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Offline john87

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Re: What do you do for a living?
« Reply #120 on: December 19, 2011, 06:56:48 pm »
Time-served mechanical fitter (with 0 years experience  :laugh: ) soon as I received my papers, I moved into the office and began to train as a CAD draughtsman/design engineer for an oil/gas/industrial pump company.
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Re: What do you do for a living?
« Reply #121 on: December 19, 2011, 07:37:12 pm »
Technical engineer for a specialist agricultural machinery manufacturer
Cost around 220K,



That obviously doesn't have a Diesel Particulate Filter....  :signLOL: :signLOL:

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Re: What do you do for a living?
« Reply #122 on: December 19, 2011, 11:50:58 pm »
Traffic warden, working on commission

do traffic wardens really work on comission? No wonder this december Ive already got 2 parking tickets even though for the past two years they have been leaving my van well alone!

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Get a proper job   :P

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Re: What do you do for a living?
« Reply #123 on: December 20, 2011, 08:32:43 am »
Design subsea oil and gas pipelines and risers.
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Re: What do you do for a living?
« Reply #124 on: December 20, 2011, 10:02:57 am »
I'm a mechanic/welder/fabricator that gets to work on your lovely cars.
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Re: What do you do for a living?
« Reply #125 on: December 20, 2011, 11:12:11 am »
Time-served mechanical fitter (with 0 years experience  :laugh: ) soon as I received my papers, I moved into the office and began to train as a CAD draughtsman/design engineer for an oil/gas/industrial pump company.

Had to quote this as it's pretty much identical as me!! Here goes:

Time-served mechanical fitter (although I have 3 years experience  :laugh:). When I recieved my papers I mananged to get my company to send me into university on a day-release programme, meaning I would move into the office at some point. And I moved in at the beginning of this year to train as a CAD draughtsman/design engineer for a hydraulic engineering company.  :happy2:

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Re: What do you do for a living?
« Reply #126 on: December 20, 2011, 05:40:39 pm »
Telecomms engineer.  I install, commission and fix faults on radio base station equipment and associated gubbins in the Vodafone network. 

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Re: What do you do for a living?
« Reply #127 on: December 20, 2011, 07:21:15 pm »
I teach geophysical exploration techniques after working of survey vessels for 9 years, this is much easier!

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Re: What do you do for a living?
« Reply #128 on: December 21, 2011, 12:58:30 pm »
Web Developer/Programmer - Currently doing E-learning Development. New to the forum, new car and forces switch from the-corrado forum!  :happy2:

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Re: What do you do for a living?
« Reply #129 on: December 23, 2011, 08:21:55 pm »
Technical engineer for a specialist agricultural machinery manufacturer
Cost around 220K,



I build these,list price around $45 million  :surprised:
Could arrange some discount for forum members  :wink:


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Re: What do you do for a living?
« Reply #130 on: December 24, 2011, 07:45:35 am »
IT project manager for an oil and gas company.

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Re: What do you do for a living?
« Reply #131 on: December 24, 2011, 08:01:03 am »
Im only 24 but:

Was  Sparky (Motorbike accident so)
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Re: What do you do for a living?
« Reply #132 on: December 24, 2011, 09:47:55 am »
I'm noticing that a high percentage of you guys work in engineering related jobs - Anything to do with German cars being so well engineered?
Maybe more to do with have to be once they get a few years old   :grin:
I did notice when they were new there was alot of accountants and IT owners but they only stick around for a year maybe two then move on to something else and leave the low paid Engineers to pick up the sloppy seconds. :evilgrin:
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Re: What do you do for a living?
« Reply #133 on: December 24, 2011, 10:34:13 am »
I left the marines few years ago and now I'm a firefighter rescuing cats out of trees.

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Re: What do you do for a living?
« Reply #134 on: December 24, 2011, 11:00:43 pm »
I build these,list price around $45 million  :surprised:
Could arrange some discount for forum members  :wink:



Work at an airport in London as ground crew and see smaller ones like this down at the private jets end most days  :drool: alot less hassle to turnaround in half an hour than what i deal with  :signLOL:

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