my new job, what does everyone else do ?

[striking]

Started working for Stegbar Door and Windows as an installation supervisor

company car and phone not bad for a 23 yr old bloke I rekon
been a little busy and neglecting the forum abit since the new job havent taken man photos since then but i have posted a pano in the image review and critiques section

[sirhc55]

Looking forward to many, many window shots

Congrats on the job

[kipper]

Used to be a software developer for a subcontractor that worked for Pacific Access. Worked on various Telstra related products from White Pages to WhereiS. Was made redundant shortly in 2001. Decided to get out of the industry and go back into the Electrical Industry that I originally was in.

Current employment is as an Electrician in the HVAC (Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning) Industry, but I'm more of a Draftsman / Engineer / Technician. Basically I do every thing from engineering controls for a hvac system, to designing electrical switchboards from specifications to ordering stock for construction.

[Onyx]

I have no fixed job title. I get up and wander into this online retailer's office whenever I feel like it, browse the forums, answer emails, etc until the rest of the world wakes up.

I have access to the most expensive photographic gear from all the leading brands, getting to play with them when I have the time. And occasionally get extremely frustrated having to deal with certain nuisance 'customers', but on the whole it's dealing with computers and helping other people get along with theirs, language barriers fully raised.

[MHD]

Doing my PhD in High temperature plasma Physics and doing some occasional teahcers

[Onyx]

...and doing some occasional teahcers

Does your wife know about this?

[striking]

that is an amazing how vastness in the careers the few ppl that have replied have,

i better give more detail opn myself

I started life out as a carpenter, then i joined the army as an Infantrtman,
during the last 2 years i was in the army i studied my residential and small commercial builders liscnece at night, now i am supervising with stegbar

[Catcha]

Might join in as well, worked in the hospitality industry doing restaurants and bar, got out of it and did some stints with retail sales with Chandlers back then and work for Holden as a used car sales person. Got out of the car industry as it wasn't an honest industry to work in. Went into the casino industry as a pokies Attendant at MGM Grand Casino and moved onto being a Casino Cashier counting hundreds and thousands of dollars which I wish was mine, which is currently where I am at the present moment.

[stormygirl]

I have a Diploma in Beauty Therapy, and worked in the industry for 10 years at the same Hairdressing Salon. I really should have got out earlier as the boss is a complete seagull (flies in, makes a lot of noise, craps on everything and then leaves!).

I was trying to get my long service leave, but decided to have a baby instead and missed out by a couple of months (damn shame!)

I now have 2 beautiful children and stay at home with them (a hard job with no pay! I'm on call 24/7!). I have since become an internet junkie, and would LOVE more time to go out with my new shiny D70!

[Geoff]

Hello,
I'm a Clinical Nurse Specialist working in Intensive Care, been nursing for 6 years and in ICU for 5. Love the job, but not the hours. So now I'm trying to get into the wedding photography businsess so that I can nurse part time, that woudl be awesome! Loving photography, the D70 and this forum. I too am finding it difficult to keep up and not miss anything important that goes by on here.


Geoff.

[christiand]

Well,
a very long time ago, I became a reprographical (reproductional) photographer.
That was when manual processing in the darkroom and manual retouching was the go.
We would get a pile of colour slides, a layout and some instructions.
We would then as a team of 6 or so, retouching personal as well as me, go through the motions of colour seperation and layering the images, so that the end result could hit the printing machines and produce fashion and other catalogues.
Back then I started to use programmable calculators such as an HP90 to calculate curves for films and some densitrometry stuff.
I finally passed my 3.5 year apprenticeship and became a reprographical photographer.
Then a bit later on (some years later ) I started to do an apprenticeship in office information engineering (back then repairing electronic typewriters, photo copiers etc)
I the got into repairing home computers at chip level (such as the good old Commodore V20 and C64, amiga 500, amiga 1000 and amiga 2000).
I continued into repairing PC's (good old IBM PC with 64KB memory)
Then 286 and 386 systems.
I then got into networking with Novell, starting with version 2.00.
Eventually became a Novell CNE and maintained the certification until version 5.
After having been a senior technical consultant for many years with private companies, I am now the systems manager for a government department involved with health.

Cheers
CD

[Matt. K]

christiand
Thanks for the interesting insight. So what made you turn to photography as a form of expression?

[BBJ]

Might as well add my bit, i started out as a timber worker as it is the main industry around here. I then got into cooking and worked as an ass chef in a local hotel here but got sick of the hours and 7 days a week.
I then discovered trucks and was hauling logs for awhile and then went to driving coaches doing tour stuff and around Victoria and here in SA. Went carting sheep and cattle for awhile and back to living in the truck. Got sick of that after awhile and settled back at home again, became internet junkie, did course in IT & system admin, and well now i drive a truck casual delivering concrete for house slabs etc. So i get time to spend on photography as when i work i start at like 6am and i finish early so works out well.
Cheers
John
BBJ

[Alex]

I work as a research industrial chemist.

