What is your profession

sgross75 · 16-01-2009 4:36pm #1

Just really to find out what sort of people listen to metal / rock....I am an accountant - really heavy metal...lol:D

KTRIC · 16-01-2009 4:39pm

Computer engineer. I find there's a lot of metal fans in IT for some strange reason.

bigbadcon · 16-01-2009 4:41pm

Software Developer. What is it with IT and Metal....

DLiam007 · 16-01-2009 4:46pm

I'm a Sales & Marketing Manager. I love Metallica. The S&M albumn is the best

fobster · 16-01-2009 4:51pm

KTRIC wrote: »

Computer engineer. I find there's a lot of metal fans in IT for some strange reason.

It's because traditional metalhead stereotypes of being lazy, incompetent and hairy are the sought-after traits of IT staff :P

And what better way to take down the System from the inside!

Oh and I am a suit-wearing bank monkey.

KTRIC · 16-01-2009 4:59pm

fobster wrote: »

And what better way to take down the System from the inside!

F*ck , how'd you find out about that !!! Thats a trade IT/Metal head secret :cool:

Pugsley · 16-01-2009 5:08pm

Civil Engineer :pac:
Most of the metal folk around here would be in the IT trade though, metal and computers just seem to get along (might be all the metal in a PC).

120_Minutes · 16-01-2009 7:04pm

retail, although i want to work in IT. and i dont listen to much (modern) metal as i think its ****e.

galwayrush · 16-01-2009 7:05pm

Self employed Joiner, got a sound system in the workshop, brother's into seriously heavy stuff so we mix and play what we both like.Loud.:cool:

Rockee · 16-01-2009 8:20pm

Full time dreamer...;)

lord lucan · 16-01-2009 8:22pm

i work in retail. not many metal heads where i work sadly:(

DenMan · 16-01-2009 8:25pm

Am now a full time student and also work as a graphic designer and also am involved in film/tv in production, writer, stills photographer and occasional English language tutor.

merlinsmerryman · 16-01-2009 8:43pm

Car sales.

Dublin Spur · 16-01-2009 9:57pm

Insurance - ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Thank God for Rock n'Roll, keeps me from going insane !!

rainbow kirby · 17-01-2009 12:12am

Final year Computer Science student. +1 for nerdy metal fans.

Nightwish · 17-01-2009 12:31am

Recruitment Officer in the public service

My office consists of pop tarts who love listening to Today fm/2fm all day and because I hate all that sh!t, I'm the weird one

:(

DenMan · 17-01-2009 12:35am

omg Nightwish.........

Can't you request some decent radio time at work for yourself? (to stay sane) Maybe listen to some online radio stations yourself?

Today FM and 2FM......my condolences.

nyarlothothep · 17-01-2009 1:12am

I worked as a TEFL teacher, ugh not a pleasant job...most of the others didn't like metal except one chick, she was cool. Aspiring to be either an academic or a computer graphics artist, I'm not sure at the moment but in any case its back to the promised land (college). I don't understand, metal is self evidently amazing, everyone should be made like it.

feylya · 17-01-2009 1:50am

I work in IT and I'm the metal one in the company. I was even deemed the Head Of Metal \o/

Seraphicblue · 17-01-2009 2:55am

did you get a shiny hat?
a personalised mug?
ANYTHING?!!!

forbairt · 17-01-2009 8:20am

As the sig maybe suggests ... Web Dev / Graphics / Design / Space Monkey ....

Most people think I've got pretty weird music taste though

.. it'll go from scooter to Fear Factory depending on my mood and what I'm doing. If I'm working it'll usually be some form of trance / goa / psy type music as I find the lyrics distract me a fair bit so I listen to repetitive music a lot and drink WAY too much caffeine.

