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What's your job now and is it what you wanted to do do?

  • 14-04-2014 11:31PM
    #1
    g.kingz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16 ✭


    I work in accounting. I got a job through a family member and still there several years later. It's not where I thought I'd be but its ok


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  • #2
    Penny Tration
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,687 ✭✭✭✭Penny Tration


    Sales and recruitment. I die a little inside each day I do it.


  • #3
    sullivlo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭sullivlo


    Scientific research. It's what I wanted and where I hopefully plan on staying for the foreseeable future.


  • #4
    dobman88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,770 ✭✭✭dobman88


    Hotel, not what I planned but working there for two years at the moment and couldn't be happier.


  • #5
    monkeysnapper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,563 ✭✭✭monkeysnapper


    g.kingz wrote: »
    I work in accounting. I got a job through a family member and still there several years later. It's not where I thought I'd be but its ok

    I think I speak on behalf of all boards posters when I say I'm really happy for you and proud you've done well in life. Keep up the good work .


  • #6
    csallmighty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 650 ✭✭✭csallmighty


    Currently unemployed. Want to be a pornstar or astronaut


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  • #7
    TPD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,813 ✭✭✭TPD


    Software development. Never really had a strong desire for any career path.


  • #8
    dobman88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,770 ✭✭✭dobman88


    csallmighty wrote: »
    Currently unemployed. Want to be a pornstar or astronaut

    Aim high :pac:


  • #9
    major bill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,421 ✭✭✭major bill


    IT Support - not something I thought I would end up in, kinda fell into it by chance 3 years ago but I enjoy it.


  • #10
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,646 ✭✭✭✭qo2cj1dsne8y4k


    Beauty Therapist.

    Wanted to be a prison officer.


  • #11
    Sugar Free
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,639 ✭✭✭Sugar Free


    Also pharma industry but very different area (non-lab, non-manufacturing) to the above poster.
    Pretty much exactly where I want to be.


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  • #12
    D1stant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,806 ✭✭✭D1stant


    I clean public toilets. I dreamt about it as a kid. Tis pure bliss


  • #13
    wazky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,516 ✭✭✭wazky


    Physic.

    Never thought I would end up being one.


  • #14
    Dr. Kenneth Noisewater
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,234 ✭✭✭Dr. Kenneth Noisewater


    Office administration. Bores the crap out of me. I'd prefer to be outside sweeping the carpark.


  • #15
    RayM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭RayM


    Unemployed. The hours are great, but the pay isn't.

    And no, it's not what I wanted to do.


  • #16
    BNMC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,231 ✭✭✭BNMC


    D1stant wrote: »
    I clean public toilets. I dreamt about it as a kid. Tis pure piss
    Better. :pac:


  • #17
    rwg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 445 ✭✭rwg


    wazky wrote: »
    Physic.

    Never thought I would end up being one.

    not with that spelling...


  • #18
    For Forks Sake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,486 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    dobman88 wrote: »
    Aim high :pac:

    Astrostar? Pornonaut?

    Giggidy.


  • #19
    Frosty McSnowballs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,396 ✭✭✭Frosty McSnowballs


    sammyjo90 wrote: »
    I really want to be you..im unemployed at the moment :(

    No ya don't.


  • #20
    20Cent
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,947 ✭✭✭20Cent


    Currently in prison.
    Want to be a prison governor so working my way up from the bottom.


  • #21
    yermandan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,070 ✭✭✭yermandan


    g.kingz wrote: »
    do do

    Heh


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  • #22
    Deco99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,642 ✭✭✭Deco99


    I cant really explain what I do. Its financial I suppose. Its not that other people would comprehend the job its that I dont really get it. Got in a 9 today. Went for breakfast at half 9-10. Went to bathroom half ten and played games on my phone. Was on boards a good bit and read papers online. Lunch for an hour til half two. Tea for half hour at 3.15. More boards and another bathroom break where I played tennis on phone and head for home bout five..... dont think I foresaw this. Smartphones werent invented I suppose


  • #23
    wazky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,516 ✭✭✭wazky


    rwg wrote: »
    not with that spelling...

    I didn't see that coming.


  • #24
    dobman88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,770 ✭✭✭dobman88


    wazky wrote: »
    Physic.

    Never thought I would end up being one.

    Is that a physicist that knows what the results will be before performing tests??

    Or is it a dyslexic psychic?

    Pick one.


  • #25
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,646 ✭✭✭✭qo2cj1dsne8y4k


    Deco99 wrote: »
    I cant really explain what I do. Its financial I suppose. Its not that other people would comprehend the job its that I dont really get it. Got in a 9 today. Went for breakfast at half 9-10. Went to bathroom half ten and played games on my phone. Was on boards a good bit and read papers online. Lunch for an hour til half two. Tea for half hour at 3.15. More boards and another bathroom break where I played tennis on phone and head for home bout five..... dont think I foresaw this. Smartphones werent invented I suppose

    Oh my god are you my ex?! If you went for lunch time pints in there, I'd have been sure you were!! He once sent me a text about his working day and it was nearly word for word your post!!


  • #26
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 18,160 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Working for an IT company providing maintenance and support for small businesses. A mixture of helpdesk, workshop and onsite work. I love it too; looking back it wasn't really my first choice but I've no complaints. :)


  • #27
    Cantremember
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,305 ✭✭✭Cantremember


    wazky wrote: »
    Physic.

    Never thought I would end up being one.

    Are you a dyslexic psychic?

    Damn! Dobman beat me to it. Retreats graciously cursing audibly under breath.


  • #28
    Jesus Wept
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    Deco99 wrote: »
    I cant really explain what I do. Its financial I suppose. Its not that other people would comprehend the job its that I dont really get it. Got in a 9 today. Went for breakfast at half 9-10. Went to bathroom half ten and played games on my phone. Was on boards a good bit and read papers online. Lunch for an hour til half two. Tea for half hour at 3.15. More boards and another bathroom break where I played tennis on phone and head for home bout five..... dont think I foresaw this. Smartphones werent invented I suppose

    Any jobs going?


  • #29
    Hello_MrFox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 201 ✭✭Hello_MrFox


    I work for a large company that makes stuff. We sell that stuff for a 5000% profit.


  • #30
    Hello_MrFox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 201 ✭✭Hello_MrFox


    Deco99 wrote: »
    I cant really explain what I do. Its financial I suppose. Its not that other people would comprehend the job its that I dont really get it. Got in a 9 today. Went for breakfast at half 9-10. Went to bathroom half ten and played games on my phone. Was on boards a good bit and read papers online. Lunch for an hour til half two. Tea for half hour at 3.15. More boards and another bathroom break where I played tennis on phone and head for home bout five..... dont think I foresaw this. Smartphones werent invented I suppose

    What branch of the government do you work for?


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  • #31
    Deco99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,642 ✭✭✭Deco99


    Our Year wrote: »
    Any jobs going?

    Well you've to be a self starter to begin with. Highly motivated and be able to structure your day productively. Its funny some days I do work and some days I do very little and nobody notices either way. I had a mars for breakfast.


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