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Let's list what our jobs are - something different I suppose! :)
I work for 118UK, monitoring incoming call volumes and directing them appropriately to the 4 call centres, gauging statistics and arranging rotas around peak times.
Oh and I get accused of being racist and a narrow-minded bigot too but I don't get paid for that ;) :(
On-Line Communications Manager for a well-known international hotel company. For the last 12 months I've been working with our IT department on building an intranet system that's technically sound but focused on business communication (my background is journalism). We've just launched and we're quite proud of it!
In addition I am editor of our PLC website, with an eye on quality of information published by our network of content editors around the world.
Tech support on an MOD project at EDS Defence in Hook (over the road from NTL :) )
Tech support on an MOD project at EDS Defence in Hook (over the road from NTL :) )
Network and Systems Administrator for an E-Topup provider, although Netowork Design is more my thing.
timewarrior2001
20-10-2003, 12:32
Games Tester and level scripter for a new games studio.
IT Support (jack of all trades) for a manufacturing firm, but really getting more into webdesign as time goes on...
mimizuku: - I worked for the MOD alongside some EDS staff in feltham on some projects that my previous employer, fujitsu (formerly ICL) sent me on
Tech support on an MOD project at EDS Defence in Hook (over the road from NTL :) )
The temptation to ask if there are spare missiles you can aim across the road is almost too much to bear ... ;)
The temptation to ask if there are spare missiles you can aim across the road is almost too much to bear ... ;)
But doesn't Sam B work at the Hook offices?
But doesn't Sam B work at the Hook offices?we could give him a 4-minute warning ... :D
I build database backed applications for a big list of Estate Agents, e.g. Property inventories, user management, search applications etc. If I'm not doing that I churn out web site after web site for Estate Agents and if I'm not doing that then I update site's for them.
gary_580
20-10-2003, 13:41
Systems Analyst for an ailing insurance company
NtlRebelReborn
20-10-2003, 13:42
Unemployed. Just signed on for the first time.
Unemployed. Just signed on for the first time.
It's a depressing experience ... I had two spells on the dole (not that they dole out very much) after graduation.
Hopefully you'll find something soon!
suhancock
20-10-2003, 14:17
:wavey: hi all
today I'm an accountant for a certain telco - tomorrow I'm redundant and looking forward to some R & R
godsquad
20-10-2003, 14:24
Well hi everybody, I am a Radio Communications Engineer. I Test, Program, Align and Repair one make of Radio Communications Equipment (both Mobile, Portable & Base). Sometimes I wish I did more with I.T. but as an old T.V. program was once titled "That's Life".
i've just graduated from uni, and am currently signing on :cry: but finally got an interview for a job i've been after for ages, :D:D:D just means i might have to put back moving back to leeds a month or so :cry:
i've just graduated from uni, and am currently signing on :cry: but finally got an interview for a job i've been after for ages, :D:D:D just means i might have to put back moving back to leeds a month or so :cry:
I say, I say, I say ... what does one say to a philosophy graduate?
A: A Big Mac and fries please!
*runs for cover :D
Hope the interview goes OK ... :)
I say, I say, I say ... what does one say to a philosophy graduate?
A: A Big Mac and fries please!
*runs for cover :D
Hope the interview goes OK ... :)
TOWNY and i thought u were a nice man :erm: :eeek:
but ta for the final point, u almost redeemed yourself ;)
and btw if you said that to a philosophy graduate, you would probably get a whole speil about whether the big mac and chips actually existed, the ethics behind killing animals, whether animals in fact have a mind and therefore is it wrong to eat them and then the final............and why am i bothering to talk to you anyway, i can't be sure you have a mind, i can only be sure of my own mind .........imagine that every day ;)
and btw if you said that to a philosophy graduate, you would probably get a whole speil about whether the big mac and chips actually existed, the ethics behind killing animals, whether animals in fact have a mind and therefore is it wrong to eat them and then the final............and why am i bothering to talk to you anyway, i can't be sure you have a mind, i can only be sure of my own mind .........imagine that every day ;)
Imagine you weren't even sure of your own mind and you get a glimpse into the weird world that is towny ... ;) :spin:
Actually at my uni that joke was normally aimed at Victorian Studies graduates, for whom it appeared a whole lot more realistic. :erm:
Scarlett
20-10-2003, 14:56
2nd line Technical support for a billing company which was bought by a large American billing/customer care/outsourcing company.
