What do you do?

[Gav Peter]

Congrats Rob - thats great news for you, well done

 

[Crispin]

Congrats!

 

[James Rothwell]

I trade pieces of metal in the shape of cars.

Mainly Skoda day to day and also deal in Mercedes on the side though only very selectively usually the W124, W140, W210, W220 models. Although I regret ever delving into the W220 (99-06 S-Class) they are completely crap!

 

[Andrew Prince]

Well I just a call offering me a position at a very well know innovative domestic appliance company, so I'm no longer a student, but a Mechanical Engineer.

Congrats, Rob! At a guess, Dyson have offered you a job
This is going to limit your opportunities for long overlanding trips Getting a pay cheque does have its pluses though

 

[Gary Stockton]

Well done Rob - that's a good security blanket, especially as they're waiting for you ....

Now - about the problems I'm having with my Dyson 32 Animal...

 

[Rob]

Congrats, Rob! At a guess, Dyson have offered you a job

I made it too obvious didn't I...

Well done Rob - that's a good security blanket, especially as they're waiting for you ....

The plan was to get a Job before I left, that was one of the conditions I had to fulfil to get the green light for my other half. Managed to get round that one about a month ago.

Thanks for the congrats guys

 

[silvercruiser]

Congratulations.

Joe

 

[Lorin]

Top news Rob, congratulations. I'm really glad your still able to do the Mongolia trip. I look forward to hearing about it at the next Lincomb over a beer.

P.S. If my hoover breaks....

Lorin

 

[Chris]

which it most certainly will ....

Chris

 

[scubadec]

Congrats Rob...

 

[Jimbo4x4]

Excellent news Mr W.

 

[chadr]

Congratulations.

 

[Graham Stirling]

Well done Rob.

I started as a Mechanical Engineer, actually mechanical/electrical but fell into forestry by accident. I'm now a Forestry Civil Engineer, specialising in low cost waterbound roads and bridges for timber transport and windfarm traffic.

 

[Greg]

Now I play with land cruisers and help some of you guys keep them sorted out right......

...before that I jumped out of stupidly high or ridiculously low aircraft before making someone else's day go south in fairly short order. Spent more time than not in the jungles of foreign lands dealing with UOD and teaching the natives to play nice

.....boy do I miss the jungle

 

[BlackBetty]

Currently just returned from a three year contract in Saudi Arabia as a Distribution Center Manager and now looking for work here. Keen to get out and play as soon as Black Betty arrives. If all goes well she should be here by the end of the month.

 

[Crispin]

I've always been curious about what people do for beer tokens and how far removed that is from your "hobby".
You'll find some people who know the inside of the engine backwards while others don't know which way to hold a hammer. Often those former people are the most unlikely.

So... What do you do for a living?

I'll start: Database Administrator (fancy name for programmer )

How about we revive this thread? 6 years on - what do people do? We've got a ton of new faces in the club so quite curious as to what people do.

Me: Same really, IT, SQL dev doing mostly business intelligence work. Also mash C# if someone will pay for it...

 

[fbnss]

class 2 lorry driver, occasionally delivering kiln dried wood up narrow streets onto gravel drives...

 

[Crispin]

class 2 lorry driver, occasionally delivering kiln dried wood up narrow streets onto gravel drives...

ha ha. Gravel drive is gone now! All paved and pallet-truck friendly. Didn't make much of a difference to one of your mates though - the bag fell off the pallet which he then rolled down the drive somehow

 

[Rob Cowell]

ex DBA. Now talk to DBAs about all the nice options they'd like to add to their databases. And a bit of farming during evenings, weekends and the occasional lunch time.

 

[Bob]

I'm a teacher by day, geography after working in mapping... farm machinery operation & restoration in the other bits. Have also dabbled in theatre tech work too. I believe in a varied existence!!