What's your job now and is it what you wanted to do do?

Wompa1

About 6-7 years ago I wanted to be a Solutions Architect because I thought they got to learn new technologies all the time and just talk up the good technologies and do consulting.

I've been a Solutions Architect for 3 months....It would seem that title means different things depending on the company you work for. Not happy with it but it's a job

I wanted to be a mechanic. Then a mechanical engineer. I am neither. Oh well.

The Backwards Man

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I wanted to be a mechanic. Then a mechanical engineer. I am neither. Oh well.

You have plenty of spanners to deal with here, at least.

pebbles21

Hello_MrFox wrote: »

I work for a large company that makes stuff. We sell that stuff for a 5000% profit.

You work for Odeon Cinemas so?

Princess Peach

Deco99 wrote: »

I cant really explain what I do. Its financial I suppose. Its not that other people would comprehend the job its that I dont really get it. Got in a 9 today. Went for breakfast at half 9-10. Went to bathroom half ten and played games on my phone. Was on boards a good bit and read papers online. Lunch for an hour til half two. Tea for half hour at 3.15. More boards and another bathroom break where I played tennis on phone and head for home bout five..... dont think I foresaw this. Smartphones werent invented I suppose

You probably work in my company O_o

I also work in finance. Most days if I can get 3 or 4 hours of doing actual work, it's a pretty busy day. Then it's just another 3 or 4 hours of looking at cats online.

Pretty much living the dream, want to move up so I can get my own office and receptionist to tell people I'm on a conference call while I'm really having a nap.

padd b1975

International truck driver.

Used to be a plumber.



Cruising along European motorways listening to music and podcasts in an air-conditioned big rig and getting paid for it is fine with me.

fg1406

Did a construction degree and graduated just as the arse fell out of that sector. Ended up in temp admin for a large corporation. Was transferred to their finance division, where I had no expertise but they paid for me to study part time so I now have a specialised business post grad and I love it!

Albertofrog

Intensive Care Nurse.
It's ok - always wanted to work in A&E though

Hooked

Graphic Designer/Prepress in a busy printers...

I'm pretty good at what I do, work very hard and enjoy the variety and pressure. But some of those around me, their lack of interest, initiative and general laziness - gets under my skin at times.

Still, I guess I should just concentrate on my own work - and let the slackers to themselves.

Greenmachine

Unemployed Student
Student part: Good
Unemployed: Bad

Tar.Aldarion

software developer, thing the things we make are interesting(secure communications, ruggedised hardware etc) and it's an Irish company. I think it's cool that Obama uses stuff I make and that it's in blackhawk helicopters etc, and that if there is a natural disaster our stuff i s brought in to make a phone network temporarily to help people. Consider myself quite lucky in the working environment as everybody is great. Although not cool is that selling just one of our products is more than I'll make in years

mad m

Worked on sites from 18 till 30. 12 years ago got a job in council.Was sick of getting let go every christmas or when work ran out. I was laughed at by lads on site, saying i was mad to go into the council.

Always worked since I left school at 18, well most I was out of work was for 3months. Hated being on the dole.

Teyla Emmagan

I'm an IT munky. It is all I ever dreamed of.

Actually, it's alright. It pays well enough and keeps my brain going, which is all I ask for really. And I don't have to deal with the public, or stand all day.

In an ideal world I would be doing something to do with gardening though. Preferably part time, and rolling around on a mountain of gold the rest of the time.

Davarus Walrus

Fancied myself as a writer/historian/drunk/louche man about town.

I'm an electrical engineer for a very large Irish company. Worked in various aspects of the industry over the years. Current role has me trying to explain to software developer and IT goons about what engineers want from a bespoke application being developed. It's getting to the stage where I'll write the code myself.

Deco99

Just back from coffee. must read the papers shortly

Pinch Flat

Work in construction as a projects manager. I hate it. Yearned to be a commercial airline pilot from as young as I can remember and took flying lessons for a time.

Mortgage and kid put an end to that dream. I think about it every day and have major regrets I didn't just bite the bullet, do it and be happy doing what I dreamed - like my neighbour, who heads off in a 737 every day. You have only one life - grab the opportunities when they are there.

duffman13

Originally wanted to be a pilot. Realised after about a year chasing the dream it was unattainable for me so studied business management. Worked in a bank for a while which was monday - friday 9-4.30. Jumped ship to go into retail management which I actually love. I work longer hours but my day goes much quicker in retail. The ultimate goal now is to run my own business in the next 3 years or so.

megaten

Graphic Designer and just sort of fell into it.
Though most of the time I'm acting as tech support or trying to steer clients away from jeopardizing their own projects.

beks101

TV News via breakfast television via Journalism degree.
Every day is an emotional / mental roller-coaster.
Fancied myself as a writer. I write about twenty thousand emails every day so in a way I've achieved my dream

Push Pop

Work in IT but would much rather something more fulfilling that would help others in a positive way. I do volunteer in charities rarely but it's not enough.