Alex

[christiand]

Hi Matt,

I have been attracted to and have been practising photography since I was 12.
However I have also been taking long breakes for several years in between.
Why , I'm attracted to photography I don't realy know, it happened and I cannot tell why.
This is turning into almost a spiritual question.
I would love to capture the CHI, the spirit, the essence, the presence, the magic of the moment if I can.
That is what I love about photography and what I'd love to capture.
I admire the people who can.
Trying to capture the essence in life, or a very close monent is the challenge.
I guess amongst experimenting, that is what I am trying to do.

Matt, why are you in this ?

Cheers
CD

[Nnnnsic]

I'm a techie (could you tell?) and work as a graphic editor, tech support, tech trainer, digital press solution expert, and all around tech guru at Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery.
I'm not entirely sure I like the job much anymore so I'm looking around for something else.

I can't wait 'till the end of May so I can stick the bloody letters "BFA" behind my name and look for a job doing photography.

[mic]

I am Wonder Womans personel Golden Lasso Polisher, I have access to all her Super Suits. Sometimes I play dress ups and I invite Marcus around and we Lasso Villians.

WoW

That sounds Sick

No I'm a Retail Store Manager that sells Fitness Equipment to very unfit overweight people and tries to make them live a lot longer.

I really prefer my 1st Job description.

Oh well, I'm off to find my Invisible Jet, now where is that thing.

Mic.

[sirhc55]

Crikey - did not read the post heading properly

Presently a Graphic Designer.

Started with a doctrate in Organic chemistry and as such worked with the US Navy on special projects (not nice, so that’s where I end that career).

Have worked in the camera and hifi retail industry in the UK as well as here in Australia - 6 years with Dick Smith and have been in Graphic Design since 1977.

[agriffiths]

Wow this is really interesting! What an amazing diversity we have here!

I started out as a draftsman drawing and building models for an Architect in Melbourne. It was one of the coolest jobs I've been in but the pay was lousy so I had to find something else to pay the bills / debts.

Got a job drawing sketches of real estate for an advertising agency but soon discovered that the whole real estate advertising industry was corupt... my appologies to anyone currently employed in this industry. 5 years and a head of grey hair later I decided that I'd had enough.

I cut my losses and decided to help out with the family business in the area of disaster recovery and IT consultancy for the insurance industry. I now run my own business in conjunction with the family company and regularily find myself surfing this forum instead of doing work

Andrew.

[redline]

Currently working at a small hotel which helps pays the bills
But I also have a Bsc in Biochemist and now doing a photography diploma to help my crappy studio lighting skills.

I don't have much repect for science anymore after working at one of the worst run lab in Victoria(own by orica of course). But at least I realised its not to late to try something eles.

[Geoff Marland]

Just for a bit of variety to all the other interesting jobs from other members, I am a payroll administrator for a motor vehicle dealership in Sydney, commute from the Central Coast by train every day. People ask me how I can commute day after day but I just settle back and relax and read, sleep on the way in the mornings like most of the other commuters.

I try to log on to the forum during the day when I can grab a few minutes to myself and the boss is not looking for me.

Photography has been my hobby for quite a few years now, started when I was about 10 helping my older brother develop and print black and white films in the laundry tub. From there I graduated to taking my own photos and 35mm slides but when I decided to get married and son came along that became colour negative films. Now d70 and digital of course.

[MHD]

...and doing some occasional teahcers

Does your wife know about this?

hahahahaha
oops!

[Nnnnsic]

I was going to comment... but Onyx beat me to it.

[Hlop]

Hi,

I started my career as computer lab technician in 1990, then wasted couple of years in the army, then returned to Uni and got my BS in CS. Now I'm working as a network and security administrator for hi-tech company

[big pix]

Hi all

After 38 years working in commerical Photography I am now semi retired. During this time I have worked in Commerical studios and Advertising Agencys in house photographic studios. I have had my own commerical photographic business with in-house B&W and color lab for R3 color prints and Transparency processing for over 25 years. I have now moved to digital and love the ease of producing images onto different medium.

cheers
Big Pix

[Mal]

Started life Nursing in Cardiac at the SAN hospital in Sydney, my "other" hobby took off and I became a full time Puppeteer. Work for a company based in Hornsby doing Creative "things" as well as working on TV for 12 years doing puppets for the ABC and Nickelodeon.

[Nnnnsic]

The puppeteering job sounds like it could be a lot of fun.

[mic]

Arn't you doing that now Leigh ?

Pulling Strings

Mic.

[Mal]

Arn't you doing that now Leigh ?

Pulling Strings

Mic.

Funny Mic our company is called No Strings Attached Never liked marionettes. Only did one commercial using them. It was for an old show on channel nine. Hey Hey it's Saturday!

