What kind of jobs do we all have?

[Fieneke2]

Whaauww what a great messages, where do I start!

Val and Gayle I love your gardens. We also have one, but it is very tiny and small compared with yours, BUT .........we have some beautiful flowers and a nice pond!

Quote Sweetsurrender:

[jacki]

draad, thanks for the kind words. I think the first few weeks is sposed to be the hardest to get throo...looking forward to not sleeping on my back for certain!

[vgonis]

Another one to wake for the new members, even though many of the ones that have contributed on this thread are no longer with us or active. Maybe that will rattle them a bit and join back.
On my part I am currently working (but not getting paid) with photography (I have studied photography) and a photographic team. I have been working since 1993 at book publishers, bookshops, freelance photographer, helping topographers, and ice cream production and distribution.

[Love Expresso]

Never saw this thread. Was obviously long before my registration.

Well, I am working at an independetly owned bookstore for 15 years now, after studying librarianship for a few years in Hamburg mid 1990s. It is unusual to do it this turn around because is seems to be a setback, but to be honest, all those (academic) libraries I worked at for a few months were so ...outmoded, boring and some kind of ivory-tower, that I love to be "among" customers, being on my feet, lively, not sitting around all day. You really have your finger on the pulse of the time, it is all very fast and people react promptly often by buying the right book for every little thing that occures in their life.. Could be paid better, and the times have been better 10 years ago, but it is also a fact that never more books have been published within one year's time than these days. So everybody stating that the "book is dead" should take a look at Frankfurt Book Fair and is healed for the moment.

I think it is remarkable that the team in our shop is more or less the same since 15 years, with the occasional changing trainee, so nice team work is another reason for my staying there. And I do the purchase department and can pretty much do what I want - as long as it works out. 

Dream: Seeing a catalogue that announces the new Mark Knopfler biography "Memory Lane", 800 pages, with 200 unreased photographs, audio book read my MK himself, written by Mark and Kitty together...

Dreams...

LE

[dmg]

I am afraid unable to work due to poor health.  I have refractory epilepsy and as such have found it impossible for companies to employ me.  I studied physics at university but no lab will want to employ me.  The doctors have on two occasions very nearly killed me due to changing my medication, once giving me an overdose and once giving me pneumonia.  Each time worsening my condition.  I find if I have regular sleeping patterns though, I'm usually fine through the day.

On a brighter note I still have found time to do some voluntary work since they are able to be flexible with me at places like Debra, Haypark, Stirling Royal Infirmary and most notably at Relate Forth Valley.  They help people who have relationship problems.  I implemented a database of their clients and kept it updated and also took telephone calls from potential clients, taking their details and spoke to them to reassure them.  Sometimes coming off the phone to a domestic violence case e.g. it was quite upsetting but overall it was quite fulfilling to do such a job as we helped so many people to get back on track.  They are such a wonderful group of people who work so hard there for very little money.

[Love Expresso]

dmg, you are one of those posters around here that is alway funny, witty and really straight to the point... it is so surprising sometimes when threads like this one show suddenly that there are "real" lifes behind these little avatars... it seems your life conditions are not the easiest ones - but the way you communiquate here at AMIT for example seems to imply that you still uplifting your spirits and keep a good optimistic view on life... but Scotsman that you are, I guess this my writing here is all far too cheesy and weak here, so just... rock on! 

 

LE

[dmg]

dmg, you are one of those posters around here that is alway funny, witty and really straight to the point... it is so surprising sometimes when threads like this one show suddenly that there are "real" lifes behind these little avatars... it seems your life conditions are not the easiest ones - but the way you communiquate here at AMIT for example seems to imply that you still uplifting your spirits and keep a good optimistic view on life... but Scotsman that you are, I guess this my writing here is all far too cheesy and weak here, so just... rock on! 

 

LE

Thanks LE.  I've always been of the (very simple) view:  can't do anything about it, so just live with it!  Your words are very thoughtful.

