Who does what and do you enjoy it?

[Dan85]

ok well ive come to a point in time where ive had enough of what i do(civil roads/airports designer) id like to hear about other peoples careers, what they actually do, do you enjoy it and does it pay enough to lead a comfortable life? thanks guys and girls for your input. need a change i hate sitting behind a computer 8 hours a day 5 days a week

[Greeny_SA]

Beer Plumber mate ,best job in the world. could use more money but. I had
better ask myself for a pay rise.Fitter & turner first.

[Dan85]

i do like beer......

[horndog]

Mechanic

Plant Operator, Dozers, Loaders, Trucks, shiploaders, Graders, reclaimers - good money in mining but gets real boring. Got to go FIFO or live in remote towns and do shift work.

Warehousing and supply - good money in mining if you can get the smarts on SAP and/or other ERP computer systems. Can get you back into the city life once you have the experience.

EPCM companies - Mining construction and Engineering, best money ive been on yet although it is high pressure and dependant on new projects coming on line all the time. Not much of a problem in W.A. Get to work in the city.

[humbussa]

self employed retail shop....love it! hard work but the money is getting good...

[Dan85]

humbussa what do you sell?
Horn dog i toyed with getting a job in the mines while i was in townsville but not on machinery. more in the ammonia plant in the control room out at places like phosphate etc. few jobs came up and applied and got through to the next round but left to come back to canberra. wouldnt have minded it but was leaving townsville.

[Mutha]

I enjoy my job, I have worked outdoors, nearly fifteen years now.
Been a courier for about 7 years Motorcycle & Car work.
I love being my own boss, I don't do nights,I don't do weekends and I don't do shift work.
I live central so I get to drop in at home, when I'm in the area.
Start when I like finish when I like and get on very well with all the people I work with. It helps being the only female.
There are days when I would rather be some where else, but over all I am happy with what I do for a crust.

[Bill Gaheer]

I am into Software. Oracle Applications - deploying ERP systems for Manufacturing and Distribution Org.

Currently deploying Advanced Supply Chain Planning, Oracle Demand Planning and iSupplier for a client in Sydney, have worked on various projects across the world - deployed Oracles modules around Manufacturing, Procurement. Sales, Planning and Forecasting....This was NOT the job of my choice - but love it. Pay is good - this Information Technology got me out of third world and into first world.

Now I have 2 boys and I still helps me manage the bills..God bless IT

I had my own cast iron foundry and machine shop where we use to machine heavy forging (upto 9 tons)...
That lasted for around 7 yrs and then moved to ERP and software configuration.

Love to work with diff customers - pain is endup making them friends and then when the project changes its a loss of a good friendship.

Always will recommend a customer things which I would do if it was my own business !!!!


Check my Linkedin Profile and the recommendation :).....

http://www.linkedin.com/in/billgaheer

PS..if anyone is interested in any help to either get into any type of IT job or is looking for a change. please feel free to ping me - I will help as much as I can.
Cheers,

Bill

[horndog]

I am working for GRD Minproc on Intergraphs Smartplant procurement system now with an Oracle interface for cost control, couldnt just buy one whole package we had to mix it in with Bentley engineering system as well. Friggin nightmare. Would love to just work on one system end to end.

[RaZ]

I am an IT worker. Starter out small & now have worked on the largest Citrix infrastructure in Australia, roll out Softgrid (Virtual streaming of any application) for said Citrix system as well & done some of the largest VMware upgrades & roll outs in Aus as well.

Currently looking for work lol end of contract & all that.
been dealing with servers since I was 18 & general IT before that so well over 10 years in IT service. To me its all easy & logical.
some of the things I specialise in:

www.citrix.com
www.vmware.com
Micro$oft - Softgrid : http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/so...fault.mspx

IT made life pretty easy for me I'll say that, given I love technology I find it easy. Hours for me now are all 9 ~ 5 unless I am doing work that requires systems to be down after hours.

The steps I took are as follows:
PC service tech in a shop type front
work on a helpdesk/support desk, went to levels 1, 2 & 3.
Then Windows server support or Sysadmin job
Then learned more about set server technologys (Mentioned above) which then brings you to be called an windows server engineer or just server engineer.

In all of those positions you problem solve. Its a case of learn how a technology works, break it, fix it your self & learn ;) the more you learn about how it all runs the better you become at it & then when you see a error or weird problem occur, the experience you got breaking some software & fixing it again comes in. I wouldn't say there is much stress... unless your in helpdesk where it can suck since your attached to a phone headset. The support sometimes means a rotated on call roster for any servers that crash & need to get fixed or any server hardware problems. (Keep in mind that server hardware & computer hardware are almost the same so you can learn heaps on your own pc with this)

Learning more about any of the technology's I mentioned above & it makes you a specialist for that technology. This is where it gets really good. So I have been a Citrix, vmware & Softgrid plus windows server engineer or specialist for the last few years. Pay is great - perks in some cases wicked. Also in some years there has been an IT worker "shortage" so then pay rates for contracts even full time have been nuts. :)

But... I need a long break from it after all these years & I am planning a good long holiday

[Dan85]

well i can safely say theres no hope of me working in IT. the only things i wanna spend time on a computer for is porn, bikes and blowing shit up on games

[bigfoot]

hi i work at obrien's windscreens fitting car windows good pay $1500 a week when fully qualified and even more if you work afterhours good job, free van and fuel!!!!!!!!!!!

[BUSGO]

Get fit and join the Air Force Dan.
I joined at 21 and spent 21 fabulous years touring all over Australia and then the world.
Sure you have to get fit and stay reasonably fit but that is a bonus.
The pay is great with lots of bonuses like getting to shoot at things, free medical and dental
(FOR WHEN YOU GET SHOT AT) and they always supply you with a nice place to live at a subsidised rate.
The pension scheme ain't what it used to be but I'm one of the lucky ones who got the best deal.

[1hotbusa]

Hi there,

I am a Plastics Engineer, at the moment I am working in the Plastics Industry but as an Engineering Manager. It can be enjoyable but has it's frustrating moments too, once you get comfortable with chaos theory you'll do well. But on the other side, when you get to undertake DoE (Design of Experiment) work etc then it's challenging and fun.

My wife's profession involves keeping stupid people in the gene pool. She is an State OHS Manager, with 14 sites to look after across NSW/ACT. The company car she has racks up the kilometers, it will come up for replacement on kilometers before it runs out of time. She enjoys the work but the frustrating bit can be the serial offenders who are determined to be taken out of the gene pool, as well as those who want to rort the system.

I would like to add another "what if" question here. Out of those people already in their chosen profession, if they were to give it up tomorrow what would you do. I would consider consulting or industry training as possible career choices.

[Dan85]

Hey busgo i tried the airforce thing apparently im not smart enough to shoot at shit but good enough to be accpeted into civil engineering at uni. go figure that shit! must not have liked something on my psych assesment or something cause i aced my physical tests and aptitude testing.

My dream job would be a porn assesor but i dont think theres much demand for that so back to the drawing board.