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What is your career history?

  • 16-01-2014 11:21PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 157 ✭✭


    Just out of interest, what jobs have you worked in the past, and are you where you would like to be?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,822 ✭✭✭Chazz Michael Michaels


    Just out of interest, what jobs have you worked in the past, and are you where you would like to be?

    You first


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,487 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    Boxer, mascot, astronaut, baby proofer, imitation Krusty, truck driver, hippie, plow driver, food critic, conceptual artist, grease salesman, carny, mayor, grifter, body guard for the mayor, country western manager, garbage commissioner, mountain climber, farmer, inventor, Smithers, Poochie, celebrity assistant, power plant worker, fortune cookie writer, beer baron, Kwik-E-Mart clerk, homophobe, and missionary, but protecting people, that gives me the best feeling of all


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 157 ✭✭FudgeBrownie


    You first

    Warehouse and deliveries, shop, tourism, shop, office job.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,071 ✭✭✭keithsfleet


    Originally I was a farmers son.
    Went on to report for a small local newspaper.
    Then on to the big schmoke to report for a bigger paper where I made quiet the stir after catching an exclusive, also met the love of my life there.

    Saved a few lives before and after.

    Now my life is a delicate balance of keeping my secret life of saving lives away from my journalism side.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 898 ✭✭✭petrolcan


    Fuel injection engineer, visual technician, student, government artist, **** clearer upper, deputy **** clearer upper, chief **** clearer upper, demented granny watcher, facilities manager, government artist, house husband, retail facilitator, personal assistant.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 24,608 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    Lounge boy, slaughter house, defense forces, bouncer, bar man.

    Where would I like to be in the future?... Millionaire lotto winner.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,308 ✭✭✭downonthefarm


    EFF off copper wouldn't ask me that


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14,311 ✭✭✭✭weldoninhio


    Supermarket, Chinese Takeaway, Dept of Foreign Affairs, Recruitment, Bank Call Centre.

    I'd like to be anywhere other than call centre in the future.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,061 ✭✭✭keith16


    First I was a tiger, a snake, a Clod, a goat with a hat, then me.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,487 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    keith16 wrote: »
    First I was a tiger, a snake, a Clod, a goat with a hat, then me.

    Hoo, a tapeworm, then assistant to Lorne Michaels! It's going to be a rough couple of lifetimes.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,377 ✭✭✭Colash


    Carpenter , welder , gym instructor , security guard


  • Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 78,543 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Started working the petrol pumps on a Saturday, then got a job as a school cleaner. During the school holidays I would work on a farm. Then I trained to be an accountant. Eventually I became a CMod on Boards, which I'm happy with;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 970 ✭✭✭yawhat!


    In my dream job at 23 so cant complain :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,061 ✭✭✭keith16


    Beasty wrote: »
    Eventually I became a CMod on Boards, which I'm happy with;)

    Aha. So that's the source of your fabulous wealth :p


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom


    Grasscare operative.
    Soldier.
    Spokesman for Ping Pong Paddles .
    Co-owner of a Shrimp boat.
    Investor.
    Philanthropist.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,473 ✭✭✭Wacker The Attacker


    I'm 36 and am on my fourth college degree.

    I've been a claims handler for 14 years.

    I've a degree in Journalism and have worked as a part time and freelance writer. I've also recently qualified as an accountant and hope to get into this line of work soon. I also have a degree in mathematics and hope to start a master in actuarial science later this year. I develop websites part time also and gained a IT based degree. I did a professional insurance qualification also/


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,250 ✭✭✭✭castletownman


    1996: Club under-8's football team
    1998: Club under-10's football and hurling teams
    1999-2000: Club under-12's football and hurling team and school's Rackard League hurling and football teams
    2000-2002: Club under-14's football and hurling teams
    2002-2004: Club juvenile football and hurling teams
    2003-2006: Club minor football and hurling teams
    2006-2009: Club under 21 football team and junior football team

    Retired in 2010 due to injury.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,798 ✭✭✭Mr. Incognito