TOWNY and i thought u were a nice man :erm: :eeek:
but ta for the final point, u almost redeemed yourself ;)
and btw if you said that to a philosophy graduate, you would probably get a whole speil about whether the big mac and chips actually existed, the ethics behind killing animals, whether animals in fact have a mind and therefore is it wrong to eat them and then the final............and why am i bothering to talk to you anyway, i can't be sure you have a mind, i can only be sure of my own mind .........imagine that every day ;)
To which the reply is "Just shut up and give me my bloody Big Mac and fries!" ;)
Atomic22
20-10-2003, 19:14
nuclear engineer
Ex Hotpoint Senior Engineer, I have run my own business in same line for 23 years.
Bench hand Joiner, make almost anything out of wood :)
Senior Communications Engineer working on satellite and land based comms for government and military applications.
The job is mainly RF digital data comms using QPSK, BPSK and QAM stuff thats familiar to the ntl network guys. I work upto approx 10GHz RF, with a bit of optical work thrown in for good measure.
Chimaera
20-10-2003, 20:37
Local Government Officer AKA Assistant Road Safety Officer! :)
ASP and SQL programmer. Also project manager for a system used by Dept. of Homeland Security and the National Sheriffs Association.
downquark1
20-10-2003, 22:12
nuclear engineer
I've always been interested in that career, what do you do?
Atomic22
22-10-2003, 18:36
I've always been interested in that career, what do you do?
hmmm provide "power solutions" for the Royal Navys nuclear submarine fleet is about all i can really say
I work in Child Protection as I was discussing earlier today.
we could give him a 4-minute warning ... :D
If it's Sam B who gives info about new channels that you're talking about, I think you'll find that she's female!! ;)
But no doubt she will appreciate the 4 minute warning!! :)
homealone
22-10-2003, 21:26
hmmm provide "power solutions" for the Royal Navys nuclear submarine fleet is about all i can really say
now come on - you havn't got room for the old ones:D
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/3203693.stm
thats me that is http://www.pepband.uci.edu/images/arrow.gif
homealone
22-10-2003, 21:41
I work in the Food Industry, our department writes specifications for the products we make, which includes ingredients declarations, allergy data, etc.
Increasingly this is being done using the internet, with the data we provide being used to build stuff like the extra info you can get on retailers "home shopping" sites, for example.
Assistant Supervisor for an IT Recycling Company, sorting out a team of 6-8 trainee technicians on six month placements with us from the job centre(new deal).
As well as the supervising, I get involved in maintaining the internal network, fixing the odd machine, and occasionaly teach a bit of basic networking to our trainees, and if that wasn't enough, in my spare time at work I am also doing CompTIA A+, ECDL, and Portable Appliance Testing.
Jon
Was a Quantity Surveyor for a long time, resigned from that a while back to move into something else. Been studying on my own for abit now.
Tezcatlipoca
23-10-2003, 00:35
I work for a biotech company in Cambridge.
I used to be a Research Technician, until I got made redundant this summer & then re-hired as a "Production Scientist". Same pay, but actually a lot more interesting than what I used to do.
Atomic22
23-10-2003, 18:49
now come on - you havn't got room for the old ones:D
hehehe we have to park them up somewhere........there is no spaces left at devonport now that fastlane will no longer base active subs ,and the first of the next gen we are building is due for launch 2004...traffic jams may ensue
homealone
23-10-2003, 19:07
hehehe we have to park them up somewhere........there is no spaces left at devonport now that fastlane will no longer base active subs ,and the first of the next gen we are building is due for launch 2004...traffic jams may ensue
It must be a really interesting job - and with 2 kids, you obviously don't glow in the dark yet.:)
Atomic22
23-10-2003, 19:25
It must be a really interesting job - and with 2 kids, you obviously don't glow in the dark yet.:)
hehe no i only make new stuff and refuelling equipment
Richard M
23-10-2003, 22:55
Currently: A call centre, that's all I'm saying.