[striking]

wow what a great response... i cant beleive we even have a puppeter in oure midst

[Alex]

Started with a doctrate in Organic chemistry and as such worked with the US Navy on special projects (not nice, so that’s where I end that career).

Chris,

I have a doctorate in Organometallic chem. Did you study in the states or locally? Good to see another fellow chemist.

Cheers
Alex

[Alex]

Currently working at a small hotel which helps pays the bills
But I also have a Bsc in Biochemist and now doing a photography diploma to help my crappy studio lighting skills.

I don't have much repect for science anymore after working at one of the worst run lab in Victoria(own by orica of course). But at least I realised its not to late to try something eles.

Hey! Another chemist. Sounds like you made the right choice. We recently bought some business from Orica. I'm getting sick of being a chemist also. Where are you doing your photography course.

Alex

[ipv6ready]

I work at TPG Network and will get long service leave soon

I started when 9600 baud connections made you smile . Now I feel totally frustrated sitting behind a $500,000 router connected to 10Gb fibre link to the Internet

Also I moonlight on eBay selling and buying, a hobby gone mad . PS I do not have anything to do with TPG Internet so I cannot solve any issues you might have or will have or had.

But if you need a fibre connection to your house PS me.

[sirhc55]

Started with a doctrate in Organic chemistry and as such worked with the US Navy on special projects (not nice, so that’s where I end that career).

Chris,

I have a doctorate in Organometallic chem. Did you study in the states or locally? Good to see another fellow chemist.

Cheers
Alex

Hi Alex

King’s College London- worked on projects for the US Navy in London then wisked off to the states for work that I no longer wish to think about and as such discontinued all associations with chemistry back in 1969.

I now create in a new direction and it is now fun

[digitor]

Might as well add my bit, i started out as a timber worker as it is the main industry around here. I then got into cooking and worked as an ass chef in a local hotel ...
BBJ

Hmmm, that would be cooking rump steak, mostly??

Cheers

[jethro]

im a boring old graphic reproducer did my time from 76-80 and have been at it ever since. did commercial graphic photography on a 42inch horizontal dianippon camera and colour bench planned for 15 years, ran a stand alone dianippon 618 AI drum scanner for about 5 years and then started a business 15 years ago. had fun played hard learnt a lot earnt a lot and now my passion since i was a surfie boy at an early age has come back to manifest myself in an exciting way that being taking pics.

long live still pictures!

[mic]

Jethro,

I wouldn't say boring old Graphic Reproducer. I would say a Magician Of Transvestite Proportions.

Shoot It Real Like A Tranny.

[Alex]

Hi Alex

King’s College London- worked on projects for the US Navy in London then wisked off to the states for work that I no longer wish to think about and as such discontinued all associations with chemistry back in 1969.

Wow! That's a chemistry school with a very good reputation, my PhD supervisor did his postdoc there. Must have been nusty stuff you were working with there, but I won't ask you what exactly it was.


I now create in a new direction and it is now fun [/quote]

I bet. I'm getting a bit sick of chemistry now and wish I can find something more interesting, like something to do with photography (may be in the future). Hmm, I spend some time at my current work reading this forum and other things relating to photography. Gee I hope my boss doesn't read this message.

Alex

[Hlop]

I started when 9600 baud connections made you smile .

9600 was our office internet connection running on SCO Unix as a gateway but my first i-net connection was 2400 baud

[ipv6ready]

I started when 9600 baud connections made you smile .

9600 was our office internet connection running on SCO Unix as a gateway but my first i-net connection was 2400 baud

Yes it made many people smile when they upgraded to 9600 from 2400 baud

Good old BBS ..................... But then I am only 33!!!!!

[leek]

AhHah!!!!

I'll match your 2400Baud and raise you a 300Baud Acoustic Coupler...

For the younger members amongst you, that was a little magic box with a microphone and a speaker that you stuck your telephone handset into... It contained lots of foam rubber and the lid clamped shut, elimating background noise and allowing you to reach that magic top speed of 300Baud...

This was used on a teletype that had a paper tape input device...

We used to write our BASIC programs on coding sheets. Take turns to type them into the teletype in offline mode while punching paper tape. We then used to dial the magic number on the phone - play the paper tape down the line and then wait (very, very) patiently for the results to print out on the teletype...
We were probably sending our programs to a mainframe computer that filled a tennis court sized room...

And now dear readers, we probably have more computing power in our D70... How long ago was that??? Only 30 years...

[ipv6ready]

AhHah!!!!

And now dear readers, we probably have more computing power in our D70... How long ago was that??? Only 30 years...

Don't put down the D70

Seriously looking back 10 years, what do you think will happen in 2 years........Nikon with full frame CMOS......and all those....DX.....

but i guess that is a different thread