[DAlex]

....but as I'm sat here bored stoooopid in work I thought I'd ask the question: What do you all do? Work/study wise.

Me? I'm the publications and press officer for a branch of the UK civil service - I design stuff, raise print/distribution tenders and argue with journalists.

Over to you

DAlex

[enola]

I'm a developer at financial services company. I kind of fell into the computer thing. My background is actually in architecture (as in buildings not software). I'm currently looking around for my next career if only I could figure out what I wanted to do when I grow up.

[Scotttheking]

I'm a full time student majoring in computer science, and hopefully a minor in political science.
My full time job during the summer is software testing. I work in house on a pretty big engineering app. We've been working on this app for at least the last 3 years.
My other job is a system administrator for small companies that can't afford or don't need a full time person (now if only I could get enough business to ditch my other job). Right now I'm working on replacing a windows nt4 server with a linux based one, using samba.

If I ever grow up I probably want to get into programming.

[jbcool]

I would be referred to as a job (s)hopper. Today I am doing design and layout work. The long list would be sys admin/application programmer/ N/C programmer / lofter / tool designer / composite engineer....


Basically I'm a guy that can't keep a job a have to go to different states and countries to keep working.

[mikkyo]

I'm a software programmer for a major computer hardware/software company :-)

[OneMacGuy]

Originally posted by jbcool:
I would be referred to as a job (s)hopper. Today I am doing design and layout work. The long list would be sys admin/application programmer/ N/C programmer / lofter / tool designer / composite engineer....


Basically I'm a guy that can't keep a job a have to go to different states and countries to keep working.

I used to do that too! I did startup work at Commercial Nuclear Plants during startup and testing. Kinda fell into computers somewhere along the line. I think it was when I bout my first Apple II, hated it and then got my first Mac. WOW! WYSIWIG! I was a database developer (Oracle, Filemaker Pro, FoxPro) for about 10 years and then took a job in IT Management. Not a good move, had to start my own business on the side to keep my technical skills up, and raise 4 kids and pay tuition for two this year! Life is good, my Mac never crashes, thank God Wintel machines do. They pay the bills. If everyone used Macs, my business would go broke.

[macdude22]

I'm a student majoring in Communications and a minor in business. During the summer and christmas time I work as a technology assistant at a high school. During school I work as a network consultant for Resnet. And I work at the c ampus radio station year round, I'm now assistant program director. Needless to say I am a busy busy man.

[Shaktai]

Started out many years ago in photography. Been a lot of places and done a lot of other things along the way though. Now I work in the customer service industry, but somehow have ended up moving into internal fraud investigations.

Still do photography for the fun of it though.

[jbcool]

Originally posted by OneMacGuy:
I used to do that too! I did startup work at Commercial Nuclear Plants during startup and testing. Kinda fell into computers somewhere along the line. I think it was when I bout my first Apple II, hated it and then got my first Mac. WOW! WYSIWIG! I was a database developer (Oracle, Filemaker Pro, FoxPro) for about 10 years and then took a job in IT Management. Not a good move, had to start my own business on the side to keep my technical skills up, and raise 4 kids and pay tuition for two this year! Life is good, my Mac never crashes, thank God Wintel machines do. They pay the bills. If everyone used Macs, my business would go broke.

I didn't even like computers until about 1980 and saw a CAD system.
Old Dec PDP-11 learned how to get into the core of the os and make changes and got hooked on them. Jobs I enjoyed most were at GE Nuclear Energy as a sysadmin in San Jose and composite engineering job over in Western Australia. Had a barbie every weekend, it was just like going back in time.

[chris v]

I'm a t-shirt printer, who got into Macs for art production. We do a lot of 4c process printing, and Photoshop has been my savior. These days, I'm building and maintaining a few websites as well, on the side. As the business has grown, so has my collection of machinery.

CV

[krove]

Full-time student (Major=Professional chemistry, minor=French). I have two jobs right now: one as a part-time systems admin for a small company and another full-time job during the summer doing research (chemistry, of course).

I also volunteer in the ER at a local hospital just for kicks. (Actually, I do want to go to medical school.)

[slipjack]

I'll chime in.

I was a 'Designer' when I started on this board.. but now I'm a 'Senior Developer'...

whatever...

Anyway, I work mostly in Flash, both design and actionscript to create elearning courseware for both CDROM distribution and LMSs (Learning Management Systems) like Docent.

Sometimes, I get to dip into Photoshop, Illustrator, After-effects, etc. but recently it's been app-training, so mostly just software application simulation in Flash.

PC's only at work now; again when I first joined MacNN I got to design on the Mac and code on the PC. (plus I had 3 20" monitors...ah the days of dot-com excess.)

[wulf]

I do most of my work for a small UK-based charity called Environmental Justice Foundation which campaigns against environmental and human rights abuses.

Freelance and increasingly part-time since we had our son, I do a combination of design (web & print), video editing and production, and IT consultancy.

It's cool for me because I get to do a whole variety of stuff (stops me getting bored) and have flexible work schedules, whilst doing everything on Macs