What do you do for a crust?

Khannie

i.e.....What's your job? (student bum counts)

Me: Software engineer, currently transitioning from poacher to gamekeeper (i.e. to manager type)

Anti

Sysadmin/Server engineer.

irlrobins

Management Consultant focusing on technology integration.

Sherifu

Researcher/Programmer/Tester

DracusWolf

Information Analyst...quitin to start masters in computer forensics and security.

mik_da_man

Oracle Consultant, Mainly functional consultant stuff....

Same As

Student for another while yet!

Khannie

Any non-geeks out there?

Same As: What are you studying?

Same As

Khannie wrote: »

Any non-geeks out there?

Same As: What are you studying?

Lol

Doing a degree in Commerce,another while til I'll have to be worrying about a job,by the time I finish, me and my fellow graduates will be trusted with rebuillding the economy after this so called "recession"...Talk about a burden!

Cuddlesworth

Eating, sleeping poop machine. I'm sure I was hired to do something else, but this is what my day has come down to.

Shiny

Student (Qualified in Electronic Engineering) soon to start masters
in Telecommunications. :cool:

calex71

Unemployed here - will work for food @ this stage

Jonathan

Student.

youcancallmeal

IT sys admin
- Still enjoying what I do after 3 years of it

C14N

secondry school student i.e. the only computer education I've ever gotten is how to use basic word and excel functions so anything I know about computers I've had to figure out myself (would explain why I'm not much good at them)

Kali

Sysadmin for ~6 years (5 jobs) just promoted last week to Network Manager.

jesus_thats_gre

Work in an operations environment looking after numerous vms, unix and windows platforms that make up the billing system of a telecoms company. Been here about 4 years now. Not so much a technical role (have a BSc in Computing though), more about knowing the ins and outs of a massive system that have evolved over about 15 years.

cornbb

Developer, working on audio tools for Mac and Windows.

seamus

I make sure that Cuddlesworth gets his naps and poops on time.

When I'm not doing that I analyse stuff, like an analyst or something.

Tom Dunne

mik_da_man wrote: »

Oracle Consultant, Mainly functional consultant stuff....

Snap. Oracle consultant here too.

I don't know what functional consultant is, I just do DBA and App server stuff.

440Hz

Uhhmmm Audio Developer with lots of bits thrown in - currently Instructional Design of all things! On the hunt for a new job though... PM me, gwan im nice

uberpixie

It: deskside support for a financial institution

First "proper" IT job since college after 2 years of sodding call centres.

SolarNexus

Student in Software Systems, NCI :rolleyes:

PogMoThoin

Work for a Wireless Internet Service Provider.

ethernet

IT student

Spear

uberpixie wrote: »

It: deskside support for a financial institution

First "proper" IT job since college after 2 years of sodding call centres.

It's not Davey's is it?

Anyhow, I do network engineer/webcasting, mostly of sports events. Naturally I hate sports, as does everyone else I work with.

Anti

Kali wrote: »

Sysadmin for ~6 years (5 jobs) just promoted last week to Network Manager.

Congrats

Now gimmeh a job

cance

Senior systems administrator for a telecoms company.

Stephen

Another operations tech/sysadmin/jack of all trades here.

trout

Developer for 2 years, test & localisation for 2 years, Lotus & Exchange admin for 3 years, NT/*Nix sysadmin for 7 years, Internet for 4 years, now winging it in Information Security.

Yes ... I'm sort of a job slut. If I had to pick one term ... it would be IT Gangster

Soundman

Head Sound Engineer in one of the larger venues in Dublin.

mathias

Electronics Engineer , Currently specialising in interfaces , previously specialising in Test Equipment , and Semiconductor test and manufacturing equipment.

conzy

Student - Starting 1st year Computer Science in TCD in October

partyatmygaff

Student - Steals 1 euro coins from abandoned trolleys in car parks

Tar.Aldarion

Just finished electonic & computer engineering degree and don't know what to do, feel like I know nothing.

Col_Loki

Systems Admin, Programming Degree + 2 exams left for an MCSE.

uberpixie

Spear wrote: »

It's not Davey's is it?

Anyhow, I do network engineer/webcasting, mostly of sports events. Naturally I hate sports, as does everyone else I work with.

nah not Davys, I still have a job for the moment....

I take it you are in setanta? Did an interview for them once, a ****e one at that.

vibe666

some general 3rd level support, sysadmin.

my official title is "Tier III Advanced European Server Support" but I just robbed that off the email sig of the bloke i took over from and I have no idea what it really means. sounds kinda cool tho.

quite proud of the fact that i did bad at school and dropped out of college due to lack of funds and am still doing alright.

I'd also be the first to admit I'd still be answering phones in a callcentre if it wasn't for the one thing I did learn to do really well over the years which is "advanced googling".

I think the stereophonics said it best. just enough education to perform.

dhaddock

I'm an unemployed computer science student.

I make money here and there doing odd computer jobs for anyone who will pay me

Cuddlesworth

dhaddock wrote: »

I'm an unemployed computer science student.

I make money here and there doing odd computer jobs for anyone who will pay me

I think I have a spare pair of knee pads around here.

vibe666

dhaddock wrote: »

I'm an unemployed computer science student.

I make money here and there doing odd computer jobs for anyone who will pay me

lol, the digital pimp hard at work.

dhaddock

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

I think I have a spare pair of knee pads around here.

yes! another client

BrokenArrows

tech support guy. but im the guy that actually knows what hes talking about....well most of the time anyway.

60% of the time i know everything all the time.

but seriously i have to get into something more specialised. I have a degree in software development but i tried to write a basic c++ program last week for something and i couldnt get it to work. in 3 years you forget everything.

also as a tech support guy i have far too much access to people systems. its funny to think that in only a few short minutes i could run alot of peoples day.

they better start paying me more........or else!

PogMoThoin

BrokenArrows wrote: »

tech support guy. but im the guy that actually knows what hes talking about....well most of the time anyway.

Like this guy

BlackWizard

Just finished up from a computer science course. I've a interview in three weeks and I'm already a bit nervous.

Khannie

BlackWizard wrote: »

Just finished up from a computer science course. I've a interview in three weeks and I'm already a bit nervous.

You'll be grand. Grad interviews tend to focus on the basics. What's the position?

Tar.Aldarion

Basics such as? Give us an interview.

Kinetic^

Accounts. Fùcking fail of a job!!!!!! :rolleyes:

Tar.Aldarion

Sounds like hell.

Skyz

student bum is the way forward:D

Khannie

Tara Le d'Arion wrote: »

Basics such as? Give us an interview.

Hehe. I have interviewed grads before alright....for software eng. job. The basics includes:

what is inheritance, yada yada
then you'd go on to more complex stuff to weed out the really good people. One java question that I used was: What's the difference between an "int and an Integer"?

Fairly simple algorithmic test as well. Don't let nerves get to you at this point. Something even vaguely approaching reasonable logic = win.