Dont be offended lol, but what do you guys do as a job?

[lerler2000]

I'm an RMA Assistant for a company that sells NAS drives. Basickly, I'm the guy you'd send items still covered under warentee too, then I'd send out the replacement. The jobs is pretty borring but the company I work for is really nice and that makes up for it. Not much money is left each month after the bill are paid, but enough to indulge in some retro gaming!

[Speedle]

My main jobs in IT Infrastructure and Disaster Recovery.

Outside of work I'm a Session Vocalist/Guitarist and perform in a few bands which provides a nice bit of extra monies that I can splurge on Games

[aazdogg]

I spent 9 years in the RAF and left just over 2 years ago, I now work for Currys as a "TV Specialist "

[Segaseb]

I work as a baker (also studied for it) something about bread, chocolate, etc has always facinated me when i was a kid and still does today.
My boss is a cool guy, pays me well + i can do a lot of hours that allow me to buy those damned expensive videogames, i do have to work weekends + it's always working at night, but don't mind as i love my job.

[ewjim]

I work as a baker (also studied for it) something about bread, chocolate, etc has always facinated me when i was a kid and still does today.
My boss is a cool guy, pays me well + i can do a lot of hours that allow me to buy those damned expensive videogames, i do have to work weekends + it's always working at night, but don't mind as i love my job.

good to see a happy worker!! sounds great fun too.

[leightonandoff]

I deliver pizza's. Have done for 2 & 1/2 years now. The pay sucks, the hours suck, it sucks basically.

I used to deliver pizzas. Apart from the pay (which pretty much gets eaten on car maintenance) I loved it. Almost two decades on though I still can't stomach pizzas. After eating pizzas every night (the freebie) for about two years, I ended up giving (or selling) my free pizza at the end of the night.

OMG! You got free pizza? We don't get free pizza, we don't even get staff discount, we just get the same offers the customers do.
Your old pizza place sounds much better to work in.

[muppet42]

Currently unemployed and have been since June last year when Focus DIY went bust in the UK. Didn't like the job as it was a temp position that lasted 7 years while I found something more interesting...this didn't and hasn't happened. Liked the people I worked with though and the money paid the bills, so felt it acceptable to stay there while I looked.

Living off benefits sucks and the redundancy I got given's being slowly eaten away at by the small amount of rent I pay alongside the other monthly bills. So thankful the car's paid off but paying insurance and the rest alongside my bills elsewhere means I may have to do the unthinkable and sell it on

Had a BA Media degree a few years but never managed to get a job out of it. I consider myself a creative person and have had the inkling to produce an online review site for sometime but I don't want it to be half arsed or look crap so I've been a bit indecisive on it now and it's kind of been put on the back burner. Media jobs though, they ALWAYS seem to hire internally or ask for experienced persons, which always begs the question of how the feck do you get that experience if they never hire newbies?!

Considering doing another OU course or something to pass unemployment time and perhaps get qualifications that're more job-worthy as the knock backs and continued lack of any sort of replies from potential employers is seriously getting me down. Honestly, am I that unemployable?

[Playgeneration]

Had a BA Media degree a few years but never managed to get a job out of it. I consider myself a creative person and have had the inkling to produce an online review site for sometime but I don't want it to be half arsed or look crap so I've been a bit indecisive on it now and it's kind of been put on the back burner.

Why not write some reviews for existing sites? theres plenty of fan sites you could write reviews for. If nothing else it would be good practice. Or you could skip the need for a website entirely and do youtube videos, the beauty of those is its easy to see how good you are getting at them by seeing the feedback and viewing numbers.
Thats probably the sort of experience they expect for a media job, not neceesarily professionaly paid experience, but proof that you can do it and are genuinely enthusiastic about it.

[GregPandemic]

Had a BA Media degree a few years but never managed to get a job out of it. I consider myself a creative person and have had the inkling to produce an online review site for sometime but I don't want it to be half arsed or look crap so I've been a bit indecisive on it now and it's kind of been put on the back burner.

Why not write some reviews for existing sites? theres plenty of fan sites you could write reviews for. If nothing else it would be good practice. Or you could skip the need for a website entirely and do youtube videos, the beauty of those is its easy to see how good you are getting at them by seeing the feedback and viewing numbers.
Thats probably the sort of experience they expect for a media job, not neceesarily professionaly paid experience, but proof that you can do it and are genuinely enthusiastic about it.

Agree with Playgeneration here, I do Multimedia so not to different, doing your own review site or something similar would be classed as experience, it doesn't always have to be a previous job. Infact doing it yourself would be better as it shows initiative and all that jazz that employers love lol

Think of it as a on-line portfolio

[Jet Set Radio]

Im a 1st Line IT support engineer

[EVIL NOD]

i am a white van man i deliver friut and veg to schools and pubs/restaurants.its early starts have to get up at 4 in
the morning.but it a job.

[ninjabearhug]

Some wierd and wonderful jobs in here so far!