    LinkedIn?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 680 ✭✭✭AllthingsCP


    Factory Worker- Shop Worker- Defence Force- Security- Garage Owner- Security Contactor- Daddy


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,396 ✭✭✭Frosty McSnowballs


    Leaflet slave
    Lounge boy
    Furniture/bedding shop staff
    Soldier

    In the future, it want to have my own deli/diner with Man vs Food style grub.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,634 ✭✭✭Aint Eazy Being Cheezy


    My first ever job, at 11 years old was a ballboy for Drogheda United, I got £2 punt a game, along with a cup of hot soup or bovril. I couldn't even afford to rent a Sega megadrive game on the way home, I'd be 50p short.

    Still my favourite job of the whole lot though :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 157 ✭✭FudgeBrownie


    In the future, it want to have my own deli/diner with Man vs Food style grub.

    That would be amazing! Proper man portions every day.:pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,080 ✭✭✭✭Maximus Alexander


    In no particular order , leaving out specifics - barista, shop assistant, landscape gardener, operations advisor, telesales, door to door sales, ski lift operator, IT analyst, software developer. I think I missed some.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,820 ✭✭✭Archeron


    Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,061 ✭✭✭keith16


    LinkedIn?

    Mr. Incongnito has been a member of boards.ie for the last 7 years. During this time, he quickly ascended to the rank of "moderator". His impressive posting style has played a key role in maintaining office morale in numerous forums.

    More recently, Mr. Incognito gained over 100 "thanks" for one of his more insightful posts, which dispelled the absolute bollox that a junior boards.ie poster was spouting.

    I would have no hesitation in recommending Mr. Incognito for moderating, and perhaps even "C" moderating of any forum. He is a terrific team player and I always found him very approachable.

    "Keith16" endorses "Mr. Incognito" for the following skills:

    - Talking on the internet
    - Moderation
    - Wearing pants
    - Laughter
    - Getting "thanks"
    - Replying to threads
    - Chasing girls


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    My job is so fcuking unbelievable. I’ll try to sum it up by first telling you about the folks I work:

    First, there is this supermodel wanna-be chick. Yeah, okay, she is pretty hot, but damn is she completely useless. The girl is constantly fixing her hair or putting on makeup. She is extremely self-centered and has never once considered the needs or wants of anyone but herself. She is as dumb as a box of rocks, and I still find it surprising that she has enough brain power to continue to breathe.

    The next chick is completely the opposite. She might even be one of the smartest people on the planet. Her career oppertunities are endless, and yet she is here with us. She is a zero on a scale of 1 to 10. I’m not sure she even showers, much less shaves her “womanly” parts. I think she might be a lesbian, because every time we drive by the hardware store, she moans like a cat in heat.

    But the jewel of the crowd has got to be the stoner. And this guy is more than just your average pothead. In fact, he is baked before he comes to work, during work, and I’m sure after work. He probably hasn’t been sober anytime in the last ten years, and he’s only 22. He dresses like a beatnik throwback from the 1960’s, and to make things worse, he brings this massive dog to work. Every fcuking day I have to look at this huge Great Dane walk around half-stoned from the second-hand smoke. Hell, sometimes I even think it’s trying to talk with its constant bellowing. Also, both of them are constantly hungry, requiring multiple stops to McDonalds and Burger King, every single day.

    Anyway, I drive these idiots around in my van and we solve mysteries and sh*t. *




    * I do not claim credit for this.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,489 ✭✭✭Yamanoto


    Archeron wrote: »
    Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy.

    :)?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 906 ✭✭✭JohnFalstaff


    A medical student, an oarsman, a tenor, an amateur actor, a shouting politician, a small landlord, a small investor, a drinker, a good fellow, a storyteller, somebody’s secretary, something in a distillery, a taxgatherer, a bankrupt and at present a praiser of his own past.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Galwayguy35


    Farm labourer

    Labourer on building sites

    Factory work

    Warehouse


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,352 ✭✭✭naughtysmurf


    The missus is a test pilot in a broom factory :p


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