Nea · 17-01-2009 11:25am

Computer Engineer also but have never worked with anyone else into metal.

forbairt · 17-01-2009 11:52am

Thinking about it I've never really worked with anyone into metal .. in my last company I was working with a guy who used play in a band called "Sonic Violence" and they had some weird industrial / metal type stuff in the uk in the erm late 80's / 90's I think ... very cool guy made working in the company worthwhile

- bo - · 18-01-2009 9:53pm

Nightwish wrote: »

Recruitment Officer in the public service

My office consists of pop tarts who love listening to Today fm/2fm all day and because I hate all that sh!t, I'm the weird one :(

Have to sympathise there hah, Im a student but work part-time in a bakery and I work mainly right beside the radio which is on Q102 most of the time

brendansmith · 18-01-2009 10:05pm

I work in construction.........the in office type construction work.
No one listens to metal in my line of work.

Malice · 18-01-2009 10:21pm

Nightwish wrote: »

Recruitment Officer in the public service

My office consists of pop tarts who love listening to Today fm/2fm all day and because I hate all that sh!t, I'm the weird one :(

A few years ago I was in Systems Administration above a factory so we used to get the daytime radio piped in over speakers into the office. I was often in first so I used to go to the volume control and lower it so that you could just about hear the radio but you could easily filter it out as just background noise.
I really grew to detest the inane chatter and repeated playlists of daytime radio and I was only in that job for six months.

fobster wrote: »

It's because traditional metalhead stereotypes of being lazy, incompetent and hairy are the sought-after traits of IT staff :P

I dunno about being lazy and incompetent but I'm definitely hairy and I'm also a computer programmer so I'd have to be a metal head wouldn't I?

mp3guy · 18-01-2009 10:59pm

2nd year Computer Science & Software Engineering student here. Though I listen to a lot of different metal, it's not solely what I listen to.

Tech3 · 19-01-2009 3:11am

electroic technician.

Malice · 19-01-2009 9:18am

mp3guy wrote: »

Though I listen to a lot of different metal, it's not solely what I listen to.

That's a good point which I left out of my previous post. If I'm trying to concentrate in work, sometimes metal can be too distracting. I'll start nodding my head or tapping out the drum beat with my hands and feet

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Ambient or classical music can be great for just filtering out the noise of others in the office but not requiring any concentration to listen to it.

Burning Eclipse · 19-01-2009 10:18am

Nightwish wrote: »

Recruitment Officer in the public service

My office consists of pop tarts who love listening to Today fm/2fm all day and because I hate all that sh!t, I'm the weird one :(

Maybe you're 'the weird one' because the 'pop tarts' know that that's what you think of them :rolleyes:

I'm a researcher, but do some part-time teaching in 3rd level too. I like metal, but mainly I'm a classic rock listener.

starflake · 19-01-2009 10:24am

I work in a call centre and there's about 12 of us in total.. 4 of us are into metal.. last job was similar and there was alot of metal heads.. I think call centres draw in metal heads too!

Ronan|Raven · 19-01-2009 11:06am

I am a welder. Primarily welding large steel beams of various tonnage. Heavy Metal in every sense of the word

Prezatch · 21-01-2009 1:15pm

Accountant - not very metal

lurrrvs2sp00ge · 21-01-2009 1:35pm

helicopter, and i love my metal

rainbow kirby · 21-01-2009 2:01pm

starflake wrote: »

I work in a call centre and there's about 12 of us in total.. 4 of us are into metal.. last job was similar and there was alot of metal heads.. I think call centres draw in metal heads too!

Strange, I used to work in a call centre and almost nobody who I worked with was into metal.

PainIsTemporary · 23-01-2009 10:27pm

Teacher and I listen to Metal/Hardcore ... rare breed in my line of work

Motley Crue · 24-01-2009 10:00am

rainbow kirby wrote: »

Strange, I used to work in a call centre and almost nobody who I worked with was into metal.

strange, because when I used to work in a call centre it was the complete opposite, and everyone was into Metal, and we'd all head to Fibbers after work on a Thur...good times lol....

I love Rock and Metal and I'm a Freelance Radio Producer/Presenter, which I know sounds glamorous but believe me its hard bloody work...and sometimes it rains and sometimes it stops for weeks....but I wouldn't change it for the world. Above all other things Ive my own show on Edinburgh radio which allows me to play whatever the hell I like once a week!