Author Topic: What do you do for a living? (Read 21113 times)

afton · « **on:** Wed, 29 July 2009, 19:07:47 »

I'm guessing that there're a lot of programmers among us

Let me start first, I work in IT support and hence use keyboard
about, uh, 160 hours a month? Not to mention after-work computing,
hey we're geeks!

Recently I'm planning to build a new Linux system from the ground up
and I want the best & most value components, including the input
devices as well hence my search for the ultimate keyboard.

Mercen_505 · « **Reply #1 on:** Wed, 29 July 2009, 19:46:58 »

Programmer. Been doing it for a living for around twelve years.

bigpook · « **Reply #2 on:** Wed, 29 July 2009, 19:47:52 »

I program telephone switches and spend most of the day on a laptop. At the office I use the ibm m4-1 , in the field its the laptop keyboard. At home I currently use the filco tenless with black alps. At least until I change my mind.

What version of linux are you running?

afton · « **Reply #3 on:** Wed, 29 July 2009, 19:52:53 »

Quote from: bigpook;105405

What version of linux are you running?

I've tried various flavors before, but for the next system I'm going
to install Ubuntu 9.04

bigpook · « **Reply #4 on:** Wed, 29 July 2009, 20:07:32 »

same here. I ended up settling on ubuntu and its worked out very well.

timw4mail · « **Reply #5 on:** Wed, 29 July 2009, 20:23:45 »

I'm a web developer at the moment...so for all those still using IE...I hate you...

Anyway, I just had to buy a keyboard for work, because those stupid Dell membranes are absolutely horrid.

o2dazone · « **Reply #6 on:** Wed, 29 July 2009, 21:02:07 »

I'm a front end web developer and graphic designer, with a bit of focus in interactivity (in the non-flash fashion). I spend so much time in my computer, I find myself making excuses to eat at the computer desk, even when I'm not using my computer.

BucklingSpring · « **Reply #7 on:** Wed, 29 July 2009, 21:52:20 »

Quote from: ripster;105472

I married rich.

Waow... What a waste of talent :-)

I'm in Information Security Management.

sixty · « **Reply #8 on:** Wed, 29 July 2009, 22:59:10 »

Quote from: Mercen_505;105403

Programmer. Been doing it for a living for around twelve years.

For Psygnosis?

Personally I am with a web development agency for some years now. I do translations from English to German but also do some basic web development. Some of the stuff I work on is pretty shady.

xsphat · « **Reply #9 on:** Thu, 30 July 2009, 01:40:56 »

We all know I'm a nontraditional college student, professional writer and I have a part time job at a newspaper doing pagination and I send content to the website. I also have a 20 month old boy to contend with, so I do more than most people and make less than anyone.

afton · « **Reply #10 on:** Thu, 30 July 2009, 01:58:06 »

Quote from: ripster;105495

I do advise everyone to marry rich though. Can't hurt.

As long as your spouse doesn't denigrate you because your socio-economic
background. That's what my mom says.

xsphat · « **Reply #11 on:** Thu, 30 July 2009, 02:10:27 »

Ripster, you are now my internet idol. You beat out ZeFrank, just so you know.

iMav · « **Reply #12 on:** Thu, 30 July 2009, 02:29:08 »

I'm a sales engineer (pre-sales) with McAfee, focusing on network security (firewall, email and web gateways, DLP, IPS, etc)...

(I used to actually work for a living...long time UNIX admin, network and firewall admin positions, and security compliance work)

keyb_gr · « **Reply #13 on:** Thu, 30 July 2009, 02:47:24 »

Electrical engineering student close to completion here. What'll come afterwards, no idea.

DarthShrine · « **Reply #14 on:** Thu, 30 July 2009, 04:32:08 »

Young student, woo. (Doesn't earn much, it must be said)

Yakbutter · « **Reply #15 on:** Thu, 30 July 2009, 04:39:25 »

Tch all these tech types and students!

I'm a lawyer - we type too you know!

FunkTrooper · « **Reply #16 on:** Thu, 30 July 2009, 08:09:44 »

Another student here. Though it's the summer at the moment. So I'm not doing a lot of studenting right now. I'm working in a cinema as a summer job at the moment. And before that, I worked in a bookmakers. And no, not the kind that makes reading material, I mean a betting office. That was... interesting, to say the least.

itlnstln · « **Reply #17 on:** Thu, 30 July 2009, 08:22:40 »

I am the Sr. Retail Analyst for the largest grocery retailer in Texas (H-E-B Grocery Co.). I mainly do data analysis work and systems analysis, but I am also a DBA (SQL Server), (jr.) web developer, programmer, and occasional reporting b*tch.

Mercen_505 · « **Reply #18 on:** Thu, 30 July 2009, 08:56:03 »

Quote

For Psygnosis?

Unfortunately, no. That's not entirely unrelated to what I do, however.

itlnstln · « **Reply #19 on:** Thu, 30 July 2009, 09:43:35 »

Quote from: itlnstln;105552

I am the Sr. Retail Analyst for the largest grocery retailer in Texas (H-E-B Grocery Co.). I mainly do data analysis work and systems analysis, but I am also a DBA (SQL Server), (jr.) web developer, programmer, and occasional reporting b*tch.