I'm core network support for a telecoms company. If you can't get the internet on your mobile, it could be my fault.

I know who to blame now, expect some angry PM's next time my phone internet freezes up during the last few seconds of a bidding war (joke )

I deliver pizza's. Have done for 2 & 1/2 years now. The pay sucks, the hours suck, it sucks basically.

I did that for a while too, although like chocklo I also got free pizza. unlike chocklo though I never got tired of eating them, in fact I could live of them

[Xtincthed]

i'm currently a medical intern on the way to become a doctor ^^

[muppet42]

Had a BA Media degree a few years but never managed to get a job out of it. I consider myself a creative person and have had the inkling to produce an online review site for sometime but I don't want it to be half arsed or look crap so I've been a bit indecisive on it now and it's kind of been put on the back burner.

Why not write some reviews for existing sites? theres plenty of fan sites you could write reviews for. If nothing else it would be good practice. Or you could skip the need for a website entirely and do youtube videos, the beauty of those is its easy to see how good you are getting at them by seeing the feedback and viewing numbers.
Thats probably the sort of experience they expect for a media job, not neceesarily professionaly paid experience, but proof that you can do it and are genuinely enthusiastic about it.

Agree with Playgeneration here, I do Multimedia so not to different, doing your own review site or something similar would be classed as experience, it doesn't always have to be a previous job. Infact doing it yourself would be better as it shows initiative and all that jazz that employers love lol

Think of it as a on-line portfolio

Yeah, I've considered the Youtube option and also heard of other vid sites which though not as prominent, seem to host a pile of reviewers from many of the sites I frequent. I think it's just the issue that everyone and their brother reviews stuff online, whether that be on video or in text and I kind of want to approach it from a different angle. I'm just not entirely sure what that angle is as yet

Plus, I'm an absolute stickler for detail and hate things not being just so, which means I'd like to have at least half decent sound and visuals to back everything up which I don't think I can achieve currently. That said, as you's say it'd be good to make a start and at least have something on the board. I'll try to deliberate less and get at least something of passable quality up though setting a date for such an event could be setting myself up for a fall

As for writing reviews, I know a few folk that freelance review for various sites but I've never really been aware of an "in" to actually get a review up there. I guess starting with fairly sound and readable reviews on retail sites like Amazon and such could be an option. Ah well, I'll come up with something hopefully.

Cheers for the encouragement and ideas guys

[Cauterize]

Sorry to do this guys, but I'm moving this topic over to the Off Topic section where it belongs

But before I do, I should probably add my mark to it. I'm a graphic/web designer full time and Photoshop is my forte!

[ScouseDave]

I work for probably the most hated bank in the UK at the moment. I actually enjoy my job and it pays the bills leaving a little over for some retro indulgences so im happy!

[GeorgieUK]

I finally ended education in 2009 with a degree in maths (full title mathematics: statistics, probabilites and its applications... or something like that!) and an MBA while working at a commercial research company. All I did was prepare surveys and analyze the results, it was mainly for large companies to work out where was the best and most cost efficient place to advertise their products and reach there target audience.
It was a good job that paid well but then redundancy hit and the company closed.
Then I worked with a friend restoring and repairing boats, but I learnt the lesson that you should not start a business with friends!
Then I was unemployed for a while but I got so much hassle from the jobcentre and was treated like some lowlife by them, I became self-employed just to get away from the jobcentre.
Now for money I buy and sell stuff at auctions and grow and sell plants at carboots. I also perform tarot readings online for liveline and occassionally on the streets and at fairs and such. I did try to sell tarot readings on ebay but the established sellers (or their friends or their persoanl accounts) buy a reading then give you negative feedback. Evil sods!
Still looking for a real job...

[felisucoibi]

I am spanish so I do bullfighting and sevillanas dancing jiji

The truth is that I try to not work and earn money... but it's sometimes hard so I have some companies...it, shops, seo consulting, stocks...

[foreversonic]

I don't believe I've posted here yet.

Reading through some of the posts, I'm going to say I'm a bit greedy and have two jobs!

In the normal "office hours" segment, I work for a Promotional Fulfillment company. I'm employed as an Application Developer, although you'll often find me running around the office offering technical support. As a company, your application may have been processed by us, without realising that it is us dealing with it. By that I mean that we were the company that processed applications on promotions like the Sony Smart Offers and VAT back promotions, the Nestlé Pick Me Up beans on the back of the jars (before it went online), a number of the P&G sample and money back guarantees and one that I'm working on at the moment is the Coca-Cola Win Every 2012 Seconds promotion.

For my other job, I'm also run a self-employed IT Development and Support company. Areas of focus are the general public home computer support and training, developing websites like RadioSEGA.net and building Android mobile phone apps.

[Atavan-Halen]

I work in a "premium" retail store. It's not very exciting but pays the bills and offers slightly above minimum wage here in Ireland. Although currently trying to get into hairdressing which I want to do as a career and not just a job.