57 AM |
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Blimey you lot are nearly all engineers. So i have decided to become a domestic engineer!!
Mezz, What the hell is a music manager?
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 17/5/06 at 07:41 AM |
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Quality Manager for a small software company in London.
That's why my hobbies include engineering stuff -'cos is got s*d-all to do with computers!
[Edited on 17/5/06 by David Jenkins]
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Donners90
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| posted on 17/5/06 at 07:45 AM |
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Diesel Engine Development and Calibration Engineer....for the company that brings you the TDCi
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Marcus
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| posted on 17/5/06 at 09:01 AM |
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Project engineer for heating and plumbing manufacturing company for last 5 years, previously fixed tellys for Currys / Dixons.
Bit of a mid life career change - but, hey, I'm enjoying it!
Marcus
Marcus
Because kits are for girls!!
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Fred W B
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| posted on 17/5/06 at 11:04 AM |
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I am a mechanical engineer. I work at management level for a company (www.oddy.co.za) that manufactures bulk liquid transport equipment (20 foot tank
containers and swap tanks) out of stainless steel, carbon steel, aluminium and fibreglass. We make about 5000 of these a year.
Started here as a trainee (in 1984) in the drawing office. I was lucky that in an effort to learn the product and market, my MD sent me to work with
some of our customers and suppliers in various parts of the world for most of the period 1991 to 1996. I am now part of "Marketing" but I
am still very involved in the technical side, interpreting the customers needs, and making sure what we build is actually what the customer wants. I
work out and issue quotes and specs, book jobs (over 100 per year) into the factory and do customer servicing.
Cheers
Fred W B
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 17/5/06 at 12:55 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by chris mason
setting off for the sun next year, in an experiment to see exactly how hot the gases are, and how much heat a space craft can handle before it melts.
The project manager thinks we'll be lucky to return but what would he know 
Easy - go at night.
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irvined
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| posted on 17/5/06 at 02:30 PM |
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I'm one of them new fangled IT consultants, working in the Netherlands, generally breaking mobile phone infrastructure.
http://irvined.blogspot.com
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lsdweb
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| posted on 17/5/06 at 04:08 PM |
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Car park engineer - take a perfectly good building, wait for somebody to set fire to it - we turn up - two weeks later it's a car park!
Seriously - fire officer - now head of service delivery (operations) for our 'Brigade'. Started at the bottom of the ladder (excuse the
pun) and taken every opportunity thrown at me - loved nearly every minute apart from the really scary or really horrible bits. Got an honours degree
in Maths and IT along the way somehow.
Wyn
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coozer
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| posted on 17/5/06 at 04:39 PM |
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Quality Engineer for steering columns.
Mainly Ford at the moment.
Steve
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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zenarcher
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| posted on 17/5/06 at 05:08 PM |
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Teacher. (Let me show you the right path grasshopper)
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AlexS
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| posted on 17/5/06 at 05:27 PM |
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student really but working for a year in import and export - thrilling stuff (not) and no help whatsoever with the car (even tho i tried to blag free
stuff off kent camshafts when i brought them into the UK )
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nick205
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| posted on 17/5/06 at 07:02 PM |
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I was a PCB design engineer, but then an external sales job came available with the same company. Now I work from home and on the road - getting a
comapny car when yours is about to die is a very tempting proposition (oh and a good bit more £££ too )
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Ian Pearson
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| posted on 17/5/06 at 07:33 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by daviep
Coiled tubing operator offshore (north sea). Started off as a diesel mechanic but discovered you get way more for breaking stuff as opposed to sorting
it!
That takes me back. I used to run a Coil Tubing Unit years ago in Abu Dhabi. Also did cementing, nitrogen etc.
Now work hurling booze, food, tea & coffee at people whilst at altitude. Fully qualified pilot, but yet to get a job.
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DIY Si
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| posted on 17/5/06 at 07:54 PM |
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Just started fixing/changing domestic leccy meters for BG. Nice outdoors job. Except we're in Britain so it rains all the damn time.
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IainB
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| posted on 17/5/06 at 10:25 PM |
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Hey 'trogdor' What year you in at Southampton? I know a couple of folk doing your course..
Oh, and im at Glasgow Uni doing Mechanical Engineering. Working in call centre to pay the rent now though.... <ducks to avoid barrage of
abuse>
Iain
http://s43.photobucket.com/albums/e365/IainB1986/
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Peteff
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| posted on 17/5/06 at 10:27 PM |
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Working in call centre to pay the rent now though
Have you moved to Delhi then?
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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JoelP
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| posted on 18/5/06 at 07:25 AM |
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ok, ive added up all these jobs, divided by the total, the average seems to be 'bodger'. Sound right?
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Browser
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| posted on 18/5/06 at 08:18 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by owelly
Power Station engineer. 24MW but I can't take any home........
Same here mate, shift engineer, only we've got 360MW as fopr taking it home, do what we do, charge yer mobile phone at work
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Syd Bridge
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| posted on 18/5/06 at 08:39 AM |
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This week I'm mostly a Pattern Maker and Mold Maker.
Last week I was mostly an R&D engineer playing with cars.
Next week I'm mostly a Composites Laminator/Trimmer/Assembler.
And through all this I work at my most important job as a parent to 4 teenage+ sons, that's the hardest job of the lot! (Where've all
my tools gone?? Who's got the grinder?No you can't, it's out of gas.. .....)
Cheers,
Syd.
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trogdor
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| posted on 18/5/06 at 09:04 AM |
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am in my third year at southampton, most peeps are finishing now but i still have a year to go as i am doing a masters course!
what courses are ur friends doing?
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nige
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| posted on 18/5/06 at 09:24 AM |
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jobs
maintenance tech
for corus scunny ,steel works
been here too long now , got my name down to turn lights out when the chinese
take over the world
when you start this journey
you think it will be done in " no " time but then " no " turns into a " bloody " long time
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matt_claydon
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| posted on 18/5/06 at 09:48 AM |
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Getting paid as a post-graduate student for a year at the moment but will start working as a Mechanical Engineer for VOSA in September
[Edited on 18/5/06 by matt_claydon]
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brashhighlander
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| posted on 18/5/06 at 09:50 AM |
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Some nice sounding jobs there. I wish I was still a student, only working 12 hours a week, but with the salary i have now. Not such an exciting job
for me, I am an accountant. Someone has to be.
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Lightning
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| posted on 18/5/06 at 10:30 AM |
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Mechanical Engineer
But now run my own Lightning Protection and earthing company. Also run steeplejacks doing all high building stuff including industrial chimneys etc
Fred Dibner type stuff.
Plus have holiday appartment for rent
Steve
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