Careers, or: What do you do for a crust?

[SHiFTY]

Hey guys! As a pesky student straight out of uni, I am trying to make up my mind about what I should do for a career. I am interested in what people here do for a day-job. It would be quite cool to work in electronics/audio, don't enjoy office work much, so trying to get out there and do something I like!

Anyway,

What is your current job / occupation;

What is your best job that you have done;

What is the worst job you have done;

and what advice do you have for someone straight out of uni!
Cheers
~h~

[eLarson]

When not listening to music or cycling I write
software for a major corporation, where the pay is
low and the pressure high.

But at least there's plenty of abuse to go around!

Erik
(perhaps I should have become a goat-herder)

[rwagter]

When not browsing the internet I make x-ray's; CT scan etc..
So when it comes to radiation, I you're guy

But at night (like it is now over here) it can get so lonely I'm even allowed to make use of our nice inetrnet connection

So it's a nice job which pays so so but it's enough to maintain a nice life and get into this money absorbing hobby


Ralph

p.s. anyone got an idea how to make our 1 Tesla MRI (biiiiiiiig coil) into a nice high sensitive loudspeaker

[alvaius]

Well if you don't enjoy office work, then you are a bit sol w.r.t. electronics\audio, unless you want to sell it. If you want to design it, it is predominantly an office job. Lots of time in front of the computer, some time in the lab, and a lot of time documenting. However, if you like to create, it is still a lot of fun.

Alvaius

[Brett]

Originally posted by ShiFtY
Anyway,

What is your current job / occupation;

What is your best job that you have done;

What is the worst job you have done;

and what advice do you have for someone straight out of uni!
Cheers
~h~

<b>current</b>Nearly full time loafer (semi retired). Electronics Engineer by training and profession.

<b>best</b> instructor at a TAFE College in electronics. Best by far.

<b>worst</b> Field Service Engineer for a small electronics company. The work was OK, but the boss was a misery. And it was shiftwork.

<b>advice</b> Follow your heart, and try to do something you love to do, even if it goes against all the advice of family and friends. You'll be happier long term, and the money will come. It's <i>your</i> life after all. Avoid shiftwork. Enjoy the money you make, but don't **** it all up a wall. Get a home, and pay it off as soon as you can, even if it's modest. Gives you a base of operations, and a lot of flexibility wrt to work. Laugh a lot, minimise stress (a lot of this is attitude). Experiment; don't be afraid to try lots of jobs till you find something you love. Walk away from stuff that doesn't work for you. Make sure you know how to say no. Avoid work politics. Don't work yourself into the ground. Take holidays.

Cheers

[gtrmaker]

Those are certainly words of wisdom.

[multiplexor]

Originally posted by Brett
<b>current</b>Nearly full time loafer (semi retired). Electronics Engineer by training and profession.

<b>best</b> instructor at a TAFE College in electronics. Best by far.

<b>worst</b> Field Service Engineer for a small electronics company. The work was OK, but the boss was a misery. And it was shiftwork.

<b>advice</b> Follow your heart, and try to do something you love to do, even if it goes against all the advice of family and friends. You'll be happier long term, and the money will come. It's <i>your</i> life after all. Avoid shiftwork. Enjoy the money you make, but don't **** it all up a wall. Get a home, and pay it off as soon as you can, even if it's modest. Gives you a base of operations, and a lot of flexibility wrt to work. Laugh a lot, minimise stress (a lot of this is attitude). Experiment; don't be afraid to try lots of jobs till you find something you love. Walk away from stuff that doesn't work for you. Make sure you know how to say no. Avoid work politics. Don't work yourself into the ground. Take holidays.

Cheers

100% agreed on the advice part........ it's totally my motto....

I have friends who always ask me what they want or should do in life... i'm like "that's the easiest question to answer!" then i simply tell them to do what the love doing! some respond with drinking... lol... I ask them, what did you love doing as a kid?

me? It was messing around on my old Vic20 computer... just doing simple stupid programs... as i grew older I still played with them... now i'm a computer programer...

follow what you've always loved doing! screw anyone else who tells you anything otherwise...

[Tazzy]

My boss says I'm a ICT Service Engineer.
Guess that's what I do.... at the moment my customer is the Dutch highcourt.
Most fun customer, guess it was a dutch marketing firm with loads of good looking girls

[cowanrg]

well, im only 22, still in college (go buffs!), but ive done my share of stuff.

current job: electronic sales (higher-end but not exotic stuff.) the discounts are NICE, hours, boss, customers suck.

best: assistant tax manager for a nationwide corporation. very cool job. nice cubicle, respect, etc...

worst: transitional consultant for worldwide corporation. they thought i was young, so all i could do was stack boxes and clean shelves... even though i was hired to oversee a software conversion project... needless to say i just left after a couple weeks.

advice? find what you like, and try to make money at it. cant find anything you like? find what makes the most and learn to like it

[cyclotronguy]

To answer an earlier question. I tried to modulate a 2.5 T coil as a loudspeaker. Modulating 1.2 MW is fraught with peril!!!! Sure glitches CRT's and moves things that shouldn't be moved.

Best done late at night when a powersupply crowbar won't muddle too many things up.

Cyclotronguy