Wish I was: Working as a web admin/developer, I need to perfect my HTML/CSS and learn a lot more PHP and SQL first though.
Working as: A student :p I live of your taxes!
Need to get a part time job though
IT Manager playing with £60m budgets!
IT Manager playing with £60m budgets!
*nudge* got any spare laptops? (or jobs for that matter) ;)
paulyoung666
24-10-2003, 09:25
mechanical fitter with a crushed leg ( work accident ) , on the sick at the moment
as some of you know, i had an interview yesterday......
well just got off the phone and i got the job...
so i work for the abbey national :D:D:D:D
as some of you know, i had an interview yesterday......
well just got off the phone and i got the job...
so i work for the abbey national :D:D:D:DNo No, Did they not tell you it is the "ABBEY" now.:)
paulyoung666
24-10-2003, 17:59
as some of you know, i had an interview yesterday......
well just got off the phone and i got the job...
so i work for the abbey national :D:D:D:D
nice one bexy , really pleased for you , no doubt you will be out on the :drunk: tonight then , have one for me :)
No No, Did they not tell you it is the "ABBEY" now.:)
good point must remember that :dunce:
cheers paul
good point must remember that :dunce:
Yes, I hope it goes well for you, any chance of a loan,:naughty:
Yes, I hope it goes well for you, any chance of a loan,:naughty:
can do u a good deal on loans ;)
I applied to Google, Inc. for my next job (Jan - April 2004).... *Crosses fingers*
Here is the cover letter I attached with my resume, university transcript, and letters of reference:
http://home.cogeco.ca/~johannj/GoogleCoverLetter.doc
I applied to Google, Inc. for my next job (Jan - April 2004).... *Crosses fingers*
Here is the cover letter I attached with my resume, university transcript, and letters of reference:
http://home.cogeco.ca/~johannj/GoogleCoverLetter.doc
:rofl: very good ...
zoombini
06-11-2003, 12:58
So you wont be getting the job then..:D
I cant say what my job is, because its so long since I actually did any work that I cannot remember what I'm supposed to be doing here..
Apart from hiding behind a really big monitor so no-one else can see what I am doing..lol
*nudge* got any spare laptops? (or jobs for that matter) ;)
Alas no on both counts...Not that you'd want one of our laptops! (or even the job!) - Umm why do I work there!
:banghead:
Full time - Head of a support team for one division within Experian Ltd.
Part time - Forum moderator and partial server support for a certain digital listings program.
i'm unemployed and have few transferable skills. i would like to become a installer. what entry level qualifications would i need? i'm in my 30's so apprenticeship are out.
thanks in advance.
i'm unemployed and have few transferable skills. i would like to become a installer. what entry level qualifications would i need? i'm in my 30's so apprenticeship are out.
thanks in advance.
I think you would be best looking here rather than a 7 year old thread.
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/22/33628129-i-have-job-interview-tomorrow-virgin-page-12.html#post35127293
Also check out the Careers page on the Virginmedia website here http://careers.virginmedia.com/
LOL, a thread from the dead. :)
Mind you, I wonder how many of the posters in this are still in the same job ?
I didnt post, but back then I was a Systems Support Engineer, now Im a Senior Software Engineer for a different company.
I've just decided to get a new job ,it will be resurrecting the oldest thread i can find on cf :D
i'm a install tech with a third company to virgin media .
also have been a team manager for the same company
"i will say this i do know how to do my job and i do know what i'm talking about"
i'm like a sponge more info happier i am
Tezcatlipoca
25-11-2010, 20:38
LOL, a thread from the dead. :)
Mind you, I wonder how many of the posters in this are still in the same job ?