Oh, I forgot. That is my part-time job. My full-time job is posting on Geekhack.

DreymaR · « **Reply #20 on:** Thu, 30 July 2009, 09:48:13 »

I try to understand the magnetic thingamajiks that take funny pics of people's insides:

[DreymaR images desperately trying to understand other DreymaR images]

o2dazone · « **Reply #21 on:** Thu, 30 July 2009, 11:48:37 »

Quote from: Yakbutter;105517

Tch all these tech types and students!

I'm a lawyer - we type too you know!

Who else is going to come up with those long 'Terms of Use' and 'Privacy Policy' content blocks for us web designers lmao

itlnstln · « **Reply #22 on:** Thu, 30 July 2009, 11:51:56 »

Quote from: DreymaR;105581

I try to understand the magnetic thingamajiks that take funny pics of people's insides: [DreymaR images desperately trying to understand other DreymaR images]

The DreymaR in the upper left is daydreaming. You need to get that one back on task.

Either that, or that DreymaR is trying to understand the others on a more esoteric, abstract level.

cb951303 · « **Reply #23 on:** Thu, 30 July 2009, 13:54:51 »

I'm a full time hobbyist. I search and try new hobbies every day. Yayyy!

Shawn Stanford · « **Reply #24 on:** Thu, 30 July 2009, 14:14:05 »

I'm a computer programmer (30 years) and Marine/Soldier (17 years). Mostly IBM mainframe, but minis (Series/1 anyone?) and micros plenty often.

itlnstln · « **Reply #25 on:** Thu, 30 July 2009, 14:22:48 »

Quote from: cb951303;105639

I'm a full time hobbyist. I search and try new hobbies every day. Yayyy!

This sounds a lot like: "I am an international man of leisure."

timw4mail · « **Reply #26 on:** Thu, 30 July 2009, 15:14:14 »

Okay, okay, I'm a student too... But a am I web developer too...

cb951303 · « **Reply #27 on:** Thu, 30 July 2009, 15:24:35 »

Quote from: itlnstln;105648

This sounds a lot like: "I am an international man of leisure."

oh yeah, that too

I actually don't have much free time. You know the whole hobby thing is very hard and exhausting. But when I get free time, I work as a mechanical engineer, drawing stuff, preparing excel sheets and googling (there you go, the most accurate definition of modern engineering

)

itlnstln · « **Reply #28 on:** Thu, 30 July 2009, 16:15:27 »

Quote from: webwit;105662

I'm a full-time muskox herdsman in the pleistocene tundra grasslands of Sakha. The nearest Internet connection is a couple of thousand miles away.

Man, hook up some 3G. Put those keyboards to good use. I think I read a few of your blog posts on muskoxmania.net. Great stuff.

megarat · « **Reply #29 on:** Thu, 30 July 2009, 16:48:39 »

By day, I'm a science nerd for a semi-academic non-profit public health research organization. (Specifically, I'm involved with computational biology in HIV vaccine research.) Programming; data analysis and data mining; writing reports and papers and politically sensitive emails. A large shiny computer with eight execution cores is currently screaming for help because of me.

By night, I sniff paint and stare at the carpet.

Mr.6502 · « **Reply #30 on:** Thu, 30 July 2009, 18:45:52 »

I work for a non-profit organization that assists students in schools. Budgets are low and staffing is limited so I end up doing some programming, data analysis, web development, graphic design, general IT and office support, trainings, mural design, service project planning, and maintenance (painting walls, building cabinets, fixing the company van, etc). I end up doing pretty much whatever I can to help out.

On the side I build websites and furniture for friends and do some hobbyist programming, right now mainly a fighting game engine and character builder, something to test responsiveness of game controllers, and a little program that enhances clipboard functionality in windows.

I consider my job a perfect fit since my hobbies are as random and disconnected as my responsibilities at work :-D

watduzhkstand4 · « **Reply #31 on:** Fri, 31 July 2009, 13:54:00 »

I'm a student studying mechanical engineering technology... I don't make much money but I really want a HHKB! xD

megarat · « **Reply #32 on:** Fri, 31 July 2009, 14:30:14 »

Quote from: DreymaR;105581

I try to understand the magnetic thingamajiks that take funny pics of people's insides:

Show Image

[DreymaR images desperately trying to understand other DreymaR images]

This is causing flashbacks of "Buckaroo Banzai". "Don't you see them? Evil, pure and simple, from the 8th dimension! Get 'em!"

BucklingSpring · « **Reply #33 on:** Sat, 01 August 2009, 00:20:34 »

Quote from: ripster;105499

All spouses denigrate you. I think it's in the vows.