Andy-Pandy

Gardener/horticulturist, I love it.

Menas

I always wanted to travel the world and the seven seas and my job has allowed me to do that.
Mission accomplished but what the hell....I have to keep on working for the next 15 years?

corner of hells

I work in homeless services , before this job I drove lots ,fixed stuff for people as they complained and never said thanks then drove home not happy .I was on the verge of killing an idiot customer one day when I got a call to return to the office.Job was gone , made redundant and customers life was saved.

I love what I do now.

_Kaiser_

Global IT Manager.. started off many years ago on the phones in a multinational and worked may way up (and out into a Deskside role), but reached a point where I was faced with having to specialise and recertify every year at my own expense if I wanted to be able to compete with new graduates.

However as by that stage I had responsibilities (requiring other uses for my money) and had gotten a little bored with the day-to-day of IT/server support, plus my job at the time also involved more of the back-office management work which I found I enjoyed (surprisingly as I use to hate admin work in the early days and even now hate meetings for the sake of meetings and reports for the sake of it, so I keep that stuff to a minimum), so I next moved directly into a IT team lead role and have again worked up to where I am now responsible for several teams globally.

I still keep my technical knowledge up-to-date as I've always had that interest anyway, and I find it helps me work with my teams as I've been there done that and can thus push this back up to senior management when needed, but overall I'm pretty happy with how my career has turned out

More money would be nice though! All these "high" salaries you see bandied about in job specs really aren't so great when the payslip arrives!

Mint Aero

I love my job

homemadecider

I work for an international NGO specialising in overseas development. It's what I wanted to do since I was about 16. I work with very smart and passionate people and have visited parts of the world most people will never see. I love my job.

Rachiee

Social care what I wanted to do since I was 16, love it.

minidazzler

I'm a bartender. Quite like it, it suits my personality and is fun. I can see myself doing it for a long time either I get a green card this year and move to America, Vegas or NY to bartend at the highest levels, or I go back to college study Bar Management and try to get green cards constantly. But work at making the best I can.

I want to own one bar by the time I'm 32.

loubian

I do bookkeeping but I want to work in science so badly.

carzony

Student. full time...

purplecow1977

Teacher.
Not sure if its where I always wanted to be,but it will do for now.
Im fascinated by forensics,though its too late to do anything about that now.

pharmaton

Wanted to be working with people who inspired me, doing something rewarding and giving meaning and purpose to my life.

I'm a student, I'm learning that now.

Stavros Murphy

I work with ar5eholes and am always covered in shyte. Which is ironic, as I really wanted to be a Proctologist.

dreamers75

Facilities and Operations supervisor

Not exactly what I wanted but decent money and a decent to work for irish company.

mark_jmc

HR Manager, very interesting job, finally in a role that I really enjoy after many years of hard work.

anncoates

csallmighty wrote: »

Want to be a pornstar or astronaut

Burning on re-entry would be an occupational hazard in both.

MrWard

minidazzler wrote: »

I'm a bartender. Quite like it, it suits mypersonality and is fun. I can see myself doing it for a long time either I get a green card this year and move to America, Vegas or NY to bartend at the highest levels, or I go back to college study Bar Management and try to get green cards constantly. But work at making the best I can.

I want to own one bar by the time I'm 32.

You won't get a greencard for bar management or to work as a bartender. American employers have to prove that nobody in state could take up the position. H1-B visas get gobbled up by STEM workers.

There is another way, however. There is an Irish based company that bring over 30-50 Irish staff every year on a J1 one year visa. They own twelve different pubs across the country and the owners are from Dublin. Some staff are happy to stay the year, others find ways to stay more longterm.

I can pm you the hr managers email address and you could send off your cv. They are always on the lookout for more Irish staff. Makes the pubs more authentic, you see.

That's the only route if you want to get over legally.

Carry

Alway dreamt to be a writer, travelling the world and return to my little cottage in the countryside and write successful books.

Now I'm a poorly payed travel writer, struggling to pay the mortgage for my little cottage in the middle of nowhere and travel just for research not for fun or to the next town for shopping.

Be careful what you wish for, eh?

Writing that, I feel pretty privileged, however...

Stheno

Work in IT, got into it by accident,but quite enjoy it

unichick

Office admin - not very challenging, too many chiefs & lick arses but it pays the bills.

pauliebdub

Work in finance doing general month end stuff and reconciliations. Hate it with a passion as it bores me to tears and the company is a total dead end kip, would rather be emptying rubbish bins. Working towards getting into IT areas such as business analysis or software testing, currently studying part time.

HotHHead

Have worked Human Resources/Payroll Managment for the past 10 years, well till I was made redundant.

Have just started a P/T job as a project administrator which means I basically do everything and anything!