I work for a biotech company in Cambridge.
I used to be a Research Technician, until I got made redundant this summer & then re-hired as a "Production Scientist". Same pay, but actually a lot more interesting than what I used to do.
Sort of the same company (my side went its own way, before the parent company got bought out, & later died).
Now a Senior Scientist. Lot more responsibility than before.
AntiSilence
25-11-2010, 22:01
Electronics repair engineer, programmer and pro beer drinker :) lol
Wasn't on CF in 2003 (but I was a Head of Technology for a Financial Services company) - IT Director now.
Ignitionnet
26-11-2010, 11:55
Wow.
2003 I would have been a Network Support Engineer working for ntl: Networks on the core network and CMTS side of things.
A couple of jobs down the line ;) I work as a Level 3 Escalation Engineer for a WAN Optimisation company.
grandmaster
26-11-2010, 13:12
2003 : Helpdesk Op.
2010: Lead Support Analyst.....
2003 - Listened to people moan down a phone at me.
2010 - Listen to people moan at me face to face.
Not sure if thats a good thing or not. :erm: :D
Think of it this way ... when you were in the call centre, and people on the phone threatened to come round your house and knife you/burn the place down/etc, how many of them did you have the pleasure of taking downtown and booking? ;)
Think of it this way ... when you were in the call centre, and people on the phone threatened to come round your house and knife you/burn the place down/etc, how many of them did you have the pleasure of taking downtown and booking? ;)
Down the phone you didn't have to face their BO and general mankiness though but yeah the benefits of being able to huckle someone can't be understated. :)
Blimey, that's a hell of a bump!
2003 - Specifications Officer for a major seafood company
2004 - Assistant QA Technologist for a large distribution company
2008 - back to the major seafood company as 'Creations Manager' (basically a Project Manager)
2009 - buggers made me redundant, so I ended up at a competitor seafood company as Assistant Technical Manager
2010 - still at that company, but now QA Manager
:)
Blimey, that's a hell of a bump!
2003 - Specifications Officer for a major seafood company
2004 - Assistant QA Technologist for a large distribution company
2008 - back to the major seafood company as 'Creations Manager' (basically a Project Manager)
2009 - buggers made me redundant, so I ended up at a competitor seafood company as Assistant Technical Manager
2010 - still at that company, but now QA Manager
:)
Nearly the same, except you are taller ;)
2003 - Specifications Officer for a major seafood company
2008 - buggers made me redundant
2008 - QA Technologist for a large distribution company
2010 - Still at that company ...
You've got to feel sorry for Page (http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/70126-post31.html). A temporary suspension of more than seven years seems a tad harsh to me...
Tech_Boy
27-11-2010, 20:12
I also was not a member of CF back in 2003, but back then I was working as Technical support for NTL, then outsourced to Inept Business Management /Moronpower, in total I did 6 years of broadband support, then 6 months of ADSL support which was not proper teching, but then again ADSL aint proper broadband ;-} .
5 months of unemployment.
Now I am enjoying working as a Tech for a company that provides outsourced support, and values it's staff.
I was not a member in 2003 either but at that time I was an Order Picker for Sainsbury's then B&Q and after that I delivered decking around the country, I found that I had a worn hip so while off sick I applied to Virginmedia in 2007 and became a call centre agent.
Rather a diverse selection of jobs but all good fun.
haydnwalker
27-11-2010, 20:50
I was not a member in 2003 but my work history as follows
2001 = Sales Assistant for TJ Hughes
2003 = 1 year contract in low level IT support at my university (while studying)
2004 = IT Technician for my old high school (work placement)
2005 = Junior IT Tech for local NHS trust
2006 - Present = Senior IT Tech for same local NHS Trust
Not a particularly exciting employment history...I'm currently looking for something a bit more challenging :)
I'm currently a production operator for a large industrial inkjet printhead manufacturer, currently running a Tamarack laser ablating the print head nozzles as well as assembly, most of this work is done in a cleanroom environment.
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