What do you lot do for a living?

[Laurentius]

That production company turned into an ad agency and I became a 'creative copywriter' - namely coming up with headlines and scripts for commercials and billboards.

Been there done that, writing advertising copy.

 

[demographic]

Non destructive testing technician - surface and subsurface disciplines.
So, looking predominantly in carbon steel welds or structures for things that shouldn't, or should be there.
Looking for things you can't see, with sound you can't hear.
Good innit ?

Yonks ago I did Mag Particle testing, Dye Penetrant testing, Radiographic testing and radiographic viewing.
Had a bash at Ultrasonic just in the boilermakers I was working in at the time but never did the course, just to get an inkling of it.
We used to use wallpaper paste as the UT transducer couplant, I imagine thats frowned upon nowadays but it got washed off after.
Qualls long since ran out now though.

 

[The Frightful]

I do my best ok
After two decades and change in health and social care I binned that path, too much paperwork, too much treating the people we support as cash assests not people, too much treating the staff as problems not potential.
So I resigned, with nothing as back up.

Since then I've done agency work to keep the wolves at bay, obsessively studied, worked with troubled young un's using bushcraft to develop self awareness, resilience etc, offer men's group work, therapeutic nature reconnection, coaching, mentoring, and bushcraft instructing


Basically I help people

Respect. You are the sort of person who can and does make a difference, these small projects change lives and direction and should be seriously funded with big money, it won't happen tho because theres no short term profit in it. You are nurturing saplings and i guarentee there will be a profitable woodland in the future

 

[NotSafeForWork]

University of hard knocks, Electrical and mechanical 1000v ac 1500v Dc and qualified as automotive as well. Do all manner of things from 400k machines to fixing a toilet.
I've not won the lottery, or I would be going anywhere on an adventure- I now embrace mediocre and two steps from success.

I realised I was getting old when temp traffic light lads in transits look about 12 yrs old.
Computer revolution is both amazing and toxic.

Gigabit fibre and yet I'd rather sleep in a bothy

 

[gra_farmer]

Some of you already know me...

I am a multi skilled scientist, specialising in botany, hydrology, plant genetics, geology, agriculture and environmental chemistry. Basically most of applied practical sciences.

I used to be a farmer in my youth, shepherding mostly with 1800 sheep, which I did for ten years. Unfortunately the family farm was mostly sold, and I had to do something else, eventually finding science and academia....I found my niche.

I had a stint in government, working as a senior specialist in air and water, working for the chief scientist directorate... writing UK and European law and guidance for agriculture, etc...but could not make the real changes on the ground that I wanted.

So work in the water industry now, leading a highly educated and skilled team of scientists and agricultural advisors. I am also a PhD second supervisor at 3 different universities, all PhD's funded through my work and environmental based.

I get paid to write and teach at university. Essentially, I never grew up, and I enjoyed being a student so much I never wanted it to end. So, after my degree I did a Masters. That was lots of fun too and so I signed up for a PhD…you get the idea.

@Furbles That's my dream job, I had a brief stint as a lecturer for 3 years and loved it, I took on the students that were alternative and built them up, normally the ex military rotation, that got paid university education....and the classical lecturers could not handle. Everyone of my undergraduate students under my watch achieved either a 2.1 or first class degree....and all of my PhD students have passed with no more than minor corrections, I am proud of that.

 

[Bhod]

Commis, CDP, Sous, Head Chef, Bar Cellarman, Bar Manager, Pub Landlord, Shop Owner and now a House Husband (Early retired), living off of savings and the wife's salary

 

[Keith_Beef]

Commis, CDP, Sous, Head Chef, Bar Cellarman, Bar Manager, Pub Landlord, Shop Owner and now a House Husband (Early retired), living off of savings and the wife's salary

CDP being "chef de partie", I suppose, not "common depth point"...

 

[Bhod]

CDP being "chef de partie", I suppose, not "common depth point"...

Mod note:
Dear Bhod. This is a "family friendly" forum and there is a rule against posting profanity, even if you say you are only relaying what other people call you, and even if you have substituted a few * here and there. That people call you these things doesn't enlighten anyone here about what you do for a living.
Regards

 

[Hammock_man]

What is your day to day existence...?

Just waking up in the morning and making good use of oxygen, these two are are enough to make a day a "good one". Anything else is a bonus at my age!

 

[RonW]

Due to physical "challenges" I was forced to find a non-physical job.
So now I am a (substitute) teacher, currently at an international English school.