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Author:  John_Vella [ Fri Oct 06, 2017 9:00 am ]
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HeatherKay wrote:
I used to be a graphic designer/artworker. I was self-employed for ages, then the work dried up. After thrashing about looking for anything that would pay me money, I ended up turning a hobby into a business.

I now build large scale models of railway subjects for people. I have clients all over the UK, one in Canada, one in The Netherlands and two in Australia.

I don't make a lot of money, but I'm happy.


I don't want to hijack the thread, but if you're making enough to stay afloat, isn't being happy with what you're doing the most important aspect of any job?

Also, Heather's back! Yaaaaay! :D
Author:  HeatherKay [ Fri Oct 06, 2017 9:35 am ]
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John_Vella wrote:
HeatherKay wrote:
Also, Heather's back! Yaaaaay! :D


I've never really gone away. It's just I don't have the excuse to spend all day playing on the pooter and wasting time on the interwebs any more!

I ought to clarify my position a little. Yes, I'm making a little money, but I wouldn't really be able to survive on it if it wasn't for the fact Best Beloved is behind the scenes paying for most of the household bills! Either way, it can be an interesting, sometimes fulfilling and frustrating, and very often varied way to make some kind of a living.

:D
Author:  Paul1965 [ Fri Oct 06, 2017 8:38 pm ]
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John_Vella wrote:
Also, Heather's back! Yaaaaay! :D


+1
Author:  l3v1ck [ Sat Oct 07, 2017 9:08 pm ]
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Drilling Fluids Engineer
Oil rigs. North Sea.
Author:  Burn_IT [ Sun Oct 08, 2017 2:19 pm ]
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Professional Software Engineer retired
Software and hardware engineer though mostly nothing nowadays.
I had a nasty accident at home and while not a cripple, life can be very painful, so I sit and critisize everyone else. :roll:
Author:  steve74 [ Sun Oct 08, 2017 9:34 pm ]
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Graphic Designer. I worked in advertising and corporate design for 18 years - mainly blue chip B2B and the financial sector (pre-crash). Then I was made redundant in 2013, I spent a good few months applying for "Designer" jobs when what they actually wanted was "Web Programmer / UI / UX / Developer... oh and a bit of a designer". Sole-destroying time.

Eventually I found a job later that year which took me in a slightly different direction, still a graphic designer, but now in the promotional merchandise sector. Basically, anything that is branded - from a pen, corporate clothing, bespoke products manufactured in the far east, and everything in between.

Far more varied than my previously agency role, every day is different and I'm working on the likes on Bentley, Jaguar Land Rover, Disney, Sainsburys, Nike and JD Sports to name just a few. While it does have its stressful moments, generally I'm enjoying it more than the agency job. Been here 4 years, so maybe time to start looking around? Can't see me returning to a design agency job though, things have moved on too much, it's all web and social media these days - although I do some web stuff, my strength is design rather than coding.
Author:  veato [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 11:05 am ]
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IT Technical Specialist for the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) although based in Nottingham rather than the head office in Swindon.

I'm mainly involved in SQL, SharePoint, VMWare, Veeam and F5 Big-IP plus all the underlying stuff - windows server, IIS, etc etc. "Infrastructure" seems to be the single descriptive word regarding what I do.
Author:  Blue_Nowhere [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 11:15 am ]
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veato wrote:
I'm mainly involved in SQL, SharePoint...


Excellent, now I know where to come with my SQL and SharePoint problems in future. Thread has served its purpose. ;)
Author:  brataccas [ Mon Oct 16, 2017 7:42 pm ]
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Hybrid Fleet Manager/HGV Artic Driver :evil:
Author:  oceanicitl [ Mon Feb 05, 2018 11:45 am ]
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Currently IT Manager at an advertising agency

Previously Mac Engineer (and sometimes PCs) for 20 years and 5 years as Avaya Telecom Engineer
Author:  l3v1ck [ Mon Feb 05, 2018 12:13 pm ]
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At the moment I'm helping to decommission this....

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Author:  hifidelity2 [ Mon Feb 05, 2018 12:14 pm ]
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Project manager working on transport, ticketing and Crossrail
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