[nababo]

vgonis, very nice of you for making this post visible again.

It's wonderful to see the variety of occupations in here this list. MK's music touches people from all over the world and form dozens of life backgrounds. Very interesting, indeed.

As for me, I'm a journalist working in the public sector. I'm the editor of "Voz do Brasil" (Brasil's voice), a radio program with news from Executive, Judiciary and Legislative (my part) branches of Brazil's government. This program exists for more than 75 years, it's one hour long and its broadcast is mandatory for all radio stations all over the country.

Would like to know more about everyone!

[Pottel]

as of tomorrow i will be our company's "Head of Communication Retail EU" and am effing proud of it as well...
as we are not here to do adverts, i will just say that i work for a large clothing company, of American originin with a "french" name and a headquarter close to D

[nababo]

as of tomorrow i will be our company's "Head of Communication Retail EU" and am effing proud of it as well...
as we are not here to do adverts, i will just say that i work for a large clothing company, of American originin with a "french" name and a headquarter close to D

[Love Expresso]

You said that it is Esprit already earlier in this thread, Pottel!!!! 

LE

[Marijn]

What a nice thread to read. Here are my 2 cents:
I've studied Civil Engineering during the mid 90s, when IT was still pretty boring. It only took me one internship to find out that I was better at that boring IT stuff than in Civil Engineering, so I got some combined jobs there after. I had a private company for about 3 years from 2003 onwards and worked on some Intranet sites for the Ministry of Infrastructure. Then I continued working as a system engineer and later on as a network engineer.

Nowadays I work as a programmer for a small company that produces financial software for the Trust market. Apart from that I work part time for the company that my girlfriend started just over a year ago. I do the technical part of the front-end design of websites (JavaScript and such).

Then we have some side-projects which we would like to expand, like fansontour and some services for record companies.
It's a busy but interesting life.

[dmg]

Another one to wake for the new members, even though many of the ones that have contributed on this thread are no longer with us or active. Maybe that will rattle them a bit and join back.
On my part I am currently working (but not getting paid) with photography (I have studied photography) and a photographic team. I have been working since 1993 at book publishers, bookshops, freelance photographer, helping topographers, and ice cream production and distribution.

This is of interest to me as a mere amateur photographer who wanders around aimlessly in the vain hope of producing a good shot now and again!  My interest was first noticed at high school when I joined the photographic society.  I eventually became it's longest standing member, even helping out after I left school!  I done photography for the school show programmes etc there.  I used to do all my own processing but since we moved and the loft isn't floored now... 

A firm believer in film cameras I have used a Leica M4 from 1967 and now have an M6 from 1991.  I have various Leica M lenses too all sourced from eBay.  I love the older ones as they have that lovely glow that you only get from the older ones (perhaps the single coating).  My avatar was shot with my 35mm Summicron from 1966 and has that lovely old-fashioned colour - no photoshopping.

[vgonis]

A Leica camera used to be the fetish for every photographer. Even though by calculation I  believe that we have a generation difference, I started photography when the digital cameras were merely an idea in somebody's head, so it was only  film for the first 10 years. I do believe that the whole procedure with the film and dark rooms and developing and printing the films were giving the photos an element that is missing nowadays. It was sort of magical, or if you want to put it more logically it had the fine feel of a DIY that the modern digital photography has solved it, up to a point. Not necessarily bad, but still a different philosophy. Unfortunately I never fulfilled my dream of getting a Leica, M6. I still use B&W films-usually TriX, but I fear that when I get the money to buy an M6 it would probably be to fulfill my desire and not use it. since it is harder to get the variety (or any for that matter) of films anymore. 
And yes, I too look for this elusive photo every day 


Pottel, congats! May it bring you happiness and fulfillment.

LE you have mentioned before that you work in a bookshop. Most of my working years were in this field as well. I guess you have many stories to tell!

[Pottel]

thnx V.
May you find some luck asap too....