Love Human Resourses, never a dull day! had been trying to get back in to that field,but while I was unemployed said I'd give a little back to the community and started to volunteer as a tutor (adult education)and have just taken to it like a duck to water, this is what I want to do forever!
So at the mo, I work part time, volunteer part time and study part time! its hectic but I'm loving it!

Wickers26

Work as a chef. Have a very love/hate relationship with it. Some days I feel like I'm really achieving something significant, then other days I feel dejected and completely exhausted. Love the cooking side of it and being creative with dishes , using my imagination and seeing a dish come to life, can't beat that feeling when it turns out fab and eats and looks amazing and people like it. When people sit at home and watch masterchef, (I have worked in some of those kitchens) what you don't see is the ridiculous amount of cleaning you have to do. Halve your time is spent scrubbing stoves and burning the crap out of yourself. It is not a glamorous job and you need balls of steel to make a successful career out of it. Nobody has time for anyone weak, only the strong survive and you have to not mind having absolutely no social life or money and being hungry all the time because you don't have time to eat. You have to treat your body like an athlete or you will be sick and messed up all the time. Arthritis, varicose veins, hunched back, corns, open wounds pretty much constantly on your hands... In saying all that I can't ever see myself doing anything else. And the craic is unreal I have to say.

D Trent

dobman88 wrote: »

Aim high :pac:

That's what she said to csalmighty in his pornstar audition

kelledy

I served my time as an electrician
. Got through it after 6 years and 3 companies

2 years and a few ****e jobs later and i work for BT in the UK as a fibre engineer on a 3 day week

mockingjay

Teacher. Retrained at 33 thinking it was my vocation, really tough vocation. Was always really organised and cleared my desk at the end of the day in my last profession but teaching is different. Never ever on top of my work. I always have schemes of work well planned during the summer and lesson plans organised but any day can turn into chaos, plans disrupted by student behaviour, absenteeism, school trips, school events - never ever on top of my work, marking, admin, meetings, really hard , constantly studying to keep up with new curriculum, changes in technology, incidental department inspections,. Spend weekends making power points, correcting essays (3-4 hours marking 30 leaving cert English essay papers per class) just feel never on top of my work. Really would love to go back to my old job where I can walk away at 6pm. I was never ever worried about someone arriving at 8.45 and looking over my shoulder for the day to see if I was doing my job right. Despite having the summer off I spend three weeks inviglating because my four year job is not permanent & I don't know until August if I'm re employed, then I spend July stressing about work, and August building whatever lesson plans I have for the year because I don't know what year or subject I'll be teaching or what novels they'll have! Spend two evenings per week doing after school sport because it was a requirement at interview, about six kids turn up per day - I have a minder at home for my own kids, but I have to do this to hold my job. Back the third week of August, I often wonder if it's worth it. I'd love a permanent job where I could go in and do what I do without any disruptions! Doing my masters now to try and maximise my employability at 43, I must be mad. When I try to reinterview for my old job spec they won't hear of me or agencies won't put me forward because I have five years teaching on my C.V!

Galwayguy35

In school I never had any job in mind that I wanted to do, started out working on farms and for silage contractors, had steady work cutting timber for a few years and am a forklift driver now.

I've been lucky in that i've only been out of work for 3 weeks in the last 21 years so i'm grateful fo that.

SPM1959

mockingjay wrote: »

Teacher. Retrained at 33 thinking it was my vocation, really tough vocation. Was always really organised and cleared my desk at the end of the day in my last profession but teaching is different. Never ever on top of my work. I always have schemes of work well planned during the summer and lesson plans organised but any day can turn into chaos, plans disrupted by student behaviour, absenteeism, school trips, school events - never ever on top of my work, marking, admin, meetings, really hard , constantly studying to keep up with new curriculum, changes in technology, incidental department inspections,. Spend weekends making power points, correcting essays (3-4 hours marking 30 leaving cert English essay papers per class) just feel never on top of my work. Really would love to go back to my old job where I can walk away at 6pm. I was never ever worried about someone arriving at 8.45 and looking over my shoulder for the day to see if I was doing my job right. Despite having the summer off I spend three weeks inviglating because my four year job is not permanent & I don't know until August if I'm re employed, then I spend July stressing about work, and August building whatever lesson plans I have for the year because I don't know what year or subject I'll be teaching or what novels they'll have! Spend two evenings per week doing after school sport because it was a requirement at interview, about six kids turn up per day - I have a minder at home for my own kids, but I have to do this to hold my job. Back the third week of August, I often wonder if it's worth it. I'd love a permanent job where I could go in and do what I do without any disruptions! Doing my masters now to try and maximise my employability at 43, I must be mad. When I try to reinterview for my old job spec they won't hear of me or agencies won't put me forward because I have five years teaching on my C.V!

Very interesting post. For the last couple of years I thought teaching was my 'vocation'. Will never happen now though.

osarusan

Elevator operator. It has its ups and downs.

wivy

Education. Always wanted to be a teacher and worked hard to get the best degree I could.
Love it