ROFL! Amen to this.

ch_123 · « **Reply #34 on:** Sat, 01 August 2009, 14:46:07 »

An unemployed Comp Sci student.

afton · « **Reply #35 on:** Sat, 01 August 2009, 20:29:13 »

Quote from: megarat;105681

By day, I'm a science nerd for a semi-academic non-profit public health research organization. (Specifically, I'm involved with computational biology in HIV vaccine research.) Programming; data analysis and data mining; writing reports and papers and politically sensitive emails. A large shiny computer with eight execution cores is currently screaming for help because of me.

By night, I sniff paint and stare at the carpet.

That is awesome stuff. I actually wanted to be a molecular biologist
at one point in time.

megarat · « **Reply #36 on:** Mon, 03 August 2009, 16:53:33 »

Quote from: afton;106131

That is awesome stuff. I actually wanted to be a molecular biologist
at one point in time.

Indeed, my work itself is terrific. My work environment, however, could use some help.

VCheeZ · « **Reply #37 on:** Mon, 03 August 2009, 17:13:57 »

I build/repair computers. Bit of a hardware nut

Had a retail store for a while, but have found the real money is made at home... Most recently I have started doing hardware reviews around the web. No pay to speak of, but all the free hardware I care to write about!

InSanCen · « **Reply #38 on:** Sat, 08 August 2009, 18:37:48 »

I work in retail, and sell people electronics they don't really need, but really want.

At home I fix PC's, and have done for more years than I care to remember.

Xuan · « **Reply #39 on:** Sun, 09 August 2009, 01:10:18 »

Quote from: InSanCen;108327

I work in retail, and sell people electronics they don't really need, but relly want.

Ah, keyboards?

ps: Programmer and student here.

InSanCen · « **Reply #40 on:** Sun, 09 August 2009, 16:22:41 »

Quote from: Xuan;108361

Ah, keyboards?

Work won't let me serve people in the Keyboard section... I hate all of the ones we sell.

Spoilsports.

keyb_gr · « **Reply #41 on:** Sun, 09 August 2009, 16:34:35 »

Quote from: InSanCen;108477

Work won't let me serve people in the Keyboard section... I hate all of the ones we sell.

That's too bad. Any chances of giving the right people some hints?

InSanCen · « **Reply #42 on:** Sun, 09 August 2009, 17:51:16 »

Quote from: keyb_gr;108482

That's too bad. Any chances of giving the right people some hints?

I do give them hints... when they comment on the "Old keyboard" that sits on my counter (a Wang 724, also typing this on one at home while I service my Model M's). Once they type on it, they usually end up coming back in to say they have a Model M now...

Although one of my regulars picked up some sort of Terminal keyboard (No details I'm afraid), and is happily modding it. (He's an EE by trade).

I must have had about 15 converts this year.

And yes, my clleagues think I'm mad. Bringing my own keyboard into work, the noise it makes... and then they actually use it. They all like it, but can't bring themselves to actually *buy* something even halfway decent (I keep suggesting the Dell 101's as a cheap halfway house).

As for works buyers? Not a chance... it far too "old" fo them even to look at.

ch_123 · « **Reply #43 on:** Sun, 09 August 2009, 17:57:03 »

Yeah, I have yet to meet anyone who isn't impressed by my trusty Model F, even my most tech-clueless friends (and girls, oddly enough) think it's cool. That said, I don't think any would actually bother getting one for themselves. They'd probably miss their volume keys or some crap like that...

timw4mail · « **Reply #44 on:** Sun, 09 August 2009, 18:15:21 »

Quote from: ch_123;108498

Yeah, I have yet to meet anyone who isn't impressed by my trusty Model F, even my most tech-clueless friends (and girls, oddly enough) think it's cool. That said, I don't think any would actually bother getting one for themselves. They'd probably miss their volume keys or some crap like that...

Or they just don't like the layout.

ch_123 · « **Reply #45 on:** Sun, 09 August 2009, 18:19:49 »

Only time anyone commented on the layout was a guy in my class in college who said "That's one of those American keyboards, isn't it?" =)

timw4mail · « **Reply #46 on:** Mon, 10 August 2009, 07:21:13 »

Quote from: ch_123;108503

Only time anyone commented on the layout was a guy in my class in college who said "That's one of those American keyboards, isn't it?" =)

That's what you guys get for having your weird enter keys

timw4mail · « **Reply #47 on:** Mon, 10 August 2009, 11:43:07 »

Wait, why in the world would you separate the parenthesis?

erricrice · « **Reply #48 on:** Mon, 10 August 2009, 12:35:58 »

I work at a recording studio in clearwater FL as a protools operator(I do the editing, lol making people sound better than they are

) jk) But I'm absolutely a hardware junkie, I worked at a computer store before this and still can't stay off of hardocp and xbitlabs

itlnstln · « **Reply #49 on:** Mon, 10 August 2009, 12:38:01 »

Quote from: erricrice;108643

I work at a recording studio in clearwater FL as a protools operator(I do the editing, lol making people sound better than they are ) jk) But I'm absolutely a hardware junkie, I worked at a computer store before this and still can't stay off of hardocp.com and xbitlabs.com

How do you like ProTools? I have never used it myself, but I have heard it makes recording a lot easier than the old days.

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Author Topic: What do you do for a living? (Read 21113 times)